Four Indian American students, Anisha Gururaj, Sai P. Gourisankar, Maya Krishnan and Abishek Kulshreshtha, are among 32 men and women chosen as 2015 Rhodes Scholars from the US.


Four Indian American students picked as Rhodes scholars


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India born Renu Khator, University of Houston(UH) president and UH System chancellor, is set to lead the board of directors for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.


Indian-American Renu Khator to lead Dallas Fed board


The 44th All India Sainik Schools Principals Conference will be held at Sainik School Kazhakootam, near here, from Wednesday.


Thiruvananthapuram to hosts Sainik School principals meet


Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani Monday emphasised on strengthening cooperation with the Unesco across all its areas of competence.


Must strengthen cooperation with Unesco: Smriti Irani


President Pranab Mukherjee will visit Karnataka and Maharashtra Nov 25-26, it was announced Monday.


Pranab to visit Karnataka, Maharashtra


A court Saturday sent a Himachal Pradesh University official to police remand for two days for issuing a fake marksheet to his son, police said.


Fake marksheet: Police remand for Himachal university official


President Pranab Mukherjee Friday said the government's "Make in India" initiative depends to a large extent on the deepening of the alliance between academia and industry.


'Make in India' depends on academia-industry synergy


The National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) here has introduced an online course in sexual harassment prevention and workplace diversity, it said Friday.


Law school offers course in sexual harassment prevention at workplace


At least three students were injured when a gunman opened fire at the library of the Florida State University Thursday, media reported. The gunman was later shot dead by campus officers.


Three injured in US varsity shooting


Global software major Infosys Ltd. is partnering with the US-based Stanford Graduate School of Business to develop a tailor-made course for grooming its next-generation executives in the global technology space.


Infosys to design Stanford course for grooming executives


In another feather to the cap of the Indian private sector in Africa, Airtel Nigeria has been adjudged the best company for corporate social responsibility (CSR) in education by the Social Enterprise Report Awards (SERA) for 2014 beating other companies including Samsung, Etisalat and Oando at a ceremony here.


Airtel Nigeria named best company in education CSR


President Pranab Mukherjee will visit Assam and Arunachal Pradesh Nov 20-21, it was announced Wednesday.


President to visit Assam, Arunachal Pradesh


Oxford University Press (OUP) Tuesday launched an English course in listening and speaking for students across India.


OUP unveils English course for Indian students


Washington, Nov 18 (IANS/EFE) One out of every 30 children in the US is homeless, the highest rate in history and one that is due to the nation's high percentage of poverty, together with the lack of affordable housing and the impact of domestic violence.


One out of every 30 children in US is homeless


The third India-US Higher Education Dialogue,  held here Monday, emphasised the key role of education and skills development in relationships between the people of the two countries.


India-US Higher Education Dialogue held


The BJP-led central government has asked banks to submit their claims for interest subsidy on education loans availed by students belonging to scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe (ST) communities, a circular from the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) states.


Centre reimbursing education loan interest for SC,ST students


E-commerce major Amazon has emerged as the top recruiter by making 22 offers in the summer placements for the 2014-16 batch of students at premier business school Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta.


Amazon top recruiter in IIM-Calcutta summer placement


Given the widening industry-academia gap in India, a good employability strategy and investments towards it by educational institutions can help address the problem, a leading British academician says.


Universities must make students employable: British VC


The Bombay High Court Friday stayed the Maharashtra government's decision to provide educational and job quotas to Marathas and Muslims while allowing educational reservation for the latter.


High court stays quota for Marathas, Muslims


Research is the mother of development, visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote on an agricultural robot developed by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) during a visit to the university here Friday where he also undertook a tour of an QUT-India project to develop iron-rich bananas.


Modi visits Australian varsity, gets update on agriculture


Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Queensland University of Technology (QUT) here Friday, generating excitement among the students.

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