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Intellectual Property: Potential business model
Atleast 10 aspiring entrepreneurs in India see intellectual property (IP) as a viable business model.
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Higher Education
Masters in Special education now possible at Abu Dhabi University
A new masters degree programme in special education has been launched at Abu Dhabi University (ADU).
Higher Education
First PPP model of medical college at Tripura
Tripura government has taken over India’s first PPP model medical college and hospital, promoted by the Kerala based Global Educational Net (GENET), to protect the interest of students and doctors.
Higher Education
DU arranges for friendly environment for disabled
Keeping in view the needs of disabled students, Delhi University (DU) is training a team of volunteers and teachers to make admission process friendlier for disabled students.
Corporate Updates
Educational collaboration between Tesdec And Intel
For a teaching programme meant for upgrading the quality of teaching and learning in schools, the Terengganu Skills Development Centre (Tesdec) and Intel Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, recenlty collaborated together.
K-12
6000 model schools to be set up by Government
To set up ,000 model schools after getting the Right to Education (RTE) legislation cleared by Parliament, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government is ready to put the plan into action.
Higher Education
UPA government all set to Refresh ITIs
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has decided to fund the process of the control on modernization of Industrial Training Institutes.
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Students to handle e-Governance in Indian state
Engineering students in Karnataka will now handle e-Governance initiatives of the state government. In a novel scheme aimed at addressing e-Governance glitches faced by several government departments, the Board for IT Education Standards (BITES) in association...
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2020 to see Indian IT mark $285 reports KPMG
Representing 15,000 companies in Asia and Australian continents, KPMG and Asia Oceanic Computing Industry Organisation, reported that the Indian IT and ITES sector could become a US$285-billion industry by 2020 from US$71.6 billion in 2009.
Policy Matters
UGC, AICTE may get scrapped
The HRD ministry, headed by Kapil Sibal, will create an independent National Council for Higher Education, which will take over the academic, accreditation and financial functions of the regulators.
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ICT education to meet the challenges of 21st century
On the occasion of certificate distribution ceremony of the trainees of
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New initiative to disseminate HIV and AIDS through mobile phone games
The mobile phone initiative, launched in December last year by the Delhi-based ZMQ Software Systems, an e-learning company, to disseminate information about HIV and AIDS, has attracted 2.9 million subscribers already, out of which 60 per...