Today, colour trends in fashion and design include sparkling hues like holographic, pearlescent, and iridescent effects. Also, there is a cost to the environment. This development is a solution to the problem by using renewable resources like sugarcane bagasse IIT Roorkee researchers have developed structural colour-based sensors by making structural colour from an unexpected natural resource–agro-waste sugarcane bagasse. It is …

Ashoka University has announced the launch of Ashoka Centre for a People-centric Energy Transition (ACPET), with a vision to become a world class knowledge institution in support of economic growth, energy security and net-zero ambitions of India and the Global South. The Centre’s debut project is a draft Integrated Energy Policy for India. Further, it will prioritise projects in areas like Energy Efficiency …

 Indian Institute of Technology Madras’ (IIT Madras) student body, the Centre for Innovation (CFI) showcased more than 70 tech projects during their annual Open House held at the campus on Mar 12. Open House is the marquee annual event of CFI that showcases the year-long projects undertaken and the resultant models and prototypes. It was held for the first time at the Sudha …

The projects have been funded by Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth, Ministry of AYUSH Amrita School of Ayurveda, a part of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, has launched two online portals for the Ayurveda community. While e-MAP is an e-module application for Panchakarma, AyurCel is tailor-made for clinical e-learning. The projects have been funded by the Rashtriya Ayurved Vidyapeeth, Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of …

The new and permanent campus of IIT Dharwad spread over 470 acres and developed at a cost of over Rs. 850 crores in the vicinity of WALMI campus is ready. Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally dedicated the new campus during a dedication/announcement ceremony of some key development projects in Hubballi-Dharwad, Karnataka on March 12. IIT Dharwad, one of the six …

By Dr. Neeta Bali, Member, Academic Council, Saamarthya Teachers Training Academy of Research (STTAR) In today’s society better known as the “Knowledge Society”, schools cannot remain unaffected by the sea of changes that are taking place in terms of the integration of technology in the education space. The traditional methods of teaching, such as memorizing and theoretical learning, are passé. …