The inaugural  edition of Chaudhary Charan Singh Awards Instituted by the Kisan Trust, celebrating the enduring legacy of Bharat Ratna Chaudhary Charan Singh, the fifth Prime Minister of India to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to rural development, agriculture, and social welfare—sectors that were close to Chaudhary Charan Singh’s heart, were given out Dr. Rajendra Singh, Maize scientist …

EY India has partnered with the National Association for the Blind (NAB) to create over 600 audiobooks, aiming to benefit more than 1,00,000 people with visual impairment across India. The initiative is part of EY Ripples program, where EY employees devote their time to SDG-focused projects, bringing together their combined skills, knowledge and experience to positively impact wider sections of …

Generously supported by alumnus, finance and tech expert Bob Dykes, the University is poised to further cement its leadership in the AI field with the establishment of the Bob Dykes Chair in Generative Artificial Intelligence Generative AI, a branch of artificial intelligence focused on creating new content by learning patterns in existing data through self-analysis, holds immense potential for innovation. …

As many as 36 participants from 18 public and private universities across Maharashtra have been shortlisted for Capacity Building for International Officers programme workshop, designed to strengthen internationalisation initiatives within Indian higher education institutions under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Department of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra in Collaboration with the British Council, UK’s international organisation for …

Support States to meet HR costs; structure CSR support to schools: Rakesh Kanwar, Edu Secy Himachal Pradesh Union Minister of Education, Dharmendra Pradhan used the ARISE Annual School Education Conference 2024 platform on Dec 14 to warn private schools against abetting dummy schools saying that Government will do its own duty to close dummy schools. He said these schools are …

Department of Science and Technology (DST) is implementing a dedicated programme exclusively for strengthening the research ecosystem in universities called Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (PURSE). So far under PURSE, DST has supported eighty-two (82) universities with a total investment of ₹1227 crores. Additionally, nine more universities have been selected and recommended for support under the PURSE 2024 …