HRD Ministry

Dinesh Singh's tenure as DU VC to end Wednesday

Delhi University Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh demits office on Wednesday.

Oct 28, 2015, 00:05 AM IST

My ideas on higher education have been welcomed more abroad: DU VC

Outgoing Delhi University Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh says his suggestions have been welcomed more abroad.

Oct 25, 2015, 12:43 PM IST

Foundation for pre-engineered blocks at CUK to be laid Tuesday: HRD Ministry

The HRD Ministry on Monday clarified that the foundation stone laying ceremony of pre-engineered blocks of Central University of Kashmir (CUK) is scheduled tomorrow while the foundation stone for the CUK campus has already been laid in May 2013.

Oct 19, 2015, 22:30 PM IST

School boards' meeting on Oct 28 to discuss high exam scores

With the admission cut-offs in universities scaling new peaks every year, the HRD Ministry has called a meeting of 42 all-India and state school education boards to discuss how to check the trend of excessively high board exam scores.

Oct 18, 2015, 19:11 PM IST

Selection panel row: DUTA accuses VC of misleading HRD Ministry

Delhi University teachers on Thursday accused Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh of misleading the HRD Ministry regarding the selection panel for his successor, even as the outgoing VC maintained that he will not stay in office a day beyond his tenure.

Oct 08, 2015, 21:48 PM IST

Centre mulls regular students-community leaders interaction

The Centre is mulling introducing a period in schools dedicated to interaction between community leaders and students from the next academic year.

Oct 08, 2015, 18:11 PM IST

Visva-Bharati Vice Chancellor Sushanta Dattagupta resigns

Visva-Bharati Vice Chancellor Sushanta Dattagupta, who was held guilty of administrative irregularities by the HRD Ministry resigned on Thursday.

Oct 01, 2015, 11:00 AM IST

Sacking Visva Bharati VC: HRD Ministry seeks legal opinion from Law Ministry

Acting swiftly, HRD Ministry on Thursday approached the Law Ministry to seek legal opinion on the sacking of Visva Bharati Vice Chancellor Sushanta Duttagupta.

Sep 24, 2015, 21:57 PM IST

Will Visva-Bharati Vice Chancellor Sushanta Dattagupta be sacked?

The HRD Ministry has submitted a report to President Pranab Mukherjee saying that Visva-Bharati Vice Chancellor Sushanta Dattagupta is guilty of administrative irregularities, a report said on Tuesday.

Sep 22, 2015, 12:11 PM IST

All KVs asked to follow NCERT syllabus on yoga education

All Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country have been asked to follow the NCERT syllabus on yoga education and create awareness on a "priority" basis about the benefits of yoga among the students.

Sep 21, 2015, 21:26 PM IST

IGNOU to resume its operations in nine foreign centres soon

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will soon resume its operations in nine centres abroad and start fresh enrollment of international students, two years after it had to withdraw the facilities across 84 countries due to legal complications.

Sep 20, 2015, 13:31 PM IST