IIT Alumni Council, the largest global body of alumni, students and faculty across all the 23  IITs and partnering Technical Institutes of Excellence (TieNet) has announced investible corpus of Rs 21,000 crores, largest ever private social initiative for India aimed at creating social infrastructure, ensure self-sufficiency and improve quality of life and be a supportive catalyst for Prime Minister’s mission …

The new National Curriculum Framework (NCF) for School Education has also been initiated.  NCERT will be expected to make changes in the textbooks in accordance with the new NCF.  Subject expertswill initiate this process for school education, and give interim report by December 2020. While redesigning textbooks, it is to be ensured that nothing but the core content is placed …

Entrepreneur First (EF), a  UK-based global talent investor and Foundation for Innovation and Research in Science and Technology (F.I.R.S.T.), a section 8 company promoted by Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (“IITK”) have collaborated to build a strong support ecosystem for aspiring tech entrepreneurs. This partnership will facilitate the journey for exceptional and talented individuals who aspire to start tech ventures. …

A highly unusual gravitational wave signal, detected by the LIGO and Virgo observatories in the US and Italy, was generated by a new class of binary systems (two astronomical objects orbiting around each other), an international team of astrophysicists has confirmed. Scientists from the LIGO and Virgo Collaboration, which includes researchers from the Institute for Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the University …

The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad today announced the launch of the ‘IIM Ahmedabad Endowment Fund’, with an initial commitment of Rs. 100 Cr from 10 founding alumni (detailed list below).The endowment aims to raise Rs. 1000 Cr over a period of five years.IIMA is the first management school in India to come up with this first-of-its-kind fund setting a …

Manufacturers must redesign and reform their Global Supply Chains or Global Production Networks (GPN) if they want to survive and prosper in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study reveals. The virus’ impact demonstrates that global manufacturing concerns must switch from large production sites in a single location, such as China, to numerous smaller facilities around the world …