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New Delhi: The setting up of four new centres at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has been approved by the University Grants Commission (UGC). Three of the proposed centres will be part of the School of Social Sciences whereas one will be a special autonomous centre. Head of the proposed Centre for Media Research, Prof. Deepak Kumar said that the new centre would focus more on research and not on media studies as compared to other institutes. The aim of the new centre will be to develop a critical understanding of the media as well as its engagement with society, polity and economy in India. It will also be engaged with determining and studying factors that influence media and searching for alternative niches through media. Prof. Kumar informed that the centre will be functional in a couple of years. Initially, the programmes that will be offered by the centres would be M.Phil. and Ph.D programmes. Head of the Centre for the Studies of Informal Economy Amitabh Kundu said that the ...

Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi: After much agitation at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) over the death of a 23-year old M.Tech. student, who succumbed to an asthma attack in the absence of immediate medical care, varsity officials have promised to procure a well-equipped, round-the-clock ambulance service in the next two weeks. The 23-old year student, Aishwarya Agarwal, succumbed to an acute asthma attack on his way from the varsity to the hospital. As per reports, the ambulance in which he was taken did not even have an oxygen mask. Students also observed a strike on Monday demanding better and revised medical facilities at the varsity. "The health centre of the varsity remains closed at night and on Sundays. The ambulance on campus is nothing but a van without any medical facilities. We have protested this and have boycotted our classes", a student from the varsity said. Though the varsity officials have ensured ambulance service to start in a few days, they h...

Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi: After much agitation at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) over the death of a 23-year old M.Tech. student, who succumbed to an asthma attack in the absence of immediate medical care, varsity officials have promised to procure a well-equipped, round-the-clock ambulance service in the next two weeks. The 23-old year student, Aishwarya Agarwal, succumbed to an acute asthma attack on his way from the varsity to the hospital. As per reports, the ambulance in which he was taken did not even have an oxygen mask. Students also observed a strike on Monday demanding better and revised medical facilities at the varsity. "The health centre of the varsity remains closed at night and on Sundays. The ambulance on campus is nothing but a van without any medical facilities. We have protested this and have boycotted our classes", a student from the varsity said. Though the varsity officials have ensured ambulance service to start in a few days, they h...

Bangalore: A centre for infrastructure and sustainable transport and urban planning has been set up at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here. Established with a corpus of Rs.300 million/Rs. 30 crore/$6 mn, it is the first such government-academia facility in the country that will address urban planning and critical infrastructure issues arising out of rapid growth of greater Bangalore and other cities in the state. "The centre is modelled on the lines of institutes such as the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) in New Delhi and the Centre for Environment Planning and Technology (CEPT) in Ahmedabad to improve urban infrastructure and ensure sustainable transportation with modern concepts and technology," IISc director P Balaram said at its inauguration. The four state-run transport corporations and Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) have contributed to the corpus fund. "The state government will approach the Union urban development ministry for a matching ...

New Delhi: A three day workshop on "Advanced analytical instrumentation and applications" will be organised by the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). The workshop will commence from coming Monday. The workshop is being organised with an aim to create public awareness about application of instruments that have been installed at a new state-of-the-art building -Advanced Instrumentation Facility - on the Varsity campus. A large number of participants from across the country are likely to participate in the workshop Source:http://indiaedunews.net/Delhi/JNU_to_organise_workshop_on_Analytical_Instrumentation_7054/

New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Agreement of Cooperation (AoC) with two universities from Germany and United Kingdom (UK) to accelerate the process of integration of higher education. The AoC was been signed between Axel Freimuth, Rector, Cologne University and JNU Vice-Chancellor, B.B. Bhattacharya on behalf of the Institute of Indology & Tamil Studies of University of Cologne, Germany and JNU's School of Language respectively. It was signed in the presence of Fritz Schramma, Lord Mayor of Cologne. Poonam Kudaisya, Spokesperson, JNU, said, "The collaboration is in the areas of language, literature, and cultural studies with emphasis on Tamil and German. This will be expanded in other areas such as economics, geography, arts and aesthetics". "As a consequence of signing the MoU and AoC, the signatory institutions would be able to exchange their students, research scholars and faculty. We wo...

New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the Union Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs recently signed an agreement to work collectively on a project titled "International Migration and Diaspora Research" at the Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, at JNU's School of Social Sciences (SSS). The Research project will be headed by Economics Professor Binod Khadria, a noted scholar in the field of international migration. An official from the varsity said, "Focusing primarily on the complex links between social, economic, political, cultural and educational aspects of globalisation and migration, the project envisages achieving its goals by conducting collaborative research through workshops, conferences, training modules, publications, hosting scholars and other research activities,". "In recent decades, India has witnessed tremendous changes in international migratory flows, in scale as well as in diversity, outward as well as inward. The...

New Delhi: Prof. Rakesh Bhatnagar from the School of Biotechnology at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has signed an agreement with the Department of Science & Technology (Government of India) for creating therapeutic antibodies to stop anthrax. The project will be for three years. A grant of Rs.1.03 crores will be provided by the Department of Science & Technology (DST) for the project. Anthrax is an acute disease in humans and animals caused by the bacterium 'Bacillus Anthracis' which is highly lethal in some forms. It is the production of two powerful exo-toxins (edema toxin and lethal toxin) by the bacteria that causes death. Prof. Bhatnagar, who has been working on Anthrax for over 20 years now, said, "Under the project, we will try and develop a genetically engineered single-chain antibody that will neutralize both the toxins. Both the edema toxin and lethal toxin have some similarity. The concept of a single chain antibody is not new. What will be unique is...

New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will soon have a Marathi Chair on its campus. According to sources, the Government of Maharashtra has sanctioned a grant of Rs.1.5 crores to setup the Marathi Chair at the varsity. The chair will be established at the Centre of Indian Languages at the School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies. R.K. Kale, Dean of School of Life Sciences said, "A notification by the Maharashtra Government dated August 29, 2008 states that it has sanctioned Rs.1.5 crores to setup this chair. It has been issued on the order of the Governor. The Director of Higher Education of the State Government based in Pune has been asked to release the amount. We received the notification last week". The varsity's executive council has also approved the establishment of the Marathi Chair. Academic activities of the chair will commence from the next academic session, Kale informed. "A renowned figure will be appointed as the Professor of the ch...

New Delhi: After Delhi University (DU) launched its first placement cell earlier this month, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has also decided to setup a placement cell on campus to help students get jobs after they graduate. The varsity administration has formed a committee to finalize the establishment of the cell. The committee will submit a report on the cell soon. The placement cell will be operational by the next academic session, varsity officials confirmed. Ram Adhikari Kumar, Rector, JNU, said, "Although individual schools are helping students get jobs, the placement cell has been long demanded by our students. The cell would definitely be beneficial to the students". The National Student's Union of India (NSUI) yesterday presented a request signed by 3000 students of the varsity to the Vice Chancellor pressurizing him to setup the placement cell soon. Delhi University (DU) launched its first central placement cell on September 18, 2008. Making the process as ...