The 8th FICCI Higher Education
Summit 2012, organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &
Industry (FICCI) in partnership with the Ministry of Human Resource Development
(MHRD) and the Planning Commission, is taking place November 5 and 6 in New
Delhi. The Summit brings together key
policy makers, thought leaders from domestic and foreign educational institutes, and
corporate representatives to engage in knowledge sharing, examine global best
practices in higher education sector improvements, and deliberate policy imperatives. The program includes panel discussions,
master classes and exhibitions on the emergence of education hubs, academic
reorganization, the industry-academia interface, cross border partnerships, fostering
social responsibility, and collaborative research in higher
education, among others.
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June 2012
Indian American Appointed to Top Yale Position
The prestigious Yale University on Sunday announced the appointment of Indian-American academician Anjani Jain to a top university position. Beginning July 1, 2012 Mr. Jain will join the Yale School of Management (SOM) as senior associate dean for the full-time MBA programme.
Mr. Jain has served in multiple leadership roles at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, including 10 years as vice dean of its full-time MBA programme. His appointment comes at a time of important expansion and opportunity for Yale SOM.
India, Myanmar agree to set advanced agricultural research, education centre
India and Myanmar on Monday decided to establish the Advanced Centre for Agricultural Research and Education as a Centre for Excellence using cutting edge technology along with traditional knowledge and ecological conservation with financial and technical assistance from India.
Calls for free land for private universities
A planning commission group has sought massive government support, including free land to the private sector entering higher education, as its Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia pitched for across-the-board fee hikes in universities, reports the Press Trust India.
Parliament passes two higher education bills
India’s Rajya Sabha, the Council of States, last week passed two key bills to enable students at Indian institutes of science education and research to get their degrees and give eight new institutes of technology their status through an Act of Parliament. India’s Rajya Sabha, the Council of States, last week passed two key bills to enable students at Indian institutes of science education and research to get their degrees and give eight new institutes of technology their status through an Act of Parliament, reports ZeeNews.com.
'E-education sector to touch $45bn mark by 2015'
At $600 billion, the education spending in India has surpassed that of the US and is growing by leaps and bounds, a research report said.
The education spending in India is at $600 billion and the private education segment alone is expected to cross $45 billion mark by 2015 from the present $35 billion, according to a research report prepared by Investor Relation Society, affiliated to US based Global Investor Relations Network. The report said that skill and vocational training are fast throwing good amount of opportunities.
City boasts of five Fulbright scholars this year
HYDERABAD: Among this year’s Fulbright scholars headed to the United States of America, five will represent Hyderabad. The orientation for the candidates selected for Fulbright-Nehru scholarships for 2012-13 in progress in the city will conclude on May 15.
Speaking at a press conference conducted by US-India Educational Foundation (USIEF), the executive director of USIEF, Adam J Grotsky said that the scholar programme in India is the largest in the world with a participation of over 400 candidates.
USIEF Kolkata presents special seminar for undergraduate students
KOLKATA: The United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) Kolkata presented a special seminar for undergraduate students, their parents and school authorities at the American Center on May 4, 2012. A special presentation on 'Undergraduate Admissions: What The University of Chicago, Brown University, Bernard College and Columbia University expect from applicants' was made by Natalia I Ostrowski, senior admissions counsellor, The University of Chicago; Panetha Theodosia Nychis Ott, associate director of admission and director of international admission, Brown University and Carolyn Middleton, director of admissions, Barnard College.
Dual degrees with foreign universities get nod
Doing a course from global top universities such as Harvard, Peking or Oxford, while being in India, will soon be a reality. Country’s higher education regulator, the University Grants Commission, on Saturday opened doors for world top 500 universities to start dual degree or twining courses with Indian higher education institutions.
The commission approved regulations also gave six months to higher education institutions in India running courses of foreign universities to meet the new regulatory framework. “The institutions failing to meet the regulations will face action,” UGC’s acting chairperson Ved Prakash told HT, after the commissions’ meeting where the regulations were approved.
Manipal University mulls first Indian campus in China
Manipal University is in talks with Chinese officials to open the first campus of an Indian university in China.
The Karnataka-based private university is exploring a tie-up with two Chinese universities, Tianjin University and Shanghai's Tongji University, to set up what would be China's first all-English educational institution that will provide training in Information Technology (IT) and in the sciences.
Eight educational tie-ups announced
India and the US last week announced eight institutional partnership projects for the first Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative awards, in a milestone in the educational ties between the two countries, reports the Press Trust of India. India and the US last week announced eight institutional partnership projects for the first Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative awards, in a milestone in the educational ties between the two countries, reports the Press Trust of India.
US to help India build community college system
Washington: The US has offered to help India build a system of community colleges, saying a world-class education would be good for both nations. "I think the challenges India faces dwarf -- make ours look relatively simple," US Education Secretary Arne Duncan told reporters at a White House news conference Tuesday, ahead of next week's India-US education dialogue.
Assam, Microsoft in school pact
GUWAHATI: Assam government and Microsoft India signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday to accelerate information and communication technology (ICT) adoption in schools. The one-year exercise will support the state's education system to improvethe quality of learning.
March 2012
US varsity offers doctorate for education professionals
New Delhi: As India emerges a global education market, the University of Southern California (USC) is offering a new doctorate course aimed at professionals in the field of education. The programme, being launched by USC Rossier School of Education, is a doctorate in education (Ed.D.) aimed at working professionals aspiring to be high-level practitioners in the field.
Canadian universities start India offices
New Delhi: With demand for foreign universities growing in India, a consortium of nine Canadian Universities is starting offices in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, Carleton University said on Tuesday. Click here to read more. |
Tokyo varsity beckons Indians to study in Japan
Bangalore: The University of Tokyo has opened its first-of-its-kind office in technology hub Bangalore to facilitate and encourage Indians to study in Japan. "The office in India has been set up to create awareness on education opportunities in Japan among Indian students and encourage them to apply to study in Japan," said University of Tokyo vice-president Akihiko Tanaka.
MicrosoftIndia launches website to connect teachers globally
Microsoft India has launched an exclusive website for teachers that will help educators in India and 107 other countries develop online connections with each other and share their educational plans.
Microsoft India has launched an exclusive website for teachers that will help educators in India and 107 other countries develop online connections with each other and share their educational plans. Irina Ghose, Director-Education, Microsoft India shares details in conversation with Pragya Gupta, digitalLEARNING.
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With education fairs, India woos SriLankan students
India is promoting itself seriously as an education destination in Sri Lanka, with a series of initiatives. Three education fairs were organised this financial year as part of a ‘Study in India' campaign, coordinated by the Indian High Commission here.
Sibal works hard on pending bills
Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal is likely to push for further reform in higher education in the forthcoming Budget Session by hoping to evolve a consensus on almost a dozen bills still pending before Parliament. The UPA government’s ambitious plan for reform higher education in the country has been delayed with important bills stuck at various stages in the Parliament.
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UK’s Warwick Business School eyes Delhi campus
The Warwick Business School, standing 130km from London, will have its second address in India. The headquarters in the UK may be in sparsely populated Coventry but the management institute is looking at bustling Delhi for its new campus.
Ever since India spoke of opening its doors to foreign universities, several top institutions have considered coming to its shores, but few have actually taken a step. The Schulich School of Business of Canada's York University is building its campus in Hyderabad.
Shiv Nadar University announced partnershipwith Babson College of US
The Shiv Nadar University today announced a partnership with Babson College, the world's no. 1 business school for entrepreneurship to offer global leading programs in Entrepreneurship Education to India. Babson's MBA program has been ranked no.1 for entrepreneurship for 19 consecutive years by U.S. News & World Report. Notable entrepreneurs from Babson include the likes of Roger Enrico, former Chairman, PepsiCo; William D. Green, CEO, Accenture.
'Oxford, India collaborating on particle,cancer research'
Oxford University has broadened the purview of its relationship with India over the years, moving beyond education and publishing to collaborate on important scientific and health research projects, its vice chancellor, Andrew Hamilton, says.
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"We have strong and substantial research collaboration beyond academic projects. Yesterday, I visited the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research where a group of physicists are collaborating with physicists in Oxford, Jawaharlal Nehru University and at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (in Kolkata) on neutrinono - an elementary sub-atomic particle," Hamilton told IANS here. It is a very exciting study and the scientists plan to fire neutrinos through the core of the earth from Oxford to India to test its strength," Hamilton said.
Microsoft, Bihar govt team up to promotedigital literacy
Bihar government announced that it would partner with Microsoft India to implement a pilot program that would allow it to showcase a model of a school of the future.The initiative, to begin next month, would implement programs augmenting the scope of digital literacy and optimize the use of computers by students and teachers.
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February 2012
Teacher Education Journal & Website Launched By Sibal
The launch of the journal ‘Voices of Teachers and Teacher Educators’ is an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to highlight the vital role of teacher education in India, as the country is poised to provide quality education to all its children, irrespective of gender, caste, creed, religion and geographies under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RtE), 2009.
OracleIndia to increase focus on Govt projects
Oracle will focus more on Government projects in India. “We have won several projects from Government departments and agencies to modernise their IT infrastructure, increase transparency and enhance service delivery,” Mr Sunil Jose, Vice-President (Applications), Oracle India, said.
'Meta-university' may start from next academic session: Kapil Sibal
NEW DELHI: The government today indicated the proposed 'meta-university' concept, which will enable a student to pursue cross-disciplinary programme simultaneously, will become a reality from the next academic session. "I am hopeful that by next academic year, we will be able to start the meta university," HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said at a function.
Vocationaleducation: Kapil Sibal launches NVEQF
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) , Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has launched the National Vocational Education Qualification Framework (NVEQF) to be implemented in polytechnics, engineering colleges and other colleges in the University systems from 2012-13.
China emerging as top medical studies centre for India, world
BEIJING: China is emerging as a major global hub for medical education as it boasts of more than 630 higher learning institutions from the stream with 1.76 million students, including thousands from India.
The medical institutes included over 280 colleges and over 350 secondary schools, the Chinese Ministry of Education (MOH) said today. There are 1.76 million students studying at medical institutes nationwide at present. China has been emerging as a major centre for medical education attracting students from abroad in recent years.
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