Education
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has set a target of enrolling 3.5 million students by the end of the 11th Five Year Plan. “The increase will make our student base represent 40 per cent of students enrolled in higher education/tertiary education system of the country,” said D K Choudhry, IGNOU Pro Vice-Chancellor. At present, there are 18 lakh students who have enrolled with the open university, representing 17.5 per cent of the students pursuing higher education in India.
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Varanasi: A new chair in the name of Babu Jagjivan Ram will be introduced in the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Benaras Hindu University (BHU) on Monday. A BHU spokesperson announced that the chair will be inaugurated by Meera Kumar, Union Minister and daughter of Jagjivan Ram. The centre will run under the joint collaboration of the Union Ministry for Social Empowerment and BHU. It aims at promoting studies based on the thoughts of Babu Jagjivan Ram who was a student of the varsity.
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Varanasi, (PTI): Former President A P J Abdul Kalam is all set to join Banaras Hindu University as a visiting professor in the faculty of science soon. Disclosing this in the academic council meeting of the BHU, Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Singh, announced that the former president has given his consent to join BHU as a visiting professor in the science faculty and work on "knowledge system" and "knowledge prudence". He, however, also clarified that Kalam is yet to announce his schedule for joining the university.
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New York: The University at Buffalo (UB) has signed an agreement with Banaras Hindu University (BHU) to establish a comprehensive exchange programme between the two. UB President John B Simpson and Professor Panjab Singh, vice-chancellor, BHU signed the agreement at a formal ceremony held in the varsity premises. Prof. Singh is on a two-day visit to the varsity.
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Varanasi, Sept 25: Terming the Indian scientific community as the core in the progress of India, Switzerland considers it as a priority country for establishing collaborations for scientific and technological research. "India is a priority country for Switzerland for establishing scientific and technological partnership," Dr Naukakis, chairman of the two-member delegation visiting Banaras Hindu University said yesterday. The delegation is on a visit to establish bilateral academic exchange programme between India and Switzerland.
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The soft drinks will not be allowed on Banaras Hindu University (BHU) campus in Varanasi from August 1, 2007. BHU has placed a ban on Coke and Pepsi on campus. This decision was taken by the BHU administration on 1st August. Although, some people opposed the ban, but everybody agreed that cold/soft drinks are not good in any way. The Mehdiganj movement (against Coca-Cola) is getting strengthened gradually. Congratualtions to all colleagues (for your support to the movement).'
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“Be a job-creator not a job-seeker”: Dr Panjab Singh, vice chancellor, BHU, at Accman Business School’s orientation program
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After achieving high success in various regions of Uttar Pradesh, Eastern UP Information Technology Dealers Association (EUPITDA) is all set to organize an expo cum fare in the region. The event will kick-start in the end of the month of August and will continue for three days.
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The Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, has invited application for an entrance test for admission to the following special courses of study for the session 2007-08. MA Tourism Management, Social Work, Public Administration; M.Sc. Environmental Science, Molecular and Human Genetics, Applied Microbiology, Agroforestry, Agriculture – Soil and water conservation; MBA Agribusiness; Master of Personnel Management and Industrial Relations, Finance and Control Risk and Insurance Management; LLM-Human Rights and Duties Education;
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