CloudSEK, an AI-driven Digital Risk Management Enterprise, has identified a 20% increase in cyber threats targeting the global education sector in the first quarter of 2022, as compared to the same period in 2021. Of the threats detected last year in Asia & Pacific, 58% of them were targeted at Indian educational institutions and online platforms. This includes attacks on …
On May 1, 2022, the University of Delhi or more popularly DU (Delhi University) turned 100 years old, an outstanding historic landmark that every Indian should be proud of. Befitting to the occasion a special celebratory event was organized by the DU where Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu, who is also the chancellor of the university, was the …
Delhi-based fintech startup, Credenc Web Technologies Private Limited (esb 2017), cofounded by Mayank Batheja and Avinash Kumar, onboarded as the associate sponsor of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in this year’s IPL. For a company that aspires to change the thought process on education loans and makes these loans easily available to students in India, reopening of HEIs after two years …
A ceremonial plaque has been unveiled at a renovated former school building to mark the first phase of the opening of a ground-breaking business innovation centre in India in a partnership between Birmingham City University (UK) and India’s motorbike and cycle manufacturing giant Hero Group. Known as the Munjal Birmingham Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MBCIE), the initiative will provide a place …
Meanwhile Siva Sridhar of JAIN University bags 5th medal by creating a new record in Men’s 100m Butterfly, clocking 52.26 seconds. JAIN (Deemed-to-be-University) leads the medal tally with a total of 16 medals. Maharshi Dayanand University’s Komal Kohar set the bar fairly high for all to follow when she won the first gold of the Khelo University Games 2021. Participating in …
Veranda Learning Solutions Limited (“Veranda”), a listed edtech company (BSE: 543514, NSE: VERANDA) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire T.I.M.E. (Advanced Educational Activities Pvt Ltd). For a consideration of Rs. 287 crores, this 100% acquisition will be in a phased manner with 80% of the outstanding capital along with management control in phase 1, followed by the purchase of …
