The BJP and the Congress, the main two national political parties in India have released their respective election manifestoes for this election (2024) with the former calling it the ‘Sankalp Patra (Pledge paper)’ and the latter as ‘Nyay Patra (Justice paper)’. Education, which traditionally, in electioneering remains at the periphery with other spicy and controversial issues and agendas hogging the …

The 2024 edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject released recently  features 55 individual subjects across five broad subject areas. 1,559 institutions have been ranked across these subjects this year, with 64 universities debuting (i.e. having not been included in the 2023 edition). 14 of these are completely new entrants making their first appearance in any QS ranking. …

Amity University Online (AUO) has announced its alliance with the Digital Education Council (DEC) to drive sustainable innovation and AI adoption for higher education and workforce development. As a gold member of DEC, Amity University Online will gain access to a wealth of resources and opportunities for collaboration with leading institutions and experts in the field. This partnership will enable …

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, produced over formulation process of five years, may have not been put to a Parliamentary debate (which it should have been), qualifies for being one of the biggest achievements of the BJP-led NDA government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. NEP 2020, has in fact, done the same that economic liberalization of 1990s did …

IIT Madras NPTEL has translated to Hindi Language as many as 207 technical courses including the highly sought-after courses like ‘Introduction to Internet of Things’. To ensure the accuracy and quality of translations, NPTEL has a team of 1,029 Hindi translators and 139 quality controllers (QCs). Furthermore, NPTEL has published 199 e-books in Hindi on its website, expanding access to educational resources in the …

Two teams of engineering students from Mohan Babu University’s Engineering College have won laurels at the hackathon hosted by IIT (BHU) Varanasi.Their WaveWords project, emerged victorious, clinching the coveted first place in the Hackathon competition. This ground-breaking project, centered on a pair of gloves integrated with advanced sensor technology and intelligent data processing algorithms, translates hand gestures into spoken words, …