Education News in India

Centre for performing arts to come up at Tamil University 14/Oct/2010
“Kuthu Kalari”- Centre for Performing Arts is to come up soon in an environment friendly location at the Tamil University campus here. “In all probability, construction work will be completed by December and the centre will start functioning from January,” M.Rajendran, ..
BESU celebrates 14/Oct/2010
On Wednesday, a day after the Union cabinet cleared the proposal to upgrade Bengal Engineering and Science University to an Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), there was jubilation on the campus. State higher education minister Sudarshan Roychaudhuri said: “This ..
IITJEE classes real-time 14/Oct/2010
Imagine sitting for your IITJEE coaching classes in Kolkata with your instructor in Mumbai. Achin Agarwal and students from Kolkata's premier institutes have made it possible for students to do just that. Achin, a final-year student student of Computer Science and Engineering, at IIT ..
Now, an Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology 14/Oct/2010
The union cabinet has approved a proposal for conversion of the Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU) at Shibpur to an Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST). The release said, "BESU will be converted to the IIEST by suitably amending the National Institutes of ..
IIMs to get more autonomy: Sibal 14/Oct/2010
Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal held a meeting with the chairpersons and directors of the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to decide on the future course of IIMs and the steps to be taken. Sibal said that in the past one and a half years, a number of steps have been taken by the HRD ..
Sixth Pan Commonwealth Forum in Kerala 14/Oct/2010
The Sixth Pan-Commonwealth Forum (PCF6) on Open Learning will be jointly organised by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Vancouver-Canada and Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) from November 24-28, 2010 at Kochi, Kerala. The event is being held for the first time in India. PCF is a biennial ..
BESU to start integrated BTech, MTech course 14/Oct/2010
The Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU), one of the oldest engineering colleges in the country, has received the status of the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) and will now introduce integrated courses with dual degrees. "We will offer integrated courses ..
Kalam for adopting e-judiciary system 14/Oct/2010
Former president Dr A P J Abdul Kalam today said there was a need for adopting e-judiciary system in the country which will increase the efficiency of the various courts, ensure transparency and quicker disposal of cases. Kalam was speaking at the special convocation function of the National University of ..
Obama warns of 'education arms race' with China, India 14/Oct/2010
US President Barack Obama has warned of an "education arms race" with China and India and said that any cut in the education budget as recommended by the opposition Republican Party would be detrimental to America's national interest. "Nothing would be more shortsighted," Obama said in ..
Nita Ambani to lecture at London School of Economics 14/Oct/2010
Nita Ambani, wife of billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani, will deliver a lecture at the London School of Economics tomorrow on building institutions of excellence in India. Nita would deliver the 'C+J (sic) Modi/Narayanan PhD Fellowship Lecture' on October 15 and the session would be chaired by ..

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