Learnet Skills (formerly IL&FS Skills Development Corporation) has launched a pro-bono initiative called “AVSAR”– Migrant Workers Counselling Centres across 60 districts in 9 states in India to guide migrant workers and help them sustain their living amid the ongoing pandemics crisis with employment opportunities as per their skill sets. The proposed initiative is aimed at counselling the returned migrant workers about the alternate …

A highly unusual gravitational wave signal, detected by the LIGO and Virgo observatories in the US and Italy, was generated by a new class of binary systems (two astronomical objects orbiting around each other), an international team of astrophysicists has confirmed. Scientists from the LIGO and Virgo Collaboration, which includes researchers from the Institute for Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the University …

AhaGuru, an after-school online IIT+JEE+NEET coaching institute in Chennai has added  a Free Math and English Program  as new features on its AhaGuru App for making it freely accessibleto poor children. AhaGuru, in collaboration with an education non-profit organization, Aid India, is now reaching effective learning content to children in villages in various districts of Tamil Nadu. Aid India volunteers have identified …

The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad today announced the launch of the ‘IIM Ahmedabad Endowment Fund’, with an initial commitment of Rs. 100 Cr from 10 founding alumni (detailed list below).The endowment aims to raise Rs. 1000 Cr over a period of five years.IIMA is the first management school in India to come up with this first-of-its-kind fund setting a …

Manufacturers must redesign and reform their Global Supply Chains or Global Production Networks (GPN) if they want to survive and prosper in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study reveals. The virus’ impact demonstrates that global manufacturing concerns must switch from large production sites in a single location, such as China, to numerous smaller facilities around the world …

Asserting that future education will be a blended education where institutes will be focused on delivering content with quality, Dr. Bhushan Patwardhan, Vice-Chairman, UGC, has called upon these HEIs to also focus on achieving sustainable goals which is important for our existence.  He was speaking during a webinar organized by IIHMR University, Jaipur in association with Heartfulness Institute, India (HFI) and …