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NMC Seeks to Ease Norms for New Medical Colleges

NMC Seeks to Ease Norms for New Medical Colleges

SEEKING TO ease the norms for setting up new medical colleges, the National Medical Commission (NMC), the country’s apex medical education regulator, has proposed a relaxation in the mandatory requirement of having a “fully functional” hospital for at least two years before starting a medical college. This exemption will apply only to organisations that have […]

Cabinet Approves MoU Signing Between India, UAE on Cooperation in Education Sector

Approves MoU Signing

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday Approves MoU signing between Ministries of Education in India and UAE on cooperation in the field of education. The objective of the MoU is to further strengthen our educational collaboration between India and UAE and widen the scope of engagements.

Chhatra Samvad’ on New Education Policy at St. Bede’s College, Shimla

Chhatra Samvad’ on New Education Policy at St. Bede’s College, Shimla

St. Bede’s College, Shimla, organised ‘Chhatra Samwaad’ on the New Education Policy-2020. Urban Development Minister Suresh Bhardwaj was the chief guest on the occasion. The keynote speaker was Prof Sunil Kumar Gupta, Chairman, HP Higher Education Council, and former VC of HPU, Shimla. The event was held to discuss the changes that would be brought […]

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Along With Karnataka Higher Education Minister Dr. Ashwath Narayan, Declared The Three-Day Event Open At The Bangalore International Exhibition Centre

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Along With Karnataka Higher Education Minister Dr. Ashwath Narayan, Declared The Three-Day Event Open At The Bangalore International Exhibition Centre

The 12th edition of DIDAC India, Asia’s largest and India’s only event on the education and skilling sector, was inaugurated by Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai here today. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, along with Karnataka Higher Education Minister Dr. Ashwath Narayan, declared the three-day event open at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC).  The premier […]

Foreign Educationists Cite Problems Faced by Universities in Setting up Centres in India

Foreign Educationists

While the India Didactics Association is hosting a three-day education fair, Didac India, starting Wednesday, and the Asian Summit on Education and Skills (ASES) was held in Bengaluru Tuesday, many proposals and plans of foreign universities to come to India are not seeing the light of day, said experts.| Foreign Educationists The education fair is […]

As many as 48 Indian Universities Engaged or Are Pursuing Collaborations With Foreign Institutions

AlCUEF Demands Implementation Of UGC Special Scheme For Non-Teaching Staff

Four southern universities, including the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, are among the 48 Indian universities engaged or actively pursuing collaborations with foreign higher education institutions (HEIs) under the government’s twinning scheme.

Dharmendra Pradhan’s Mantra For Developed India; ‘eed More Job Creators Than Job Seekers’

Education Ministry To Seek Public Views On Credit Framework Starting Today

Union Education and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan asserted that India needs to prepare its youth to become job creators instead of job-seekers. Speaking at the 36th convocation event of SASTRA Deemed University in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur, Pradhan said that a sizeable mass of the society will have to become entrepreneurs and wealth creators in […]

Universities Get Modi Govt’s ‘Eminence’ Tag But Funds Elusive

Pariksha pe Charcha

In October 2017, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the centenary celebrations of Patna University, chief minister Nitish Kumar sought his support to declare the institution a central university. Modi responded that he “wants to take PU beyond a central university” and invited the university to bid for the central government’s new scheme of Institutions […]

Create Portal To Assist Ukraine Returned Medical Students In Admissions To Foreign Colleges: SC To Centre

Create Portal To Assist Ukraine Returned Medical Students In Admissions To Foreign Colleges: SC To Centre

The Supreme Court Friday suggested that the Centre assist the medical students who had returned to the country from Ukraine in view of the war with Russia by creating a web portal giving details of the foreign universities, where they could complete their courses as per the government’s academic mobility programme. A bench of Justices […]

Medical Students Back From Ukraine Can’t Be Accommodated In Indian Colleges, Centre Tells Supreme Court

Medical Students Back From Ukraine Can't Be Accommodated In Indian Colleges, Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on the Medical students who returned from Ukraine and seeking Medical education in India for tomorrow, September 16. One of the petitioners, advocate Ashwarya Sinha had filed a petition on behalf of students who have been evacuated from Ukraine and seeking permission to continue Medical studies in India.