Education News in India

Govt to create 2,300 posts at AIIMS 22/Dec/2011
Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said more than 2,300 posts, including 150 faculty positions, would be created at the AIIMS for providing additional manpower to the premier medical institute. "More than 2,300 posts, which include 150 faculty positions, are being created to provide ..
Delhi HC to decide on 3+ age on Jan 6 for nursery admission 22/Dec/2011
Refusing to stay the nursery admission process, the Delhi High Court said it would decide on January 6 whether pre-school admission should be regarded as entry level in which only a child above the age of 4 years can be enrolled. A bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai ..
Eminent astrophysicist elected NASI Fellow 22/Dec/2011
Eminent astrophysicist Prof D J Saikia of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research(TIFR), Pune has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India(NASI) for this year. Prof Saikia, who works in TIFR's National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, has made wide-ranging and highly-cited ..
Bill to set up biotech centre in NCR introduced in LS 22/Dec/2011
Seeking to boost innovation, a bill to set up a regional centre in biotechnology, under the auspices of the UNESCO, in the National Capital Region was introduced in the Lok Sabha. Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh introduced the Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill to set up the ..
IBM pushes analytics education 22/Dec/2011
IBM is collaborating with universities in India and the rest of the world to promote the teaching of analytics. Aside from India, the company's Academic Initiative has programmes in India, China, Ireland and Scotland. The programmes aim to help students keep up with the job market by acquiring skills in this field of ..
Nothing special for special children in majority of Delhi schools 22/Dec/2011
From over two lakh children with special needs in Delhi, only less than one percent are in schools, despite efforts by the government and assurance from the Prime Minister to ensure that all children get an education. According to a survey conducted by Ashok Agarwal, advocate, adviser, Social Jurist, a ..
Azis set to complete eventful stint at AMU 22/Dec/2011
Despite serious threats to his life and many corruption allegations against him, Dr P.K. Abdul Azis is set to complete his journey as vice-chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), after introducing a series of reforms and expanding the coffers and horizons of the varsity. A native of Thodupuzha near ..
A giant leap for Kochi school 22/Dec/2011
Haven’t seen a real rocket in the ball park? Don’t worry. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will set up a space lab at a school in North Paravur in Kochi. Models of space vehicles will be among the various gadgets and equipments to be showcased at the space lab, which the officials ..
World topper keen on Indian foreign service 22/Dec/2011
The sites outside were of a different kind, the sounds, of a different nature. But to young Arjun Krishna Lal, Kerala didn’t seem a lot different from the state of Iowa — the ‘American Heartland’ — he stepped away from. His life revolved around the world of academics and ..
Learning from experience and leading by example 22/Dec/2011
“Everything is an experience, whether it is painful or pleasing,” says principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya Mr Prabha Karan, who recently came from the KV in Lakshadweep to assume duties as principal of KV Coimbatore. Karan’s father was a teacher in a govt school in Tirupathur near Vellore ..

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