India’s 20,500 private teacher education/training colleges constituting 93% of the total school teachers training capacity available in the country are up in arms as announcement of the new National Policy on Education is round the corner. Their apprehension is that if recommendations contained in the draft NEP are in reality reflected in the new policy, it will spell a death …
US-based non-profit, 1M1B (1 Million for 1 Billion) Foundation has announced that it will set up AI Youth Labs in 50 schools across India this year, of which 10 will be Mobile Labs for rural and underserved schools in Karnataka, AP, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand, giving access to over 40-50 schools. The launch was announced in the presence of Hawa Diallo, …
There is a requirement of skilling more than two million new and existing talent workforce in the next three years and will be a daunting task according to a discussion paper commissioned by BML Munjal University, Gurugram.It is knocking hard at the gates of the Indian technology industry and academic institutions. However, this challenge is not one that is India’s …
Inaugurated on January 28, YCO with the theme of sustainability spreads over four days from 29th January to 2nd February with student chefs from 55 countries. Delhi, Pune, Goa, Bengaluru and Kolkata will play host to the competition and the winner of YCO 2020 will be announced in Kolkata on 2nd January One of the world’s biggest culinary battle for student chefs, International Young Chef Olympiad (YCO) …
Ashoka University on Jan 28 announced the launch of the Trivedi School of Biosciences with a commitment of over Rs 100 crore by Ashok Trivedi, Founder and Trustee, Ashoka University, and Managing Partner of SWAT Capital. The advisory board of the School will be led by Nobel Laureate and President of the Royal Society, Venkatraman ‘Venki’ Ramakrishnan. Nobel Laureate Jack …
Winning team ‘Achelous’ from Karnataka built a prototype to extract ‘activated carbon’ from plastic waste. This will clean our rivers and oceans while building water purifiers The winners are Prajwal Erappa, Taran N and Suhas BG from Kendriya Vidyalaya Mysore were announced at the ENpower’s India’s Future Tycoons – Season 2 (IFT #2) themed on innovative sustainable solutions for India’s Water Crisis grand …
