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  IIT Jodhpur students urge Prez, HRD Ministry to sack Director

  India | April 04, 2015 7:22 IST

  Jodhpur: Agitating students of the IIT Jodhpur have appealed to President Pranab Mukherjee and the HRD Ministry to remove Director CVR Murti for his "dictatorial attitude".The students have been agitating against a recently passed Code

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  œIITs should be left alone, new selection process very casual, Anil Kakodkar

  India | March 28, 2015 11:04 IST

  Mumbai: Nuclear scientist Anil Kakodkar, who resigned as Chairman of Board of governors of IIT-Bombay due to “disagreements” with HRD ministry a fortnight before, said on Friday that “IITs should be left alone”.  He described

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  Selection of IIT directors should be a more serious process: Kakodkar

  India | March 27, 2015 17:54 IST

  Nuclear scientist Anil Kakodkar who put down his papers as the chairman of the board of governors of IIT Bombay a few days earlier, has sought a serious decision making process at the educational institution."The

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  Govt initiates process to remove DU VC, serves show-cause notice on him

  India | March 19, 2015 7:43 IST

  New Delhi: The HRD ministry has finally served a show cause notice on Delhi University vice chancellor Dinesh Singh asking him why he should not be removed from his post.The show-cause notice has been served

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  Anil Kakodkar quits IIT-B board after disagreement with HRD Ministry

  India | March 18, 2015 16:01 IST

  New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) Board of Governors chairman and nuclear scientist Anil Kakodkar has resigned from his post after a reported 'disagreement' with the Ministry of Human Resource Development.Kakodkar, whose tenure

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  HRD Ministry sets up panel to probe misappropriation charge against Teesta NGO

  India | March 06, 2015 18:32 IST

  New Delhi: The HRD Ministry has set up a committee to probe alleged misappropriation of funds received under the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan by an NGO run by activist Teesta Setalvad, who is facing heat along

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  HRD Ministry to await panel report on Visva Bharati VC

  India | January 29, 2015 21:29 IST

  New Delhi:  With a section of students and faculty of Visva Bharati University threatening to intensify their agitation for the removal of the Vice Chancellor, officials in the HRD Ministry said they would await the

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  Govt launches consultations for drafting of new education policy

  Politics | January 27, 2015 10:54 IST

  New Delhi: The government on Tuesday launched the exhaustive exercise for holding consultations aimed at the drafting of a new national education policy and invited suggestions and discussions towards that end.The launch was announced in

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  IIT-Delhi Director Shevgaonkar joins duty, meets some senior faculty members

  India | January 13, 2015 7:05 IST

  New Delhi: Amid the controversy surrounding his resignation, IIT Delhi Director R Shevgaonkar on Monday joined duty and met a couple of senior faculty members who are understood to have pursued him to reconsider his

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  After planning commission government to reorganize UGC?

  India | January 12, 2015 9:38 IST

  New Delhi: After restructuring Planning Commission as NITI Aayog, NDA government is planning to revamp University Grants Commission (UGC), as well. This will be the second Nehru-era institution that may get a complete overhaul. After

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  DU's specialized "Math kit" to make the subject less taxing for blind students

  India | January 11, 2015 10:29 IST

  New Delhi: To make solving numerical problems less taxing for visually-impaired students, Delhi University is developing specialised ‘mathematical kits' which will make it much easier for them to study the subject.  The varsity plans to

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  Six new IIMs to begin academic activities from coming session

  India | January 08, 2015 9:06 IST

  New Delhi: With the mentors of the six new IIMs being finalised, government on Wednesday said it is prepared to commence academic activities of these IIMs from the coming academic session.The new Indian Institute of

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  IIT Delhi Alumni Association backs director Shevgaonkar

  India | December 30, 2014 7:46 IST

  New Delhi: The IIT Delhi Alumni Association yesterday came out in support of Raghunath K S Shevgaonkar, who quit as Director of the institute amid a controversy over alleged pressure by the HRD Ministry on

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  IIT Delhi Director 'illegally' setting up off-shore campus?

  India | December 29, 2014 11:32 IST

  New Delhi: Top sources in the Ministry of HRD claimed that possible reason for the resignation of Director, IIT Delhi could be his alleged involvement in ‘illegally' setting up an off-shore campus of the top

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  Privilege motion against Venkaiah Naidu over Dec 25 circular row

  Politics | December 18, 2014 17:20 IST

  New Delhi: Congress has moved a notice for privilege motion against Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu, alleging that he misled Lok Sabha over HRD ministry's circulars on celebrating Atal Bihari Vajpayee's birthday on Christmas as

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  No intention to open schools on Christmas: Government

  India | December 16, 2014 17:40 IST

  New Delhi: Amid a row over HRD ministry's alleged move to keep schools "open" on Christmas day, government Tuesday asserted that it had no such intention whatsoever.K C Venugopal (Cong) flaunted "circulars" in Lok Sabha

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  CPI(M) slams government's 'Christmas circular' to schools

  Politics | December 15, 2014 12:31 IST

  New Delhi: Terming as “offensive and unjustifiable” government's reported decision to keep Navodaya schools open on Christmas, CPI(M) today demanded its withdrawal saying it was an “assault” on the religious right of Christians.The HRD Ministry

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  Decisions to make Sanskrit compulsory taken by UPA: HRD Ministry

  Politics | December 04, 2014 8:53 IST

  New Delhi: The HRD Ministry today said the decisions to ask those central universities to explore the possibilities of opening of Sanskrit department where it doesn't exist and to ask CBSE to make the language

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  MDMK opposes Centre's attempt to 'saffronise' education

  Politics | November 30, 2014 21:02 IST

  Chennai: NDA ally MDMK today opposed any proposed changes by the HRD Ministry in the education system as suggested by the RSS, alleging these were part of efforts by BJP to 'saffronise' it after the

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  German vs Sanskrit controversy created 'deliberately': Smriti Irani

  Politics | November 21, 2014 17:30 IST

  New Delhi:  HRD Minister Smriti Irani today said a controversy over German being replaced in KV schools has been created “deliberately” and asserted that its continuation as third language would have been a violation of