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 …
Canada headquartered D2L, a transnational learning technology company, which has already a presence in India through partners, is deepening its long-term commitment to India with additional investments in development, support operations, hiring talent, and expanded in-country cloud solutions. D2L’s future investments in development and support, talent acquisition, local cloud infrastructure and plans for an Indian entity will help expandD2L Brightspace …
About 50 Indian Forest Service officers from different batches toured the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) in Delhi as part of their career training program, organized under the aegis of the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy. The visit provided an opportunity for the officers to gain insights into the field of Ayurveda and its significance in forest conservation and …
