Education News in India 2012 : Page 262

India to lead in frugal medical innovation 18/Jan/2012
India is poised to emerge as the leader in the field of innovative medical device due to its lower cost of manufacturing, a professor from India's premiere medical institute AIIMS told an audience at the University of Cambridge. Delivering a lecture at the Cambridge Judge Business School, titled ..
Empowered educators 18/Jan/2012
The breadth of the vision shows in the diversity of Fellows who participate in the programme. Paritosh Kumar, a member of the 2010 cohort, has a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from Symbiosis and worked as a financial analyst in DE Shaw before he applied for the fellowship. “I read about TFI and liked ..
Pune college to host seminar on Kashmir 18/Jan/2012
The Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce, with the UGC, has organised a three-day national seminar: 'Voices of Kashmir' from February 3 to 5. This seminar is the result of a research project carried out by the students and faculty on 'Confluence of religion in Kashmir'. The main objective of the seminar ..
Syndicate or selection panel, who decides? 18/Jan/2012
The Kerala University administration is mired in controversies and is being constantly dragged into courts. After the posting of university assistants took an ugly course with the Lok Ayukta's observation about the appointments, it is the turn of the post of controller of exams to enter into a legal ..
MTech student commits suicide on Banaras Hindu University campus 18/Jan/2012
An engineering student of Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU), committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling of his room in Dhanraj Giri Hostel on varsity campus on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Satyendra Singh, a student of MTech (VI semester). According to ..
Fear of entrance tests: Counselling must to help students fight exam .. 18/Jan/2012
Keeping in mind the approaching term-end examinations and entrance tests, the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is focusing on psychological counselling to help students handle the exam pressure. Recently, a BSc (final year) girl, Monica Verma, had committed suicide, which triggered concern among the varsity ..
Parents flay school fee increase in Steel City 18/Jan/2012
After the commotion over the random process of admission, schools are now at the centre of another controversy: fee hike. Schools have hinted at a tuition fee hike from the new academic session in April. The Jharkhand Unaided Private English Schools (JUPES) have unanimously decided to increase the monthly ..
University of Mumbai makes a mark in research fest 18/Jan/2012
For years, the University of Mumbai has lagged in participation from students in terms of research and publications, but this year was different. The university has emerged as a winner in the annual research festival, ‘Avishkar’, in which 19 universities took part. Data shows that the numbers of entries this ..
Testing children without teaching is a criminal act 18/Jan/2012
Innumerable studies have shown that our elementary school system is ruptured, that our kids cannot divide or subtract; they can’t apply what they learn in their science texts to everyday life. Whether students are not studying or teachers not teaching, whether the government is not spending enough on education or ..
Tamilnadu CM announces freebies for school students 18/Jan/2012
In a bid to increase enrolment and check dropouts at school level, particularly in villages, TN govt announced a series of measures, including free footwear and bags to the students. It allocated about Rs 491 crore for this. Students of Class 1 to 8 would receive two more sets of ..

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