Meghalaya and NLSIU to Jointly Offer Research Fellowship for Law Students
The Meghalaya government signed an agreement with Bengaluru-based National Law School of India University (NLSIU) for setting up a fellowship.
The P.A. Sangma Fellowship for Legal and Policy Research will allow students of NLSIU for undertaking research activities in Meghalaya.
P.A. Sangma was the former chief minister of Meghalaya and speaker of Lok Sabha.
NLSIU vice-chancellor Sudhir Krishnaswamy highlighted the need for providing greater exposure to students, which will allow them to gain a practical experience for the future.
ICAI Signs MoU with J&K Govt. to Promote Commerce Stream of Education
To promote commerce education among students of the Union Territory, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, ICAI, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Directorate of School Education, Kashmir, DSEK.
The MoU was signed for a period of five years during the outreach meeting held with principals of Kashmir valley.
The MoU was signed to promote commerce education amongst government and government-aided Secondary and Higher / Senior Secondary school students.
Further, ICAI has also announced a 75 per cent course fee waiver for all levels of CA course for students from the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and North-Eastern States.
Apr 03, 2022
IIM-Ahmedabad to Release New Logo in June 2022
Amid opposition mounted by a section of the faculty against the move, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad announced that it will unveil its new logo in June this year.
In a statement, the IIMA said that the proposed logo will retain the Sanskrit shloka of the existing one, as well as the latticework of the Siddi Saiyyed Mosque in Ahmedabad.
The Institute, in the process of revamping its website, found the need to refresh the logo.
Apr 02, 2022
Pariksha Pe Charcha: PM advises Students to Celebrate Exams as Festivals
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with students during the annual Pariksha Pe Charcha, and advised them to celebrate exams as festivals. To a query, the prime minister said the National Education Policy has been wholeheartedly welcomed by every section of country.
Pariksha Pe Charcha is being organised for the last four years by the Eduation Ministry's Department of School Education and Literacy. The first three editions of PPC were held in Delhi in an interactive town-hall format. The fourth edition was held online on April 7, 2021.
Apr 01, 2022
National Institute of Bank Management Launches Advanced Programme in Banking and Leadership
National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM), an autonomous apex institute established by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Banks collaborated with ed-tech platform TalentSprint to launch a six month advanced programme in banking and leadership. This programme is aimed at participants who aspire to be digital-first professionals and spearhead digital transformation initiatives within their organizations.
The programme will be delivered on TalentSprint's digital platform ipearl.ai.
The Advanced Programme in Banking and Leadership for a Digital World is a case-study driven six-month programme that would provide professionals with a comprehensive understanding of digital transformation in banking and financial institutions.
Mar 31, 2022
World Food Programme Delivers Food Aid to over 1 million People in Ukraine
The World Food Programme (WFP) delivered food aid to 1 million people in Ukraine and requested an additional USD 590 million in funding to expand the assistance. The WFP said that it managed to build a network of urgent assistance tools in Ukraine within just one month. Food is now being delivered to such conflict zones as Sumy and Kharkiv by two convoys of humanitarian vehicles, while displaced Ukrainians in the western city of Lviv are receiving cash assistance. "Now that the structures are in place, we need the funding to keep delivering assistance, and to help 3 million people in need," the agency said, adding that "WFP requires $590 million to assist 3.1 million crisis-affected people and IDPs on the move inside Ukraine with in-kind and cash distributions, as well as refugees and asylum seekers from Ukraine in neighbouring countries for the next three months."
Banaras Hindu University Launches 'Teach for BHU' Scheme to Motivate PhD Students to Teach
Banaras Hindu University launched a special scheme called "Teach for BHU" for its PhD students to help them nurture their skills. The scheme aims to train BHU PhD scholars about the best practices of teaching and prepare them for an outstanding academic career.
The idea behind the launch of the scheme is to provide an opportunity to interested and shortlisted PhD scholars, who wish to make best use of their time after submission of their thesis. The Teach for BHU Fellowship will be for twelve months.
A three member committee under the convenership of Prof. S. K. Singh, Faculty of Education, has been constituted to implement the scheme. Prof. A. K. Singh, Department of Geography, Mahila Mahavidyalaya, BHU, and Prof. Satyapal Sharma, Department of Hindi, Faculty of Arts, are the other two members of the committee.
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