View: What India needs to do to get its own Yales and Harvards"Deepening relationships with faculty, students and alumni and institutionalising opportunities to receive input from various stakeholders ...
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New education policy seeks to junk 10+2 format, ‘high-stakes’ examsThe policy recommends replacing the current 10+2 schooling format with a 5+3+3+4 structure.
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How private universities are reviving liberal arts education in IndiaThe vice-chancellor of Ashoka University, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, hopes the focus on liberal arts will help break into better global ranking in...
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Ashoka university to start UG science courseThe university will have new departments dedicated to physics, biology and environmental sciences, in addition to existing departments.
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Government grant based on results explains Bihar exam scamBefore the scam surfaced, the state government had undertaken massive exercise to stop “cheating” in the examination.
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Bennett University: Times Group campus to start B Tech, MBA courses next yearTimes of India group is all set to launch its Bennett University next year in July at Greater Noida near Delhi, a top Bennett, Coleman & Co...
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Harvard Business School’s digital platform HBX enters into first tie-up in India with Ashoka UniversityIn its first such tie-up outside the US, Harvard Business School’s new digital platform HBX has tied up with Ashoka University.
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Ashoka University raises Rs 50 crore more from HNIsAshoka University, a private liberal arts university, has raised another Rs 50 crore from six new contributors, all high net worth individu...
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Ashoka University: A collective effort of 46 philanthropistsYet, for all their good intentions, gritty purpose and a pool of Rs 70 crore, they were still about Rs 80 crore short to roll out their vis...
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Budget 2014: Applaud art & culture, give it a boost, says Mahindra & Mahindra's Jay ShahJay Shah of Mahindra & Mahindra presents his wish list on Culture from the Modi Government.
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Sotheby's selling exhibition to showcase assertive and witty workS|2 is the dedicated exhibition selling space of Sotheby's global Contemporary Art department, offering exceptional works of art through un...
18 Jan, 2014, 05.27 PM IST
Ashoka University: Ready to shell out Rs 16 lakh for an under-grad course in Liberal Arts?Some entrepreneur backers of Ashoka Univ say recruit-worthy talent needs a rounded quality education, something, they say, is not on offer ...
27 Sep, 2013, 10.02 AM IST
Tyeb Mehta, MF Husain and Sayed Haider Raza to set auction record in LondonMehta's untitled oil on canvas, signed and dated 1978, is estimated to sell for between 400,000 and 600,000 pounds.
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- Tagore University work in full swing; committee submits plan
Undaunted by opposition to reforms in higher education, the human resource development ministry is forging ahead with its plans to change t...
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- IIMs to court more women, arts students
IIMs are set to look beyond just CAT scores, and focus on taking in students from diverse disciplines. Interview mistakes | Top 10 Paymaste...
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- Privatise higher education?
State must step up its role in the education sector as well.
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