Nascomm Foundation launches Digital Literacy Week

Feb 25, 2015, at 12:01 am

Mumbai, Feb 24 (IBNS): NASSCOM Foundation kick-started the Digital Literacy Week with a target to bring digital literacy to over one lakh Indians. This initiative, is part of the National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM), and will complement the government's vision to empower at least one person per household with critical digital literacy skills by 2020.

NATCONPH 2015 takes off today

Feb 21, 2015, at 04:00 am

Kolkata, Feb 20 (IBNS): NATCONPH 2015-National Conference on 'Empowering Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Professionals-Vision 2020' was inaugurated on Friday by Subhashish Maity, Director, NSHM Knowledge Campus (Kolkata) Group of Institutions at the Ahindra Mancha in Kolkata.

Bhubaneswar: Teachers participate in British Council's education workshops

Feb 14, 2015, at 02:19 am

Bhubaneswar, Feb 13 (IBNS) Over a 100 teachers from schools across India will come together in Bhubaneswar from Feb 13 to Feb 15 to take part in professional development workshops that will teach them to enrich the curriculum.

Greater Noida gets Centre of Excellence for Entrepreneurship at BIMTECH

Feb 07, 2015, at 11:43 pm

Greater Noida Feb 7 (IBNS): A Centre of Excellence for Entrepreneurship has been set up at the Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) campus in partnership with National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) and the Wadhwani Foundation to promote entrepreneurship among students of several dozen management and engineering schools located in the Knowledge Park in Greater Noida.

XLRI announces admission to PGDM-BM Program

Feb 05, 2015, at 06:29 am

New Delhi, Feb 4 (IBNS): XLRI - Xavier School of Management on Wednesday announced admission to the ‘Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDM-BM) Program for Working Executives & Business Owners’ for the batch 2015 to 2018.

WB Guv visits Army Institute of Management Kolkata

Feb 04, 2015, at 05:10 am

Kolkata, Feb 3 (IBNS) West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi on Tuesday made a special address to the students and faculty of Army Institute of Management Kolkata (AIMK) titled "Igniting Young Minds" at the Alipore campus.

CU approved certification course in financial markets launched

Feb 03, 2015, at 05:52 pm

Kolkata, Feb 3 (IBNS): The Calcutta University Calcutta Stock Exchange Centre of Excellence in Financial Markets (CUCSE CEFM) is ready to roll out its 6-7 day certification course in financial markets (basic).

ITM University student represents at Google Student Ambassador Summit

Jan 22, 2015, at 07:46 pm

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IBNS): Palash Chhabra, a student of ITM University, Gurgaon, brought laurels to the varsity after having been selected to represent his University at the highly acclaimed Google Student Ambassador Summit, which was held recently.

TCS Research Scholarship Programme expands to reach 200 more Computer Science PhD's in India

Jan 22, 2015, at 02:30 am

Mumbai/Kolkata, Jan 21 (IBNS): Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, on Wednesday announced that the company's flagship TCS Research Scholarship Programme (TCS RSP) will be extended for another five years to reach over 200 additional doctoral research scholars across India in the area of Computer Science.

Educomp to install Smartclass in 21,000 classrooms in FY15

Jan 22, 2015, at 02:18 am

Bangalore, Jan 21 (IBNS): Educomp Solutions, an education company in India, is looking to add 21,000 new classrooms under its flagship Smartclass program this fiscal.

'Wake-up call' data shows 63 million adolescents out of school – joint UN agency report

Jan 20, 2015, at 02:08 pm

New York, Jan 20 (IBNS) One in five adolescents worldwide is not in school, which means that some 63 million young people between the ages of 12 and 15 are denied their right to an education, mainly because they are marginalized and poor, a joint United Nations agency report has found as pressure mounts to include universal secondary education in the post-2015 global development agenda.

XLRI organises 7th National HR Conference

Jan 16, 2015, at 06:14 am

Jamshedpur, Jan 12 (IBNS) : B-School XLRI- Xavier School of Management recently hosted the 7th National HR Conference on Jan 10 and Jan 11at XLRI Campus here.

Global thought leaders and thinkers congregate at the inaugural Harvard US India Initiative Conference

Jan 13, 2015, at 11:17 pm

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IBNS): The Harvard College US India Initiative (HUII), an undergraduate student organization, hosted the inaugural Harvard India Initiative Conference 2015.

Jaitley, Nobel laureate attend 49th ISI convocation

Jan 10, 2015, at 07:18 am

Kolkata, Jan 9 (IBNS): The Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) held their 49'th convocation here on their ISI campus in Kolkata on Friday inviting among others 2007 Economics Nobel laureate professor Eric Stark Maskin as the chief guest.

IIT-Delhi director resigns, govt denies any pressure

Dec 29, 2014, at 05:09 pm

New Delhi, Dec 29 (IBNS): The government denied that it put pressure on Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Delhi) director RK Shevgaonkar for his resignation, media reports said.

Scindia School hosts Model United Nations

Dec 24, 2014, at 05:52 am

Gwalior, Dec 23 (IBNS): More than 85 students from six prestigious schools across India participated in the Model United Nations organized recently by The Scindia School, Gwalior.

No school on X-Mas: Smriti Irani

Dec 15, 2014, at 05:55 pm

New Delhi, Dec 15 (IBNS): Human Resource Development minister Smriti Irani on Monday denied a newspaper report that CBSE schools might have to remain open on Christmas Day, media reports said.

Kolkata college conducts workshop on media literacy

Dec 05, 2014, at 01:05 am

Kolkata, Dec 4 (IBNS) : Kolkata's Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College and its Department of Journalism and Mass communication along with Peace Gong hosted a workshop on media literacy and training programme at the college auditorium on Wednesday.

British Council launches research on quality standards in Indian education

Dec 02, 2014, at 03:50 am

New Delhi, Dec 1 (IBNS): The British Council on Sunday organised the Quality Standards in Education conference at The Lalit in New Delhi.

British Council to host series of events as part of work in school education

Nov 28, 2014, at 06:05 am

New Delhi, Nov 27 (IBNS) The British Council will be hosting a series of events as a part of their work in school education from Friday.

Washington College welcomes an Indian to serve as Vice President for Enrollment Management

Nov 24, 2014, at 06:41 pm

New York, Nov 24 (IBNS) Satyajit Dattagupta, a former admissions executive at the University of Rochester having a strong background in computer science and data analysis, has joined Washington Collegeas as their new Vice President for Enrollment Management.

SSEI launches innovative programs for commerce students

Nov 24, 2014, at 04:21 am

Kolkata, Nov 23 (IBNS): Sanjay Saraf Educational Institute (SSEI), in partnership with K2 Learning System, has launched their new project "Innovative Programs for Commerce students" in Kolkata.

More than 1400 Mumbai kids creep down the animal world at Creepy Crawlies

Nov 18, 2014, at 05:48 am

Mumbai, Nov 17 (IBNS): Kangaroo Kids Pali Hill- voted as the most trusted brand in education in 2014, in association with Billabong international school organised an open-for-all event ‘Creepy Crawlies and Dino Mania' for children between the ages of 2 - 10 years.

Anushka Sharma launches Season 3 of Support My School campaign

Nov 14, 2014, at 02:25 am

Kolkata, Nov 13 (IBNS): Coca-Cola India, NDTV and UN-Habitat's multi partner program for Happy, Healthy and Active schools-Support My School will now scale up its effort to touch 1000 schools and 3,50,000 students in next two years.

Anushka Sharma launches Season 3 of Support My School campaign

Nov 14, 2014, at 02:18 am

Kolkata, Nov 13 (IBNS): Coca-Cola India, NDTV and UN-Habitat's multi partner program for Happy, Healthy and Active schools-Support My School will now scale up its effort to touch 1000 schools and 3,50,000 students in next two years.

Vedanta Foundation launches chartered accountancy coaching centre in Thane

Nov 12, 2014, at 04:34 am

Mumbai, Nov 11 (IBNS): Vedanta Foundation on Tuesday launched a new coaching centre at Vedanta College of Management and Information Technology in Thane.

Aligarh Muslim University faces flak over not allowing girls in library

Nov 11, 2014, at 08:52 pm

Aligarh, Nov 11 (IBNS) The prestigious Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is sucked into a controversy over allowing girls inside the library since it will attract boys there.

Smartur.com launches India's First Online National Proficiency test

Nov 03, 2014, at 09:28 pm

New Delhi, Nov 3 (IBNS) Smartur.com, a digital education solutions company, Monday announced its 'Smartur.com National Proficiency Test (SNPT)' for students of classes 1st to 10th at the National Level, available on www.smartur.com.

NIIT launches GET to help graduates choose new age career programs

Oct 31, 2014, at 04:45 am

Kolkata, Oct 30 (IBNS): Global Talent Development Corporation NIIT on Thursday launched the Graduate Employability Test (GET)-to enable graduates choose a career that matches with their abilities and interests .

Smartur.com launches online national proficiency test

Oct 31, 2014, at 04:20 am

Kolkata, Oct 30 (IBNS): Smartur.com, a digital education solutions company, has announced its 'Smartur.com National Proficiency Test (SNPT)' for students of classes 1st to 10th at the National Level, available on www.smartur.com.