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The notice also said the revised rates of fellowships are applicable with effect from January 1, 2019. University Grants Commission (UGC), the national higher education regulator, has today notified the revised fellowship amount details of Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) and Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) in Science, Humanities and Social Sciences. According to the revised fellowships, JRF […]

Educational institutions and students should not also accept any prize or scholarship instituted by such firms, the Ministry stated. The Union Health Ministry has asked educational institutions, especially secondary schools, to designate “Tobacco Monitors” in campuses in a bid to boost the implementation of tobacco control initiatives among students. Under the revised guidelines for ”Tobacco-free Educational […]

The committee has proposed to rename HRD as Ministry of Education (MOE). The Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD) has released the draft of the National Education Policy 2019. The drafting committee, set up in 2017, led by the Chairman and eminent scientist K Kasturirangan submitted the draft report to the HRD Minister Dr […]

Ten universities, including Jammu university, have been selected for Rs. 1,000 crore funding under Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA). Jammu University, which has been selected for Rs. 100-crore funding under the Centre’s Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) to promote excellence, has set up three centers for entrepreneurship and skill development. “One of the focus of the RUSA grant will […]

The Vice President suggested to the corporate entities to identify specific areas of interest and fund doctoral and post-doctoral research connected to them. The Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu has appealed to people to study, analyze and debate the Draft New Education Policy and not to come to hasty conclusions. Observing that core issues of education […]

These 12 colleges, fully funded by the Delhi government, are facing a severe financial crunch and finding it difficult to pay salaries and develop infrastructure. Over 2,700 teaching and non-teaching staff of 12 Delhi University colleges may not get salaries from this month if the AAP government continues to withhold release of funds over non-formation […]

The IIT Guwahati – ISRO space technology center would be first of its kind in the North-east region to augment research and capacity building processes in the field of space technology. IIT Guwahati has signed an MoU with The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to set up an IITG-ISRO Space Technology Cell (STC) at the […]

It is time for Africa, and not just Malawi, to move beyond fee-free education and adopt targeted solutions to improve quality, accessibility and learning in schools – at not just the primary, but secondary levels as well. In October last year,  Bright Msaka, Minister of Education, Malawi announced the abolition of secondary school fee with immediate effect. This […]

The partner institutes in this project include IIT Kanpur, IISER Bhopal, RKMVU Kolkata, SRU Chennai, IIPH Gandhinagar. The Centre for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS), IIT Delhi is conducting a study to develop India-specific heat stress tolerance thresholds. This study is part of a project “Heat Stress Index for India: projection for the near future (HIIPROF)” undertaken by IIT […]

IIT Mandi has become the first IIT to launch a full-fledged Bachelor’s Programme in Data Science and Engineering, according to a statement from the technological institute. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi has become the first IIT to launch a full-fledged Bachelor’s Programme in Data Science and Engineering, according to a statement from the technological […]