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India’s first and only Library Awards – Wiley Library Awards – Announced
Winners in 3 categories chosen from 145+ nominations from IITs, IIMs, NITs, IISERs, leading medical institutes such as AIIMS, and research institutes such as CDRI Wiley India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of John Wiley and Sons Inc. and a global leader in the publishing industry, today announced the winners of the second edition of the Wiley Library Awards 2017. The awards for Digitally Transformed Academic Library, Aspiring Young Academic Library, and
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Minister of HRD, Govt of India
Shri Prakash Javadekar – 31st Minister of Human Resource Development (Education)
Shri Prakash Javadekar represents the Bharatiya Janata Party and is the incumbent Minister of Human Resource Development of Government of India. As Union Minister for Human Resource Development Shri Javadekar assumed office on 05th July, 2016. Shri Prakash Javadekar was honoured with Sir Purshottam Das Thakur Memorial National Award, for research Paper on Rural Development and Banks’ Role in Coordinated Approach and also had the honour of leading the delegation
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India’s First National Rail and Transportation University at Vadodara get Cabinet Approval
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Ministry of Railways’ transformative initiative to set up the first ever National Rail and Transport University (NRTU) in Vadodara to skill its human resources and build capability.
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Admissions Alert
IMT Hyderabad invites Applications for PGDM Batch 2018-20
Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Hyderabad invites applications for PGDM programs for the batch 2018-20. Candidates should have valid CAT 2017/GMAT/CMAT 2018/XAT 2018 Score. Last date to apply is November 24, 2017. IMT Hyderabad will conduct the Critical Thinking, Group Exercise and Personal Interview Process (CT, GE and PI) in the first Week of February 2018 for the shortlisted candidates. “IMT Hyderabad, the fourth and the youngest IMT to be
Scholarships News
IIT Genius Scholarships for Sponsored Education at any IIT
FIITJEE is commemorating its 25th Anniversary in the test preparation domain as it has been helping students to realise their GOAL by creating an environment of excellence driven academic delivery. As an extension to this celebration it has launched the IIT Genius Scholarships (www.iitgenius.com). It’s a revolutionary service to honour the Geniuses. Under the aegis of IIT Genius Scholarship, the selected talented students will be bestowed with the honour of
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Future Forward Skills Mission launched by UK India Business Council (UKIBC) & Tata Trusts
Future Forward Skills Mission, a multi-donor partnership initiated by UKIBC, anchored by Tata Trusts and managed by Sattva Consulting has been launched and is inviting applications for its Fund. The Mission aims to catalyze market-based employability solutions that address the aspirations of India’s young workforce and make them future-ready. With the first request for proposals, the Mission aims to fund 4-6 promising organizations over 18 months and provide grant awards worth Rs. 2.5 Crore
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IIT Genius Scholarships for Sponsored Education at any IIT
FIITJEE is commemorating its 25th Anniversary in the test preparation domain as it has been helping students to realise their GOAL by creating an environment of excellence driven academic delivery. As an extension to this celebration it has launched the IIT Genius Scholarships (www.iitgenius.com). It’s a revolutionary service to honour the Geniuses. Under the aegis of IIT Genius Scholarship, the selected talented students will be bestowed with the honour of
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IIT Genius Scholarships for Sponsored Education at any IIT
FIITJEE is commemorating its 25th Anniversary in the test preparation domain as it has been helping students to realise their GOAL by creating an environment of excellence driven academic delivery. As an extension to this celebration it has launched the IIT Genius Scholarships (www.iitgenius.com). It’s a revolutionary service to honour the Geniuses. Under the aegis of IIT Genius Scholarship, the selected talented students will be bestowed with the honour of
Convocation News
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473 students graduated from 16th Convocation of IIIT Hyderabad
Largest ever convocation at IIIT Hyderabad, with a record number of 84 research students, including 16 Ph.Ds Hyderabad, August 12, 2017: International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-Hyderabad) celebrated its 16th convocation ceremony on Saturday 12th August 2017. It graduated 473 students, the largest ever, with a record number of 84 research students, including 16 Ph.Ds. Sri G V Prasad, CEO, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, was the chief guest at the ceremony
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More than 6000 Hyderabad students to get Education Loans from Auxilo Finserve Led by CEO Mr. Neeraj Saxena
Auxilo Finserve Private Limited (Auxilo) launched its first branch in Hyderabad and will disburse over INR 75 crore in the next 15 months to students from Hyderabad looking at graduate and postgraduate degrees either from domestic or international universities. During the same period, the company plans to / will disburse over INR 350 crore facilitating students across India to pursue similar courses. The Indian education loan industry disbursed approximately INR
IIT Delhi to organise 9th International Conference on Excellence in School Education
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi is organizing their 9th International Conference on Excellence in School Education from 21st to 23rd December 2017 for more than 1000+ School Chairpersons, Presidents, Directors, Trustees, Principals, Teachers, and Students. The 3-day program is being held at IIT Delhi and will see a participation of delegates from across India, more than 40 domain experts will facilitate knowledge through different formats across 3 days. First time ever
The need for Values Education in Schools
In 2006 Hassan suggested that ’the fundamental standards of humanity are increasingly being ignored’ (Vardy 2006 p.2), suggesting that we live in an increasingly divided world of values between those who ‘see life without essential meaning and purpose and dedicate themselves to material success and those who have a wider set of values which suggest there is more to life than this.’ (p.2). Likewise, In the context of world conflict
CARE, an initiative on “Child Development & Behavioural Management” by Studenting Era
Studenting Era has announced a major initiative for child development and behavioral management called CARE to socially contribute to the student community. It was announced at The Park, New Delhi in an inauguration ceremony and conclave that was attended by whos who in the education sector including academicians from schools, colleges, institutions, universities and the government. CARE is an initiative by Studenting Era whose main objective was to build an
Ranking News
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Ranked 9th in the World
The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) is known for its cutting edge R&D knowledge base in diverse S&T areas. It is a contemporary R&D organisation. Having pan-India presence, CSIR has a dynamic network of 38 national laboratories and 38 outreach Centres. CSIR covers a wide spectrum of science and technology – from radio and space physics, oceanography, geophysics, chemicals, drugs, genomics, biotechnology and nanotechnology to mining, aeronautics, instrumentation,