- Higher Education and Research Bill introduced in Rajya Sabha
The government today introduced a Bill in the Rajya Sabha for establishment of the National Commission for Higher Education and Research (N...
28 Dec, 2011, 07.17 PM IST
- PMO settles turf war between health and HRD ministries
The Health and Human Resource Development ministries have reached a compromise on regulating medical education and research.
16 Feb, 2011, 12.46 AM IST
- Health and HRD agree on medical education
A broad agreement has been reached to develop a mechanism to link the two proposed regulatory bodies - National Commission for Human Resour...
05 Feb, 2011, 02.10 AM IST
- Lancet for joint action in education & health
The human resource development ministry’s hopes of bringing medical education under the ambit of the proposed National Commission for Highe...
18 Jan, 2011, 05.22 AM IST
- New regulator for health soon: PM
The Bill to set up National Council for Human Resource in Health (NCHRH) -- the overarching regulatory body for the health sector, which wi...
02 Oct, 2010, 06.39 AM IST
Governance of higher educationIndia's future depends on its ability to create, absorb and leverage knowledge. To this end, we need imaginative and innovative steps.
01 Jun, 2010, 04.59 AM IST
- Karunanidhi against Sibal’s plan
Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi, who has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressing his strong opposition to the proposed ...
22 May, 2010, 03.06 AM IST
- NCHER will not be super regulator
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appears to be disinclined to accept the idea of setting up the proposed National Commission for Higher Educat...
22 May, 2010, 02.48 AM IST
- Sibal & Azad's men to meet for docs’ health
The tug of war over medical education continues to be a restraining factor in the finalisation of the proposed overarching regulatory autho...
17 May, 2010, 02.24 AM IST
- Ordinance empowers ministry to improve Medical Council’s health
The Cabinet approved an Ordinance allowing the health ministry to take over the charges of the Medical Council of India.
14 May, 2010, 03.02 AM IST
- HRD ministry organising meetings to finalise draft NCHER bill
The human resource development ministry is organising “retreat” meetings to finalise the draft National Commission for Higher Education and...
13 May, 2010, 04.24 AM IST
- Bill to allow foreign varsities likely to be okayed this week
HRD ministry will be sending the long-awaited legislation allowing for the entry of foreign universities in India for Cabinet approval this...
16 Feb, 2010, 04.20 AM IST
- Stricter norms for VC job?
It may no longer be possible to become vicechancellor of a central or private university merely because a person thinks he is worthy of the...
31 Jan, 2010, 10.23 AM IST
- Stricter norms for VC job?
Collegium will play crucial role in functioning of NCHER.
31 Jan, 2010, 07.14 AM IST
- 44 deemed varsities unfit; 86 others may have tough time ahead
The HRD ministry has initiated the process of setting up an overarching body in higher education which will do away with the concept of dee...
22 Jan, 2010, 03.00 PM IST
- IIM-B starts student exchange prog with Paris-based HEC
The Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B ) and Paris-based HEC School of Management (HEC) on Saturday said that they have starte...
13 Sep, 2009, 09.45 AM IST
- Medical, agri-education kept outside NCHER ambit
In a bid to avoid a turf war, the HRD ministry has decided to keep agriculture and medical education outside the scope of the proposed Nati...
01 Sep, 2009, 03.33 AM IST