Hrd Ministry News

New Delhi, June 19: Puducherry ranked first while Uttar Pradesh took the last position in providing infrastructure, including toilet and drinking water facilities in elementary schools, said a report. The report was released by the Human Resource Development ...

QS University Rankings 2014 for the BRICS countries has been released. From India, IIT Delhi secured a place in the 13th position. Also present in the list is IIT Bombay in the 15th position, IIT Kanpur in the 16th ...

New Delhi, June 18: With no Indian institute figuring in the top 10 list of QS BRICS 2014 University Rankings, Prime Minister Narendra Modi favoured evolving an independent India-specific ranking of institutes. Modi emphasised the need for India ...

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 ...

The Human Resource Development Minister, Smt Smriti Zubin Irani has attended the Third Convocation Address of the President at the Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research (IISER), Pune. Speaking at the Convocation, the minister expressed the concern ...

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 ...

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 ...

The students of old Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) has demanded that the HRD minister should look at developing the old IITs before establishing new IITs. HRD Minister Smriti Irani has announced that she plans ...

The Minister of Human Resources Development, Smt. Smiriti Zubin Irani has expressed grave concern over the shocking incident of 24 engineering students from Hyderabad feared washed away near Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. Smt. Irani has assured the Minister ...

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 ...

Shimla: The Central University of Himachal Pradesh vice chancellor, Furqan Qamar, has sought the consent of President Pranab Mukherjee for getting relieved from the varsity to join his new assignment as the Secretary General of the Association of Indian ...

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 ...

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 ...