Five Indians selected as Rhodes Scholars for studying at Oxford University in 2025Five Indians from diverse academic backgrounds, including law, philosophy, and astrophysics, have been awarded the prestigious Rhodes Schol...
14 Nov, 2024, 07.19 PM IST
Everything you need to know about the Rhodes ScholarshipThe Rhodes Scholarship offers five opportunities annually for Indian citizens to study at Oxford. Candidates must have studied in India for...
13 Oct, 2024, 01.55 PM IST
Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar and country music icon, has passed away at 88 in Maui, Hawaii. Known for hits like "Me and Bobby McGee...
30 Sep, 2024, 10.03 AM IST
In UK, tourists discover darker side of Oxford and Cambridge"This is not the standard walking tour," warned guide and student Claire McCann, before leading her group onto the cobbled streets of Oxfor...
31 Oct, 2023, 12.49 PM IST
Senior journalist Ravish Tiwari passes awayAn engineering graduate from IIT Bombay in metallurgy and material science, and a post graduate in Comparative Social Policy from the unive...
19 Feb, 2022, 02.16 PM IST
Krea University appoints Dr. Mahesh Rangarajan as Vice ChancellorKrea University’s current Vice Chancellor, Dr. Sunder Ramaswamy will complete his tenure in June 2021 and will continue to be associated wi...
31 Mar, 2021, 12.48 PM IST
New York City's Indian-origin health commissioner Chokshi tests positive for COVID-19Chokshi was named Commissioner of the City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in August last year after serving health commissioner ...
04 Feb, 2021, 05.20 PM IST
Biden's Commerce department pick stresses investment in COVID-19 recoveryRaimondo, 49, is the first woman elected governor of Rhode Island. She recalls her father losing his job at a Bulova watch factory in Provi...
26 Jan, 2021, 10.41 PM IST
Four Indian-Americans among 32 students chosen as Rhodes Scholars from USAmerican Secretary of the Rhodes Trust Elliot Gerson announced the names of the 32 Americans chosen as Rhodes Scholars representing the US ...
23 Nov, 2020, 12.28 PM IST
Girish Karnad dug the past to mine the newKarnad was playwright, filmmaker, actor and public intellectual.
11 Jun, 2019, 09.13 AM IST
OBIT: A Rhodes scholar & math graduate, Girish Karnad, found a way to express creativity with wordsThe author worked with Oxford University Press from 1963 to 1969.
10 Jun, 2019, 04.50 PM IST
Noted playwright-actor Girish Karnad passes away; PM Modi, President Kovind, Kamal Haasan pay tributeThe Jnanpith awardee died at his home in Bengaluru.
10 Jun, 2019, 03.38 PM IST
Bengaluru law student wins Rhodes scholarshipVanshaj Ravi Jain was selected by a panel chaired by industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, with Rohan Murty as one of its members.
29 Nov, 2016, 10.42 AM IST
Stanford University announces Knight-Hennessy scholarship programStanford University announced today the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program, a graduate-level scholarship to prepare a new generation of globa...
24 Feb, 2016, 11.32 AM IST
Rahul Dravid to mentor selected athletes in special progammeThe Athlete Mentorship Programme, aimed to engage athletes from Olympic, Paralympic and Special Olympic disciplines, is being executed by D...
27 Jul, 2015, 09.02 PM IST
Mukund Rajan is too busy for the bird gameThere was a time when he and his brother, the RBI governor Raghuram Rajan, played the sport with some degree of regularity.
12 Feb, 2015, 01.27 PM IST
Four Indian American students picked as Rhodes scholarsConsidered the oldest and best known award for international study, Rhodes Scholarships provide all expenses for two or three years of stud...
25 Nov, 2014, 02.43 PM IST