New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is setting up a new institute called the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education and Development (MGIDE) in Nagaland, where it will offer an on-campus master’s degree course on social work beginning July this year.
The MGIDE is being set up in collaboration with Nagaland [...]
Chandigarh, Feb 5 (IANS) The Punjab government Friday announced that it would develop an educational city near Chandigarh.
The educational city would be spread over an area of 2,000 acres near Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said here and asked the state’s education department to prepare a comprehensive plan for the project.
The state government [...]
Chandigarh, Feb 4 (IANS) The Punjab government will set up 13 new government colleges across the state this year.
State government officials said Thursday that a uniform building layout plan for all these colleges was finalised at a meeting between Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and a panel of the University Grants Commission (UGC) here.
Outlining the [...]
London, Feb. 3 (ANI): Elite British and American universities such as Oxford, Cambridge and Ivy League could be rivalled by educational institutions in India and China within 25 years, the president of Yale University has said.
The Telegraph quoted Professor Richard Levin, as saying that said universities from India and China would be ranked alongside global [...]
By Alkesh Sharma
Chandigarh, Feb 2 (IANS) Hundreds of students from this part of the country are facing the heat of an unanticipated decision of the UK Border Agency to temporarily stop accepting student visa applications at its three centres in North India.
As there is no guarantee of getting their tuition fees back, which students have [...]
Washington, Feb 1 (ANI): Reports indicate that the Vice Chancellor of Manipal University recently visited the University of Kentucky to discuss opportunities for comprehensive collaboration between the two universities.
“Internationalization is a critical element of our top 20 strategic plan,” said Dr. Kumble R. Subbaswamy, Vice Chancellor of Manipal University.
“Forming a strong partnership with the [...]
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) After many European and American universities, it’s now the leading Japanese universities who are set to woo Indian students.
According to the Japanese embassy here, at least 13 major Japanese universities will participate in the ‘Study in Japan Fair’.
‘Many Japanese universities have degree courses which are offered fully in English and [...]
