Education News in India 2011 : Page 355

ISC students worry about math scores 25/Mar/2011
What happens if we score bad in maths? Can we depend on chemistry?”, “I am surely not scoring more than 60 in maths”, “Was the maths paper too tough and lengthy indeed, or was my preparation for the paper too bad?” These and many more such comments flooded an online forum where Indian ..
Board exams play spoilsport 25/Mar/2011
While a majority of Mumbaikars were glued to their television sets on Thursday, following the India-Australia cricket match, 18-year-old Kaustubh Patel had locked himself up in his room so that he could prepare himself for his paper on Friday. “It’s our final paper and I was sincerely hoping that no major ..
US university visa scam just tip of iceberg: Report 25/Mar/2011
A visa scam at Tri Valley University (TVU) in California, that has affected hundreds of Indian students, is just the tip of an iceberg and a large number of such institutes exist in the US, a probe report in Washington has said. “Other colleges – most of them unaccredited – exploit ..
Sibal for end to political role in VCs appointment 25/Mar/2011
Calling for a need to end political interference in the appointment of Vice Chancellors of universities, Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday said the education system in the country would evolve only if such practices were stopped. Inaugurating a meeting of the Vice ..
Perspective matters 25/Mar/2011
The QS World University Rankings have been viewed by an estimated 50,000,000 people since publication in September 2010. The methodology uses a global academic reputation survey for 40 per cent of its overall weighting, amongst its six indicators, which also includes a global employer reputation survey. ..
Young Scientist Award for 11 26/Mar/2011
Eleven scientists, including two from the Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have been given the prestigious NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Award for 2010. Besides Debnath Pal and P.S. Anil Kumar of the IISc the other winners are: Rajeev K. Varshney of the International Crop Research ..
VIT student bags award 26/Mar/2011
A final year chemical engineering B.Tech student of VIT University has bagged the Best Paper Award under the young researcher's category at the First Environment Asia International Conference, Bangkok, Thailand. According to a release, Jason Ryan Picardo participated in the conference, which was organised ..
Call for a detailed study of the prospects of distance education 25/Mar/2011
The Ministry of Human Resource Development must appoint a national high-level commission without delay to conduct a detailed study of distance education opportunities for higher education in the country, said V.C. Kulandaiswamy, former Vice-Chancellor, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). ..
Rajeev Motwani Building to come up at IIT Kanpur 24/Mar/2011
The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, on Thursday announced that Asha Jadeja Motwani had made a donation of $1.5 million to mark the 49th birth anniversary of her late husband Rajeev Motwani. The donation is for the construction of Rajeev Motwani Building within the premises to house the Department ..
IIT-M, Lafarge joint project to kick start soon 24/Mar/2011
The first joint project by French cement major Lafarge Group's research arm and the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) is expected to kick start soon, an official said. Speaking to reporters, Revindra Gettu, professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT-M said that the research project will ..

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