In the ‘Gita Sanidhya’ lecture series going on uninterrupted for the past one year organized by the collaboration of SRK Knowledge Foundation-Surat (SRKKF) and Narmad University’s Center for Social Studies, known speakers from across the country imparted knowledge for 55,000 minutes. The concluding ceremony of the series held on June 25 was graced by the   Governor, Acharya Devvratji and State Education Minister Dr. Prafulbhai Pansheriya at Sanjivkumar Auditorium, Pal-Adajan, Surat on …

Sounds of Silence, a property conceptualized by Metalloid Productions is launching Voices United – The Nation’s Anthem of Hope, in partnership with UNESCO – New Delhi and as Dukes India as their primary sponsor. Voices United is a multi-lingual audio-video track with 14 artists and 10 social media influencers from across the country. The track aims to raise funds for Magic Bus …

55 students from the undergraduate and postgraduate programs of Pune-based FLAME University will support the global WageIndicator system from the current academic year. This cooperation is the primary outcome of an agreement between FLAME University and WageIndicator Foundation of the Netherlands which led to setting up of the WageIndicator Research Lab at FLAME. WageIndicator Foundation operates websites with wage and …

Sugandha Shukla, a Class 12 student of The Scindia School, Gwalior, seeks to educate an overwhelming majority (including parents) of people, who  pooh pooh liberal arts without knowing the vast and critical role of multi-disciplinary knowledge in shaping human civilization in past, now and future “What is this modern wish-wash of a liberal arts education?” “Studying all subjects? Bah! A …

The uncertainty of several weeks over civil services preliminary examination of this year is over and will be held as per schedule on August 24. There has been a high pitched agitation against Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) first introduced in 2011 and the new pattern introduced in the Main examination in 2013 besides other issues concerning aspirants of the …

Ashoka University appoints chancellor, VC The upcoming Ashoka University situated in Sonepat (Haryana) has appointed  noted sociologist, Prof Andre Beteille as its Chancellor, and historian-journaluist Prof Rudrangshu Mukherjee, as the founder Vice Chancellor of the University. Professor Beteille (National Research Professor and Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics) will head the Ashoka University’s Governing Body, its highest authority, …