Hrd Ministry News

Human Resource Development ministry has sanctioned setting up of 24 new engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu for the current academic year, the Rajya Sabha was informed on 26th Aug 2013. There are 498 engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu. "24 ...

Five New Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs) in the Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode have started from this academic session. They are Chittoor in Andhra, Kota in Rajasthan, Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu, Guwahati in Assam and Vadodara in Gujarat. ...

The Lok Sabha was informed that more than two crore students studied in colleges and universities in the country. Replying to a question, the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr. Shashi Tharoor said that over 25 lakh students ...

The University Grant Commission (UGC) and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) have asked Universities and Technical Institutions to introduce Cyber Security and Information Security as a subject at the Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate levels. This was stated by ...

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) for the year 2014 online registration commences from Sept 02, 2013. For the year 2014, GATE entrance exam is conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. IIT Kharagpur issued a notification on ...

The HRD Minister Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju inaugurated the Conference on ICT for School Education in New Delhi. On this occasion he launched the National Repository of Open Education Resources (NROER). Addressing the Conference he said that the school education ...

The Ministries of Human Resources Development (MHRD) and Tourism are working together on imparting training of master cooks engaged under Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS). This was stated by the MoS, HRD, Dr. Shashi Tharoor in the Rajya Sabha. ...

The HRD Minister Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju reviewed the Mid Day Meal Scheme in New Delhi last evening. The top officials of Health and Family Welfare, Rural Development, Tribal Affairs, Youth Affairs, Minorities Affairs, Drinking and Water and Sanitation attended the ...

New Delhi, (IANS): Demanding appointment of Partha Pratim Chakrabarti as IIT Kharagpur director, an alumni association announced the graduating batch will be sporting black bands at the convocation July 27. They will be protesting Chakrabarti's non-appointment as the institute director, ...

New Delhi: India is to achieve 80% literacy rate in the next two years. This was stated by the HRD Minister Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju, while inaugurating an International Conference on Achieving Literacy for All. The literacy rate of India ...

New Delhi: The HRD Minister Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju has described the death of the children in Bihar as unfortunate. Several children at a School in Saran district in Bihar yesterday died after taking the Mid Day Meal.  Talking to ...

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has granted new accreditation to 42 higher educational institutions and re-assessed the accreditation of 34 other institutions. The NAAC has accredited four new universities and 38 new colleges across the country. This includes ...

[PIB]: The Minister of Human Resource Development, Dr M M Pallam Raju met Australian Minister for Higher Education, Senator Kim Carr at the annual Australia-India Ministerial Dialogue on Education Cooperation. They also attended the second Australia India Education Council (AIEC) ...

India is now focusing on collaboration with Australian Universities and Vocational Institutes to train and skill its 550 million youngsters. In order to take the prime step, HRD Minister M.Pallam Raju is on a visit to influence Australian Universities and ...