The deadline has been termed as "impractical" by many college principals, who could not manage to meet it.
Revealing that at the time of her birth, she was cursed as a 'burden' by someone, Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Friday said that curbing the menace of female foeticide was a priority for the government.
India is also short of about a thousand colleges.
His career as a bureaucrat has been somewhat colourless, which suggests his current elevation is simply a matter of being at the right place at the right time.
There has been a controversy over this asana, with Muslim groups saying their faith does not allow such a practice.
The five-member panel will recommend measures to ensure safety of students and will probe lapses in security, if any. The students and civil society members, meanwhile, took out a protest march demanding resignation of the V-C.
HCL Infosystems has denied its association with Sakshat project of the ministry of human resource development to manufacture access and computing device to be priced $35 a piece.
Yale's talks with the HRD ministry involve mentoring all 14 universities through its leadership programme.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday promised more funds for social schemes like Sarva Siksha Abhiyan and mid-day cooked meal for school students and other programmes of the HRD ministry.
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A move to confer an honorary doctorate on world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand was on Tuesday embroiled in a raging controversy over his citizenship, forcing him to decline the honour at least for now.
The PM's choice of ministers is interesting, to say the least, says Jyoti Punwani.
Somnath Bharti, president, IIT Delhi Alumni Association and Supreme Court lawyer explains why the HRD minister's dream of 'one country, one exam' is a myth.
With 2,269 vacancies, the IITs currently have one teacher for every 16 students.
The incident comes against the backdrop of a raging debate on lack of scrutiny of the curriculum and content taught in schools.
D Purandeswari, the Minister of State for HRD, held the same portfolio in the previous ministry as well. She spoke to Mahesh Sarma, on how the ministry is working towards making the Indian education system effective, efficient and transparent.
He insisted that his ministry had not only met the 100-day targets but even exceeded them in some cases.
4 out of the 36 people, which included faculty and students, had minor head injuries. Others had suffered soft tissue injuries, abrasions, fracture and lacerations among others. Two more victims reported at 12 noon with soft tissue injuries, while 3 victims of the violence were also learnt to have gone to Safdarjung Hospital on Sunday night.
According to a note prepared by the ministry for these projects, each Indian Institute of Information Technology would be set up at an investment of Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion) and the government would bear 85 per cent of the expenditure.
Shares of companies related to education sector surged as much as 12 per cent on Thursday after Finance Minister P Chidambaram allocated Rs 65,867 crore (Rs 658.67 billion) to the HRD Ministry and said one overarching goal is to provide education and skills to youth for securing jobs in 2013-14.
Several people including Aishe Ghosh attacked students in the hostel, the police officer claimed. Ghosh, who was injured in the attack, however, refuted the charge.
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 bigger gains in global events like Olympics.
The mid-day meal tragedy has sparked a blame game with the Bihar government on Friday refuting Centre's contention of having sent alerts to 12 districts including Saran, where 23 children died after consuming food, over shortcomings in the implementation of the scheme.
The Bharatiya Shiksha Niti Aayog will study the present education system and suggest corrective steps to make it Bharat-centric. G Sreedathan reports
There was a lack of "sensitivity" shown in some areas by Hyderabad University authorities in dealing with the events which led to suicide of Dalit student Rohith Vemula.
Baldev Sharma, the former editor of Panchajanya, has been appointed as the new chairman.
The Corosure Kit has received ICMR approval with the highest score and DCGI approved with a very high sensitivity and specificity.
The students gathered in front of the campus as part of a call for 'Chalo HCU' given by Joint Action Committee for Social Justice of HCU to intensify their ongoing agitation demanding removal and arrest of vice chancellor Appa Rao Podile (who resumed as VC on March 22).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will retain DoPT, Atomic Energy as well as all important policy issues and portfolios not allocated.
The government will move the Supreme Court on the issue of 4.5 per cent sub quota for minorities in July after the summer break of the apex court and not approach the vacation judge as the HRD Ministry has "no worry at this point" on students seeking counselling to the Indian Institutes of Technology.
The ministry of HRD has given its nod for the site comprising over 500 acres of land. The site is about 25 km from Indore and has all the necessary facilities. The government had earlier given its approval for setting up of an IIT at Medak in Andhra Pradesh and Jatni in Orissa.
government approved on Thursday expansion of community radio stations by non-profit organisations after ensuring security clearances from the defence and home ministries.
The annual fee has been hiked from Rs 90,000 to Rs two lakh.
Manmohan Singh has indicated that the ministry should await the finalisation of the XI Plan before deciding on locations for the new central Universities, IITs, IIMs, IIITs and IISERs, the PMO said in a recent communication to the HRD Ministry. The Prime Minister had said the location of these institutions should be determined in a manner which balances the desire for achieving a greater geographical spread with the potential synergies arising from co-location.
'The HRD minister said AMU was not a minority institution. I told her the matter would be settled in court.' 'The prime minister did not say anything so categorical. He heard me out very sympathetically. His body language was very different.' 'AMU has ABVP. I did receive a letter from them asking why you are constantly brandishing your service to the country. My reply is: Why shouldn't I?' 'I served the country for 40 years and I am very proud of this service performed for my country.'
The ministry aims to enroll 6.6 million additional students in secondary schools during the period. This, sources said, which contribute in taking the gross enrolment rate to 75 per cent by the end of the 11th Plan period and 100 per cent by the end of the 12th Plan period.
Hyderabad Central University VS Appa Rao on Wednesday asserted there had been "no pressure" from Union ministers or the HRD ministry to act against the youth.
Minister of State for Railways, Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy, on Friday resigned from his post in protest against the Union Cabinet's decision to go ahead with the proposed bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
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