Common counselling will be adopted at state level for admission to medical courses at UG and PG levels
New Delhi: In a landmark decision, following the introduction of single medical entrance exam in the country, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has now made provision for common counselling at the State level for admission to medical courses at the under graduate and post graduate levels. As per the amendments made in the […]
Read More →IIT Bombay 58th Foundation Day: Honours 11 as Distinguished Alumnus Awards, 2 as Young Alumnus Achievers Awards
Mumbai: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) celebrated its 58th Foundation Day yesterday (10 March 2017). On the foundation day, IIT Bombay honoured eleven as Distinguished Alumnus Awards, two as Young Alumnus Achievers Awards, and awarded two faculty members for excellence in research work. Like every year, the Institute felicitated its select alumni […]
Read More →Japan Universities will offer scholarship for Indian students under Innovative Asia Programme
Mumbai: A greater cooperation is unfolding in the higher education sector between Japan and India. The Japan Institute Cooperation Agency is coming up with Innovative Asia Programme, which offers scholarship for students pursuing Masters and PhD. The entire funding would be sponsored by JICA. They will focus on 12 Asian countries with opportunities to conduct […]
Read More →Three – day national conference on innovation in educational administration will begin on 05 Feb 2017
New Delhi: National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), New Delhi is hosting a three – day National Conference on Innovation in Educational Administration, beginning tomorrow at Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. About 150 district and block level education officers from across India and resource persons and faculty of the university are participating […]
Read More →Frankfinn inaugurates one more state of art Air Hostess Training Institute in Delhi
New Delhi: Frankfinn new Training Centre at South Extension, Delhi was today inaugurated by Mr. Jayant Krishna, Executive Director & Chief operating officer, NSDC. At the occasion, Mr.R.S Kohli, Director Frankfinn group and other officials of Frankfinn and Industry were also present. The centre has state of the art infrastructure and well equipped computer labs […]
Read More →SPJIMR’s Centre for Family Managed Business celebrates to mark 20 years
Mumbai: A grand celebration to mark the 20 years of SPJIMR’s Centre for Family Managed Business (FMB) brought together alumni from across the country for a day of networking, learning and fun, capped by a gala awards ceremony to honour leaders in the FMB space. SPJIMR’s FMB has a history of 20 years, has seen […]
Read More →Fresh batch of innovation scholars, writers and artists begins in-residence programme in Rashtrapati Bhavan
New Delhi: Ten Innovation Scholars, two Writers and two Artists selected under the In-Residence programme of Rashtrapati Bhavan commence their stay in Rashtrapati Bhavan today (March 3, 2017). They will be in residence till March 18, 2017. Innovators who will stay at the Rashtrapati Bhavan are Mr Surjeet Singh from Haryana (innovation: Surjeet Basmati 1- […]
Read More →179 degrees including 110 PhD degrees awarded at IIT Bombay’s 55th Interim Convocation
Mumbai: The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT) celebrated its 55th Interim Convocation on 25 February 2017, where 158 students were awarded degrees. Total degrees awarded were 179, which include 110 PhD, 42 Dual Degrees which were awarded to 21 students and 27 EMBA degrees. The joint EMBA degrees, in association with Washington University in […]
Read More →South Asian University, New Delhi Admission Notice 2017-18 for Master Degree and PhD Programmes
New Delhi: The South Asian University (SAU) based in New Delhi is an international university established by the governments of the eight member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC): Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. SAU attracts students from all member nations and its degrees are recognized […]
Read More →India has a total universities of 799 now, out of these 14 are women universities
New Delhi: With total enrolled students of 34.6 million in the higher education system, India is one of the largest countries having student population in the world. As on 31 March 2016, India has a total 799 universities, compared to 760 universities in 2015. Out of these 799 universities, only 14 universities are exclusively dedicated […]
Read More →Manipal University collaborates with Cranfield University, UK
Bangalore: Manipal University, Manipal and Cranfield University, United Kingdom entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on February 14, 2017 to collaborate in the areas of gas turbine systems, energy, precision agriculture, manufacturing and water technology. The MoU was signed by Dr. H. Vinod Bhat, the Vice Chancellor Manipal University and Sir Peter John Gregson Chief […]
Read More →NMIMS Mumbai completes summer placements for 2016-18 batch
Mumbai: NMIMS Mumbai, one of the Top B-schools of the country, completed the Summer Placements for the students of Flagship MBA Core & MBA HR 2016-18 batch. The institute informed through a press statement that a total of 605 students were selected by 184 companies & were placed in a record time. The average stipend […]
Read More →Society for Science and the Public initiates process to select title sponsor of the International Science and Engineering Fair
New Delhi: The Society for Science & the Public (the Society) announced that it is seeking a new title sponsor for the nearly 70-year old International Science and Engineering Fair, the world’s largest international high school STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) competition. The International Science and Engineering Fair is the world’s premier STEM competition […]
Read More →BRICS Agriculture Platform to be established: Agriculture Minister at annual meeting of VCs of Agricultural Universities
New Delhi: The Annual Conference of Vice Chancellors of Agricultural Universities and Directors of ICAR Institutes was held in New Delhi yesterday (14 February 2017). Addressing the conference, the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Mr Radha Mohan Singh said that a MoU has been signed for establishing a BRICS Agriculture Platform (a Virtual […]
Read More →BHU has released admission notification 2017-18 for UG, PG, Diploma & certificate courses
Varanasi: The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has invited online applications from eligible candidates for the academic session 2017-18 for various programmes: Under Graduate, Post Graduate and Diploma/Certificate. The online application has opened since 02 February 2017. The last date for submission of application is 04 March 2017. For PG various degree courses, the BHU will […]
Read More →Collegedunia awarded the best education website in India at 11th India Digital Summit
New Delhi: Collegedunia, India’s largest College Information Aggregator and Review site, won the best education website award at the 7th edition of India Digital Awards organized by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). The Award Ceremony was accompanied by 11th India Digital Summit, which is the premier digital event of the country. The 7th […]
Read More →Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad and Central University, Jammu sign MoU
New Delhi: The Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad and the Central University of Jammu signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote collaborative academic, research and capacity-building initiatives for a period of three years and thereafter subject to renewal. This MoU was signed in the presence of the Union Minister of State (Independent […]
Read More →IIT BHU, IIT Kharagpur, IIM Bangalore among 10 finalist teams from India advance to regional final of Hult Prize 2017
New Delhi: The Hult Prize India national finals 2017 has been announced. These 10 finalist teams will go on to represent India at the Hult Prize 2017 regional finals in Boston, Dubai, London, Shanghai and San Francisco, where they will battle with the global finals and get a chance to win US$ 1 million as […]
Read More →Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education at 24.5% in 2015-16
New Delhi: Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education has jumped to 24.5% in 2015-16 as compared to 10.0% in 2004-05, as per All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) of Ministry of HRD. Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) is defined as total enrolment in higher education as percentage of the population in the 18-23 years […]
Read More →Singapore emerges as champion at the Edition of Young Chef Olympiad 2017 held in India
New Delhi: Tham Jiajun Mathew from Sunrice Global Chef Academy, Singapore bagged the third edition of Young Chef Olympiad 2017 (YCO 2017), the largest culinary competition in the world. The competition, which saw participation from over 45 countries, was held in three rounds across Delhi, Bengaluru, Pune and Kolkata from 28 January 2017 to 2 […]
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