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Ex- ISRO chief passes away, President Murmu, PM Modi condole his death

Former ISRO chief K Kasturirangan passed away on April 25.
Updated on Apr 25, 2025 06:11 pm IST

Kasturirangan was an 'intellectual titan,' more than a mentor to me: Dharmendra Pradhan

Kasturirangan was an 'intellectual titan,' more than a mentor to me: Dharmendra Pradhan
Updated on Oct 06, 2025 06:31 pm IST

Former ISRO chief K Kasturirangan dies at 84

K Kasturirangan, the former head of ISRO and the head of the committee that draughted the ambitious new National Education Policy (NEP), died in Bengaluru on Friday.
Published on Apr 25, 2025 02:55 pm IST

Ex-ISRO chief K Kasturirangan has heart attack in Lanka, airlifted to Bengaluru

Former Isro chief K Kasturinagan was airlifted to Bengaluru from Sri Lanka on Monday
Updated on Jul 10, 2023 09:59 pm IST

‘Transparency needed in the private school system’, says K Kasturirangan

Dr Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, former chairman, ISRO & NEPC; and Ashish Dhawan (below), founder and chairman of Central Square Foundation.
Updated on Nov 30, 2021 03:06 pm IST

NEP’s approach is to realise new system aligned with 21st century education goals: Kasturirangan

Former ISRO chief and eminent scientist K Kasturirangan.
Updated on Nov 01, 2020 05:24 pm IST

Over 2 crore children will be brought back to schools: Amit Khare

Higher education secretary Amit Khare.
Updated on Jul 30, 2020 12:53 am IST

HRD Ministry renamed as Education Ministry, cabinet approves NEP

Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’.
Updated on Jul 29, 2020 03:52 pm IST

Online teaching fails to bring out creativity in school children, says K Kasturirangan

Former ISRO Chief K Kasturirangan. (HT File Photo)
Updated on Jun 10, 2020 08:58 pm IST

New Education Policy likely to be placed before Cabinet next month, says former ISRO Chairman

Former ISRO Chief K Kasturirangan.
Published on Nov 29, 2019 10:02 am IST

Over 2 lakh suggestions on New Education Policy received, under analysis: HRD Minister

Union Human Resource Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank at Gayatri Teerth Shantikunj.
Published on Nov 21, 2019 04:21 pm IST

Liberal education emerging as crucial 21st century component, says former ISRO chief

Former ISRO chief K Kasturirangan.
Published on Nov 16, 2019 12:13 pm IST

Chandrayaan 2 landing- Enthusiasm to despair: How mood changed at Isro as Vikram lander lost contact

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) employees react as they listen to an announcement by organizations's chief Kailasavadivoo Sivan at its Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network facility in Bengaluru on Saturday. Isro lost touch with its Vikram lunar lander as it aimed to land on the south pole of the moon and deploy a rover to search for signs of water.
Updated on Jun 27, 2020 07:10 am IST

Research should be encouraged, government to help with funds, says K Kasturirangan

K Kasturirangan stressed upon research being an important category in higher education institutions.
Updated on Sept 01, 2019 12:10 am IST

Climate change takes a toll on Western Ghats

Experts say soil erosion and quarrying have affected the ‘ecologically sensitive’ hills of Western Ghats. (HT photo)
Updated on Aug 23, 2019 07:55 am IST

HRD, culture ministries should be merged, suggests RSS body

A senior official in the HRD ministry said the ministry is yet to formally receive the proposal from the RSS offshoot. (Photo @HRDMinistry)
Updated on Jul 23, 2019 05:48 am IST

Panel calls for upgrading e-learning platform to virtual university

A degree-granting mechanism could be one of its ingredients.
Published on Jul 15, 2019 10:43 am IST

HRD plans National Research Foundation

HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
Updated on Jul 05, 2019 09:51 am IST

NEP panel flags concerns over autonomy

The ministry has already received over 50,000 suggestions on various recommendations of the Kasturirangan committee, constituted in 2017.
Published on Jun 20, 2019 12:08 am IST

Private schools should drop ‘public’ from names: Draft NEP

The committee has also observed that schools must be not-for-profit entities as evidenced by their audited financial statements, which must be held to the same disclosure standards as Section 8 companies. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jun 06, 2019 08:30 am IST

No coercion, states to decide about teaching Hindi, says Kasturirangan

Former chairperson of ISRO K Kasturirangan, who is the chairman of the committee that created the draft New Education Policy (NEP), talks about the future of education in India.
Published on Jun 04, 2019 07:04 am IST

Emphasis on Sanskrit, classical languages

Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Minister of Human Resource Development , coming out after cabinet meeting , south block , new delhi , 31/05/2019 , photo:pradeep gaur/mint
Published on Jun 04, 2019 01:04 am IST

Higher education meet to be held in April-end

Former IIT Kanpur director Sanjay Dhande and All India Council for Technical Education chairperson Anil Sahasrabudhe are expected to participate, according to the official.
Updated on Apr 06, 2019 07:49 am IST

ISRO sets up Centre for Gaganyaan space mission

The space agency is gearing up for the human spaceflight programme by 2021-end that is likely to include a woman astronaut.
Updated on Jan 30, 2019 11:23 pm IST

National Education Policy draft may be out in public domain soon

The Prakash Javadekar-led Union human resource development (HRD) ministry had on October 31 extended the deadline of the committee to December 15.
Updated on Dec 15, 2018 07:27 am IST

National Education Policy maybe delayed for fourth time since announcement

The panel was set up in June 2017. It was supposed to submit its report by December 2017 but was given an extension till March 2018. Later, it was given another extension till August, which has now been extended by another two months.
Published on Aug 27, 2018 10:56 pm IST

Panel drafting New Education Policy gets another 3-month extension

The panel is headed by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Kasturirangan.
Published on Apr 08, 2018 10:29 pm IST