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...
View: A lesson from India's education sectorThe Covid-19 pandemic caught the education system across the world off guard. With 33 crore students, 1,000 universities, 45,000 colleges, ...
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...
Task force looking at feasibility of online exams for higher education: Ramesh PokhriyalThe NCERT and the UGC have started work to keep the academic calendar of 2019-20 secure. A task force has been constituted for the same, sa...
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...
Work on new education policy gained ground in 2019Work on the BJP government's ambitious project -- the new education policy -- started with a committee headed by former ISRO chief K Kastur...
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...
What the next 100 days under Modi 2.0 will look like for youThe new government will consider a clutch of proposals over the next 100 days to complete unfinished goals.
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...
Institute of Eminence: Govt notifies status for five institutions, leaves out BITS PilaniThe government was swift to offer an explanation over its move, stating that Jio Institute was provided the tag under 'Greenfield category'.
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...
'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...
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...
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.