ConveGenius, a social enterprise focused on quality education, has partnered with Government of Uttarakhand to set up a Vidhya Samiksha Kendra (VSK) in the next 6 months to understand the educational impact of various interventions and how different academic and administrative factors contribute to student learning outcome. With this strategic association, the Uttarakhand education department will implement the SwiftChat platform to …

Andhra Pradesh State Government  has remitted Rs 694 crores as the first tranche of Jagananna Vidya Deevena for this year. Under the Vidya Deevena scheme, mothers of over 11.02 lakh students received free reimbursement for April-July 2022 quarter. With an aim of providing higher education to poor students, the State government is reimbursing fee regularly on quarterly basis by depositing the amount into the accounts of mothers of students studying ITI, …

The Asia Conference (ACONF) 2022 of the Harvard College Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR), a Harvard University-based student organization, will be held from 20th-24th Aug at IIIT Delhi, India. HPAIR organizes two conferences annually – Harvard Conference (HCONF) and Asia Conference (ACONF). The theme for this year’s ACONF is “Finding our Future”, alluding to HPAIR’s 30th anniversary and …

Daiki Axis India, a company specializing in smaller STPs has signed an MoU with Sri Vishwakarma Skill University for imparting skill development courses in water conservation and wastewater recycling. The courses aim at skilling youths and potential workers to gain expertise in onsite wastewater treatment systems. The initiative was set in motion during the momentous inauguration of the Johkasou Onsite Sewage …

By Autar Nehru The political tussle between the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) at the centre and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is almost consistent since the later emerging from ‘India against Corruption’ movement became the ruling party in Delhi state since 2015. After truncating and defeating Congress in Delhi decisively, the AAP, which won the state of Punjab in March …

Should the need arise in future for a transition from face-to-face to online learning, then, how different  should  it be from the one because of pandemic, we just went through after a necessary struggle of two years. In particular the social and ethical issues associated with the pandemic-induced online mode of learning among students and teachers of higher education in …