Education News in India

Confusion over department of study on Value education course 24/Apr/2013
A compulsory course to be taught in the first year of the four-year undergraduate programme has mystified teachers. Called "integrating mind, body and heart", the subject is college-equivalent of the value-education course that CBSE has introduced in schools, only with a much greater dose of "Gandhian ..
Shri Ram College of Commerce did not have a statistics teacher for any of .. 24/Apr/2013
In the face of the launch of the four-year undergraduate programme that will add another 54,000 to Delhi University's existing undergraduate roll strength, a reality check. One of the most sought-after colleges in DU, Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) did not have a statistics teacher for any of its 13 sections for a ..
Much is missing from the curriculum that was approved for UG Economics .. 24/Apr/2013
Some of Delhi University's most celebrated economists and economic historians like Amartya Sen, Shahid Amin and K N Raj will be disappointed to learn that the papers they once taught will no longer be a part of the undergraduate economics course. Despite the extra year, much is missing from the curriculum that was ..
H-B visas being used to outsource cheap labour rather than talent 23/Apr/2013
Amidst Congressional debate on the comprehensive immigration reform, a top US Senator has accused big Indian IT companies - TCS, Infosys and Wipro - of abusing the H-1B visa system. "There are some specific abuses of H-1B," Senator Richard Durbin, said during a Congressional hearing on ..
New campus of Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM) .. 23/Apr/2013
A new campus of Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM) will come up at NCR zone. The new campus spreading across 10 acres in Sector 62 of Noida and constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 27.70 crore will be inaugurated by Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi. IITTM, an ..
Memory lapse could be linked to a necessary part of the brains ability to .. 23/Apr/2013
British neuroscientists may have found an explanation for why we seem to forget the name of new acquaintances. University of Sussex researchers believe the memory lapse could be linked to a necessary part of the brain's ability to consolidate long-term memories. Their study, published today ..
Kerala state library council converting libraries in rural areas in the .. 23/Apr/2013
Kerala state library council has launched a project for converting libraries in rural areas in the state to e-knowledge centres, providing free internet services to them. The rural libraries would be computerised for the purpose at a cost of Rs 50 lakh during the year, an official release here said. ..
One-day agro-technology commercialisation conference organised jointly by .. 23/Apr/2013
City-based International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) are organising a one-day agro-technology commercialisation conference at HITEX Exhibition Centre here on April 26. The conference will showcase ..
All India Ayurvedic Essay Competition for 'Vaidyaratnam P S Variver Prizes .. 23/Apr/2013
With the objective of promoting research work in Ayurveda, renowned Vaidyaratnam P S Variers's Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal in Malappuram district, will conduct an All India Ayurvedic Essay Competition for 'Vaidyaratnam P S Variver Prizes 2013'. Cash awards of Rs 25,000 and Rs 15,000 will be given to the ..
IT industry recruitment of engineers witnessing decline with slowdown in .. 22/Apr/2013
Demand for engineering graduates in the IT industry is reducing due to slowdown in revenue growth, change in business mix and preference for science graduates to lower costs, says a new report. "We attribute slowdown in absorption of engineering talent to slowdown in revenue growth rates of ..

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