On the 150th birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, AIM, NITI Aayog’s Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) and UNICEF India, including Generation Unlimited, have launched ‘The Gandhian Challenge’. This innovation challenge provides a platform for every child across India to ideate innovative solutions for a sustainable India of their dreams, using Gandhi’s principles. The winners of The Gandhian Challenge will be awarded in New …
To start with Media & Entertainment Skill Sector Council is setting up 14 Authorized WorldSkills India Training Centers (AWSITCs) across nine major cities with a wish to increase the reach in all the states and Union territories. Currently, AWSITCs are being established in Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Mumbai, Pune, Shillong and Trivandrum. While announcing the launching of these centres …
With the aim of creating strong strategies and roadmaps to make school examinations less stressful Northwest Accreditation Commission, USA (NWAC) hosted a conference ‘De-stressing Examination’ in partnership with the Council of Boards of School Education in India (COBSE), in New Delhi recently. The conference was inaugurated by Professor Ved Prakash, Ex-Chairman, UGC. The event gave special focus on ‘De-Stressing Examination’ on the lines of …
FLAME University, Pune, has announced the start of Admissions for its 2020 intake for the undergraduate and postgraduate programs Programs Offered FLAME University offers three-year B.A., B.A. (Honours)*, B.Sc., BBA and BBA (Communications Management) courses in its undergraduate program. This year onwards a B.Sc. (Honours)** undergraduate program will be added to its portfolio of undergraduate programs. The liberal education anchored …
The first batch of 60 outstanding talented students under the newly launched Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme-DHRUV for the gifted students is undergoing a 14-day camp where two groups of Science and Performing Arts will be separated for further conditioning. Broadly the chosen students are from classes 9 to 12, from all schools including government and private. To begin …
Researchers at Shiv Nadar University in Greater Noida have announced the discovery of two strains of plastic-eating bacteria that have the potential to solve the problem of plastic waste globally. The bacterial species namely Exiguobacterium sibiricum strain DR11 and Exiguobacterium undae strain DR14 were isolated from the wetlands adjoining the University by Dr Richa Priyadarshini and her team at the Department of Life Sciences, School of Natural Sciences. …
