The landmark Right to Education Act, 2009 clocked 15 years on April 1, its anniversary. Hailed and celebrated as one of the biggest advancements of the state to equip its children with universal and quality school education, the implementation of this law is moving at a snail’s pace and today at best 25% schools in the country are complaint with …
The landscape of higher education for students with disabilities in India has long been shrouded in obscurity, with limited data and awareness hindering progress. However, a recent study conducted under the NCPEDP-Bajaj Finserv Scholarship Program for Students with Disabilities has brought to light a sobering reality: the pervasive challenges confronting these students in their pursuit of education. Only 3 out …
Nirma University’s law school has won the 1st edition of Dr. TMA Pai International Technology Arbitration Moot, 2024 and received a cash prize of Rs. 1.50 lakh. Manipal Law School, a constituent institute of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Bengaluru organised this landmark event over two days on March 30-31. The theme of the competition was based on the intersection of …
Given the critical importance of cybersecurity in the lives of people and nation, the Government is actively thinking of rolling an undergraduate program in cybersecurity where talented students from outside the JEE will also be enrolled. This step is taken to scale up the capacity for producing trained skilled manpower in the cybersecurity. “There is a need to have a …
Tata Power Skill Development Institute (TPSDI) and the Skill Council for Green Jobs (SCGJ) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at enhancing skills in the renewable energy sector and empowering an increasing number of individuals to pursue careers in green jobs. Dr. Praveen Saxena, CEO, SCGJ and Himal Tewari, CHRO, Chief – Sustainability & CSR, Tata Power at …
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur researchers have created a unique system, where smartphones can be used to test glucose levels in patients to provide quick, and easy-to-access testing results. The entire system connects a Paper-based analytical device to any smartphone using an Android app, which allows for the detection of the sample for glucose (with a concentration range of 10−40 mM). …
