The Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a state visit to USA has presented 5-point proposals for furthering India-USA academic and research collaboration. Speaking at ‘India-USA: Skilling for the Future’ in Washington DC in presence of First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden, on June 22, PM Modi gave the following proposals: Integrated approach bringing together government, industry and academia Encouraging …

A month-long summer coding program ‘De-coding Coding’ completely free of cost for the students of 3 government schools in Raipur by Codeyoung, an online learning platform for children, concluded on a high note on June 22.  Jayant Nahata, IAS, Assistant Collector, Raipur, (C.G) attended the valedictory function and felicitated the top 5 students from each school for their exceptional performance in the program. …

National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) signed an MoU on June 20 with Labour, Employment Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (LESDE) department of the Government of Mizoram and Sikkim-based Medhavi Skills University (MSU) to develop an international centre for innovation and skills excellence in Mizoram for skilling the youth, pursuing domestic and overseas employment opportunities in hospitality and tourism sectors and in their allied …

The 4th Education Working Group meeting (EdWG) spread over two days is being held in Pune to finalize outcome documents. These documents are to be presented at the Education Ministers meeting also in this Maharashtra metropolis and an educational hub on 22nd June, 2023. Education for a sustainable and prosperous future will be part of declaration by the G20 countries later this …

GITAM (Deemed to be University), a NAAC A++ accredited university, inaugurated the DST GITAM Technology Enabling Centre (G-TEC) at its Visakhapatnam campus and will be the first-ever such centre set up in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The university recently received a grant of Rs 3.28 crores from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) for this purpose. G-TEC will focus on identifying new-age technologies and making them …

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati declared JEE Advanced 2023 results on June 18. A total of 1,80,372 candidates appeared in both papers in the exam conducted on June 4. Of them 43,773 candidates have qualified. They include 36,204 male and 7,509 female students. Students who appeared in the exam can check their results on  jeeadv.ac.in. In all  six …