Education in India

The prevalence pattern of hypertension in developing countries is different from that in the developed countries. In India, a very large, populous and typical developing country, community surveys have documented that between three and six decades, prevalence of hypertension has increased by about 30 times among urban dwellers and by about 10 times among the [...]

Small Steps, the Corporate social Responsibility (CSR) wing of People First Consultants, has been launched with the initiative to promote a more environmentally and socially just world. Launched by Uma Prajapati of the Upasana Design Studio, Small Steps is a programme designed to reduce India’s plastic waste by providing an alternative to throw-away plastic bags.
On [...]

Nandini Voice for the Deprived, an NGO, will organise a three-month free crash course in basic computer operations for economically challenged students. Students who have passed the Plus-Two examination or appeared for the same this year are eligible for admission. Applicants must be less than 20 years of age and family income must not exceed [...]

New Delhi: Inflation fell to 2.43 per cent, the lowest in over six years as prices of food items softened further.

COIMBATORE: The Anna University, Coimbatore, will set up Public-Private Partnership (PPP) colleges in each of the nine districts coming under its purview. To begin with, two colleges, one in Coimbatore and the other in Hosur, will start functioning in the coming academic year.
Vice-Chancellor R. Radhakrishnan told The Hindu here on Thursday that the colleges would [...]

With technology and digital literacy propelling the knowledge economy, quality has become the foundation for effective educational communication.
 
Advanced software has provided the Indian educational system with immense potential to enhance the quality of educational communication. However, the best results with educational communication are achieved only through well-conceived quality measures with a clear eye on measurable [...]

The three-day event was organised by the College of Engineering of Anna University.
The three-day Vision 2009, a national-level technical symposium, organised by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, College of Engineering, Anna University, concluded on Friday. The final day saw a huge crowd congregate to hear V. Mahadevan, a scientist from Indian Space Research [...]

BRINGING TOGETHER: Teleconferencing mode over the Edusat link, from Rashtrapathi Bhavan.

ELECTRONIC LINKS that span continents in the wink of an eye can bring the highest quality of education to those who have the necessary technology.

 ”It will bring the best teachers together. There is value in bringing together professors from different universities in various locations. It [...]

Dr. P. V. Navaneethakrishnan, former director of entrance examinations and admissions, Anna University, and consultant, AIMS Education, offers the following suggestions to educational administrators while devising norms for engineering admissions:

Graduate Lateral Entrants in Engineering
 
In addition to diploma holders in engineering, B.Sc. graduates with at least one paper in Mathematics also become eligible for lateral [...]

Eligibility for Asia Global School of Business Admission 2009
The eligibility criteria for the two programs are as follows:
1 Year PGPM at Asia Global School of Business 2009
Bachelor Degree from a recognized university with min 50% aggregate marks.
GMAT or CAT Scores, GMAT scores not earlier than five years and CAT scores of previous and current year.
Minimum [...]