Education News in India

For greater autonomy 15/Dec/2009
The Kerala State Higher Education Council has set the ball rolling for the review of the University Acts. A committee has been constituted to review the Act of each university, keeping in mind the need for maintaining the uniqueness of each university that would take care of its special needs and local requirements.<br ..
Nobel Laureate Paul Samuelson Dies at 94 15/Dec/2009
Washington: US economist and Nobel laureate Paul Anthony Samuelson died Sunday at his home in Belmont, Massachusetts. He was 94. Samuelson was the first US Nobel laureate in economics in 1970 and one of the world's leading economists for more than half a century, the New York Times reported. An economist at the ..
Govt to meet IIM directors 15/Dec/2009
New Delhi: Kapil SibalUnhappy over thousands of students failing to write the Common Admission Test (CAT) due to technical problems, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) is meeting directors of Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) on Wednesday to discuss its concerns. “The IIM ..
GIM selected for Aspen Institutes Teaching Innovation Programme 15/Dec/2009
Panaji: Goa Institute of Management has been selected by the prestigious Aspen Institute, New York, as part of its Teaching Innovation Programme -India (TIP - India) an international consortium of key influencers in business education in India. The TIP India convening was held at the Goa Institute of Management a few ..
UK varsity to offer MSc in Islamic Banking & Finance 15/Dec/2009
London: Recognising the growing demand of Islamic banking, the Varsity of Salford in Manchester has launched a new MSc programme in Islamic Banking and Finance from the forthcoming academic year. Islamic banking, which refers to a system of banking consistent with Sharia, is considered to be one of the ..
Openings galore 14/Dec/2009
Now comes a Bachelor of Exercise Science programme and the second Border Gavaskar Scholarship for students who want to pursue a career in sports. Launched by Padmashree Dr DY Patil University (DDYPU) in partnership with the Griffith University (GU), the Border Gavaskar scholarship will be awarded to an Indian student to ..
Singh-Obama Knowledge Initiative 14/Dec/2009
More than 50 years ago, India and the United States signed agreements to improve agricultural education and research in India. A key result of these initiatives was the establishment of five state agricultural universities in India with considerable advisory support from colleagues at American Land-Grant universities, ..
This was a CATastrophy 14/Dec/2009
Over the last decade CAT or the Common Admission Test, has taken on many avatars. But in essence it has always been an aptitude test of managerial acumen. However the last online avatar of CAT was a real disaster as India’s most demanding, premier exam was reduced to a farce. The CAT committee ..
On Cloud Nine 14/Dec/2009
It’s what they call a first mover advantage. That’s cloud computing for you: 70 per cent business and 30 per cent technical,” says Diptarup Chakraborti, Principal Analyst, Gartner, India. A big interest area for IT majors globally, cloud computing is a new generation of computing that utilises distant ..
Study in the Lion City 14/Dec/2009
When it comes to studying abroad, a number of destinations pop up in the mind. They vary from the U.S. and the U.K. to Australia and European countries. One destination, which is equally potential, but has kept a low profile, is Singapore. A number of advantages pile up behind the ‘Lion City' when it comes to ..

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