Prof. Anil Dattatraya Sahasrabudhe is the new AICTE chairman: Prof. Anil Dattatraya Sahasrabudhe, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati has taken over the charge as the Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Prof. Sahasrabudhe, an alumnus of BVB College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli is a Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He …
On July 15 coinciding with the first ever World Youth Skills Day, India relaunched a repackaged Skill Development initiative first brought into existence in 2009. The new initiative comprises of a National Skill Development Mission, a new National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) scheme, the Skill Loan scheme and a national skill …
After 29 long years, Here comes the chance to redefine & reform India’s education priorities and system In a major initiative on education sector, the union government on Republic Day this year (January 26) launched web-based consultations on website http://www.mygov.in for preparing a draft on a New Education Policy on Education in the country. A set of 33 themes have …
State Education Ministers Endorse Credit Framework for Skills, Choice Based Credit System Education ministers from all the States endorsed the Credit Framework for Skills and the new Choice Based Credit System Guidelines issued by the University Grants Commission at a meeting of all State Education Ministers looking after Higher/Technical Education, on 6th January 2015, to discuss adoption of the …
IITs top ranked in Entrepreneurship Education Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are ranked fourth on a list of 50 best entrepreneurial undergraduate institutes in the world. This was revealed by the union HRD Minister Smriti Irani at a conclave organized by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) on September 19 to discuss the relevance and importance of “Entrepreneurship”, …
The union HRD ministry under the new government as a departure from the past has clearly set an innovative agenda with small but specific initiatives. We reproduce some of what has been said in its 100 days achievement/performance statement. CLOSING THE GENDER GAP The Department of School Education and Literacy has supported the Ministry of Women and Child Development …
