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At just 17, an Indian-origin student has earned admission to 14 top United States universities, including all eight Ivy League schools considered the most prestigious varsities worldwide.
The recipe for Indian higher education institutions to succeed in the global markets is excellence in academics, promoting contemporary socially relevant material, and enabling individuals (learners) to realise their full potential, suggests N Ravichandran.
Regulations ensure only PGs from Indian universities qualify.
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Trump's proposed policy limits undergraduates from any one country to 5% at select top US universities, raising concerns for Indian aspirants eyeing elite colleges.
Although India has woken up to the trend quite late, there has been a steady rise in applicants registering for online courses, share experts.
The Trump administration's decision follows Harvard University President Alan M Garber's statement that the school would not follow the administration's demands despite the possibility of the Ivy League school losing federal funding.
Divya Nair/Rediff.com speaks to students and experts to find out whether it is better to study management in India or try for an international MBA.
'He was like a sponge. He soaked up everything we taught him -- and when it came time to play, he'd squeeze out exactly what was needed on the board during tournaments.'
The Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, has tied-up with three top Asian B-schools to devise a strategy to attract more students from the United States, Canada and Europe.
Many students are now looking at opportunities in the UK, Australia, and Singapore due to lower cost of living and less interference from the government.
Nadaaniyan's lack of charm, chemistry and cheek fails to create any ripples sighs Sukanya Verma.
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What should one choose to do, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
The historic addition marks Harvard as the first Ivy League school to have caste equity protection in its non-discrimination clause for unionised student workers.
David Warner was all smiles as he celebrated Sunrisers Hyderabad's crushing victory over Kolkata Knight Riders with his daughters Ivy Mae and Indi Rae, in Hyderabad on Sunday.
'His focus is like that only, he will give his 100 per cent in whatever he takes up, be it studying or be it playing cricket.'
Over 60 students at the Harvard University have been forced to withdraw and several others disciplined after being implicated in one of the largest cheating scandals that shook the Ivy League institution last year.
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The India-friendly president of the Yale University, Richard Levin, has announced stepping down from the helm of the prestigious American varsity at the end of the current academic session after a 20-year stint.
The family of Sunil Tripathi, the Indian-American student whose body was recovered from the Providence river in the US state of Rhode Island, has said that the 22-year-old had shown signs of depression prior to his disappearance.
In some cases fake degrees and certificates were uncovered.
The funds earmarked for other goals of lower priority, like holidays, holiday home, vacation abroad and so on should be used - not the retirement corpus.
These universities are a part of the ministry's 'brain gain' policy to attract talent from all over the world. Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal had last August announced that 14 Innovation Universities will be set up in the country under the 11th Five-year Plan (2007-12).
David Warner credits daughters for his Big Bash League return
IIT-Delhi alumnus Soumitra Dutta has been named the new Dean of the Ivy league Cornell University's business school, joining a growing list of noted Indian-origin academicians assuming leaderships roles at prestigious global universities.
In his keynote address at the 98th Indian Science Congress at SRM University near Chennai, Sibal said that this would be achieved by measures including generous financial support and access to external funding.
A look at the important topics in each of the 3 sections.
ICICI Bank, the country's biggest private lender, expects overseas business to account for at least one-fourth of its balance sheet in 2008 and is targeting a place among the world's top ten banks within five years.
Lack of adequate infrastructure major drawback.
Dr Srikumar Rao, work-place happiness guru, on why 'positive thinking' is overrated.
Think Playboy, and you think of lingerie, R-rated films and all things adult -- definitely not a PhD from an Ivy League university. But Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh-born Rashmi Sinha, who did her doctorate in cognitive neuropsychology from Brown University, finds herself featured on the quintessential adult magazine, as one of America's 'Sexiest CEOs'.
Although student groups have presented a Hinduism week at Princeton in previous years, the organisers said this is the first year the celebration will be hosted by the Office of Hindu Life founded last year. And this sponsorship gives the event a high official profile
'I don't remember my President or Secretary of State ever visiting my college,' an American friend of mine told me last week on hearing that President Obama was scheduled to visit my college.
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