Education News in India

Swami Vivekananda remembered on his 150th birthday 13/Jan/2012
370 school students dressed up as Swami Vivekandanda as part of his 150th birth anniversary celebrations and in a bid to enter the Guinness book of world records. The students, belonging to the first to fifth standards of Gurukulam Vidyalaya in Thuneri here, dressed up in saffron as Vivekananda and stood ..
Plants can alert each other of impending drought 13/Jan/2012
Alike humans, plants can also alert each other of an impending drought, say scientists who claim to have found that plants communicate among themselves with a sort of signal. An international team, led by ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology in Australia, says that it has found evidence ..
India, France to set up virtual institute on mathematics 13/Jan/2012
India and France have decided to set up a virtual institute for applied mathematics to take up joint research projects in the area. An agreement to set up the virtual institute was signed last evening between the Department of Science and Technology and the National Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS) of ..
ICRISAT and ICC team up to hold first world grains meet 13/Jan/2012
ICRISAT has teamed up with Vienna-based International Association for Cereal Science & Technology(ICC) to host first ever International grains Conference in India next week. Under the theme "Developments in Grain Science and Technology to Ensure High Quality, Safe and Healthy Grain-based ..
KARMA ?YOGA - an outreach of Great Lakes 13/Jan/2012
“KARMA YOGA”, is a Leadership Experiential Project (LEP) that is an integral part of the Post-Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) curriculum at Great Lakes. Established in the year 2004, Great Lakes Institute of Management offers world-class management programs designed to help each student ..
NEN - nurturing young entrepreneurs 13/Jan/2012
Established in 2003, NEN purposes to inspire and support Indias next high-potential entrepreneurs, with the ultimate goal of driving innovation and job-creation. It was co-founded by the Wadhwani Foundation, IIT-Bombay, IIM-Ahmedabad, BITS Pilani, SP Jain and IBAB, NEN partners with top academic ..
Govt mulls ombudsman in higher educational institutions 17/Jan/2012
In good news for students, the government has decided to have a grievance redressal mechanism in higher educational institutions. The mechanism, which is likely to come into effect from the coming academic session, will require every institute to constitute an ombudsman, said HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, ..
Delhi to have first tech university exclusively for women 17/Jan/2012
Delhi will soon have the country's first technical university exclusively for women to boost their participation in the field of science and technology. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. The Women's Technical ..
National level medical entrance from 2013: MCI tells HC 17/Jan/2012
The MCI informed the Bombay High Court that the Centre has decided to hold the NEET from 2013-14 and not from the academic year 2012-13. MCI counsel Ganesh Gole submitted before the court a communication received on December 30, 2011 from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to this effect. ..
Make nursery admission process transparent: BJP asks Delhi LG 17/Jan/2012
BJP urged the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi to formulate a transparent procedure for nursery admissions and ensure its strict implementation by schools as the city government has "failed" to do so. "Delhi Government and its Education Department have proved to be incompetent and useless ..

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