Education News in India

IIT kanpur gets a new Director 13/Sep/2012
Prof Indranil Manna has been appointed as the new director of IIT, Kanpur after approval by the President of India in his capacity as Visitor of the premier institute. Prof Manna's appointment for the post will be effective for a period of five years or till he attains the age of 70, whichever is earlier, ..
NAAC should evaluate individual departments instead of Universities 12/Sep/2012
Universities should not be evaluated as whole by National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC), instead individual departments should be assessed, suggested M.I. Savadatti, former Vice-Chancellor of Mangalore University. He was delivering the keynote address at the University Grants ..
Quality and effectiveness of our teaching system 12/Sep/2012
As India struggles to keep its promise of free and compulsory education to its children, the issues that seem to have been pushed to a corner are the quality and effectiveness of our teaching system. Ken Gnanakan, founder-chairman of the ACTS Group of Institutions, a non-governmental organisation working ..
Indian Universities still have a long way to go in global ranking 12/Sep/2012
India may rightfully take pride in some of its universities and institutes, which have over the years, become world class. But not having at least one of them among at least the top 200 only underlines that we still have a long way to go. The authoritative QS World University Rankings has listed IIT-Delhi ..
B.Tech programme in food technology from this academic year at University .. 12/Sep/2012
University of Agricultural Sciences has started a four-year B.Tech programme in food technology from this academic year in North Karnataka. The varsity received over 100 applications, but only 30 students could be admitted. The four-year course will train students in food processing and technology, ..
First academic session of AIIMS, Bhubaneshwar to commence on September 21. 12/Sep/2012
All arrangements are in place to start the first academic session of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose All India Institute of Medical Sciences here on September 21. AIIMS director Dr Ashok Mahapatra said,"We will start the session on September 21. Preparations are on." Dr Mahapatra said ..
Maharashtra government seeks community help for successful implementation .. 12/Sep/2012
The state education department on Tuesday launched a community outreach programme 'Shikshanacha Haq Abhiyan' for 'stronger' implementation of the Right to Education Act ( RTE). While most clauses of the Act have already been implemented in the state, the reservation policy will have to be followed by schools from the ..
MG University awarded research grant under the Obama-Singh knowledge .. 12/Sep/2012
American Ambassador to India Nancy Powell has said, Indo-U.S. collaboration in education has been a success story, with over 100,000 Indians currently pursing studies in the United States. She was speaking at a function organised here to felicitate Mahatma Gandhi University for winning the award of research grant under ..
UK universities take four of the six top slots in a global university .. 12/Sep/2012
UK universities have taken four of the six top slots in a global university "league table" for 2011-12. With US's Massachusetts Institute of Technology leading the list, UK's Cambridge, which was top last year, stood second and Harvard University ranked third in the QS World University Rankings, ..
LMU files judicial review petition in the high court against revocation of .. 12/Sep/2012
A London-based university, whose licence to admit and teach Indian and other non-EU students was revoked last month, today filed a judicial review petition in the high court here against the action that affected over 350 Indian students. The London Metropolitan University (LMU) had earlier declared that ..

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