ACT, a non-profit venture philanthropy platform, has officially opened applications for the third cohort of its ACT Fellowship Program. This initiative offers early to mid-career professionals a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in applying venture capital principles towards catalysing tech-led innovations to create social impact at scale, while developing their leadership and entrepreneurial skills. Program Overview The ACT Fellowship Program is …

A group of five students studying in class 10 from Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad (a not-for-profit initiative of the Shiv Nadar Foundation in K12 education) have come up with an innovation, Replastify, a device that transforms PET (Polyethylene terephthalate) bottles into filaments that can be used for 3D printing. This device is designed to repurpose household waste, transforming it into versatile filaments. The …

University Living, a student housing managed marketplace, and the National Indian Students and Alumni Union UK (NISAU), an organization for the welfare of Indian students, have announced a strategic partnership aimed at supporting Indian students pursuing higher education in the United Kingdom. Through this partnership, both organisations will combine individual domain expertise to enhance and further support Indian and the …

The crime of ragging continues its run on the campuses especially in country’s medical colleges. A latest outrageous case of such crime from Dungarpur Medical College, Rajasthan has come to light, where a first-year MBBS student was made to do more than 300 sit-ups at a place near the college on May 15. According to reports, the push-ups exerted severe …

In the ‘Gita Sanidhya’ lecture series going on uninterrupted for the past one year organized by the collaboration of SRK Knowledge Foundation-Surat (SRKKF) and Narmad University’s Center for Social Studies, known speakers from across the country imparted knowledge for 55,000 minutes. The concluding ceremony of the series held on June 25 was graced by the   Governor, Acharya Devvratji and State Education Minister Dr. Prafulbhai Pansheriya at Sanjivkumar Auditorium, Pal-Adajan, Surat on …

This agreement marks a significant milestone in the partnership between these two prestigious institutions, aiming to advance knowledge and innovation in various critical fields The University of Leeds, UK and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up a Joint Virtual Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Development (VCoE-SD). The network will develop a …