Academic News

Chennai, June 5, 2015: A two-day Russian Education Fair is starting this Saturday where several institutions of Russia, including medical and engineering universities, would participate in the 16th edition of the event here. The fair will begin from June 6 ...

New Delhi, June 5, 2015: Over 60 students of the Jindal Global Law School have been selected for pursuing academic programmes at Columbia Law School in USA and University of Oxford in the UK. O P Jindal Global University (JGU) ...

Kolkata, June 5, 2015: Dhaka-based North South University is exploring collaboration opportunities with RP-Sanjiv Goneka group promoted International Management Institute (IMI). IMI in a statement said an eight-member team from the University was in the city today to explore collaboration ...

London, June 4, 2015: India has signed a pact with the UK's prestigious Cambridge University to create a new programme of early-career fellowships in the field of biotechnology. The fellowships, jointly funded by the Indian government's Department of Biotechnology (DBT) ...

Bengaluru, June 4, 2015: Dell's India arm on Wednesday announced the launch of its 'Back to College' campaign for this year to target college-going students and boost sales in their consumer segment. Rival Acer has launched a 'Back to School' ...

Dehradun, Apr 13: Mussoorie International School, a leading all girls' boarding school based in the hill town, today tied up with Mahesh Bhupathi Tennis Academies to introduce high quality tennis coaching at its campus. The tie-up was announced at a ...

Kolkata, April 10: Aiming at students from the Tier II and Tier III cities of the country, Ambuja Neotia Group has come up with The Neotia University (TNU) near Sarisa in South-24 Parganas district. City-based industrialist and Ambuja Neotia Group ...

Jammu, March 30: Terming as "challenging" the aim to improve education sector in Jammu and Kashmir, state education minister Naeem Akhtar said the government will focus on creating a knowledge-based society. "The education set up in Jammu and ...

London, March 24: Do you force your kids to spend too much time on maths and science? Researchers have found that just an hour of homework can produce very good results. The findings published in the Journal of Educational Psychology ...

New Delhi, March 23: Some states have expressed concern over the controversial no-detention policy up to Class-VIII, saying it has led to a sharp fall in academic exercise, at a high-level meeting on the proposed National Education Policy, consultations for which ...

Chandigarh, March 16: The Haryana government will introduce the teaching of "Bhagwad Gita", a Hindu scripture, in school curriculum from the new academic session this year, said Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. Khattar, who heads the first Bharatiya ...