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UGC Scholarships 2021: Last Date Today to Register for Various Schemes

UGC Scholarships 2021: Last Date Today to Register for Various Schemes

National Scholarship Portal will close down the registration process for UGC Scholarships 2021 on November 30, 2021. Candidates who want to avail themselves of the fresh and renewal scholarship schemes can apply online through the official site of the National Scholarship Portal at scholarships.gov.in. As per the official notice released by the Commission, the last […]

IIT Roorkee Celebrates 175 Years of Excellence

IIT Roorkee Celebrates 175 Years of Excellence

IIT Roorkee began its journey in 1847 as the first engineering college in the British Empire and has since progressed rapidly with many initiatives in engineering education, research, and development. The institute celebrated the 175th year of excellence on November 25, 2021, in the presence of the Minister of Education, Skill Development, and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra […]

PM Modi to Inaugurate the New Building for Bengaluru’s BASE University

PM Modi to Inaugurate the New Building for Bengaluru’s BASE University

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Dr. B R Ambedkar School of Economics University (BASE), Bengaluru to inaugurate a new building on campus. The new building will be inaugurated on December 6, which happens to be Ambedkar’s death anniversary. Modi will also be addressing the Chaitya Bhumi program on the same day via video […]

Girls Should Participate in Technical Education: President Kovind

'Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate' lecture-competition to be inaugurated by President Ram Nath Kovind

President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the centenary celebrations of the Harcourt Butler Technical University (HBTU) on Thursday. Our country has increased its credibility in the field of technology, but we still have a long way to go. Technical institutions like HBTU should inculcate the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship in their students. Students should be […]

Explainer: How Internationalisation of top Indian Universities will be Beneficial

Explainer: How Internationalisation of top Indian Universities will be Beneficial

The Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi (IIT-D) is planning to open two campuses in Egypt and Saudi Arabia as part of global outreach and expansion of top Indian institutes including the elite IITs that will boost the higher education sector. Such an expansion overseas of top Indian universities will have multiple positives. For one, […]

Assam Government Decides to Restructure School Education Policy in Line with NEP

Assam Government Decides to Restructure School Education Policy in Line with NEP

On Wednesday, the Assam Cabinet decided to restructure the state education policy, in order to line up with the National Education Policy. The new re-structured education policy will make schooling education a 15-year affair, compromising four categories- foundation, preparatory, elementary, and senior secondary, said Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The foundation category will have […]

NIT Andhra Pradesh: Faculty Provides Platform to Researchers Working on Data-Driven Strategies in Smart Power Systems and Control

NIT Andhra Pradesh: Faculty Provides Platform to Researchers Working on Data-Driven Strategies in Smart Power Systems and Control

National Institute of Technology (NIT), Andhra Pradesh is trying its hands to provide a platform for smart power systems for researchers. From November 22 to November 26, 2021, the institute hosted a five-day online workshop on “Data-Driven Strategies in Smart Power Systems and Control-2021.” What is a data-driven strategy?Data-driven strategies are cross-curricular in nature, and […]

India’s top Educational Institutions Rise in Employability Ranking

India’s top Educational Institutions Rise in Employability Ranking

The world’s perception of the employability of graduates from some of India’s top educational institutions has improved amid the harrowing Covid-era employment scene in the country. Seven Indian institutions figure among the top 250 ranked globally by the London-based agency Times Higher Education (THE), which looked at the employability perception among 10,928 international recruiters from […]

DU Admission Big Update: University To Put Out Special Cut-Off List for UG Courses

DU Admission Big Update: University To Put Out Special Cut-Off List for UG Courses

We have some important news for the candidates who are looking for admission to Delhi University. The varsity will release a cut-off list under a special drive to fill vacant seats in different colleges on Wednesday. According to the officials, the university has asked for the data of the vacant seats from the college on […]

National Webinar on Education, skill Development and Employment for Youth Held

National Webinar on Education, skill Development and Employment for Youth Held

The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR), North Eastern Regional Centre, Guwahati, Assam organized a one-day national webinar on education, skill development, and employment of youth as part of Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav celebration (75 years of India’s Independence). The main aim of the webinar was to appraise the current state of […]