For the first time in its History, National Institute of Technology Rourkela awarded to its graduating students ‘Blockchain-based Digital Degrees’ developed in assistance with IIT Kanpur’s C3i Innovation Hub, under the aegis of National Blockchain Project mooted by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. With the adoption of this ambitious project, NIT Rourkela has become the first NIT and the second among ‘Institutes …

The International ‘Rising with Kindness’ Youth Summit at Kanha Shanti Vanam – Heartfulness Headquarters in the outskirts of Hyderabad being held between 12th -14th August 2022 has commenced. The inaugural event witnessed a staggering participation of over 12,000 academicians and students from several countries across the globe in the likes of UAE, Canada, New Zealand , Denmark, Austria, and Italy among …

ConveGenius, a social enterprise focused on quality education, has partnered with Government of Uttarakhand to set up a Vidhya Samiksha Kendra (VSK) in the next 6 months to understand the educational impact of various interventions and how different academic and administrative factors contribute to student learning outcome. With this strategic association, the Uttarakhand education department will implement the SwiftChat platform to …

Andhra Pradesh State Government  has remitted Rs 694 crores as the first tranche of Jagananna Vidya Deevena for this year. Under the Vidya Deevena scheme, mothers of over 11.02 lakh students received free reimbursement for April-July 2022 quarter. With an aim of providing higher education to poor students, the State government is reimbursing fee regularly on quarterly basis by depositing the amount into the accounts of mothers of students studying ITI, …

Should the need arise in future for a transition from face-to-face to online learning, then, how different  should  it be from the one because of pandemic, we just went through after a necessary struggle of two years. In particular the social and ethical issues associated with the pandemic-induced online mode of learning among students and teachers of higher education in …

In a joint collaboration IIT Delhi, through the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) an Industry Academia Interface organization for IIT Delhi, and multi-lingual social media, Koo, will commence a pilot study to report air pollution and its sources from various locations across India. Koo will disseminate Air Pollution information including Air Pollution Index (API) sourced from IIT-D, CPCB …