Applications for the Chevening Gurukul Scholarships for the academic year 2010 -11 are now open until 20 January 2010.The Chevening Gurukul Scholarship on Leadership at the London School of Economics is the flagship British Government scholarship scheme in India. It

In order to overcome the imbalance of the number of engineering colleges amongst states, the AICTE has taken up the following initiatives:(i) AICTE has now allowed second shift of engineering college (s) in existing engineering colleges(s) only in those States

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has registered 27,50 and 31 cases of corporal punishment in school during 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 (till date) respectively and has also taken suo-moto cognizance of 10 such incidents since January,

The HRD Ministry is mulling close co-operation with the recently set up UID Authority. The HRD Ministry is keen on this as this will provide all school going children and teachers with a UID number, so that a countrywide monitoring

Sikkim Manipal University Directorate of Distance Education (SMU-DDE) yesterday announced the launch of Vidyadeep, a nationwide scholarship program for 1500 meritorious and deserving students of SMU-DE programs across India. Out of these 1500 scholarships, 500 scholarships will be offered to

including limit of income of parents/guardians are given below:1. Scheme of Post Matric Scholarships to the Students belonging to Scheduled Castes for Studies in India:The objective of the scheme is to provide financial assistance to the [...]

IIM Lucknow, in association with Citi announced the launch of the institute's much awaited Annual International Business Conclave, Manfest 2010 with the opening of the Manfest 2010 website - www.iimlmanfest.com. This edition of Manfest is centered around the theme India:

A growing demand in Asia for ESL is driving VerbaLearn's 2010 marketing strategies, says CEO James Potter. "Across South Asia and the Philippines," he says, "we're seeing a huge demand among students to acquire English skills through affordable means, which

Georgia's 38,000 high school dropouts in the class of 2007 will cost taxpayers $4.8 billion over their lifetime due to costs associated with incarceration, Medicaid and other government programs, according to a new study released by the Friedman Foundation and

IIM Lucknow's Noida Campus organised the first CEO Conclave on the theme "Building strategy for rural India" at the India Habitat Centre. The CEO conclave was an initiative of the students of International Program in Management for Executives (IPMX) and

In a formal graduation ceremony held at Sharda University, Greater Noida, the first batch of 25 students studying Clinical Research at the university were awarded a Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Research (PGDCR). Dr R P Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Sharda University

National Institute of Technology (NIT-W), Warangal, (www.nitw.ac.in) is set to establish a terahertz technology development centre, the first of its kind in INDIA.The technical partner of this center is M/S TeraHertz Technology, Hyderabad which has collaboration with M/S TeraView, Cambridge,

Research shows the next generation of Texas youth is not prepared to take on the challenges of the 21st century. Eighty percent of jobs created in the next decade will require math and science skills. However, today's students show declining

Customers who wish to submit student visa applications at the visa application centres in New Delhi, Chandigarh and Jalandhar are required to make a prior appointment.From Monday 14 December 2009, please use the following new email addresses to make a

Imagine Management students becoming street side Vendors while maintaining discipline and décor of a typical corporate manager.The initiative aptly named - Mandi designed by Europe Asia Business School (EABS) to make the students understand the management subjects through experience and

The next round of the Newton International Fellowship scheme will be open for applications on 14 December 2009. The scheme, run by The British Academy, The Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society, aims to attract the world's best

Written by education academics from 10 nations, Climate Change and Sustainable Development: the Response from Education proposes eight recommendations for education policy makers. Dr Dianne Chambers, from the University of Melbourne's Graduate School of Education, prepared the Australian country report.The

This has been the year of the charter school (public schools run by private operators) in education policy in the United States. Federal education secretary Arne Duncan made charter schools one of the centre-pieces of the US$4.35 billion 'Race to

Aptech, a learning solutions company has featured in the 2009 Global Top 20 IT Training organizations list compiled by TrainingIndustry.com. The 2009 Top IT Training Companies list is intended to serve as aide to the selection process of a suitable

In a first-ever initiative for US universities in collaborating with a student placement service provider, they have chosen to work with IDP Education, the world's largest student placement firm, for student placements from India. IDP Education, based on recognition of