New Delhi: The Union Service Public Commission (UPSC) has announced the result of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2010 held on May 23, 2010. The results are available on www.ExamResults.net"The successful candidates have qualified for admission to the Civil Services (Main) Examination ...

Hyderabad: President Pratibha Patil on Thursday inaugurated the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM 2010) here with a call to promote mathematics amongst the younger generation. She said that study of mathematics inculcates the habit of rational thought and promotes scientific temper."The ...

New Delhi: To enable Information and Communications Technology (ICT) based education in the varsity, Delhi University (DU) has introduced e-classes for its students, which have been uploaded on its online portal. A one-day workshop on the launch of the e-classes was held recently in which almost 40 ...

New Delhi: The Delhi government is planning to open four technical education institutes in rural areas of the capital, an official said on Thursday."With Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit of the view that rural areas need to be given special care, more teaching institutes can be opened at these places,"...

New Delhi: NIS Sparta, an educational training institution and part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG), on Thursday announced the placement of 2,000 underprivileged youth from rural areas under a special, government-led project."The special project for the unemployed rural youth fr...

New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Wednesday set up a three-member committee of lawyers to inspect the 56 Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) schools where students are being taught under tents.The committee comprising S.K. Dubey, Najmi Waziri and Ashok Aggrawal has been asked to submit its report with...

New Delhi: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has taken up a programme for revival of schools set up by eminent educational thinkers across the country during the freedom struggle.Terming these as heritage schools, the NCERT will restore them to carry forward the ideol...

New Delhi: Premier educational institutes like the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) are facing a faculty crunch with nearly one-third of the posts vacant, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.Around 35 percent posts are vacant in the central univer...

Bangalore: The University of Cincinnati will grant undergraduate scholarships worth $1 million to Indian students from the next academic year, the American university said on Wednesday."We will provide two full scholarships to undergraduate Indian students joining our university in fall 2011. The el...

Kolkata: The Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) is all set to introduce a new course on eco-friendly technology in its post graduate programme for executives from the 2010-11 session."To meet the worldwide thrust on eco-friendly technologies, IIM-C has introduced a new course titled 'gr...

Delhi: Telecommunication industry is one of the rapidly growing sectors with new innovations happening every other day. A lecture on 'Telecom Convergence' by Nitin Bajaj, Strategic & Business Development Manager of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) was organized today by Delhi School of Management...

New Delhi: In order to raise the competence of Indian Forest Service Officers in the areas of environmental policy and forestry management, the government of India has tied up with some universities in the USA to provide Mid-Career Training to the officers. Via the partnership, the Mid Career Traini...

Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu: The Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) is inviting applications from girl students belonging to minority communities for the Maulana Azad National Scholarship. MAEF will be presenting the scholarship to around 692 meritorious girl students of minority communities study...

New Delhi: As the tussle between the Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) and the Delhi University (DU) administration over the semester system continues, it is the students who are being made to suffer.Classes at DU were disrupted on Tuesday as around 1,000 teachers from the varsity demons...

New Delhi: Tightening its reins over medical practitioners, the Medical Council of India (MCI) on Tuesday asked doctors to register with the state councils wherever they are practicing."All medical graduates and postgraduates must register with the state medical councils wherever they are practicing...

Chandigarh: After launching its centres across India, Punjab Technical University (PTU) is all set to take the education world by storm by foraying into South Asian and African countries.To start with, PTU will launch its management and technical courses through distance learning programmes in SAARC...

New Delhi: A common entrance test for students aspiring to study medicine is likely to be introduced from the next year, the Medical Council of India (MCI) said on Tuesday."The common entrance test for undergraduate and postgraduate students will soon be a reality. The health minister has approved (...

New Delhi: As the faculty crunch in medical colleges becomes a major issue of concern, the Medical Council of India (MCI) is now mulling conducting tele-classes for students.An All India Medical College Tele-Medicine Network is under the consideration of the health ministry, Sita Naik, a member of t...

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will soon be instituting two awards for schools all over India so as to encourage the implementation of the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) as well as the Mentoring and Monitoring System.CBSE has instituted the awards for all 1...

New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday urged educational institutions to prepare students as skilled workers, as there is a mismatch between the talents that graduates possess and the needs of employers in various sectors.Inaugurating the golden jubilee celebration of Delhi University's Sri ...