Higher Education News

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for reforming the state higher education system. During the 12th Plan period, 80 new universities would be created by converting autonomous ...

Welcoming the USD 100 million Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan to improve education and skills in Meghalaya, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma had said the fund will ensure that the state gets the best teachers, best infrastructure and improved skill developments for ...

There is a need to transform the education system to cultivate the basic values of humanism, democracy and secularism among people, Jammu and Kashmir Minister Sham Lal Sharma said here yesterday. Youths are the future hope of the country and ...

We all know that, today, majority of students prefer to study abroad to complete their higher education. It's not just the matter of trend/crush. But, they have more reasons. Here, a survey held among the B-Schools answers the question 'Why ...

Delhi government has decided to allow existing higher educational institutions to operate from Lal-Dora and other non-conforming areas for another year. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, after a cabinet meeting, said existing educational institutions will be allowed to function from Lal ...

Tapping this opportunity brought through environmental change: The existing faculty members need to constantly update themselves in this area. Imagine a situation wherein you are 10 years way behind your students who tell you the "latest" happening in ...

Management Teaching: Since the onset of liberalization, Indian economy has turned capitalist. It is no more considered bad to make money. The business of India is going to be business! Here lies an excellent opportunity to engage in national building, ...

The Ministry of Science & Technology (DBT & DST) ,Govt. of India and RIKEN, Japan's largest research organization have signed MOUs for Launching joint Research programs in the fields of Biology, Life sciences and material sciences. (Genome-related research including systems Biology, ...

The HRD Ministry has sent proposals to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion and the Department of Economic Affairs to permit foreign universities to open their campuses in the country as companies as provided under the Companies Act. As ...

New Delhi, Sep 6: Promoting itself as an "affordable" destination for higher education as compared to the west, 20 Japanese universities participated in an education fair here Friday to attract Indian students aspiring to study abroad. Organised under the "Global ...

As the falling rupee makes Indian students reconsider their abroad education, some of the international universities have woken up with new ideas to attract students. Yes, many international universities are introducing flexible academic options for students, who want to study ...

Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education offers Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan 2014. The students who are interested to study in United Kingdom, can apply for this scholarship. The nominations from India for ...

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government Wednesday announced major sops to modernise and upgrade "madrassas" (Islamic seminaries) in the state. The government has decided to allocate Rs 100 million (Rs.10 crore) as financial assistance to the madrassas for various academic purposes in ...

Majority of Indian students aspiring for a world-class higher education are facing a major drawback after the continuity of rupee's depreciation against American and British currencies. This year, while the rupee has depreciated, around 20% students who opt to study ...