A new story book that aims to help children understand and come to terms with COVID-19 has been produced by a collaboration of more than 50 organizations working in the humanitarian sector, including the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and …

Prasar Bharati, Public Broadcaster through TV and Radio has been helping students with their studies amidst ongoing lockdown. In collaboration with various State Government institutions, Doordarshan and All India Radio are broadcasting virtual classes and other educational content through their regional channels across the country on TV, Radio and YouTube. On an average, any DD Channel is airing 2.5 hours …

Leading IITs i.e. IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras and IIT Roorkee have decided to not participate in any of the Times Higher Education (THE) – World University Rankings this year (2020). These IITs will reconsider their decision next year if Times Higher Education is able to convince them about the parameters and transparency …

 Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University (CCSHAU), an agricultural research university in India has recently announced plans to establish a Custom Hiring Centre for farmers in the coming months. This centre, a component of Deendayal Upadhyay Centre of Excellence for Organic Farming” established by the university in 2017, is aimed to broaden the experiential learning for students and will provide farm …

The union HRD ministry had launched a week long ‘Bharat Padhe Online’ campaign for Crowd sourcing of Ideas for Improving Online Education ecosystem of India on 10th April  and will close on April 16. The campaign objective was to invite all the best brains in India to share suggestions/solutions directly with HRD Ministry to overcome constraints of online education while promoting …

Tata Sky and Airtel DTH operators have agreed to to air some SWAYAM PRABHA channels on their DTH platform. DD-DTH, Dish TV and Jio TV App were already providing these channels to their subscribers. Now a student anywhere in India can request, DTH ‘Service Provider’ for these channels without any extra cost as these are free to air channels. The …