Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISER Bhopal) Researchers have completed the first-ever genome sequencing of the Jamun tree (Syzygium cumini), an evergreen tree popular in India for its medicinal properties, fruits, and ornamental value. The team, led by Dr. Vineet K. Sharma, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, includes Abhisek Chakraborty, Shruti Mahajan, and Manohar Singh Bisht from IISER Bhopal. Their findings …

Central Square Foundation (CSF), a leading non-profit in India’s primary and pre-primary education sector released a report titled Building Strong Foundations: Examining Early Childhood Education in India. The report stems from an in-depth Situational Analysis Study conducted across 200 Early Childhood Education (ECE) classrooms in India aimed at validating existing research data and identifying opportunities for enhancing ECE programmes, shed light …

The “Battle of Minds – Indian Army Quiz 2023” has been won by the team of Ashwani Kumar, Swasti Gupta and Mankala Harish from St. John’s School BLW, Varanasi, and crowned as champions in the finale of this national quiz held in New Delhi on Dec 3. Sunbeam School Lahartara, Varanasi, and St Anthony’s Senor Secondary School Udaipur bagged second …

The Government is working on a strategy for accreditation of more institutions to ensure benchmark of quality. K Sanjay Murthy, Secretary, Department of Higher Education, said this while speaking at the FICCI Higher Education in New Delhi on Nov 30.  Informing that we have now 6-7 state governments committed towards accrediting these institutions in a fixed time frame, he said …

NIT Rourkela allocated a 15-acre plot for both the boys’ and girls’ hostels. Presently, the institute plans to use half of the area for a boys’ hostel with a capacity of 1000 and three fourth of the area for three girls’ hostels, each with an accommodation capacity of 500 students. The remaining area is being kept aside for future hostel …

The Quality Council of India (QCI) on Nov 29 launched Gunvatta Gurukul, a pioneering initiative to cultivate a cadre of young professionals through an 8-week transformative leadership programme. Students of the Gunvatta Gurukul will be receiving a monthly stipend of Rs 15,000 during the training period and top performers will gain the opportunity to be employed with QCI and associated …