IIITs too approve single national-level entrance test
IIIT, Allhabad Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) have given its approval to the proposed single national-level entrance test for admission to undergraduate programme for science and engineering. At More...
IITs may go online for JEE
Indian Institute of Technology According to a news report in Times of India, Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) are considering conducting their joint entrance examination (JEE) for admission to the IITs online More...
Indian Higher Education facing 300000 faculty shortage
Faculty Shortage According to a report presented to the Union government by the University Grants Commission (UGC), India currently has only half of the required strength needs about 300,000 more professors , revealing More...
No Indian University in Times Higher Education’s world’s top 200
Times Higher Education University Rankings In the the latest edition of The Times Higher Education, world reputation ranking report, none of the Indian institutes of higher education figure in the world top More...
Government hikes spending on Higher Education in Budget
Pranab Mukherjee, Union Finance Minister The Union government has increased spending on higher education in its annual budget by 34% to 13041 Crores for 2011-12. With this increase the government aims to provide More...
India France sign MOUs in education, Sarkozy offers to boost ties
Nicolas Sarkozy French President Nicolas Sarkozy has invited Indian students to study in France and offered to expand ties with Indian universities. “France wants to host more Indian students. We can educate More...
Ministry of Environment & Forests ties up with IITs for Ganga River Basin Management Plan
The Ministry of Environment & Forests has tied up with the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), for responsibility of development of a management plan of the Ganga river basin called the National Ganga More...