Higher Education News

New Delhi: On Friday, India became a permanent member of Washington Accord (WA), which is an elite international agreement on engineering studies and mobility of engineers. India is now a member of select group of 17 countries who are ...

In a major boost to technical education & engineering programs, India has joined a select group of 17 countries who are permanent signatories of the Washington Accord (WA). The meeting of the International Engineering Alliance of WA member ...

India, June 11, 2014: Education in Ireland, the government organisation responsible for the development and growth of Ireland's Higher Education Sector in world markets, held a Virtual Q & A on Twitter from 3:00 to 5:30 pm. It was a huge ...

New Delhi, June 12: Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani said that India was keen to collaborate with Bhutan on capacity building of teachers and educational institutions. She also highlighted the need to strengthen cooperation between the two nations ...

New Delhi, June 12: Human Resource Minister Smriti Irani said that India is committed to collaborating with Germany in the field of higher education. In a meeting with German ambassador Michael Steiner, who called on Irani here, the ...

New Delhi, June 11: The American Embassy will celebrate 'Student Visa Day' on June 19 during which those applying for higher studies in the US will be treated to a festive and collegiate atmosphere. The doors of the ...

For the most, if not all applicants for non-immigrant visas are generally viewed as intending immigrants, until they can really convince the immigration officer that they are not. For the US Student Visa (F1 visa), no matter how ...

India, June 2014: Education in Ireland Organizes a Virtual Q & A on Twitter for the very first time - Top 15 Higher Education Institutions (HEI's) from Ireland to engage with Indian Students on June 10th 2014 from 3-5:30 pm ...

Kolkata, 6 June: Lamenting that research is a neglected domain in education, President Pranab Mukherjee has said universities must lead in making new inventions and patents. "Universities must through their inventions and discoveries lead in the registration of ...

New Delhi, 6 June: With some key bills on higher education stuck in Parliament, the government is exploring the possibility of declaring some institutes as off-campuses of statutory institutions to enable students get their degrees. The government is ...

Students often face confusion while selecting a proper college in order to pursue engineering. They always look for a well-developed college, which provides excellent infrastructure, placements and faculties. Every year, the National Institutional Ranking Framework under the HRD Ministry ranks institutions ...

New Delhi: Mr. Alon Ushpiz, the Ambassador of Israel to India met Mrs Smriti Irani, Hon'ble Minister of Human Resource Development, on 29th May, 2014 to discuss strengthening of educational relations between India and Israel. Recalling the close ...

Mumbai: The US Consulate General, Mumbai, has opened its doors to over 1,000 Indian students applying for visas to pursue higher education in the United States as part of 'Student Visa Day'. Each year, tens of thousands of ...

New Delhi: HRD Minister Smriti Irani said that the government was mulling increasing the spending on higher education to six per cent of the GDP and will also have a relook at the legislations on higher education which lapsed ...