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HRD panel terms UGC a failure
A panel set up by HRD minister Smriti Z Irani to review the working of the University Grants Commission has said that the regulator not only has “failed to fulfill its mandate but has also not...
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New IITs, IIMs will look different
Many more Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Management may come up in the country before long. A Human Resources Development ministry committee, headed by education secretary and consisting of KV Kamath, chairperson, ICICI...
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Gujarat University may close down external courses
Gujarat University (GU) Vice-Chancellor MN Patel recently dropped hints that the external courses or distance education for its various faculties may soon be closed down. The VC said that if the university officials had objections to...
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TN, Kerala account for 40 % of education loans
Tamil Nadu and Kerala, two south Indian states, account for nearly 40 per cent of education loans disbursed in the country. The Department of Financial Services (Ministry of Finance) has release data showing that the banks...
Higher Education
ITM Group launches PGDM
ITM Group of Institutions has announced the launch of its flagship course ‘ITM PGDM’ at the Noida Campus recently. Over the years, the ITM-PGDM has evolved as an intense, demanding program that has launched careers of...
Higher Education
Higher education conference on ‘The future of Liberal Arts in India’
Ashoka University, O.P. Jindal Global University and Shiv Nadar University co-hosted a conference titled ‘The Future of Liberal Arts in India 2015’recently. Organized in collaboration with Carleton College, Yale-NUS, Claremont McKenna College, Pomona College, the Raman Research Institute...
Government News
Panel to probe CET goof-up
Taking serious note of the gaffe with the Common Entrance Test (CET) question paper for postgraduate students in Maharashtra, the medical education department has decided to set up a panel to probe into the matter. A...
Corporate Updates
HDFC’s Deepak Parekh pitches for investment in education
Stressing that education is the key to unlock India’s demographic dividend, Deepak Parekh, Chairman of HDFC called for “aggressive” investments by the government as well as corporates in the sector. The eminent industry leader termed spending...
Policy Matters
“New National Education Policy by December”
Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani recently announced that her ministry is working on a new National Education Policy (NEP) which would be formed by December 2015. Furthermore, suggestions in this regard have been invited from the...
Corporate Updates
Purple Squirrel Edventures enhances students’ career
Purple Squirrel Eduventures, a Mumbai based startup, provides an industry-based, experiential learning program for students enabling them to make informed career choices without being influenced by peers or family. They create programs for colleges, wherein students...
K-12
Global Pathways offers undergraduate Programs
Global Pathways Institute offers first two years of an international undergraduate program in India in partnership with Arcadia University, US. The program opens doors for 12th grade students and is called undergraduate Curricula Programme. In the...
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IMA launches Delhi Chapter
Miles Professional Education, classroom training provider of CPA (Certified Public Accountant), the US equivalent of Indian Chartered Accountant, has launched CMA (Certified Management Accountant) training in India as official partner of IMA (Institute of Management Accountants),...