ELSA, (English Language Speech Assistant Corporation) a Digital App which uses speech recognition technology and artificial intelligence to help language learners improve their English pronunciation, had announced a subscription grant worth Rs. 56 Crores for the student communities across India early this month. School and college students with any valid email address can register for access to an ELSA PRO 3 month subscription, registration closes …

Harjiv Singh, Founder and CEO, BrainGain Global who also serves on the advisory board of India Knowledge@Wharton and has been a guest faculty at DukeCE, talks about his startup and emerging scenario How do you see the spread of the coronavirus impacting mobility and as such overseas education globally? The pandemic caused by the coronavirus is having and will have …

A web-portal YUKTI (Young India Combating COVID with Knowledge, Technology and Innovation)  was launched by minister for HRD, Ramesh Pokhriyal in New Delhi on April 12  and contains  a dashboard to monitor and record the efforts and initiatives of MHRD. The portal intends to cover the different dimensions of COVID-19 challenges in a very holistic and comprehensive way. Portal will also …

In an indication of extended lockdown, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Regional Office Delhi Region has the initiative of creating IDs on Facebook and YouTube to begin online classes in all subjects for the students of class VI to XII. While online live classes for classes VI to VIII will start from Monday, KVS Delhi Region has already started the online live …

The unprecedented situation throw up by corona crisis demands adaptive behavioural patterns and change in the conditioned behaviour reinforced during normal times. Dr.Nitesh Dhawan , Public Servant (Govt of UP) and Author shares some important tips for this adaptability:   The unprecedented global crisis due to Covid-19 Corona virus has really shaken the world with its unpredictability and magnanimity. The …

In the wake of Covid-19, a research team comprising of students and professors at Lovely Professional University have developed an interactive smart dustbin called ‘Ally’, which can be used at hospitals and medical centers for contactless waste collection and disposal, leading to a safer work environment for the front-line workers. Ally follows voice commands and moves on the predefined paths autonomously …