CA Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal, the newly elected President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) after assuming the chair on Feb 21, announced an initiative called “DRISHTI” (means ‘vision’) that would lead the Institute towards groundbreaking advancements in the fields of Digitalization (D), Research (R), Integrity (I), Skills (S), Handholding (H), Transparency (T), and Independence (I). Speaking in New Delhi, he …

All India Management Association (AIMA) and St Stephen’s College, Delhi University, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Feb 21 to collaborate in developing and delivering short courses in new age management skills. Professor John Varghese, Principal, St Stephen’s College and Ms Rekha Sethi, Director General, AIMA signed the MoU. The MoU will be effective for 10 years. The scope …

India’s first Skill India Centre (SIC) in Sambalpur, Odisha was inaugurated by union education and skills minister, Dharmendra Pradhan on Feb 20. The Skill India Centre will equip a vast majority of the young populace with employable skills in demand-driven trades, creating industry-ready workforce, encouraging entrepreneurship and strengthening the skilling ecosystem. Speaking on the occasion, the minister stated that by …

Hosted in association with Green TERRE Foundation (GTF), the program entailed a deep dive into setting ambitious carbon neutrality targets and implementing sustainable infrastructure and energy solutions, starting with University Campus To promote ideas of sustainability in the state, the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, in association with Green TERRE Foundation (GTF), hosted the National Movement of U75: Net Zero Workshop for NE Region, on …

In a significant step towards upgrading and developing education and skilling infrastructure across the country, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation permanent campus of IIT Bhilai, IIT Tirupati, IISER Tirupati, IIITDM Kurnool; academic and residential complex in IIT Patna and IIT Ropar; two permanent campuses of Central Sanskrit University – at Devprayag (Uttarakhand) and Agartala (Tripura). The …

The University of Birmingham is partnering with the Government of Maharashtra to set up a specialist Research and Innovation Hub to tackle challenges in key state priority areas including agriculture and healthcare, using Artificial Intelligence (AI). As part of this initiative, the Department of Higher and Technical education has also constituted a ‘Maharashtra Responsible Research and Innovation Taskforce’ (MSRRIT) to effectively track the research activity …