Tag: MHRD
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Digital divide in India’s education
These educational institutions have no set date for reopening despite growing concerns of various stakeholders over the prolonged educational lockdown’s immediate, shortterm and long-term impacts on students and parents in particular and on society at large.
June 13, 2020 -
‘Have full faith in law and order’, says Aishe Ghosh, accuses Delhi Police of being biased
In a separate interaction with media, JNU VC, M Jagadesh Kumar said that the normalcy has returned to the campus and urged the students to come back and start the registration for the upcoming semester.
January 10, 2020 -
New education policy soon in public domain: HRD ministry
'This education policy is going to modify the way we are implementing our education systems', said R Subrahmanyam, Ministry of Human Resource Development Secretary (Higher Education).
December 3, 2019 -
MHRD committee seeks 3-days’ time to decide on JNUSU demands
The students have demanded a complete rollback of the proposed hike in hostel fees, along with reconvening of the Inter-Hall Administration meeting that had passed the proposed fee hike on October 28.
November 20, 2019 -
Calcutta University to collaborate with Google Scholar to boost NIRF ranking
We hope to bag at least second place in the coming years, says Vice-Chancellor Sonali Chakroborty Banerjee
May 1, 2019 -
UGC NET 2019 online registration to begin from September 1, check all details now
The registration window will open from September 1 and will close on September 30, 2018. Once all the procedures are completed, the admit cards will be released before the examination.
August 21, 2018 -
Higher education: HP 2nd in enrolment of ST women
Ranked next to UK, Himachal Pradesh had witnessed a steady rise in GER since 2015.
August 2, 2018 -
‘Eminent’ tag to ‘non-existent’ Jio Institute: Here is what MHRD says
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has clarified the status of ‘Institute of Eminence’ following a controversy that erupted over Jio Institute qualifying for the tag along with IITs, even though the institute backed by Reliance Foundation doesn’t yet exist.
July 10, 2018 -
Govt appoints R Subrahmanyam as new Higher Education Secretary
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) appointed R Subrahmanyam as the new Secretary, Higher Education in the Ministry of Human Resource Development on Wednesday, 28 February. Anil Gopishankar Mukim has been appointed as the Secretary, Mines Department in the reshuffle. Subrahmanyam, a 1985-batch IAS officer from Andhra Pradesh cadre, will replace KK Sharma, who...
March 1, 2018 -
Partha takes dig at PM’s address
State-Centre tussle is once again in the forefront with state education minister Partha Chatterjee on Thursday declaring that students do not have the time to listen to the Prime Minister’s address scheduled on Friday. The Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) had invited students across the country to “interact, discuss and deliberate” on various...
February 16, 2018 -
PM’s interaction with students: Institutes asked to make arrangements
In view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interaction with students of schools and colleges on 16 February, the Haryana government has directed all the state and private Universities and government and government aided Colleges in the state to make necessary arrangements so that all students could view and hear the telecast. A spokesperson of Haryana...
February 8, 2018 -
Silent Resurrection~I
West Bengal's own tax revenues have increased by about 25 per cent combined with a four-fold hike in total capital expenditure in 2012-15. Capital expenditure on the social sector has risen over five-fold and this has been matched by a three-fold increase in capital spending on economic services. The budget revenue deficit is down by three quarters from 2012-15.
August 24, 2017 -
IIT-Kgp gets four mega projects from MHRD
IIT Kharagpur has undertaken four mega research projects from MHRD considered critical for the country's development and will give special focus to them. "We have undertaken four mega projects in sustainable food security, future of cities, signals and systems for life sciences and science and heritage interface along with six integrated projects. These are very...
July 9, 2017 -
MHRD prepares format to monitor school-wise Aadhaar enrolment
The Ministry of Human Resource Development, which made Aadhaar card mandatory for students to avail mid-day meals, has told states and union territories to update it about the progress made by them in Aadhaar enrolment. In a circular it said it was rigorously monitoring the Aadhaar enrolment drives carried out by states and union territories...
June 11, 2017 -
UGC orders special audit in 10 central varsities
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed special audit in 10 central universities in the country to check complaints of financial, administrative, and academic irregularities, officials said on Friday. The UGC order follows a Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) directive, a top Tripura (Central) University official said on the condition of anonymity. "The Tripura...
May 26, 2017 -
3 IIT business schools feature in top 10 NIRF Management ranking
Business schools of three IITs – Kharagpur, Delhi and Roorkee – have featured in the top 10 list of NIRF Management ranking this year. The ranking was made from a total number of 542 business schools who submitted data for the rank, an IIT-Kharagpur release said on Wednesday. The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is...
April 26, 2017 -
MHRD denies closure of JNU centre, says forged UGC letter sent
The Human Resource Development Ministry on Saturday alleged that a forged letter was sent to JNU by the UGC office notifying the closure of the Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy at School of Social Sciences. The purported letter was forwarded by the JNU administration to the chairperson of the Centre for Study...
March 18, 2017