Sports coaches who display ‘authentic leadership’ qualities could find their athletes are less likely to act aggressively towards competitors, a new study reveals. Researchers found such leadership could also enhance sport enjoyment and commitment – both vital qualities in sport as they can influence athletes’ continued participation, which tends to decline as sportspeople get older. In the first study of …

The Ministry of Education, Department of Higher Education, on October 2 launched YUVA 2.0 – Prime Minister’s Scheme for Mentoring Young Authors, an Author Mentorship programme to train young and budding authors (below 30 years of age) in order to promote reading, writing and book culture in the country, and project India and Indian writings globally. In view of the significant impact of the first edition of …

2,00,000 agriculture students in 75 state universities to get free of cost  2 credit points on the overall curriculum by doing Heartfulness Education Trust’s Heartful Campus modules under an arrangement with ICAR’s NARS The Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Hyderabad-based Heartfulness Education Trust’s (HET) Heartful Campus have signed a MoU aimed at HET offering various agriculture programmes as …

The (India) national round of WRO, or World Robot Olympiad that entered into its 18th edition and organized by India STEM Foundation at  Genesis Global School, Noida  has chosen three teams from India to take part in the World Robot Olympiad International in Dortmund, Germany later this year. The theme for this year is ‘My Robot, My Friend’. For Robomission Challenge – ‘GameBoyz’ from Elementary, …

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is launching the Subra Suresh Distinguished Lecture series that will feature lectures by Nobel Laureates and globally-renowned speakers from various walks of life. They will also deliver a science talk which will be open to all members of the public. Prof. Didier Queloz, awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for ‘spectacular discovery that …

PESU Venture Labs (a venture created in partnership with CoCreate Ventures and PES University) will invest up to $ 200K in 21start-ups selected at Aarambh.  These start-ups were shortlisted following a 90-sec elevator pitch before 250 angels at Aarambh, which is like a festival of funding for such ideas. Pesu VEnture Labs invests in venture scale ideas by brilliant students. …