Education News in India

Wartsila Corporation cuts 400 jobs globally 18/Oct/2010
The Finland-based power plant and equipment company Wartsila Corporation today said it will reduce around 400 jobs globally in its support functions and information management services. "To safeguard our competitiveness and good performance into the future, we need to shape and dimension our support ..
Meteorology honour for student 18/Oct/2010
Explore a limestone cave, get to know about fossils, take a peek into meteorology and bring back an honour to the country – this is just the gist of the experience class XI student S. Varun Rajagopal has had in the last few weeks. The lessons that this period has offered have been very rich for the ..
No shortage of job opportunities 18/Oct/2010
In the last few decades, Tamil shorthand seems to have lost much of its sheen though there are plenty of job opportunities for those who possess the skill. At the District Employment Exchange office in Santhome, candidates who register are routinely advised to learn the skill as it would improve their chances of being ..
IIMs can open off-campus centres 16/Oct/2010
Granting more autonomy to the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), the Centre has allowed these elite institutions to open off-campus centres within and outside the country. The IIM Boards can also create posts within the framework of Memorandum of Association. This was announced by ..
All India bar council exam compulsory for all law students 18/Oct/2010
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has made the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) compulsory for all law graduates who have passed in the academic year 2009-10. An official press release said, "The BCI will conduct the AIBE in nine languages across 27 cities in India on December 5, 2010." It also ..
Mission to Mars possible in 2030: Kalam 18/Oct/2010
Former President A P J Kalam yesterday said that India is planning to send its mission to Mars in 2030. "We hope that we will be able to send the mission to Mars in 2030," he said at a school function here. Significantly, Kalam had made a similar announcement here in 2001 regarding the ..
India's animation industry likely to hit USD 1 bn by 2012 18/Oct/2010
The Indian animation market, estimated at USD 494 million in 2008, is seen growing at compounded annual growth rate of 22 per cent till 2012, an industry official said. "Globally, the animation industry is poised to touch USD 100 billion by 2012 and India's animation industry is expected to hit USD 1 ..
India to share education links with Scotland 15/Oct/2010
The Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal and the first Prime Minister of Scotland Alex Hammond met here for discussing moves to strengthen India's and Scotland's learning links. In the presence of the two Ministers, four Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) were signed between Higher ..
National regulatory framework for nanotechnology soon 15/Oct/2010
Soon, a national level regulatory framework for nanotechnology will be drafted to sort out issues of ethics and copyrights, Prithviraj Chavan, Union minister for science and technology and earth sciences, said here on Thursday at the international conference on nanotechnology. Chavan said, "The ..
President's approval to AMU centres in Murshidabad, Malappuram 15/Oct/2010
Decks have been cleared for two off-campus centres of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in West Bengal and Kerala after President Pratibha Patil gave her approval for their establishment. The President -- in her capacity as the Visitor has given her approval to the amendments ..

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