Implementation of National Knowledge Network, a state-of-the-art network aimed at connecting all knowledge related institutions, is progressing well and once completed will help overcome faculty shortage problem, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal has said.
As of now 400 universities and ..
Students from India have out-numbered their Chinese counterparts in US by a decent margin when it comes to pursuing master's degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields, an official report for the year 2009 has revealed.
According to the figures tabulated by the Department of ..
To give jobs to underprivileged youth and meet the ever-expanding manpower requirement of the hospitality industry, the Union Ministry of Tourism has tied up with a city-based private institute to offer free training programmes.
Under the ‘Hunar Se Rozgar Tak initiative, NIPS School of Hotel ..
West Bengal will soon get a state-run Tele Academy for study and promotion of tele-films besides other related activities in the state.
Housing and Youth Affairs Minister Aroop Biswas said here today, "The West Bengal Tele Academy project has received the consent of the Governor M K Narayanan...
Serge Haroche of France and David Wineland of the US won the Nobel Physics Prize for their work on measuring and manipulating individual particles while preserving their quantum-mechanical nature.
The pair were honoured for "groundbreaking experimental methods that enable measuring and ..
Over 90,000 unemployed youths of rural and urban areas will be imparted vocational training of one to three months in Rajasthan.
A contract was signed today for the purpose by the Rajasthan Skills and Livelihoods Development Mission with 14 companies.
Rajesh Yadav, MD of the Mission, ..
The Kerala High court directed revaluation of the Post Graduate Medical Entrance examination of 2012-13 of at least six candidates who approached the court complaining of wrong answer keys.
A Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice A M Shafique, gave the direction ..
Minister for Tribal Welfare P. Balaraju said in Vijayawada on Monday that as much as 76 per cent of the budgetary allocations to the Tribal Welfare Ministry—Rs.1,200 crore out of Rs.1,550 crore was being spent on education of tribal children and the latter should utilise the opportunity to reach higher academic ..
The recently released All India Survey on Higher Education has given Indian women a reason to cheer as their Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) has shown an impressive jump between 2009-10 and 2010-2011 from 12.7 per cent to 16.5 per cent.
This clearly indicates that a larger number of women in the age group of ..
Madurai Kamaraj University will be having a Centre for Film and Electronic Media Studies and Centre for Tourism and Hotel Management where a five-year integrated course in Masters in Film and Electronic Media studies and Master of Tourism and Hotel Management would be offered.
The Senate council had given ..