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: The much delayed Bill, providing for certain important amendments to the Copyright Act, was on Thursday approved by the Rajya Sabha to remove operational difficulties and address newer issues related to the digital world and internet. The Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010, moved by HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, also seeks to bring Indian laws originally enacted in 1957 in conformity with international norms and World Intellectual Property Organisation. Replying...
09:07 PM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: Parliament on Wednesday passed a bill which will give higher education institutions three more years to fill up the 27 per cent seats reserved for other backward classes (OBCs). The Lok Sabha passed the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Amendment Bill, 2012 on Wednesday after the Rajya Sabha passed it April 28. Besides 27 percent quota for OBCs, the national policy provides for reservation of 15 per...
08:59 PM, May 16, 2012
Bhubaneswar: The issue of anomalies in provision of revised UGC pay scale to university, government college and aided college teachers is back to haunt the State Government. The Sixth Pay Commission's recommendations may have come as a boon for the State Government employees, but for university teachers, it has been a case of what they call 'discrimination'. Although the University Grants Commission (UGC) notified the revision scheme soon after Pay...
11:26 AM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal says he hopes the burden of 25 per cent school quota for the poor will not be passed onto other parents. He assures that the government and schools will work out a way to fund the additional expenditure. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, he said that the schools would find ways not to pass the monetary burden on parents of the...
07:56 AM, Apr 15, 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
Dubai: Students of an Indian school in Bahrain will soon get the world's cheapest tablet computer 'Aakash', developed by India's Human Resources Development Ministry. Class 12 students of the Indian School Bahrain will get a tablet each soon, executive committee chairman of the school Abraham John has said. He said that about 600 Aakash laptops will be made available to the students. "Students will be able to enhance their knowledge,...
01:18 PM, Feb 21, 2012
New Delhi: 'Aakash', the world's cheapest tablet, will be fully indigenous soon and its improved version will be launched by the government at the same price. Telecom and HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said Datawind - the manufacturer of the product - will not be associated with it anymore and the Government has roped in C-DAC and ITI in further development of the tablet computer. "There have been some problem with...
10:50 AM, Feb 20, 2012
New Delhi: Indian Air Force's (IAF) Republic Day parade contingent, which was led by a woman officer for the first time in its 63-year-old history, has been adjudged he best marching team this year. Among the three services, IAF's marching contingent has been selected as the best. BSF has got the award for best drill among the paramilitary forces, Defence Ministry officials said here today. Three panels of judges were...
09:55 PM, Jan 28, 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
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