Nagar Nigam Pratibha Baalika Vidhyalaya (NPBV) Dilshad Colony-Delhi and Oberoi International School-Mumbai in Community collaboration, The Riverside School-Ahmedabad for innovation, Snehalaya English Medium School– Ahmednagar for Overcoming Adversity, Shindewadi Mumbai Public School (The Akanshka Foundation)-Mumbai for Supporting Healthy Lives are inspirational schools named in  the Top 10 shortlists for the $250,000 World’s Best School Prizes. The five World’s Best School Prizes …

Using data science and IoT,  Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Researchers have developed a low-cost mobile air pollution monitoring framework in which, pollution sensors mounted on public vehicles can dynamically monitor the air quality of an extended area at high spatial and temporal resolution. The devices are capable of measuring multiple parameters, ranging from PM1, PM2.5, PM10 and gasses …

Pearson, a UK-based transnational education company has announced the appointment of Vinay Kumar Swamy, as the new Country Head for India. Vinay, an alumnus of Bangalore University and a chartered accountant by qualification has been with Pearson for more than seven years and now in his new role, he will be leading its journey of becoming a digital-first online learning, …

The University of Birmingham has made three key academic appointments– Dr Areti Theofilopoulou, Dr Marie-Hélène Gorisse and Jinesh Sheth– in establishing its new teaching and research portfolio in Jainism. The academics taking up these posts will develop teaching and research in Jainism and contemporary issues. Dr Areti Theofilopoulou has been appointed Assistant Professor in the Ethics of Non-Violence. She is …

In the first six days of the Jan Bhagidari events, more than 8,00,000 students and faculty members participated in 14,000+ events conducted by over 7,000 institutes across the country. Commencing from June 1st, these initiatives, which were launched by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) as the precursor to the upcoming fourth G20 Education Working Group Meet scheduled from 19th to …

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur jointly with Silizium Circuits Private Limited has bagged a Rs 5 crore Grant-in-Aid project from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)’s Chips to Startup (C2S) program for its ground-breaking project, “Radio-frequency (RF) Transceiver SoC (System on Chip) with integrated RISC V core for Sub-GHz Applications”. The project duration is 3 years and IIT …