Bengaluru: Government first grade colleges in State will be provided with 12,500 debonded desktop computers as part of the ‘Help Educate’, a public-private initiative taken up by Department of Collegiate and Technical Education (DCTE), said Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan, who is also the Deputy Chief Minister. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this…
e-vehicles to replace 50 percent of petrol-diesel Govt. vehicles in 2-3 years: Dr. Ashwathnarayan
February 23, 2021Bengaluru: To encourage e-mobility, the Government of Karnataka aims to replace 50 percent of all Government vehicles with Electric Vehicles (EVs) in the coming 2-3 years, said Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan. Participating in a panel discussion on “Future of sustainable mobility”, which was held as part of ‘Harvard-India Conference’ here yesterday, he said the…
MP urges Minister to facilitate Coding Academy at KSOU
February 22, 2021N.R. Constituency needs Maharani’s College to educate poor and minority community girls: Pratap Simha Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has urged Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan, who also holds the Higher Education portfolio, to sanction another Maharani’s College in Narasimharaja (N.R.) Constituency in addition to the existing one in Chamaraja Constituency. Submitting a memorandum…
State will implement NEP in current year: Minister
January 10, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka will implement the much-publicised National Education Policy (NEP) from current academic year and all necessary arrangements have been made in this regard, said Deputy Chief Minister and Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwath Narayan. He was speaking after virtually inaugurating National Seminar on ‘Implementation of National Education Policy 2020 in Karnataka’ organised by…
AICTE extends date to fill up vacant engineering seats in State
January 1, 2021Bengaluru: Responding to Karnataka’s plea, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has extended the last date till Jan. 15 for admitting students against vacancies for all engineering courses. In a press release here, Deputy Chief Minister and Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayana has said this has paved the way to conduct one more…
State to witness rapid growth in all fields post NEP implementation: Higher Education Minister
December 14, 2020Bengaluru: Karnataka, a leading State in IT/BT sector, will soon emerge as number one in Agriculture, Industry, services and Health Sector in some years after the implementation of National Education Policy (NEP), said Deputy Chief Minister and Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwath Narayana. Delivering the convocation address of the CMR University through virtual dais…
NEP Implementation: Task Force submits report to CM
December 2, 2020Bengaluru: The Task Force Committee headed by former Chief Secretary S.V. Ranganath to implement National Educational Policy (NEP) in Karnataka submitted its report to Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa here on Monday. The CM suggested Deputy Chief Minister and Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwath Narayan, and Primary and Secondary Education Minister S.Suresh Kumar to table the…
COVID test must for College-going students
November 11, 2020Bengaluru: COVID-19 test has been made mandatory for students who wish to attend degree, engineering and diploma colleges which are all set to re-open from Nov. 17. Disclosing this at a news conference here on Monday, Deputy Chief Minister and Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan said students wishing to attend classes offline must undergo…
Degree colleges to re-open from Nov. 17
October 23, 2020Bengaluru: All degree, engineering and diploma colleges will re-open from Nov. 17 according to University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines and COVID-19 protocol, said Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan. Talking to reporters after meeting Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa here this morning, he said students will not be forced to attend the college as they are…
UoM Centenary Convocation: PM Modi pays tributes to Mysore rulers
October 19, 202030 students receive Gold Medals Sudha Murty conferred with Hon. Doctorate in absentia Mysore/Mysuru: Batting for the proposed National Education Policy (NEP), Prime Minister Narendra Modi this morning sought support from one and all for the new Policy which aims at making fundamental changes in the field of education from pre-nursery to Ph.D and to…
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