Education News in India

Only 2.68 percent engineers meet skill requirements of IT products sector .. 30/Nov/2012
India produces more than five lakh engineers annually, but only 2.68 per cent of them meet skill requirements of the IT products sector, said a report. According to a report by employability assessment company Aspiring Minds, nearly 92 per cent of engineering graduates lack computer programming and ..
NU academic panel clears affiliation proposals of 100 colleges and their .. 30/Nov/2012
Nagpur University's Academic Council (AC) on Thursday cleared proposals of affiliation of over 100 colleges and courses without any discussion. These include ME/MTech courses which were in the eye of the storm for granting illegal admissions to students before getting affiliation from NU. Surprisingly, none of the ..
UP government to set up degree colleges in each of the 58 blocks in a .. 30/Nov/2012
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to set up a degree college in each of the 58 unserved blocks in a phased manner in the next three years. Announcing this in the midst of his reply to a question, revenue minister Ambika Chaudhary said that 23 such colleges would be set up during the current ..
IIM-A invites students to come up with innovative solutions to help NGOs 29/Nov/2012
Students from various business schools in the country, under the guidance of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), are all set to run a non-governmental organization (NGO) for a day. Among other things, the students will present a strategy to improve the operations of the NGO. IIM-A is ..
US ambassador expresses concern over quality of education in India 29/Nov/2012
US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell today said that the quality of education in India remains a "concern and major challenge" while underlining the need to address the gap in reading levels to prepare children for the future in a better way. Quoting reports that have pointed out that basic ..
Rajasthan government to provide 5 percent reservation to five communities .. 29/Nov/2012
The Rajasthan government accepted the state OBC commission report, paving way for five per cent reservation in government jobs and educational institutes to five communities, including Gujjars, under Specially Backward Category. The commission, led by justice (retd) I S Israni, had handed over the report ..
Meghalaya government enhances salary of teachers under pressure 29/Nov/2012
Meghalaya cabinet today decided to raise the salaries of both ad-hoc lower primary and upper primary school teachers Under pressure from thousands of school teachers. There are 1225 ad-hoc lower primary schools having four teachers each and 844 ad hoc upper primary schools having two teachers each ..
ICAR awards International Fellowship Programme to TNAU graduate 29/Nov/2012
Sashank Gaur, an M.Tech graduate from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) here, has been awarded with International Fellowship Programme for his proposed Ph.D programme to be taken up at University of Illinois, USA. Indian Council of Agricultural Research has introduced the programme as one of the ..
University of New South Wales honours Ratan Tata 29/Nov/2012
Tata Group head Ratan Tata has said that though India had many changes of government, the outlook "might not be as bad" as one might think. However, Tata, who was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Business from the University of New South Wales, said he feels that the fabric of Indian values and ..
Computer Vision Approach to Diabetic Retinopathy Screening 29/Nov/2012
IIT Kharagpur has developed a software that will be beneficial in detecting Diabetic Retinopathy, a disease that can lead to loss of eye-sight, in a patient in the early stages. Chandan Chakrabarty of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur said,the disease, whose root cause is diabetes, can be ..

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