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.
Around 8 IT firms have withdrawn from partnering 11 out of the 20 IIITs, says govt.
A person who returned to Kerala from abroad and was hospitalised after showing signs of monkeypox tested positive for the disease, state Health Minister Veena George said on Thursday.
The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has indicated that it may allow the premier Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Management to set up campuses in foreign countries once they improve their faculty positions.
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.
Talking to mediapersons at a dinner hosted by him at his residence in New Delhi on Friday evening, Union Minister of Human Resource Kapil Sibal said that there are no dictators in democracy.
Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami is to preside over a meeting in the North Block on Thursday with seven secretaries to discuss about the formation of Telangana.
A list of the programmes on offer at the Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences.
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Anbumani Ramadoss has sent a communication to Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh to take appropriate measures to check this increasing trend in all nniversities and educational institutions.
Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Friday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "great economist", who she said has given a positive direction to the nation's economy.
Government gives 60 institutes freedom to fix courses, collaborate with foreign peers.
Under the revised curriculum, the number of credits required for theory has been reduced to 160 from 220.
The Delhi police on Tuesday arrested two persons including NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha in connection with a probe in the portal's foreign funding, officials said.
Justices Imtiyaz Murtaza and V K Verma also asked the Uttar Pradesh government and the complainant Madhvendra Singh to file their counter-affidavits.
Under fire in India, Arjun Singh makes all the right noises in Riyadh.
SC constitutes committee for streamlining students union polls
India has recorded 1,134 new coronavirus cases, while the active cases increased to 7,026, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday.
The UGC defended Jio Institute's inclusion on the grounds that it was selected under rules for greenfield institutions. According to officials, 11 such institutions had applied for the IoE tag and Jio was selected from among them.
The Human Resources Department ministry has cleared Vyas's name and an official announcement is expected soon.
Ashok Pradhan on Monday took charge as the Minister of State for Telecommunications and Information Technology.
What would have been the most appropriate way to address the HRD minister?
The Union government indicated on Thursday that it might welcome foreign direct investment in the field of higher education and formulate a policy on it.
While class 12 exams will be conducted across the country, the class 10 exams are only pending in North East Delhi where they were affected due to the law and order situation.
Here's a simple way of knowing the change in the rank secured by each institution from 2017 to 2018.
The Centre, in its informal response to a PIL seeking deletion of the word Sindh from the national anthem, stated that the word represented the culture and not the province.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh also endorsed the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
The BJP leadership too has rallied behind Vajpayee, saying he would remain the party's undisputed leader.
Education ministers of Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states staged a walk-out protesting against the Union government's attempt to push its own agenda.
In FY23, the State Bank of India (SBI) reported a 57.4 per cent jump in its net profit to Rs 55,684.17 crore. But the chairman of the country's largest bank, Dinesh Khara's annual pay for this creditable performance was just Rs 37 lakh (his peers at state-run banks are no better off). Look at his private bank rivals - most pocketed in excess of Rs 7 crore annually - plus stock options.
Needless to say, coaching institutes are unhappy with suggestion.
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.
If things move at the right pace, the medical college will be set up in 2009.
The special court hearing the demolition case fixed May 31 for the next hearing.
The human resources development ministry has decided to set up an Indian Institute of Management in the North East mainly to cater to the students of the region.
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