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Need to strengthen university-industry interface: PM

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Expressing concern about the quality of higher education in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that even Indian premier institutions do not figure among the best in the world. Addressing the Diamond Jubilee function of...

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IIT Bombay’s Techfest to begin from Jan 3

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Techfest, IIT Bombay’s annual science and technology festival that gives a platform to showcase talent, skill sets, display cutting edge technology and research will be held from January 3-5. The fest attracts more than 1 lakh...

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IIM A’s Agri-Business programme ranked best in the world

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The Post Graduate Programme in Agri-Business Management (PGP-ABM) of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) has been ranked at the top position for the third consecutive year in the Best Master’s Ranking in Agribusiness/ Food Industry...

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UGC to set up interim regulator for distance education

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University Grants Commission (UGC) has been instructed by a committee formed by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to set up an interim regulator and monitor the country’s distance education sector. As the Parliament is not...

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A mobile app to detect skin cancer and ailment

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IIT Kahargpur students have developed a mobile phone application which can help in accurate diagnosis of skin cancers and ailments. The application ‘ClipOCam-Derma’ is developed in the School of Medical Science and Technology at IIT Kharagpur...

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Tougher norms lead private schools to shut down

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Hundreds of parents protested against the closing down of a private school at Ganapathy, Coimbatore as it claim of not being able to meet the new norms of the government due financial inability of the school....

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A plea for the common admission forms for Nursery

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The All-India Parents’ Association wrote to the Delhi Education Department to issue a common nursery admission form for the general category. The criterion for seeking nursery admissions according to the latest guidelines issued by Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb...

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Education needs to be re-invented: Rahul Gandhi

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The Indian education system needs to be ‘re-invented’ and a  network needs to be build between higher education and industry, said Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi speaking at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and...