Education News in India

Red tapism hurting biotechnology industry in India: Shaw 22/Sep/2011
Expressing concerns over the bureaucratic bottlenecks involved in conducting clinical research and trials in biotechnology sector in India, the industry experts appealed to the regulatory authorities to stick to the "rule book" rather than "subjectivity". According to Kiran ..
Stir against engineering colleges fee hike 21/Sep/2011
Students of two engineering colleges in the Vasai-Virar belt protested against the steep hike in fees for the current academic year. Second-year students of Vartak Polytechnic Institute, Vasai, complained that the fees had been raised from Rs 48,000 to Rs 60,000 without prior notice. Students allegedly ..
MU gives out 90L in grants 21/Sep/2011
Mumbai University (MU) has provided Rs 90 lakh in research grants to teachers from various disciplines in affiliated colleges for ‘minor research projects’. Grants have been given to 326 teachers in more than 100 colleges in the MU jurisdiction, which includes Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg...
Op against bogus pupils to help state save 1K cr 21/Sep/2011
Ever since Rajendra Darda took over the reins of the crisis-ridden school education department, his office was flooded with complaints pertaining to bogus students in aided and unaided private schools in the state. Most of his predecessors had tried to rectify the issue in the past but had failed due to mounting ..
Coming soon: Virtual classrooms 21/Sep/2011
In a bid to ensure that students from rural areas are not deprived of quality education, the school education department has set up a Virtual Private Network (VPN) which will enable video-conferencing throughout Maharashtra. Initially, education offices across the state will be connected via the network. At later ..
MAT scores 1,800, beats CATs 155 21/Sep/2011
Even about a decade ago, when the entrance test market was a crowded one, the Common Admission Test (CAT) was an institution, an unquestionable leader. Not only was it the passport to the elite IIMs, which conducted the test, but about 150 other Indian and foreign management schools accepted CAT scores. But over time, ..
HRD Ministry to place 3 ordinances on degrees before Cabinet 21/Sep/2011
The HRD Ministry will soon place before the Union Cabinet three ordinances to ensure award of degrees to students of IIIT Kancheepuram, IISER Kolkata and Pune and IIT Hyderabad on time. According to a senior Ministry official, the move is being initiated after the bills concerning these institutes could ..
Kingsway College of London to set up training centre 21/Sep/2011
Westminster Kingsway College of London will set up a centre here for training master trainers of vocational courses. College Assistant Principal Nicole Barber and Head of Marketing Ijeoma Akigwe had met Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and assured him of opening a centre here, officials said. ..
India, China providing good education to youths 21/Sep/2011
India and China,whose combined population is over 2.5 billion, provide millions of youths with quality education in fields like engineering and business management that would help the two Asian giants lift their economies, a recent report. One of the keys to Asia's economic success to date and its ..
AUT defends refusal of affiliation to Alagiri's college 21/Sep/2011
The Anna University of Technology has informed the Madras High Court Bench here that there was no political vendetta in its refusal to give affiliation to an engineering college set up by an educational trust in which Union Minister M K Alagiri is one of the trustees. AUT had rightly rejected ..

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