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Tamil Nadu to await apex court verdict over deemed varsities

By ians • Jan 19th, 2010

Chennai, Jan 19, The Tamil Nadu government has decided to wait for the Supreme Court judgement on how to integrate students of 16 deemed universities in regular colleges.



Rahul Gandhi interacts with engineering students in Bhopal

By ians • Jan 19th, 2010
Rahul Gandhi

Bhopal, Jan 19, Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi interacted with students of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), one of the country’s leading engineering colleges, here Monday and urged the students to rise to the task of leading India to greater heights.



Students going to Australia need orientation

By Sanu George • Jan 18th, 2010

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 18, The fears and problems faced by Indian students in Australia, specially in the wake of a spate of criminal attacks on the community, can be addressed by holding orientation programmes and keeping a check on education consultants in India, says an Australia-based Indian organisation.



Indian student intake in Australia to be monitored

By ians • Jan 14th, 2010

Melbourne, Jan 14, Australia is tracking foreign students coming to study amid reports that the number of Indians applying for visas has fallen due to attacks on them.



Jawaharlal Nehru University head to attend meet at Yale

By ians • Jan 13th, 2010
General Ban Ki-moon

Washington, Jan 13, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will chair the fourth meeting of the Global Colloquium of University Presidents, a network of international university presidents and vice-chancellors, including India’s Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jan 14-15.



Kerala youth festival marred by rigging allegations

By ians • Jan 11th, 2010

Kozhikode, Jan 11, Kerala’s popular State Schools Youth Festival, which draws over 9,000 students to various cultural competitions, has now come under a cloud after allegations of the weeklong event being rigged came to light following an expose by a television channel.



To bright young scholars, Orissa offers Rs.10 scholarship

By ians • Jan 8th, 2010

Bhubaneswar, Jan 8, How much does a bright primary school student get as scholarship in Orissa after beating thousands of competitors? A princely Rs.10 per month – the amount has remained unchanged for more than 20 years!



IIT Madras team wins New York competition

By ians • Jan 8th, 2010
Michael Bloomberg

New York, Jan 8, An entrepreneur team from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras has won the NYC Next Idea 2009-2010, an inaugural global business plan competition launched by New York City last year.



I am a Delhiwala and product of India: Malawi president

By Devirupa Mitra • Jan 8th, 2010

Lilongwe (Malawi), Jan 8, From reminiscing about his days in Delhi to his fondness for bhangra, the president of the small, land-locked southern African nation of Malawi praised Indian education, pointing out that he was a “product of India.”



Sharp fall in Indians keen to study in Australia: report

By ians • Jan 7th, 2010

Melbourne, Jan 7, There has been a sharp fall in the number of Indians applying for visas to study in Australia, a media report Thursday said. The development comes following a string of assaults, including two killings, on Indian students.