New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Several European stakeholders made their bids and shared views on how to make rural Indian youth more employable and increase their competence, on the second day of EU-India Skill Development…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The 13th World Robot Olympiad will be held in India for the first time, with over 2,000 students from 54 countries participating to find innovative ways, using robotic technology, to…
By Indu Kannan ‘Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much’ – Helen Keller Ideally, a robust and functional collaboration should exist between industry and academia. That would augur well for…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) In a major push for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Skill India’ mission, skill development experts from across India and Europe joined hands on Monday to find ways in which Europe…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) An Open Day for school students was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Monday to give them exposure to the research being conducted at the varsity and to…
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The CBSE has directed schools affiliated to it to ensure that students do not carry school bags till class II and also to restrict the number of books to be…
Dewas (Madhya Pradesh), Nov 21 (IANS) At least 22 children were injured, including one seriously, when their school van overturned in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district on Monday. “The accident occurred in the morning when the…
Jalandhar (Punjab), Nov 21 (IANS) India will continue to play a key role in the global economy and as an economic powerhouse in the South Asian region, Mauritius President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim said here on Monday….
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Members of the Students Islamic Organisation (SIO) of India held a protest march here on Monday demanding action against those who assaulted JNU scholar Najeeb Ahmed prior to his disappearance…
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Glion Institute of Higher Education, Switzerland, has announced a master programme in a hybrid model which will allow Indian students to study on campus as well as online, the institute…
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The JNU Students Union (JNUSU) along with the family members of missing student Najeeb Ahmed on Sunday reached out to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav seeking his help against…
Nov 19 (IANS) Nalanda University in Bihar on Saturday made it clear that there will be no hiatus in the leadership of the university. “In response to media queries about the leadership of Nalanda University…
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 19 (IANS) The United States Consulate in Chennai handles nearly 1,600 visa applications every day even as the number of Indian students studying in the US registered the largest growth for the second…
Kochi, Nov 19 (IANS) Kochi-based Aster Medcity on Saturday inked an MoU with the US based Thomas Jefferson University which will allow Indian doctors access to the best of global healthcare knowledge and expertise. Aster…
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 19 (IANS) The United States Consulate in Chennai handles nearly 16,000 visa applications every day even as the number of Indian students studying in the US registered the largest growth for the second…
Mumbai, Nov 19 (IANS) Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and singer-songwriter Chris Martin, who arrived to attend the Global Citizen Festival Of India 2016, visited Shri Gadge Maharaja Vidyalay here on Friday and met its students….
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) India has achieved a milestone of producing the highest number of winners in the Monsanto Beachell-Borlaug International Scholarship Programme (MBBISP). Till date, India has 24 MBBISP scholars from a total…
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said higher education institutions are the torch-bearers of progress in the country, and stressed the need for quality research. “Building institutions is not merely a…
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Leveraging India’s growing importance as a resource hub, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney has launched a unique ‘Diya’ (light) initiative through which it aims to provide…
Chandigarh, Nov 18 (IANS) To tide over the shortage of qualified and experienced teachers in government schools, the Haryana government has introduced a policy to re-engage teachers retired from its service, a minister said on…