The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and WhatsApp on June 24 announced an alliance to launch the Digital Skill Champions Program that aims to train India’s youth on digital skills, in order to make them employment ready. Through this program, school and university students would be coached to imbibe digital and online skills that would culminate with WhatsApp and NSDC awarding ‘Digital …
Godrej Interio, one of India’s leading furniture solutions brand from Godrej Group, in a statement on its recent survey says that children studying from home are facing long-term mental and physical health concerns due to bad posture. The study ‘Taking care of children as they learn from home’ by Godrej Interio’s Workplace and Ergonomics Research Cell attempted to study the …
By Dr. Lakshmi Mohan, Director Though the pandemic has affected the internship format and opportunities, students have to be optimistic and persuasive about their learning. Through remote internships, which is the current option for internships, students must carve their way to preparing for a bright career. They need to pick up the ability to apply their conceptual learnings, build confidence …
The grand finale of Toycathon-2021, which went virtual from 22nd June to 24th June due to Covid-19 restrictions, is slated for an interesting finish. The winners in three tracks will be announced on June 26. Some select teams from finalists were also given an opportunity to interact with Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conferencing. PM took keen interest in ideas of …
In October 2018, the MoPNG (Ministry of petroleum & Natural Gas) launched SATAT (Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation) initiative. Under this, the Government plans to promote alternative transportation fuel through production of Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) from various waste and biomass sources in the country. With inclusion of forest waste, Agri-waste, animal husbandry waste and marine waste, SATAT involves a …
Start-up Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC) of IIT Kanpur, one of the oldest technology business incubators with many successes under its belt, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Training and Employment, Uttar Pradesh to train principals of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across Uttar Pradesh on new-age innovation technologies. The program aims at fostering capacity building …
