The Special Centre for Disaster Research at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in collaboration with the Smart Cities Mission of the union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. organised a three-day symposium on ‘Disaster Resilient Smart Cities’ from 4th -6th December 2019 at ISID New Delhi to deliberate the gaps in current Smart City Policy of Government of India, which was …
The making of the New National Policy on Education (NPE) has moved into its final phase with finalization of a 55-page draft and all indications are that the new NPE could be announced in this month (December) before the end of this year 2019. The ‘final’ draft has not been released though it is widely in private circulation on social …
While speaking on the draft NEP at an event organized by Globalised Education Forum (GEF) of Indian Chamber of Commerce on ‘New Education Policy and the Road Ahead’ in New Delhi on Dec 5, former school education secretary, Anil Swarup said that there is a need to set up an institutional framework for evaluating the impact of startups in the …
Mumbai-based e-learning platform, Eduisfun Technologies Pvt Ltd has entered into gamified learning for mathematics and science subjects of classes V-XI with the launch of STEPapp on Dec 5. The app’s content has been supplied by PACE IIT & Medical, a sister organization providing coaching services for JEE & NEET exams in Mumbai & Delhi. According a statement from the company, …
A rejection some 22 years ago for ‘lacking interpersonal communication skills’ at an interview for admission to a MBA course in Delhi, was a traumatic memory that Shivram Choudhary, founder of edutech startup, codevidhya.com and Euro International School, Sikar, never got over. So, after completing a PG in English Literature and training as a teacher and even working as a …
IIT Roorkee was recognized for ‘Excellence in Internationalization of Education’ at the 6th FICCI Higher Education Excellence Awards 2019 in New Delhi on November 27, which was presented by union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari. The award was received by Prof M. Parida – Deputy Director IIT Roorkee and Prof. P. Arumugam, Associate Dean of International Relations …
