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

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

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

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

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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An effort to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship

An effort to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship

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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Researchers devise digital method to process Sanskrit texts

Researchers devise digital method to process Sanskrit texts

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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IIFT, Surat: Setting new trends and benchmark for design education

IIFT, Surat: Setting new trends and benchmark for design education

World-class education standards and tireless efforts of director Mukesh Maheshwari has earned IIFT Surat the honour of Times Icons of Surat 2020-21 in the category of ‘Excellence in Fashion Design Education’ Surat, Gujarat : Fashion and styling is no more limited to the urban chic or a matter of luxury. Today, everyone wants to be presentable in every field and make their presence felt. In this context, a fashion institute that caters to ever demanding fashion industry seems inevitable. International Institute of Fashion Technology (IIFT) Surat has become a cornerstone of success in imparting design education and has been responsible…
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Andrew J Nadar: Laying a solid foundation, committed to excellence in academics

Andrew J Nadar: Laying a solid foundation, committed to excellence in academics

CA Andrew Nadar grabs Times Icons of Surat 2020-21 honour for Excellence in Professional Coaching in Commerce Stream Surat, Gujarat : Build a strong foundation of knowledge and you can reach unthinkable heights of success. CA. Andrew J. Nadar, has been helping students to achieve great heights and realise their aspirational dreams through a solid foundation. His academic excellence and consistency in producing great results has fetched him prestigious Times Icons of Surat 2020-21 recognition for Excellence in Professional Coaching in Commerce Stream. With sheer hard work and perseverance, Andrew has been able to make a name in academics for…
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New collaboration to launch India-UK Dual Doctoral Programme

New collaboration to launch India-UK Dual Doctoral Programme

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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IIT Delhi and Hebrew University of Jerusalem to support collaborative research

IIT Delhi and Hebrew University of Jerusalem to support collaborative research

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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IIT-Madras Launches new programme to boost women leadership

IIT-Madras Launches new programme to boost women leadership

New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology-Madras has launched a new programme to boost its women leadership with an endowment fund raised from its alumni and CSR grants. Named ‘Women Leading IITM’ (WLI), the programme will make grants every year to accelerate the careers of women technologists and provide a supportive environment for women to thrive at IIT Madras. The aim is to help accelerate efforts to improve the number of women students, faculty, staff and creating opportunities for success. The Institute is planning to raise an endowment of US dollars two million by the end of 2021. In the first…
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A joint initiative to establish collaborative research platform

A joint initiative to establish collaborative research platform

New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi and Ashoka University will now work jointly to promote activities especially focused on academic research and human resource development. For this purpose, an agreement has been signed between the two institutions for setting up a platform (Ashoka University-IITD Collaborative Research). This platform will have a great economic and social impact on society; says the statement released by IIT, Delhi on Thursday. Ashoka University and IIT, Delhi will contribute matching funds to support collaborative and interdisciplinary education and research initiatives through a joint call for proposals, for the development of collaborative activities that…
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