Once you enter IIT Kanpur, you know you have arrived at a place which is at par with the best educational institutes worldwide. If not better.
The decision to introduce vastu shastra as a part of the architecture curriculum at IIT-Kharagpur has polarised architects in the country. Nikita Puri reports.
Modi said this time 'a third decisive strength is emerging in Kerala and I am seeing this', thanking the thousands of people who stood braving the scorching heat.
No country has grown without educating its people. India's shameful lag in primary and secondary education has persisted for several decades, and the crisis in higher education is now threatening a social and political calamity, says Ashoka Mody.
'If they succeed in silencing this great university, it will be a tragic day for the nation.'
'Khadi is my passion. The only idea behind this start up is to promote and popularise khadi.'
Under Nikesh Arora's leadership, SoftBank has made several investments in India in a short span.
As fliers find themselves spoilt for choice, airlines are looking at ways in which to position themselves distinctively.
'As they grow bigger, the trail of their pioneering success often leaves behind a causticity marked by deficient human resource practices, negligible focus on corporate governance and rife sexism.'
'If they are not ready for a 10 to 20 year journey, they should not become entrepreneurs.'
The State is trying to curb the students movements, therefore, there are suspicions against some of the Subramanian report on education's recommendations, says Mohammad Sajjad.
'It's really about telling women to invest in themselves, finding more space for themselves.' 'Find space for their own dreams, do something about their own potential.'
On November 2, 2010, in his acceptance speech on being elected Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo declared, 'We got such fantastic help from our brothers and sisters in the labour movement,' and then rattled off half-a-dozen names, including that of labour union activist Neal Kwatra.
Misa Bharti, Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter, denies that she was forcibly thrust into politics. Kavita Chowdhury reports.
Chhagan Bhujbal, son of a vegetable vendor, rose through the political ranks by hard work, determination and political opportunism. Now past ghosts have come to haunt him.
Nupur was able to successfully build a prototype of a biomass briquette, an alternative fuel from waste materials.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh also called up Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and discussed the situation with her.
Resident doctors are the engines that run hospitals. For the patient, they are the face, hands, and voice of the hospital.
Reema Kaur is one of the students on strike for nearly three months at the FTII. The Delhi resident feels the campus that had been a cocoon for her in the last three years has turned into a revolution ground demanding change -- and she is happy to be a part of it.
Vibhor Sen tells Divya Nair/Rediff.com about the struggles he faced before he finally accepted his sexuality.
What work in Jaipur's favour are lower costs, a good talent pool, better quality of life, and proximity to the Delhi National Capital Region
Historian Stanley Wolpert, author of several books on India, passed into the ages recently. We remember Professor Wolpert with Rajeev Srinivasan's March 1997 interview published on the occasion of his controversial book on Jawaharlal Nehru.
"The ruling establishment seems to have lost all sense of balance, and of proportion. It appears determined to undermine all democratic norms. It seems hell-bent to destroy the spirit of inquiry, the spirit of questioning, the spirit of debate and dissent, said the Congress president.
Anshu Jain spent 20 years building Deutsche Bank.
A Delhi court on Tuesday extended till September 17 the National Investigation Agency custody of Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his close associate Asadullah Akhtar after the agency claimed they were involved in a deep rooted conspiracy and had executed various blasts in India.
Being a student means a lot of things, not only grades, says overseas consultant NNS Chandra, in his advice to readers.
It's important that you plan in advance and practice giving mock tests or test series.
The LGBT community in Mumbai, as in parts of India, longs for acceptance, freedom and equal rights and to spread this message a group of 15 people gathered at Mumbai's Marine Drive to ask for hugs. And acceptance.
Achin and Sarthak Narula join the list of KBC's crorepatis.
Siddharth Tata's Purple Chilli helps vegetable farmers earn an income 365 days a year.
Will the political heat amid this election season draw a wedge between two dear friends?
'If the RSS should be saluted for choosing such a scholarly statesman to address its highly trained cadre, one must also praise Pranab Da's sagacity for having gracefully accepting the invitation, thus disapproving any ideological apartheid,' says former BJP MP Tarun Vijay.
Raghav tells Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier how he and his cousin Mukund co-founded Renew IT, which refurbishes discarded computers and makes them affordable for the poor in rural India.
Among the most deprived communities in India live and work under asbestos roofs. The National Institute for Health and Family Welfare estimates exposure to asbestos has resulted in higher incidence of cancer among those living under asbestos roofs, points out Gopal Krishna.
Atheela Abdullah, who grew up in a small village in the Malabar region of Kerala shares her inspiring success story.
His compensation in FY17 was more than the combined salaries of the entire boards of TCS, Wipro and Infosys. 'I am a self-made man from a very modest background,' Tech Mahindra's CEO C P Gurnani tells Shyamal Majumdar.
'Hillary Clinton is no friend of India,' says Rajeev Srinivasan. 'Not that Trump is necessarily one, but at least he gets the benefit of the doubt.'
Nilkancha Badhiye who is currently pursuing her MBA in International Business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Delhi tells us how she cracked the entrance examination while pursuing her final year of graduation.
'The only quality required in this tenure is to be the military's yes man and that he has the capacity to do so.'
