Act East: India to offer 1000 PhDs in IITs for ASEAN nationalsExternal Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar formally launched the Fellowship Programme at a ceremony at the Ministry of External Affairs on...
Professor Janat Shah re-appointed as director of IIM UdaipurProfessor Shah has been director of IIMU since its inception in 2011 and becomes the only director amongst the new IIMs to have received an...
IIM-A trying its best to implement faculty quota: Director"MHRD has not ordered us to fulfill obligations. They only asked us that we should try to invite people from all walks of life, especially ...
Over 1 lakh schools in India have just 1 teacherA solitary teacher is running the show in as many as 1,05,630 government elementary and secondary schools in the country, with MP emerging ...
HRD Ministry asks IIM-A to set up new panel to scout for chairmanAn MHRD spokesperson said there is no official version from the ministry yet. “It took a lot to convince the three high-calibre candidates ...
NIT calm as several demands of outstation students metThe NIT administration has also decided that students will not need to obtain permission to celebrate festivals at the campus.
Total enrolment of students in the country around 301.5 lakhs, says CII-Deloitte reportThe CII-Deloitte report on ‘Annual Status of Higher Education of States and UTs in India 2015’ (ASHE 2015) was released today at the ‘5th G...
350 foreign academicians to teach in India under GIANMore than 350 academicians from 38 countries are coming to teach in 68 Indian institutes under the national GIAN programme.
IIT-Bombay teachers protest HRD ministry's 'interference' in academic and administrative affairsIIT-Bombay professors are aghast at the level of 'interference; in academic and administrative affairs by the HRD ministry.
MHRD praises NALCO's 100% show in Swachh Vidyalaya AbhiyanNALCO said it has completed the target of constructing toilets for schools in three districts of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.
Centre meddling in affairs of IITs: AcademiciansWith two resignations from the IIT system pending with the MHRD,the situation is more than worrying, say academicians.
PP Chakrabarty to be new director of IIT KharagpurAfter a 12 month wait, IIT Kharagpur is all set to get a new director in Partha Pratim Chakrabarty.
MHRD ends NGOs’ role in implementation of scholarship scheme for Jammu and KashmirThe scheme is part of the larger intervention aimed at engaging youth by getting them out of the valley and placing in other states.
Karnataka government plans world-class university with MHRD supportKarnataka govt said it is planning to establish a world-class university in the state in collaboration with the MHRD.
- CPM backs reservation for Kashmiri students outside Jammu and Kashmir
In view of stiff competition outside state, Tarigami said the Kashmiris students feel dejected in absence of proper schooling, training and...
- Quota muddle hits IIM infra expansion
With a big question mark on quota itself, the all-important infrastructure issue has now gone for a toss.
- HRD ministry asks for exemption from 10% support to N-E
The Ministry of Human Resources Development may not get its way. The MHRD has asked the finance ministry to exempt it from allocating 10% o...