Human Resources Development

'University system not producing well-educated graduates'

New Delhi: The university system was not producing "well-educated" graduates to meet needs of Indian companies, giving an opportunity to firms to enter the sector in the "guise" of training, Minister of State for Higher Education Shashi Tharoor on Monday said. He also said that the national education policy in the past has been out of step with the times.



"The major problem remains that our national education policy in the past has remained out of step with the time. Whereas countries in the Middle-East and China are going out of their way to woo foreign universities to set up campuses in their countries, India turned away many academic suiters who have come calling in recent years," he said.

Speaking at a two-day Higher Education Summit, Tharoor said, "Companies are entering the higher education space in the guise of training. Our University system simply is not producing well educated graduates to meet the needs of Indian companies today."...more    

I've proudly acknowledged my wife, says Tharoor

New Delhi: Hours after he went after Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for attacking Sunanda Pushkar, Minister of State for Human Resources Development (HRD), Shashi Tharoor, said he has never shied away from acknowledging his wife in public or private. Tharoor was responding to a Twitter user's accusation that he had admitted in Parliament that he had "nothing to do with the person" (Pushkar) with 'sweat equity' worth Rs 70...  

Narendra Modi knows no love, my wife is priceless: Shashi Tharoor

Newly appointed MOS HRD Shashi Tharoor made a comeback on twitter- taking on the man the Congress loves to hate. ...

'My wife is priceless', Tharoor tells Modi

New Delhi: When it comes to using social media tools like Facebook and Twitter to his advantage, very few can match newly-appointed Minister of State for Human Resources Development (HRD) Shashi Tharoor's battle skills. Tharoor hit back at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday in his own inimitable style for calling his wife Sunanda Pushkar "a 50 crore girlfriend". Modi was alluding to the cricket controversy in 2010 involving...  

Government gives nod to hike in IIT fees

Visakhapatnam: Fine knocks by Jess Cameron (67) and Meg Lanning (34) helped Australia score a 29-run win over India in the first Twenty20 women's cricket match at the Andhra Cricket Association Visakhapatnam District Cricket Association (ACA-VDCA) stadium at Pothinamallayyapalem here on Sunday. Having elected to bat first, Australia scored 138 for 4 in 20 overs. Cameron's knock of 67 runs included two sixes and six fours in 50 balls. She...