Indian Institute of Technology Madras is launching a new initiative to showcase its research to the broad scientific community and policymakers. It will highlight the major research initiatives being pursued in emerging areas of global interest. While the first webinar under the ‘IITM Research Initiatives Spotlight’ (IRIS) is scheduled to be conducted on 1st July 2021 on the topic of …

Professor Adam Tickell has been appointed as its next Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Birmingham, UK. Professor Tickell will take up the post in January 2022, following Professor Sir David Eastwood’s retirement in December 2021. Professor Tickell is an extremely experienced senior leader within the higher education sector and joins Birmingham from the University of Sussex where he …

Students from class VI  to XII can register at https://worldskillsindia.co.in/JuniorSkills2021. Top 21 students will get an opportunity to travel to WorldSkills International Competition  JuniorSkills Championship 2021 extends registration date till June 30th, 2021, providing an opportunity to students to take part in the first ever national-level skill competition.  Being organized by NSDC in collaboration with CBSE, JuniorSkills is an endeavour to create …

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, is hosting a four-day International Symposium on “Artificial Intelligence for Social Good.” The virtual event, which begins on June 30, 2021, would bring together 46 top academicians, researchers and industry experts from nine countries. Professor Rajat Moona, Director, IIT Bhilai, and Dr. Rajendra Kumar, IAS, Additional Secretary, MeitY are the keynote speakers. Both these institutions are …

The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and WhatsApp on June 24 announced an alliance to launch the Digital Skill Champions Program that aims to train India’s youth on digital skills, in order to make them employment ready. Through this program, school and university students would be coached to imbibe digital and online skills that would culminate with WhatsApp and NSDC awarding ‘Digital …

Godrej Interio, one of India’s leading furniture solutions brand from Godrej Group, in a statement on its recent survey says that children studying from home are facing long-term mental and physical health concerns due to bad posture. The study ‘Taking care of children as they learn from home’ by Godrej Interio’s Workplace and Ergonomics Research Cell attempted to study the …