R. Murugesan, Vice Chancellor of Anna University of Technology, Madurai has been elected as the 15th president of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi for 2012 to 2012.

The election for the post was held during Annual National Convention hosted by Baba Bandha Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib in Punjab.

History channel partners with CBSE schools for promoting education and protection of heritage monuments in India. They will jointly present Heritage Quiz 2011. The selected candidates will take part in the grand finale organized at New Delhi. UNESCO will also take part in preparing some questions of the quiz.

There will also be other conservation efforts like Heritage walks, Adopt a Monument, Poster making & Short Film Competitions. This move is sure to preserve and protect heritage monuments in the country.

The British Council, UK's international Organization for education and cultural relations is hosting exhibition in India for students interested to study in UK. The education fair will be hosted in 6 Indian cities – New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Kochi, Coimbatore, Ahmedabad. The fair will be hosted in Ahmedabad on 19th November 2011 at Hotel Pride. 58 institutions will be participating in the education fair on 12Th & 13 November 2011 at New Delhi, 14th November 2011 is the scheduled date for Kolkata, 15th November 2011 in Mumbai, 17th November 2011 in Kochi and 17th November 2011 in Coimbatore.