Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, India’s biggest manufacturer of aeroplanes and related equipment, has submitted a detailed project report for setting up an aerospace university in the country, the government said. The university will be called ‘HAL Aerospace University’, the civil aviation ministry said in response to a query. The university, to be set up at a […]
The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test medical entrance test for academic year 2017-18 will be conducted in eight languages, the government of India said. The decision was taken by the government after consultations with State Governments. The eight languages are Hindi, English, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Telugu and Tamil. The language will not impact the […]
Law and Justice minister said that reservations to Dalits and backward communities was essential to ensuring equality of opportunity in government jobs. Delivering a talk on the concepts of freedom and equality in the Indian constitution, Prasad said it was wrong to think that reservations — based on caste and community — was against the […]
Mukta Arts said its subsidiary Whistling Woods International Ltd has opened its 8th school — Whistling Woods International School of Design — in association with ECV, a design school in France. The École de communication visuelle or ECV is a French private design school. The India school offers a Bachelor’s degree in visual communication and design, […]
The Government has approved the establishment of Indian Institute of Management at Jammu in a temporary campus at Old Government College of Engineering & Technology from the Academic Year 2016-17. The project will involve a cost of Rs 62 crore in temporary campus for the initial four years from 2016 to 2020, said the government. […]
Canara bank said it has been chosen as the joint venture partner by the government of India for the establishment of a Higher Education Financing Agency. The Higher Education Financing Agency or HEFA is a not-for-profit agency with initial capital base of Rs. 1000 Crore and was announced in the last budget. It would be […]
Training provider NIIT said it tied up with the University of Danang in Central Vietnam to embed its training programs in the University. Students may undergo a four-year bachelor degree program or a three-year associate degree program in information technology. University system will continue to teach the subjects such as language, science etc. to obtain […]
NIIT, an Indian multinational company in skills and talent development, said it has acquired the business of Bangalore-based start-up Perceptron Learning Solutions Pvt Ltd. Established in 2014, Perceptron focuses on developing learning platforms that combine deep analytics and semantic computing to ensure better learning outcomes. “Taking forward NIIT’s thrust on digital transformation in the EdTech […]
Tired of getting stuck with fresh recruits who do not have required skills, outsourcing companies in India, along with industry body Nasscom, have launched a new finance and accounting course. The course, created with the support of Business Process Management companies across the country, will help students in pursuing the finance & accounting occupation in […]
NIIT, an Indian multinational company in skills and talent development, launched its flagship training centre at Tongren Polytechnic College in China to develop next generation IT professionals in the field of big-data and analytics. Earlier in April 2016, NIIT entered into a strategic agreement with Guizhou province to help the provincial government build global quality […]
India does have ambitions to reach the level of developed nations in education, but it will take at least six generations or 126 years to scale up to the top standard, if the country continues at its present pace in one of the most vital sectors, an ASSOCHAM Paper has said. “Though India has made […]
Training provider Aptech Ltd said it is entering into preschool education through an alliance with Mumbai-based Montana International Preschool. Montana International Preschool powered by Aptech (MIPA) plans to set up 1000 preschools in India over the next two years. Aptech is the latest education company to enter the pre-school market. TIME, a pioneer in CAT […]
Delhi government is planning to bring Closed Circuit Television cameras (CCTV) not just for the purpose of security but to keep a tab on what is going on inside classrooms, said Punya Salila Shrivastava, Secretary, Education said at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi today. Speaking on the Conference on Quality Education for All […]
The government, in association with NGOs, set up an online library called Sugamaya Pustakalaya for visually impaired people. This online platform offers e- books across diverse subjects and languages and multiple accessible formats and is powered by TCS access. With the help of SugamAya Pustakalaya — set up with the help of Daisy Forum of […]
Cab aggregator Ola has partnered with a finance company to provide education loans for the children of its driver partners, the company said. The loan comes with easier interest rates and is applicable for children pursuing education from Std 1 to Std 12. “This first of its kind initiative allows loan options for driver-partners to […]
It’s perhaps not something that Smriti Irani expected when she was working as a television artist, but the Union Human Resource Development minister has overtaken top Bollywood heroines as far as online search interest is concerned, a day after her emotional speech in Parliament. On Thursday, a day after she answered her detractors and critics […]
The number of searches for educational courses outside India has more than doubled this year compared to the last, according to a study undertaken on the trends in overseas education by Sulekha.com, a local services and classifieds website. “When compared to the previous year, the study witnessed 114% upsurge in online search for overseas education,” […]
India came third in the number of candidates who took the CFA or Chartered Financial Analyst exam in June, organizers said. Of the 125,443 candidates who sat for the exams globally, 10,651 were from India, CFA Institute said. A total of 57,476 candidates passed the exams. Only the United States (30,715) and China (21,057) had […]
Pre-school chain Tree House Education & Accessories Ltd reported a 28.05% jump in revenue for the first quarter to Rs 69.03 cr, while profit after tax rose 12.2% to Rs 18.02 cr. “In Q1FY16, we opened 35 new centers and, as a result, we are today spread across 97 cities with our total pre-school count […]
NIIT has launched its remote or e-learning service in China, with support for Mandarin. China is one of NIIT’s biggest markets, and Cloud Campus is a solution that enables remote learning. The solution enables students to learn from the best teachers irrespective of their geographical location. They can also get hands-on practice through lab exercises […]
