| Volume V, Issue XXXXXII, March 1, 2011, Weekly eNewsletter |
FEATURED INTERVIEW
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 Mobile Learning in Higher Education
Historically, it has been proven that every media can be put to educational use. Radio, TV, Cinema, Internet and Computers are some of the traditional as well as new media that has created innovative educational programming for masses... |
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FEATURED STORY
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 Innovate, Connect and Build Asia
In spite of the progress of civil society in Asia, NGOs in the region have been facing significant organisational challenges regardless of their field of operation and core values for creating a better society. To share a direction and vision
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TOP NEWS
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IIM–Calcutta to boost research and upgrade lab
The Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM–C) plans to utilize the Rs.20 crore special budgetary grant to help students do research in global finance markets and to upgrade its financial research and trading lab. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee...
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K–12
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Antony to look into fees charged by Sainik Schools
Defense Minister A.K. Antony on Sunday promised that the issue of high fees charged by Sainik Schools, the chain of institutions run by the defense ministry, will be looked into. “I can't give you any assurances right now but I assure you that the issue...
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4,000 Kerala schools to get high–speed net
At least 4,000 Kerala schools will get access to high-speed broadband internet connectivity, thanks to a deal between the state government and the state–run BSNL. IT@School Project of the Kerala government will also provide high–speed VPN (Virtual Private Network) over ...
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HIGHER EDUCATION
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India second largest source of foreign students in
New Zealand
India has emerged as the second largest source country after China for international students in New Zealand during 2010–11, according to official figures. While student visa applications from traditional markets like China, South Korea, South Africa, Taiwan...
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VC appointments in Maharashtra challenged in court
A faculty of the Central India Institute of Mass Communication, Nagpur, has filed a public interest litigation against the state government of Maharashtra urging the court to scan the recent vice–chancellors' appointments in Maharashtra...
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TECHNOLOGY NEWS
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Glitch forces ISRO to shut educational channel,
students suffer
Indian space agency ISRO has suspended the telecast of popular educational programmes in many states due to an unidentified glitch in its ground equipment, says a senior official. As a result, millions of students have been affected...
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Community radio crackles to life at Panjab University
Using spoken words to develop intimate bonds among students and providing a platform to voice opinions, Panjab University has joined the few universities in northern India that have their own community radio. Jyotirgamaya is the second community radio...
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DEVELOPMENT NEWS
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Prof Ghosh wins IBM faculty innovation award
Prof. Siddhartha Ghosh has received IBM’s (USA) Smarter Planet Industry Skills Innovation Awards 2010 for his project “A Proposal to Design and Development of Teaching Materials for Smarter Cities” along with a cash award of USD $10,000. Prof. Ghosh...
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New pre–matric scholarship scheme for SC,
ST
students announced
Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, while presenting the Union Budget for 2011–12, has announced that specific allocations are being earmarked towards Scheduled Castes Sub–Plan and Tribal Sub–Plan for the first time in the Budget for 2011–12...
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Youth from Naxal affected areas to be provided
training for
employability
Considering the requirement of skilled manpower in hospitality sector, the ministry of tourism has launched a special programme called ‘Hunar Se Rojgar’ for creation of employable skills amongst youth in the age group of 18 to 28 years who have passed....
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