What you need to know about IIT Madras' newly launched Centres of ExcellenceIIT Madras has launched 15 Centres of Excellence as part of the UGC's Institute of Eminence scheme. These centres are expected to undertake...
Top monitoring body for institutes of eminence inactive since FebruaryA special monitoring panel set up to cut red tape and bring in a new liberal regulatory regime for the Institutes of Eminence, has been ina...
India's 'Institutions of Eminence' can now set up campuses in foreign countriesAccording to the norms, IoEs shall be permitted to start a maximum of three off-campus centres in five years, but not more than one in an a...
IoEs to invite Nobel laureates to campus, develop model villages as part of Unnat Bharat schemeThe institutions recognised under IoE Scheme are the foundation stones in making a new and better India and they have to lead the new gener...
HRD Ministry awards IoE status to 5 public institutes including IIT-Kharagpur, IIT-Madras and BHUThe decision was taken following a recommendation made by the University Grants Commission last month on the basis of the advice of an Empo...
IIT Madras disappointed over not granted IoE status; writes to HRD MinisterWhile the ministry will grant Rs 1,000 crore funds to the three public institutions in the next five years, the private institutes will not...
Congress demands answer from Modi on PMO's intervention in 'diluting' norms for selection of IoEsThe Congress asked Modi to make public the "reasons and pressures" behind his "unprecedented intervention" to ease norms pertaining to land...
Institutes of Eminence: Expert committee points to lack of eminenceThe HRD ministry had decided to pick only six institutes — three each in public and private categories — to ensure an ‘equal’ treatment.
Institution of Eminence tag for Jio Institute conditional: HRD MinistryThe government yesterday also granted "Institution of Eminence" (IoE) status to IIT-Delhi, IIT-Bombay and the Bengaluru-based Indian Instit...
PM Modi's vision for 'Digital India' is commendable, says Qualcomm VP Cristiano AmonAmon said with growing demand for data, 4G adoption in India will be much more rapid than 2G and 3G, even as device prices supporting the t...
'Market for Smartwatches in India is in early stage'The market forecast is exciting as the size of the market will see 20-25 billion units to be shipped over the next few years.
Cisco partners with IL&FS arm to tap smart city business in IndiaThe government plans to develop 100 smart cities by 2022. In the Budget, the Finance Ministry has allocated Rs 7,060 crore for developing t...
Venture capital funds to invest over $1.6 billion in Internet of Things in 2014The US-based firm said as many as 13.69 billion devices have been connected through the virtual medium so far this year.
The Internet of Everything – harnessing the full potential of Internet of ThingsThe full potential of IoT will be realized with such a network effect, when three more elements are added to it – people, data and processe...
Infosys partners SMART Enterprise for Machine to Machine communication, Internet of EverythingThe companies will also work closely with the local innovation ecosystem to draw on their collective best practices and intellectual capita...
Cisco CEO John Chambers predicts "brutal" consolidation in IT industryCisco Live, which is in its 25th year, is the networking solution major's annual event for the education and training of IT professionals.
India still behind China in intellectual property generation: CiscoStart-ups have received funding from a range of investors including angel investors, individuals as well as large venture capitalists.