FICCI Working on Skill-building With State Governments
To develop an accurate assessment of their skill development needs the Federation of Indian Chambers and Commerce of India (FICCI) is working closely with the central government on skill mapping in each state. MSMEs More...
BITS Pilani Honored by ASSOCHAM
BITS Pilani has bagged ASSOCHAM National Excellence Award for ‘Best Use of ICT in Education’ by a University in India. At the 8th ASSOCHAM Education Submit & National Excellence Awards 2015 function the More...
FICCI President: Education System not keeping pace with evolving Technology
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) organized the 5th Global Skills Summit in New Delhi. FICCI president, RV Kanoria said that the Indian Education System is not keeping pace with the More...
MHRD to Launch 10 Community Colleges with Canada
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has decided to set up 10 community colleges this year in collaboration with the Canadian government. The government has a mandate of setting up 100 community colleges More...
Experts expect incentives to private firms for investing in Education : Budget
With a lot of economists, industrialists and experts emphasising the need to improve the provision and standards of education in the economy, the Union Budget 2012 is being looked at provide a major boost in that More...
Pitroda for early passage of higher education Bills
Sam Pitroda It seems like none of Prime Minister’s advisers are happy with state of education in the country. Sam Pitroda, Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations adviser has expressed his unhappiness More...
Montek for foreign faculty in Indian Universities
Montek Singh Ahluwalia Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, planning commission has supported changing laws to allow universities to hire foreign faculty. Addressing the FICCI Higher Education Summit he said, More...