“In a country like India, with a large young population, it is imperative to build processes and policies that help raise a well-informed, intelligent, and perceptive future generation.”  —Sumanta Datta, MD of Oxford University Press, India Despite concerns around misinformation and false claims, social media users around the world continue to believe that the information they read and share on …

discusses applied plant biotechnology among a host technological interventions in the field of AYUSH sciences IIT Madras Department of Biotechnology  has organized a six-day continuing Medical Education (CME) program on ‘Technological interventions to standardize the indigenous system of medicine in India’ called AYURTECH 2022-CME, from 20th to 25th June 2022. This CME program is being sponsored by the Ministry of …

 National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), the nodal agency under the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India, and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) on June 20 announced the launch of project NIPUN- National Initiative for Promoting upskilling of Construction Workers. The project aims to train more than one lakh construction workers through fresh skilling and …

Researchers led by Prof. Indra Sekhar Sen, from the Department of Earth Science of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur have developed an enzyme-substrate medium-based E.coli.water testing kit that is highly sensitive and can detect the presence or absence of a single E.coli in drinking water. This E.coli water testing kit is low cost and field trials were successfully …

As many of our journalists come from a non-medical background, the introduction of CAS at the academic level helps train journalists in health journalism and encourage scientific mindset among masses. CAS plays an important role in building a holistic 360-degree science-based communication narrative, addressing misinformation, promoting awareness, undertaking capacity-building of media, rigorous analysis of news reports, official/authoritative scientific discourses, thought …

Coursera’s latest Global Skills Report (GSR) 2022 reveals that in terms of overall skills proficiency, India has slipped 4 places to be ranked at the 68th position globally. In Asia, India stands at the 19th position. The report also shows an increase in India’s technology proficiency levels from 38% to 46%, with the country strengthening its position by six spots. On …