India has attached high priority to education to not only enable the country meet the new challenges of the knowledge-based economy of this century but also derive the maximum benefit for its citizens that normally accrues as the result of a fully literate and educated society.
Accordingly, an ambitious plan has been drawn for revamping the country's education system and towards capacity building during the ongoing Five Year Plan (2007-12) that will see a five-fold increase in the central government's spending toward the sector, equalling six percent of India's $1.2 trillion economy.
Indian institutes to get Solar energy Educational institutions in the northern Indian state of Punjab would now be harnessing the power of the sun to meet their energy needs through rooftop Solar Photo Voltaic (SPVs) systems, officials said.
Indian American to lead MIT's largest academic department By Arun Kumar Indian American Anantha P. Chandrakasan has been named the new leader of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) largest academic department
Indian student among finalists at Google fair By: Y. Mallikaarjun “My aim is to develop an artificial brain by studying the electrical impulses found in the brain,” remarked 16-year-old Harine Ravichandran, the only Indian student among 15 global finalists at the Google Science Fair 2011.
Indian management institute expands horizons to Africa Fifteen of the 60 first-year students pursuing their MBA from Xavier Institute of Management and Research (XIMR), Mumbai (west India), are in East Africa for summer internships, research and immersion studies.
India educational fair takes place in Nigeria The India Educational Fair has been opened in the Nigerian capital and country's economic hub Lagos this week to foster a more holistic and better organised framework for bilateral cooperation in the field of education.
Specialised African course for India Inc soon Mumbai University’s Centre for African Studies is mulling over developing a specialised course in order to train the employees of corporate houses such as Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), World Trade Centre, and different pharmaceutical companies who are catering to the African market.
To protest or not to protest - Indian university debates A move to ban protests in front of the vice-chancellor's office of Panjab University (PU) - the alma mater of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh - has evoked strong opposition from both students and teachers who see it as an infringement of basic human rights.
Indian education primers get in sync with digital age By Madhusree Chatterjee Supplementary online content, greater emphasis on analysis and India-centric examples... education primers have changed beyond recognition in the country.
India to study soot's impact on environment New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) India launched a research initiative to study the impact of black carbon - the soot released due to indoor burning of fuels such as wood, dung and coal and open biomass burning - on the environment, especially on melting glaciers in the country.
Indian varsities fuel Mauritius' 'knowledge hub' dream By Shubha Singh Private Indian universities setting up campuses in Mauritius are helping the island nation off the African coast realise its vision of transforming into a knowledge hub.
Jail inmates to churn out sports goods By Asit Srivastava From behind bars, they will churn out cricket pads, footballs and badminton racquets. Inmates of Meerut District Jail in northern India will now produce sports goods, gaining skill and money in the process to assist their families.
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