Karuna Nundy (Supreme Court Lawyer), Serena Jacob (Managing Director, Kantar Qualitative, Asia Pacific) and Kaushik Mukherjee (Co-founder & COO, Sugar Cosmetics) are the key speakers for the ‘Dare. Impact. Inspire.’ event. FLAME University will host a virtual event titled ‘Dare. Impact. Inspire.’ on March 8, 2021 to showcase inspiring journeys of women who have defied the odds to rise to the top of …
YuWaah (Generation Unlimited/GenU), a UNICEF-initiated multi-stakeholder global platform, that aims to prepare young people to transition from education and learning to productive work and active citizenship has entered into a collaboration with Capgemini and United Nations Global Compact Network India (UNGCNI) to offer a range of opportunities like local demand-based skilling with job matching through quality internships and apprenticeships and …
Shiv Nadar University Chennai, on Mar 3 announced the appointment of Prof. Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya as the University’s Founding Vice Chancellor. Prof. Bhattacharyya is a widely acclaimed academician and was previously the Director (officiating) at IIT Kharagpur. In a career spanning over three decades, Prof. Bhattacharyya has demonstrated outstanding scholarship in his field, rigor for academic excellence and support for …
Last date of receiving suggestions extended to 15th March In what could be a major big step towards internationalization of country’s higher education and also its capacity expansion, University Grants Commission (the higher education regulator) on Feb 17 circulated the draft of the University Grants Commission (Academic Collaboration between Indian and Foreign Higher Education Institutions to offer Joint Degree, Dual …
Re-imagining the role of Technology in education, Cymatic, a Bihar based EdTech start-up became the first company in India to launch ‘5D Assessment Framework’ for K-12 learning. This framework can customize evaluation from expert teachers and help students understand their progress under five dimensions: purpose, student engagement, curriculum and pedagogy, assessment for student learning, and classroom (peer) environment and culture. This …
Seventeen-year old, Trishla Gupta, a resident of Delhi and a Grade 12 IB student of the The Shri Ram School, Moulsari, Gurgram, has converted an E-rickshaw into a garbage collection cum transportation vehicle in her colony and has also applied for a patent for mechanical compression innovation for an Electric Rikshaw. Her school has conferred upon her the Innovator Award of …
