Nagar Nigam Pratibha Baalika Vidhyalaya (NPBV) Dilshad Colony-Delhi and Oberoi International School-Mumbai in Community collaboration, The Riverside School-Ahmedabad for innovation, Snehalaya English Medium School– Ahmednagar for Overcoming Adversity, Shindewadi Mumbai Public School (The Akanshka Foundation)-Mumbai for Supporting Healthy Lives are inspirational schools named in  the Top 10 shortlists for the $250,000 World’s Best School Prizes. The five World’s Best School Prizes …

Using data science and IoT,  Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Researchers have developed a low-cost mobile air pollution monitoring framework in which, pollution sensors mounted on public vehicles can dynamically monitor the air quality of an extended area at high spatial and temporal resolution. The devices are capable of measuring multiple parameters, ranging from PM1, PM2.5, PM10 and gasses …

Pearson, a UK-based transnational education company has announced the appointment of Vinay Kumar Swamy, as the new Country Head for India. Vinay, an alumnus of Bangalore University and a chartered accountant by qualification has been with Pearson for more than seven years and now in his new role, he will be leading its journey of becoming a digital-first online learning, …

By Prof Samar Agnihotri and Dr. Renu Rameshan The need for industry-academia interaction cannot be overemphasized for the sake of the advancement of science, technology, and productization for the sake of social welfare and economic growth of the nation. Over the last few decades, there have been successful stories wherein academic knowledge has been adopted and commercialized by the industry. However, …

The researchers at the University of Dundee have received funding of £4.4 million to explore how our genes can be ‘video-edited’ to develop new drugs for cancer, neurodegeneration, and other diseases. Genes are the pieces of DNA that contain the information required to make different types of proteins that build and maintain living organisms. Alternative splicing enables the production of …

The University of Birmingham has made three key academic appointments– Dr Areti Theofilopoulou, Dr Marie-Hélène Gorisse and Jinesh Sheth– in establishing its new teaching and research portfolio in Jainism. The academics taking up these posts will develop teaching and research in Jainism and contemporary issues. Dr Areti Theofilopoulou has been appointed Assistant Professor in the Ethics of Non-Violence. She is …