Kapil Sibal unveiled a hand-held computer in New Delhi on Thursday which will be available for students from next year at a cost of $35 or roughly Rs 1,500
IITs and IIMs are facing huge vacancy of faculty despite having attractive pay structure, good accommodation and other perks
"The government should free institutions such as IIMs and IITs from all operational controls," says chairman board of governors IIM-Ahmedabad Vijaypat Singhania
The government has set up a special task force to study the faculty shortage problem
educationist, scientist and author of a committee report on higher education
After meeting the IIM directors, Sibal said the directors did not raise any issue over the pay structure as they have accepted it
Human resource development minister Kapil Sibal is preparing peace packages for India’s top technical institutions that may be unveiled over the next two weeks
We want the faculty to produce future Nobel laureates, not spend their time on hunger strikes, says Sibal
IIM and IIT faculty has described MHRD's latest proposals on pay scales and autonomy as "infringement" on academic freedom
Government's new recruitment rule for faculty at IITs and IIMs comes in contrast with its 'brain gain' plans
