Delhi to have post graduation courses in homoeopathy

September 29th, 2009 WARANGAL - After serving as a premier engineering school for 50 years, the National Institute of Technology (NIT)-Warangal is set to become a full-fledged university that will offer a host of courses, including medicine, law as well as postgraduate degrees in humanities and business economics. The aim is to become a university the way the human resource development (HRD) ministry has indicated, Y.V.

September 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 24-year-old post-graduation student was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his home in south Delhi Sunday, police said. The incident came to light Sunday morning.

September 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Many students in Ethiopia are studying engineering and technology in virtual classrooms, some of their teachers seating in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, which is helping that country become tech-savvy. The idea to empower Ethiopia's university students was mooted by its ambassador to India and even its prime minister was eager to have an association with IIT-Delhi.

September 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Tuesday announced plans to set up four more branches of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), India's premier institute of journalism. Soni also announced the upgradation of the IIMC into an international media university.

September 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Indian Army and Indira Gandhi National Open University to meet the twin objectives of empowering soldiers educationally and providing an opportunity for a second career option. The MoU was signed by Lieutenant General Mukesh Sabharwal Adjutant General and IGNOU Vice Chancellor Professor VN Rajasekharan Pillai in the presence of Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor at South Block today.

September 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Army and the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Friday inked a pact to grant degrees to soldiers during their service -- a step aimed at providing the jawans with a second career option. The programme, called Gyan Deep, aims to equip the soldiers who join the force just after school with a graduation degree.

September 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - To empower soldiers educationally and to provide them with an opportunity of a second career option after retirement, the Indian Army has come out with a plan according to which soldiers who join service after school can study for a degree in market driven courses. The Indian Army will tie up with the Indira Gandhi National Open University to set up community colleges on the pattern of the US system of community colleges in its cantonments and other defence establishments to impart education in market-driven courses and soft skill programmes.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Army has outlined an ambitious plan by which its soldiers who join after school will be able to study for a degree while they are in service. The scheme will benefit many of the 1.2 million soldiers of the Indian Army.

July 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - TERI University, associated with the think tank The Energy and Resources Institute, is starting two new courses this academic year, its tenth since getting deemed university status. The university, located here, is starting a specialised MBA programme on business sustainability, which will produce people able to manage businesses in such a way that natural resources do not get used up, chancellor R.K.

June 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Worried about how to get admission for post graduation in Delhi University's south campus? Fear not, as a two-day counselling session which began Tuesday will provide answers to the questions that may be bothering you. The south campus offers a total of 21 post graduation courses, including master's degrees, M.

June 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Over 113,000 forms were submitted - more than double the number of seats in Delhi University colleges - for various graduate and post-graduate courses, varsity officials said Monday, the last day of form submissions. "In total some 115,000 forms were sold, of which 113,471 forms were submitted by the students this year.

May 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Do you enjoy reading books and can you usually tell which book will click in the market? If yes, then a career as a book publisher might just be right for you. These days book publishing courses have become one of the most sought after career options for youngsters, with many institutes and universities offering these, say experts.

April 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - At least 15 more central universities, in addition to the existing 20, will be set up and start functioning from next year, the government said Thursday. The decision was taken at a two-day conference here during which vice-chancellors of the 15 new central universities presented their plans before the University Grants Commission (UGC) - the regulator of these institutions.

March 26th, 2009 LUCKNOW - For politicians with poll jitters, there's hope in sugar-coated pills. Be it stress or a sore throat just before delivering a speech, homoeopathy can take care of a lot of their troubles, says a doctor here.

March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Many aspirants for government jobs have been left in the lurch after the Delhi University distance learning course they undertook was not recognised by the recruitment body Staff Selection Commission (SSC). SSC, a government recruitment body constituted by the government, has cancelled the candidature of all the students who graduated from School of Open Learning (SOL), University of Delhi, claiming their degrees were not recognised by the Distance Education Council (DEC).