Budget 2024-25 is anticipated to be reform-oriented and immensely crucial for India to compete and adapt amid significant global political and economic shifts. Therefore, a lot of industry leaders wish for suitable budgetary measures that would help the country to navigate the challenges. According to Anish Srikrishna, CEO, TimesPro, the current GST rate of 18% on education, comparable to that on …

Under the aegis of the Ministry of Education’s Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan Projects, IIT Guwahati, in collaboration with Samagra Shiksha Meghalaya, has undertaken multiple state-level initiatives to enhance STEM education, foster innovation, and build capacity among students and teachers in Meghalaya. These initiatives include: Establishing 50 Tinkering Labs in Secondary Schools IIT Guwahati set up 50 tinkering labs, trained over 70 …

Vadodara’s Navrachana University celebrated its 15th foundation day on July 14 with a knowledge lecture by eminent linguist and semiotician Dr Seema Khanwalkar and by honouring its faculty and other staff who have remained loyal through the university’s journey from 2009. As many as 30 professors to assistant professors and staff members from assistant librarian to lab assistants who have …

On AI Appreciation Day, Coursera (NYSE: COUR), a leading online learning platform, has announced several new initiatives aimed at empowering individuals and institutions with mission-critical GenAI skills, equipping them to harness the transformative power of AI technology. These initiatives include new GenAI-focused content and credentials, enhancements to the existing Professional Certificate portfolio with GenAI-specific updates, upgrades to Coursera Coach, and …

BrightCHAMPS, a skills learning platform, on World Youth Skills Day 2024, released a first of its kind ‘Pulse of Parents’ report capturing the insights and concerns around education from 511 parent participants across 27 countries. Among the key findings, 65% parents, globally, think skill-building for practical knowledge needs to supplement academic learning for their kids to be successful in life. In South East …

Bharti Airtel Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises, is commemorating its 25 years with the launch of the ‘Bharti Airtel Scholarship Program’.  This merit-cum-means based Scholarship Program aims to support deserving students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds with a focus on girl students, pursuing Technology-based Engineering UG and integrated programs (up to 5 years) in the top 50 National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) (Engineering) colleges, including IITs. This will be …