In the 2-day residential program, Chhattisgarh cabinet ministers including the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, engaged at the Chintan Shivir 2.0 hosted by Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Raipur, in collaboration with the state government. The Shivir held on June 7-8 offered a dynamic platform for introspection, strategic dialogue, and policy innovation, aimed at accelerating the state’s inclusive and sustainable development. …

Plans to the Haryana-UK Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Crop Post-Harvest Management & Cold-Chain (CoE-SPMCC) Centre of Excellence got a shot in the arm after the University of Birmingham Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International) Professor Robin Mason joined Dr. Raja Sekhar Vundru, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Haryana, Department of Agriculture, in Chandigarh, to sign an MoU ahead of the build phase …

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) and engineering, and Citadel Securities, on Jan 20 announced a new partnership to build the “Translational and Transformative Training and Investigations Lab” (T3i Lab) at IITK. The lab will be part of IITK’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering and will be supported by a Citadel Securities CSR grant as part of the firm’s …

Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, hosted the inaugural Dr. Bala V. Balachandran Memorial Lecture, a tribute to the visionary founder of Great Lakes Institute of Management at Taj Connemara in Chennai. Presented by Great Lakes, in collaboration with the Madras Management Association, the event attracted 150 senior professionals from various corporate sectors. Dr. Partha Sarathy Mohanram, John H. Watson Chair in Value …

The Space Technology Research Group (STeRG) at MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU), Pune, has successfully launched its first-ever space payload, STeRG-P1.0. Launched aboard the PSLV-C60 in collaboration with ISRO, this pioneering payload marks a significant milestone for the university and contributes to India’s space exploration endeavors. This payload, developed entirely by students and faculty from the Department of Electrical and …

As many as 36 participants from 18 public and private universities across Maharashtra have been shortlisted for Capacity Building for International Officers programme workshop, designed to strengthen internationalisation initiatives within Indian higher education institutions under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Department of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra in Collaboration with the British Council, UK’s international organisation for …