A team of researchers at IIT Roorkee led by Prof. Soumitra Satapathi, Laboratory of Integrated Nanophotonics and Biomaterials, has developed a disinfection box that can be used for sterilizing a wide variety of personal belongings including medical equipment, Personal Protection Equipment, apparels among others, against coronavirus. Termed as the ‘Unisaviour’ box, it comprises a metal coated with specially- designed highly …

Anahita Mahajan & Reana Soni, class 12 students from New Delhi’s Vasant Valley School, within a month of initiating a donations campaign to provide daily food essentials to the disadvantaged, have reached the amount pledged online on crowdfunding platform Milaap. Funds were also raised via offline community outreach, leading to a consolidated accumulation of INR 1,47,800 till date. Keeping in …

Bengaluru-based startup Ken42, an edtech platform, has announced the launch of their annual StartNXT Ideathon programme for college and university students across the country. Backed by Turbostart, Ken42 has kickstarted this programme to facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship in India, where the Top 3 winners will receive funding upto INR 2 crores each, along with internship opportunities with leading startups and …

To promote experiential learning pedagogy in schools, CBSE in association with Tata Trusts has developed an interactive online course on ‘Experiential Learning’ for teachers and school leaders. This course is available on MHRD’s Diksha platform. According to a letter sent to schools by CBSE, the training course aims to share multi-sensory pedagogical processes in the experiential learning, sensitize educators to …

An initiative of the VAJR group, the first talk in the series was given by Suresh Prabh, former union minister and MP, on  “Reimagining India: Reshaping the Decade” FLAME University, Pune, on June 30 launched a Leadership Talk Series, “Vimarśha”, an initiative of the student-led VAJR group at the university. The inaugural webinar began with “Reimagining India: Reshaping the Decade” …

WiT (Women In Technology), India with  focus on increasing gender balance in STEM careers through engagement, enablement and employment, recently announced the results of its The WiT all-Women Hackathon and as expected women Covid warriors aren’t lacking in tech space. The winning solution was from the team from Jio that came up with a solution addressing counterfeiting of drugs in …