Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER), faculty of engineering and technology of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) here has been chosen as the No. 1 engineering institute in eastern India at the Times Business Awards-Jharkhand for 2025 event held at Ranchi.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will inaugurate the event, which aims to share innovative approaches and best practices for NEP-2020, providing a collaborative platform for all stakeholders involved in higher education.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved PM Vidyalaxmi, a new Central Sector scheme that seeks to provide financial support to meritorious students so that financial constraints do not prevent anyone from pursuing higher studies.
Higher education is currently experiencing a transformation to respond to global trends. NEP-2020 provides a guiding light for this transforming journey. In a world characterised by rapid change, complexity, the skills of the past are no longer sufficient for today or tomorrow.
Women’s College, Calcutta, under its Ninety Day programme for holistic development of all the stakeholders and society at large, is conducting seminars, workshops, hands-on training, social outreach programme.
Vidyanagar College (Mahavidyalaya) is notable as the place where Pranab Mukherjee, the only Bengali President of India, began and ended his teaching career.
In his Republic-Day address from the campus, Vice-Chancellor Prof. Nageshwar Rao said the university has undertaken the translation work in a big way.
Higher education of the country is set to take a giant leap as for the first time, foreign universities will be able to set up their campuses in India.
The meeting has also approved a proposal to start institutions in higher education in the cooperative sector, on private -public- participation model and using private sector investment.
The Aligarh Muslim University, Amity University, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Manipal University, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, and University of Calcutta have been placed at the 9-14 ranks among the universities in the country and in the 901-1000 bracket among world universities.
