Education

Top education professionals and organisations honoured with Indywood Education Excellence Awards 2017

Top education professionals and organisations were honoured with the Indywood Education Excellence Awards 2017 at a grand event held at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad on December 2, 2017.

Dec 5, 2017

Trump's COVFEFE is back! This time Indian Statistical Institute uses it in their question paper

A Twitter user wrote: "The Indian Statistical Institute shows how to make the most out of randomness #MakeRandomnessGreatAgain.[sic]"

Dec 3, 2017

By 2020, India will be the only country in the world to have 1,000 8K screens: Indywood founder Sohan Roy

Sohan Roy, the founder and chairman of Indywood, says that his $10 billion project is intended to start a revolution and by 2020, India will be the only country in the world to have 1,000 8K screens.

Dec 2, 2017

GET AHEAD: Worried about automation wave? These 14 jobs are here to stay

A robot is not something which exists only in Star Trek movies or a Honda shop floor. It is already in our homes!

Dec 1, 2017

GET AHEAD: A 'life hack' guide to building careers in a world of vanishing jobs

Muralee Thumarrukudy, the Head of Disaster Risk Reduction at the United Nations, writes for IBT's career series GET AHEAD.

Nov 28, 2017

Good news for ICSE, ISC students: Council reduces pass marks for 2019 examinees

The board will implement the rule from 2019 and schools will implement the new pass-mark system in their internal exams from 2018 itself. Read on to why this decision was taken,

Nov 28, 2017

IIT Bombay, IISc Bangalore among top 10 BRICS varsities

The rankings for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa were published late on Wednesday night and figured four Chinese universities out of the top five.

Nov 23, 2017

CBSE scraps plans to conduct Class 10 and Class 12 exams from February in 2018; exams to begin from March

However, they are planning to reduce the span of examination, which goes on for more than 40 days.

Nov 22, 2017

123 Indian institutes to lose 'university' from their names

UGC asks 123 deemed-to-be varsities to drop 'university' from names [VIDEO]

The court has asked Deemed to be Universities to stop using the word within one month of the issue of the Court order.

Nov 15, 2017

Apple will create 4,000 jobs with new Maps development office in Hyderabad

Job alert! Apple to start hiring from Indian campuses

Apart from the US-based premium gadget maker, other big companies that have registered with IIITH for the hiring processes are Microsoft, Google and Philips.

Nov 5, 2017

Technical education can't be pursued via correspondence, rules Supreme Court

The verdict by the apex court can affect many correspondence education centres in India, which offer technical education from distance.

Nov 3, 2017

India is denying visa extensions since Doklam standoff, claim 'stranded' students from China

Chinese students have claimed that India has been denying them visa extensions, leaving them stranded in India. Read to know whether the claims hold ground.

Oct 26, 2017