Leading IITs i.e. IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras and IIT Roorkee have decided to not participate in any of the Times Higher Education (THE) – World University Rankings this year (2020). These IITs will reconsider their decision next year if Times Higher Education is able to convince them about the parameters and transparency …
Ashoka University is starting a new online lecture series, Scientifically Speaking, on April 17, 2020 for high school students. The series is open for all. Through Scientifically Speaking, Ashoka University aims to connect high schools students and anyone who is keen to learn with interdisciplinary scientists exploring complex problems. The lecture content will decode the most sophisticated scientific questions of our time …
As per a post by Bani Dhawan, Head of Education – South Asia, and Satya Raghavan, Director, YouTube Partnerships – India, Google has taken various measures to support learning/teaching processes to support student and teacher communities in COVID 19 pandemic, which has necessitated temporary mass closures of schools, colleges and universities. To help parents, students, educators (or just the …
An international team led by an Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode student, Simran Soni, is pioneering a vital digital tool to fight the COVID-19 pandemic of misinformation. The website ‘COVID FYI’ (covidfyi.in) is a one-stop digital directory for all Covid19 related services and help released by official sources. The website aims to bring the right information from the right sources …
BasicFirst Learning OPC Pvt. Ltd. has come up with a new version of the BasicFirst Doubt Clearing App for students wherethe average response time for all queries is just 32 minutes via in-app chats. Teachers are available from 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM, ensuring students can clear doubts whenever any query arises. BasicFirst is also offering a 14-days free trial on all …
On the occasion of the World Health Day (April 13), a multilingual online educational resource for kidney patients to combat COVID-19, ‘Know Corona to Defeat Corona’ was released by Dr. Sanjeev Gulati, Director, Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Fortis Hospital Vasant Kunj and Dr. Sanjay Pandya, Nephrologist and Chief Mentor – Kidney Education Foundation, Rajkot. The information provided is authenticated by …
