India to Double Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education and employability of the students next five years
New Delhi: In accordance with the decision of the Prime Minister for finalizing a five-year vision plan for each Ministry, the Department of Higher Education of HRD Ministry has finalized and released a five-year vision plan named Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP). This report has been prepared after a detailed exercise done by […]
Read More →MAHE Chancellor Conferred Life Time Achievement Award by FICCI
Manipal: Dr. Ramdas M Pai, Chairman Emeritus – Manipal Education and Medical Group and President & Chancellor of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), was awarded the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award 2018’, in recognition of his enormous contributions in the fields of Education and Healthcare by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) […]
Read More →HDFC Credila in Association with AUSTRADE Announces Winners for ‘Film Fly Experience Australia’ Competition
Mumbai: The 4th edition of the annual Schools Video Competition, themed ‘Film Fly Experience Australia’, culminated with a grand closing ceremony, with the announcement of the winning teams of this unique competition. Organized by The Australian Trade and Investment Commission, Australian Government in association with HDFC Credila-The Education Loan Specialist, the competition was open to […]
Read More →No: 1 yet again! IIT Madras strikes hat-trick in NIRF Rankings For the third consecutive year, Institute ranked as the Best Engineering College in the country by the HRD Ministry
Chennai, 3rd April 2018: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has, for the third consecutive year, emerged as the Top-Ranked Engineering Institute in the Country. It was declared as the No. 1 among Engineering Institutes in the India Rankings 2018 conducted by National Institutional Rankings Framework (NIRF) of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, […]
Read More →H.E. Alphonsus Stoelinga, Ambassador of the Netherlands to India visits Chitkara University
Chandigarh, India: Chitkara University is happy to host H.E. Alphonsus Stoelinga, Ambassador of Netherlands and Ms. Karanpreet Kaur, Senior Policy Officer at its Punjab Campus on 26th March 2018. The objective of the visit was to inform faculty and students about higher education opportunities in the Netherlands and newly launched scholarships, specifically for Indian students. […]
Read More →Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, visits IIT Madras Research Park
Chennai: His Excellency Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, visited Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Research Park today (Sunday 25th March 2018). The visit of the Federal President has its roots in the long and successful association between IIT Madras and Germany and the fruitful collaboration between Indian and […]
Read More →Shri Pranab Mukherjee Launches QS I-Gauge – India’s First Nationwide Higher Education Rating System
New Delhi: Former President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, launched the QS I-Gauge, India’s first nationwide higher education rating system for Indian universities and colleges. Speaking on the occasion, Shri Pranab Mukherjee emphasized the importance of globally-benchmarked quality assurance systems. Referring to the importance of rankings, he said, “It does not create excellence but it […]
Read More →Pondicherry University admission notification 2018-19 for MA, M.Sc. MBA, MTech, PhD progarmmes
Pondicherry: Pondicherry University, a central university accredited with A Grade by NAAC, has released official admission notification for the academic year 2018-19. The admission is open from today (21st March 2018) in the following degree programmes: Post Graduate, MBA, MTech, MCA, M.Com., M.Ed., MLIS, M.P.Ed ,MSW, M.P.A ,MSc, LLM, Doctoral (PhD), PG Diploma, etc. The […]
Read More →UGC directs 22 institutes including Manipal, Amrita, TERI, Thapar, SRM to drop university word from their name
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC), the higher education regulator, has strictly instructed all the 123 deemed to be universities to restrain from using the word “University” in their name. In another separate letter to 22 higher educational institutes, the UGC asked them not use the word University in their names. These institutes include: […]
Read More →TCS iON launches an integrated cloud-based solution for educational institutions
Tokyo | Mumbai: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced the Japan launch of its TCS iON Education Solution, an integrated cloud-based solution for academic and vocational institutions. TCS iON provides educational institutions an end-to-end solution that streamlines operations and management across the institution and its campuses. The iON Education Solution digitises processes throughout the student lifecycle, […]
Read More →International Career & College Counseling Conference announces 2nd edition of the conference
New Delhi: International Career & College Counseling (IC3) Conference announced the second edition of the Annual Conference, that will be held in New Delhi on 30 -31 August 2017 at JW Marriott, Aerocity. This year will be marked as a great milestone as IC3 sets to actualise their mission of transforming lives through career counseling, […]
Read More →Mumbai-based Education App ‘Ediffy’, zooms into national footprint
Mumbai: Ediffy, a student communication and engagement application deployed in education institutes, is on expansion drive. After successfully strengthening its roots in Maharashtra, the company is now expanding its reach to other states of India like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka. Ediffy is revolutionising the way technology is being used in educational institutes […]
Read More →XLRI launches new education management programme for school teachers & aspiring school leaders
Jamshedpur: XLRI- Xavier School of Management has launched new programme – PG Certificate in Applied Educational Leadership and Management in collaboration with Fordham University, USA aims at enhancing the effectiveness of the teaching community by improving their support structures and the domain and managerial competence of its care givers. This programme targets school teachers currently […]
Read More →Aptech Attests’ Digital Assessment helps Mahagenco scout for talented engineers
Mumbai: To fill 650 vacancies of Junior Engineer and Assistant Engineer, the state run utility company – Mahagenco (Maharashtra State Power Generation Co. Ltd), recently tasked the global test and assessment expert, Aptech Attest to conduct online tests to scout for talented resources while ensuring complete transparency. Mahagenco is one of the most sought after […]
Read More →More than 27 thousand scholars received PhD degree in 2014-15 as science stream rules the roost
New Delhi: Doctoral Degree is one of the highest degrees practiced in the higher education system. In India more than one lakh students enroll for PhD programmes in various subjects. During 2014-15 academic year, a total number of 27,327 students were awarded research degree PhD, as per the UGC Annual Report 2016. The number of […]
Read More →JEE Main 2017 Cut Off scores fall drastically in the range of 20 to 50%
Mumbai: The results of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2017 have been declared. The cut-off for JEE Advanced was surprisingly low this year. The cut-off for general category is 81 against 100 last year. This a dramatic fall in cut-off compared to last year. For OBC category the cut-off is 49, which is a fall […]
Read More →Find India’s top private universities as per India Rankings 2017
New Delhi: There are a total 277 private universities, which are managed privately, in India as on 31 March 2016, as per All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE). These universities have a large role in higher education system in India. The university category ranking of National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2017 has given an […]
Read More →IMI, New Delhi Awards Diplomas to 299 Students in its 33rd Annual Convocation
New Delhi: International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi, the best private B-school in India by NIRF 2016, MHRD, conducted its 33rd Annual Convocation Ceremony on April 22, 2017, at IMI-New Delhi campus. During the ceremony, 299 students of the premier Business School were awarded their diplomas. Attended by several notable guests and luminaries, the event […]
Read More →IIM Bangalore’s PGPEM team, profit paranoids, emerges runners-up in Global Network Investment Competition 2016-17
Bengaluru: A team from IIM Bangalore named ‘Profit Paranoids’ has emerged as the runner-up in the Global Network Investment Competition 2016-17, a contest organised by the Yale School of Management, the USA. It is a one-of-a-kind annual contest dedicated to equity investments sourced from students belonging to top business schools from around the globe. Two […]
Read More →KIIT Bhubaneswar on track to achieve 100% placement for 2017 batch
New Delhi: Mood is upbeat in KIIT University since the initial phase of the campus placement programme as most of the BTech students of 2017 graduating batch from Schools of Engineering have already bagged job offers. The placement season started with a bang and till date 100 plus top-notch companies have rolled out 2700 job […]
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