The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) on June 27 conducted a workshop to discuss the critical role of SSCs in making the skill ecosystem more agile and response to industry needs by reimagining and redesigning their roles making them more effective and impactful. The event brought together all 36 Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) along with their CEOs/representatives along …
Any person having excellent performance and having outstanding qualities of leadership, a sense of adventure discipline and continuous achievement in one particular field of adventure viz. Land, Air or Water (Sea) may apply online for Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2022 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, before the last date i.e. 14th July, 2023. The award consists of …
Dr Nitya Prakash, Co-Founder, VP & Global Head of Techademy Campus (the Higher Education – B2A vertical of IIHT), who is a former Director spearheading the Institute of Distance & Online Learning (IDOL) of the Chandigarh University, author, TEDx speaker and has had an association with Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), in a wide-ranging conversation speaks with Autar Nehru on the …
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a state visit to USA has presented 5-point proposals for furthering India-USA academic and research collaboration. Speaking at ‘India-USA: Skilling for the Future’ in Washington DC in presence of First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden, on June 22, PM Modi gave the following proposals: Integrated approach bringing together government, industry and academia Encouraging …
A month-long summer coding program ‘De-coding Coding’ completely free of cost for the students of 3 government schools in Raipur by Codeyoung, an online learning platform for children, concluded on a high note on June 22. Jayant Nahata, IAS, Assistant Collector, Raipur, (C.G) attended the valedictory function and felicitated the top 5 students from each school for their exceptional performance in the program. …
Superseding the UGC (Institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulations 2019, the new Regulations are built on the principle of a “light but tight” regulatory framework envisioned in the National Education Policy 2020. There are around 170 deemed institutions in the country currently and were faced with a kind of uncertainty since 2010 in face of standoff with the regulators and public …
