HRD ministry meets JNU officials, V-C stays away

IMAGE: Students outside the violence-affected Sabarmati Hostel of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), in New Delhi, on Monday. Photograph: Atul Yadav/PTI Photo The Human Resource......

De-recognition row: Protest held outside HRD ministry office

A protest over the issue of de-recognition of an Indian Institute of Technology-Madras students' group was on Monday held outside the human resource development ministry's office in New Delhi by......

HRD ministry unveils 100-day plan for education

Providing interest subsidy to underprivileged students on educational loans and introduction of a bill to regulate foreign educational institutions in India are among the targets the Human Resource......

IISc, IIT-M, IIM-A top HRD ministry ranking

In the university category, IISc stood first, followed by JNU and BHU. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru was adjudged the overall best institution in the country by the Union......

IIM-A rejects HRD ministry grant

The ongoing cold war between the Indian Institutes of Management and the ministry of human resources development has now taken another turn.On Saturday, following the annual meeting of the board of......

HRD's plan for 20 IIITs fails to get ministry nod

An ambitious proposal of HRD ministry to set up 20 Indian Institutes of Information Technology could be a non-starter with the finance ministry not favouring it during the 11th Plan. A note issued......

FDI in education? HRD ministry, Left oppose plan

Do you want to send your kid to a playschool run by a foreign company in your neighbourhood?Perhaps, you may be able to do so. That is, if a proposal by the Union commerce ministry to allow foreign......

HRD ministry locks horns with IIT-Powai now

In the midst of controversy over the slashing of fees in IIMs, the Union human resource development ministry has locked horns with IIT-Powai, taking exception to the construction of two......

Sibal says no question over Anand's nationality

HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday apologised to chess wizard Vishwanathan Anand over the controversy about conferring an honorary doctorate to him, andmade it clear that his nationality was never......

Tendulkar proposes sports education for India schools

Having made an indelible mark in the world of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar could now be associated with promotion of sports in schools and higher education by tapping and nurturing the potential for......