Education News in India

Diwali mela with a biz school twist 8/Nov/2010
A day-long Diwali mela at the Management Development Institute (MDI) Sunday combined work and play, with the business school using the event to map consumer behaviour and market research. “The fair has a two-fold objective - to help students learn corporate market research and at the same time ..
A varsity with a difference 8/Nov/2010
Over the past couple of years the Vellore Institute of Technology, (VIT), which was started as an engineering college in 1984 has seen good growth. According to Dr G Viswanathan, Chancellor of the university, VIT imparts futuristic technical education and instils high patterns of discipline through its dedicated staff. ..
A successful team effort 8/Nov/2010
Headquartered in Coimbatore with campuses in Amritapuri, Kochi, Bengaluru and Mysore, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has emerged as one of the fastest growing institutions of higher learning in India. Students at this institute obviously seem to take pride in their work as is evident from a student project at the ..
Michelle Obama ?makes a difference? 7/Nov/2010
Michelle Obama played hopscotch, danced and sang with 33 disadvantaged children from the Indian charity Make a Difference at the University of Mumbai. Almost immediately after arriving at the university’s library Saturday, she kicked off her flats and joined in a game of vocabulary-building ..
Teachers' shortage for Community Medicine 7/Nov/2010
Low salaries and lack of teachers have resulted in less than the desired level of attention being paid to Community Medicine, an important subject taught to students of medicine, nursing and pharmacy. Also, the subject comes under the control of two departments. The Institute of Community Medicine in the ..
Kerala agricultural varsity keen to work with TNAU on climate change? 6/Nov/2010
Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) is keen to work with Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) on climate change. It is proposing to enter into memoranda of understanding with it in areas of research, education and technology transfer, K.R. Viswambharan, Vice-Chancellor, KAU, said here recently. ..
A thrilling, fun-filled quiz 5/Nov/2010
SBOA School and Junior College won the city finals of the Limca Book of Records Quiz 2010 held here on Thursday. The winning team, comprising T.S. Gokul and N. Sooraj, will be among the 80 schools that would compete in the semi-finals. Out of the 46 school teams that participated in the quiz, six made it ..
Centre for Buddhist studies opened at varsity 4/Nov/2010
Mangalore University intends to open more research and study chairs on its campus. A study chair on 12th century social reformer Ambigara Chowdiah will be opened shortly, its Vice-Chancellor T. C. Shivashankara Murthy said on Wednesday. He was addressing a gathering at a function organised to inaugurate ..
Ministry told to send instructions to UGC on lecturer appointments 4/Nov/2010
Making it clear that the more than 1,000 posts of lecturers in difference colleges could not be filled because of inaction on the part of the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Union Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD), the Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the HRD Ministry to send its ..
Job-oriented diplomas after 10+2 (Part III) 6/Nov/2010
Selecting a Diploma course in India must be little difficult, since many of them do not provide a prospective career for the individual in the future. However, in spite of this complex situation several individuals have managed to get good jobs after completing a diploma. Many aver that ..

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