<P>With its three-week summer studies program for Grades 7-10 running successfully at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), Durham-based Duke University is mulling to expand its Talent Identification Programme (TIP) in India.

Duke may push talent search

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<P>Institutes are encouraging students to work hands-on with the underprivileged of society.

All for a noble cause

<P>Examinations to be held outside India as the institute is yet to get AICTE approval.

CFA students ready to fly for exams

&nbsp;Collateral will have to be furnished to get loans to pay the increased fee.
&nbsp;With the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) hiking their fees, many general category students will have to approach banks for educational loans.

Loan terms get tougher for IIM aspirants

For students at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), lateral placements wrapped up in two days and the profile of lateral offers this year saw a marked difference over those received last year.

IIFT placements wrap up in two days

The Italian University, Luiss Guido Carli , Rome, is offering 10 scholarships to Indian students to join its Master of Science course in general management, a two-year course starting from September

Italian university offers 10 scholarships

The long wait for the 230,000 candidates who appeared for the Common Admission Test (CAT) in November has finally come to an end. 


Nearly 8000 students could receive calls from IIMs

The Thiruvananthapuram-based Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Kerala (IIITM-K) has hosted the first mirror site of National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL)

E-education the in-thing for IIITM

Realising the need of trained manpower for the burgeoning corporate sector, the Union Territory of Chandigarh has decided to set up an Education City in collaboration with private players to set up

Chandigarh plans Education City

In 2012 there were projects to be delivered. But given the policy paralysis, little progress took place.

Getting the blueprint ready for the new year

There is a widening gap between the technical education and the employability needs of the industry. India is going to become the largest workforce by 2025. According to the surveys, every year lakhs of students pass out from the universities butÂ  hardly 20 per cent of them are employable.

Student's corner

With the country facing humongous skill shortages, out-of-the-box solutions to ramp up skills like the one suggested are urgently needed. The theoretical portion of the course can be delivered by selected engineering colleges to students who are 10th pass through post, internet and evening or early morning classes.

So far, digital education is imparted largely at workshops and industry events.

Ensuring quality is the biggest challenge in digital education: Ian Dodson

India Ratings expects the Indian education sectorâ€™s market size to increase to Rs 602,410 crore ($109.84 billion) by FY15 due to the expected strong demand for quality education. Indian education sectorâ€™s market size in FY12 is estimated to be Rs 341,180 crore.

Indian education sector market size to be $110 bn by FY15

Manipal Global Education Services (MaGE) and Federal Bank on Monday announced the launch of Federal Manipal School of Banking at the Manipal University Bangalore Campus, in Bangalore.

Manipal Global, Federal Bank launch banking school

Indian Institute of Management, Raipur, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with France-based Grenoble Ecole de Management for student and faculty exchange programmes, collaborative research projects and organisation of joint academic and scientific activities.

IIM-Raipur signs MoU with France's B-school

The Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, has a New Year resolution &mdash; and this is to attend more international conferences and make presentations.

IIMs go the extra mile to attract foreign faculty

To be among the top research-driven institutions in Asia by 2020, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, plans to invest Rs 1,000 crore to increase the batch size across its bachelors and Masters &amp; PhD programmes by 50 per cent and 400 per cent, respectively, over the next seven years across its campuses at Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad.

BITS Pilani has big plans, with large batch sizes

To cater to individuals without any expertise in the financial services sector, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute on Thursday announced the launch of a certificate programme, Claritas Investment Certificate. Registration will open in May.

CFA Institute launches certificate programme

Being the premier educational institutions, IITs need to be independent and sustainable. The tuition fee is paid only by about 50 per cent of the under-graduate students exempting SC/ST students and all other students who have an annual parental income less than Rs 4.5 lakh.

TeamLease Services Private, a people supply chain and HR Services Company will set up the university in either Ahmedabad or Vadodara in Gujarat and would shortly begin acquiring land for the same. The university will be christened Teamlease Skills University.

India may get its 1st skills varsity operational by July '14

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