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Last Updated: May 16, 2007 - 3:55:52 AM |
India Education
Apex court approves stringent anti-ragging measures
New Delhi, May 16 - The Supreme Court Wednesday directed educational institutions across the country to take a slew of stringent anti-ragging measures, including lodging criminal cases against erring students at the police stations.
May 16, 2007 - 3:51:13 PM
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India Education
'I want to be guiding light for Muslim girls'
New Delhi, May 16 - Deploring the state of education in India and especially among the Muslim community, Shammi Abidi, who has stood 16th among the successful civil service candidates this year, said she wants to be a guiding light for Muslim girls.
May 16, 2007 - 10:42:28 AM
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Art attack: UGC asks MSU to clarify
New Delhi, May 15 - The controversy over an arts student's work that led to his arrest last week widened Tuesday as the University Grants Commission - asked the vice chancellor of Maharaja Sayajirao University - to explain why he has suspended the Fine Arts Faculty dean.
May 15, 2007 - 9:54:57 PM
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India Education
Farmer's son motivated to join civil service after sister's death
Hyderabad, May 15 - Muthyala Raju Revu, a farmer's son who topped the civil services examination, says his sole desire is to serve people in rural areas that lack even basic transportation and medical facilities which led to the death of his sister and others.
May 15, 2007 - 9:20:26 PM
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India Education
Jharkhand teachers threaten boycott of summer classes
Ranchi, May 15 - School teachers in Jharkhand have decided to protest a proposed move by the state government to keep schools open during summer and even threatened to boycott the classes.
May 15, 2007 - 8:55:28 PM
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India Education
Rajasthan to get new private universities act
Jaipur, May 15 - The Rajasthan government has decided to bring a new private universities act after the earlier one enacted two years ago got into legal hurdles with the University Grants Commission - and the teachers' association having objections to it.
May 15, 2007 - 4:47:41 PM
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India Education
Sister's death motivated him to take up civil service
Hyderabad, May 15 - Revu Muthyala Raju, son of a farmer, who has topped the civil services examination, is the living example of hard work, grit and determination.
May 15, 2007 - 4:29:10 PM
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India Education
No summer vacation for Jharkhand schools this year
Ranchi, May 15 - School teachers in Jharkhand have decided to protest a proposed move by the state government to keep schools open during the summer and boycott the classes.
May 15, 2007 - 2:24:53 PM
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India Education
NCERT blames states for shortage of books
New Delhi, May 15 - The National Council for Education, Research and Training - has attributed the shortage of text books to the sudden increase in demand by seven sates.
May 15, 2007 - 10:40:59 AM
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India Education
OBC candidate Revu tops civil services examination
New Delhi, May 14 - Mutyalaraju Revu, an Other Backward Class - candidate from a small village, has topped the highly competitive civil services examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission - at a time when the country debates the issue of reservation for OBCs in higher education.
May 14, 2007 - 11:02:19 PM
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India Education
No fee hike for private schools in Delhic: court
New Delhi, May 14 - Public schools set up on subsidised state-owned land will have to set aside at least 15 percent of their seats for free education of poor students, but the venture cannot be funded by hiking fees, the Delhi High Court ruled Monday.
May 14, 2007 - 9:58:41 PM
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India Education
474 candidates qualify for civil services
New Delhi, May 14 - A total of 474 candidates have qualified this year after cracking the prestigious civil services examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission -, it was announced here Monday.
May 14, 2007 - 8:18:02 PM
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India Business
Industry urges government to allow FDI in education
New Delhi, May 14 - Pointing to the lack of infrastructure and quality teachers, industry leaders Monday urged the government to 'bury the fear of East India Company' and allow foreign direct investment - in education.
May 14, 2007 - 6:21:07 PM
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India Education
Kalam for national policy to create global talent pool
New Delhi, May 14 - Highlighting the demand-supply gap of skilled manpower in the country, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Monday underlined the need for a national policy to create a global human development cadre.
May 14, 2007 - 6:01:11 PM
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India Education
Guest teachers to aid of Madhya Pradesh's tribal schools
Bhopal, May 13 - To beat the shortage of educators, Madhya Pradesh has come up with a simple solution - guest teachers. And the arrangement will start with schools run by the tribal welfare department.
May 13, 2007 - 10:02:43 AM
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India Education
Make Kerala's CDS deemed university: chairman
Thiruvananthapuram, May 12 - The Centre for Development Studies -, a premier social science research institution here, should be recognised as a deemed university now, its chairman Madhava Menon said Saturday at its first alumni meet.
May 12, 2007 - 2:36:43 PM
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India Education
Student beaten with hammer for not bringing book
Ranchi, May 12 - A Class 9 student is in hospital here with a fractured shoulder after he was hit with a hammer by his teacher for failing to bring a book.
May 12, 2007 - 2:29:52 PM
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India Education
Antony to inaugurate Nagaland Sainik School Saturday
New Delhi, May 11 - Defence Minister A.K. Antony will inaugurate Nagaland's first Sainik School Saturday.
May 11, 2007 - 4:21:39 PM
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India Education
Mayawati, a timid, reserved student in college
New Delhi, May 11 - For a woman who has taken Uttar Pradesh by storm and inspires fear and awe among her political opponents and supporters alike, Bahujan Samaj Party - supremo Mayawati's alma malter still finds it difficult to comprehend how the 'timid' girl managed to reach where she is today.
May 11, 2007 - 1:31:12 PM
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India Education
Patnaik writes to PM, wants IIT in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, May 11 - Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding that a greenfield Indian Institute of Technology - be set up in Orissa during the 11th Five Year Plan.
May 11, 2007 - 12:34:18 PM
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India Education
Apex court to finalise core questions on quota soon
New Delhi, May 10 - Solicitor General G.E. Vahanvati and senior advocate Harish Salve Thursday submitted to the Supreme Court a comprehensive set of 35 questions on the constitutionality of the law for 27 percent reservation to Other Backward Classes - students in the centrally-funded educational institutions.
May 10, 2007 - 10:13:00 PM
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India Education
Political activists, students demand IIT for Orissa
Bhubaneswar, May 10 - Hundreds of students and political activists Thursday demanded the central government set up an Indian Institute of Technology - in Orissa, a day after the government said it had no such plan.
May 10, 2007 - 8:04:50 PM
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India Education
15 percent free seats must, court tells schools
New Delhi, May 10 - The Delhi High Court Wednesday reiterated its direction to the public schools, built on subsidised government land, to evolve a consensus among them to reserve at least 15 percent of seats for free studentship.
May 10, 2007 - 7:51:47 PM
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India Education
'Girl stars' shine - and tell others how to
New Delhi, May 9 - One has hit the jackpot in the junk yard, another's life has flowered thanks to the yellow striped honey bees.
May 9, 2007 - 4:32:04 PM
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India Education
Order reserved on referring quota issue to constitution bench
New Delhi, May 9 - The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its order on the union government's plea to refer the issue of quotas for other backward classes - in centrally funded higher educational institutions to a constitution bench.
May 9, 2007 - 3:44:51 PM
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India Education
Dalit children now have a forum to speak out
Bhopal, May 9 - Kamod Singh Ahirwar, 18, and Lal Singh, 14, now know where young Dalits like them can air their grievances.
May 9, 2007 - 9:14:17 AM
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India Education
Running a library solely for villagers
Bhubaneswar, May 9 - His passion for books and urge to spread knowledge among villagers led Pradipta Mohanty to start his own library where people could read and borrow books free of charge.
May 9, 2007 - 9:12:28 AM
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India Education
Court asks schools to decide on reservation for poor students
New Delhi, May 8 - The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked public schools on subsidised land to evolve a consensus among them to reserve at least 15 percent of their seats for free education of poor students and report to the court within a week, saying it brooked no more delay.
May 8, 2007 - 9:47:04 PM
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India Education
Apex court may refer quota law to constitution bench Wednesday
New Delhi, May 8 - The Supreme Court will decide Wednesday if a constitutional bench should examine the central law for 27 percent quotas for other backward classes - in centrally-funded higher educational institutions.
May 8, 2007 - 5:25:20 PM
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India Education
Teach traffic rules in school: Rajasthan Police
Jaipur, May 8 - The Rajasthan police department has suggested to the state government to introduce a chapter on traffic rules in school curriculum as is being done in Punjab.
May 8, 2007 - 3:48:53 PM
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India Education
Court verdict on private colleges setback for Achuthanandan
Thiruvananthapuram, May 7 - The V.S. Achuthanandan government suffered a serious setback with the Supreme Court Monday upholding a high court ruling striking down several clauses of the state's professional colleges act, doing away with the quotas and fee structures prescribed by the Left government.
May 7, 2007 - 10:14:54 PM
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India Business
Premier institutes launch leadership course for manufacturing sector
New Delhi, May 7 - With the growing demand for highly-skilled manpower for Indian manufacturing industry, some premier technology and business schools have joined hands Monday to launch a postgraduate programme for executives working in the manufacturing sector.
May 7, 2007 - 8:53:25 PM
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India Education
Women's outfit opposes sex education in Kashmir
Srinagar, May 7 - The women's separatist outfit, Dukhtaran-e-Milat - Monday opposed introduction of sex education in Kashmir schools despite officials having no such plans.
May 7, 2007 - 7:26:52 PM
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India Business
Kalam asks business houses to adopt schools
New Delhi, May 7 - President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Monday asked corporate and industrial houses to adopt schools, particularly in rural and semi-urban areas, and provide them infrastructure facilities.
May 7, 2007 - 6:29:43 PM
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India Education
Apex court to hear petitions challenging quota tomorrow
New Delhi, May 7 - The Supreme Court will hear Tuesday a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of a law providing 27 percent reservation for Other Backward Classes - students in elite central educational institutions for 2007-2008.
May 7, 2007 - 6:29:01 PM
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India Education
Jharkhand teacher tells kids about benefits of hooch
Ranchi, May 7 - They learn the three Rs of course, but students in a Jharkhand school are also being taught the benefits of drinking 'hadia', the local intoxicant made of rice and the mahua fruit.
May 7, 2007 - 2:04:31 PM
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India Education
Several countries offer to revive Arabic-Persian university
Patna, May 7 - An Arabic-Persian university in Patna, which is almost in a state of non-existence, might soon overcome the crisis as some West and Central Asian countries have offered funds to revive it.
May 7, 2007 - 8:55:13 AM
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India Education
IIT-Bombay has grand plans to celebrate golden jubilee
Mumbai, May 6 - The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay - is chalking out plans to celebrate its golden jubilee later this year in a big way and various events spanning over a year are being planned.
May 6, 2007 - 12:00:53 PM
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India Education
Delhi - the gateway to a world of dreams for students
New Delhi, May 6 - Sitting on a low stool in the Patel Chest Institute lane near Delhi University or eating at the buzzing Ganga Dhaba of the Jawaharlal Nehru University -, it is impossible to miss groups of students from Bihar, Orissa or the Northeast hanging around.
May 6, 2007 - 10:37:31 AM
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India Diaspora
Record number of candidates for diaspora scholarship scheme
New Delhi, May 5 - A record number of 223 students from the Indian diaspora will vie for the Scholarship Programme for Diaspora Children - 2007-08 awarded by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs - in an examination to be held in 15 countries Sunday.
May 5, 2007 - 5:54:15 PM
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India Education
Jaipur to get 200 kids' computer education centres
Jaipur, May 5 - Jaipur will soon have over 200 learning centres to promote computer education among underprivileged schoolchildren by providing them access to educational content and games, officials said Saturday.
May 5, 2007 - 5:32:46 PM
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India Education
Jamia inaugurates department named after Arjun Singh
New Delhi, May 4 - Having named its departments and buildings after luminaries like Nelson Mandela, Fidel Castro, Sarojini Naidu and Noam Chomsky, the Jamia Milia Islamia Friday evening inaugurated a department in the name of Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh.
May 4, 2007 - 11:38:18 PM
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India Education
American embassy school to open Kolkata branch
Kolkata, May 4 - After New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, an American Embassy School - will be opened in the city Aug 6, American Consul General Henry V. Jardine said here Friday.
May 4, 2007 - 8:22:01 PM
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India Education
Court asks Delhi government to fill vacant teachers' posts
New Delhi, May 3 - The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the state government to fill up about 15,000 vacancies for teachers in various government-run schools in the capital before the start of the next academic session in July.
May 3, 2007 - 10:56:01 PM
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India Education
Centre to fund Kerala body's plantation research
Thiruvananthapuram, May 3 - Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh Thursday said the Centre for Development Studies - here would be provided funds to build a research facility to undertake studies in the plantation sector.
May 3, 2007 - 7:20:22 PM
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India Education
Apex court admits one more petition against quota law
New Delhi, May 2 - The Supreme Court Monday admitted one more petition challenging the constitutional validity of the central law seeking to provide 27 percent reservation for Other Backward Classes - students in centrally-funded higher education institutions.
May 2, 2007 - 8:59:12 PM
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India Education
Jharkhand students caught in Catch-22 situation over NCERT books
Ranchi, May 2 - Students in Jharkhand are facing an acute academic crisis.
May 2, 2007 - 1:35:50 PM
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India Education
Jamia names department after Arjun Singh
New Delhi, May 1 - After a yearlong uproar over reservation for OBCs, shelving of the education bill and a cold war with prestigious Indian Institutes of Management -, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh finally has a reason to smile - a leading varsity here has named a department after him.
May 1, 2007 - 4:25:50 PM
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India Education
Delhi government clears school cab policy
New Delhi, April 30 - The Delhi government Monday approved a school cab policy for better student safety in the national capital, where over 100,000 students commute in such cabs.
Apr 30, 2007 - 11:22:05 PM
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India Diaspora
Education in India helped me: Abel Prize winner
New Delhi, April 30 - India-born Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan, winner of this year's Abel Prize in Mathematics, has acknowledged that his Indian educational background helped him win the award.
Apr 30, 2007 - 4:17:11 PM
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India Business
Pearl School's doctoral degree in business management
New Delhi, April 30 - The Pearl School of Business, which has many overseas institutions as associates, including Britain's Nottingham Trent University and Boston's Babson College, Monday said it will offer a doctoral degree in business administration in India.
Apr 30, 2007 - 1:58:32 PM
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India Education
Work begins on BITS Pilani campus in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, April 28 - The Birla Institute of Technology and Science --Pilani Saturday began construction of its Hyderabad campus with Chancellor K.K. Birla announcing his plans for setting up an institute of management here.
Apr 28, 2007 - 4:35:28 PM
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India Education
Government questioned over non-availability of NCERT books
New Delhi, April 27 - The Delhi High Court Friday issued notices to the central government and the National Council for Education, Research and Training - over the reported unavailability of text books of various subjects and classes.
Apr 27, 2007 - 9:11:59 PM
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India Business
IIMs release first admission list after government order
New Delhi, April 27 - At least three Indian Institutes of Management - Friday released their delayed first admission list, hours after Human Resource Development - Minister Arjun Singh directed the elite institutions to do so like in previous years.
Apr 27, 2007 - 8:56:16 PM
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India Business
IIM admission lists formally cleared
New Delhi, April 27 - Thousands of MBA aspirants can finally breathe a sigh of relief with the human resource development - ministry Friday issuing a directive to the Indian Institutes of Management - to release admission lists like in previous years.
Apr 27, 2007 - 1:54:14 PM
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India Education
India to set up space science institute
New Delhi, April 26 - India, an acknowledged power in space science, will launch from the next academic year an Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology - with an initial investment of Rs.2.70 billion - to address the manpower shortage faced by the national space agency.
Apr 26, 2007 - 10:32:42 PM
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India Education
A day after student murder, AMU tense
Aligarh, April 26 - Tension prevailed in the Aligarh Muslim University here Thursday as irate students attacked the university registrar's residence, a day after an engineering student was killed on the university campus.
Apr 26, 2007 - 9:01:33 PM
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India Education
Haryana students to campaign against power theft
Chandigarh, April 26 - With power worth Rs.7 billion pilfered in Haryana annually, the state's power utilities have decided to involve school students to educate people against stealing power.
Apr 26, 2007 - 7:42:37 PM
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India Education
MPs ask government to ensure quota for backward classes
New Delhi, April 26 - Parliamentarians Thursday urged the government to find ways to implement 27 percent reservation for the other backward classes - in central higher educational institutions from the current academic year in the wake of the Supreme Court suspending the relevant law.
Apr 26, 2007 - 6:00:37 PM
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India Education
Decision on IIM admissions deferred to Thursday
New Delhi, April 25 - A decision on releasing the admission list for the general category aspirants of the Indian Institutes of Management - was deferred till Thursday as the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs - could not reach any conclusion Wednesday night.
Apr 25, 2007 - 11:08:25 PM
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India Education
Decision on IIM general category admission soon
New Delhi, April 25 - The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs - will decide later Wednesday on allowing admission to the Indian Institutes of Management - before May 8 - when the Supreme Court will hear its plea to revive the quota law.
Apr 25, 2007 - 7:14:14 PM
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India Education
IIMs may release general admission list
New Delhi, April 25 - Human Resource Development - Minister Arjun Singh Wednesday indicated that the government will allow the Indian Institutes of Management - to put out the admission list for unreserved category aspirants before May 8.
Apr 25, 2007 - 6:08:23 PM
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India Education
HRD ministry seeks PM's advice on IIM admissions
New Delhi, April 25 - Human Resource Development - Minister Arjun Singh is seeking the advice of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on whether they should allow the Indian Institutes of Management - to put out the first admission list before May 8.
Apr 25, 2007 - 2:32:03 PM
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India Business
Lack of communication splits Indian business families: expert
Hyderabad, April 25 - Simplistic as it may sound, the lack of tradition and communication is responsible for splits in major Indian business families, says an academician who has studied the phenomena around the world.
Apr 25, 2007 - 11:10:49 AM
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India Diaspora
NRI's homework clicks on online tutorials
New Delhi, April 25 - Tuitions have just gone online courtesy an NRI mother's initiative to help schoolchildren in the US and Canada who can, at the click of a mouse, now learn maths or English and finish their homework.
Apr 25, 2007 - 8:41:10 AM
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India Business
Apex court to hear on OBC quota from May 8
New Delhi, April 24 - The Supreme Court Tuesday decided to begin examining from May 8 the constitutional validity of the law providing for 27 percent reservation to Other Backward Classes - in higher educational institutions.
Apr 24, 2007 - 8:52:43 PM
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India Business
Apex court hearing on OBC quotas May 8
New Delhi, April 24 - The Supreme Court Tuesday decided to begin examining from May 8 the constitutional validity of the law providing for 27 percent reservation to backward class students in higher educational institutions.
Apr 24, 2007 - 5:04:47 PM
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India Education
The united colours of urban, rural Indian kids
New Delhi, April 24 - In a bid to bridge the urban-rural divide, a NGO here has brought children from the city and villages together for interaction as well as exchange of resources and ground realities.
Apr 24, 2007 - 3:02:21 PM
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India Business
Government to appeal to chief justice on quota stay
New Delhi, April 24 - Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh Tuesday said the government would appeal to the chief justice of India to vacate the stay on 27 percent reservation for backward classes in higher educational institutions, a day after the Supreme Court rejected a similar petition.
Apr 24, 2007 - 2:29:51 PM
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India Education
Protest against sex education in Jharkhand schools
Ranchi, April 24 - A Muslim organisation is protesting against a government plan to introduce sex education in Jharkhand schools.
Apr 24, 2007 - 12:54:30 PM
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India Business
Tony ISB B-school benchmarks excellence
Hyderabad, April 24 - An idea born 11 years ago has blossomed into the premier Indian School of Business - for middle-level managers that has set new benchmarks of excellence and whose graduates command international salaries of $269,000 - and domestic offers of nearly Rs.5 million.
Apr 24, 2007 - 7:27:21 AM
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India Education
No OBC quota in education this year: Supreme Court
New Delhi, April 23 - The government Monday suffered a debilitating blow to its policy of caste-based reservation in education institutions as the Supreme Court threw out its plea for revival of the 27 percent quota law for other backward classes - in centrally-funded higher educational institutions.
Apr 23, 2007 - 8:46:39 PM
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India Education
IIMs to decide on admission soon
Ahmedabad, April 23 - The Indian Institutes of Management - Monday said they would take a decision on the admission process at the earliest now that there was some 'clarity' after the Supreme Court rejected the government's plea to vacate the stay on a law providing for quota in higher education.
Apr 23, 2007 - 6:22:53 PM
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India Business
Of training B-school faculty to impart entrepreneurial skills
Bangalore, April 23 - Indian American venture capitalist Romesh Wadhawani has launched an initiative to train B-school faculty here in imparting entrepreneurial skills - a project India Inc has given its enthusiastic thumbs up.
Apr 23, 2007 - 9:51:31 AM
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India Business
Of training B-school faculty to impart entrepreneurial skills
Bangalore, April 23 - Indian American venture capitalist Romesh Wadhawani has launched an initiative to train B-school faculty here in imparting entrepreneurial skills - a project India Inc has given its enthusiastic thumbs up.
Apr 23, 2007 - 9:51:31 AM
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India Education
Government faces uphill task on quota before apex court Monday
New Delhi, April 22 - The government faces Monday an uphill task of convincing the Supreme Court with the 'maintainability' of its plea for revival of the suspended law for quota in higher educational institutes.
Apr 22, 2007 - 10:09:09 PM
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India Education
PM praises Chhattisgarh bureaucrat for welfare work
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Raipur, April 22 - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has hailed the contribution of a bureaucrat in Chhattisgarh for revolutionising the gov | |
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