In a first for agriculture education in India, Sumant Bindal, an M.Sc. Agriculture (Genetics & Plant Breeding) student of Lovely Professional University, has bagged a fully-paid scholarship worth Rs. 1.3 Crores to pursue his PhD in Plant Sciences at the prestigious Australian National University (ANU). This is perhaps the biggest scholarship ever bagged by an agriculture student from India. The programme would commence in September …

Joining the club of business conglomerates that have set up a university of their own, Mahindra Group today (July 24) announced opening of its own university, Mahindra University (MU) and is part of the Mahindra Educational Institutions (MEI), a not-for-profit subsidiary of Tech Mahindra.   The university is being set up in Hyderabad in the same campus where the Ecole …

Sourav Ganguly, former Captain, Indian Cricket Team and BCCI President, will be speaking at a webinar titled ‘Leading in crisis’.on July 25. Boria Majumdar- a well-known Indian sports journalist, academician, and author will moderate the live streaming event being hosted by  S. Chand group. Sourav Ganguly is widely seen as one of the most successful captains of Indian cricket team and credited …

Samsung PRISM (Preparing and Inspiring Student Minds) –  has been launched to stimulate the Indian innovation ecosystem, and build capabilities among students that meet industry needs.The program, which will be run by Samsung R&D Institute Bangalore (SRI-B), Samsung’s largest R&D facility outside of Korea, aimed to involve engineering colleges that are in the top positions of the Government of India’s National …

FIITJEE- one of the leading coaching institutes for engineering entrance exam preparations, has announced its Proctored Online Scholarship cum Admission Test (POSAT), and is scheduled to be conducted on 2nd August 2020. Students will be taking the test from their home.  POSAT is for students currently studying in Class XI or those who have already cleared XII and wishes to prepare …

A new Heat Commission convened by the CBI and University of Birmingham – chaired by Lord Karan Bilimoria – has called on the Government to develop a National Delivery Body (NDB) to lead the development and implementation of a national heat decarbonisation strategy. Heat is the largest single source of UK carbon emissions, accounting for over one-third whilst decarbonising heat stands as …