The National Education Policy 2020 (NEP) places a lot of emphasis on reform in higher education. One of the tenants being internationalisation. Borrowing from the NEP, ‘High performing Indian universities will be encouraged to set up campuses in other countries, and similarly, selected universities e.g., those from among the top 100 universities in the world […]
Tag Archives: Colleges
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The Union government has been supporting central universities as well as other higher education institutions in setting up infrastructure and allocating resources to improve the quality of research, the University Grants Commission said in a letter last week. All universities must share resources with each other to bring about qualitative improvements in R&D activities, the […]
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The prime minister has been consistent in his contempt for Western academic learning while the UGC has completely undermined Indian universities. In 2017, Prime Minister Narendra had said at an election rally in Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh, “The country has seen the thinking of the Harvard people and the thinking of the hard-working people.” This […]
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A month after TG Sitharam, director of IIT Guwahati, was named the new chairman of AICTE, the Education Ministry has set the ball rolling to appoint his successor. The government has released an advertisement inviting applications for the post of IIT-Guwahati’s director. The deadline for application ends on February 28. Sitharam was appointed AICTE on […]
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The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has finally brought in regulations to internationalise and upgrade India’s educational system in accordance with New Education Policy (2020). HRD Minister, Mr. Ramesh Pokhriyal unveiled the New Education Policy (NEP), 2020, with the goal of raising educational standards in the country. To promote internationalisation of higher education and […]
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The CPI has opposed the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) decision to allow foreign universities to open branches in India, claiming that it would “harm” the country’s higher education system. In a statement issued on Friday, the Communist Party of India (CPI) said the time allotted to put forward suggestions on the issue is grossly insufficient. “The policy […]
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Samir V Kamat, DRDO chairman, obtained his BTech (Hons) in 1985 from IIT Kharagpur and, in the next three years, completed his PhD from the Ohio State University in 1988. Amit Kumar at IIT Delhi did his BTech from IIT Kanpur in 1997 and obtained his PhD in 2002 from Cornell University. He is a […]
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University Grants Commission, UGC has asked all colleges and universities to work towards making changes in ordinances and statutes. Indian varsities have been asked to do this in order to work towards hiring more Professors of Practice. As per an official notice released by UGC, dates November 14, 2022, “Vice-Chancellors of Universities and Principals of […]
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Telangana IT Minister K T Rama Rao on Monday told the students of Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT) at Basara in Nirmal district that the government would build a mini-stadium, a state-of-the-art digital lab, and others to address their pending demands and improve the quality of education at the institute.
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University Of Edinburg colleagues will join an international gathering of university administrators, faculty, education practitioners, NGO leaders, international agencies, and humanitarian organizations as they seek to use education to improve the lives of individuals across the world.