Indian American gives largest gift to US varsity

Anand 'Bill' Julka, who came to the United States with a $1,500 student loan from a government-owned bank in India in 1968, has gifted $6 million to Cleveland State University, the largest single......

University at Buffalo, BHU sign exchange programme

The State University of New York at Buffalo (The University at Buffalo) has established a comprehensive exchange programme with the Banaras Hindu University. The agreement was signed by UB......

Aga Khan lays foundation stone for academy

His Highness the Aga Khan and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy on Friday laid the foundation stone for the Aga Khan Academy, which would be dedicated to preparing talented......

A star at Seventeen

Rohini Komarla, a senior at the International Baccalaureate Program at King High School in Tampa, Florida won the inaugural All-Star contest of Seventeen magazine.Komarla, a Congressional gold......

Mumbai school among suitors of Thomas Cook head office property

Tour operator Thomas Cook is in talks with three financial services firms, a domestic company and a prominent missionary school to either sell or lease out its heritage head office property in......

A new school bell rings in India

The Right to Education Act attempts to do much more than including neighbourhood kids; it takes aim at the private tuition system that we Indians love to hate but can't seem to do without, and......

US varsity to name building after Indian bizman

Cleveland State University will name its newly constructed College of Education and Human Services building after an Indian American alumni for his generous gesture of donating $6 million to the......

Mukesh Ambani to set up varsity

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani plans to set up a private university in Mumbai or Pune, to be named the Dhirubhai Ambani International University. While investment details of the project......