FSSAI enlists 15 agencies to audit food safetySome agencies which have been empanelled are DNV, Bureau Veritas, Intertek, MS Certification, IRCLASS, SGS, BIS, TUV and Indocert.
15 Dec, 2017, 12.42 AM IST
Concerns of autonomy holds up IIM billStudents will get the degree from the home university but the certificate will mention the foreign stint -the name of the institute and the...
29 Jun, 2016, 11.55 AM IST
Budget Session: Govt to push for passage of 2 crucial education billsIn a fresh bid, the Smriti Irani-led Ministry would introduce the National Academic Depository Bill, 2011, which had lapsed with the last L...
03 Apr, 2015, 06.22 PM IST
Narendra Modi government in final lap to approve IIM BillThe proposed law, according to officials, is expected to come up for Cabinet nod before the budget session resumes in Parliament on April 2...
26 Mar, 2015, 10.40 AM IST
Bill empowering 13 IIMs to confer MBA degrees to be introduced in the Budget session of ParliamentYears after it was first proposed, the govt is finally ready with a legislation empowering the 13 IIMs to award degrees to students.
02 Jan, 2015, 11.32 AM IST
Government interest spurs IITs, IIMs to take Massive Open Online Courses RouteWhile IIT Bombay and IIM Bangalore have already announced the launch of MOOCs with overseas partners, IIM Calcutta could be next in line.
09 Dec, 2014, 06.10 AM IST
HRD minister Smriti Irani, 39 university VCs to draw new vision for higher educationIrani already had similar interactions with directors of IITs and IIMs. The minister is likely to stress on greater synergy between higher ...
09 Sep, 2014, 11.51 AM IST
Infrastructure problems continue to plague new IITs & IIMsEight new IITs, set up in 2009, continue to operate out of temporary premises; three out of seven new IIMs also face infrastructure-related...
17 Jun, 2014, 05.59 AM IST
Modi's ideas on education sector: How India can harness its demographic dividendWe must end the adverse selection in education entrepreneurs by legitimizing corporate investment structures.
26 Jan, 2014, 08.07 AM IST
Singaporean University expanding education programmes in IndiaSMU would soon be signing another MoU with IIM Lucknow for a programme in executive education in the Delhi region.
19 Jul, 2013, 10.05 AM IST
- IIM-A opposes umbrella body for IIMs
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has opposed the proposed legislation to bring IIMs under one umbrella body, saying it wou...
23 Mar, 2013, 11.17 PM IST
- IIM-A to certify 'green products'
Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A), will help customers identify eco-friendly products. In an initiative to support such prod...
07 Jun, 2011, 05.10 AM IST
- IIT, IIM & govt to kick off training courses in N-E
DoNER in collaboration with the IIT-Guwahati and IIM-Shillong will soon launch short-term management and training courses for local student...
27 May, 2011, 05.49 AM IST
- Faculty bitterness apart, IIT students stay upbeat
Students in IIT campuses across the country are mature enough to understand the bitterness of their faculty over their pay package, and the...
05 Oct, 2009, 04.29 PM IST
- IITs, IIMs to assist government in rural employment scheme
Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) will help the government in implementing its flagship r...
19 Aug, 2008, 08.32 AM IST
- IIMs begin to sift creamy layers among OBC
After putting the admission process on hold, the IIMs have begun the exercise to sift creamy layer among OBC by asking candidates belonging...
25 Apr, 2008, 07.49 PM IST
- IIMC ties up with Bureau Veritas
The Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIMC) has tied up with Bureau Veritas to impart training in ISO lead auditorship practices fo...
16 Oct, 2007, 12.00 AM IST