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Pallavi Singh and Aparna Kalra 01:15 AM | September 14,2009
Opaque functioning and restrictive policies are rife at the regulator that governs private engineering colleges
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Knowledge Economics | Sam Pitroda 01:15 AM | June 29,2009
Most of the education in India is spoon-feeding and we need to change that. Our education system does not instil inquisitiveness, that’s why very few students question things
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09:34 PM | June 08,2009
The government is seriously considering an overhaul in education by abolishing the main regulators, a move that can help dismantle one of the last bastions of the licence raj
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Manish Sabharwal 10:28 PM | May 25,2009
The only way to convert growth into poverty reduction is by reforming how we look at our human capital
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10:03 PM | March 10,2009
If the next government is interested in maintaining growth, it should teach itself the importance of education reform
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09:44 PM | February 04,2009
The government’s spiel is usual -- e-learning, virtual laboratories, online availability of teachers for mentoring, and utilization of Isro’s education satellite which, as many of us know, has been suboptimally used
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Pallavi Singh 12:33 AM | January 27,2009
In an interview, Sam Pitroda speaks on the commission’s recommendations and why he is not happy with the ministry of human resource development forming a series of committees to study the knowledge commission’s wide-ranging recommendations
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Kamla Bhatt 02:37 PM | December 10,2008
Sam Pitroda, father of Indian telecom and currently head of India’s National Knowledge Commission talks about his second innings in India.
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Pallavi Singh 12:54 AM | November 21,2008
The panel was set up to review the functioning of UGC and AICTE, the top regulators of India’s education institutions
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Pallavi Singh 10:49 PM | October 20,2008
The IIMs have been reluctant to take on this role, citing the newcomers’ inadequate infrastructure and faculty pool, especially after implementation of reservations for students from the other backward classes
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PTI 02:50 PM | August 03,2008
At present India has 388 universities. The National Knowledge Commission suggests it needs 1,500 to become a knowledge society
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Seema Singh 11:36 PM | June 05,2008
Only 8% of Indian scientists express ethical reservations about genetic engineering
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12:42 PM | March 02,2008
Role of such a regulatory authority to be limited to regulate public, private aided and unaided institutions at initial stages with ‘minimum prescriptions´ and ‘flexible norms´
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C.H. Unnikrishnan 11:30 PM | February 14,2008
The mission’s initial programme would also include creating four important academic and research institutions for Indian systems of medicines
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C.H. Unnikrishnan 01:02 AM | December 24,2007
A letter signed by 150 people demands more transparency and accountability at Indian patent offices
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