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Two Indian American teenagers figured among 10 finalists of Nasa's national 3-D Space Container Challenge which asked students to design models of containers that could help astronauts keep things in order in space. However, both Rajan Vivek from Arizona and Prasanna ...

The US is the most preferred destination for higher education for students all over the world and it receives second highest number of pupils from India, an American diplomat said. According to the reports in Press Trust of India (PTI), Michael ...

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has sent a warning to schools saying that legal a action would be initiated against those who permit students from non-affiliated institutions to appear for board exams in lieu of either financial or other barter-style ...

IIT Dharwad will have 250 students in its 1st batch next year, the batch is likely to be handled by either IIT Bombay or IIT Hyderabad. Initially, IIT Dharwad will function from a temporary campus, according to the HRD Ministry sources. ...

Britain is planning a tougher new English language tests for foreign students. The move will negatively impact the already dwindling number of overseas students, including students from India, applying to study in the country. This decision can also lead to a ...

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 University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all varsities under it to set up University-Industry Inter-Linkage Centres (UILCs) to put in place integrated initiatives that will allow colleges to produce "well-groomed", tailor-made graduates for industry. From setting up industry-academia clusters, live-work-play ...

Pre-placement Offers (PPOs) at Indian Institute of Technology every year create buzz for high pay scales that have been offered to the students. The pre-placement offers by Amazon, Samsung and Facebook have caught eyeballs of people by offering a whopping amount of ...

The Delhi University (DU) has come up with helpline services through which students will be offered free counseling sessions to deal with their problems. The helpline aims to help students and faculty of various schools with their queries related to personal and ...

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 ...

The year 2015 will be earmarked as the year of 125th birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar, who is the architect of Indian Constitution. The Secretary of University Grants Commission (UGC) in its recent circular directed all the varsities to encourage ...

The reservation debate became hot recently when Patel community led by Hardik Patel rolled out massive support demanding reservation for them. Amid reservation demands, Gujarat government is likely to announce a special scheme for general category students from the economically weaker ...

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has joined hands with the India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) to conduct a week long Creative Expression Contest. The contest is being held from September 21 to 28. The details about the competition ...

A homemade alarm clock built out of an extraordinary choice of materials got the 14 year old Ahmed Mohamed suspended from his suburban Dallas high school. He was detained and handcuffed by police officers after the school officials accused him of ...