India Affiliate of the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) has partnered with Sri Sri University (SSU), Cuttak to establish India’s first and East India’s only Global Centre for Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). The signing ceremony was conducted at the Art of Living International Centre in Bangalore with the participation of global humanitarian, spiritual leader, and peace envoy Gurudev Sri Sri …

The National Testing Agency (NTA) responding to controversy over grace marks to 1563 candidates owing to loss of time in NEET-UG 2024 held on May 5, has announced that the scores of 1,563 NEET-UG 2024 candidates had been invalidated. The NTA has informed the Supreme Court hearing various petitions on the issue that a re-examination for these candidates will take …

Uttarakhand Government has signed a MOU with ConsciousLeap and NFD CEE (Nehru Foundation for Development Centre for Environment Education) to bring ConsciousLeap’s wellbeing curriculum, Wellspire™ to students across its government schools. The MoU to this effect was signed between Banshidhar Tiwari, Samagra Shiksha and Sanjay Desai, Founder and Ceo, ConsciousLeap on June 4. The program was first piloted for demonstration …

The results of the first national survey to investigate research integrity in India, a collaboration between National Academy of Sciences, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – National Physical Laboratory and publisher Springer Nature, indicate broad support for mandatory in-person research integrity training across researcher demographics. The survey found that whilst 53% of respondents stated that their institution offered research …

IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Hyderabad, IISc Bangalore, and C-CAMP to establish Centers of Excellence (COE). Each COE will receive up to US$ 1 million annually, with AICTE’s 13 Innovation Centers adding $10 million yearly of joint investment to support 100+ higher education institutes The Wadhwani Foundation, in a significant move, has signed MoUs with AICTE, IIT Bombay, IIT …

The University Grants Commission (UGC), the higher education regulator, has given an approval for biannual admissions in colleges and universities of the country. As per UGC M Jagadeesh Kumar, this approval was granted in the last meeting of the commission. With this, India joins the countries that offer admissions twice in a year. However, this is not a mandatory rule. …