Ambedkar University to Launch 5 New Schools for Science, Social Science from 2023-24
Ambedkar University, Delhi will launch five new schools for science and social science from the 2023-24 academic session.
The new schools will offer undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in public policy, mathematics and data science, indigenous knowledge and tribal studies, media studies, and philosophy and religion studies.
The new schools will incorporate 21st-century skills into their curriculum, including critical thinking, problem-solving, digital literacy, collaboration, entrepreneurship and global awareness.
The addition of the five schools is part of the university's expansion project that aims to enhance student strength to about 26,000 in the future.
India Post Showcases Special Postal Cover on IIM-Bangalore
India Post released a commemorative special postal cover to celebrate the golden jubilee of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B).
The cover has been designed by the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) along with India Post.
The special postal cover was released by Ms. Kaiya Arora, IPoS, Director of Postal Services (HQ), Karnataka Circle, and handed over to Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, and Professor Rishikesha T Krishnan, Director, IIM Bangalore.
Apr 02, 2023
Students from Classes 1 to 8 to be Promoted Without Exams in UP
The Uttar Pradesh government directed that all students from Classes 1 to 8 studying in the schools under the Basic Education Council, would be promoted to the next class without examinations.
A notification in this regard was issued by Pratap Singh Baghel, secretary, UP Basic Education Council.
The notification is issued every year as there is a provision to promote children from Class one to eight to the next class under the Right to Education Act. They cannot fail under any circumstances.
Apr 01, 2023
Prof. Renu Cheema Vig New Vice Chancellor of Panjab University
The vice-president of India appointed Prof. Renu Cheema Vig as the vice chancellor of Panjab University (PU), making her the first woman to hold the position in the varsity's 141-year history.
Exercising the powers conferred by Section 10 of the Panjab University Act, 1947, vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar, who also holds the position of PU's chancellor, made the appointment for a term of three years.
An alumna of Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Vig joined PU's University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET) as reader (associate in professor) in 2003.
BHU Introduces New Scheme for International PhD Scholars
Banaras Hindu University (BHU) launched a new scheme to provide support to international research scholars. The scheme is aimed at facilitating and promoting excellence in research as well as financial support to international PhD scholars who do not have any other fellowship.
As per the new initiative, international scholars will be given a credit incentive of Rs. 40,000. This credit can be utilised to pay the user charges for the equipment at BHU for research work. Additionally, if the research scholar is a first author in a Q1 or Q2 journal, a further credit of Rs. 30,000 will be provided.
The scheme launched under IoE initiative of the Government of India will also offer financial support of Rs. 8,000 per month to the international PhD students at BHU, who don't have any other fellowship.
Mar 31, 2023
SC Grants Two Attempts to Clear Exams to Students who Returned from Ukraine, China
Undergraduate medical students who had to return from Ukraine and China in their penultimate year of study will get two attempts to clear their final MBBS exams in India.
The Supreme Court allowed this after the centre, as a one-time exception, expressed willingness to give them one chance to clear the exam as recommended by an expert Committee. Though the centre suggested one chance, the SC bench of Justices B. R. Gavai and Vikram Nath felt that this may be insufficient and modified it to allow two attempts.
Mar 30, 2023
IIT-M to Develop Tech to Up-cycle Paddy Waste for Making Supercapacitors
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) are working on eco-friendly technology to up-cycle paddy waste to manufacture raw materials for industrial applications.
The technology will provide an additional source of income to farmers as paddy waste can be used to produce energy devices that can be used by the industry. This approach can make a key contribution to reducing stubble burning and burning of other farm waste in North India.
The researchers are fostering a new 'farm-energy synergy' through their work with organic waste, particularly kitchen waste, to develop usable activated carbon, a key component in making supercapacitors. Supercapacitors made from activated carbon produced from paddy waste, offer many benefits to consumers across the electronics, energy, and agricultural sectors and can help develop self-reliance in the supercapacitors field.
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