Articles for Higher Education

PM's Research Fellowship offered to only 135 out of 1000 candidates

Higher Education Jun 25, 2018 2 mins read

Under this scheme, a research grant of Rs.2 Lakh will also be provided to the fellows for a period of five years to cover their foreign travel expenses for presenting research papers at international conferences and seminars.

Why Governments, Think Tanks And Private Sector Need Public Policy Graduates

Higher Education Jun 25, 2018 6 mins read

Public policy graduates are well positioned to replace lobbyists who are employed by the private sector because they have the right connections and networks of influence. Such lobbyists are on their way out because of positive developments in governance, more transparency in decisions taken by the government and greater emphasis placed on knowledge

Need To Evolve Engineering Education, Before It’s Too Late

Higher Education Jun 25, 2018 5 mins read

Some of the best foreign institutions like MIT, Olin College, Cornell, Stanford, etc., have responded to the unprecedented changes by retooling, reskilling, reprogramming, creating new learning paths, offering unbundled learning and providing a multidisciplinary perspective to the discipline.

Do Engineers In India Stand Exposed To The Current Technology Evolution?

Higher Education Jun 25, 2018 7 mins read

According to AICTE data from 2017, there were 3291 recognized institutions offering undergraduate programs in Engineering disciplines with a total intake capacity of 15,56,360. Exactly 782,200 students graduated in 2016 of which 361,498 reported being placed in a job. This is just over half of those passing out.

Think Big, Do Big And Achieve Big

Higher Education Jun 25, 2018 3 mins read

Dr. P. Sathyanarayanan, President - SRM Group of Institutions speaks to BW Education in a short exclusive interview

Collaboration In Education

Higher Education Jun 21, 2018 4 mins read

A meaningful collaboration between Industry and Academia can be an effective tool for bridging unemployment of graduating students.

Foreign Investment In The Education Sector: Regulatory Roadblocks

Higher Education Jun 20, 2018 6 mins read

The FDI Policy allows up to 100% foreign investment in the education sector under the automatic route (i.e. without the requirement of prior Government approval). Further, FDI in companies engaged in construction-development projects (including inter alia educational institutions) is permitted up to 100% under the automatic route, subject to compliance with certain conditionalities.

IILM Holds Annual Convocation 2018

Higher Education Jun 20, 2018 2 mins read

The IILM Annual PGDM Convocation for the Class of 2018, held at the Lodhi Road campus, was for all the three campuses of IILM – IILM Institute for Higher Education, Lodhi Road; IILM Institute for Business and Management, Gurgaon and IILM Graduate School of Management, Greater Noida.