Author Archives: Mayank Arora

India and China have shown signs of progress, working on the lines of reverse engineering and low wages. HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar emphasized on promoting research in higher education in the country to ensure ourselves a sustained growth. He said, though prosperity is not sustainable but the answer to sustainable prosperity can be achieved through innovation. Speaking […]

Now, high school teachers of Kerala will be armed with IIT knowledge. A total of 56,000 of them will soon get specialised training in Information Technology as part of the state government’s general education rejuvenation mission’. The training is imparted under the IT@School, which is the government’s move to spread IT education in schools, from May 8 onwards. The […]

Bhilar–a hamlet in Satara district of Maharashtra was till now popular for its strawberries. Now it will be known for India’s FIRST ‘village of books. It will be based on the concept inspired by Britain’s Hay-on-Wye, a Welsh town known for its book stores and literature festivals. The staten government initiative was launched by Maharashtra […]

Racial attacks and changes in the United State’s immigration policy, and stringent visa policies for the United Kingdom (UK) has hit hard on Indian students’ aspirations and decision to study in these two countries. According to a recent study by the Open Doors 2016, US universities have witnessed a 26% decline in undergraduate applications from […]

National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) the common entrance exam for medical and dental colleges was introduced last year. It has garnered much flak from the classes and the masses who feel it give less chances for the child to find a seat in a desired college. Whether the government was compelled by this reason or some […]

Director of premier B-school Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A), has resigned citing personal reasons.  Professor Ashish Nanda was a serving director for around 3.5 years. He vacates the post in September. It is noteworthy here that he had quit his post at Harvard Law School to return to India and his alma mater IIM-A […]

In its endeavor to surge further and provide the best in education which can match the requirement of today’s industry, Khalsa College for Women made it a point to part ways. The college shifted gears from Guru Nanak Dev University to the new Khalsa University. But the Congress Government of Punjab had something different in […]

It melts hearts to see the disabled students to struggle at colleges to reach out to their basic needs without proper amenities. But now a news of cheer…a joy for them! Central government has decided to set up a Central University which will cater to the needs of the disabled students across the country Barrier-free […]

Oxford University students who avoid making eye contact with their peers should be perhaps ready to face the music! The prestigious varsity’s Equality and Diversity Unit has advised undergraduate students that “not speaking directly to people” could be deemed a “racial micro-aggression” which can lead to “mental ill-health.” The newsletter was issued at the start […]

Now, startups will have the backing of a reputed institute to boost their growth because it was found that lack of resources, mentoring, market reach and early stage funding seriously jeopardised and limited the growth of many startup founders with great ideas. They will be enriched from Accelerator programmes to be run by Centre for […]