IIT Council to meet after 2 years: Credit transfer among IITs, accreditation, JEE reforms on agendaThe IIT Council is set to convene after two years to address critical issues, including credit sharing among IITs under the National Credit...
25 Aug, 2025, 02.32 PM IST
Unis, engage! with rigour & care: The idea of the university is fraying at the edgesSupriya Chaudhuri’s essay, The University in New India: A State of Siege, explores how India’s universities face political, financial and i...
20 Jun, 2025, 11.49 PM IST
No more outdated B-schools: Redefining modern leadershipThe evolving nature of business leadership in India highlights a shift from militaristic management styles to empathetic leadership. Overwo...
01 Nov, 2024, 11.05 PM IST
Convergence of efforts by Centre, states needed to improve education quality: Economic SurveyThe Economic Survey for FY 2023-24 emphasized the need for concerted efforts among the central, state, and local governments to enhance the...
22 Jul, 2024, 04.51 PM IST
Getting future-ready through liberal artsNobel-winning economist Thomas Schelling tellingly wrote in his 1987 book, Managing Nuclear Operations, how war-gaming has a quality that q...
06 Sep, 2023, 10.57 PM IST
Globsyn Business School plans to use Augmented Reality to enhance its hybrid delivery modelTechnology does have a role to play in making learning more self-paced and immersive. There is a big difference between blended learning an...
06 Dec, 2021, 01.01 PM IST
Ten development efforts that will take India's literacy to new heightsThere is need to extend it beyond rote learning of concepts. It should largely focus on cognitive development to a belief that values the u...
17 Sep, 2018, 03.13 PM IST
Ahead of the curve: Private universities put in place international tie-upsAccording to an ET report, nearly 1.5 million Indians graduate from engineering colleges every year, and nearly four-fifths of them are une...
30 May, 2017, 01.25 AM IST
Government to build toilets in 1 lakh madrassas, gives '3T' mantraUnion Minister of State for MinorityAffairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said the government has also planned to introduce mid-day meal scheme...
18 Mar, 2017, 02.53 PM IST
Don’t favour making any language compulsory in school, says panel for Sanskrit promotionThe committee, set up by the HRD ministry, said that all Sanskrit Pathsalas and Vedic Schools should be affiliated to some board.
05 Feb, 2016, 12.55 PM IST
Who is Mr Batra? Asks man evolving education policy"Please explain to me what the word saffronisation means? Does it mean saffron school uniform?" Subramanian asked, when told about apprehen...
14 Jan, 2016, 12.06 PM IST
IIM Ahmedabad invites government officials, executives for new faculty post ‘Professor of Management Practice’The new position is different from visiting faculty members and is targeted at those considering a serious, full-time career in academics.
30 May, 2015, 12.57 PM IST
Expect sessions of top teachers to be interactive, loud, and involvedThe classroom is already beginning to witness behaviour by teachers and students that would have been considered educational heresy in the ...
25 Jun, 2013, 06.04 AM IST
Stop the excoriation of Delhi UniversityThere is simply no room to experiment with a few batches of students and then perhaps hope for corrective measures in the scheme for future...
03 May, 2013, 08.07 AM IST
- IIM Calcutta launches the IIM Calcutta Case Research Centre (IIMCCRC)
The activities of the centre include case development, workshops on case writing, teaching and research, and eventually building a case rep...
13 Jun, 2012, 04.29 PM IST
- Furore over textbooks reveals the abysmal level of political debate
National Curriculum Framework was set up precisely to develop a more consultative approach to framing school textbooks.
11 Jun, 2012, 07.09 AM IST
There is a lot to be learnt from Indian cos: Nitin NohriaHarvard Business School may not build a campus in India, but it is committed to expanding its presence and reach through its research centr...
07 May, 2010, 12.21 AM IST