FMS Delhi and TCS bag the Tata Business Leadership Awards 2016
Mumbai: Teams from the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) walked away with top honours at the grand awards ceremony of the Tata Business Leadership Awards (TBLA) 2016. The theme for this year’s competition was Big Data: Achieving Competitive Advantage through Analytics. Praveen P Kadle, MD and CEO, Tata Capital, […]
Read More →ISRO is expected to launch Chandrayaan-2 in first quarter of 2018
New Delhi: Chandrayaan-2, India’s second mission to the Moon, is a totally indigenous mission comprising of Orbiter, Lander and Rover. The Orbiter and Rover flight systems are in advanced stage of realisation. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is working towards the launch of Chandrayaan-2 during the first quarter of 2018. This information was provided […]
Read More →Impact of technology correlated to user’s mindset: Mr Bandaru Dattatreya
New Delhi: The impact of technology depends on user’s mindset, technology used with positive mindset will yield positive results. This was stated by Mr Bandaru Dattatreya, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Labour and Employment while delivering inaugural address at Technology and the Future of Work conference here today (29 November 2016). […]
Read More →13th World Robot Olympiad commences in India today, 463 teams from 51 countries in the Robotics race
Noida: More than 463 teams with 2000 students from 51 countries have gathered to showcase innovative solutions using robotics technology at the 13th World Robot Olympiad. The mega event is jointly organized by National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) under the aegis of Ministry of Culture and India STEM Foundation (ISF), commenced at India Expo […]
Read More →Women outpace men in employability while national employability improves modestly: India Skills Report 2017
Hyderabad: In 2014, the share of workforce who possesses the skills demanded by employers or Industry was only 33%. Now the percentage of employable population has increased modestly to 40% this year. This is a decent increase and reflects the current government’s Skill India campaign is having a positive impact on the skill eco system. […]
Read More →Cabinet approves opening of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in 62 uncovered districts of the country
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi has approved opening of one Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in each of the 62 uncovered districts with an outlay of Rs.2,871 crore. These JNVs will provide good quality modern education to the talented children prominently from rural areas. […]
Read More →UGC asks universities to facilitate the implementation of NAD, an online store house of academic certificates
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed all universities, higher education institutions, boards and eligibility assessment bodies to facilitate the implementation of National Academic Depository (NAD), an online store house of academic awards (degrees, diplomas, certificates, mark-sheets, etc.). As a first step, the academic institutions/boards/eligibility assessment bodies will have to select either of […]
Read More →IIT Kharagpur crowned as India’s best university for graduate employability, five others feature at QS Rankings
By Rudra Narayan Sahoo, London/Mumbai: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur is India’s highest-ranked institution for nurturing graduate employability, features in the Top 100 QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2016-17. IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, and IIT Delhi are placed in the 101-150 rankings band. Also, University of Delhi and IIT Kanpur are in the 201 plus […]
Read More →India is moderately placed at 22nd globally in English Skills, scores above global average
By Priti Prajna Sahoo, Zurich/Mumbai: Adults in India have moderate proficiency in English Skills while India is placed globally at 22nd place among 72 non-native English speaking countries. Adults in the Netherlands are the best non-native English speakers in the world, followed by those in Denmark and Sweden, according to the EF English Proficiency Index […]
Read More →MakerBot partners with Veltech University to offer 3D printing program to 800 educators in India
Banaglore: MakerBot Asia Pacific & Japan (MakerBot APJ), a local division of desktop 3D printing leader MakerBot, today (15 Nov 2016) announced its collaboration with Veltech University to offer a unique 3D printing program to over 800 middle and high school teachers in India. Veltech University and MakerBot developed the program in collaboration with local […]
Read More →CallHealth launches Academy to bridge employability gap in the healthcare delivery industry
Hyderabad, India: CallHealth Services Pvt. Ltd. announced its plans to set up the CallHealth Academy for Medical Pioneers and Innovation (CHAMPIONS) – a unique mobilization and development initiative aimed at building a service ready workforce. This initiatives aims at bringing the entire healthcare eco-system- patients, physicians, providers and payers (insurance) to the patient’s doorstep. A […]
Read More →NSDA signs MoU with British Council to collaborate for joint research in Future Skills
New Delhi: National Skill Development Agency and The British Council signed an MoU today at NSDA’s office to collaborate for undertaking joint research projects in the area of skill development. Under this partnership, The British Council and the National Skill Research Division (NSRD), a research division under the National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) will work […]
Read More →Sports science department will be opened at selective Universities
New Delhi: To build world class sportspersons, nation should have competency in sports science, which will give support to the sportspersons so that they can achieve their full potential at the highest level. A few universities will be identified in the country where sports science department can be opened. This was announced by the Union […]
Read More →Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana scheme, aims at providing entrepreneurship education and training, is launched
New Delhi: The Skill India campaign, one of the pet projects of the government of India, is steadily moving up the value chain by reaching out to higher-end skill spectrum. Now, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has launched Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana , a scheme dedicated for entrepreneurship education and training. Pradhan Mantri […]
Read More →Rajasthan outpaces Uttar Pradesh in highest number of Universities while Telangana has highest college density in India
Special Report, New Delhi: Rajasthan is seeing wave of changes in education infrastructure (university education) as it overtakes Uttar Pradesh in highest number of Universities among states. With 64 universities in the state, Rajasthan represents 8.4% of total universities in India (760 at all India level). Rajasthan is also leading India having highest number of […]
Read More →Brightest tech students will brainstorm at Smart India Hackathon 2017 to root out 500 national problems
New Delhi: Union HRD Minister Mr Prakash Javadekar today (09 Nov 2016) inaugurated the world’s largest digital national building initiative “Smart India Hackathon 2017”, the world’s largest nation building digital initiative. Through Smart India Hackathon 2017, HRD ministry is planning to reach out to all technology institutions in India, where students offer innovative solutions to […]
Read More →Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017: Gartner
Orlando/ Mumbai: Technological transformation is set to bring disruption in both business organizations and macro-economy. Over the next five-ten years, new technology trends with substantial disruptive potential will have broader impact on the overall business practices. On this backdrop, Gartner, Inc. today highlighted the top technology trends that will be strategic for most organizations in […]
Read More →Thirty one students receive Dr APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE 2016 Award
New Delhi: The winners of the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE 2016 Competition, 31 students, received their awards from President Mr Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi, today. This year, a total of 31 students have been awarded for their ideas/innovations . Overall, 55,089 submissions of students from 458 districts of all the states & Union […]
Read More →Axis Bank rolls out Splash 2016 – a Children’s national painting competition on the theme Make in India
Mumbai: Axis Bank, India’s third largest private sector bank in India, in association with NITI Aayog, IIT-Bombay, National Institute of Design and ISRO, announced ‘Splash 2016’, a pan India painting competition for children in the age group of 7 – 15 years. The aim of the competition is to celebrate Children’s Day and engage them […]
Read More →Governing Body of CSIR approves new fellowship scheme CSIR-Industry Sponsored Research Fellowship Scheme
New Delhi: The Governing Body of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) at its 187 meeting held in the first week of October 2016 approved for launching a new scheme, CSIR-Industry Sponsored Research Fellowship Scheme. Under the new scheme, the CSIR and Industry players both PSUs and Private sector companies will partner and collaborate […]
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