24-year-old Ella Atteba has been keen on starting a community laundry business in her hometown being unhappy with the way people wash their clothes in her city of Abidjan in Cote D'Ivoire. A trip to VIT University in Vellore has put her in a better position to consolidate her business plan.
Ms. Ella is ..
A UK delegation on a visit to India to meet Mayors in India headed by Lord Mayor of city of Coventry Keiran Mulhall paid a visit yesterday to Khalsa College and were full of praise for the history and culture of sikhs.
They visited the Sikh History and Research Museum at the campus and the rare books ..
Dr. R.Chidambaram the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Union Government said that companies who recruit students from IITs should allow them to do research in Universities and they should pay the salaries as it is beneficial for both the country as well as the company.
“A couple of years ago we ..
State government has identified 16 vocational skills such as carpentry, building construction, electrical work etc. as a life skill which will be introduced from next academic year for Arts and Science graduates and higher secondary school students of state government schools as a subject under the heading 'Vocational ..
Schneider Electric, an international energy management firm, announced the launch of the second edition of 'Go Green in the City', where candidates will present case studies focusing on energy solutions for cities.
The teams will be working in two with atleast one woman in the team, who will devise viable ..
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US, has announced its first free electronics course to begin in March, which can be studied online. The course is designed to be fully automated, with successful students receiving a certificate. Study materials and the awarding of grades will be provided online. In its ..
The University of Madras has urged all colleges affiliated to it to get linked to the ICT Network and avail its benefits. The University got connected to the HRD Ministry supported 900 crore National Mission on Education in February 2011.The total cost per year for the college would be Rs one lakh if they join the ..
13 core Japanese Universities are keen to attract more indian students by showcasing the benefits of higher education in the worlds second most innovative nation.
On monday the University of Tokyo, which ranks as the world's seventh top most University announced opening its office in India to serve as a ..
The AICTE will perhaps be forced to stop new professional colleges to come up from 2014 given the fact that the supply exceeds demand for engineering and management seats. This was decided after a recent meeting of AICTE with request received from several states to reject proposalfor starting new professional colleges...
Hundreds of students who joined the new Indian Institute of Technology set up in 2008 in the hope of a bright future are under misapprehension now as these institutions are yet to be approved by Parliament.The first batch of students are set to pass out in May 2012 but the new institutes are yet to be approved by Rajya ..