Following a "raw" deal by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), which issued a notification on September 16 that deprived them of an immediate pay rise and ignored other demands for enhanced allowances, faculty of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have decided to express its dissatisfication with the Centre in a novel way.
The central government's view of exploring public-private partnership (PPP) in the establishment of new institutes of higher learning has a private hand, right from the first step.
He insisted that his ministry had not only met the 100-day targets but even exceeded them in some cases.
Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal underlined expansion, inclusion and excellence as the three underlying principles for educational reforms.
Everyone could do with that little extra cash but how do you sell the idea to your boss that you deserve it. Vikas Shirodkar, Vice-president, Human Resource Development, General Motors, India lists out these dos and don'ts to follow.
The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, GATE, will be held on Sunday, February 11, 2007.
The chances of 20 million children with physical and other disabilities to get the right to education has been jeopardised, as the Right to Education Bill, which was tabled in the Lok Sabha on July 30, excludes them.Disability rights activists who went and met Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal to point out this lacuna said he was dismissive of their appeal to delay the Bill and incorporate disabled children. The activists are staging an agitation from Monday.
The minister said on Tuesday it may not be immediately feasible for the IITs and IIMs to open campuses abroad as they are facing faculty shortages and have to undertake 54 per cent expansion in their intake to implement OBC quota. Setting of campuses abroad may further strain the IITs' limited manpower and other resources, Purandeswari said in a written reply.
The ICFAI Business Studies Aptitude Test will be conducted on December 17 at around 173 test centres all over India.
National Association of Software and Services Companies has raised the issue of lack of employability of engineering graduates in IT and IT enabled Services sectors, Minister of State for Human Resources Development D Purandeswari said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have a 2008 budget wishlist. They want the government to grant them more funds to support their infrastructure expansions and research initiatives.
A section of the party, including some OBC leaders, feel that the Congress should give up this dilemma for its own good\nas it would not be politically wise to allow parties like DMK, PMK and RJD to run away with the credit.
The government is wasting tax money and making a laughing stock of Indian technological prowess. It isn't its job to create and sell cheap PCs.
They burnt an effigy of the Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh and shouted slogans against him.
This will raise the level of overall reservation in these institutes to 49.5 percent.
India's demographic advantage and diverse economic landscape position it uniquely to benefit from AI, the Economic Survey for 2024-25 tabled in the Parliament on Friday afternoon asserted. However, achieving these benefits requires significant investments in education and workforce skilling, supported by enabling, insuring, and stewarding institutions, the state of the economy report tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.
Increased reservation for backward categories in these premier central institutions is possible only with increased intakes.\n
The government on Saturday said prima facie it was opposed to the inclusion of the prime minister under the ambit of Lokpal but was open to the idea of covering him once he demits office.
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The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India has set up the Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management at Shillong. RGIIM, Shillong is ready to admit students for the academic year 2008-09.
The two countries concluded a Joint Ministerial Commission meeting in New Delhi.
A three-member expert committee has recommended to the Union human resource development ministry, upgrading Banaras Hindu University's Information Technology Institute into a full-fledged Indian Institute of Technology.
The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering will be held on February 12, 2006.
Libya said both the countries can play a major role as Libya is the northern gate for Africa, and India is an active member seeking to play an essential role in Asia.
"This is in thinking process. No decision has been taken. After the committee gives it report, it will go the Central Advisory Board for Education and Council of Boards of School Education in India (CoBSE)," he told media person on the sidelines of a conference on Sarva Siksha Abhiyan and other education programmes.
The Bill, to be called the Draft Engineers Bill, will propose setting up a separate statutory authority which will lay down specifications for competency in professional engineering practice.
The government on Tuesday ruled out setting up an IIT in Orissa, saying it has already approved three such institutes in Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh said the government had, however, launched an Adolescence Education Programme for secondary and higher secondary classes.
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To help students pursuing higher education, the government plans o set up a higher education finance corporation.
Though there was no official word on the discussion, sources said the government was 'anxious' for a solution.
The report of the survey would, however, be available after ten years of its commissioning.
