Starting in 2026, three exceptional recipients will be recognised each year — one representing each of the IB’s global regions: Asia-Pacific (APAC), the Americas, and Africa, Europe and the Middle East (EMEA). This new global initiative marks the IB’s first formal award programme honouring outstanding individuals across its worldwide community who have demonstrated excellence and made a significant impact in …
The 25th Convocation ceremony of the Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (TIET) conducted from October 15 to 17, witnessed a total of 3,104 degrees awarded to the students, comprising 2,375 students from BE/BTech, 32 from BE-MBA, 82 from Ph.D., 175 from ME/MTech, 53 from M.Sc., 68 from MCA, 200 from MBA, 46 from MA (Psychology), 42 from BA/BBA/BSc and …
Welham Girls’ School, the legacy all-girls school in Dehradun, last week came alive with joy and nostalgia on its 68th Founders’ Day as faculty, students and alumnae commemorated the founding visionaries Miss Hersilia Susie Oliphant and Miss Grace Mary Linnell, who took the brave step of laying the foundation of an all-girls school way back in 1957 to shape confident …
Students of DJ. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Thakur College of Engineering and Technology, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, & NMIMS (Mumbai) emerge winners in the 9th National Social Enterprise Idea Challenge organised by Azim Premji University. In 2016, Azim Premji University launched the annual “Social Enterprise Idea Challenge” that brings students from across India to explore social entrepreneurship and share …
The 10th edition of the India Rankings under the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)—India’s official system for assessing and ranking higher education institutions—was released on September 4, 2025, after a short delay. This year, the Ministry of Education outsourced data verification to EY, a private consultancy firm, in an effort to address criticism of weak verification protocols. Earlier in April, …
AISECT, India’s leading social enterprise in higher education and skill development, in collaboration with Rabindranath Tagore University and Scope Global Skills University, officially launched the Artificial Intelligence Literacy Mission on 15 Oct at the SCOPE Global Skills University campus. Launched alongside the Kaushal Vikas Yatra, the mission will be delivered nationwide through specially designed Kaushal Raths—mobile skill labs that will travel across villages and …
