Education News in India

SRM inks pact with La Trobe 23/Jul/2010
SRM University, Kattankulathur, on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with Australian university La Trobe for cooperation in civil, electrical and electronics and software engineering at the graduate- and post-graduate level. Brian McGaw, Dean, Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering of ..
Clueless on number of seats, state stalls tech admissions 22/Jul/2010
Maharashtra has stalled admissions to its professional courses- engineering and MBA-as it does not have accurate information on the number of seats in its colleges. In several cases, information that local colleges fed into the database and records from the All India Council for Technical Education-the apex regulatory ..
Duped students must get Rs 2L payout: SC 22/Jul/2010
Students lured into taking admission through false advertisements by unrecognised and non-affiliated colleges should be compensated heavily by these institutions, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday. "Why not pay Rs 2 lakh to each student duped by such institutions? It's quite like railway accidents ..
Indian trio among education experts to address Global Summit 22/Jul/2010
A trio of Indian education experts is among an elite list set to address a global education summit in Bahrain this October. Kailash Satyarthi, President of the Global Campaign for Education (GCE); Kiran Bir Sethi, Founder of the Riverside School in Ahmedabad; and Sudhir Ghodke, Director of Educational ..
Indian students shine at Microsoft contest in Poland 22/Jul/2010
Six Indian students from Chennai and New Delhi secured second and third positions in the eighth Microsoft Imagine Cup world finals held in the Polish capital Warsaw, the global software major said. The students - Koushik Vaidhinathan, Lalitha Ashok and Kiran Kumar of Prathyusha Institute of Technology, ..
My govt will spend any amount on education:Karunanidhi 23/Jul/2010
M Karunanidhi today said his government would make sincere efforts to ensure that quality education reaches the poor. Declaring open a new block constructed in his name at a cost of Rs 3.20 crore at the historic Queen Mary's College here, he said if a detailed list was made available to him on the ..
Scientists from IIT and IISc design laptop for just Rs 1500 23/Jul/2010
Experts from IIT and IISc have come out with a laptop affordable even to economically downtrodden students and eventually for public too. The HRD minister Kapil Sibal unveiled access-cum-computing device priced at Rs 1500 or $35 for students here on Thursday. Designed by experts from ..
Airbus launches global student contest for eco-efficient flight ideas 22/Jul/2010
Students from Indian universities have an opportunity to compete in a global contest to develop eco-efficient air travel ideas launched by European aircraft giant Airbus at the Farnborough Air Show Wednesday. Airbus launched its second bi-annual global students' contest â€œTo shape the ..
Govt approves inclusion of more castes in OBC list 23/Jul/2010
Government today approved inclusion of more castes in the central list of OBCs for various states, a move it hopes will especially help it reach out to people in Naxal affected states. Sources said the Union Cabinet has given approval to most additions from Jharkhand and Chhattishgarh in the Other ..
Study links educational leadership to student achievement 23/Jul/2010
A new study has claimed that good school leadership is critical to good education.Researchers Kyla Wahlstrom and Karen Seashore Louis from the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development and Kenneth Leithwood and Stephen Anderson from the University of Toronto, have broad implications for the ..

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