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America Has Its Roots in India of Mahatma Gandhi: Obama
As the world celebrates International Day of non-violence, US President Barack Obama on Thursday said America has its "roots in the India of Mahatma Gandhi." ...

India Outsourcing: Pay Is Down, Competition Is Up
IT workers are getting smaller raises and staying put as leaders TCS, Infosys, and Wipro face a revenue decline and a bigger fight for deals …

Chandrayaan-I a 110 percent success, asserts ISRO
By finding water on the lunar surface, India's maiden lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 has completed Disagreeing with a section of the media,….

IIT directors term hunger strike a ‘wrong step’
IIT Kanpur’s director said that they appeal to faculty not to go ahead with their agitation and initiate talks with their respective directors on the issue…

India launches satellite for ocean study
India on Wednesday launched a second satellite to study oceans.
The cube-shaped Oceansat-2 will monitor the interaction between oceans and the atmosphere,…

Column : Education is not a choice of bad vs worse
The last student that got into Delhi University’s Shriram College of Commerce (SRCC) this year got 94% in Class 12. So the 81% that got me into this college in 1987 would not be good enough for admission today….

2 Indian Americans win $500,000 MacArthur fellowships
WASHINGTON: Two Indian Americans, one a computer scientist and the other a mathematician, are among 24 winners of the prestigious MacArthur fellowships offering talented individuals unprecedented freedom and opportunity to reflect, create, and explore….

India launches seven satellites
India has successfully launched seven satellites in a single mission, nearly a month after the country's inaugural Moon mission was aborted….

Over a million to appear in engineering entrance test
NEW DELHI - Over one million students will be appearing in the All India Engineering Entrance Exam (AIEEE) Sunday seeking admission into engineering, architecture and other allied courses in government-aided institutes across India….

GM to develop Indian electric car
US carmaker General Motors (GM) has said it is to develop a small cheap electric car for India….

Questions and Answers: Prof. Anil Kumar Gupta
Prof. Anil Kumar Gupta, vice chairman of National Innovation Foundation (NIF) and founder of the Honey Bee Network, a knowledge network for augmenting grassroots innovation,…

A great opportunity for Indian science
India is a land of ancient civilisation that had made fundamental contributions to human knowledge in the hoary past….

Indian spacecraft finds water on the moon
Bangalore: In a sensational scientific discovery, India's maiden lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 has found evidence of water on the moon.  …

From Carpentry to Couriers: India's Rural Job Portals Are Taking Off
A few years ago, a job portal for rural India would have been unthinkable. Internet penetration was extremely low -- even today,…

Building Brickwork: How a Former Government Official Found His Entrepreneurial Niche
Over the past year, Bangalore-based outsourcing firm Brickwork India, led by VivekKulkarni, the founder and chief executive officer, has been working with the University of Pennsylvania's Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) on a health care research project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation….

'Genetic ailments among Indians due to endogamy'
The Indian traditional habit of marrying within one's caste or community leads to genetic mutations, thus explaining why certain diseases are concentrated only in a particular pocket of the population in India….

India must turn away from the bomb
Yet it was brought in from the cold last year by the international community and permitted to trade in nuclear technology despite not having signed the NPT. …

State educators call for technology investment
Hunt is a math and computer science teacher at Middleton High School. "I'd like to have my programming students working online with students from Indiaor ...

Mixed reactions to IIT, IIM woes
The decision to go on a one-day strike by the faculty members of the premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to protest the modified notification of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)….

EFFICIENT AND ENERGETIC - Shifting to renewable energy is necessary but not easy for India
Greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide, largely caused by burning coal, are believed to be the chief cause of global warming and climate change….

Pest-resistant Bt brinjal developed
DHARWAD: A team of researchers at the University of Agricultural Science (UAS) here has succeed in genetically engineering a widely grown….

Study leave
The protests -- including a hunger strike -- by the faculty of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) might appear to be out of place and even peevish given the fact that the IITs are considered elite institutions which have contributed to the branding of India in the global market place….

Farm boy who fed India- Borlaug, the icon of war on hunger, is dead
Crop scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug, an enduring icon for the war on hunger who had helped steer India away from recurrent famines towards self-sufficiency in food, died on Saturday…..

Indian designer champions homespun
In a mission that recalls Gandhian ideals, one fashion designer wants India to boost its rural industries and return to homespun - and even Bollywood is heeding his call….

September 17, '09 - September 24, '09 

Developing world can help weather the slowdown
Biotechnology firms in developed nations can better weather the economic downturn and stay competitive if they collaborate with the developing world since capacity in this industry is no longer limited to a handful of high-income Western countries, says a new study in Thursday’s issue of the journal Nature Biotechnology.

Ambani vs. Ambani: A Dispute over Natural Gas Prices Flares Up
One long-simmering dispute that has flared up publicly in recent times involves Mukesh and Anil, sons of Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder of the house of Reliance, India's largest business group. The dispute concerns the price of natural gas,....

Tech giants offer ideas on charging readers online
Some of the world's most prominent technology companies are offering suggestions to publishers on how they can charge readers for news online.

Facebook strips down to Lite site
The world's biggest social networking site has launched a slimmed-down version for people with slow or poor internet connections.

Keeping Google out of libraries
Google is in the middle of a massive project to scan and digitise every book it can get its hands on, whether old or new, and if it gets its way then the US courts will soon endorse an agreement between the search engine giant and the US book industry that will allow it to do this without fear of prosecution for copyright infringement.

Broad band connection in India is expected to touch 214 million
The broadband penetration in the country is likely to touch 214 million by 2014, to support which the industry expects government to invest around Rs 17,000 crore laying fibre cables, according to Confederation of Indian Industry and IMRB Broadband Report 2009.

Google developing software to aid newspapers
In a proposal to the Newspaper Association of America, Google said it is working on a software that would help newspapers to charge money from 'micro-payment', a payment vehicle which would be available both to Google and non-Google properties within the next year.

Solar power in India will cost less than coal energy in five years
The Clinton Climate Initiative, a programme of the William J Clinton Foundation, is in the process of setting up four ‘solar parks’ across the world with an overall capacity of 20,000 Mw. On Monday,it signed an agreement with the Gujarat government for setting up what is billed as the world’s largest solar project.

Top 10 Engineering Colleges & Universities in India
The ranking has been done on basis of publications and citations and research record available between 1999 and 2008 in the Scopus International multi-disciplinary, bibliographical database.

Agriculture pioneer Borlaug dies
Norman Borlaug, the man known as the father of the Green Revolution in agriculture, has died in the US state of Texas aged 95.

Open source software can save India $2 bn
As Indian consumers and enterprises evaluate the option of upgrading to Microsoft’s much-touted operating system (OS) Windows 7, to be officially launched on October 22, the free and open source software (FOSS) community has fired yet another salvo at proprietary software.

Dinesh Mohan: Challenges of the 21st century
The US' 14 engineering targets should get us thinking along similar lines, but strong inter-disciplinary activity and cooperation between academia, government and industry is vital for this, says Dinesh Mohan.

The Yashpal Committee Report: A Review
A holistic view of knowledge, as advocated above, would demand a regulatory system which treats the entire range of educational institutions in a holistic manner. All of higher education has to be treated as an integrated whole.

Foreign univ education in India to be cheaper
White skin or Oriental eyes aren’t a common feature even in India’s top educational institutions, the IITs  and IIMs. However, the  mixed campus could well become a reality when the international universities come to India —particularly because these schools aren’t planning to price themselves out of the reach of locals.

India Aims for Center Court
As the top junior tennis player in the world took the stage at the U.S. Open in New York this week, even devout fans scratched their heads. Yuki Bhambri hails from India, a country whose professional tennis history is only slightly richer than America's record in cricket.

A good degree comes with a burden of debt
From the United States to Australia, many countries are popular when it comes to studying outside the Middle East. Unfortunately, not every family can send their child to a well-known institution overseas – fees can be 10 times that of a 'home' student.

Global leadership challenges are tough: C N R Rao
India is facing extraordinary competition from countries like China for global leadership. If India wants to become a global leader, it has to move into productive and creative areas now.

Sibal plans to reform higher education too
He ushered in radical reforms in school education within the first 100 days of his tenure as human resource development (HRD) minister.

Educationists not so enthused
Currently, there is fierce debate whether the grading system in CBSE’s Class X is good or not. The education system is set for a sea change with the introduction of the grading. But as the new mode is likely to affect and influence other board examinations across the nation, ...

TCS to use Chennai centre for e-passport service
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the country’s largest IT services provider, will use the new data centre which was set up by the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) in Chennai as a disaster recovery for its e-passport service.

We are customising our content
Publishing business in India has on the whole managed to sustain healthy growth David A Wan, CEO, Harvard Business Publishing despite the economic slowdown, notes Harvard David A Wan, CEO, Harvard Business Publishing Business Publishing CEO David A Wan . Expecting growth opportunities in India, the US-based company recently opened a wholly-owned subsidiary here.

Suzlon sees 400-500 MW in new orders
Wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy is likely to book another 400 to 500 megawatts in orders by December, Chief Operating Officer Sumant Sinha said on Wednesday.

India moves up a step, but does poorly on many basics
India has moved up one position to 49th in the The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010 (GCR Report), released today by the World Economic Forum ahead of its annual meeting, to be held this year in Dalian, China.

Indra Nooyi most powerful woman in US biz: Fortune
For the fourth straight year, India-born Pepsico chief Indra Nooyi has been named as the most powerful woman in the US business by the Fortune magazine.
 

September 09, '09 - September 16, '09

Suzlon in talks to sell gearbox unit, Hansen
Suzlon Energy, the world’s fifth-largest wind turbine maker, is in discussions with a consortium of wind equipment component manufacturers in Belgium, in addition to some leading turbine manufacturers in Europe, such as Vestas, to sell off its gear box manufacturing subsidiary, Hansen Transmission.

RM awardee uses head, heart to fight poverty
"If all you have are bleeding hearts, it wouldn’t work. If you only have heads, then you are going to dictate solutions which do not touch the human chord."

22 pacts inked under Lockheed Martin’s India Innovation Programme
US aerospace major Lockheed Martin’s India Innovation Growth Programme achieved another milestone Monday with the signing of 22 commercialization deals by the winners of this unique nation-wide initiative.

Thousands call for Turing apology
Thousands of people have signed a Downing Street petition calling for a posthumous government apology to World War II code breaker Alan Turing.

Tata seeks compensation over Nano
India's Tata group says it will hand back land where it planned to build the world's cheapest car - but only if the government gives it compensation.

Engineering Earth 'is feasible'
A UK Royal Society study has concluded that many engineering proposals to reduce the impact of climate change are "technically possible".

YSR: India loses a real agri-commodities leader
Dr Y S Rajashekhara Reddy was every bit a commodities man unlike his predecessor Chandra Babu Naidu who gave more prominence to ‘information technology’ over other sectors. In the death of Reddy, the nation as well as his home state Andhra Pradesh has lost a leader who believed in upliftment of the rural and backward regions of the state.

Where's India's R&D?Imports 70 percent electronics
India is heavily dependent on imports of electronic goods from countries like the U.S. and China to meet its domestic demand. In spite of having a tax exemption of 150 percent, the Indian industries spend very little on the research and development, said a study.

The business in knowledge
It is a moment of reckoning for higher education. The Yashpal Committee has submitted its much publicised report to overhaul the higher education in the country. The Union HRD Ministry has also unveiled an ambitious 100-day plan to revamp the system. It is heartening that the committee noted in unequivocal words that universities cannot be centres of profit-making.

Demand for electricity sputters and bills may fall
Consumers and businesses may finally be seeing some relief from rising utility bills, thanks to the biggest decline in U.S. electricity demand in decades.

India to Share Nuke Share Know-How with Lanka
ndia is likely to share its nuclear technology with Sri Lanka for power generation using Thorium as the main source of energy, Science and Technology Minister Tissa Vitharana said yesterday.

Meaningful interaction between industry, academia essential
Calling for a 'meaningful interaction' between industry and academia, Dr V K Atre, former scientific advisor to Defence Minister,today said both should create an atmosphere that would attract the best and accelerate the speed of India's progress in various fields,including telecom.

Now, an intelligent system to help the elderly avoid forgetting everyday tasks
Scientists at the University of Granada (UGR) have announced the creation of a system that uses Artificial Intelligence techniques to help elderly people, or those with special needs, avoid forgetting certain everyday tasks.

IIHT joins EMC education program
EMC India, a developer and provider of information infrastructure solutions has announced that IIHT, which provides IT infrastructure management training has joined the EMC Education Learning Partner (ELP) program. The program is designed to meet the growing demand for skills in Information Storage and Management (ISM) across India.

`Opening doors to foreign varsities will lead to commercialization of education
The central government's proposed move to allow the foreign universities to open their shops on Indian soil would not help improve the standard of higher education, said noted thinker and writer K Veerabhadrappa.

'No conspiracy in U.S. moon mission'- Chandrayaan
In a considerable downer for space conspiracy theorists, Chandrayaan-1's terrain-mapper camera has recorded images of the landing site of U.S. spaceship Apollo 15 and tracks of its lunar rovers that were used by astronauts to travel on moon's surface nearly four decades ago, a scientist

AIIMS researchers develop device to administer IV drugs
Researchers at AIIMS have developed a novel device to administer intravenous drugs directly into the bone marrow in case of medical emergencies like heart attacks, trauma injuries and dehydration.

ICT-based farm initiative bags award
The Karshaka Information Systems Services and Networking (KISSAN) has emerged eINDIA award winner under the category of ‘ICT (information, communication and technology)-enabled agricultural initiative of the year.

Rs 31,000 cr to upgrade higher education sector
The Centre will spend around Rs 31,000 crore to support the state universities across the country to improve the quality of higher education, said the Union minister for Human Resources Development (HRD), Kapil Sibal.

Slow US recovery to hit IT firms
The sluggish demand from the US market will continue to hurt the business prospects of Indian IT outsourcing services providers even as the industry expects to see stability in the overall business environment in the second quarter of financial year 2010.

Comment: A Good First Step
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), under the direction of the Union human resource development ministry, has decided to do away with class X exams in all schools that are affiliated to it from 2010. This decision is welcome.

NCERT wants yoga to be must in schools
Students, get ready to do some asanas as the government is bent on teaching you yoga. The National Curriculum Framework (NCF) 2005 has broad-based guidelines for physical education and elucidates the importance of including yoga as a compulsory subject. This will be implemented in schools soon.

Indian Moon Orbiter Loses Contact
India’s national space agency said that communications with its first unstaffed spacecraft to orbit the moon were lost on Saturday and that its scientists were no longer controlling the orbiter.

The Way Forward On Intellectual Property For China And India
The continued development of the knowledge economies in both China and India requires thoughtful, practical policies that will give the needed incentive and capacity to innovators while providing benefits to as many as possible.

India in B & W as well as HD
Reporting from Jaipur, India - Tikam Chand wheels up on a rusty bicycle, navigates past a tangle of pedestrians, the odd beggar, a pile of garbage and kiosks selling Coke in battered green bottles, and unties a 50-pound camera that took its first photograph around the time President Lincoln was assassinated.

India Moon mission is 'mixed success'
India has abandoned its inaugural Moon mission, 10 months after it was launched. Science writer Pallava Bagla examines the mission's performance.
 

Lockheed Martin to fund Delhi undergrads' next-gen UAV
Impressed by the talent of a group of engineering undergraduates who won top honours at an international competition for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), U.S. aerospace major Lockheed Martin

Effective teachers' training need of the hour: experts
Low salaries, little motivation and temporary appointments -- India's school teachers are faced with myriad problems. But the task before the country is to overcome the huge shortfall of teachers, specially in remote areas, and provide them effective training to make them competent enough to influence future generations, say experts.

Myth-Busting: The Value of College
Over at The Choice blog, Rebecca R. Ruiz describes a recent National Public radio segment called “Is a College Education Worth the Debt?”

Orissa goes hi-tech in school education
The Orissa government has linked 40 schools in the state to the Edusat network with an aim to modernising the school education.

Drought Puts Focus on a Side of India Left Out of Progress
Two very different recent scenes from India: At a power breakfast in New Delhi for many of the country’s corporate leaders and top economic officials, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee declared that India had “weathered the storm” of the global economic crisis and was witnessing “green shoots” in industry and services that signaled a return to more rapid growth by next year.

How Science Can Create Millions of New Jobs
Reigniting basic research can repair the broken U.S. business model and put Americans back to work

Vocational training, part of primary education
Occupational education is not new to our country. Its roots goes back to British era when in 1854 under Woods dispatch, it was introduced in India.

Mission Chandrayan-I is over
The Chandrayan I mission is over, said ISRO. Annadurai, the project director of Chandryan I, said that ISRO has not been able to establish link with the spacecraft and it will not be established in future also.

70 ports in India to be connected electronically
The Indian government has decided to connect 70 ports across the country electronically by the end of next year.

Liver swap, rarest of rare surgery in india
Love and hate, science and nature do not recognise geographical boundaries.
 

Lots of seed money needed for greener harvest
Somewhere, perhaps in an MIT media laboratory, a biotech company's research facilities, or even in a Fairhaven middle school science class, is the next great idea waiting to hatch.

Educational Crisis
High schools and colleges are reopening for the new school year. Such openings are full of optimism—but in some areas, at least, the educational system simply may be unready to unlock students’ full potential.

CBI raids expose why technical education is sub-standard
The unholy nexus between owners of self-financing engineering colleges and officials of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is in the spotlight in Tamil Nadu.

IISc’s UG course merges streams to make learning
The Indian Institute of Science’s (IISc) Undergraduate programme is being projected as one that would revolutionise undergraduate education in the country.

The rapidly growing, stable markets of southern India
About 30 of India’s top 112 cities are located in the four southern states—Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu; but the bulk of them are in India’s most urbanized large state, Tamil Nadu.

Imperial keen to set 'foot' in India
... with more students wanting an international education it is not enough for world-class institutes to attract students only to one campus. Imperial college London, too, is devising a new international policy, under which the college wants to set its "footprints" in four regions — India, Singapore, China and the Gulf region.

India and its Literacy Mission
September 8th of every year is observed as International Literacy Day. India has put its Literacy Mission high on agenda with the government initiating a number of measures including the adoption of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education, to achieve higher literacy rate in the country.

For poor migrants, technology to help in financial inclusion
Migration in search of work ensures that cities maintain their high growth rates. When people move out of their homes for work, their families often stay behind, living on remittances sent by their working relatives.

Idea, Reuters tie-up for information service for farmers
Idea Cellular has tied up with Reuters Market Light to launch an information service targeted at the farmers, to provide them with information that would help them improve production and marketing of their produce.

Small Town India Beckons for Tech Companies
India's hinterland today shows more promise than ever before. And similar to the role played in cities, the outsourcing industry can be a catalyst for this new stage of India's growth.

‘Chandrayaan’ review gives insights on moon’s origins
India’s lunar probe ‘Chandrayaan-1’ has thrown up surprises that could offer new insights on the origin of the moon, its topography and minerals, the international partners of India’s space agency, who reviewed data from the spacecraft

Satellite being designed to connect villages: ISRO
The Indian Space Research Organisation is in the process of designing a satellite for providing connectivity to villages,Isro Chairman G. Madhavan Nair said
 

September 01, '09 - September 08, '09

Free the H-1Bs, Free the Economy
I have a suggestion for our President on how to boost economic growth without spending a penny: Free the H-1B’s.

IITians wake up, your profs are on street
Nationally, the average annual pay for professors in U.S. public universities is $115,509. Compare this to what Indian professors of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) get annually - a paltry $12,000. Although the cost of living in the U.S. is higher, the gap in the salaries of the professors needs correction.

IISc revives old energy technology
A century-old technology that was widely used during the Second World War to power vehicles in Europe and had subsequently disappeared is now drawing the attention of twenty first century investors, thanks to the persistent research efforts of scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and others from the international scientific community.

India should invent own on technology: Pitroda
India should not follow the United States as far as technology is concerned but should invent its own model, Chairman of the Knowledge Commission Sam Pitroda said here today.

Scientific community wanted more tests, says Santhanam
Top defence scientist Dr.K. Santhanam said on Thursday that the scientific community in India had felt after the May 1998 nuclear tests that there should be another test to complete the research.

Arvind Singhal: India's agriculture challenge
There is a pressing need for developing high-calibre talent focused on ‘Food & Agriculture’ technology and management

Going Digital: California's Textbook Project
The state has approved 10 free online textbooks for science and math in high school. Local school systems must decide for themselves whether or not to use them.

India's top 10 technical institutes
Indian technical institutes are globally respected for the quality of their education. Recently, the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lauded the country's technical education system terming it enviable.

India needs leaders at many levels: Sam Pitroda
Sam Pitroda, chairman of India's National Knowledge Commission, believes the United States' model of a liberal arts education is applicable in the revamping of higher education in India and that such a model is very much in the works.

'Cooperative higher education a must for India, China and US'
If India, China and the United States are to prosper in a globalised economy, a joint, cooperative transformation of their higher education systems was imperative, believes B M Naik, former principal of the engineering school at the Guru Gobind Singh College in Nanded, Maharashtra.

US ranks 28th in Internet connection speed: report
The United States ranks 28th in the world in average Internet connection speed and is not making significant progress in building a faster network, according to a report released on Tuesday.

Research and Markets: India's Higher Education Market Is Estimated to Be worth INR 6.5 Bn and Is Expected to Be Growing At 12% Per Annum Says 2009 Study
The higher education market in India accounts for a substantial share of the total education in India. This segment is estimated to be worth INR 6.5 bn and is expected to be growing at 12% per annum. This space has seen large scale public and private participation.

Gujarat DFS, Israel to develop technology to screen terrorists
Gujarat will soon play incubator to a project that is being touted as a huge leap in global combat against terrorism. Forensic scientists and investigators of Gujarat will shortly tap into Israel's expertise in a Suspect Detection System (SDS).

India opens world’s first space tech institute
Noting that India's space programme faces several challenges, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the Space Vision 2025 should reflect how the country could more effectively harness space technology for development.

Leading with science
The MoES keeps India ahead in the development race through its projects in atmospheric sciences, ocean technology and seismology.

Minister calls for developing laptop for $10
India’s technology institutes should work to develop low-cost laptops not costing more than $10 for students, according to Minister of State for Higher Education D. Purandareswari.

Chandrayaan-1, NASA join hands to find lunar water
A joint collaboration between India's Chandrayaan-1 and National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which are orbiting the moon, could turn up evidence for valuable lunar water.  

Revise pay scale or face strike: IIT faculty
In a symbolic and politically astute move, the IIT faculty has given an ultimatum to the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) to revise the notification on the Sixth Pay Commission, by September fourth, one day before Teacher’s Day.

Brain Undrain: America’s Loss Is India’s Gain
The weakening global economy is helping reverse India’s much-lamented “brain drain” as hundreds of techies, scientists and corporate managers, primarily from the US, are homeward bound. India’s booming economy has aided this influx.

Problem of plenty hits engg studies
Thousands of engineering seats, but no takers! And, believe it or not, the government has recommended 16 more engineering colleges for the academic year 2009-10.

Averting a perfect storm of shortages
The mega-cities of the developing world hold an irresistible attraction for migrants from the countryside. But as the cities swell, their need for food, water and energy multiplies. The BBC's Chris Morris asks whether urbanisation is sustainable.

IISc is India's No. 1 tech institute
IISc has been ranked the number one engineering/technology institute among top 67 science institutes in the country. IIT-Kanpur comes in at second place, followed by IIT-Bombay, IIT-Kharagpur and Delhi at third, fourth and fifth position respectively.

Free Education from MIT Open Courseware
It would be redundant to mention the impact that technology has had on mankind. But telling you how it made my dream come true is certainly not redundant – not to me at least!

The IIT dilemma - old vs new
While the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are still believed to be the ultimate destination for engineering students, more than 500 students have rejected the admission offer to study in one of these institutes this year.

Ignou symposium on leveraging ICT
The mounting presence of information and communication technology (ICT) initiatives in the higher education landscape has propelled the relevance
of open educational resources (OER), which simplify the search for inputs on a particular subject.

Information technology, open resources key to higher education: experts
Providing access to quality higher education opportunities across India is possible only if emphasis is laid on open education with thrust on information communication technology (ICT), experts said Friday.

Austrians! The Indian Market Beckons
India today is a nation where everyone can see and feel the benefits of private enterprise, including multinational companies; and, at the same time, everyone can see state failure writ large in each and every area where this socialist state is active.

Foreigners Attending US Grad Schools Way Down: Wake Up, Xenophobes
It’s happening: Lou Dobbs’ dream come true and Silicon Valley’s worst nightmare. We’re already seeing the reverse brain drain as smart immigrants take their US educations and experience building companies and creating technology back to their home countries.

Indian Americans Thriving In Connecticut
The typical immigrant story in Connecticut starts with empty pockets and high hopes, segues into years on a factory floor, a rise to the propertied class and a better life for the second generation.

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…
Is India really an emerging knowledge superpower? Exclusive excerpts from Meera Nanda’s book The God Market, which was released recently…

Now, a new treatment for spinal injuries
A doctor and a bio-technologist from Kerala have come up with an alternative treatment for patients with critical spinal injuries and are now Spinal injury New treatment for spinal injuries awaits human trial nod awaiting clearance from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to conduct human trials.

India renews its tryst with destiny
Nandan Nilekani represents an Indian entrepreneurial class that is spearheading a quiet revolution. He claims the forces of information technology, economic liberalization and globalization have created a resurgence in India that resembles the heady days of the founding of the nation.

'Use solar energy as it is an everlasting resource'
"Solar Energy is a renewable source of energy. At one point of time, there can be shortage of power but not solar energy. It is thus required to make use of solar energy, bio-gas plants and store the traditional sources of energy."

IIT-G ranks 10th among top tech institutes
The Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, an outcome of the Assam Accord, has earned the distinction of being ranked 10th in a list of 67 top engineering and technology institutes in India. The honour attests to the relatively young institution’s impeccable academic and research credentials.

Home is where the brain is
The only-in-America story of Gaurav Rajani, one of thousands of ambitious, conflicted Indian engineers whose exodus from Silicon Valley could someday turn the Bay Area into the Detroit of high-tech.

Problem of plenty hits engg studies
Thousands of engineering seats, but no takers! And, believe it or not, the government has recommended 16 more engineering colleges for the academic year 2009-10.

'State’s first Community College takes shape in Vadodara’
Gujarat's first Community College took shape on Sunday in Vadodara following the collaboration of Seth Faramji Cavasji Contractor’s education trust (Future Education) and Indira Gandhi Open University (IGNOU) at the Premanand Hall (Central Hall) in M S University.

Making the IIT grade in Bihar
It is eight o'clock in the morning and already nearly 1,000 people have gathered in front of the gates of a big military school outside Gaya, a small town in the centre of the north-east Indian state of Bihar.

IISc revives old energy technology
A century-old technology that was widely used during the Second World War to power vehicles in Europe and had subsequently disappeared is now drawing the attention of twenty first century investors, thanks to the persistent research efforts of scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and others from the international scientific community.

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