Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee in collaboration with WileyNXT, has announced the launch of AI in Banking Programme, India’s first-of-its-kind online programme made for existing as well as recently-graduated technology and finance professionals, who aspire to build a career in AI and analytics in the banking domain. The 4-month programme will focus on training IT professionals and graduates to …
IIT Alumni Council today announced a MegaTx initiative to identify, optimise and indigenously manufacture biotherapeutics for the treatment of C19. The Council has proposed a two stage process. The expeditious pathway will be using antibodies harvested from human plasma collected through blood donation camps that seek donors who have recovered from C19. The subsequent stage involves identification and characterisation of …
With the objective of ensuring online well-being of students and preparing them for the future of work, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), and Facebook are launching a comprehensive curriculum on Digital Safety & Online Well-being and Augmented Reality (AR). The modules are for secondary school students. The curriculum is now available on the CBSE website http://cbseacademic.nic.in/fb/FacebookForEducation.html. This partnership is led …
According to a leading expert in the field of cognitive neuroscience from Harvard, what matters in screen time is the content that is consumed and the context of it that affects one’s well-being. It is also imperative to make a distinction between productive and unproductive screen time. Screen time where an adult is on the other side engaging children in …
VIBGYOR school management may have provided an answer and alternative model to confrontation between schools and parents
As per a nationwide survey on the ‘Impact of COVID-19 on Indian Start-ups’conducted by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), jointly with the Indian Angel Network (IAN) with 250 start-ups, 70% of start-ups stated that their businesses have impacted by Covid-19. 12% of the start-ups have shut operations and 60% are operating with disruptions. The survey depicts that only 22% of the …
