IIT Guwahati Director Professor TG Sitharam has been appointed as the new chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). He will take the charge from UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar and hold the post for a period of three years. Kumar had taken the interim charge as AICTE Chairman after Anil Sahasrabuddhe … Read more
Expansion of tribal education, culture, and tradition along with protection of rights were discussed in the third meeting of the Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC), chaired by chief minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday. The committee decided to encourage Eco-tourism while preserving the environment and tribal culture of the state. Around nine points were discussed during the … Read more
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras researchers and Tamil Nadu’s Department of School Education have partnered to improve the digital learning experience of school students by improvising and updating the existing digital learning platform to an assessment-focused learning management system. IIT Madras researchers will use their Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data science expertise to … Read more
New Delhi: Sonu Sood is known for his philanthropic activities. He is a real saviour to many people who survived during the second phase of the Covid-19 pandemic. And this time, he is providing free coaching to numerous aspirants who can’t afford to enrol themselves with the expensive coaching centres. After the success of the scholarship … Read more
Indian higher educational institutions (HEIs) must follow University Grants Commission’s (UGC) latest regulations for twinning and dual degree programs with foreign universities, the Commission has ruled. Currently, 230 Indian and 1,256 foreign HEIs are eligible to offer twinning, joint degree, and dual degree programs, as per the new regulations. Under the twinning program, Indian HEI … Read more
New Delhi: Twelve research scholars from Jamia Millia Islamia have been selected for the Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF) under the lateral entry scheme of May 2022 drive, the university said on Wednesday. The number of recipients of this prestigious fellowship from JMI has doubled since last year when 6 researchers of the university were awarded … Read more
New Delhi: Education would be one of the sectors benefiting in a big way from the rollout of 5G technology in the country, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Saturday. The launch of 5G telecom services would help in the implementation of ‘digital university’ being envisioned by the Ministry of Education, he said. “Education will … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday released textbooks in Hindi of three subjects for MBBS students as part of an ambitious project of the Madhya Pradesh government to impart medical education in the Hindi language. Terming it an important day in history, Shah said Madhya Pradesh has become the first state in the country … Read more
Gujarat: Nine members of the board of trustees of the Gujarat Vidyapith on Monday said they have resigned in protest against the appointment of state Governor Acharya Devvrat as the new chancellor of the deemed university set up by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920 and claimed “undue haste” and “political pressure” in the selection. However, the apex … Read more
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has warned that it does not recognise online PhD programs provided by EdTech companies in collaboration with international educational institutions. The UGC also stated that in order to award PhD degrees to students, all higher education institutions must adhere to UGC regulations and its amendments. The UGC notice in a newspaper … Read more
Three Global academic non-profits — Educational Testing Services (ETS), American Institutes for Research (AIR), and the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) —have expressed curiosity in serving to arrange India’s first nationwide school-level examination and evaluation regulator, based on sources. While ETS is internationally recognized for conducting TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) … Read more
University Grants Commission, UGC has released an important notice for Ph.D students. The notice is regarding students of Ph.D getting misled by advertisements for online Ph.D programs offered by EduTech Companies in collaboration with Foreign Educational Institutes. The Commission already has its procedure to award Ph.D degrees to students. The Ph.D degree is awarded as … Read more
Varanasi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said all languages have been given importance in the National Education Policy following which a month-long ‘Kashi- Tamil Samagam’ is being organised here under which about 25,00 people will come here from Tamil Nadu to understand the culture and importance of Kashi. “All languages have been given importance … Read more
Researchers from IIT-Roorkee have identified anti-viral compounds that can be used effectively to treat the Covid-19 infection. Through medication repurposing, computational, and antiviral experimental tests, the researchers discovered three such antiviral compounds. The Covid-19 pandemic spurred both computational and experimental studies all over the world to understand the structure and nature of SARS-COV-2 viral proteins … Read more
New Delhi: On the occasion of National Education Day (November 11), Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders paid tribute to India’s first education minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. The day marks the 134th birthday of India’s first education minister. Sharing two photographs of the leader with the country’s first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel … Read more