Higher Education News

Hyderabad, February 16: In an attempt to revamp the higher education system, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today held a video-conference with academicians and education experts from various top universities in the country. "The video-conference is a first-of-its-kind ...

Srinagar, February 16: Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani today assured PDP President Mehbooba Mufti that the Centre would extend all help to Kashmiri students under the Prime Minister's Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) and look into the complaints over the scheme. ...

Guwahati, February 16: Assam government today said it has joined hands with Australia-based Curtin University for development of higher education in the state. According to an official release, the Government of Assam has entered into a collaborative partnership agreement with ...

Mumbai, February 16: The Bombay High Court today asked Maharashtra government to give an undertaking by tomorrow that it will comply with earlier orders to provide generators and inverters during load shedding at Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and Secondary School Certificate ...

Amherst (Massachusetts), February 16: The University of Massachusetts at Amherst has banned Iranian nationals from admission to certain graduate programs in a move that school officials say aligns its policy with US sanctions against Iran. The university will no longer ...

New Delhi, February 17: Indian public-private health organisation, the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) Monday inked an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Melbourne to improve disability programme. The MoU is an initiative to strengthen the existing ...

Kendall College, located in the heart of downtown Chicago, offers a curriculum that combines strong academics with practical experience that help give graduates the skills and expertise to be leaders in their professions. Kendall invites application for its summer 2015 session. ...

Les Roches International School of Hotel Management is a private hospitality school owned by Laureate Education and located in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. Les Roches is a hospitality school school founded in 1979. Approximately 1490 students from 97 different countries attend ...

Mumbai, February 9: Observing that institutions of higher education in Maharashtra are stuck in "mediocrity and complacency", state Governor C Vidyasagar Rao has called for innovative curriculum and participatory teaching. "We have witnessed globalisation in trade and commerce during the ...

February 9: A new segment of 'Highflier' students, who are likely to be both academically prepared and financially independent, are expected to boost the stagnant number of Indian students in US institutions, according to an Indian-American expert. World Education Services ...

New Delhi, February 6: President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday urged universities to consider implementing the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) as it would ensure seamless mobility of students across higher education institutions in the country as well as abroad." Due to ...

The number of Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) graduates moving to the abroad countries for higher studies and jobs is declining. As per the reports, IIT Madras officials said the overall number of students of the institute moving abroad for ...

New Delhi, Feb 4: The government has asked NCERT to complete the process of consultations on the new education policy with stakeholders by August and submit a report to it by September. HRD Minister Smriti Irani also favoured publication of ...

The Charpak scholarship program is run by the Embassy of France in India. The programme is named after Georges Charpak (1924 - 2010). The Charpak scholarship program offers three types of funding for Bachelor's and Master's level. ...