The leading industry advocacy body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) supports foreign direct investment (FDI) in higher education and its National Committee on Higher Education is preparing a draft report on the same, which will be submitted to the Union Government . This is was announced by Nandini Rangaswamy, chairperson of Education Forum, CII southern...
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Planning Commision Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Thursday pitched for opening up of the medical education sector to foreign investment to increase the supply of professionals, including doctors and nursing staff. “My view is that opening up (medical education) to private (investment) sector is crucial… and wherever private investment is allowed, I have...
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At the University-Industry Higher Education Summit organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the industry body appealed to the government to consider the CII has mooted Private Public Partnership (PPP) in education to meet the national deadline. In a clear message to govt. it said that the govt. must realize that to achieve the ambitious target...
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Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to its ambitious goal of 30 % Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) by 2020 while speaking at the University-Industry Higher Education Summit organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Gross enrollment ratio is the percentage of school leaving students opting for higher...
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The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has demanded easier Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms for Indian Higher Education. It said that FDI in a Section 25 company against equity subscription should not come under the purview of the Foreign Currency Regulation Act (FCRA) at a Higher Education Summit hosted by it . In higher...
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The Indian Institute of Technology – Madras has been awarded for securing highest number of patents in the last five years. The educational institution has filed 78 patents during the period.The award was instituted by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) in collaboration with the central department of industrial policy and promotion and the...
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The HRD Minister of State D. Purandeshwari has said that HRD Ministry will not compromise on the National Eligibility Test (NET) and State Eligibility Test for Lectureship Eligibility (SLET) to bring out well qualified and skilled teachers in the country. The minister said this while addressing a conference on ‘Education for Sustainable Development’ organised by...
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The government will conduct a survey to gather the statistics on higher education in the country. While there are authentic figures available on school education, there is lack of clarity on numbers as far as higher education is concerned. A survey will bring forth the real scenario and also highlight the fallacies propagated by...
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A joint study conducted by the Industry body CII and KPMG, the leading consulting organisation has revealed that north India will require approximately $84 billion to meet the demand-supply challenges in its skill and education sector. And to catch up with the rest of India, especially the south and the west. “The road map...
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In order to make India a global hub of excellence in cross disciplinary higher education of as well as in Industrial R&D in the 21st century through Industry-Academia collaborations, CII and all IITs have formed CII-IIT Council. Directors of 13 IITs and key industry captains of CII National Council are the members of this...
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