The Industry should play their part in creating a more vibrant workforce by creating the right knowledge demand, investing more in Research and Development, and focusing on re-skilling, and up-skilling of the existing workforce, said Minister for Education and Skill Development, Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday. Addressing the National Council Meeting of the Confederation of Indian […]
Tag Archives: higher education
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IIT Guwahati Director T G Sitharam has been appointed chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). According to a government notification dated November 17, he will serve as the Council head for three years or before he turns 65 years old, whichever is earlier. The Indian Express has learned that AICTE vice […]
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Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced that an extension campus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi will be set up on a 50-acre land in Badsa village of Haryana’s Jhajjar district. According to an official release, Khattar approved the proposal of setting up of the extension campus in a meeting with officials […]
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Eminent Indian-American academician Sunil Kumar has been appointed the next president of Massachusetts-based Tufts University, the first person of colour to occupy the position. Kumar, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Johns Hopkins University was named the next president of Tufts University by the Board of Trustees and will succeed President Anthony […]
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The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday criticised a communication sent by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to all the governors asking them to encourage higher education institutions in their respective states to organise lectures on the theme “India: the mother of democracy” on ‘Constitution Day’ — celebrated on November 26. The communication sent […]
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PM Modi To Inaugurate Kashi Tamil Sangamam 2022 Today, BHU University And IIT Madras Key Knowledge Partners
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating the month-long celebrations for Kashi Tamil Sangamam 2022 today, November 19. PM Modi will be flagging off the month-long celebrations today. IIT Madras and Banaras Hindu University, BHU Varanasi are key knowledge partners for the event. Kashi Tamil Sangamam is an initiative under ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahostav’ and […]
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New UGC Rules Will Ensure More Of Our Brightest Students Can Get Into PhD Programmes At An Early Age
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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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Delhi University Academic Council to Meet on November 22 to Decide FYUP Syllabus for Second Semester
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Delhi University, DU will be conducting a meeting with its academic council to decide the syllabus for the four-year undergraduate programme, FYUP curriculum. As per inputs, DU’s Academic Council is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, to decide the syllabi for the second semester.In the last meeting conducted by Delhi University’s Academic Council, […]
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UGC Focuses On Consistent NAAC Ratings And Aims To Streamline The Finances Of Deemed Universities
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The University Grants Commission (UGC) through its recent directive has to smoothen the process for private universities to get the status of ‘deemed to be universities. As per the newly modified draft of ‘deemed to be universities, institutions with as many as five departments that have secured NAAC accreditation of 3.1 consecutively for three years […]
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UGC Asks Colleges, Universities To Make Changes In Ordinances, Statutes To Hire Professors Of Practice
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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 […]