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Australian Varsities Back Special Visas To Indian Researchers

Australian Varsities

The Group of Eight (Go8), which comprises eight Australian Varsities, has advocated relaxed visa norms between Australia and India for students seeking to do Ph.D in either country. The group also recommended to the Australian government to establish a “special class of visa for researchers and Ph.D graduates”. WHY THE NEED Director of Indian Institute […]

Maulana Azad National Fellowship Admission through NET

Maulana Azad National Fellowship

THE NEW GUIDELINES — the revised guidelines stipulate that minority students seeking the fellowship from this year are required to have qualified the National Eligibility Test. — The revised guidelines read, “ Selection of the minority students for award of a fellowship under the scheme will be made on the basis of merit in the […]

Magadh Super 30, Helping Young Students from Maoist-hit regions Realise Their Dreams

super 30

News Source: PTI Students from remote villages of Maoist-hit districts of Bihar have made it to top engineering institutes over the past few years. And this has been made possible by an unconventional coaching centre in Gaya town. Bright students from underprivileged families of Gaya and neighbouring districts of Magadh region prepare for tests like […]

Apple teams with Malala Fund to support girls’ education

Malala Fund

news courtesy: apple.com : Apple and Malala Fund have announced that Apple will become the fund’s first Laureate partner, enabling a significant expansion of Malala’s effort to support girls’ education and advocate for equal opportunity. Led by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, Malala Fund champions every girl’s right to 12 years of free, safe, quality education. With […]

Education Start-Up Targets Students, Parents, Teachers

education start-up

News Source: PTI : A new education start-up aims at providing an innovation education module. The theme is “effective parenting and teaching” and having programmes that not only help the students but parents and teachers. WHAT IS THE MODULE Satam Patnaik, M Harihara Sarma, Arnab Sadhu and Jaya Gaur Sadhu founded EduTalent hoping to revolutionise the […]

ICAR Recruiting Social Media Content Developer And Handler Posts

ICAR

Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture, ICAR has invited applications for recruitment to contractual posts of Social Media Content Developer and Social Media Handler. THE HIGHLIGHTS –A total of 4 vacancies are open for recruitment on contractual basis for six months. — ICAR will conduct interview for the posts on 15 February 2018. — Candidates […]

India tops in producing science and engineering graduates

engineering graduates

India accounts for one-fourth of the estimated 7.5 million science and engineering graduates and degrees awarded across the world in 2014, a report has said.However, its the US that tops the charts in research and development spending, according to the annual Science and Engineering Indicators 2018 report of the National Science Foundation has said. Chinas […]

India’s learning deficit is worsening: ASER study

learning deficit

India’s learning problem just got worse. The legacy of learning deficit visible so far in elementary school children is now being reflected among young adults too. This has been revealed by the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) study. Since, around 10% of Indian population is in this age group, their productivity has a direct […]

Indian universities to offer online degrees after government lifts ban

online degrees

India will allow nearly 15% of universities to offer online degrees allowing students and executives to learn anywhere, anytime. The courses, however, will be non-technical in nature, implying that they exclude degrees in engineering and medicine, human resource development minister Prakash Javadekar explained. Although some believe the move may compromise quality, it will help India […]

Google, Coursera launch new programme for entry-level IT jobs

Coursera

Tech giant Google and online education leader Coursera have announced the launch of a certificate course aimed at filling entry-level IT support jobs globally. The Google IT Support Professional Certificate, developed by subject-matter experts at Google and offered exclusively on Coursera, will help anyone with no prior experience to be ready for an entry-level IT […]