Bharti Enterprises Founder and Chairman, Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration by the University of Bath, United Kingdom (UK). The honour was conferred at the University’s summer graduation ceremony held at the historic Bath Abbey, in recognition of Mr. Mittal’s contribution to global business, entrepreneurship and philanthropy. Mr. Mittal is a pioneer of …

The Wadhwani Foundation has partnered with Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU) to launch Wadhwani Ignite Bootcamp: RIDE 2025—a credited course for students of all courses in the university. The initiative will train over 7,500 second-year undergraduate students, spanning 30 departments across 12 schools at MIT-WPU. The goal: to create more than 1500 student-led ventures – a bold …

A pilot study being conducted by DEVI Sansthan in collaboration with the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, explores whether basic literacy significantly improves mental well-being, emotional resilience, and self-worth among women in low-income urban communities. DEVI Sansthan identified and enrolled women from low-income groups in several slums of central Lucknow, such as Nai Basti, Janta Nagri, Daliganj bridge and others. …

The University of Southampton—a QS Top 100 global institution and founding member of the UK’s Russell Group—becomes the first foreign university to operationalize a campus in India under the University Grants Commission’s (Setting up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India) Regulations. The India campus of the University in Gurugram was inaugurated at the hands Union …

On the occasion of World Youth Skills Day (July 15), Minister of State (I/C) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and Minister of State, Ministry of Education, Shri Jayant Chaudhary, launched the week-long celebration of 10-year milestone of the Skill India Mission. The week-long celebration, will see programs, workshops, and exhibitions across ITIs, skill centres, and educational institutions in every …

The Ministry of Women and Child Development is reiterating its call for nominations to the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP) 2025, awards. Applications for the award went live on 1st April 2025, with the last date for applying set to 31st July 2025. All nominations for the PMRBP award must be made through the online portal https://awards.gov.in. The Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal …