Education & Training
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Opportunity India Desk Oct 17, 2018 - 1 min readShripad Yesso Naik, Union Minister of State for AYUSH, has laid the foundation stone of National Institute of Homeopathy (NIH) in Narela, Delhi. The institute would be set up on 10-acre land. The National Institute of Homoeopathy in Narela would be established as an extension of National Institute of Homoeopathy, Kolkata. The Minister said that ...
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Opportunity India Desk Oct 12, 2018 - 1 min readJawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has inaugurated India’s first-ever multi-purpose cultural and public information center ‘Korea Corner’. Supported by the Embassy of Republic of Korea and Korea Foundation, it is the first Multi-Purpose Cultural and Public Information Centre on Korea in India. The Korea Corner is located at the School of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies, ...
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Opportunity India Desk Oct 11, 2018 - 1 min readThe Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved establishment and operationalisation of two new permanent campuses of the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) in Tirupati and Behrampur. An official statement said, "The construction of the two campuses shall be completed by December 2021. The total cost likely to be ...
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Opportunity India Desk Oct 10, 2018 - 1 min readIndia-Canada Centre for Innovative Multidisciplinary Partnerships to Accelerate Community Transformation and Sustainability (IC-IMPACTS) has awarded a new Innovative Demonstration Initiatives (IDI) project to Kashmir University and Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada. Dr Manzoor A Shah, University of Kashmir, and Damase Khasa, Universite Laval, Canada, have been awarded the IDI project. The project is aimed at improving the health, ...
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Opportunity India Desk Oct 09, 2018 - 1 min readIn order to reach out to the wider public across India, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has approved the proposal for the launch of three language courses, including Pali and Sanskrit, in online mode. The proposal has been approved by the Academic Council of JNU. The three language courses will be M.A. (Sanskrit), Certificate of Proficiency ...
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Opportunity India Desk Oct 08, 2018 - 1 min readIndira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has launched 'Peace Studies and Conflict Management' certificate programme for jail inmates across India. The course has been designed in collaboration with Gandhi Smriti and Drashan Smriti. The course is aimed at helping jail inmates become better citizens once they go out and join the mainstream. It will be ...
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Opportunity India Desk Oct 04, 2018 - 1 min readPrakash Javadekar, Union Human Resource Development Minister, has urged universities across India to replace their 'British-inspired' convocation attire with traditional Indian clothes. While asserting that Gandhi advocated the use of Khadi, Javadekar suggested the varsities to ask their students to come up with design options for traditional convocation attire. Javadekar said, "I would like to ...
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Opportunity India Desk Oct 01, 2018 - 1 min readAll India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is planning to set up four teacher training academies in India. These academies will equip candidates with the latest changes in technical education. AICTE will establish the country's first AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy in Jaipur in one-and-a-half years. While, the other three academies are slated to come ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 28, 2018 - 1 min readAlan Gemmell Obe, British Council’s Indian Director, has said that the Council will give scholarship to 500 students from India for academic exchange programme in 44 United Kingdom universities this year. Till now, the council has already provided scholarship to 105 women from India including six from North East to study at the university in ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 27, 2018 - 2 min readMicrosoft India and Data Security Council of India (DSCI) have started CyberShikshaa programme to train women in cyber security for free over a period of next three years. Under this initiative, 1,000 science and engineering graduate women between the age group of 20-27 will be trained in ten locations across India and offered employment opportunities. CyberShikshaa ...