Ritika Chopra, an award-winning journalist with over 17 years of experience, serves as the Chief of the National Bureau (Govt) and National Education Editor at The Indian Express in New Delhi. In her current role, she oversees the newspaper's coverage of government policies and education. Ritika closely tracks the Union Government, focusing on the politically sensitive Election Commission of India and the Education Ministry, and has authored investigative stories that have prompted government responses....Read More
Ritika Chopra, an award-winning journalist with over 17 years of experience, serves as the Chief of the National Bureau (Govt) and National Education Editor at The Indian Express in New Delhi. In her current role, she oversees the newspaper's coverage of government policies and education. Ritika closely tracks the Union Government, focusing on the politically sensitive Election Commission of India and the Education Ministry, and has authored investigative stories that have prompted government responses.
Ritika joined The Indian Express in 2015. Previously, she was part of the political bureau at The Economic Times, India’s largest financial daily. Her journalism career began in Kolkata, her birthplace, with the Hindustan Times in 2006 as an intern, before moving to Delhi in 2007. Since then, she has been reporting from the capital on politics, education, social sectors, and the Election Commission of India.
May 10, 2020 04:30 IST
As for higher education institutions, the Ministry is keen that at one time, only half the student...
Sun, May 10, 2020May 08, 2020 14:39 IST
CBSE exam results will most likely be announced by August-end, before the Indian Institutes of...
Sat, May 09, 2020May 07, 2020 01:08 IST
The National Testing Agency (NTA), The Indian Express has learnt, has been asked by the HRD...
Sat, May 09, 2020May 06, 2020 05:24 IST
The JEE (Main), the gateway exam for admission to the NITs, will be held over five days between...
Wed, May 06, 2020May 03, 2020 02:18 IST
The final policy draft limits itself to giving students “plenty of opportunities to be involved...
Sun, May 03, 2020May 01, 2020 12:06 IST
The decision is expected to pave the way for Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to enter...
Sat, May 02, 2020May 01, 2020 04:00 IST
Sources told The Indian Express that the EC is likely to agree to Koshyari’s request and hold...
Fri, May 01, 2020Apr 29, 2020 21:33 IST
The 2020-21 academic year may not have a winter break and follow six-day teaching week to make for...
Thu, Apr 30, 2020Apr 29, 2020 05:11 IST
CBSE stopped the evaluation of answer scripts on March 18. It needs one-and-a-half months to...
Wed, Apr 29, 2020Apr 28, 2020 05:01 IST
The UGC had set up two committees this month, in the wake of the government-mandated classroom...
Thu, Apr 30, 2020Apr 26, 2020 23:59 IST
Currently, UGC rules allow higher education institutes to offer up to 20 per cent of their courses...
Mon, Apr 27, 2020Apr 26, 2020 04:37 IST
The panel had advised against making online examinations mandatory given “the diversity, local...
Sun, Apr 26, 2020Apr 25, 2020 04:44 IST
Universities and schools across the country have been closed since March 16 when the Union...
Thu, Apr 30, 2020Apr 23, 2020 04:52 IST
The impasse continued even as state Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha claimed that the scarcity of viral...
Thu, Apr 23, 2020Apr 23, 2020 02:49 IST
The IMCT, led by Additional Secretary Apurva Chandra, is learnt to have spent Wednesday waiting for...
Thu, Apr 23, 2020Apr 22, 2020 04:45 IST
Schlumberger, the world’s largest oil-field-services company, wrote to the IITs on April 6 that...
Wed, Apr 22, 2020Apr 19, 2020 23:09 IST
Lavasa, who had differed with the majority view in five different complaints of MCC violation...
Sun, Apr 19, 2020Apr 19, 2020 04:05 IST
Pokhriyal said the CBSE has instructed its course committees to start work on reducing the load for...
Sun, Apr 19, 2020Apr 19, 2020 03:19 IST
It is likely that JEE-MAIN will be conducted in June. The HRD Ministry is consulting stakeholders...
Wed, Apr 22, 2020Apr 16, 2020 18:06 IST
The decision, The Indian Express has learnt, was taken after the premier engineering schools held...
Fri, Apr 17, 2020Apr 16, 2020 04:15 IST
Coronavirus (COVID-19): In a letter dated April 7, Sumant Singh, a director at the MHA, requested...
Thu, Apr 16, 2020Apr 15, 2020 12:22 IST
To cope with the current learning disruption, the HRD Ministry has been asked by Prime Minister...
Thu, Apr 16, 2020Apr 12, 2020 04:17 IST
According to ministry sources, schools and higher education institutions are likely to remain...
Sun, Apr 12, 2020Apr 11, 2020 01:34 IST
The decision on classroom shutdowns, the paper states, is “largely based on assumptions that the...
Sat, Apr 11, 2020Apr 10, 2020 00:55 IST
The National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Srinagar had apprised the HRD Ministry a week ago of...
Fri, Apr 10, 2020