Manipal University makes progress in Global Ranking
Bangalore: Manipal University, India’s leading private university, has been ranked in the 251-300 band in the Times Higher Education BRICS and Emerging Economies University Rankings 2017, which was announced on Thursday. Among universities in India, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore leads with the overall ranking of 14. The next highest rank was achieved by […]
Read More →Schools must have playgrounds and promote sports: Govt
New Delhi: Access to playgrounds and engagement of physical education instructor are mandatory requirements for all schools under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, the government of India told the Lok Sabha on Thursday (01 December 2016). The Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports Mr Vijay […]
Read More →Union HRD Minister appeals education institutes go for cashless mode by receiving nothing in cash and pay nothing in cash
New Delhi: The Union HRD Minister appealed to higher education institutes to receive nothing in cash (fee/fines/deposits) and pay nothing in cash (wages/salaries/vendor payments) and develop a cashless campus (covering shops/canteens/services). Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Mr Prakash Javadekar launched ‘Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan’ in New Delhi yesterday (01 December 2016). Union HRD Minister appealed […]
Read More →Seven twinning/foreign collaboration proposals of Indian Universities approved for AY 2016-17
New Delhi: University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) have issued regulations/guidelines on collaboration between Indian and Foreign Universities with a view to increase synergy between Indian and foreign academic institutions; to offer students additional choices and; to improve curriculum and the delivery of knowledge and educational content. The Minister […]
Read More →IIT Council recommends meritorious BTech IIT students will get direct admission into PhD with Prime Minister Research Fellowships
New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Council in its 50th Meeting held on 23 August 2016 approved and recommended to the Government a proposal for awarding 1000 Prime Minister Research Fellows (PMRFs) annually. Under the proposal, BTech students studying in IITs who have secured at-least 8.5 CGPA will be given direct admission into […]
Read More →ISRO is expected to launch Chandrayaan-2 in first quarter of 2018
New Delhi: Chandrayaan-2, India’s second mission to the Moon, is a totally indigenous mission comprising of Orbiter, Lander and Rover. The Orbiter and Rover flight systems are in advanced stage of realisation. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is working towards the launch of Chandrayaan-2 during the first quarter of 2018. This information was provided […]
Read More →Tezpur University PhD Admission (Spring Semester) 2017, online application closes on 7 Dec 2016
Tezpur: Tezpur University, a central university based in Assam, has invited online applications for admission into the PhD programmes (Spring Semester) – 2017. Candidates with valid JRF (Junior Research Fellow) are only eligible to apply. The closing date for submission of online application is 7 December 2016 (Wednesday). The following departments of Tezpur University offer […]
Read More →TalentSprint launches SuperCampus 2.0, a 24×7 cloud platform for college students to excel in IT job interviews
Hyderabad: TalentSprint announced the launch of SuperCampus 2.0 during Confluence 2016, the second edition of its biannual program that brings together leaders from IT industry and academia. Confluence is an interaction forum for stakeholders who create and consume the latest engineering talent across the country. TalentSprint’s earlier college programs involved faculty visiting campuses to train […]
Read More →Annual Experiential Educators Conclave 2016 on 9-11 Dec 2016 in Gurgaon
Gurgaon: FICCI in collaboration with The Heritage School and Center for Experiential Education presents 3rd Annual Experiential Educators Conclave 2016 from 9 to 11 December, 2016 at The Heritage School, Gurgaon. The conclave presents eminent Indian and International experts from the field of experiential learning, with an intention to expose participant to some of the […]
Read More →Top Twenty Business Schools in India: Eduniversal Rankings 2016
Mumbai: Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore is crowned as the top business school in India while IIM Ahmedabad grabs second place, as per Paris-based Eduniversal’s newly released Business Schools Rankings 2016. Eduniversal has conferred both institutes (IIM Bangalore and IIM Ahmedabad) as 5 Palmes of Excellence award. The most significant achievement in the global […]
Read More →JEE Main 2017: Aadhaar exemption for candidates from Assam, Meghalaya and J&K
New Delhi: According to the latest circular released by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), students from Assam, Meghalaya and Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) are exempted from having to enter their Aadhaar details while applying for the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) 2017. In a press statement, the CBSE said that the applicants who have […]
Read More →IIM Bangalore is the Top B-School in Central Asia: Eduniversal Rankings 2016
Bengaluru: Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore has emerged as the top business school in Central Asia in the Paris-based international ranking agency, Eduniversal B-Schools Rankings 2016. For the eighth year in a row, in 2016, Eduniversal, Paris has placed IIM Bangalore on the Top in Central Asia and has conferred the 5 Palmes of […]
Read More →Students of CBSE can access academic certificates online via Parinam Manjusha
New Delhi: The students of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) can now access academic certificates online as the board has recently launched Parinam Manjusha – a CBSE academic repository. The CBSE has perhaps become the first educational body in India to store academic credentials of students and for giving access to students, employers, and […]
Read More →TechGig is re-engineered and rebranded with new features
Mumbai: TechGig, India’s leading platform for the technology community, will now be seen in an all-new avatar, with a redesigned interface that coincides with its expanding role as the global representative of the Indian technology community. The new TechGig has intuitive menu items, which allow users to find any information they need across all TechGig’s […]
Read More →MBD Group expands into Virtual Reality educational content
New Delhi: MBD Group, the leading educational group in India and pioneer of Augmented Reality in education isset to showcase a new line of Virtual Reality based content and device at the International Book Fair in January 2017. To recall, MBD’s Augmented Reality app ‘Nytra’ launched in 2014 provides quality contents for students from Kindergarten […]
Read More →Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery course equal in duration to Modern Medicine course
New Delhi: The duration of the Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) course is five years and six months including one year Internship, which is equal to the duration of MBBS course. This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH, Mr Shripad Yesso Naik in written reply to a […]
Read More →Impact of technology correlated to user’s mindset: Mr Bandaru Dattatreya
New Delhi: The impact of technology depends on user’s mindset, technology used with positive mindset will yield positive results. This was stated by Mr Bandaru Dattatreya, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Labour and Employment while delivering inaugural address at Technology and the Future of Work conference here today (29 November 2016). […]
Read More →Harvard Business School’s upcoming Executive Education Program in India on 06-09 Feb 2017
Mumbai: Harvard Business School (HBS) will host their upcoming executive education program, Maximizing Your Leadership Potential—India from 06 – 09 February, 2017 at the HBS style classroom, Taj Land’s End, Mumbai. The program will help participants explore ways to adapt their leadership style to meet every challenge as they improve on their ability to drive […]
Read More →L&T Technology Services, CeNSE, IISc Bangalore collaborate for innovation in nanotechnology and sensors
Bengalurur: L&T Technology Services Limited, a leading global pure-play Engineering R&D Services company, announced a partnership with the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore to jointly work towards innovations in the areas of Sensors and Energy Efficient Systems based on Nanotechnology. The agreement was signed between CeNSE, IISc […]
Read More →Fellowship schemes at a glance for MPhil/PhD and Post Doctoral candidates
New Delhi: The University Grant Commission (UGC) provides financial assistance to selected and eligible candidates pursuing MPhil/PhD on regular basis in the various subjects of Humanities, Social Science, Sciences and Engineering & Technology under the doctoral and post-doctoral schemes. The most popular fellowships granted under the doctoral fellowship scheme is Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in […]
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IIITV PhD Admission (Rolling)
