Education News – Newsletter for February 17, 2011

Dalai Lama to felicitate Super 30 founder

PATNA – Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will Saturday felicitate Anand Kumar, who founded Bihar’s free coaching centre Super 30 and helped many underprivileged students enter the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).

Dalai Lama, a Nobel Peace laureate, will felicitate Anand Kumar at a programme in Mumbai organised by the Bihar Foundation, … Read : Dalai Lama to felicitate Super 30 founder.

Three more Indian students freed of radio tags

WASHINGTON – As the US promised to cooperate with India to resolve the issue of affected Indian students of a sham US university, three more students have been freed of radio monitor tags by authorities.

With the three new removals Wednesday, the US Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) has freed five of the 18 Indian …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Sham university: US promises to cooperate with India

WASHINGTON – The US has promised to cooperate with India to resolve the issue of affected Indian students of a sham US university, but said it’s hard to say what is possible pending a full probe.

The issue “remains under investigation”, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters Wednesday when asked about the status of …. Original source  : Sham university: US promises to cooperate with India.

Indian varsities fuel Mauritius”knowledge hub’ dream

NEW DELHI – Private Indian universities setting up campuses in Mauritius are helping the island nation off the African coast realise its vision of transforming into a knowledge hub.

Two of the largest private universities in India, the DY Patil Medical College and Amity University, are in the process of setting up their campuses in …. Read the original article  : Indian varsities fuel Mauritius’ ‘knowledge hub’ dream.

‘Fine arts teaching is lagging in universities’

AGRA – With very little attention given to arts education in Indian universities, the country’s classical art forms could end up as the biggest casualty, according to experts.

Even while India boasts of a magnificent variety of classical dance forms, they are under threat of Western dance invasion as children are taking to salsa, hip … Original source on Gaea Times at : ‘Fine arts teaching is lagging in universities’.