Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the University of Melbourne have made collaboration on the first-ever joint PhD programme in Science and Technology. This joint PhD programme is likely to be extended to the Medical PhD programme in the near future. Both institutions had a meeting on Friday at the IISc campus to discuss the […]
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Apr
Apr
Himachal Pradesh has emerged as the best-performing state in the education sector in the country, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said on Friday. He was addressing a function organized on the occasion of the inauguration of a Delhi Public School at Tiara in the Kangra district. Thakur said there are 1,878 senior secondary schools, 931 […]
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Apr
Apr
The University Grants Commission (UGC) is working on a regulation to facilitate the entry of foreign universities into India, UGC chairman M Jagadesh Kumar said at The Indian Express’s India Education Summit on Wednesday. Speaking during a panel discussion on ‘One year into NEP’, Kumar said some countries have shown interest in entering the Indian […]
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IIT Madras Reaches to Several Countries to Promote International Interdisciplinary Master’s Programme
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Apr
Apr
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras is actively reaching out to several countries to boost the enrolment of international students for the specially-curated two-year International Interdisciplinary Master’s Programme (I2MP) offered by the institute.IIT Madras, which is one of the first educational institutes in India to offer Interdisciplinary master’s degrees, has received overwhelming interest from international […]
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Apr
Apr
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has announced that it will offer internships for training in various skills to over one lakh students across the country. The program will be implemented under the name of Skilled Force. The training will be imparted by Cisco, an American multinational technology company, and companies such as […]
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Apr
Apr
India’s higher education sector regulator University Grants Commission (UGC) is set to launch a gamut of schemes to encourage scholars – ranging from women experts to skilled faculty members – to engage in cutting-edge research so that Indian institutions surge ahead in the field of knowledge creation. In an exclusive interaction with TOI, UGC chairperson […]
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Mar
Mar
The United States of America will co-operate with Kerala in its activities in the higher education sector. The US Consul General in Chennai, Judith Ravin informed her consent in this regard during her meeting with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan here on Wednesday, a CMO release said. Kerala is going to focus on the higher education […]
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Mar
Mar
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed all colleges, universities, and higher education institutions to comply with the recommendations in ‘Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India’, a report by NITI Aayog’s advisory committee. The report lists down a set of 14 recommendations for reforms. Some of these are pertaining to higher education. The Advisory […]
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Mar
Mar
Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said he was working to make Punjabi University free from debt so that it regains its glory as a seat of higher learning. “I guarantee to make Punjabi University free from debt so as to regain its pristine glory as a seat of higher learning in northern […]
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NIIT University Wins The Prestigious TERI Water Sustainability Award Under Domestic Water Users Category
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Mar
Mar
Established with a vision to bring about innovation in higher education and learning in emerging areas of the knowledge society, the not-for-profit NIIT University (NU) wins the first Water Sustainability Award 2021-2022. The award, which has been instituted by TERI in association with UNDP, to initiate a dialogue to encourage the Sustainable Development of Water, […]