As Indians started setting up their own institutions of higher education, they also tried to Indianise their academic robes. In 1919 at the...

Asserting that Gandhi advocated use of Khadi, Javadekar suggested that universities ask their students to come up with design options for t...

“I have nothing against the gown. I don’t disrespect it... but I think it is time, if we can review foreign trade policy, we can also revie...

Stressing on some 'fresh thinking', the minister said students here could do things even better while through for their graduation hats in ...

"For the first time, students received their degrees in the IIT not in the British-time gowns and headgears, but in kurta pyjamas (for boys...

Ram Naik has asked all of the universities in UP to do away with western attire at their convocations and opt for traditional ethnic wear.

Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh has said the a decision to abolish it would be taken in a meeting of Vice-Chancellors of universities next ...

Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar, has decided to replace the conventional black gowns worn during convocation with a white dress code ...

Naik said that it was a matter of concern that none of the Indian universities were there in the list of top 200 world educational institut...

Premji had a clear grading for the country's teachers: of around 6 mn teachers, 20% are not sincere & committed, 60% are willing to learn, ...

"Only 10 per cent of the students are availing the subsidy in higher education compared to primary and secondary educations in the country,...

Virginia Tech awarded diplomas Friday to students killed by a classmate last month during a mass shooting rampage,