http://news.education4india.com Copyright 2008 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:03:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2.2 http://news.education4india.com/4214/iiit-h-new-center-for-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-get-a-flying-start/ http://news.education4india.com/4214/iiit-h-new-center-for-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-get-a-flying-start/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:03:46 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4214/iiit-h-new-center-for-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-get-a-flying-start/ The International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad’s center for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship get on to a good start. The center is part of IIIT-H initiatives to combine research and encourage innovation and entrepreneurship with highest quality education. The center was set up to imbibe creative, strategic, managerial and transformation ... http://news.education4india.com/4214/iiit-h-new-center-for-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-get-a-flying-start/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4213/start-up-at-iit-madras-trains-villagers-for-jobs/ http://news.education4india.com/4213/start-up-at-iit-madras-trains-villagers-for-jobs/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:02:55 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4213/start-up-at-iit-madras-trains-villagers-for-jobs/ Chennai: A venture of the Indian Institute Technology, Madras, or IIT-M, is training villagers for employment in retail, business process outsourcing and security services, in an attempt to bridge the urban-rural divide. “If you take any industry, companies are always looking for people. Considering that majority of the population lives in ... http://news.education4india.com/4213/start-up-at-iit-madras-trains-villagers-for-jobs/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4212/purwar-named-officiating-director-of-iim-lucknow/ http://news.education4india.com/4212/purwar-named-officiating-director-of-iim-lucknow/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:54:40 +0000 Education IIM http://news.education4india.com/4212/purwar-named-officiating-director-of-iim-lucknow/ Prem Chandra Purwar has been appointed officiating director of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L), an official said here Monday.His appointment, following a human resource development ministry directive, came after Devi Singh’s five-year term as IIM-L director ended Aug 24. The IIM-L board of governors had then constituted a committee ... http://news.education4india.com/4212/purwar-named-officiating-director-of-iim-lucknow/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4211/deshmukh-demands-central-university-iim-for-marathwada/ http://news.education4india.com/4211/deshmukh-demands-central-university-iim-for-marathwada/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:53:59 +0000 Education IIM http://news.education4india.com/4211/deshmukh-demands-central-university-iim-for-marathwada/ With government firming up plans to open 16 new Central universities, Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Monday demanded setting up such a varsity in his constituency Latur. Deshmukh met HRD Minister Arjun Singh to make a case for Latur for hosting a central university and also pitched for either an ... http://news.education4india.com/4211/deshmukh-demands-central-university-iim-for-marathwada/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4210/rise-in-number-of-girl-students-at-iit-delhi/ http://news.education4india.com/4210/rise-in-number-of-girl-students-at-iit-delhi/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:45:52 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4210/rise-in-number-of-girl-students-at-iit-delhi/ The number of girl students at undergraduate level at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) has increased significantly by over 65 percent this year. S.R. Kale, Dean, Undergraduate Studies at IIT Delhi said, "In 2007, out of 550 students at the institute, 50 were girls constituting 9 percent of the ... http://news.education4india.com/4210/rise-in-number-of-girl-students-at-iit-delhi/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4209/iim-iit-jointly-launch-new-post-graduate-programme/ http://news.education4india.com/4209/iim-iit-jointly-launch-new-post-graduate-programme/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:47:36 +0000 Education IIM IIT http://news.education4india.com/4209/iim-iit-jointly-launch-new-post-graduate-programme/ The Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Calcutta launched a one-year residential post-graduate programme for executives in ‘visionary leadership in manufacturing’ in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur and IIT-Madras Sunday here.The programme has been designed by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) - a governmental agency of Japan that provides ... http://news.education4india.com/4209/iim-iit-jointly-launch-new-post-graduate-programme/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4208/montek-rejects-presidents-proposal-for-all-women-iit/ http://news.education4india.com/4208/montek-rejects-presidents-proposal-for-all-women-iit/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:46:46 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4208/montek-rejects-presidents-proposal-for-all-women-iit/ NEW DELHI: Planning Commission deputy chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia has rejected President Pratibha Patil's proposal for an all-women IIT at Amravati, but this may not be the last word on the matter. As sources point out, the world over there are all-women education institutions imparting higher education, including technical and ... http://news.education4india.com/4208/montek-rejects-presidents-proposal-for-all-women-iit/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4207/enabilon-learning-launches-testfunda-a-site-for-cat-and-iim-online-exam-preparation/ http://news.education4india.com/4207/enabilon-learning-launches-testfunda-a-site-for-cat-and-iim-online-exam-preparation/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:41:30 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4207/enabilon-learning-launches-testfunda-a-site-for-cat-and-iim-online-exam-preparation/ With the CAT - MBA entrance exam for the IIMs slated to go online from 2009, TestFunda.com promises to make the preparation for every CAT aspirant Easy, Effective and Personalised. The newly launched site www.TestFunda.com has managed to get over 15,000 registered users within a span of one month. Its fun ... http://news.education4india.com/4207/enabilon-learning-launches-testfunda-a-site-for-cat-and-iim-online-exam-preparation/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4206/iim-calcutta-graduate-launches-his-own-venture-lifeinlines/ http://news.education4india.com/4206/iim-calcutta-graduate-launches-his-own-venture-lifeinlines/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:40:14 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4206/iim-calcutta-graduate-launches-his-own-venture-lifeinlines/ Ankur Gattani, the IIT Bombay, IIM Calcutta graduate, who opted out of his campus placements to start his own venture, launched his start-up, Lifeinlines.com, in beta at IIT Bombay yesterday. With another IIT-B graduate, Maninder, on his team now, the two ex-members of the students' entrepreneurship cell on the ... http://news.education4india.com/4206/iim-calcutta-graduate-launches-his-own-venture-lifeinlines/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4205/teething-troubles-persist-at-iit-hyd/ http://news.education4india.com/4205/teething-troubles-persist-at-iit-hyd/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:37:58 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4205/teething-troubles-persist-at-iit-hyd/ A week after its formal launch, IIT-Hyderabad is still grappling with basic issues. The new institute has no permanent faculty, no research laboratory and insufficient accommodation. Though classes started on August 20, the process to recruit permanent faculty has not started yet. Moreover, filling up of the first batch of faculty ... http://news.education4india.com/4205/teething-troubles-persist-at-iit-hyd/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4204/iit-speeds-up-scrutiny/ http://news.education4india.com/4204/iit-speeds-up-scrutiny/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:53:29 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4204/iit-speeds-up-scrutiny/ The IITs have decided to open model answers to their entrance test questions to independent scrutiny within days of next year’s Joint Entrance Exam, allowing the public to point out errors that may have slipped through undetected. IIT Delhi director Surendra Prasad said the institutes had decided to reveal the ... http://news.education4india.com/4204/iit-speeds-up-scrutiny/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4203/iit-bombay-to-tie-up-with-us-university/ http://news.education4india.com/4203/iit-bombay-to-tie-up-with-us-university/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:51:41 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4203/iit-bombay-to-tie-up-with-us-university/ In its efforts to collaborate with premier international universities for research and development, IIT Bombay is planning to associate with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US. “IIT Bombay is looking at some kind of association with MIT. But talks are still at a nascent stage. However, what is encouraging ... http://news.education4india.com/4203/iit-bombay-to-tie-up-with-us-university/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4202/iit-b-takes-technology-to-rural-maharashtra/ http://news.education4india.com/4202/iit-b-takes-technology-to-rural-maharashtra/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:40:13 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4202/iit-b-takes-technology-to-rural-maharashtra/ Highlighting the use of technological intervention for development in interior Maharashtra, IIT Bombay (IIT-B) has created a master plan for the Rahata block (Ahmednagar district) comprising 58 villages and two towns. “A number of districts in interior Maharashtra do not have access to facilities like water and electricity, though they ... http://news.education4india.com/4202/iit-b-takes-technology-to-rural-maharashtra/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4201/pm-promises-meeting-on-iit-faculty-quota/ http://news.education4india.com/4201/pm-promises-meeting-on-iit-faculty-quota/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:39:08 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4201/pm-promises-meeting-on-iit-faculty-quota/ Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today publicly assured IIT Guwahati director Gautam Barua that he would personally discuss with cabinet colleagues the institutes’ demand for exemption from faculty quotas. This is the first time that the Prime Minister, who is a Rajya Sabha MP from Assam, has hinted that he ... http://news.education4india.com/4201/pm-promises-meeting-on-iit-faculty-quota/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4200/iits-oppose-reservation-in-faculty-recruitment/ http://news.education4india.com/4200/iits-oppose-reservation-in-faculty-recruitment/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:38:03 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4200/iits-oppose-reservation-in-faculty-recruitment/ The IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology) are opposed to reservation in the recruitment of faculty members and sought to be exempted as they were institutes of national importance. IIT-Guwahati director Prof Gautam Barua told reporters here today that the IITs for the last 36 years had ... http://news.education4india.com/4200/iits-oppose-reservation-in-faculty-recruitment/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4199/got-a-problem-with-iit/ http://news.education4india.com/4199/got-a-problem-with-iit/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:37:19 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4199/got-a-problem-with-iit/ Another summer has come and gone bringing with it a fresh group of students eager to be impressed. These students are ready to find out exactly what IIT has to offer. While making ranks on some of the Princeton Review’s “Room for Improvement” lists and achieving a whopping 96th on ... http://news.education4india.com/4199/got-a-problem-with-iit/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4198/iim-lucknow-yet-to-get-new-director/ http://news.education4india.com/4198/iim-lucknow-yet-to-get-new-director/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:54:11 +0000 Education IIM http://news.education4india.com/4198/iim-lucknow-yet-to-get-new-director/ IIM-Lucknow, one of the premier business institutes of the country, is still in the dark about who will take over the B-school’s reins after the present director Dr Devi Singh’s tenure ends on Sunday. In a meeting conducted at the campus on Saturday, the director confirmed handing over the charge ... http://news.education4india.com/4198/iim-lucknow-yet-to-get-new-director/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4197/govt-lowers-scst-cut-off-to-fill-seats/ http://news.education4india.com/4197/govt-lowers-scst-cut-off-to-fill-seats/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:50:33 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4197/govt-lowers-scst-cut-off-to-fill-seats/ The IITS, which faced problems filling SC/ST seats this year (2008-09), decided on Sunday to further lower the cut-off for them in next year’s admissions, to make way for as many candidates as possible. The decision was made keeping in view that next year, the six new IITs and the older ... http://news.education4india.com/4197/govt-lowers-scst-cut-off-to-fill-seats/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4196/iit-b-to-woo-foreign-entries-for-its-b-plan/ http://news.education4india.com/4196/iit-b-to-woo-foreign-entries-for-its-b-plan/#comments Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:48:48 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4196/iit-b-to-woo-foreign-entries-for-its-b-plan/ So long, we have heard about Indian management gurus strategising for international companies. Now, IIT Bombay is evolving management mantras to woo more foreign entries for its business plan (B-Plan) competition ‘Eureka!’. For the tenth edition, IIT-B has upped the stakes for Eureka! A total prize money up to Rs 25 ... http://news.education4india.com/4196/iit-b-to-woo-foreign-entries-for-its-b-plan/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4195/to-reach-out-to-engineering-faculty-across-country-iit-b-ties-up-with-wipro/ http://news.education4india.com/4195/to-reach-out-to-engineering-faculty-across-country-iit-b-ties-up-with-wipro/#comments Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:47:10 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4195/to-reach-out-to-engineering-faculty-across-country-iit-b-ties-up-with-wipro/ In an effort to reach out to the faculty staff in engineering colleges across the country to acquaint them with its high quality courses and innovative teaching skills, the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) has tied up with Mission 10x, an initiative launched by IT company Wipro. This Memorandum ... http://news.education4india.com/4195/to-reach-out-to-engineering-faculty-across-country-iit-b-ties-up-with-wipro/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4194/murray-group-sending-cheers-to-ethiopian-distance-runner/ http://news.education4india.com/4194/murray-group-sending-cheers-to-ethiopian-distance-runner/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:53:25 +0000 Education Distance Education http://news.education4india.com/4194/murray-group-sending-cheers-to-ethiopian-distance-runner/ But a non-profit humanitarian organization based in Murray was cheering for her at the Beijing Olympics as if she was wearing the red, white and blue. One of the best distance runners in the world, Defar is the honorary director of an Ethiopian dance troupe that ... http://news.education4india.com/4194/murray-group-sending-cheers-to-ethiopian-distance-runner/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4193/wipro-trust-ties-up-with-iit-b-for-centre-of-excellence/ http://news.education4india.com/4193/wipro-trust-ties-up-with-iit-b-for-centre-of-excellence/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:51:49 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4193/wipro-trust-ties-up-with-iit-b-for-centre-of-excellence/ Mission10X, a non-profit trust launched by Wipro Ltd, announced here today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) with the objective of creating a broad understanding that can foster closer collaboration between Mission10X and IIT-B. Some of the activities to be jointly ... http://news.education4india.com/4193/wipro-trust-ties-up-with-iit-b-for-centre-of-excellence/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4192/iit-kharagpur-awards-nina-saxena-technology-award-2008/ http://news.education4india.com/4192/iit-kharagpur-awards-nina-saxena-technology-award-2008/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:00:22 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4192/iit-kharagpur-awards-nina-saxena-technology-award-2008/ Kharagpur: The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-K) has awarded the Nina Saxena Excellence in Technology Award 2008 to three scientists from the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur. Dr. Subhash P. Andey, Dr. Prakesh S. Kelkar and Dr. Madan V. Nanoti, all scientists with the Geo-Environment Management Division, NEERI, ... http://news.education4india.com/4192/iit-kharagpur-awards-nina-saxena-technology-award-2008/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4191/medak-drc-wants-iit-h-renamed-as-iit-m/ http://news.education4india.com/4191/medak-drc-wants-iit-h-renamed-as-iit-m/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:59:30 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4191/medak-drc-wants-iit-h-renamed-as-iit-m/ MEDAK: The Medak District Review Committee, at a meeting today, adopted a resolution demanding that the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology set up at the ordnance factory be named IIT-Medak instead of IITHyderabad. ‘‘Respecting the fact that Indira Gandhi had contested an election from Medak, the name of the institute should ... http://news.education4india.com/4191/medak-drc-wants-iit-h-renamed-as-iit-m/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4190/iit-delhi-launches-distant-mode-course-for-technical-training/ http://news.education4india.com/4190/iit-delhi-launches-distant-mode-course-for-technical-training/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:07:37 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4190/iit-delhi-launches-distant-mode-course-for-technical-training/ To reach out to more students in imparting technical education, the IIT-Delhi has launched courses through distant mode. The elite institute is imparting a course on pilot basis to a few employees of certain industries in Noida, its director Prof Surendra Prasad told PTI today. "This is not any degree ... http://news.education4india.com/4190/iit-delhi-launches-distant-mode-course-for-technical-training/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4189/billionaire-ambani-turns-fund-raiser-for-iim-b/ http://news.education4india.com/4189/billionaire-ambani-turns-fund-raiser-for-iim-b/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:03:57 +0000 Education IIM http://news.education4india.com/4189/billionaire-ambani-turns-fund-raiser-for-iim-b/ Mukesh Ambani, one of the richest businessmen in the world, will soon don a different role: the billionaire will go knocking on the doors of corporate houses, alumni and well-wishers to raise funds for one of the country's premier business schools-- the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B). The B-school has ... http://news.education4india.com/4189/billionaire-ambani-turns-fund-raiser-for-iim-b/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4188/iims-to-suggest-ways-to-improve-water-utilisation/ http://news.education4india.com/4188/iims-to-suggest-ways-to-improve-water-utilisation/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:02:57 +0000 Education IIM IIT http://news.education4india.com/4188/iims-to-suggest-ways-to-improve-water-utilisation/ With availability of water decreasing rapidly in the country, the government has roped in India's premier management institutes to suggest ways to address the problem of widening gap between irrigation potential created and utilised. The IIMs of Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Lucknow and Calcutta are conducting studies across the country to detect ... http://news.education4india.com/4188/iims-to-suggest-ways-to-improve-water-utilisation/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4187/iit-d-takes-up-distant-learning-programme/ http://news.education4india.com/4187/iit-d-takes-up-distant-learning-programme/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:02:01 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4187/iit-d-takes-up-distant-learning-programme/ The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, known for its excellence in classroom education, is set to adopt the distant learning mode as part of its industry outreach programme in the national capital region. "In addition to our rigorous classroom teaching methods, we are embarking on a major distance ... http://news.education4india.com/4187/iit-d-takes-up-distant-learning-programme/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4186/iit-heads-meet-to-discuss-vacant-seats/ http://news.education4india.com/4186/iit-heads-meet-to-discuss-vacant-seats/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:38:48 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4186/iit-heads-meet-to-discuss-vacant-seats/ Chiefs of IITs across the country met in New Delhi on Wednesday to decide on how to fill up the vacant seats reserved for SC and ST candidates. "A few seats for SC/ST candidates are lying vacant in the six new IITs. A final decision will be taken at the ... http://news.education4india.com/4186/iit-heads-meet-to-discuss-vacant-seats/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4185/maveric-systems-to-set-up-research-centre-in-iit-madras/ http://news.education4india.com/4185/maveric-systems-to-set-up-research-centre-in-iit-madras/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:37:47 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4185/maveric-systems-to-set-up-research-centre-in-iit-madras/ City-based Maveric Systems Ltd (MSL), an independent software testing company, will set up a 40-member research centre in the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Research Park, a top official said here Wednesday. ‘The company has set a goal of generating around 30 percent revenue from intellectual property (IP)-based services by 2012. ... http://news.education4india.com/4185/maveric-systems-to-set-up-research-centre-in-iit-madras/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4184/six-new-iits-resolve-vacant-seats-issue/ http://news.education4india.com/4184/six-new-iits-resolve-vacant-seats-issue/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:34:28 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4184/six-new-iits-resolve-vacant-seats-issue/ Aug. 13: The six new Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) that have begun functioning from this academic year (2008-09) have finally been able to resolve the issue of "vacant" seats that were meant to be filled with SC/ST candidates. The matter was resolved after the Joint Admission Board (JAB) of ... http://news.education4india.com/4184/six-new-iits-resolve-vacant-seats-issue/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4183/iim-a-profs-husband-kills-self-on-campus/ http://news.education4india.com/4183/iim-a-profs-husband-kills-self-on-campus/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:47:08 +0000 Education IIM http://news.education4india.com/4183/iim-a-profs-husband-kills-self-on-campus/ Shockwaves ran through the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) campus on Tuesday evening, following the suicide of the husband of a faculty member, who is currently away in US. Laxman Mohanty, 43, visiting professor at Institute of Petroleum Technology, Gandhinagar was found hanging at his residence on Tuesday evening. Police ... http://news.education4india.com/4183/iim-a-profs-husband-kills-self-on-campus/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4182/iit-officials-meet-wednesday-to-discuss-vacant-seats/ http://news.education4india.com/4182/iit-officials-meet-wednesday-to-discuss-vacant-seats/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:45:23 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4182/iit-officials-meet-wednesday-to-discuss-vacant-seats/ Officials of the 13 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), including the six new, are meeting Wednesday to discuss how to fill up some of the reserved seats that remain vacant. Scores of IIT seats have fallen vacant this year after their numbers were increased to partially implement the 27 percent reservation ... http://news.education4india.com/4182/iit-officials-meet-wednesday-to-discuss-vacant-seats/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4181/private-equity-lures-b-schools/ http://news.education4india.com/4181/private-equity-lures-b-schools/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:52:16 +0000 Education IIM http://news.education4india.com/4181/private-equity-lures-b-schools/ Venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) firms appear to have caught the fancy of business schools this year. Be it for creating awareness among aspiring entrepreneurs to raise funds, or merely understaning the operations of a VC/PE firm, management institutes have increasingly begun interacting with the industry. While some have ... http://news.education4india.com/4181/private-equity-lures-b-schools/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4180/1415-iit-delhi-students-awarded-degrees/ http://news.education4india.com/4180/1415-iit-delhi-students-awarded-degrees/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:51:15 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4180/1415-iit-delhi-students-awarded-degrees/ Over 1,400 students including 147 PhD scholars graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, which held its 39th convocation here Saturday. Graduate, postgraduate, business administration and doctoral programme students received their degrees from R.K. Pachauri, chief of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). “They came as young children and ... http://news.education4india.com/4180/1415-iit-delhi-students-awarded-degrees/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4179/hrd-min-should-look-at-opening-more-schools-for-tribals-iit-b/ http://news.education4india.com/4179/hrd-min-should-look-at-opening-more-schools-for-tribals-iit-b/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:49:49 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4179/hrd-min-should-look-at-opening-more-schools-for-tribals-iit-b/ Senior faculty members of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here have said that IITs were not getting enough tribal students and it was time the HRD Ministry looked at opening large number of schools to educate them and give them a chance to compete for higher education. ... http://news.education4india.com/4179/hrd-min-should-look-at-opening-more-schools-for-tribals-iit-b/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4178/iim-a-to-help-project-management-in-chhattisgarh/ http://news.education4india.com/4178/iim-a-to-help-project-management-in-chhattisgarh/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:13:51 +0000 Education IIM http://news.education4india.com/4178/iim-a-to-help-project-management-in-chhattisgarh/ Raipur, Aug 9 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) will provide tips on project management to the Chhattisgarh government, according to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the two here. Chief Minister Raman Singh has termed the tie up a ‘proud achievement’ for the mineral rich state. ‘The MoU ... http://news.education4india.com/4178/iim-a-to-help-project-management-in-chhattisgarh/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4177/iits-to-lower-cut-offs-fill-seats/ http://news.education4india.com/4177/iits-to-lower-cut-offs-fill-seats/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:53:57 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4177/iits-to-lower-cut-offs-fill-seats/ In the history of IITs, there has never been a second round of admissions. This year, though, vacant seats at all 13 IIT campuses, as also at IT-BHU and Indian School of Mines-Dhanbad, will be filled after a second list is soon put out. After a campaign by TOI, HRD ... http://news.education4india.com/4177/iits-to-lower-cut-offs-fill-seats/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4176/valediction-function-for-third-gmp-batch-held-at-iim-lucknow/ http://news.education4india.com/4176/valediction-function-for-third-gmp-batch-held-at-iim-lucknow/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:52:13 +0000 Education IIM http://news.education4india.com/4176/valediction-function-for-third-gmp-batch-held-at-iim-lucknow/ Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow organised the Valediction Function of the six months’ General Management Programme for the Defence Officers on August 1, 2008 at the campus. IIM Lucknow has successfully completed the third 24-weeks programme for Defence Officers, both of Short Service Commission and others, thereby facilitating them to start ... http://news.education4india.com/4176/valediction-function-for-third-gmp-batch-held-at-iim-lucknow/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4175/iits-told-to-admit-prep-course-students-from-this-session/ http://news.education4india.com/4175/iits-told-to-admit-prep-course-students-from-this-session/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:00:46 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4175/iits-told-to-admit-prep-course-students-from-this-session/ New Delhi: The list of challenges for Indian Institutes of Technology, or IITs, to implement reservations for less privileged classes just got longer. In the latest development, the ministry of human resource development has asked all the IITs, which are mentoring six new IITs, to admit students for a year-long preparatory ... http://news.education4india.com/4175/iits-told-to-admit-prep-course-students-from-this-session/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4174/lockheed-martin-to-invest-usd-300000-in-iit-delhi/ http://news.education4india.com/4174/lockheed-martin-to-invest-usd-300000-in-iit-delhi/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:59:42 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4174/lockheed-martin-to-invest-usd-300000-in-iit-delhi/ New Delhi: Recognising the excellence of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) combat aircraft manufacturing giant Lockheed Martin has chosen it for a $300,000 project of collaborative research in bio and nano-technology. "We have already signed an agreement with the IIT Delhi. We are investing $300,000 for a collaborative project ... http://news.education4india.com/4174/lockheed-martin-to-invest-usd-300000-in-iit-delhi/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4173/nyse-arca-welcomes-china-distance-educatio/ http://news.education4india.com/4173/nyse-arca-welcomes-china-distance-educatio/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:41:36 +0000 Education IIM IIT http://news.education4india.com/4173/nyse-arca-welcomes-china-distance-educatio/ NYSE Euronext's fully electronic market for emerging issuers, today welcomed its first Chinese initial public offering, China Distance Education Holdings, a leading provider of online education in China focusing on professional education. Beijing-based China Distance Education Holdings listed its American Depositary Shares on NYSE Arca under the ticker symbol "DL" ... http://news.education4india.com/4173/nyse-arca-welcomes-china-distance-educatio/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4172/iims-relax-cut-offs-to-admit-obc-students/ http://news.education4india.com/4172/iims-relax-cut-offs-to-admit-obc-students/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:38:08 +0000 Education IIT Business School http://news.education4india.com/4172/iims-relax-cut-offs-to-admit-obc-students/ Unlike the IIT that admitted OBC students on merit , the IIM were forced to relax entry norms for OBC candidates . While the relaxation of cut-offs was insignificant in some cases, some other B-campuses had to compromise on merit to allow these students in. For instance, if the cut-off ... http://news.education4india.com/4172/iims-relax-cut-offs-to-admit-obc-students/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4171/riding-a-dream-and-then-living-it/ http://news.education4india.com/4171/riding-a-dream-and-then-living-it/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:36:12 +0000 Education IIM http://news.education4india.com/4171/riding-a-dream-and-then-living-it/ Dreams have wings. But to fly, we need courage and a little bit of madness. It is possible to do what seems impossible. But for that, you need to visualise success. Look at what Sarath Babu has achieved just by dreaming big. He grew up in a Chennai slum, had difficulty ... http://news.education4india.com/4171/riding-a-dream-and-then-living-it/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4170/iims-trying-to-create-an-eco-system/ http://news.education4india.com/4170/iims-trying-to-create-an-eco-system/#comments Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:59:07 +0000 Education IIM http://news.education4india.com/4170/iims-trying-to-create-an-eco-system/ A few weeks ago, the Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) at IIM Ahmedabad organised a conference where alumni entrepreneurs were invited to share their experiences with the centre and with students interested in becoming entrepreneurs. Most of us would assume that very few people showed up on either ... http://news.education4india.com/4170/iims-trying-to-create-an-eco-system/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4169/niit-imperia-to-offer-five-new-programmes-with-iims/ http://news.education4india.com/4169/niit-imperia-to-offer-five-new-programmes-with-iims/#comments Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:58:39 +0000 Education IIM http://news.education4india.com/4169/niit-imperia-to-offer-five-new-programmes-with-iims/ NIIT Imperia, which focuses on offering management programmes for working executives, has announced its new programme calendar for the September 2008 admission cycle. NIIT Imperia to offer five new programmes with IIMs NIIT Imperia, which focuses on offering management programmes for working executives, has announced its new programme calendar for ... http://news.education4india.com/4169/niit-imperia-to-offer-five-new-programmes-with-iims/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4168/iit-rajasthan-opens-with-112-students/ http://news.education4india.com/4168/iit-rajasthan-opens-with-112-students/#comments Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:57:38 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4168/iit-rajasthan-opens-with-112-students/ As plans to set up eight more Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) take off, the IIT Rajasthan was inaugurated Saturday by Minister of State for Higher Education D. Purandeswari. The new institute will initially function from the IIT Kanpur campus, a human resource development ministry statement issued here said. Since land ... http://news.education4india.com/4168/iit-rajasthan-opens-with-112-students/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4167/iit-alumnus-offers-way-to-make-nanojewels-of-different-colours-optical-properties/ http://news.education4india.com/4167/iit-alumnus-offers-way-to-make-nanojewels-of-different-colours-optical-properties/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:07:56 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4167/iit-alumnus-offers-way-to-make-nanojewels-of-different-colours-optical-properties/ An Institute of Technology, Roorkee has discerned how different nanoparticles of various sizes can produce “nanojewels” of various colours that display different optical properties. Vinayak Rastogi conducted this study as a graduate student researcher in the Department of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University (NCSU), under the supervision of ... http://news.education4india.com/4167/iit-alumnus-offers-way-to-make-nanojewels-of-different-colours-optical-properties/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4166/veil-to-lift-on-iit-entrance-cut-off/ http://news.education4india.com/4166/veil-to-lift-on-iit-entrance-cut-off/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:06:06 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4166/veil-to-lift-on-iit-entrance-cut-off/ The Indian Institutes of Technology will reveal cut-off marks used to select students in this year’s entrance exam, allowing candidates for the first time to independently verify whether their scores merit a seat. On August 1, the IITs will display online the cut-off marks used in their Joint Entrance Examination ... http://news.education4india.com/4166/veil-to-lift-on-iit-entrance-cut-off/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4165/iipm-ranked-as-top-b-school-in-india/ http://news.education4india.com/4165/iipm-ranked-as-top-b-school-in-india/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:40:29 +0000 Education IIM http://news.education4india.com/4165/iipm-ranked-as-top-b-school-in-india/ Extenuating its spirited campaign ‘Dare To Think Beyond the IIMs’, the Indian Institute of Planning & Management (IIPM) was rated as the No 1 business school in India, followed by IIM (A) and IIM (B) at rank 2 and rank 3 respectively. The ranking was conducted by ‘Zee Business Best B ... http://news.education4india.com/4165/iipm-ranked-as-top-b-school-in-india/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4164/iit-graduates-make-learning-easy-for-kids/ http://news.education4india.com/4164/iit-graduates-make-learning-easy-for-kids/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:39:01 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4164/iit-graduates-make-learning-easy-for-kids/ Five young graduate students from IIT Delhi are trying to make learning easier for young kids through their "productive games". Five young graduates from IIT Delhi have come up with innovative designs for toys that will help young children play "productive games"and at the same time, they're aiming to help ... http://news.education4india.com/4164/iit-graduates-make-learning-easy-for-kids/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4163/nri-students-make-a-beeline-for-iims/ http://news.education4india.com/4163/nri-students-make-a-beeline-for-iims/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:00:09 +0000 Education IIM http://news.education4india.com/4163/nri-students-make-a-beeline-for-iims/ Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have always been the dream destinations for youngsters in the country aspiring to make it big in the corporate world. But brand IIM has also managed to attract a good number of NRI students. This year, the number of NRI students who have joined IIMs ... http://news.education4india.com/4163/nri-students-make-a-beeline-for-iims/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4162/iim-calcutta-to-seek-international-accreditation/ http://news.education4india.com/4162/iim-calcutta-to-seek-international-accreditation/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:50:45 +0000 Education IIM http://news.education4india.com/4162/iim-calcutta-to-seek-international-accreditation/ The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta is planning to get international accreditation from leading American and European agencies that rate business schools. This decision was taken during its 184th BoG Meeting held at the Joka campus. According to the proceeding of the board meet, IIM-C will seek certificates from renowned ... http://news.education4india.com/4162/iim-calcutta-to-seek-international-accreditation/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4161/haryana-all-set-to-play-host-to-norths-first-iim/ http://news.education4india.com/4161/haryana-all-set-to-play-host-to-norths-first-iim/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:50:04 +0000 Education IIM IIT http://news.education4india.com/4161/haryana-all-set-to-play-host-to-norths-first-iim/ Haryana is all set to play host to northern region’s first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) which is proposed to be located in village Garnawati in Rohtak district. The project is likely to catalyse an investment of over Rs 200 crore and will be funded by the Central government. The ... http://news.education4india.com/4161/haryana-all-set-to-play-host-to-norths-first-iim/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4160/agilent-iit-bombay-team-to-develop-next-gen-ethernet-technologies/ http://news.education4india.com/4160/agilent-iit-bombay-team-to-develop-next-gen-ethernet-technologies/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:31:25 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4160/agilent-iit-bombay-team-to-develop-next-gen-ethernet-technologies/ Agilent Technologies Inc. has partnered with IIT Bombay to build technologies for 100 Gigabit Ethernet as well as next generation Carrier Ethernet networks in the metropolitan space. Agilent Technologies funds the Gigabit Networks Laboratory of Computer Science and Engineering Department, IITB. Professor Ashwin Gumsate, who is the James R. Isaac Chair ... http://news.education4india.com/4160/agilent-iit-bombay-team-to-develop-next-gen-ethernet-technologies/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4159/iit-kharagpur-to-tie-up-with-15-foreign-institutes/ http://news.education4india.com/4159/iit-kharagpur-to-tie-up-with-15-foreign-institutes/#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:08:42 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4159/iit-kharagpur-to-tie-up-with-15-foreign-institutes/ Kharagpur (West Bengal), July 25 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-K) will soon collaborate with 15 foreign universities for academic and research activities, the director of the institute said here Friday. “We are all set to have collaborations at different levels with as many as 15 foreign universities and ... http://news.education4india.com/4159/iit-kharagpur-to-tie-up-with-15-foreign-institutes/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4158/iipm-ranked-no1-b-school-in-india/ http://news.education4india.com/4158/iipm-ranked-no1-b-school-in-india/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:11:58 +0000 Education IIM http://news.education4india.com/4158/iipm-ranked-no1-b-school-in-india/ Extenuating its spirited campaign 'Dare To Think Beyond the IIMs', the Indian Institute of Planning & Management (IIPM) surpassed the performance of all the IIMs to be rated as the No 1 business school in India for the extensive 'Global Exposure' it provides to its students, followed by IIM (A) ... http://news.education4india.com/4158/iipm-ranked-no1-b-school-in-india/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4157/iit-bombay-enters-into-a-strategic-tie-up-with-agilent-tech/ http://news.education4india.com/4157/iit-bombay-enters-into-a-strategic-tie-up-with-agilent-tech/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:48:25 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4157/iit-bombay-enters-into-a-strategic-tie-up-with-agilent-tech/ Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay has joined hands with Delhi-based IT company Agilent to develop technologies for the speedy data transfer on the web. Agilent Technologies announcing the collaboration with IIT Bombay said it would build technologies for 100 Gigabit as well as next generation carrier ethernet networks in the metropolitan ... http://news.education4india.com/4157/iit-bombay-enters-into-a-strategic-tie-up-with-agilent-tech/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4156/iim-lucknow-inaugurates-course-for-armymen-at-noida-campus/ http://news.education4india.com/4156/iim-lucknow-inaugurates-course-for-armymen-at-noida-campus/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:45:24 +0000 Education IIM http://news.education4india.com/4156/iim-lucknow-inaugurates-course-for-armymen-at-noida-campus/ The Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L) yesterday inaugurated the first batch of the General Management Programme (GMP) for Defence Personnel at its Noida campus. Major General, SG Chatterji, VSM, Director General Resettlement inaugurated the programme. Prof. Punam Sahgal, Dean- Noida Campus, Prof. S.C. Bansal, Programme Director, Prof. Ajay Singh, Chairman ... http://news.education4india.com/4156/iim-lucknow-inaugurates-course-for-armymen-at-noida-campus/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4155/iit-bombay-director-ashok-misra-resigns-to-join-intellectual-ventures/ http://news.education4india.com/4155/iit-bombay-director-ashok-misra-resigns-to-join-intellectual-ventures/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:56:45 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4155/iit-bombay-director-ashok-misra-resigns-to-join-intellectual-ventures/ Ashok Misra, director of Indian Institute Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) since 2000, has resigned to join Washington-based Intellectual Ventures that invests in inventions and aims to develop a patents portfolio. He announced the acceptance of his resignation at the culmination of the IIT-Bangalore's Golden Jubilee Conference in New York on Sunday, which was ... http://news.education4india.com/4155/iit-bombay-director-ashok-misra-resigns-to-join-intellectual-ventures/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4154/usd-sponsors-institute-for-teaches-of-gifted-youth/ http://news.education4india.com/4154/usd-sponsors-institute-for-teaches-of-gifted-youth/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:32:05 +0000 Education Distance Education http://news.education4india.com/4154/usd-sponsors-institute-for-teaches-of-gifted-youth/ The University of South Dakota will host the sixth annual Institute for Teachers of Gifted Youth beginning Monday at the Delzell Education Center. The institute is sponsored by the USD School of Education and the South Dakota Association for Gifted Children. It will feature local, state and regional educators and gifted ... http://news.education4india.com/4154/usd-sponsors-institute-for-teaches-of-gifted-youth/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4153/usd-sponsors-institute-for-teaches-of-gifted-youth/ http://news.education4india.com/4153/usd-sponsors-institute-for-teaches-of-gifted-youth/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:31:10 +0000 Education Distance Education http://news.education4india.com/4153/usd-sponsors-institute-for-teaches-of-gifted-youth/ The University of South Dakota will host the sixth annual Institute for Teachers of Gifted Youth beginning Monday at the Delzell Education Center. The institute is sponsored by the USD School of Education and the South Dakota Association for Gifted Children. It will feature local, state and regional educators and gifted ... http://news.education4india.com/4153/usd-sponsors-institute-for-teaches-of-gifted-youth/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4152/expelled-iit-students-to-hold-rally-seek-redressal/ http://news.education4india.com/4152/expelled-iit-students-to-hold-rally-seek-redressal/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:27:20 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4152/expelled-iit-students-to-hold-rally-seek-redressal/ Schedule Caste/Schedule Tribe students, who were expelled from the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi last month, have now decided to take their agitation to the streets. Seventeen of the 20 expelled students will hold a rally on Monday to protest their expulsion and to demand immediate redress. The rally, being organised along ... http://news.education4india.com/4152/expelled-iit-students-to-hold-rally-seek-redressal/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4151/distance-education-pioneer-bernard-luskin-named-ceoprovost-for-touro-college-and-touro-university/ http://news.education4india.com/4151/distance-education-pioneer-bernard-luskin-named-ceoprovost-for-touro-college-and-touro-university/#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:48:14 +0000 Education http://news.education4india.com/4151/distance-education-pioneer-bernard-luskin-named-ceoprovost-for-touro-college-and-touro-university/ Dr. Bernard Lander, founder and president of Touro College and Touro University, today announced the appointment of e-learning pioneer, Dr. Bernard J. Luskin, to the position of provost and CEO for global e-learning programs. In announcing the appointment, Touro's president Dr. Bernard Lander said, "Dr. Luskin is one of the world's ... http://news.education4india.com/4151/distance-education-pioneer-bernard-luskin-named-ceoprovost-for-touro-college-and-touro-university/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4150/msu-iit-excellence-at-40-and-beyond/ http://news.education4india.com/4150/msu-iit-excellence-at-40-and-beyond/#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:46:56 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4150/msu-iit-excellence-at-40-and-beyond/ Everyone was nostalgic about his past with the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) in Iligan City. The longing to see again that familiar landscape of the school that gives no-nonsense training to its learners has become so intense in the heart of each alumnus. For each graduate, studying at ... http://news.education4india.com/4150/msu-iit-excellence-at-40-and-beyond/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4149/bpo-firm-ropes-in-iim-lucknow-for-management-tips/ http://news.education4india.com/4149/bpo-firm-ropes-in-iim-lucknow-for-management-tips/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:49:14 +0000 Education IIM IIT http://news.education4india.com/4149/bpo-firm-ropes-in-iim-lucknow-for-management-tips/ New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Leading business process outsourcing (BPO) firm Genpact has roped in professors from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow to give its employees lessons in management skills and improving productivity. Through electronically enabled interactive sessions, workers at Genpact’s operation hubs in Delhi, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kolkata ... http://news.education4india.com/4149/bpo-firm-ropes-in-iim-lucknow-for-management-tips/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4148/rajasthan-first-off-new-iit-blocks/ http://news.education4india.com/4148/rajasthan-first-off-new-iit-blocks/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:46:40 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4148/rajasthan-first-off-new-iit-blocks/ The Centre is launching the Indian Institute of Technology, Rajasthan, as the first among a new breed of upcoming IITs, hoping to counter chief minister Vasundhara Raje’s allegations of bias against the poll-bound state. The ministry of human resource development has decided to launch the Rajasthan institute as India’s eighth IIT ... http://news.education4india.com/4148/rajasthan-first-off-new-iit-blocks/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4147/iit-b-alumni-oppose-dow-sponsorship-of-ny-event/ http://news.education4india.com/4147/iit-b-alumni-oppose-dow-sponsorship-of-ny-event/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:45:40 +0000 Education http://news.education4india.com/4147/iit-b-alumni-oppose-dow-sponsorship-of-ny-event/ Some Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) alumni have floated an online petition urging organizers of the Golden Jubilee Conference 2008, to be held in New York from July 18 to 20, to refuse sponsorship from Dow Chemical. Dow Chemical is one the ‘gold’ sponsors of the Golden Jubilee event for which ... http://news.education4india.com/4147/iit-b-alumni-oppose-dow-sponsorship-of-ny-event/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4146/iit-guwahati-winners-of-aeta-2008/ http://news.education4india.com/4146/iit-guwahati-winners-of-aeta-2008/#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:37:54 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4146/iit-guwahati-winners-of-aeta-2008/ Agilent Technologies, the world’s premier Test & Measurement company, across communications, electronics, Bio analytical measurements and material sciences today announced IIT Guwahati as the national winners for Agilent Engineering & Technology Awards (AETA) 2008 at IIT Delhi. The competition witnessed participation of over top 50 institutes across the country. The ... http://news.education4india.com/4146/iit-guwahati-winners-of-aeta-2008/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4145/us-based-nuance-comm-ties-up-with-iit-ms-tenet-group/ http://news.education4india.com/4145/us-based-nuance-comm-ties-up-with-iit-ms-tenet-group/#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:37:12 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4145/us-based-nuance-comm-ties-up-with-iit-ms-tenet-group/ US-based Nuance Communications on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IIT Madras's TeNet Group, a coalition of faculty from the electrical engineering and computer science and engineering departments of the institute, for a strategic relationship to develop innovative applications based on Nuance's technology. According to the agreement, Nuance ... http://news.education4india.com/4145/us-based-nuance-comm-ties-up-with-iit-ms-tenet-group/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4144/dekalb-schools-to-get-distance-learning-labs/ http://news.education4india.com/4144/dekalb-schools-to-get-distance-learning-labs/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:44:55 +0000 Education Distance Learning http://news.education4india.com/4144/dekalb-schools-to-get-distance-learning-labs/ Now all the students in DeKalb County – and across the state for that matter – can share the same opportunities that youngsters in Fort Payne, Geraldine, Crossville and the Tech School have already enjoyed. DeKalb County Superintendent Charles Warren said he learned Wednesday that all Alabama high schools would be ... http://news.education4india.com/4144/dekalb-schools-to-get-distance-learning-labs/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4143/access-program-to-expand-statewide/ http://news.education4india.com/4143/access-program-to-expand-statewide/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:44:23 +0000 Education Distance Education http://news.education4india.com/4143/access-program-to-expand-statewide/ Beginning in August 2009, every high school student in Alabama will have the opportunity to enroll in the ACCESS Distance Learning program. ACCESS will go statewide a year soon that Gov. Bob Riley hoped for when he announced his ACCESS project in 2005. ACCESS, or Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators, and Students Statewide, ... http://news.education4india.com/4143/access-program-to-expand-statewide/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4142/now-iit-roorkee-to-study-mullaperiyar-dam/ http://news.education4india.com/4142/now-iit-roorkee-to-study-mullaperiyar-dam/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:04:12 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4142/now-iit-roorkee-to-study-mullaperiyar-dam/ Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Minister for Water Resources, N.K. Premachandaran has said that the state has now asked the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT-R) to conduct a study on the 'structural stability' of the Mullaperiyar Dam in the event of possible earthquakes. Premachandaran said the report of the study by the IIT ... http://news.education4india.com/4142/now-iit-roorkee-to-study-mullaperiyar-dam/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4141/iits-face-huge-faculty-crunch/ http://news.education4india.com/4141/iits-face-huge-faculty-crunch/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:02:52 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4141/iits-face-huge-faculty-crunch/ The senior faculty at the IITs is toying with suggestions to attract and retain quality faculty. With 54 per cent expansion in existing IITs coupled with six new IITs taking off from this year, the faculty crunch is perhaps the biggest challenge for the institutes. IIT Bombay faculty affairs dean ... http://news.education4india.com/4141/iits-face-huge-faculty-crunch/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4140/distance-learning-program-receives-11m-to-reach-every-high-school/ http://news.education4india.com/4140/distance-learning-program-receives-11m-to-reach-every-high-school/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:43:35 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4140/distance-learning-program-receives-11m-to-reach-every-high-school/ Money from a $1 billion bond issue will be used to expand a distance learning program to every high school in the state. At a press conference today, Gov. Bob Riley and state Superintendent of Education Joseph Morton announced that $11 million from the bond issue that voters approved in 2007 ... http://news.education4india.com/4140/distance-learning-program-receives-11m-to-reach-every-high-school/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4139/hughes-to-operate-distance-learning-network-for-the-social-security-administration/ http://news.education4india.com/4139/hughes-to-operate-distance-learning-network-for-the-social-security-administration/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:42:38 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4139/hughes-to-operate-distance-learning-network-for-the-social-security-administration/ Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite network solutions and services, today announced it has been selected as prime contractor by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to provide operational support services for its distance learning network and has received an initial task order for $4M. Under ... http://news.education4india.com/4139/hughes-to-operate-distance-learning-network-for-the-social-security-administration/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4138/iim-indore-to-impart-management-education-to-sail-officials/ http://news.education4india.com/4138/iim-indore-to-impart-management-education-to-sail-officials/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:47:00 +0000 Education IIM http://news.education4india.com/4138/iim-indore-to-impart-management-education-to-sail-officials/ As a part of the MoU with Steel Authority of India Limited, Indian Institute of Management Indore is all set to impart management education to middle level executives of SAIL. The program has been designed by IIM Indore at the instance of the SAIL to take up this course to ... http://news.education4india.com/4138/iim-indore-to-impart-management-education-to-sail-officials/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4137/uttarakhand-govt-orders-probe-into-death-of-iit-delhi-student/ http://news.education4india.com/4137/uttarakhand-govt-orders-probe-into-death-of-iit-delhi-student/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:45:20 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4137/uttarakhand-govt-orders-probe-into-death-of-iit-delhi-student/ The Uttarakhand government on Monday ordered a magisterial probe into the death of an IIT Delhi student during a raft training session in Tehri district. Vikas Mittal, a student from IIT Delhi, died yesterday after falling from a raft during a training session at Naogaon area in Tehri district. ... http://news.education4india.com/4137/uttarakhand-govt-orders-probe-into-death-of-iit-delhi-student/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4136/iits-have-lot-to-offer-to-humanities-students-too/ http://news.education4india.com/4136/iits-have-lot-to-offer-to-humanities-students-too/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:05:26 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4136/iits-have-lot-to-offer-to-humanities-students-too/ Science is science and humanities is humanities…But it does look like the twain have met - at least at the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT)! Now the IITs have more to offer than just engineering - studying there is an option for those interested in humanities, management and ... http://news.education4india.com/4136/iits-have-lot-to-offer-to-humanities-students-too/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4135/iim-bangalore-makes-do-with-less/ http://news.education4india.com/4135/iim-bangalore-makes-do-with-less/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:03:42 +0000 Education IIM IIT http://news.education4india.com/4135/iim-bangalore-makes-do-with-less/ As against its demand of Rs 114 crore to build new infrastructure for accommodating additional students joining IIM Bangalore under the OBC quota, the Centre has sanctioned the premier B-school only Rs 33 crore. However, since the funding will come to the institute in phases over a period of ... http://news.education4india.com/4135/iim-bangalore-makes-do-with-less/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4134/iit-delhi-revokes-expulsion-order-of-three-students/ http://news.education4india.com/4134/iit-delhi-revokes-expulsion-order-of-three-students/#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:52:43 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4134/iit-delhi-revokes-expulsion-order-of-three-students/ The expulsion of three students, including two belonging to the Scheduled Caste community, by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Delhi for under performance has been revoked. The decision was taken on Thursday after a meeting of the IIT's review committee which looked into a complaint with regard to ... http://news.education4india.com/4134/iit-delhi-revokes-expulsion-order-of-three-students/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4133/iit-delhi-revokes-expulsion-order-of-three-students/ http://news.education4india.com/4133/iit-delhi-revokes-expulsion-order-of-three-students/#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:49:04 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4133/iit-delhi-revokes-expulsion-order-of-three-students/ The expulsion of three students, including two belonging to the Scheduled Caste community, by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Delhi for under performance has been revoked. The decision was taken on Thursday after a meeting of the IIT's review committee which looked into a complaint with regard to ... http://news.education4india.com/4133/iit-delhi-revokes-expulsion-order-of-three-students/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4132/iit-rajasthan-makeshift-building-no-funds/ http://news.education4india.com/4132/iit-rajasthan-makeshift-building-no-funds/#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:48:08 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4132/iit-rajasthan-makeshift-building-no-funds/ Rajasthan’s long-awaited entry into the league of IITians has come with a provisional certificate. Everything about the state chapter of the premiere tech institute that opens in the IIT Kanpur campus from this academic session is unconvincing. Its infrastructure is makeshift, the teachers would be ad-hoc appointees and the campus ... http://news.education4india.com/4132/iit-rajasthan-makeshift-building-no-funds/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4131/countrys-seventh-iim-starts-from-friday/ http://news.education4india.com/4131/countrys-seventh-iim-starts-from-friday/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:59:58 +0000 Education IIM IIT http://news.education4india.com/4131/countrys-seventh-iim-starts-from-friday/ The first academic session of the country's seventh IIM, the Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management (RGIIM) in Shillong, will begin on Friday. Meghalaya Chief Minister Donkupar Roy will inaugurate the first batch of Post Graduate Diploma in Management in the presence of Chairman, Board of Governors, RGIIM, Prof RN Dutta, ... http://news.education4india.com/4131/countrys-seventh-iim-starts-from-friday/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4130/iit-alumni-plan-ny-get-togther-on-july-18/ http://news.education4india.com/4130/iit-alumni-plan-ny-get-togther-on-july-18/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:58:50 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4130/iit-alumni-plan-ny-get-togther-on-july-18/ The termination of three students studying engineering from IIT-Delhi for performing far below than average have rescinded after intervention of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Tribes on Wednesday. All three students-two belong to SCs and one from General category-are among the 20 undergraduates, who were expelled from the Institution ... http://news.education4india.com/4130/iit-alumni-plan-ny-get-togther-on-july-18/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4129/coaching-iit-aspirants-a-rs100-bn-business-study/ http://news.education4india.com/4129/coaching-iit-aspirants-a-rs100-bn-business-study/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:49:21 +0000 Education IIT Delhi University http://news.education4india.com/4129/coaching-iit-aspirants-a-rs100-bn-business-study/ New Delhi: Private academies that train students for entrance exams of the Indian Institutes of Technology and other prestigious engineering colleges mint Rs.100 billion ($2.30 billion) a year - an amount that can fund 30 to 40 new IITs, shows a study by an industry body. The Associated Chambers of Commerce ... http://news.education4india.com/4129/coaching-iit-aspirants-a-rs100-bn-business-study/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4128/iit-delhi-revokes-expulsion-of-three-dalit-students/ http://news.education4india.com/4128/iit-delhi-revokes-expulsion-of-three-dalit-students/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:48:41 +0000 Education IIT Delhi University http://news.education4india.com/4128/iit-delhi-revokes-expulsion-of-three-dalit-students/ New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi Wednesday cancelled the expulsion of three Dalit students, but said the remaining 17 against whom similar action was taken for “poor performance” would not be reinducted. In a mail to IANS, the registrar’s office said the special review ... http://news.education4india.com/4128/iit-delhi-revokes-expulsion-of-three-dalit-students/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4127/iit-kanpur-yet-to-receive-funds-for-iit-rajasthan/ http://news.education4india.com/4127/iit-kanpur-yet-to-receive-funds-for-iit-rajasthan/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:53:41 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4127/iit-kanpur-yet-to-receive-funds-for-iit-rajasthan/ "We have already spent almost Rs one crore for the purpose," said registrar Sanjeev Kushalkar. "The central government has not released any fund to aid IIT Kanpur," he added. "We are already through with the admission process for the 112 out of ... http://news.education4india.com/4127/iit-kanpur-yet-to-receive-funds-for-iit-rajasthan/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4126/proposal-for-iit-in-syrian-capital-to-get-delayed/ http://news.education4india.com/4126/proposal-for-iit-in-syrian-capital-to-get-delayed/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:53:27 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4126/proposal-for-iit-in-syrian-capital-to-get-delayed/ New Delhi: With six new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) set to come up this year, the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has said that Syria's dream of an IIT on its soil will have to wait for some time. "The Government already has the huge task of setting ... http://news.education4india.com/4126/proposal-for-iit-in-syrian-capital-to-get-delayed/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4125/hrd-wants-faculty-quota-in-iit/ http://news.education4india.com/4125/hrd-wants-faculty-quota-in-iit/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:52:28 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4125/hrd-wants-faculty-quota-in-iit/ New Delhi: It is almost as if the OBC quota is not enough. The Human Resource Ministry under HRD Minister Arjun Singh has now ordered a quota for the teachers, leaving the IIT teaching staff fuming. The Government diktat was signed by the Director of Technical Education in the HRD ... http://news.education4india.com/4125/hrd-wants-faculty-quota-in-iit/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4124/expulsion-of-scst-student-from-iit-delhi/ http://news.education4india.com/4124/expulsion-of-scst-student-from-iit-delhi/#comments Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:45:03 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4124/expulsion-of-scst-student-from-iit-delhi/ The fact that 20 students were expelled from IIT Delhi became big news. But there are two sides to a story like most of us know. However little do we know about the other side to this story. There must have been some good reason for the administration to take such ... http://news.education4india.com/4124/expulsion-of-scst-student-from-iit-delhi/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4123/how-to-cope-with-a-long-distance-university-relationship/ http://news.education4india.com/4123/how-to-cope-with-a-long-distance-university-relationship/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:43:28 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4123/how-to-cope-with-a-long-distance-university-relationship/ Posh and Becks did it. Even Lindsay Lohan and one of McFly did it. No, not using your relationship to increase your press and gain lucrative record sales/sponsorship deals - we're talking about long-distance relationships. For university students, just as for the rich and famous, time spent apart is common. If ... http://news.education4india.com/4123/how-to-cope-with-a-long-distance-university-relationship/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4122/indias-first-women-iit-being-set-up-in-maharashtra/ http://news.education4india.com/4122/indias-first-women-iit-being-set-up-in-maharashtra/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:40:40 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4122/indias-first-women-iit-being-set-up-in-maharashtra/ NAGPUR: Even as there is talk about starting new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and increasing the number of seats in the existing ones, a move is afoot to open the country's first all-women engineering and technology-oriented institute in Amravati, President Pratibha Patil's hometown in Maharashtra. Sources said the Human ... http://news.education4india.com/4122/indias-first-women-iit-being-set-up-in-maharashtra/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4121/csir-to-team-up-with-iit-b-ntpc-for-clean-coal-tech/ http://news.education4india.com/4121/csir-to-team-up-with-iit-b-ntpc-for-clean-coal-tech/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:17:58 +0000 Education IIM IIT http://news.education4india.com/4121/csir-to-team-up-with-iit-b-ntpc-for-clean-coal-tech/ New Delhi: In an attempt to reduce the carbon dioxide emission levels from coal-based power projects, the government has asked the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and India’s largest power generation utility NTPC Ltd to work together in finding ways to use ... http://news.education4india.com/4121/csir-to-team-up-with-iit-b-ntpc-for-clean-coal-tech/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4120/csir-to-team-up-with-iit-b-ntpc-for-clean-coal-tech/ http://news.education4india.com/4120/csir-to-team-up-with-iit-b-ntpc-for-clean-coal-tech/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:17:15 +0000 Education IIM IIT http://news.education4india.com/4120/csir-to-team-up-with-iit-b-ntpc-for-clean-coal-tech/ New Delhi: In an attempt to reduce the carbon dioxide emission levels from coal-based power projects, the government has asked the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and India’s largest power generation utility NTPC Ltd to work together in finding ways to use ... http://news.education4india.com/4120/csir-to-team-up-with-iit-b-ntpc-for-clean-coal-tech/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4119/summer-placements-at-iit-kanpur-witness-major-deviation-in-profiles-companies/ http://news.education4india.com/4119/summer-placements-at-iit-kanpur-witness-major-deviation-in-profiles-companies/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:16:33 +0000 Education IIM IIT http://news.education4india.com/4119/summer-placements-at-iit-kanpur-witness-major-deviation-in-profiles-companies/ The Summer Placements at IIT Kanpur witnessed a major deviation from the previous years in terms of profiles and companies. Several new companies right from FMCG to construction were interested to recruit IIT-K’s talent. Organizations such as UNIDO (a wing of UNO Delhi), RBI, BPCL, ITC, Hindalco, KPMG, SBI Bank, NCDEX, ... http://news.education4india.com/4119/summer-placements-at-iit-kanpur-witness-major-deviation-in-profiles-companies/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4118/institutes-students-take-to-dual-degrees/ http://news.education4india.com/4118/institutes-students-take-to-dual-degrees/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:53:24 +0000 Education IIM http://news.education4india.com/4118/institutes-students-take-to-dual-degrees/ International exposure and the opportunity to learn things not usually taught in a single institute make double degrees valuable. A management degree is no more complete with the stamp of just one good Indian or international college on it. With recruiters preferring students with diverse education profile, quite a ... http://news.education4india.com/4118/institutes-students-take-to-dual-degrees/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4117/water-woes-end-iit-on-course/ http://news.education4india.com/4117/water-woes-end-iit-on-course/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:52:03 +0000 Education IIT http://news.education4india.com/4117/water-woes-end-iit-on-course/ The Bihar Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) is all set to open its doors for its first batch from July and August by admitting its quota of students, who cleared the Joint Entrance Examinations (JEE) recently. However, the top technocrats in the making would be a “displaced lot” for they ... http://news.education4india.com/4117/water-woes-end-iit-on-course/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4116/distance-learning-system-launched-in-sanaa-university/ http://news.education4india.com/4116/distance-learning-system-launched-in-sanaa-university/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:41:43 +0000 Education http://news.education4india.com/4116/distance-learning-system-launched-in-sanaa-university/ Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Saleh BaSorah along with the rector of Sana'a University Khaled Tomim launched on Monday a Distance Learning System in the university. In a ceremony held on this occasion, BaSorah affirmed importance of the system that would make contact between the students and their teachers ... http://news.education4india.com/4116/distance-learning-system-launched-in-sanaa-university/feed/ http://news.education4india.com/4115/tegrity-recognizes-outstanding-higher-education-leaders-at-2nd-annual-user-conference/ http://news.education4india.com/4115/tegrity-recognizes-outstanding-higher-education-leaders-at-2nd-annual-user-conference/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:39:13 +0000 Education Distance Learning http://news.education4india.com/4115/tegrity-recognizes-outstanding-higher-education-leaders-at-2nd-annual-user-conference/ Tegrity, provider of the leading class capture web service for higher education, announced today the winners of the Tegrity Innovation Awards program, which recognizes outstanding achievements in higher education technology on campuses throughout the United States. These awards honor leading institutions whose innovative uses of the technology have impacted ... http://news.education4india.com/4115/tegrity-recognizes-outstanding-higher-education-leaders-at-2nd-annual-user-conference/feed/