Education News in India
| Sudhir Sopory is JNU's new Vice-Chancellor 12/31/2010 | ||||
| President Pratibha Patil in her capacity as the Visitor of all Central Universities on Friday gave her assent to the appointment of Sudhir K. Sopory as the new Vice-Chancellor of the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University. He succeeds B.B. Bhattacharya, whose term ended in June .. | ||||
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| UP Public Service Commission to appoint over 350 doctors 12/31/2010 | ||||
| The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission will appoint as many as 389 new doctors for state Provincial Medical Services (PMS), officials said here today. Of the 389 doctors, 336 will be medical officers and remaining would be specialists, they said, adding at present there are 8003 men .. | ||||
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| More people likely to switch jobs in 2011; women to lead way 12/31/2010 | ||||
| Many people in the country are likely to change their jobs in the next six months, while women are expected to be more ready to find new employment avenues than their male counterparts, according to a survey. The findings of staffing services firm Ma Foi Randstad are based on the .. | ||||
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| Dr. Kalam inaugurates LEAP education project 12/31/2010 | ||||
| Former President A P J Abdul Kalam today inaugurated 'Athulyam', a comprehensive Non-formal Education programme at a function held at the Durbar hall of the government Secretariat here. Speaking at the function, Kalam said a national level system should be evolved for continuing literacy .. | ||||
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| Seats in technical education to be increased 12/31/2010 | ||||
| Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday announced revised norms for All India Council for Technical Education to increase the seats in technical education. The ministry also made it mandatory for technical institutions to reserve 5 percent seats for the weaker .. | ||||
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| 'India net job creator for US companies not other way around' 12/31/2010 | ||||
| India is a net job creator for US companies, not the other way around, NASSCOM chief Som Mittal said today strongly refuting the public perception here that outsourcing and free trade agreements are responsible for America's current economic woes. "India is a net job creator for US .. | ||||
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| Unemployment benefit applications drop sharply 12/31/2010 | ||||
| The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week, a positive sign that the job market is slowly improving. The Labor Department says applications dropped by 34,000 to 388,000, the lowest number since the week of July 12, 2008. The level of applications has .. | ||||
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| International conference on managament education at IIM-A 12/31/2010 | ||||
| The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, (IIMA) and the Association of Indian Management Scholars (AIMS), are jointly organising the Eighth AIMS International Conference on Management - 'Management Education in 2020: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities', from January 1 - 4 .. | ||||
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| 1340 get spot appointment at job fair 12/31/2010 | ||||
| A total number of 1,340 applicants today got spot appointment at a job fair organised by Coimbatore District Small Industries Association and District Industries Centre, (Coimbatore and Udhagamandalam), here. Apart from this, another 1,120 applications were under process, as the .. | ||||
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| North Bengal Varsity first semester exam rescheduled 12/31/2010 | ||||
| North Bengal university has decided to reschedule the first semester examination for the first year philosophy students who were ragged, sources said today. NBU examination for the first semester was scheduled to begin on January 3 and end on January 25. .. | ||||
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| PM to inaugurate Indian Science Congress at SRM varsity 12/31/2010 | ||||
| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the 98th Indian Science Congress to be held at SRM varsity campus in Chennai for five days from January 3, 2011. Around 7,000 delegates from India and abroad, including six Nobel Laureates and several eminent scientists from across the .. | ||||
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| Sibal announces revised norms for AICTE approval 12/31/2010 | ||||
| The HRD Minister, Kapil Sibal, announced revised norms for approval process for the year 2011-2012, of institutes to be regulated by the All Indian Council for Technical Education (AICTE). AICTE has been making an effort to facilitate stake holders in establishing good technical .. | ||||
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| Chemical Research Society plans wide range of activities 12/31/2010 | ||||
| The Chemical Research Society of India has planned a wide range of activities in India for 2011, declared as the International Year of Chemistry by the United Nations. The CRSI would hold chemistry demonstrations for students, organise workshops of chemistry teachers all over the .. | ||||
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| Enrolment to management programmees through CET 12/31/2010 | ||||
| Regulating admission process to management institutes, the Govt has stated enrolment to management programmes shall be done through CET and PG management courses shall not be less than 24 months. As per the new AICTE norms, management programmes more than 12 months but less than .. | ||||
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| Sibal announces additional 200,000 engineering seats 12/31/2010 | ||||
| In a pleasant surprise for students , HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday announced an increase of almost 200,000 seats in engineering courses in India. As part of reforms in All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) norms, the minister also announced additional 80,000 .. | ||||
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| Corporates allowed to start technical institutions 12/31/2010 | ||||
| The Centre on Thursday permitted companies registered as non-profit entities to establish technical institutions and reduced the land requirement for non-rural areas to 2.5 acres from the existing 3.5 acres, in addition to allowing vertical expansion barring engineering colleges. .. | ||||
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| Students break fast after interaction with Mamata 12/30/2010 | ||||
| Ten students broke their fortnight-long fast finally after Union Railways Minsiter and Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee assured them that their demand to include the word 'madrasa' in the name of Aliah University here will be fulfilled if her party comes to power in West Bengal. .. | ||||
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| Academicians issue statement against campus violence in West .. 12/30/2010 | ||||
| A group of 40 renowned academicians in West Bengal have issued a signed statement against the campus violence expressing "deep concern" over "sharp escalation" of violence in educational institutions and urged all to take a firm and active stand on the menace. .. | ||||
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| Bad blood as IIT centre splits 12/30/2010 | ||||
| Over 20 years ago, V K Bansal, an engineer who suffered from muscular dystrophy, began the first IIT-JEE coaching institution in Kota, pioneering the coaching class boom in this sleepy town in Rajasthan. Virtually all coaching classes in Kota, including the popular Resonance, were started by .. | ||||
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| Five Kerala schools get smart schools status 12/30/2010 | ||||
| Five government schools in Kerala have been accorded the ‘smart schools’ status and will receive Rs 1.25 crore each to install multimedia projectors, wireless internet and other infrastructure, an official said. Called the "ICT in Schools Scheme", the project .. | ||||
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