Human Resource Development Minister

NCERT to work on courses about India's tradition, culture, says Prakash Javadekar

The National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) would work upon certain courses about history of India's tradition and culture, human resource development minister Prakash Javadekar said on Monday.

President Pranab Mukherjee launches SWAYAM portal offering free online courses

SWAYAM proposes to take the best teaching-learning resources to the masses and bridge the digital divide for students who have so far remained untouched.

Prakash Javadekar says 2,000 online courses will be offered through indigenous 'Swayam' platform

In a bid to promote affordable education, Prakash Javadekar said the government aims to offer about 2,000 online courses through Swayam, an indigenously developed platform

HRD and Bollywood: Smriti Irani to juggle two starring roles

After having been sworn into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet, Human and Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani is now going to shoot for director Umesh Shukla's All is Well.

Was dropped from the ministry for no fault: Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor, re-inducted into the Manmohan Singh government after two years, said today that he was dropped earlier from the ministry for no fault of his own.