The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the University Grants Commission (UGC) have cautioned students aspiring to study in universities in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to “exercise due diligence in choosing where to pursue higher education” to avoid problems in employment and higher studies in the future. The notice states that […]
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Ministry of Education (MoE) will be conducting a ‘foundational learning study‘ in order to draw a first-hand understanding of the learning levels of the students at the foundational learning stage at the end of Grade 3. The study is the first of its kind in the world as it aims to set up benchmarks for […]
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JNU Vice-Chancellor Says Holistic Nature Of Knowledge Very Important, Indian Tradition Has Seen It
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Jawaharlal Nehru University Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit on Thursday said holistic nature of knowledge is very important, adding it was the Indian way of gaining knowledge. Addressing an event here, she contended that “we have come from a unique civilization where our narrative, unlike Abrahamic civilization, is feminist”. She was speaking at the valedictory session […]
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The Delhi University’s executive council is scheduled to meet on Friday to discuss a host of issues, including a Rs 1,000 crore loan from HEFA and admissions solely based on Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores. The university’s academic council, in its meeting held on Monday, approved that admissions to the varsity be held solely […]
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NIIT University Wins The Prestigious TERI Water Sustainability Award Under Domestic Water Users Category
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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, […]
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Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said in Lok Sabha that the education system in the country got severely affected due to the Covid-19 pandemic.Now, the ministry of education is trying to bring many new changes on the bases of the New Education Policy (NEP). The NEP-2020 also envisions the setting up a Higher Education […]
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After much speculation, University Grants Commission (UGC), the regulatory authority for central universities in the country, released its draft curriculum framework for four-year undergraduate programmes and the stakeholders can submit their comments till April 4, 2022. The final framework will be put in place to be taught at educational institutions in accordance with the New […]
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Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, and the US-based Northwestern University have developed deep learning algorithms that can greatly enhance the depth perception and 3D effects in videos shot using smartphone cameras. According to officials, such algorithms will prevent mobile phone images from being “flat” and impart a realistic 3D feel. A […]
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The Ministry of Education has announced the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 on 29.07.2020 after obtaining approval from the Union Cabinet. The NEP-2020, inter-alia, envisions setting up of Model public Universities for holistic and multidisciplinary education, at par with IITs, IIMs, etc., called MERUs (Multidisciplinary Education and Research Universities) which will aim to attain the […]
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The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Gandhinagar) will conduct the annual cultural festival- ‘Blithchron 22’ from Saturday, March 19 in hybrid mode. The online events will take place on March 19 and the on-campus events will take place on March 20, IIT Gandhinagar in its release mentioned. Over 1500 participants have registered for Blithchron’22 this […]