TECHgium®, a leading platform for engineering students concluded its seventh edition on May 9 with the team from B V Raju Institute of Technology, Telangana, who impressed with their project on AI Based Situational Awareness Algorithms for eVTOL Detect and Avoid Systems, winning the hackathon. The runner-up accolade went to students from Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore for developing a …
Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) set up by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi under India’s National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) and focused on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), has launched the Centre for Human-Computer Interaction (CHCi). By leveraging existing physical assets and engineering research talent, the Centre aims to accelerate translational research and extend its reach to industry sectors. …
This historic high of Rs. 513 Crore is a 135% increase from the amount raised in the previous financial year of 2022-23 when Rs. 218 Crore was raised to undertake path breaking technology research Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has raised a record breaking amount of Rs. 513 Crore in funding from its alumni, industry and individual donors …
FPSB India, the country’s leading professional standards-setting body for financial planning, and the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA), in GIFT IFSC, Gandhinagar has signed an MoU to elevate Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) IFSC as a premier ‘Global Finance Hub’ and strengthen its talent pool of skilled professionals tailored to meet the evolving demands of GIFT City’s financial industry. Under this strategic collaboration, FPSB India …
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has won the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia Award for its Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Leadership. At the heart of this recognition is Amrita University’s groundbreaking initiative, Live-in-Labs, an internship program in rural India. The students live in impoverished villages across the country to collaborate with the community and find sustainable solutions for the challenges the people …
Last year in October 2023, the UGC in a far-reaching reform introduced the scheme of professor of practice (PoP) for bringing practitioners, policymakers, skilled professionals etc. into higher education system and for this it also issued ‘Guidelines for Engaging Professor of Practice in Universities and Colleges.’ Under this a practitioner/professional having an experience of 15 years or more qualified for …
