The government's plan to set up four new Indian Institutes of Management may not materialise this year due to bottlenecks which include land acquisition problems and shortage of faculty.The Ministry of Human Resource Development had stated its intention to establish seven new IIMs. Four of the premier institutes were to be set up in Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Raipur (Chhattishargh) and Rohtak (Haryana) in 2009-10.
As part of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's state visit to the United States at the invitation of President Barack Obama on November 24, India and the US are endeavoring to announce the convening of a India-US Education Council on the lines of the US-India Business Council, Human Resource Minister Kapil Sibal disclosed in Washington on Friday.
The Indian Institutes of management came under attack on Sunday when Minister of State for Human Resource Development D Purandeshwari said the institutes had failed to keep pace with the demand.
Whenever there is an evaluation scheme, it is human tendency to score as high as possible. None would like to highlight their shortcomings, and everyone likes to highlight their positives. This is what is happening in this context of rankings as well, points out Profesor N Ravichandran.
Certain educational institutions under ministry of human resource development have reported that campus selection has gone down this year to some extent, minister of state for HRD D Purandeswari told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The University Grants Commission is providing grants to universities for establishment of career counselling centres.
Stating that the government is shocked at the comments made by veteran social activist Anna Hazare's team, Union Human Resource and Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said steps as these would only slow down the drafting process of the Lokpal bill.
About 10,000 engineers of state-run telecom firm BSNL in the country started an indefinite strike from Tuesday, demanding absorption of officers on deputation at the PSU and transparent human resource policy.
'ISRO's style is a terrific example of being able to survive, acknowledge failures, and then most importantly of all, learn from them to ensure that subsequent missions are successful.'
Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal has said that during his visit to the United States last week, he assured representatives of foreign universities that they were welcome to invest in India's education sector but should not aim at making profits.
The Right to Education Act that came into operation from this academic session prohibits screening of students and parents for admissions in schools, but it has been flouted by not only by many private schools but even by the Navodaya schools run by the Centre in Andhra Pradesh and many other states.
The report also said that in past DEG outbreaks, manufacturers have been suspected of substituting DEG in the place of more expensive, pharmaceutical-grade solvents.
While as many as 3,000 IT professionals were now busy working at the first Infosys project in the state, he said about 5,000 workers would get placement in its second project.
States are now gearing up to implement the scheme, integrating it with their own public health insurance plans and tying up the loose ends.
For this purpose, the government has identified two sites -- Escort Farms in the industrial town of Kashipur and Pant Nagar agriculture university. In both the places, vast land is available for a possible IIM, which requires 200 acres.
Under the 'educational loan scheme' of Indian Bank's Association, "the government is considering providing interest subsidy on the loans taken by students belonging to non-creamy layer to ensure that nobody is denied professional education," minister of state for human resource development D Purandeswari said in a written reply. Her reply came in response to apprehensions raised in the House about the exorbitant fees being charged by private institutes.
'If there is an artiste somewhere in India or in the world who wants to express her art, I hoped that this award would inspire them, and add meaning to their journey.'
Transcript of Bharatiya Janata Party vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi's chat on rediff.com on the compulsory singing of Vande Mataram controversy.
In a major relief to the Other Backward Classes, the Cabinet on Friday gave approval for revising the income criteria for the 'creamy layer' from the present Rs 2.5 lakh per annum to Rs 4.5 lakh per year.
The results for the SSC and the HSC Board Examinations would be declared before June 10, said HRD Minister Arjun Singh.
The amended bill envisages giving the right to Minority Educational Institutions to seek affiliation to any university of their choice subject to rules, ordinances and acts of these universities.
A list of the programmes on offer at the Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences.
Quoting a study conducted by the Department of IT in consultation with the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council, it said that 'an estimated 2.25 million persons would be directly employed in the industry (IT) by 2015 as against 0.77 million in 2007'. Minister of state for labour and employment Harish Rawat told the Lok Sabha that incremental human resource requirement has been estimated to be around 1.5 million persons.
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 guidelines have been framed by the ministry, following concerns raised by parents about schools conducting online classes like regular schools, which has increased children's screen time after the COVID-19 pandemic mandated a shift from classroom teaching to online learning as schools continue to remain shut for over four months.
The union human resource development ministry has sanctioned an Indian Institute of Technology to Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy said in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
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.
Are politicians raking up the national song controversy just to gain political mileage?
'The upper caste elite's belief that they are casteless is a belief that is available only to the upper castes. Because all the lower castes are reminded by society every day what their caste is.'
The suggestion for this special pay was part of a memorandum that the All India IIT Faculty Federation submitted to the Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD) on August 23, stating that the pay structure proposed is unacceptable and a threat to the IIT system.
Ashok Pradhan on Monday took charge as the Minister of State for Telecommunications and Information Technology.
On Friday, Biden announced his intent to appoint 14 people to the advisory committee, which provides overall policy advice to the United States trade representative on matters of development, implementation, and administration of the US trade policy.
Newly sworn-in Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Monday asked Supreme Court and high court judges to shun "colonial mindset" and the "culture of subordination" while dealing with district court judges, saying the country needs to move towards a "more modern and equal judiciary".
Over 15,000 NRI resumes have accumulated in the inboxes of headhunters, and the number is set to increase, say HR executives.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed all central armed police forces to compile three-year data and inform his ministry if their jawans and officers are utilising their stipulated leaves as part of his ambitious proposal that aims at allowing troops spend at least 100 days with their families in a year, officials said on Thursday.
'The India that 1857 represents is not the India where a Hindu police officer from Gujarat kills a Muslim in a fake, fascist, communal encounter.'
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.
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