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UCMAS Delhi to host Mega Abacus contest at St. Columba’s School

Apr 22, 2019, at 10:17 pm

New Delhi, Apr 22 (IBNS): An Abacus competition awaits its way at St. Columba’s School, Ashoka Place in New Delhi on Apr 28.

Tips to Crack B. Design Entrance Exam

Apr 17, 2019, at 01:24 pm

The field of design is a fast emerging one. Every year thousands of students apply in different colleges and universities to make that design dream happen. While the fieldis inclined towards creativity, the b design entrance exams are as tough as any other. 

Entrances for SRMJEEE (B.Tech), SRMJEEH (UG/PG) starts today

Apr 15, 2019, at 11:31 pm

New Delhi, Apr 15 (IBNS): SRM Joint Entrance Examination for Engineering - SRMJEEE (B.Tech), SRM Joint Entrance Examination for Health Sciences (SRMJEEH) for UG and PG, will be held between 15th April to 25th April 2019.

Pondicherry Central University improves ranking

Apr 09, 2019, at 04:53 pm

Puducherry, Apr 9 (UNI) Pondicherry Central University (PU) has improved in the ranking conducted by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).

IIT Bombay alumnus Kanishak Kataria tops UPSC civil service exam

Apr 05, 2019, at 11:30 pm

New Delhi, Apr 5 (IBNS): Alumnus of IIT Bombay Kanishak Kataria has topped the prestigious civil services exam as the UPSC declared its results on Friday.

JNU students' hunger strike against MBA course enters 8th day

Mar 28, 2019, at 01:56 pm

New Delhi, Mar 28 (IBNS): An indefinite hunger strike by students of Jawaharlal Nehru University against the introduction of an expensive MBA course at the university entered its eighth day today.

IIT-Hyderabad invites applications for fully-paid Fellowship prog for 2019-20

Mar 18, 2019, at 03:34 pm

Hyderabad, Mar 18 (UNI) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Hyderabad Center for Healthcare Entrepreneurship (CfHE) invited applications for its fully-paid Fellowship programme for the year 2019-20.

JIS-Bosch-Rexroth Centre of Excellence opens at Narula Institute of Technology

Mar 11, 2019, at 11:52 pm

Kolkata, Mar 11 (IBNS): The German firm Bosch-Rexroth opened its first hydraulic training lab in eastern India with the inauguration of JIS-Bosch-Rexroth Centre of Excellence at Narula Institute of Technology, a flagship college of the JIS Group.

Karnataka CET examination postponed to April 29 and 30 due to LS Polls

Mar 11, 2019, at 07:43 pm

Bengaluru, Mar 11 (UNI) The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has postponed Common Entrance Test (CET) scheduled for April 23 and 24 has been postponed to April 29, 30 and March one.

Quota worry for general category students in Maharashtra

Mar 09, 2019, at 01:47 pm

Mumbai, Mar 9 (IBNS): Getting into top junior colleges in the Maharashtra capital will be tougher this year for general candidates with 83 to 93 per cent seats coming under reservations this time.

Tripura university starts organic cultivation

Mar 03, 2019, at 10:31 am

Agartala, Mar 3 (UNI): In an innovative initiative Tripura University has cultivated vegetables for its campus inmates in the utilised land and within four months about 600 kilogram potato was harvested in a day.

GNIT selected as nodal centre for grand finale of Smart India Hackathon 2019

Mar 01, 2019, at 06:10 pm

Kolkata, Mar 1 (IBNS); Guru Nanak Institute of Technology, flag ship college of JIS Group, has been selected third time in a row as the nodal centre to organise the third edition of Smart India Hackathon 2019 Software Edition Grand Finale on Mar 2 and 3.

Textiles Minister Smriti Irani launches short term courses at NIFT Panchkula

Feb 28, 2019, at 03:15 pm

New Delhi, Feb 28 (IBNS): Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani, launched five short term courses at NIFT Panchkula, Haryana,through video link from New Delhi on Thursday.

IIT Roorkee, Jindal Stainless to include elective course on stainless steel and advanced carbon special steel

Feb 21, 2019, at 04:36 pm

New Delhi, Feb 21 (IBNS): IIT Roorkee and Jindal Stainless have recently entered into a long-term association in order to equip the bright and young minds of the country, who are on the verge of stepping into the industry, with full knowledge about stainless steel and advanced carbon special steel.

UN global education envoy urges new funding for ‘lost generation’ of children forced out of classrooms by conflict

Feb 20, 2019, at 09:28 am

New York, Feb 20 (IBNS): A child’s “real passport” to the future – education – should be stamped in the classroom, not at a border checkpoint, UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown said on Tuesday.

5 Signs That It's Time to Change Your Child's School

Feb 07, 2019, at 03:28 pm

Finding a school for your child is a tough task. However, the difficulty level surpasses this limit when you have to pull your child out of their school and select another one. This challenging decision often gets ignored,and parents don’t understand if changing school is the need of the hour or not. 

UNICEF MP Chief interacts with children on safer internet day

Feb 05, 2019, at 11:10 pm

Amarkantak, Feb 5 (IBNS): Michael Juma, Chief UNICEF, Madhya Pradesh speaking to children at Kendriya Vidyalaya of Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, in Amarkantak talked about digital parity, safety and care as Safer Internet Day was observed. 

IIT Kharagpur to have centre of excellence in advanced manufacturing technology with an industrial research and innovation unit

Feb 03, 2019, at 04:59 pm

Kolkata, Feb 3 (IBNS): The Centre of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing Technology at Indian Institute of Technology at IIT Kharagpur is coming up with a Research and Innovation Unit to encourage utility of Technology for the development and growth of the industrial manufacturing sector.

BSDU enters in MoU with Rajasthan ILD Skill University

Feb 01, 2019, at 06:11 pm

Jaipur, Feb 1 (IBNS): Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Bhartiya Skill Development University (BSDU) and Rajasthan ILD Skills University (RISU) on occasion of valediction ceremony of around 200 trainers who have participated in training of trainers from 11 districts of Rajasthan.

Book review: Exploring the evolution of womanhood

Jan 30, 2019, at 05:18 pm

Durga, a Bengali novel by Suparna, revolves around the birth, childhood and life of the eponymous protagonist, till her marriage.

Sanskriti University signs MOU with ICAR-NBPGR

Jan 10, 2019, at 11:03 pm

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IBNS): Sanskriti University, which has a campus spread over 40 acres in Mathura near Delhi, has signed an MOU with Indian Council of Agricultural Research –National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources(ICAR-NBPGR) to further the cause of academic excellence and research. 

HRD Minister Javadekar approves addition of 5000 more seats in Navodaya Vidyalayas from AY 2019-20

Jan 07, 2019, at 06:40 pm

New Delhi, Jan 7 (IBNS): Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday announced the approval an increase of 5000 seats in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) for the Academic Year 2019-20. 

Excited Opportunities In Communication Design

Dec 22, 2018, at 01:58 pm

Design as a function is an essentialpillar of our society. It is one of those underrated disciplines that often get overshadowed by other sectors. Design as an industry has a significant impact on everything around us. From as simple as a water bottle to smartphone and even complicated things like aircraft and what not – everything has athought-outelement of design.

University of Worcester felicitates educationalist and Bollywood actress Swaroop Sampat-Rawal with honorary doctorate

Dec 03, 2018, at 11:08 pm

Mumbai, Dec 3 (IBNS): The University of Worcester of the UK hosted “Celebrating Inclusion”, a gala event in Mumbai to target students, educators and government to have a wider presence across India and increase recruitment. The University also felicitated educationalist and Bollywood actress, Dr. Swaroop Sampat-Rawal with an honorary doctorate to recognise her contribution to the field of education and inclusion.

Govt's bag breather for schoolchildren

Nov 27, 2018, at 10:31 pm

New Delhi, Nov 27 (IBNS): School bags are set to become lighter with India's human resource development ministry issuing a directive to this effect to states and Union territories.

U.S. Consul General inaugurates English Access Micro Scholarship program for 30 youth leaders in Kolkata

Nov 23, 2018, at 11:32 pm

Kolkata, Nov 23 (IBNS): U.S. Consul General Patricia Hoffman inaugurated English Access Micro Scholarship program for 30 youth leaders of Kolkata based NGO Jungle Crows Foundation by releasing balloon, at the Crows Field on Park Street Maidan on Friday.   

University of Bradford to host the ‘Leadership in the Age of Digital Era’ workshop in Delhi

Nov 22, 2018, at 07:05 pm

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IBNS): With an aim to initiate a discussion with influencers of students, the UK-based University of Bradford will be organizing the ‘Leadership in the Age of Digital Era’ workshop on 23rd November at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Delhi.

UNSW Sydney starts roadshows to attract Indian students

Nov 19, 2018, at 05:30 pm

Kolkata, Nov 19 (IBNS): University of New South Wales (UNSW) held the first of its open days series here on Sunday to attract new high-school graduates from across India as part of a multi-city roadshow to give them a first look at the range of higher-education opportunities and career tracks on offer at one of the top-ranked teaching and research institutions in the world.

Odisha government announces fellowship for NET qualified candidates

Nov 17, 2018, at 05:16 pm

Bhubaneswar, Nov 17 (IBNS): The Odisha government has announced to provide fellowships to some selected candidates who have qualified national eligibility test but failed to get the junior research fellow.

First woman director of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

Nov 17, 2018, at 01:18 pm

Kolkata, Nov 17 (IBNS) :  Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C)  will have its first woman director in the five decades of its existence when  Professor Anju Seth joins the institute, her alma mater.