To bring the scientific and factual aspects of COVID-19 pandemic outbreak on to public domain, a multi-institutional, multi-lingual science communication initiative, called `CovidGyan’ is providing informative/educative service The initiative, which has resulted in a portal is the brainchild of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and Tata Memorial Centre (TMC). Several other prominent partners have …

India’s Arogya Setu app which helps significantly in contact tracing and curbing the spread of the dreaded coronavirus pandemic has crossed over five crore downloads. It further got a push after Prime Minister Modi made an appeal to the citizens for downloading of the app during his ‘lockdown 2.0’ address to the nation today. The Government on April 2 had launched …

Tata Sky and Airtel DTH operators have agreed to to air some SWAYAM PRABHA channels on their DTH platform. DD-DTH, Dish TV and Jio TV App were already providing these channels to their subscribers. Now a student anywhere in India can request, DTH ‘Service Provider’ for these channels without any extra cost as these are free to air channels. The …

In a bid to support universities, engineering colleges and the teacher-student fraternity across India in these trying times of the Covid-19 global pandemic, Manipal Group’s Coempt Edu Teck Pvt. Ltd — as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility — is offering students a 3-month free access (beginning April) to engineering e-learning courseware covering over 165 subjects and more than 700 practical e-lab …

Following a directive from Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) to help in mask production, 101 Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) across 99 districts in 17 States States have produced about 5 lakh masks so far for their respective District Administrations during this lockdown period. MSDE had also sent a list of 64 ITIs and 18 NSTIs whose services could …

ELSA, (English Language Speech Assistant Corporation) a Digital App which uses speech recognition technology and artificial intelligence to help language learners improve their English pronunciation, had announced a subscription grant worth Rs. 56 Crores for the student communities across India early this month. School and college students with any valid email address can register for access to an ELSA PRO 3 month subscription, registration closes …