Indian Air Force gets new head of human resource

September 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Faculty of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) are observing a day long hunger strike to reiterate their disagreement with the Human Resource Ministry's revised notification on Sixth Pay Commission. They submitted a memorandum to withdraw the 40 per cent cap on promotion of professors to the senior grade, but the ministry has rejected their demand.

September 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Almost all teachers of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will attend office and take classes Thursday while they hold a hunger strike, after the government rejected their demand for a better pay packet. We submitted a fresh memorandum Tuesday to the human resource development (HRD) ministry but have not received any reply.

September 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Labour Minister Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday condemned the lynching of a company official in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Reacting to the tragedy, Kharge said: Lynching of the company vice-president by workers is an unfortunate incident.

September 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Unlike the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), existing Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) won't have much of a role in adopting and nurturing upcoming IIMs as they don't have much resources. They will have limited role in mentoring, Higher Education Secretary in the Ministry of Human Resource Development R.P.

September 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Thursday urged the central government to set up an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in the hill state. Dhumal met union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal here Thursday and offered Rs.15 crore as the state's share and 100 acres of land and other necessary facilities for setting up the technology and business schools in Himachal Pradesh.

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.

September 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Air Marshal KJ Mathews on Tuesday took over as the new Air Officer-in-Charge Personnel (AOP), the Head of Human Resources of the Indian Air Force (IAF) at Air Headquarters. Commissioned in the year 1973, the Air Marshal has over 3,500 hours of flying to his credit on various aircraft that include HF-24 (Marut), Hunter, MiG-21M and MiG-29.

August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who is on a five-day visit to India, on Monday assured that zero-tolerance for violence against Indian students has been adopted in Australia. Gillard, who is also Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, called on her Indian counterpart Kapil Sibal here.

July 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - India will be "open to the idea" of offshore campuses of its premier business and technological institutes when the faculty situation at Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) and Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) eases, parliament was told Tuesday. "Setting up campuses abroad may not be immediately feasible as that would further strain the IITs' limited manpower and other resources," Minister of State for Human Resource Development D.

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Much before Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal aired his views, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had plans to make Class 10 board exams optional, parliament was told Monday. The National Curriculum Framework (NCF) - 2005 has recommended that the board should consider, as a long term measure, making the class 10 examination optional, thus permitting students to continue in the same school, Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) D.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The union cabinet Thursday gave its approval to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill that, among other things, envisages 25 percent reservation for weaker sections in private schools. An official in the human resource development ministry told IANS: "The bill was approved by the previous government, (and) was put up before the new cabinet today and was okayed." The government plans to present the bill in the month-long budget session of the parliament that began Thursday and is on top of the human resource development ministry's agenda for the next 100 days.

May 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - After the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai, Pakistan moved 75 percent of its air force to the Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan, a top commander of the Indian Air Force (IAF) said here Sunday. "Pakistan had mobilised 75 percent of its air force against us after 26/11.

May 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Portfolios of the council of ministers, who sworn-in as ministers of UPA Government, were declared on Thursday evening with Kapil Sibal getting the Human Resource ministry and Veerappa Moily getting the Law and Justice ministry. The arrangement of portfolios in Dr.

March 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A majority of Indian firms are against the mandatory declaration of quarterly corporate results and feel the exercise puts their human resource under great pressure, an industry lobby survey said here Wednesday. According to the survey, by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham): 'Ninety-five percent of CEOs and managing directors have raised their voice against mandatory declaration of quarterly corporate results.' The corporate honchos said the preparation of results 'is a great drain on their human resource and prevents corporate innovations and therefore should be scrapped for good.' Releasing the survey, Assocham secretary general D.S.

January 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Supporting the demand for a judicial enquiry into a shootout in Jamia Nagar of south Delhi in which the police killed two alleged terrorists four months ago, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh Tuesday indicated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh too was considering the demand. 'In democracy, it is always better if things get clear,' Singh told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.