After feeling the pinch of the ambitious fee reimbursement scheme draining its exchequer to the tune of Rs 4,000 crore annually,the Andhra Pradesh government plans to crackdown on private engineering colleges.
However, fearing an adverse political fallout, the Kiran Kumar Reddy government seems to be ..
A Parliamentary Committee has mooted the idea of holding a separate examination for recruitment of IPS officers where their mental makeu and nclination for policing can be checked.
Besides, the panel has also recommended to the government making changes in the training modules for the IPS officers to ..
Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) announced Ravi J Matthai National Fellowship Award at the 24th AIMS Annual Management Education Conference 2012. The conference was held in Hyderabad on the subject of ‘Innovative Management Education for Sustainable Development’. Uday Salunkhe, group director, ..
Symbiosis National Aptitude (SNAP) Test will be conducted on December 16, 2012. It is a common and mandatory written test for admissions to all the postgraduate programmes at Symbiosis International University. The test precedes the selections process of candidates for admissions.
For non-MBA courses, ..
Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Thursday unveiled the exposure draft on National Physical Fitness Programme (NPFP), under which school children across the country will get marks for their physical fitness.
Mr Maken said that in order to ensure fitness amongst all school children, a system needs to be put in ..
The global economic slowdown seems to be a thing of the past for IITians.
This year 50 multinational companies have already agreed to take part in campus placement at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) compared to 40 by the end of August 2011.
The institute’s placement ..
The Haryana government has created 433 new posts of teachers in upper primary schools in the state under the Right to Education Act and Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan for year 2012-13.
An official spokesman said out of the total, 12 posts have been created in Ambala, 17 in Bhiwani, 15 Faridabad, 32 each in ..
The resignation of educationist and college alumnus Sukanta Chaudhuri from the mentor group of Presidency University over showering of benefits, while depriving other varsities, has support of educationists.
professor Jashodhara Bagchi,founder director School of Womens' Studies (Jadavpur University),said, ..
IT major Wipro said on Wednesday that it has partnered with the University of Massachusetts, Boston to jointly launch a 12-month fellowship programme in the US to train 120 school teachers over three years.
"The one-year Wipro Fellowship programme is aimed at developing competencies of teachers and ..
The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) said in a circular, "When a VEC is offered by an institution of the government or a local authority, question of service tax does not arise."
The CBEC has issued the circular in view of the doubts expressed in respect of levy of service tax on ..