BITS Pilani Alumni Anuradha and Prashanth Palakurthi (1978 batch), Sid Mookerji (Batch 1989) and Chaitanya Kalipatnapu (Batch 1998) have each made a generous pledge of one million dollars to the BITS Endowment Fund. Palakurthi’s current commitment follows their earlier mega donation of one million dollars to establish the Anuradha and Prashanth Palakurthi Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research (APPCAIR) in 2018. Notably, …

In a collaborative effort to support local entrepreneurship and environmental sustainability, NGO, Bal Raksha Bharat and H&M India inaugurates a groundbreaking bio-enzyme-based floor cleaner production unit in New Delhi. This initiative not only addresses the pressing issue of organic waste management but also creates meaningful livelihood opportunities for the community’s youth. The production unit, spearheaded by a dynamic team of …

Genesis Global School, Noida, recently hosted noted naturalist guide, trekker and writer Jennifer Nandi in the latest edition of GGS Conversations. Over 300 students from Grade 6 to 12 gained insights into the experiences of the 74-year-old passionate naturalist and imbibed learning for life through an interactive session that focused on the need of a healthy mind and body. Jennifer …

 Manipal Law School, Bengaluru, a constituent institute of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Bengaluru, in an endeavour to instill students with a strong sense of social justice, organised the 4th edition of its Constitutional Law Lecture Series on 4th May 2024, with the theme focused on ‘Social Justice’. Hon’ble Mr Justice Prasanna B. Varale, Judge, Supreme Court of India was the …

The collaboration also paves the way for sponsorship of cooperative seminars, workshops and other academic meetings Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) and Sambalpur University in Odisha are going to collaborate on Research and Academics. The two institutions will also work towards the exchange of students and faculty, academic and scholarly information besides materials and publications. A MoU towards this collaboration was …

By Dhriti Malhotra In the last couple of years, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has taken several steps towards the implementation of Competency Based Education in its affiliated schools that it announced soon after NEP 2020 was announced. These range from aligning assessments to development of  teacher competencies and making  various resources available for them on lines of …