IIT Kanpur-backed innovation ‘Fleather’ – a regenerative approach to creating leather out of floral waste, developed by IIT Kanpur-incubated startup Phool.co, gets global recognition as one of the 15 finalists for the 2022 Earthshot Prize. Fleather’ is developed as animal-free leather by Phool,founded by Ankit Agarwal and Prateek Kumar in July 2017 with critical incubation support from the Startup Incubation …

Canada ranks among the five most popular study destinations in the world and has a clear strategy of remaining a top destination. Welcoming diverse communities with an enviable quality of life to ensure that Canada overcomes significant medium- and long-term labour shortages, particularly in the highly qualified professional and skilled trades that sustain a modern economy, Canadian universities have been …

The final phase of CUET (Common University Entrance Test) 2022 is underway with constituent universities and their affiliated colleges admitting undergraduate (UG) students. Delhi University (DU), the largest central university in India with about 70,000 seats and 67 colleges, has almost completed the admissions through Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) and so are other 200 universities in the final stages …

AR/VR technologies are laying down new immersion cyber ways and specialists in this area are becoming more and more in demand in the market. The number of jobs for developers who specialize in creating immersive digital experiences will likely skyrocket in the coming years. India has been witnessing high growth in the AR/VR market and is expected to grow 5-fold …

Ministry of Education released a detailed report on Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2021-22 on school education of India on Nov 3, with additional data on important indicators viz., digital library, peer learning, hard spot identification, number of books available in school library, etc. As per the report, in 2021-22 total students enrolled in school education from …

The PGI Report for 2021-22 will be revamped by adding new indicators aligned with NEP 2020 initiatives to expand the coverage without altering total points. By doing so, Domains such as teachers, digital education, learning outcome etc will get enhanced weight in the Index. The revamped PGI 2021-22 will replace the redundant and saturated indicators. The marking system will also …