'I was living in a fools' paradise, thinking I could win over anyone with my good intentions.'
Raj Barathur -- Indian American entrepreneur, geneticist, professor and biopharmaceutical industry leader -- stayed the course even when diagnosed with lung cancer
The issue of denial of permission to Mansiya V P to perform Bharatanatyam at Koodalmanikyam temple, Irinjalakuda in Thrissur district has become a matter of debate in the state.
Stephen Hawking, in his final book Brief Answers to the Big Questions, considered an asteroid collision to be the biggest threat to the planet. At this point, we are as well prepared as dinosaurs were when a 10-km wide asteroid hit the planet 65 million years ago, notes Kumar Abishek.
'I have saluted thousands of senior officers during my 26 years of service, but saluting my own daughter made me very happy.'
If you have pursued your bachelor's degree from elsewhere, studying a master's programme in public universities in Germany is easier as 80% of the universities are free, says Sushil Sukhwani.
Whenever the history of India's National Law Schools is written, N R Madhava Menon's name will be deeply inscribed in it, says Mohammad Zeeshan Ahmad.
For an institution looking to revive past glory, the Nalanda University's initial days have been far from glorious.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra shares advice on entrance examinations, admission procedures at international universities.
Sona College of Technology's integrated Japanese course has helped seven engineering graduates find jobs with six-figure salaries in Japan.
Education consultant NNS Chandra shares advice on entrance examinations, admission procedures at international universities.
Of the 200 to 250 students who enroll in a graduate language course at Doon University annually, nearly all are assured placement in a range of companies like Amazon (France), AXA Insurance, Oracle and Capgemini.
The researchers considered projections under three scenarios: 1. Using the current country-specific testing rates and response functions moving forward, 2. If enhanced testing -- of 0.1 per cent a day -- is adopted on July 1, and 3. If sensitivity of contact rate to perceived risk is set to 8, leaving testing at current levels.
Assam Agricultural University invites applications for admissions into the Degree Programmes of the University for the session 2008-2009.
The Taliban have been known for using violence to force the people to accept their agenda and views, he added.
'I will try and make my panchayat a model one in Bihar.'
This is the first time the American University has entered into an academic partnership with an Indian institute.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra offers advice on how to pick the right international career for you.
In the changed circumstances and attitudes in Britain, we must let bygones be bygones, argues Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
...but are we chasing yesterday's dreams, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
In an online chat with readers, NNS Chandra offered advice on how to pursue an education abroad.
This general decline in essay writing abilities has been accompanied by another affliction: the failure to teach grammar. The main casualties are the article and the preposition. It is virtually impossible to find an Indian today who knows how to use 'a' or 'the'. The other rules of grammar don't even begin to get a look-in.
Balavidyalaya in Chennai is probably India's only school for the deaf that trains the child and (one) parent for free.
The charges against JNU PhD scholar Umar Khalid are shrouded in a lot of "fabrications and lies" and the episode has "taken away" all sense of normalcy and sanity from the lives of his family members, his sister said on Friday calling him a "true son" of India.
'We are patriots who love India and the secular ideals it has always upheld.'
Applications invited for admission to the academic programmes of the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram.
The company hires postgraduate and PhD students from A+ grade institutes to be part of its research team.
Vagela could not have reached this position if Narendra Modi, who'd known him from his chief minister days, had not backed the choice.
Devangshu Datta walks you into the mind of the winner of the Fields Medal, considered by pure mathematicians as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
'It's like the BJP is mocking people: Do what you want, we'll still win.'
A students-versus-vice chancellor battle has thrown the Madurai Kamaraj University into a flux, finds A Ganesh Nadar.
'I consider myself a pilgrim who is here to shape tomorrow.'
US visa regulations expert Dr Arun Vakil answered readers' queries in an hour-long chat.
Mithileysh Sathiyanarayanan, 29, research scientist from London, UK tells us about his first salary.
A total of 211 companies issued 763 offers to the students in the first phase which is the highest number of placement among any IITs across the country in this year.
Overseas consultant NNS Chandra shares crucial advice for students aspiring to study abroad.
