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An initiative to impart basic education as also vocational skill development for the Muslim population is being launched, an official release said Tuesday. "Maulana Azad Taleem-e-Balighan is being launched to impart functional literacy, basic education, vocational skill development and ...

Education is the route to eradicate poverty and every child in India must be educated, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi here Sunday. Speaking at the 9th convocation of the SRM University near here, Modi says "This is an ...

Defending his government's policy of medium of instruction (MOI) in elementary education, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has claimed that it will encourage education in Konkani and Marathi languages. "Twenty five per cent of the students who were ...

Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Monday said children must inculcate a scientific temper for pursuing knowledge to contribute towards making India one of the most developed countries in the world. Kalam, who reached here Monday, will inaugurate the Children's ...

The Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP), an autonomous body under the union ministry of commerce and industry, Wednesday opened a new academic block and packaging laboratory, with a view to encouraging research and innovation. Minister of State for Commerce ...

DSK International Campus (DSKIC), invites applications for their next academic batch 2014-15. Impartingworld-class education in the fields of Animation, Video Games and Industrial Design, DSKIC has started to provide its prospectus on their website:www.dsksic.com. The interested students can look ...

Knowledge is a skill acquired through experience or education. Every human on Earth is eventually learning and working each day to earn. Does this mean, money is more important than knowledge? Money is not easily available to all, but ...

A school teacher from Britain has travelled thousands of miles to Kerala to visit the institute where he taught nearly five decades ago. One of his students if former union minister P.C. Thomas. Piers Pendred travelled from London to ...

India-born Meera Chandrasekhar, professor of physics and astronomy and Curator's Teaching Professor of Physics at the University of Missouri, has won Baylor University's 2014 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching. Chandrasekhar will receive the $250,000 award and an ...

India's military should open itself up to private sector research and push for greater indigenisation of products and systems, eminent Stanford University professor and Padma Bhushan recipient Dr Thomas Kailath said today. Speaking at an interactive session at the Asian ...

ARCH Academy of design invites applications for its All India Entrance Examination for Design (AIEED). The applications are invited for its 4 undergraduate courses. Courses available: Fashion Design (60 seats)  Interior Design (60 seats) ...

Toonz Academy, Kerala, has announced a scholarship for its animation course 2014. The scholarship will be given under G. A. Menon Memorial Scholarships for Advanced Diploma in Digital Arts and Animation course. Eligibility The candidates who have ...

Voicing concern over the dropout rate of school children, Right to Education (RTE) Forum national convener Ambarish Rai Thursday said 100 percent retention should be ensured in primary and upper primary classes. "A mechanism should be evolved to monitor ...

Microsoft India has announced the launch of the Microsoft Academia Accelerator, aimed at building a deep long-term association between industry and academia. Vinod Anantharaman, head of Business Management at Microsoft India (R&D) Pvt Ltd, told reporters here Thursday that ...