The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind addressing at the inauguration of the first World Youth Conference on Kindness, in New Delhi on August 23, 2019. Gandhiji was born in India but he belongs to entire humanity. His life and values inspire people across continents. The most influential Indian of the 20th century, Gandhiji remains the benchmark against which we assess …

For more than five years since NDA swept power first in 2014 and now again for a consecutive second term this year in 2019 at the centre, the union government under Prime Minister Modi has been unfriendly to Right to Education (RTE) Act, a landmark legislation passed during Congress led government in 2009. Except for a necessary amendment, RTE, was …

The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ presenting the awards, at inauguration of the International Conference on Journey of Teacher Education: Local to Global, in New Delhi on August 17, 2019. The Secretary (Department of School & Literacy), Smt. Rina Ray and other dignitaries are also seen. The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) as a …

New office building Finally, some welcome action on much neglected teacher training agenda in the country appears to be in sight as the NCTE (National Council for Teacher Education) as the national regulator for teacher education and training in India moves to a new address and seeks to address some of the vexed issues that have been the source of …

Somaiya Vidyavihar launched India’s first Industry- Academia joint course in M.Sc. Polymer Science.  A unique course, the only one in India, has been developed jointly by prominent polymer Industrial and academics/researchers from national labs. The research-oriented course offers Polymer Chemistry, Polymer Physics and Polymer Engineering specialization.  Polymer Science, an interdisciplinary area, comprising of chemical, physical, engineering, processing, and theoretical aspects, is …

The Technology Incubation and Entrepreneurship Development Society of IIT Roorkee celebrated ‘Entrepreneurs Day’ by showcasing finalists of its accelerator program in New Delhi on August 7 and was a culmination to the accelerator program ran by TIDES Business Incubator at IIT Roorkee for a period of 16 weeks. TIDES Accelerator Program (TAP) is collaborative initiative of Department of Science & …