Hrd Ministry News

Bhubaneswar: Encouraging IITians to take advantage of the "Start Up India, Stand Up India" scheme, Union HRD minister Smriti Irani recently said qualified engineers need to take up entrepreneurship on the basis of innovative ideas acquired in the premier institute. {image-14-1442210155-27-smritiirani1.jpg ...

Govt panel likely to recommend scrapping of weightage given to marks obtained in board examinations. A final decision on the issue could come early next month when the HRD minister Smriti Irani chairs a meeting of the NIT council, which would ...

The national web portal for promotion of a national apprenticeship scheme is launched by the Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani. The scheme is aimed at people to provide opportunities for practical training for those who have a graduate degree, hold ...

As the Modi government sets the pace to create a new education policy after 3 decades, the right wing Hindu organisations have started the consultation process for formulating their own suggestions for the HRD ministry. There have been suggestions about a ...

Mumbai: Mumbai will have a new university. Once-upon-a-time government colleges of academic excellence like the Institute of Science, Elphinstone College, Government Law College and Government BEd College look set to get their lustre back by making up a cluster university in ...

New Delhi: HRD minister Smriti Irani recently invited suggestions from teachers and students of CBSE schools on the new national education policy, which is likely to be prepared by the year end. Conferring the CBSE awards to teachers ahead of the ...

Some of India's leading academic institutions like IITs and IIMs will have foreign faculty members this year under the national GIAN (Global Initiative of Academic Networks) programme. IIT-Kharagpur has been selected as the national coordinator for collaborating with institutions like IITs, ...

The central government propose to invest over Rs.3,030 crore in higher education in Andhra Pardesh, Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani said on Thursday. She was speaking after laying the foundation stone of National Institute of Technology (NIT) at Tadepalligudem ...

New Delhi, August 7, 2015: Academicians from various central and state universities across the country today said that the government is treating education as a "no-merit good" and is rolling out initiatives to encourage dominance of private players in the sector. ...

New Delhi, August 5, 2015: Over 25 lakh children with special needs are enrolled in schools and another over 2 lakh who have "profound" special needs are covered under home-based education system, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Social Justice and ...

New Delhi, August 3, 2015: The HRD Ministry has directed that an FIR be lodged after it came to light that a communication was received by a private varsity in Moradabad on a forged letterhead of Union Minister Smriti Irani directing ...

New Delhi, July 27, 2015: The HRD ministry on Friday set up a committee to attract and retain talented teachers in the central government funded educational institutions to combat the problem of teacher vacancies. The committee will also be responsible for ...

New Delhi, July 22, 2015: Yoga has been made compulsory in CBSE curricula for Classes XI and XII while for students of other classes it should be held "at least" twice a week as part of their physical activity programme, the ...

New Delhi, July 20, 2015: Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani today held deliberations with some RSS-affiliated education bodies on the new education policy during which they are understood to have also discussed the appointments of possible candidates in various institutes and ...