Tezpur : The government has set up a committee to evolve a comprehensive policy on autonomy for Central universities, the Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institutes of
Management.

The committee, headed by Professor Madhava Menon, will have as members SayedHasnain, Vice-Chancellor, Hyderabad University; Pankaj Chandra, Director, IIM Bangalore; M.S. An...

Jorhat: Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, has stated that the Government has decided to establish a National Institute of Design at Jorhat, which will be one of the four Institutes of Design which are coming up, apart from the only one which exists in Ahmedabad. These will be Institutes of Global Excellence and will be coming up with an investment of Rs. 150 crores and...

New Delhi: The Annual Plan for Assam for the year 2009-10 was finalized here today at a meeting between Planning Commission, Deputy Chairman Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister of Assam Shri Tarun Gogoi. The Annual Plan size has been agreed at Rs.7645 crores.

In his comments on the Plan performance of the State, Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Mr. Montek...

New Delhi: North- East India is expected to get a major fillip as Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is gearing up to start several Diploma and Certificate programmes in Agriculture, announced Prof. Omprakash Mishra, Pro Vice Chancellor, IGNOU.

Prof. Mishra was addressing the North- East India National Seminar–cum-Consultation on "Strengthening Development P...

New Delhi: In a recognition to the literary brilliance of the State, the former president of Asam Sahitya Sabha, Dr Lakshmi Nandan Bora was today formally conferred the coveted Saraswati Samman for the year 2008 for his novel Kayakalpa. He is the first novelist from the region to be honoured with the prestigious award.

A scientist by profession, Bora has to his credit 56 volumes of nov...

Report by IED Correspondent; New Delhi: Government have considered and approved the request of Government of Assam for conversion of Institute of Advanced Studies in Science and Technology (IASST), Guwahati, presently under the Government of Assam, into an autonomous grants-in-aid institute of the Government of India, under the Department of Science and Technology. This would me...

New Delhi: Noted Assamese writer Lakshmi Nandan Bora will be honoured with the prestigious Saraswati Samman this year for his novel 'Kayakalpa'.

The award, instituted by the K K Birla Foundation in 19...

Kokrajhar: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today laid the foundation stone for a knowledge city at Rowmari in Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) area in Chirang district.
The knowledge city, at a cost of Rs 300 crore on a plot of 500 bighas of land, will be on a Public-Private Partnership mode, with BTC government offering help to private Camellia Group for the first-of-it...