IIMs,NITs & IITs might introduce campuses in UAE
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), National Institute of Technology (NIT) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) might open campuses in UAE. Addressing a gathering, Union Minister of Human Resource Development More...
National Knowledge Network to connect 1500 institutes in 1 year
National Knowledge Network The National Knowledge Network (NKN) of the Centre is planning to connect over 1,500 institutions across the country in the next one year, according to R S Mani, Senior Technical Director More...
India’s first Meta-varsity to come up in Delhi by July 2012
Manmohan Singh announces Meta-varsity In a move that would enable students to get the best of Indian Higher Education, the Union government has agreed to set up a Meta-varsity or a Meta University in Delhi. In other More...
Kapil Sibal reaffirms Govt.’s goal of 30% Gross Enrollment Ratio
Kapil Sibal on GER Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to its ambitious goal of 30 % Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) by 2020 while speaking 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...
India to get national knowledge network soon: Sibal
National Knowledge Network Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal has said that India will get its national knowledge network in another two years. The ambitious network will connect 31,000 colleges around More...
National Knowledge Network to connect all IITs in 2 years
The National Knowledge Network (NKN) will connect all the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in the country in the next two years. The decision has been made to address the problem of faculty crunch. “In 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...
Sibal: National Knowledge Network to connect all institutes
The Union Minister of Human Resource Development (MHRD) Kapil Sibal has announced the National Knowledge Network, a multi-gigabit information network would connect around 26,000 colleges and 800 universities in More...