New Delhi: Strongly opposing the new format for admission to IITs and other central institutes from 2013, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) alumni association have decided to take the Union Human Resource Development(HRD) ministry to court. The association will be moving the Delhi High Court on Monday. In a meeting on Friday, the alumni and faculty members of institutions like the IIT, NIT and IIIT have decided to file...
08:59 AM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: The opinion over making Class XII results count for IIT entrances has been divided. While career counselors say it will increase stress on students, IITs insist the move will rejuvenate the schooling system. Speaking to CNN-IBN Career counselor Zubin Malhotra said, "I am of the opinion that it is wrong on just about every objective that this new format seeks to address. Let's try and understand what those...
08:50 AM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: Starting 2013, students appearing for the country's most prestigious engineering institutes will face a whole new system " class 12 board exam results will be taken into account along with a two-tier joint entrance examination. There is mixed reaction to the move so far. While some think this will shut out commercially run tuition colleges that are unavailable to the poor and in rural areas, others worry the...
10:18 PM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: If the Apple iPad be the Goliath of tablets, meet David - Aakash, the world's cheapest tablet computer. With hardly any flab beyond that 7-inch screen, it might also be among the smallest. Unlike the original iPad, it accepts pen drives. Something Indian university students, who get these tablets before everyone else, will find useful. But there are few gripes. The screen is rather unresponsive. Sometimes one has...
06:33 AM, May 26, 2012
Six months after the launch of the world's cheapest tablet computer Aakash, not a single tablet has been delivered so far. ...
11:43 PM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal's pet project Aakash tablets is in a mess. Six months after the launch of the world's cheapest tablet computer Aakash, not a single tablet has been delivered so far. The Rs 2,250 tablet remains a distant dream for students. "There are milestones in life when we feel we have really achieved something great. This is one of those milestones," Kapil Sibal had...
09:39 PM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: Datawind, maker of Aakash, touted as world's cheapest computer tablet meant for Indian students, said it has not received any communication from the HRD Ministry restricting the company from bidding for new orders. "Datawind would like to state that we have not been informed officially or unofficially by the Ministry of HRD of anything restricting us to participate in the next tender," Datawind said in a statement here....
11:11 AM, Feb 22, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre has asked states like West Bengal, Gujarat and Karnataka, which are yet to notify Right To Education (RTE) rules, to do so at the earliest. HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has written letters to these states asking them to notify the rules in the larger interest of the students, sources in the HRD Ministry said. So far 30 states and UTs have notified the state rules or...
09:52 PM, Jan 27, 2012
New Delhi: Datawind, the maker of the lowest priced tablet 'Aakash', said it will request the Human Resource Development Ministry to include 'Made in India' clause in the proposed tender for the low-priced device. "Datawind successfully made the USD 49.48 tablet Aakash in India despite various pressures. We will make a request to the ministry (MHRD) that they should consider 'Made in India clause' and encourage indigenous production," Datawind CEO...
12:21 PM, Jan 22, 2012
New Delhi: Around 35 per cent of teaching posts are lying vacant in 15 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) with 212 faculty members taking early retirement in the last decade, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Friday. "Approximately 35 per cent of the teaching posts are presently vacant in 15 IITs... a total of 212 faculty members have taken early retirement during the last decade," Minister of State for Human...
06:44 PM, Dec 02, 2011
new Delhi: The Supreme Court will decide on admission norms for OBC students in central institutions on Friday. The admission season is on and the confusion over execution of the 27 per cent OBC quota has popped up again. The Supreme Court will give its decision today on the criteria for admitting OBC candidates in central institutions. The HRD ministry will be approaching the apex court seeking review of the...
07:04 AM, Jul 01, 2011
New Delhi: Asserting that Anna Hazare's allegations against him have no "factual basis", HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, one of the five ministers nominated to the joint committee to draft Lokpal Bill, on Monday termed as "patently false" the statements attributed to him. Without naming Sibal, Hazare had written a letter to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi accusing him of holding "private informal debriefing session" for journalists to charge civil society members...
07:17 PM, Apr 18, 2011
New Delhi: Congress leader and former Union Minister Arjun Singh, who had served in various capacities including as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, died on Friday. He was 80. Admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) some days ago with chest pain and neuro problems, Singh complained of breathing problem around 5:30 pm. He suffered a heart attack and breathed his last around 1815 hours, sources said. A...
06:47 PM, Mar 04, 2011
New Delhi: The Human Resource Development Ministry has refused a proposal seeking a four-fold increase in fees of undergraduate courses at the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology. HRD Minister Kapil Sibal termed the proposal of huge increase from Rs 50,000 a year to Rs 2.5 lakh a year as a deterrent to aspiring students. The five-member Anil Kakodkar Committee, working on the new fee structure, has been asked to rework...
06:04 PM, Jan 21, 2011
New Delhi: HRD Minister Kapil Sibal is fast emerging as the Congress's man for all seasons.He has just been handed over charge of the corruption tainted telecom ministry. It is one of the biggest challenge that Kapil Sibal is going to face with the controversial telecom portfolio.Sixty-two year old Sibal has gone from strength to strength with his position as the Minister of State for UPA to taking charge of...
09:32 AM, Nov 17, 2010
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