New Delhi: Gopinath Pradhan is the new vice- chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), a statement released here said on Wednesday.
Sixty-year-old Pradhan joined IGNOU in 1993 and was the director of the university’s School of Social Sciences (SOSS) since 2010.
A professor of Economics, Pradhan was associated with the National Institute of Public [...]
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to Delhi University and St. Stephen’s College on an appeal challenging the single judge’s order that upheld the appointment of Valson Thampu as the principal of the prestigious college.
A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajeev Sahai Endlaw also issued notice [...]
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh University is going to start a course on archaeology to preserve the civilization of the hill state, Governor Urmila Singh said here on Sunday.
“Work is in progress for starting a course in archaeology, which would go a long way in preserving the remnants of historic civilization and memorials of this beautiful hill [...]
Guwahati: The Assam government and Pearson Group Saturday announced a joint initiative to provide vocational skills training for young people in schools in Assam.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi also launched the first skills delivery centre under the initiative at the Kamrup Academy Higher Secondary School in Guwahati, which is expected to serve as a platform [...]
Patna: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen was on Thursday appointed as the first chancellor of the upcoming Nalanda International University in Bihar, an official said.
“Decision to appoint Amartya Sen as first chancellor of the university was taken on Thursday in its meeting of the board of governors here,” said the official of the state education department.
The [...]
New Delhi: Taking another step on its proposal to introduce a common entrance test for engineering courses, the government on Wednesday held talks with state education ministers and said that they had “in principle” agreed to bringing in the new format.
Talking to reporters after a meeting with state education ministers, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil [...]
New Delhi: New wheelchairs, lifts and additional security will soon be provided at all regional centres of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) to help the differently-abled students.
“Many students with disabilities are seeking admission to various courses offered by IGNOU. At present there are a few thousands of students with different categories of disabilities,” [...]
New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) would soon be launching a study centre in Zambia for three management programmes, an official statement said on Monday.
“The university will soon be opening its study centre in collaboration with the Zambian Open University (ZOU) in Zambia for three MBA (Master of Business Administration) programmes,” said [...]
New Delhi: A new and improved website of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), with easy access to regional centres, was inaugurated here on Thursday.
The inauguration was done by Vice Chancellor M. Aslam after unfurling the tricolour at the campus on Republic Day.
The website has a better look, easier accessibility and more user-friendly.
“The sites [...]
Kolkata: Providing medical help, financial support and companionship to elderly teachers to bring joy to their lonely lives, the alumni of a leading Kolkata school are paying unique ‘gurudakshina’ – traditional offering by students to their gurus.
The ,an alumni association of South Point school , has constituted a ‘care wing’ which endeavours to reconnect with [...]
Beijing: A total of 500 million yuan (around $79 million) from China’s lottery earnings has been used to financially support underprivileged school students and teachers, the education ministry has said.
At least 200 million yuan — or 2,000 yuan each — was given to 100,000 promising high school students from poor families in Yunnan, Guizhou, Gansu [...]
New Delhi: Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Wednesday said India and Thailand will finalise by the middle of 2012 a free trade agreement and upgrade the pact to a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA), opening trade in services and investments .
“In my discussion with Prime Minister (Manmohan) Singh, we will work together to finalise [...]
New Delhi: The human resource development ministry on Monday announced it was preparing a citizen’s charter to bring more transparency in its functioning.
Under the charter, 25 working days has been fixed for releasing funds for any programme. Similarly, for copyright, a time frame of 15 days has been fixed and beyond 25 days, it will [...]
Bangalore: Prakriya Green Wisdom School and Sri Kumaran Children’s Home of Bangalore were among the five winners of the Wipro ‘Earthian’ awards for excellence in education.
The IT bellwether, which funds the Azim Premji University through the Azim Premji Foundation to train teachers and professionals, has designed the Earthian programme to foster excellence in school and [...]
Singapore: Japanese electronics giant Sony has launched a corporate university campus in Singapore, the first outside Japan, a media report said on Thursday.
The campus, in the International Business Park in Jurong, will train middle and senior executives for positions in Asia Pacific and emerging markets such as India, China, Vietnam and the Middle East.
The company [...]