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School bags to Enkindle Learning for Rural Kids
A unique idea to use a school bag as a lamp for students to study in the dark has brought hope to the lives of kids living in the slums and rural areas to get educated....
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MHRD sets Hari Gautam Committee to Review UGC status
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...
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Unique Online Testing Platform for Medical Post Graduates
Elsevier, a provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services has announced the launch of MyPGMEE, an innate , innovative easy to use online training and testing platform for Post Graduate medical students. MyPGMEE...
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HDFC Makes Education Foray
After having made its debut in the education sector by acquiring India’s first education loan company Credila Financial Services, the Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) is now launching its first English medium school affiliated to the...
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Enrollment of Disabled Kids in School Less than One per cent: Irani
Less than one per cent of the differently-abled children in India are enrolled in schools, Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on August 4. The minister was...
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Centre wants private sector to play a major role in skilling India
Sarbananda Sonowal, Minister of State, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs & Sports asked India Inc to play a bigger role in skilling India. Addressing the two-day bi-annual event Sonowal said, “The target for National Skill Development...
Higher Education
UGC offers scholarships for the third gender
After offering a third gender status in the application form in the Indian universities, University Grants Commission (UGC) now decides to offer scholarship and fellowship schemes to the transgender candidates. The recent SC verdict states that...
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2nd annual ‘Next BIG Idea Contest’ begins
The 2nd Edition of the Next BIG Idea Contest has been announced by Zone Startups / India, a joint venture between Bombay Stock Exchange Institute and Toronto- based Ryerson Futures Inc, in collaboration with the Government of...
Higher Education
DU introduces environment science for undergraduates
The University Grants Commission asked Delhi University to introduce environmental science as a compulsory subject for the undergraduate students from this year following a mandate from the apex court. In 1993, the Supreme Court had directed...
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Indian-Japan researchers to build Disaster Information Network
Struck by natural disasters in the recent both researchers from India and Japan have joined hands to build an information network to mitigate and recover natural disaster in India. The five year project DISANET (Information Network...
Higher Education
1.3 million Minority Students Pursuing Higher Education: Irani
Over 1.3 million students from minority communities are pursuing higher education in India, HRD Minister Smriti Irani has informed the Rajya Sabha. According to findings of an All India Survey on higher education for the year...
Higher Education
‘Kerala to Become International Education Hub’
The Kerala government is in plans to turn the state into an international education hub, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said. The state government is also in plans to improve the performance of the higher education...