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Union minister for Human Resource Development Smriti Irani has asked all states and Union Territories to lay special focus on education for girls and create a conducive environment for girls to go to schools and complete...
President Pranab Mukherjee has expressed concern over the poor standards of higher educational institutes in India as compared to international standards. Saddened with the absence of any Indian institute in the list of top 200 universities...
India is the fastest growing source of international students to New Zealand, a recent report has revealed. The number of Indian students seeking student visas to New Zealand has witnessed an increase of more than 80...
Chennai-based medical technology company Trivitron Healthcare Private Limited and The University of Tartu, Estonia, have joined hands for scientific cooperation and furthering medical education between India and Estonia. According to the five-year memorandum of understanding signed,...
None of the major institutions of higher learning from India have made it to the Shanghai Rankings of the top universities worldwide. The only consolation was Bangalore’s Indian Institute of Science listed at the 327th rank....
The Indian Railways is exploring the possibility of setting up four universities across the country for trained manpower. The railways, which is hailed as the lifeline of the country, currently has only one training institute located...
In a move to help the state’s unemployed youth with good job-oriented training programmes, the Rajasthan government has set up India’s first dedicated skill development centre in Udaipur. Set up under the ‘Livelihood Skill Project’, the...
Recon, a seven-member team from the Chennai-based School of Aeronautical Sciences, Hindustan University, has bagged the “Most Innovative Design Award” at Mission 7 of International Aerial Robotics Competition held between Aug 2nd-6th in China. The copmpetition...
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has announced a 40 per cent increase in stipend for apprentices, under the Apprentices Act 1961. The last revision was in 2011. Every year, around one lakh students undergo apprenticeship...
The Human Resource Development Ministry has introduced an internship scheme called MHRD Internship Scheme-2014 for Indian nationals pursuing graduation, post graduation and research studies from a recognised university or institute within India or abroad and will...
The Skill Development Centre in Udaipur, initiative of the Rajasthan government was inaugurated by Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje last week. According to Raje the skill development centre has been established with an aim to provide job-oriented...
The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has set up a four-member committee to review the current status of the University Grants Commission (UGC). As per the decision taken on August 3, Hari Gautam, former chairman of UGC, will head the...