Education

28 Jul

Indian students hold tricolour aloft in globalarena

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New Delhi: Indian students have done it again. They have secured one gold, one silver, and three bronze medals in the 62nd International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), which was hosted by Russia from July 14 -24, 2021, and three Silver and one bronze at the 32nd International Biology Olympiad (IBO) hosted by Portugal from July 18 to 23. In all 619 students from 107 countries participated in the IMO and 304 students from 76 countries in IBO. Both the contests were held online. In IMO, a total of six students from India had participated. Pranjal Srivastava of Bengaluru secured the Gold…

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20 Jul

Suguna Institute of Poultry Management to start admissions for Undergraduate and Diploma programmes

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New Delhi: Suguna Institute of Poultry Management, one of the outstanding and vibrant poultry management institutions in India is inviting aspirants to enroll for the Undergraduate and Diploma programme.  The admission is open for B.Sc. Poultry Science, Diploma in Commercial Broiler Production Management, Diploma in BroilerBreeder Production and DiplomainPoultryHealth. At all levels, the Institute is dedicated in instilling ethical, spirited practice for the students to get trained on campus to corporate to fill the Industrial culture gap. The B. Sc. In Poultry Science is a three-year full-time undergraduate program. The Diploma courses offered are a one-year program with two-semester of…

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26 Jun

eduVelocity Global: Overseas education consultancy guides students to best-fit universities abroad despite Covid-19 challenges

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New Delhi: While the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has uprooted major business sectors in the country, genuine providers who assist overseas student applicants appear to still be thriving. Indian students continue to express their desire to pursue their "study abroad" dreams both at the undergraduate and master’s levels despite (or perhaps because of) the Covid-related challenges for the past year and a half. Surprisingly, many of them have continued to add exciting academic and co-curricular accomplishments to their resume, even in these times of unprecedented challenges, in order to ensure that they are competitive as applicants to their best-ranked programs and universities…

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20 May

Ashoka University announces Sunanda and Santimay Basu Chair in Astrophysics

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New Delhi: Ashoka University announced that a Chair has been endowed by two renowned Astrophysicists, Sunanda Basu and Santimay Basu, in their name for teaching and research in Astrophysics. The University will undertake an extensive search for appointment of a distinguished Professor of Astrophysics to the Sunanda and Santimay Basu Chair in Astrophysics. The Chair-holder will lead the setting up of an Astrophysics Centre at Ashoka. The permanent Chair will be associated with the Physics Department at the University. ''We are honoured to announce the Sunanda and Santimay Basu Chair in Astrophysics at Ashoka University. Their pioneering work in the…

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24 Apr

Anujjindal.in Platform Introduces Micro E-learning Program for Competitive Exams

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New Delhi: India has 35 million students enrolled in higher education contributing to a small gross enrolment ratio (GER) of 26 percent. China with a larger population has a much higher GER of 51.6 percent. If we are to achieve the target of 50 percent GER by 2035 as envisaged by the new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, we have to give prominence to Micro E-learning. Anujjindal.in, India’s leading platform for Competitive Exams has introduced Micro E-Learning System for preparation for RBI, NABARD, SEBI, UGC NET JRF Competitive Examinations.  Anuj Jindal, Edu-Tech Expert, Founder & CEO, Anujjindal.in Platform (AJC EdTech Pvt…

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02 Apr

An effort to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship

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New Delhi: The Office of Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Government of India in partnership with Salaam Bombay Foundation and Pune Knowledge Cluster organized an outreach session showcasing innovative solutions developed by school children to ensure the safety of teachers and students when schools reopen across the country. The programme was a part of the Office of PSA’s Innovation and Science @Bharat’s Industry-Academia knowledge sessions. It was meant to inspire school children for finding technology-based solutions for India’s wide-ranging challenges. It was conducted live on the YouTube channel of the Office of PSA for school children studying in 9th…

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25 Mar

Researchers devise digital method to process Sanskrit texts

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New Delhi: While various digital resources have improved the accessibility and use of world languages and even regional languages, Sanskrit presents unique challenges in automated computational processing. In addition to the sheer volume and diversity, both stylistic and chronological, found in these texts, the linguistic peculiarities expressed by the language, pose several challenges in making these works accessible to the world. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur are making Sanskrit accessible with their Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based system for processing Sanskrit texts.  Researchers led by Dr Pawan Goyal have developed a digital infrastructure for the efficient processing of…

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25 Mar

One of Surat’s best coaching institute launches foundation courses

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Surat, Gujarat : A renowned physics professor Pavan Choudhary grabs Times Icons of Surat 2020-21 honour for Excellence in Physics Ask any student who has acquired admission into premier engineering colleges or secured a medical seat about his coaching institute. Its most likely that he/she will name Galaxy Academy. For, this academy has been guiding and coaching the greatest number of students who excel in competitive exams like JEE and NEET. Galaxy Academy has been consistently guiding students who are able to achieve excellent results proving that its one of the Surat’s best coaching academies for Science. Now, this institute…

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17 Mar

New collaboration to launch India-UK Dual Doctoral Programme

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New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur and The University of Manchester announced the launch of a dual award PhD programme. This will serve to consolidate and build on existing research collaborations across a number of thematic areas including environmental geochemistry, biomaterials and Industry 4.0. Students will be jointly recruited and spend time in both Manchester and Kharagpur, benefiting from the expertise, facilities and infrastructure of the two globally renowned institutions, saida statement from IIT Kharagpur. The programme, launching this July, will be open to IIT and IISc graduates from India during its initial phase.  Successful candidates will be…

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12 Mar

IIT Delhi and Hebrew University of Jerusalem to support collaborative research

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New Delhi: Indian Institutes of Technology(IIT), Delhi and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (HUJI) have partnered to support collaborative and interdisciplinary education and research initiatives. Speaking of the partnership with IIT Delhi, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Vice President for International Affairs, Prof. Oron Shagrir said, “The Hebrew University is delighted to partner with Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. This agreement will bring about opportunities for joint research and exchange of students and ideas with one of India's leading research institutions. It is part of the University’s strategy to expand our collaborations with India.” Prof V. Ramgopal Rao, Director,…

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