The Akshaya Patra Foundation’s AVSAR Scholarship Programme that serves to address the concern of school dropouts due to financial constraints by bridging the gap between the students and scholarships benefited over 1,547 students across the country in 2019-20 and Rs 2,33,02,871 were distributed under the programme. Akshaya Patra essentially plays the role of the facilitator and sources scholarship opportunities for …
Himanshu Singh, an Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi graduate of this year who has just started working with an IT firm in Bengaluru beat some 2.52lakh+ participants to win TechGig Code Gladiators 2020 edition, the results of which were announced on Aug 19. Himanshu Singh won the 165-day long competition in a nail-biting coding finale. “Everybody has that one …
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF India), in collaboration with Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) launched the 3rd edition of Dragonfly Festival 2020 on Aug 17. The pan-India festival dedicated to dragonflies, aims to create awareness for the conservation of these insects. The Dragonfly festival 2020 was virtually launched by Ravi Singh, SG and CEO, WWF India. Dr. Subramaniam, (Scientist-E and …
Unacademy, learning platform, announced it is foraying into the non-test prep space with the launch of a subscription for learning Chess. The course will include valuable lessons, tips and tricks, and will be taught by 13 international Grandmasters including Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Pravin Thipsay, Sriram Jha, Vijaylakshmi Subbaraman, Romain Edouard, Girish Koushik, Abhijeet Gupta and Sahaj Grover through interactive …
In his Independence Day eve address to the nation, President Ram Nath Kovind said that the youth empowerment is essential for building a strong nation and the ‘National Education Policy’ is a right step in this direction. NEP will be implemented with a view to providing futuristic education to our children and youth. “It will strengthen the culture of ‘Inclusion’, …
C19 Pandemic may have confined the students to their homes but not their patriotic spirit and determination on this Independence Day. Lot of schools in Delhi NCR have remodeled the celebrations and will be using the virtual mode to keep the tradition and celebration alive. It is also going to get very creative and engaging for children. According to Seema …
