To bring research to the forefront in the IITs and increase its role in national development projects, the government today set up a committee which will suggest a broad roadmap for the institutes for next ten years.
The five-member committee, to be headed by Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar, will ..
New Delhi: HRD Minister Kapil Sibal insist more weight-age be given to Class 12 Board exam for IIT entrance and the minimum of 60 % marks could be raised to 80%
Sibal's suggestion came in an attempt to ensure that students taking entrance tests to the premier institutes gave equal importance to the ..
New Delhi: The race for an IIT seat may get tougher, with HRD minister Kapil Sibal calling for a greater weightage to the class XII examination results. By raising the importance of the school-leaving examination, the minister hopes to curb the proliferation of coaching schools focused on JEE, which is the entrance ..
Kolkata: CBSE schools in Kolkata are considering introducing tests, interviews or both for students changing schools.
The move comes after Delhi’s decision to award grades instead of marks.
School authorities said that an interview was necessary as it would be difficult to admit ..
Kolkata: Twenty trainee teaching associates have been hired to help faculty members at IIM Calcutta.
The associates will lessen the workload for the lecturers, leaving them with more time for research and improving teaching standards. It is also hoped that the decision of introducing the post will ..
The Central Board of Secondary Education feels that ragging in schools is rampant and immediate steps need to be taken.
A circular has been sent to schools across the country, asking them to strictly follow certain guidelines. When city schools reopen later this week, a series of activities will start to ensure ..
Kolkata: Many Higher Secondary (HS) students across West Bengal had their IIT dreams dashed after HRD minister Kapil Sibal’s decision that those scoring at least 80 per cent in their Class XII board exams were eligible.
Up until now students scoring 60 per cent in their HS were eligible to ..
Karnataka has made a beginning in the setting up of private educational universities and the first of them, to be set up by the Azim Premji Foundation, has received the approval of the Governor, H.R. Bharadwaj. The Governor has promulgated an ordinance to establish the university.
Chairman of Wipro Azim Premji, ..
Karnataka has made a beginning in the setting up of private educational universities and the first of them, to be set up by the Azim Premji Foundation, has received the approval of the Governor, H.R. Bharadwaj. The Governor has promulgated an ordinance to establish the university.
Chairman of Wipro Azim Premji, ..
With plenty of opportunities in biotechnology and its allied fields — including health care, computational biology, agriculture and bioinformatics — the sunrise sector has much in store for students keen on specialising. Academics, however, ask students to look beyond the conventional job of scientist or ..