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An emotional moment at IIT Bombay after successful launch of Pratham satellite

By   /  October 1, 2016  /  #Top News, Education  /  Comments Off on An emotional moment at IIT Bombay after successful launch of Pratham satellite

Mumbai: Pratham, student satellite of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, was successfully launched by ISRO on 26 September 2016. On the launch day, IIT Bombay organized the launch screening event of Pratham at the campus.  The event was graced by the presence of the Director, Prof Devang Khakkar, the deans and faculty of IIT […]

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BRICS Network University will facilitate student mobility and collaborative research

By   /  September 30, 2016  /  #Top News, Education, Global News  /  Comments Off on BRICS Network University will facilitate student mobility and collaborative research

New Delhi:  Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa countries, popularly known as BRICS, have developed a strong bloc in the world economic landscape. Similarly BRICS countries have pitched for extensive cooperation and collaboration in the education, skill and research areas among student and faculty communities.  The fourth meeting of BRICS Ministers of Education in […]

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Vedica Scholars Programme for Women invites applications for 2017-18, PGP in management exclusively for women

By   /  September 30, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Career Corner, Education  /  Comments Off on Vedica Scholars Programme for Women invites applications for 2017-18, PGP in management exclusively for women

New Delhi: The Vedica Scholars Programme for Women announces admissions for its third batch, the Class of 2017-2018, a post-graduate programme in management exclusively for women. Located in Delhi, this 18-month residential programme is tailored to the needs of employers, who recognise the need for greater diversity in the workforce and board-rooms today. Fresh graduates, […]

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#HackForIndia v 2.0, a Hackathon contest in FinTech, AgriTech, EduTech, space, at IIT Patna kickstarts today

By   /  September 30, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education  /  Comments Off on #HackForIndia v 2.0, a Hackathon contest in FinTech, AgriTech, EduTech, space, at IIT Patna kickstarts today

Patna: IEEE student branch Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna, in association with Mobile10x-IAMAI, is organizing a 24 hours Hackathon (#HackForIndia v 2.0) at IIT Patna from 06:00 PM, 30 September to 06:00 PM 1 October, 2016. It is a part of 15 cities Hackathon to support next Big App from India. Students from all […]

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UK based The Royal Society appoints the inaugural batch of Tata University Research Fellow

By   /  September 29, 2016  /  #Top News, Education, Global News  /  Comments Off on UK based The Royal Society appoints the inaugural batch of Tata University Research Fellow

Mumbai: The Royal Society, UK, today (29 September 2016) announced the appointment of the first of nine Tata University Research Fellows (URFs) to its prestigious University Research Fellowship (URF) scheme. These appointments come as part of a joint partnership between Tata companies, including Tata Sons, Jaguar Land Rover and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and The […]

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Tara Akshar Literacy Program among six global winners in WISE Awards for promoting education

By   /  September 29, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education, Global News  /  Comments Off on Tara Akshar Literacy Program among six global winners in WISE Awards for promoting education

Doha/New Delhi: The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), a leading international initiative driving innovation and collaboration in education, has announced the six 2016 WISE Awards winning projects. Tara Akshar Literacy Program (India), the only India social venture, was among six winners of WISE Awards.  Tara Akshar is a computerized literacy and numeracy program for […]

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Great innovation and disruption will drive the mobility industry: CEO of Olacabs at XIMB

By   /  September 29, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education  /  Comments Off on Great innovation and disruption will drive the mobility industry: CEO of Olacabs at XIMB

Bhubaneswar: Great innovation and disruption in the mobility industry is on the cards.  The companies in this domain need to keep an eye on the future, whilst simultaneously looking to develop and refine their existing products and offerings. Mr. Bhavish Aggarwal, Co-Founder and CEO, Olacabs.com commented these while interacting with students of Xavier Institute of […]

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NIIT ties up with University of Danang in Vietnam to launch State-of-the-art education model – ‘NIIT Inside’

By   /  September 29, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education, Global News  /  Comments Off on NIIT ties up with University of Danang in Vietnam to launch State-of-the-art education model – ‘NIIT Inside’

New Delhi:  NIIT, a global leader in skills and talent development and University of Danang, a regional multi-disciplinary University in Central Vietnam, have entered into a strategic tie partnership. NIIT will facilitate its state-of-the-art ‘Inside Model’ in the University. This the first ever NIIT Inside Model in Vietnam designed for the students of University of […]

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Four R&D Institutes receive CSIR Technology Awards 2016 at CSIR Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

By   /  September 27, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Event, Skill  /  Comments Off on Four R&D Institutes receive CSIR Technology Awards 2016 at CSIR Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

New Delhi:  CSIR Technology Awards 2016 under category of: Life Sciences, Physical Sciences including Engineering and Innovation were awarded on the occasion of CSIR Foundation Day on 26 September 2016. The awards were given away by DR. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for  Science & Technology and Earth Science to the winners during the Platinum Jubilee […]

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Imarticus Learning ties up with Genpact to provide leading analytics talent

By   /  September 27, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education  /  Comments Off on Imarticus Learning ties up with Genpact to provide leading analytics talent

Mumbai:  What are the jobs that are future proof where demand will surge for their industry-ready skills sets. No doubt, Data scientists/ Data analysts/Data engineers are one of them.  The analytics industry has showed double digit growth in the last decade. In India, particularly, the big data analytics sector is expected to witness eight-fold growth […]

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Scientists including recipients of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards for 2016 awarded at CSIR Platinum Jubilee

By   /  September 27, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education, Skill  /  Comments Off on Scientists including recipients of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards for 2016 awarded at CSIR Platinum Jubilee

New Delhi: The Ministry of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences announced the list of scientists who have won Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards for 2016 and awarded them at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Platinum Jubilee Celebrations, in New Delhi yesterday 26 September 2016. The Union Minister for Science & Technology and […]

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IBM & IIM Ahmedabad present Cognitive Entrepreneurship Challenge 2016, a contest to build business solutions using Cognitive Technologies

By   /  September 27, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education  /  Comments Off on IBM & IIM Ahmedabad present Cognitive Entrepreneurship Challenge 2016, a contest to build business solutions using Cognitive Technologies

Bengaluru: Tech Giant IBM and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad announced the first-of-its kind Cognitive Tech based Challenge – Cognitive Entrepreneurship Challenge (CEC). The Challenge will reach out to students and start-ups across India. Registrations has already started since 05 September 2016  with various rounds and the finale is expected to happen towards mid-November […]

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IIT Bombay: PhD Programmes (Spring Semester, AY: 2016 ­17), last date of submission application is 14 October 2016

By   /  September 26, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education  /  Comments Off on IIT Bombay: PhD Programmes (Spring Semester, AY: 2016 ­17), last date of submission application is 14 October 2016

Five IITs Announce PhD Admission July 2021 with Research Assistantship! Discover Closing Date of Application

Mumbai: The deadline for applying PhD  Programmes (Spring Semester, Academic Year: 2016 ­17) of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay is 14 October 2016.  IIT Bombay has already invited online applications for admission to the PhD Programmes (starting from January, 2017) from 1 September 2016. PhD admissions are available for research areas of the following disciplines: Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer […]

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Dr. Ela Bhatt delivers 3rd Dr Verghese Kurien Memorial Oration on sustainable development at XLRI

By   /  September 26, 2016  /  #Top News, Education  /  Comments Off on Dr. Ela Bhatt delivers 3rd Dr Verghese Kurien Memorial Oration on sustainable development at XLRI

Jamshedpur:  XLRI- Xavier School of Management organized the 3rd “Dr Verghese Kurien Memorial Oration on Sustainable Development” on Saturday, September 24, 2016. The oration was organised by XLRI under the aegis of Fr Arrupe Center for Ecology and Sustainability (FACES) with the aim to provide a platform to listen to and learn from thought leaders, […]

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Students should be given maximum opportunity to perform research at CSIR Laboratories: Prime Minister at CSIR’s Platinum Jubilee Function

By   /  September 26, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education, Skill  /  Comments Off on Students should be given maximum opportunity to perform research at CSIR Laboratories: Prime Minister at CSIR’s Platinum Jubilee Function

New Delhi:  The Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi today (26 September 2016) inaugurated The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research’s (CSIR) Platinum Jubilee Function on the occasion of its 75th Foundation Day. He urged CSIR to create an ‘Ease of doing Technology Business’ platform to bring in right stakeholders so technologies reach beneficiaries. Speaking on […]

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IIT Kharagpur presents GREAT STEP 2016 on Sept 30th-2nd Oct for young talents in mining engineering

By   /  September 26, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education  /  Comments Off on IIT Kharagpur presents GREAT STEP 2016 on Sept 30th-2nd Oct for young talents in mining engineering

Kharagpur: Department of Mining Engineering of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur presents GREAT STEP 2016, on 30 September  – 02 October 2016, a techno-management fest for mining students across India.  Various thematic events on different aspects of Mining & Geology have been lined up: National Mining Innovation Challenge, Petro Case Study, Mineo Case Study, […]

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The resurgence of Asia is a new global reality: NU’s The Asian Lenses Forum (TALF) Conf

By   /  September 26, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education  /  Comments Off on The resurgence of Asia is a new global reality: NU’s The Asian Lenses Forum (TALF) Conf

New Delhi:  Academicians, industry leaders and students converged at The 3rd Asian Lenses Forum (TALF) organized by NIIT University (NU) to conclude that the emergence of a new global reality- The Resurgence of Asia.  On a thought provoking discussions on “How on Earth can we live together?”,   TALF aimed at sensitizing the young generation to […]

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IIT Madras invites applications for PhD and MS (Research) Admission (JAN- MAY 2017); Financial assistance under HTRA and others scholarships available

By   /  September 25, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education  /  Comments Off on IIT Madras invites applications for PhD and MS (Research) Admission (JAN- MAY 2017); Financial assistance under HTRA and others scholarships available

More than 50 thousand students qualify JEE Advanced 2017, 86% boys and 14% girls

Madras: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras has invited applications for admission to PhD and MS ( Research) programmes under regular fulltime [with/without Half-time Teaching Research Assistantship (HTRA)] and part-time/external programmes at IIT Madras. As per the admission notification, candidates with B.E. / B.Tech can apply to pursue Direct Ph.D. (M.S. + Ph.D.) in Engineeering […]

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India to host 1st BRICS Young Scientists Conclave on 26-30th September, 2016 in Bangalore

By   /  September 25, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education  /  Comments Off on India to host 1st BRICS Young Scientists Conclave on 26-30th September, 2016 in Bangalore

New Delhi: The Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India, under the BRICS framework, is hosting a five day event where a group of about 50 young scientists/ researchers from BRICS countries are meeting in Bengaluru from 26-30th September, 2016. It would be organized and coordinated by the National Institute of Advanced Studies […]

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Special Report: From Indelible Ink to Parallel Supercomputer, CSIR leads the nation in Science and technological innovation

By   /  September 24, 2016  /  #Top News, Education, Event  /  Comments Off on Special Report: From Indelible Ink to Parallel Supercomputer, CSIR leads the nation in Science and technological innovation

New Delhi: Science and technological innovation has profound impact on socio-eco-political environment of any nation. India has achieved many milestones in the Science and technology field since independence.  Be the indelible ink that has been worn by millions of fingernails since the first general election in 1952 or the country’s first parallel supercomputer in the […]

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