Parag Initiative of Tata Trusts on Feb 8 announced the 3rd edition of the Parag Honour List for the year 2022. This robust list features a wide range of original writings across categories like picture books, chapter books, and young adult books. This year, Parag received books from 23 Indian publishers, published between October, 2020 to September, 2021 with over …
IIT Madras Alumni are providing a seed grant commitment of Rs. 3 Crore Indian Institute of Technology Madras is establishing a new inter-disciplinary Water Management and Policy Centre called ‘AquaMAP’ to solve water problems in India. This Centre will provide smart solutions for challenging water problems by designing scalable models by leveraging innovative technologies. These models would be implemented at chosen …
University Grants Commission (UGC), the higher education regulator and grants making body, which is itself under brand transformation and waiting to be named as Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) on January 28 released the draft for National Higher Education Qualifications Framework (NHEQF). The purpose of draft is to invite and collect public feedback and suggestions by February 13. Thereafter, …
‘Drone Shakti’ will come to ITIs The Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurships (MSDE) will launch the DESH Stack e-Portal — Digital Ecosystem for Skilling and Livelihood —as was announced in the Union Budget 2022. According to a statement from the ministry, The DESH Stack e-Portal aims to empower citizens to skill, reskill or upskill through on-line training. It will …
What #The Union Budget 2022 contains for #Education is a developing story as more and more insights and perspectives emerge. However, one thing is clear ‘the learning deficit caused by two years of digital education will be actually remediated by more digital education? Education Minister of India, Dharmendra Pradhan, also says so. # AatmanirbharBharatKaBudget paves the way to build resilient mechanisms …
All eyes will on the Union Budget proposals on education as all stakeholders expect a better deal Budget expectations and talks are like New Year resolutions which evaporate within days to be taken again the next year. Well, that is the state of most budget expectations—a consultative exercise that was initiated before budget formulation with interest groups and sectoral experts. …
