Microsoft India Tie-Up with Sri Chaitanya Schools
Sri Chaitanya Schools recently announced adopting Microsoft India’s Edu-Cloud infrastructure for their students and teachers to connect, collaborate, create, and share content, with an aim to make teaching and learning fun. For this about 800 teachers of Sri Chaitanya Schools will be trained by Microsoft India as the school embark on their digital More...
More colleges in Tamil Nadu to go Autonomous
The UGC is looking forward to grant autonomous status to more colleges said the UGC’s vice-chairman, H Devaraj. The University Grants Commission is looking forward to grant autonomy to even more colleges as 20 More...
IIM-A Getting Younger Professors
In the 1980s, seemingly wise 60-year-old professors, who had earlier enjoyed a busy corporate career for years would be spotted teaching a packed class at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. Now, the age More...
Texthelp Announces Teach for Google and Joins Google for Education Program
The first comprehensive professional development solution that helps educators increase student achievement using proven tools and strategies within the Google Apps for Education (GAFE) environment, Teach for Google More...
Where are the academic search firms in the country ?
Latest reports suggests that there are 44,668 institutes offering higher education in India. Of that, 33,668 offer various degrees, while the rest offer diplomas. With this staggering number of institutes to offer More...
VTU VC ignores govt order; continues with recruitment
Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) Vice Chancellor is continuously ignoring the Karnataka Higher Education Minister’s announcing that a VC cannot make any kind of recruitments or appointments three months More...
Central Government releases 500 Cr out of 25000 Cr allocated for higher education in 12th plan
Dr. Pallam Raju Government of India has planned to provide Rs 25,000 crore to state institutions under Rashtriya Uchhatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) during 12th Five Year Plan. The government has already provided Rs More...
UGC announces result for NET conducted in December 2012
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced the results of the UGC-NET exam held on December 30, 2012 was declared on Monday night, with a total of 39,226 out of 7.8 lakh candidates passing the exam. A More...
UGC retains API (Academic Performance Indicator) System
University Grants Commission Going back on its earlier decision to scrap the Academic Performance Indicator (API), a mandatory requirement for universities to select and promote faculty members, the University Grants More...
Akhilesh Gupta apponited as Secretary by UGC
Akhilesh Gupta, senior scientist working with the Department of Science and Technology has been appointed as a secretary by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The Commission, at a meeting on October 22, also More...