Hrd Ministry News

The Indian Institute of Technology has decided to waive off the tuition fee for the physically challenged students. IIT council headed by Human Resource Development minister Smriti Irani has taken the decision. Smriti Irani sharing the news on Twitter wrote, "Happy ...

Union Human Resource Development minister Smriti Irani has announced a new scheme to for weak students who are prone to depression due to non-performance in studies. The scheme was announced on Friday that will facilitate weak students of some national-level institutes ...

The Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani, on Wednesday highlighted the need for reorientation in Sanskrit research, and urged scholars to take the lead in popularising and improving the standard of Sanskrit education. Speaking at the fifth convocation ceremony of ...

The Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan in New Delhi, a deemed university that promotes Sanskrit, is proposed to be upgraded into an 'institution of national importance' on the lines of the premier IITs and AIIMS. The Vice chancellor of the Sansthan, P. N. ...

Government comes up with an indigenous ranking framework for engineering and management institutes. The central government is all set to unveil an India-specific ranking framework covering higher educational institutes. The HRD Ministry has come up with an indigenous ranking framework for ...

The CBSE has put up a questionnaire on the official website of the central board to collect information regarding the students' view about the school's infrastructure, functioning and teaching. According to reports, the main purpose of this step is to obtain ...

Lucknow: Efforts are underway to prepare the draft of a new education policy by December with involvement of people at the district level, Union HRD minister Smriti Irani said recently. "Till now, education policies were prepared by some persons at the ...

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's request on shifting IIT Dharwad to Raichur is denied by the Union ministry of human resource development (MHRD) and stated that the shift in location cannot be considered as any changes on this issue will only delay in ...

CM of Karnataka has requested the Central Government to consider Raichur to set up IIT instead of Dharwad. We believe that IIT Dharwad is a better choice as Raichur is on the brink of an eco disaster and is not in ...

Distance education degrees, diplomas and certificates offered by the universities with the approval of University Grants Commission (UGC) through distance education mode would be applicable for central government jobs. The Ministry of Human Resources and Development (HRD ministry) has published the ...

Bangalore: After Dharwad got the Centre's nod as the location for Karnataka's first Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), the state government appears to have put a spoke in its wheels. Responding in this regard, CM Siddaramaiah has written a letter to ...

Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country have been asked to follow the NCERT syllabus on yoga education and create awareness on a "priority" basis about the benefits of yoga among the students. Earlier this year, in June, HRD Minister Smriti Irani had ...

"National Institute of Technologies (NITs) in the northeast region must obtain guidance and lessons from internationally acclaimed academicians and experts for their all-round development," said Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani while speaking in Agartala "NITs in northeast states must ...

Though India may not yet have managed to get a Ivy league school to set up campus in India through the Foreign Universities Bill, it is close in drawing over 200 academics from global universities to teach in India at $8,000- ...