IndiaSkills 2024, India’s national skills competition for biennial WorldSkills competition selection, kickstarted on May 15 in New Delhi. Nine hundred participants will compete in as many as 61 types of skills over the next three days leading to national winners in these trades as well as reserving their berths for country’s contingent to WorldSkills Competition scheduled to take place in …

Bengaluru-based ABBS School of Management announces its certification by SAQS, an international system of strategic audit and accreditation designed for the assessment of Schools, a significant advancement in its mission towards global recognition and high-quality education. This accreditation reaffirms ABBS’s efforts in offering first-class education while integrating best practices internationally and inducing a culture of continuous improvement. SAQS accreditation puts …

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., India’s leading Farm Equipment company and the world’s largest tractor manufacturer by volume, to conduct two Pilots under the Drone Didi Yojna. Launched earlier this year, the scheme aims to train 15,000 women to operate drones for agricultural purposes such as fertiliser …

Validates the use case for SemiverseTM Solutions as a viable tool to upskill Indian semiconductor manufacturing workforce ahead of national rollout. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on May 10 announced the successful conclusion of its pilot to upskill engineers in semiconductor fabrication technology. Announced in partnership with Lam Research, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to Washington D.C. in …

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. …