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Anew rule on information to be provided by colleges seeking government approval has resulted in the rejection of 600 applications from entities wishing to start schools offering specialization in subjects such as engineering and management. Some experts say the rejections will affect the government’s plans to increase the number of students enrolled in technical programmes, but others say it reflects an emphasis on quality. The government’s education regulator for technical programmes, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) received 1,062 applications from entities seeking to offer undergraduate and postgraduate technical programmes this year, according to its acting chairman S.S. Mantha, and it will approve less than 500 (174 have received approvals already). The total number of approvals will be almost 40% lower than that issued last year and just about one-third of the number of approvals issued the year before. The process will be completed by the first week of July,...

New Delhi: "I see a spark in the Indian students," Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates told IIT students here on Wednesday, adding "...dream big. I and my friend did that 33 years back. Dream and pursue your dreams." "I see a spark in the Indian students. They are more exposed to the ground realities than their counterparts in the US, know the challenges of poverty and therefore know how technology can be used to achieve best results in order to help the poor," he said. "All I can say is that dream big. I and my friend did that 33 years back. Dream and pursue your dreams," Gates added to a loud applause from the audience. Addressing a packed auditorium of enthusiastic students and curious others at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here, Gates shared his experiences and said that one can access Microsoft's latest designer and developer tools free of cost, and use it to see their dreams come true. Microsoft's DreamSpark,...

The University Grant Commission or UGC, as it is commonly known, is the statutory authority in India that is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining standards of higher education in the country. Therefore it also enjoys the power of giving grants to universities and colleges and also the power to recognize and de recognize institutes of higher education .Thus UGC is the watchdog that recognizes the fake universities in India and has the power to take action against them. According to the University Grant Commission, the following Universities are fake Universities in India . Related link: http://www.ugc.ac.in/

Pune, Aug 2 (IANS) It was a feast of words and wisdom as economists, bureaucrats, educationists and lawyers got together to inaugurate the Symbiosis School of Economics here. Speaking on the occasion Friday, chief guest Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said liberalisation of the Indian industry came after prolonged efforts of industry representatives, and similarly education sector too needs some vocal stakeholders to bring about liberalisation. Responding to Symbiosis International University chancellor S.B. Majumdar’s remarks about the red-tape in the education sector, Ahluwalia said: “In 1991 (then finance minister) Manmohan Singh gave freedom to Lakshmi (goddess of wealth), I want to ask you when are you going to give freedom to Saraswati (goddess of knowledge).” At present, only 11 percent of Indians pursue higher education, which Ahluwalia said was not acceptable. The planning commission has set a target of raising this figure to 21 percent in the 11th ...

DUBLIN, Ireland--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bdb517/higher_education_i ) has announced the addition of the "Higher Education in India" report to their offering. Keeping this scenario as the backdrop, the report attempts to cover the higher education system in India, the structure of various universities and curricula offered, the genesis of private initiative and its present status. Key Findings & Highlights: India is the third largest higher secondary education system in the world with 25 Central Universities, 231 state universities, five institutions established through state legislation, 100 deemed universities, 31 Institutes of National Importance as on 31st December 2007 - In 2005-06, the total enrolment of students in all courses (professional and non-professional) and levels in regular stream was 11.04 million. - The foreign collaboration in B-schools has also been increasing in the recent past. India and t...

New Delhi: Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister, Arjun Singh has said that the state governments have agreed to take immediate action against fake universities and dubious institutions under the Indian Penal Court (IPC). Arjun Singh said this while addressing the press on the conclusion of two-day conference of Ministers of State Governments of Higher & Technical Education here today. He also briefed the press about the consensus that emerged at the end of the deliberations in the two-day conference.The Minister had convened a meeting of Higher and Technical Education Ministers of State Governments at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on the 23rd and 24th July, 2008.Chief Minister of Goa, and Uttarakhand, Lt. Gov. of Anadaman & Nicobar Islands, Chairman of Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education, Vice Chairman, Kerala State Higher Education Council, 25 State Technical / Higher Education Ministers and 29 State Technical/Higher Education Principal Secretaries/ Secretaries...

By Siddharth Srivastava NEW DELHI - Stung by criticism that the lack of higher learning institutions is contributing to an acute shortage of skilled manpower, the Indian government has taken out its red marker and set out to correct its once-renowned education system. New Delhi is looking to start nine new Indian Institutes of Technologies (IITs) this year, to add to the existing seven. Eight new IITs, regarded as among the top schools in the world, are proposed for Rajasthan, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Punjab provinces. Additionally, Benaras Hindu University will be converted into a full-fledged IIT. The IITs and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), which are also to be expanded, are the two pedestals of the Indian education system, with alumni now employed as managers and engineers around the world. The IIMs and IITs function under a government charter and figure among lists of the world's 100 best management and technolog...