Atharva Agarwal, a six-year-old Class II student from Billabong High International School (BHIS), Malad,  who has brought laurels to the school by winning several medals with his prodigious performance at various skating championships  has been selected for the upcoming national-level championship to be held on 13th February’2022 in Goa. After winning two back-to-back gold medals at the Mission Olympic National …

By Autar Nehru An important practice in journalism is to add emotional relief for readers/viewers to tragic/accident news stories by way of saying for instance ‘the injured have been taken to the nearby hospital’ even though they would be without saying this.  In a similar fashion, the union budgets in the past would make a soothing statements or announcement of …

IIT Madras Alumni are providing a seed grant commitment of Rs. 3 Crore Indian Institute of Technology Madras is establishing a new inter-disciplinary Water Management and Policy Centre called ‘AquaMAP’ to solve water problems in India. This Centre will provide smart solutions for challenging water problems by designing scalable models by leveraging innovative technologies. These models would be implemented at chosen …

University Grants Commission (UGC), the higher education regulator and grants making body, which is itself under brand transformation and waiting to be named as Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) on January 28 released the draft for National Higher Education Qualifications Framework (NHEQF).  The purpose of draft is to invite and collect public feedback and suggestions by February 13.  Thereafter, …

These initiatives will definitely provide a boost to our nation’s inclusive education vision as part of implementing the NEP2020 and provide major thrust for technology-enhanced learning and start-ups, rural development, enhancing the agriculture sector output and providing support to students’ mental health during this pandemic. Some of the highlights that are likely to make a major impact include the following: …

‘Drone Shakti’ will come to ITIs The Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurships (MSDE) will launch the DESH Stack e-Portal — Digital Ecosystem for Skilling and Livelihood —as was announced in the Union Budget 2022.  According to a statement from the ministry, The DESH Stack e-Portal aims to empower citizens to skill, reskill or upskill through on-line training. It will …