Former director TG Sitharam of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati Wednesday took charge of his new duties as the chairman of the All India […]
Category: Education
Virtual reality edtech startup iXRLabs raises $800K seed investment
Virtual reality edtech startup iXRLabs has secured $800,000 in seed funding led by an angel investor from the infrastructure development industry. The proceeds will be […]
Singapore’s Global Schools Foundation to invest $550 mn in India’s education sector
Singapore-based Indian-origin Global Schools Foundation (GSF) announced on Tuesday plans to invest over USD 550 million in India’s school education sector by 2026. GSF, which […]
More funds allocated for promotion of Sanskrit than Tamil as classical language: Minister to Lok Sabha
The Ministry of Education Monday informed Lok Sabha that the government has spent Rs 19883.16 lakh on Central Sanskrit University (CSU), which is much more […]
EaseMyTrip introduces advanced certificate course in travel and tourism with up to 100% scholarship
EaseMyTrip is providing a three month advanced certificate course in travel and tourism with up to 100 per cent scholarship for students from the underprivileged […]
UPCON and Jadooz to set up edutainment centres called ‘Magic Rooms’ in rural Uttar Pradesh
State government owned UP Industrial Consultants or UPCON has partnered with entertainment startup Jadooz to create 1000 rural entrepreneurs in UP through the setting up […]
Graduates can directly join PhD programmes under new pattern: UGC Chief
The University Grants Commission Chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar today that under the new pattern, graduates can directly join PhD programmes. He also said that three-year […]
Enrolment in government schools continued to rise post COVID, declined in private schools during 2021-22: MoE
Government run schools across the country continued to see rise in enrolments for the second consecutive year since COVID-19 outbreak while private schools saw decline, […]
IIM Shillong, Clark University sign MoU for student exchange programmes
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between IIM Shillong and Clark University, USA, was signed to promote student exchange programmes. The scope of the MoU also […]
Posts of professor most among teaching vacancies in central varsities: Govt data
Vacancies for teaching staff are directly proportional to the level of seniority in central universities, with unfilled posts of professors vastly outnumbering those of assistant […]