In a New Digital Initiative, SPJIMR partners with Amazon to move MBA Textbooks to Kindle e-readers
Mumbai: Participants of SPJIMR’s two-year Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) now carry lighter backpacks. Each participant has been provided with a Kindle e-reader preloaded with e-copies of books and other reading material that in the print form would weigh over 10 kilograms. The change to a 200 gram e-reader is part of a larger […]
Read More →India’s Pride: IIT Madras Distinguished Alumnus, Professor Subra Suresh, named President of NTU Singapore
Chennai: Professor Subra Suresh, a distinguished alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology Madras and a native of Chennai, has been chosen as the fourth President of Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Prof. Suresh will begin his presidency on 1 January 2018, when the current President Prof. Andersson retires. NTU Singapore is one of the world’s […]
Read More →IIT Ropar successfully concludes overseas recruitment & research collaboration tour
New Delhi, 13 July 2017: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar successfully completed its 2nd overseas tour for international recruitment and research collaborations. The team from the institute, headed by Prof. Sarit Kumar Das, Director, IIT Ropar, travelled to Australia and Singapore with an objective of building strong international research collaborations with universities and […]
Read More →Services provided by an educational institution to students, faculty and staff are fully exempt from GST
New Delhi: The Union Government has clarified that there are some reports that GST@18% will be levied on annual subscription/fees charged for lodging in hostels. This is not true. There is no change in tax liability relating to education and related services in the GST era, except reduction in tax rate on certain items of […]
Read More →IIT Guwahati, University of Hyderabad and Anna University find place in QS Next 100 Under 50 Rankings
London, 12th July 2017: QS Quacquarelli Symonds, the global education analyst, has released The 2018 QS Top 50 Under 50 Ranking, enumerating the world’s top 50 universities founded before 1967. The ranking list sees seven of the top ten universities come from Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Australia. Nanyang Technological University is again the […]
Read More →Manipal Institute of Technology revamps its course curriculum and introduces Open Electives
Bangalore: Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), Manipal University, one of India’s premier engineering institute announced an enhanced curriculum for the academic year 2018. As pioneers in personalizing curriculum based on interest and aptitude, the institute aims to provide students a holistic learning experience. In a general scenario, while selecting elective subjects students are given a […]
Read More →The Institute of Cost Accountants of India launches CMA Labs and Skill Development Cell
Kolkata: The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI), the regulator of Cost and Management Accountant (CMA) profession, has recently launched a host of initiatives for benefits its members and students. CMA Labs for capacity building of members and students; Skill Development Cell to promote specialized knowledge in the field of entrepreneurship development; Career Counselling […]
Read More →Higher education goes digital with the launch of Swayam, Swayam Prabha DTH Channels & National Academic Depository
New Delhi: In a significant development that will have great impact on higher education for promotion of digital technology, three new projects have been launched by the government of India: SWAYAM, 32 SWAYAM Prabha DTH Channels and National Academic Depository. The President of India, Mr Pranab Mukherjee attended the launch of SWAYAM, 32 SWAYAM Prabha […]
Read More →GATE 2018 Eligibility Conditions: Know who can appear the test
Mumbai: GATE 2018 will be held in four days in the month of February 2017. GATE 2018 Online Examination will be held on February 03- 04 & February 10- 11, 2018 (Saturdays & Sundays). Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati is the organising institute of Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2018. Although it […]
Read More →Cyber-security expert Trishneet Arora in GQ’s The 50 Most Influential Young Indians list
New Delhi: Gentlemen’s Quarterly (GQ), an international monthly men’s magazine based in New York, recently declared GQ’s The 50 Most Influential Young Indians. The GQ list comprised of men from all walks of life including film actors, singers, YouTube stars, businessmen, filmmakers and many more, all below the age of 40. At 23, a youth […]
Read More →First ever Career and College counseling Awards to be held in India
New Delhi: IC3 Awards, India’s first ever career and college counseling awards will be held at the 2017 Annual International Career and College Counseling Conference on 30 August at the JW Marriott, New Delhi. These awards have been initiated to felicitate schools, counselors, and universities for their contributions to the field of career and college […]
Read More →JIGYASA – Student-Scientist connect programme launched, MoU between CSIR & KVS
New Delhi: Jigyasa, a student- scientist connect programme was officially launched in New Delhi today (06 July 2017). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has joined hands with Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) to implement this programme. The focus is on connecting school students and scientists so as to extend student’s classroom learning with that […]
Read More →President of India addresses the Annual Convocation of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Bangalore: The President of India, Mr Pranab Mukherjee addressed the annual convocation of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru yesterday (5 July 2017). Speaking on the occasion, the President said that it was his privilege to preside over the annual convocation of the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, which is a premier institution for […]
Read More →IMT Hyderabad class 2019 breaks record in gender diversity with highest number of girl students
Hyderabad: Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Hyderabad inaugurated its 7th Batch (2017-19) for the two-year Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) on 13 June 2017 at the IMT Hyderabad campus. With 43.5% female students it seems IMT Hyderabad has been one of the most preferred destinations among the girl students, this year. The 2017-19 batch […]
Read More →UPES presents International conference on “Smart and Innovative Trends for Next Generation Computing Tecnologies”; invites research papers
Dehradun: The School of Computer Science and Engineering of University of Petroleum and Energy Studies UPES, Dehradun is organizing 3rd International Conference on Next Generation Computing Technologies on 30th and 31st Oct, 2017 at UPES, Dehradun, India. The theme of the conference is “Smart and Innovative Trends for Next Generation Computing”. The Conference is Technically […]
Read More →IIT Guwahati announces GATE 2018 key dates, eligibility and subject syllabus
Guwahti: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, the organizing institute of Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2018, has announced the key dates (schedule), eligibility and subject syllabus of GATE 2018 exam. GATE 2018 will be held in four days in the month of February 2017. The official website of GATE2018 is http://www.gate.iitg.ac.in/ . GATE […]
Read More →IIT Madras Foundation hosts Summer 2017 Summit in California, USA
Chennai: IIT Madras Foundation organized the Foundation Series – Summer 2017 Summit at Santa Clara, California, USA, recently. The purpose of the summit was to bring together IIT Madras community, faculty, start-ups and alumni to collaborate with each other and with innovators in industry, academia, and think tanks to address problems and opportunities that could […]
Read More →New academic session of 2017 commences at XLRI
Jamshedpur: XLRI – Xavier School of Management recently welcomed its new batch of students for the new academic session of 2017. A ceremony of commencement was held on 12th June, 2017 at XLRI campus, Jamshedpur. A total of 537 students joined the illustrious XLRI student fraternity, including the three flagship programmes: Business Management (PGDM-BM: 2017-19 […]
Read More →Six out of ten educators say the higher education system is unable to respond to changing skill needs
New Delhi: IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced a study conducted by the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) in cooperation with the Economist Intelligence Unit, to evaluate India’s growing skills challenge and proposed recommendations to bridge the gap. A majority of Indian executives surveyed in the study said that the quality and quantity of skills in […]
Read More →Prime Minister lauds India’s CA professionals as they are known the world over for their excellent financial skills
New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, yesterday (02 July 2017) addressed a large gathering in New Delhi on the occasion of Chartered Accountants’ Day. In an address seen live across multiple locations throughout the country, on the first day of the roll-out of Goods and Services Tax, the Prime Minister described Chartered Accountants […]
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