Students selected for P.G. Scholarship for Professional Courses jump more than two fold in two years
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has informed that 21,588 beneficiaries were enrolled under Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) during 2015-16 and an amount of Rs.543.58 crores has been released. The UGC has also informed that total number of students who were disbursed Post Graduate (P.G.) Scholarship for Professional Courses under various schemes more than […]
Read More →Northwest Executive Education and University of Chicago Booth School of Business Executive Education launch accelerated development program in India
New Delhi: Northwest Executive Education has partnered with University of Chicago Booth School of Business Executive Education to launch a program for senior executives in the Indian sub-continent, The Chicago Booth Accelerated Development Program India (Chicago Booth ADP – India). This 10-month course offers significant exposure to key business concepts and strategies with three academic […]
Read More →UGC introduces first of kind skill development based Bachelor of Vocation degree course under NSQF
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has launched a scheme on skill development based higher education as part of college/university education, leading to Bachelor of Vocation (B.Voc.) Degree. This degree course will have multiple exit options such as Diploma/Advanced Diploma under the NSQF. The B.Voc. programme is focussed on universities and colleges providing undergraduate studies which would also incorporate […]
Read More →IIT Bhilai, India’s 23rd such institute, inaugurated by Union HRD Minister
Bhilai: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhilai, was inaugurated by Union HRD minister Mr Prakash Javadekar today (7 August 2016) in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. This is the country’s 23rd IIT. Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Dr Raman Singh also attended the IIT Bhilai inauguration ceremony. Initially, IIT Bhilai will be run on the temporary campus in the […]
Read More →Scholarship Scheme for J&K Students gets overwhelming responses this year, Union HRD Minister
New Delhi: The Scholarship Scheme for J&K Students, a special scholarship scheme for students of Jammu and Kashmir to pursue higher education outside the state, has received tremendous response, claimed Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar. This year Rs 75 Crore worth scholarships have been awarded under this scheme. The minister attributed the success of the scheme […]
Read More →Indian Institute of Technology Jammu inaugurated by HRD Minister
Jammu: Union Minister for Human Resource Development Mr Prakash Javadekar inaugurated the Indian Institute of Technology Jammu today (6 August 2016). The institution is the first IIT for Jammu & Kashmir state and is set up to create a learning environment. IIT Jammu will be built over 500 Acres of land near Jammu city. Jammu […]
Read More →President will address the students of the higher learning institutions via video conference on 10 August 2016
New Delhi: The President of India Mr Pranab Mukherjee will be addressing the students and faculty members of the higher learning institutions and probationary officers in civil service academies through Video Conference using NKN on 10 August 2016 at 1230 hrs. The webcast link for joining the President’s video conference is given below: http://webcast.gov.in/president The […]
Read More →UpGrad partners with PVR, Lenskart and ShopClues to offer 150 scholarships for its Entrepreneurship Program
Mumbai: UpGrad, a pioneer in online executive education, has announced a tie up with PVR, Lenskart and ShopClues to offer scholarships for its Entrepreneurship Program. To support the entrepreneurship ecosystem, PVR, Lenskart and ShopClues will sponsor 50 students each starting 5th August 2016 for UpGrad’s online education platform’s Entrepreneurship program. Applications will be open until 5th September […]
Read More →Decoding Vidyalaxmi Scheme that provides interest free loans to IIT students beginning from AY 2016-17
New Delhi: Vidyalaxmi Scheme, implemented by the Ministry of HRD Government of India, provides interest subvention on the education loans, for all students admitted for undergraduate and the 5-year integrated degree programmes in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), covering the period of the study plus one year of moratorium. The facility is made available to […]
Read More →Major improvements in India’s research performance in Science and Technology
New Delhi: India’s research performance in Science and Technology has improved significantly over the past years. Citing Elsevier Report 2016 based on SCOPUS database, Mr Y.S. Chowdary, Minister of State for the Ministry of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, said in a written reply to a Question in Rajya Sabha today (4 Aug 2016). […]
Read More →Manipal Academy of Higher Education bags highest grade accreditation from NAAC
Bangalore: Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, a leading deemed to-be university in India, has been accorded the highest rank – ‘A’, by the National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore, recently. This accreditation is valid for five years. NAAC is an autonomous body established by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India to […]
Read More →Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College, Pondicherry wins TCS TESTimony, KIIT Bhubaneswar emerges No 2 in the software testing contest
Mumbai/Pune: Teams from Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College, Pondicherry, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar and Chandubhai S Patel Institute of Technology, Gujarat won the top three positions respectively of the TCS Software Assurance Contest, TESTimony. More than 86,000 college students across India competed in the fourth edition of TESTimony, a game-based software testing contest, […]
Read More →Joint Admission Test for MSc (JAM) 2017 will be held on 12 February 2017
New Delhi: Joint Admission Test for MSc (JAM) 2017, a national test for admission into integrated PhD degree prgrammes at IISc Bangalore, MSc (Two Years), Joint MSc-PhD, MSc-PhD dual degree, MSc-MTech degree programmes at IITs, will be held on 12 February 2017 (Sunday). JAM 2017 will conducted by IIT Delhi while JAM 2016 was conducted […]
Read More →IIM Bangalore and Apollo Medskills to launch certificate programme for healthcare professionals
Bangalore: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) and Apollo Medskills have launched a Certificate Programme in General Management for the Healthcare professionals. The programme inauguration will be held at the IIMB campus today 2 August 2016 (Tuesday). The certificate programme has got good response from the healthcare sector and has attracted a large number of […]
Read More →CAT 2016 will be held on 4 December, registrations to open on August 8
Bengaluru: The Common Admission Test (CAT), the most coveted national entrance for admission into India’s premier B-Schools including 20 Indian Institute of Management (IIMs), will be held on 4 December 2016 (Sunday). CAT 2016 notification stated that two sessions will be held on the same day while the test will be conducted across 138 cities. […]
Read More →Decoding Bootcamp, challenges and contests at Eximius 2016 organised by IIM Bangalore
Bangalore: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore’s flagship event National Annual Entrepreneurship Summit, Eximius 2016, is back, which will be held on 6-7 August 2016 at the IIM Bangalore campus. The summit will host events, contests and challenges that will give hands-on exposure to participants on various aspects of starting and running a business. […]
Read More →Indian Institute of Technology Goa inaugurated, first academic class will begin from 1 August
Goa: Union HRD Minister Mr Prakash Javadekar has inaugurated Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Goa today (30 July 2016). On the inaugural ceremony of IIT Goa, Union Defence Minister Mr Manohar Parrikar and Chief Minister of Goa Mr Laxmikant Parsekar were also present. Initially, IIT Goa will run on Goa Engineering College campus. At the […]
Read More →Teams from Power Grid from NTPC represent India in Asian Management Games
New Delhi: Top two teams from National Management Games (NMG), the flagship management game contest organized by All India Management Contest, represent India in Asian Management Games. This year’s winning team of NMG 2016 Power Grid Corporation and Runners Up team from NTPC are representing India in Asian Management Games. Asian Management Game, the game […]
Read More →Edu-tech Startup CollegeDunia becomes the third most popular education portal in India
New Delhi: Edu-tech startup CollegeDunia has become the third most popular education portal of India recently. While first and second positions are held by Siksha and Careers360, CollegeDunia a two year old portal has left many of the renowned websites behind. The company claimed in a press statement that as per the Alexa statistics, the […]
Read More →No weightage of 12th class marks in calculating Ranks in Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) 2017
New Delhi: In a major changes in the selection procedure of JEE Ranking, the government has decided that there will be no weightage for the 12th class marks in calculating the ranks in JEE Main Examination. IIT Council has taken the decision and issued circular in this regard. However, Class XII scores will be a […]
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