IIT Delhi sees 55% surge in students last decade while files 500 patens and publishes 10,000 research papers over last five years
New Delhi, 17 August 2020: In the last decade, IIT Delhi saw a 55 percent surge in student base and a 35 percent growth in faculty. In the last five years, it has filed for over 500 patents, published more than 10,000 research papers and completed nearly 350 industry projects. IIT Delhi is celebrating Diamond […]
Read More →XII pass candidates can appear JEE (Advanced) 2020, No 75% mark criteria: HRD Minister
New Delhi: Due to the partial cancellation of class XII exams by several Boards, Joint Admission Board (JAB) has decided to relax the eligibility criterion for #JEE (Advanced) 2020 qualified candidates this time. Qualified candidates who have passed class XII examinations will now be eligible for admissions irrespective of marks obtained. For admissions to IITs, […]
Read More →HRD Ministry releases Guidelines on Digital Education and caps Screen Time
New Delhi, 14 July 2020: Union Human Resource Development Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ released PRAGYATA Guidelines on Digital Education through online medium in New Delhi today. Minister of State for HRD Shri Sanjay Dhotre was also present through online medium. The guidelines outlines suggestions for administrators, school heads, teachers, parents and students on the […]
Read More →IIT Madras launches the world’s first online BSc Degree program in Programming and Data Science
Chennai: IIT Madras, India’s top technical institute,has launched the world’s first online BSc Degree program in Programming and Data Science. One can work towards an undergraduate degree / diploma from an IIT regardless of your age or location, and with a wide range of academic backgrounds. The Batch 1 starts January 2021. There are THREE […]
Read More →Now meritorious students from any universities can apply for Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship: HRD Minister
New Delhi, 07 May 2020: Union Human Resource Development Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ today announced that, to boost research in the country various amendments have been carried out in Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship Scheme. He said that after the amendments, now for the students from any recognised institute/ university (other than IISc/ IITs/NITs/IISERs/IIEST/CF IIITs), […]
Read More →UGC Panel recommends semester exams in July and opening of colleges & universities in August 2020
New Delhi, 29 April 2020: The Expert Committee , set up by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India to assist UGC to address the concerns of university students, regarding academic calendar and examinations amid Coronal Outbreak, has submitted its report. Following Guidelines on Examinations and Academic Calendar have been approved by UGC today: […]
Read More →HRD Minister will host webinar for parents and students on academic challenges amid COVID 19
New Delhi: Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will be hosting a webinar for parents soon to address concerns about their kid’s academic future, their mental health and much more. Amid nation-wide lockdown due to Corona virus outbreak, the education and academic activities have been severely impacted. Hence, […]
Read More →Union Minister for HRD launches ‘Bharat Padhe Online’ campaign for Crowd sourcing of Ideas for Improving Online Education
New Delhi, 10 April 2020: Union Minister for HRD Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ has launched a week long ‘Bharat Padhe Online’ campaign for Crowd sourcing of Ideas for Improving Online Education ecosystem of India in New Delhi today. Speaking on the occasion Union Minister said that this campaign aims to invite all the best brains […]
Read More →Govt forms Committee for Online Examinations and Delayed Academic calendar across universities amid COVID 19 spread
New Delhi, 04 April 2020: Union Human Resource Development Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ interacted with the Vice Chancellors of all the Central Universities of the country today in the backdrop of spread of COVID-19. The Union Human Resource Development Minister has directed all the Vice Chancellors to motivate their faculty and students to use […]
Read More →Access to the National Online Education Platform SWAYAM and other Digital Initiatives of HRD ministry has tripled in the last one week: HRD Minister
New Delhi: Amid nationwide lockdown due to COVID 19 outbreak, various online platforms for education are gaining popularity. Most surprisingly, access to the National Online Education Platform SWAYAM and other Digital Initiatives of HRD ministry has tripled in the last one week. About 50,000 people have accessed SWAYAM since 23rd March 2020. This is over […]
Read More →IIT Madras, Delhi, Mumbai top institutes in filing patents in 2019-20
New Delhi: All IITs saw the highest number of patent fillings in 2019-20 over the last five years. A total number 726 patents have been filed by IITs in 2019-20 while 599 patents filed by IITs in 2015-16. Union HRD Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said “Number of patents published by IITs in last 5 […]
Read More →More than 32,000 faculty posts are vacant in all universities: HRD Minister
New Delhi, 04 February 2020: There are more than 920 universities in India. Most of these universities have been facing acute shortage of teaching or faculty staff. As per official figure of Ministry of HRD, at present, there are total 1,77,235 sanctioned teaching posts and 3,69,587 sanctioned non teachings posts in various universities across the […]
Read More →Amid MTech Fee hike protest, HRD Ministry releases a clarification note
New Delhi, 29 September 2019: Ministry of Human Resource Developments has issued a clarification regarding the news relating to the hike in the fee of MTech programme in IITs. On 27 September 2019 at 53rdMeeting of the Council of IITs, the 23 IITs had got approval to increase MTech course fees by 10 times to […]
Read More →Union HRD Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal visits IIT Guwahati Campus
Guwahati: Union Human Resource Development Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal visited Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati on 6thJuly, 2019. He congratulated IIT Guwahati for securing 491 overall rank and 79th rank in the category of youngest institutions in the QS World Rankings. The Minister met all the officials of IIT Guwahatiand planted a sapling at […]
Read More →Union HRD Minister felicitates heads of IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IISc Bangalore for securing top 200 of QS World Rankings 2020
New Delhi: Union Human Resource Development Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ felicitated the heads of Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for securing ranks in top 200 of QS World University Rankings- 2020 in New Delhi today. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that […]
Read More →Nearly 25% hike in university & college seats to implement 10% Quota for poor in General Category in both Public and Private Institutions
New Delhi 16 January 2018: The Human Resource Development minister Prakash Javadekar announced Tuesday that the government will implement 10% reservation for economically weaker section of the general category from the 2019 academic session and increase around 25% seats in higher educational institutions and universities across the country. The minister said that the 10% reservation […]
Read More →Access mock tests for JEE (Main), NEET (UG), UGC-NET examinations via 3400 Test Practice Centres
17 September 2018, New Delhi: The Union Minister for HRD Mr Prakash Javadekar has inaugurated a network of more than 3,400 Test Practice Centres (TPCs) spread across the 622 Districts in the country. 25 Test Practice Centres (TPCs) joined Minister of HRD through Google Hangouts in this inauguration at New Delhi today. These test centres […]
Read More →PhD Degree will be mandatory qualification for recruitment of Assistant Professor in Universities from 01 July 2021
New Delhi: UGC (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and other Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) Regulations, 2018, provides that PhD Degree shall be a mandatory qualification for direct recruitment to the post of Assistant Professor in Universities with effect from 01 July […]
Read More →Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses 56th convocation ceremony of IIT Bombay
Mumbai: The success of IITs led to the creation of engineering colleges around the country. They were inspired by the IITs and this led to India becoming one of the world’s largest pools of technical manpower, said the Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi during his address at the convocation ceremony of Indian Institute of Technology […]
Read More →To detect plagiarism in research, Turnitin software will be used by all universities: HRD Minister
New Delhi, 28 July 2018: Union Minister of Human Resource Development Mr. Prakash Javadekara said on yesterday that Turnitin software will used to detect Plagiarism Checker free in research, which will be made available to all universities at no cost. He was speaking at a three-day national conference of vice-chancellors of universities and directors of higher education institutions […]
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