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Teachers Protest Against ‘Government Apathy Towards Issues Concerning Education’

The teachers demanded the Government to initiate immediate steps to promulgate an Ordinance in the upcoming session of Parliament so that the appointments can begin immediately. Teachers of Delhi University gathered at Parliament Street today under the banner of DUTA to protest against what they called ‘the complete apathy of the MHRD towards the issues […]

DU Professor Writes To Varsity’s VC To Grant Paid Maternity Leave To Ad-Hoc Teachers

“Thousands of ad-hoc teachers have been suffering on account of ‘no-maternity-policy’ for non-permanent female employees. Many careers have been jeopardised because of this policy. In many cases, women employees had to report to work the very next day after child-birth,” he said. An executive council member of the Delhi University (DU) has written to the […]

IIIT Delhi Professor Selected For Swarnajayanti Fellowship Award For Scientific Research

The government of India had instituted a scheme “The Swarnajayanti Fellowships” to commemorate India’s fiftieth year of Independence. Dr Mayank Vatsa, Associate Professor and Head of Infosys Center for AI at Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-Delhi) has been selected for the prestigious Swarnajayanti fellowship award instituted by the Department of Science and Technology, for the year […]

IIMC Gets Letter Of Intent From MHRD On Deemed University Status

The University Grants Commission (UGC) had in August recommended the HRD Ministry to grant deemed university status to the IIMC. The HRD Ministry has issued a Letter of Intent (LoI) to the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) to grant it deemed university status, an official said Thursday. The University Grants Commission (UGC) had in […]

Professor Himanshu Rai To Be The Next IIM Indore Director

Prof Rai will take over from Prof Rishikesha T Krishnan, current Director, IIM Indore on December 31, 2018, when his five-year term as Director ends. Prof Himanshu Rai, Professor of Human Resource Management at IIM Lucknow, has been appointed by the Board of Governors as the next Director for iim indore. Prof Rai will take over […]

IIT Roorkee Professor Wins Young Scientist Award For Sustainable Development

IIT Roorkee Professor Vimal Chandra Srivastava has won the NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Award in ‘Environmentally Sound Sustainable Development’ category. IIT Roorkee Professor Vimal Chandra Srivastava has won the NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Award in ‘Environmentally Sound Sustainable Development’ category. This award seeks to recognise India’s most promising researchers who are working in the field of earth, […]

Anju Seth- Women Who Created History In IIM Calcutta

The position of the Director at IIM-Calcutta comes to the hands of Anju Seth from Saibal Chattopadhyay- the former director. IIM Calcutta is one of the oldest B-school in India and certainly, never in its history has a woman taken the charge to lead. In IIM-Calcutta’s history of 50 years, it is for the very […]

Prakash Javadekar Launches Innovation Cell For Higher Education Institutions

The Union minister said varsities are the main research centers of developed countries and because of their research they are at the top in global innovation ranking. The HRD Ministry established an innovation cell at the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) with an aim to brainstorm new ideas about promoting innovation in all […]

DU Only Central University Selected As Institute Of Eminence, Formal Announcement Awaited: VC

“The University of Delhi is the only central university that has been selected as one of the eight public IoEs, although a formal announcement is eagerly awaited,” he said. DU Only Central University Selected As Institute Of Eminence, Formal Announcement Awaited: VC Establishment of the Delhi School of Public Health and the Delhi School of […]

Not Having Enough High Quality Researchers A Concern: Vice President

The Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu said that not having enough high quality researchers and the declining number of students doing PhDs and entering research posts is a concern. While launching Krea University he said that a country as populous as India and facing innumerable challenges from poverty to environmental degradation simply cannot […]