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Victoria offers ten new PhD scholarships to India’s finest scholars
Published on 5 Jul, 2011 at 13:22 in Education | Viewed 396 views times | No Comments
The Governor of Victoria, His Excellency the Hon Alex Chernov AO, QC, and the Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher announced that ten of India’s outstanding PhD students will receive scholarships worth $90,000 each to study at Victorian…
Blemished Education System where do we go from here?
Published on 17 Jun, 2011 at 11:29 in Education | Viewed 260 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: The recent cut-off has caused tsunami in the nation with a massive reaction coming from all sides. Twitter is flooded with words like ‘aghast’, ‘jitters’ and many scary words which talk volumes about the unfair cut-off. In fact many heaved a sigh of relief having graduated’ before the mad scramble for marks began’. Some even said that DU is expecting superhuman feats from mortals. Some even wonder…
Study science, maths to keep ‘hungry’ Indian, Chinese at bay: Obama
Published on 16 Jun, 2011 at 6:25 in Education | Viewed 295 views times | No Comments
Washington: Citing a growing challenge from job-hungry students in India and China, US President Obama wants more Americans to study science, maths and engineering to keep “jobs of tomorrow” in America.
“Today only 14 percent of all undergraduate students enrol in what we call the STEM subjects – science, technology, engineering, and math,” Obama said…
Indian students in Canada more than double in a year
Published on 16 Jun, 2011 at 6:05 in Education | Viewed 229 views times | No Comments
Toronto : The first Canada-India Education Summit this week in Ottawa is set to boost research and educational ties between the two countries.
With Canada reportedly registering more than a two-fold increase in Indian students this year from about 4000 last year, the two-day summit at Carleton University from June 17 will further boost enrolments from India.
Top educationists and researchers from India and Canada will participate in roundtable discussions at…
Archie goes desi, dances to Bollywood songs
Published on 15 Jun, 2011 at 12:17 in Education | Viewed 255 views times | No Comments
New Delhi;The iconic red-haired Archie, a comic book heartthrob with a perpetually hassled look and two girlfriends, will soon be dancing to Bollywood numbers in the book’s Indian avatar published in Hindi and Malayalam.Seventy years after its birth in the US, 12 titles of the popular Archie comics will be published in 2011 by Variety…
Universities reel as Indian students ditch Australia
Published on 10 Jun, 2011 at 12:37 in Education | Viewed 767 views times | No Comments
Melbourne: Australian universities and vocational training providers are in serious worry mode. More dismal international student enrolment figures are coming out, with the number of Indians in particular reporting a sharp fall.
Australian education institutes have reported a further fall of 8.7 percent in international enrolments in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period last year. Indian student numbers, according to an article in The Age…
Is even one of our institutions world class, asks Sibal
Published on 7 Jun, 2011 at 12:38 in Education | Viewed 360 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh’s statement that the IITs and IIMs did not have world class faculty was backed by his colleague Kapil Sibal, who questioned whether India had world class institutions and by others in the field.
“In the situation today, is even one of our institutions world class? If it is world class,…
Holidays? Not for students who would rather intern
Published on 23 May, 2011 at 12:20 in Education | Viewed 1,423 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Once a time for relaxing after exams, summer vacations are increasingly about work for many college students who put their holidays to productive use by taking up internships. And media outlets are emerging as the first choice.
During these internships, which range anything from three weeks to three months, students get first- hand experience in their respective chosen field and get to make some money too.
There are opportunities…
Tri-Valley University head indicted in visa fraud
Published on 12 May, 2011 at 6:22 in Education | Viewed 187 views times | No Comments
Washington: The president of the California-based Tri-Valley University, whose closure affected nearly 1,500 Indian students, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on the allegations of visa fraud and money laundering.
Susan Xiao-Ping Su, 41, was taken into custody Monday morning at her Pleasanton, California, home by special agents of the Homeland Security Investigations of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Su, who also served as the school’s chief executive…
Students protest against minister, boycott convocation
Published on 12 May, 2011 at 6:20 in Education | Viewed 169 views times | No Comments
Mumbai: Nearly 30 graduating students of the prestigious Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) protested against Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh here over the proposed nuclear power projects in the country and boycotted their annual convocation ceremony where the minister was the chief guest.
The students – some carrying placards, others sporting yellow-and-black t-shirts with anti-nuke slogans, several more sporting black bands – greeted the minister by…
