Education News in India

IIM-A invites students to come up with innovative solutions to help NGOs 29/Nov/2012
Students from various business schools in the country, under the guidance of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), are all set to run a non-governmental organization (NGO) for a day. Among other things, the students will present a strategy to improve the operations of the NGO. IIM-A is ..
US ambassador expresses concern over quality of education in India 29/Nov/2012
US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell today said that the quality of education in India remains a "concern and major challenge" while underlining the need to address the gap in reading levels to prepare children for the future in a better way. Quoting reports that have pointed out that basic ..
Rajasthan government to provide 5 percent reservation to five communities .. 29/Nov/2012
The Rajasthan government accepted the state OBC commission report, paving way for five per cent reservation in government jobs and educational institutes to five communities, including Gujjars, under Specially Backward Category. The commission, led by justice (retd) I S Israni, had handed over the report ..
Meghalaya government enhances salary of teachers under pressure 29/Nov/2012
Meghalaya cabinet today decided to raise the salaries of both ad-hoc lower primary and upper primary school teachers Under pressure from thousands of school teachers. There are 1225 ad-hoc lower primary schools having four teachers each and 844 ad hoc upper primary schools having two teachers each ..
ICAR awards International Fellowship Programme to TNAU graduate 29/Nov/2012
Sashank Gaur, an M.Tech graduate from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) here, has been awarded with International Fellowship Programme for his proposed Ph.D programme to be taken up at University of Illinois, USA. Indian Council of Agricultural Research has introduced the programme as one of the ..
University of New South Wales honours Ratan Tata 29/Nov/2012
Tata Group head Ratan Tata has said that though India had many changes of government, the outlook "might not be as bad" as one might think. However, Tata, who was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Business from the University of New South Wales, said he feels that the fabric of Indian values and ..
Computer Vision Approach to Diabetic Retinopathy Screening 29/Nov/2012
IIT Kharagpur has developed a software that will be beneficial in detecting Diabetic Retinopathy, a disease that can lead to loss of eye-sight, in a patient in the early stages. Chandan Chakrabarty of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur said,the disease, whose root cause is diabetes, can be ..
ICFRE to set up branch in Tripura to conduct research on forest resources 29/Nov/2012
The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun, will open its branch in Tripura to promote and coordinate forestry education. The branch would be set up in the Shantirbazar Forest division in South Tripura district which would conduct research on forest resources like bamboo, timber ..
India Inc for including SC and ST community in the economic mainstream 29/Nov/2012
Government hailed India Inc for putting in place a code of conduct to include SC and ST community in the economic mainstream. Minister of state for Labour and Employment K Suresh said, "It is good to note that Indian industry has set out an agenda which includes education, employability, employment ..
University of Sydney enters into agreements with JNU and a private .. 29/Nov/2012
The University of Sydney has entered into agreements with JNU and a private university here to facilitate collaboration between students in the field of teaching, training and research. "The offshore university is marking the Australia-India year of friendship by sending a high-level academic ..

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