Brown University declines to sign onto Trump administration 'compact'Brown University President Christina Paxson has declined to sign a Trump administration memo that outlines new policies for universities se...
16 Oct, 2025, 09.49 AM IST
How autonomy unshackled India’s colleges to build real-world coursesAcross India, a growing number of colleges are leveraging autonomy to revamp curricula and align with industry demands. Institutions are in...
18 Jul, 2025, 05.57 PM IST
View: Some suggestions for systemic improvements to minimise, or stop, future NEET-NET-type leaksRecent events have put the National Testing Agency (NTA) under scrutiny due to the leakage of the NEET-UG test paper, impacting admission t...
23 Jun, 2024, 11.15 PM IST
Myntra to increase penetration into India's Gen Z community with its ‘FWD Campus Tribe’Myntra, an Indian e-commerce platform, has launched a student community called ‘FWD Campus Tribe’ to target Gen Z students and build a crea...
09 Aug, 2023, 02.46 PM IST
Arvind Panagariya underlines the reforms that India needs most urgentlyThe New cabinet’s new job is ensuring speedy delivery in three key areas: liberating education, speeding up privatisation and ending exempt...
26 Jul, 2021, 09.57 AM IST
NC, PDP, Cong befooling people in name of autonomy: Jitendra SinghAddressing a public rally in support of BJP candidate Asif Choudhary for the District Development Council (DDC) polls, Jitendra Singh alleg...
10 Dec, 2020, 08.43 PM IST
Darjeeling crisis: It's a choice between development & peace, and anarchy, says Derek O’BrienEven though our base is Bengal, we are focusing on three or four states in the next few years. We want to grow organically, says Derek O’Br...
25 Jun, 2017, 12.00 AM IST
HRD Ministry's top priority: Fulfil budgetary commitment to overhaul UGCA committee has been set up to draw up provisions to categorise institutes on quality parameters, a measure aimed at helping decide how muc...
06 May, 2017, 12.56 AM IST
More funds, autonomy to institutions with better ranking: HRDThe educational institutions performing well in the annual ranking will be awarded with more funding or grants, enhanced autonomy and freed...
03 Apr, 2017, 10.29 PM IST
Helicopter parenting is trending in India. Here's whyThis kind of parenting involves well-intentioned parents extensively intervening and making decisions for their almost adult children.
18 Jan, 2017, 03.10 PM IST
RSS accuses minority institutions of misusing privileges; demands change in recognition normsMukul Kanitkar, joint organising secretary of BMS, told reporters that BMS will soon approach the Supreme Court to seek a change in the cri...
09 Jul, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
World Bank approves $65 million aid for education in NepalThe World Bank has approved USD 65 million as assistance for higher education reforms in Nepal to help address the human resource needs of ...
22 Feb, 2015, 08.08 PM IST
Innovating Education: Need to develop more institutions like IITsToday, research rarely happens in an engineering institution, barring a few select bodies. Where it does happen it is a struggle to give it...
02 Apr, 2012, 08.33 AM IST
- IT industry should be on track to touch $225 billion industry by 2020: Nasscom Chairman
In an interview with ET, Accenture's India MD Harsh Manglik talks about the future of the $60-billion sector and the challenges ahead.
29 Apr, 2010, 01.55 AM IST
- IT-ITeS will gross $225 bn by 2020: Nasscom chairman
Accenture’s India MD, Harsh Manglik, In his first interview after being appointed as Nasscom chairman last week, the IIT-Kanpur alumnus and...
27 Apr, 2010, 08.35 AM IST
Reform affiliating-varsity modelThe ability to own a good portion of the curriculum will allow colleges to introduce new courses and new ideas in education.
30 Sep, 2009, 01.33 AM IST
- Corporates, varsities to link the skill gap
Worried about shortage of skilled professionals? The trend is to forge alliance with cos and universities.
25 Feb, 2007, 02.20 AM IST