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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - December 2018

Dec 2018

Mar 10, 2022

University of East Anglia Announces Scholarships for Indian Students

The University of East Anglia (UEA) announced six new scholarships for India, offered by various departments at the university. The sponsorships would be provided to students applying to masters courses in the academic year 2022-2023.
The deadline for the scholarships is May 31, 2022.
The UEA India award is available to Indian students applying for post-graduate studies at the UEA. This scholarship worth £4,000 will be automatically awarded to those meeting the entry criteria.

NEET UG Exam: Upper Age Limit Removed by National Medical Commission

The National Medical Commission removed the upper age limit for those appearing in NEET-Under Graduate 2022 exam.
The upper age cap put by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in 2017 was 25 years for unreserved candidates and 30 years for reserved candidates.
The age criteria had often been questioned in the Supreme Court and High Courts of the country.
With the age limit criteria removed, aspirants can now appear in the medical entrance exam as many times and even after taking admission to other courses.

Mar 09, 2022

India's First 100% Women-owned Industrial Park Begins Operations in Hyderabad

India's first 100 per cent women-owned industrial park began operations in Hyderabad, Telangana. Promoted by the FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) in partnership with the State government, the park has 25 units, representing 16 diverse green category industries, all owned and operated by women.
The FLO industrial park, the first-of-its-kind park in the country, was established over 50 acres in Sultanpur near Patancheru with an investment of Rs. 250 crore. The park has already garnered tremendous interest from women entrepreneurs to run and operate their businesses.
The park has also created amenities to offer a homely environment for women by keeping in mind the necessities of working women entrepreneurs, including designing creches and playschools. The FLO also plans to set up similar multi-industry women industrial parks in various States and a centre of excellence for skill development in Phase II.

Mar 08, 2022

IIT Roorkee Gets Petascale Supercomputer 'PARAM Ganga' under National Supercomputing Mission

The National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) which is being steered jointly by Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeiTY) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and implemented by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, progressed significantly. The four major pillars of the NSM, namely, Infrastructure, Applications, R&D, HRD, were functioning efficiently to realize the goal of developing indigenous supercomputing eco system of the nation.
As part of its tireless journey of success, NSM deployed "PARAM Ganga", a supercomputer at IIT Roorkee, with a supercomputing capacity of 1.66 Petaflops. The system is designed and commissioned by C-DAC under Phase 2 of the build approach of the NSM. Substantial components utilized to build this system are manufactured and assembled within India along with an indigenous software stack developed by C-DAC, which is a step towards the Make in India initiative of the Government. Availability of such a supercomputer will accelerate the research and development activities in multidisciplinary domains of science and engineering with a focus to provide computational power to user community of IIT Roorkee and neighbouring academic institutions.

Govt. Launches Scheme to Bring Out-of-school Girls Back to Education System

The Union government launched Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav to bring out-of-school girls back to the education system.
The Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav was launched by the Women and Child Development Ministry in partnership with the Education Ministry.
Bringing out-of-school girls back to the education system has been the target since the Right to Education Act was promulgated.

Mar 07, 2022

IIT Roorkee and ARIES ink MoU to Enable Students Participate in Joint PhDs

As a result of a Memorandum of Understanding signed between Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) and Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), students of ARIES will be able to participate in joint PhD programmes soon, whereas, the students of IIT Roorkee will be able to do projects on the ongoing activities at ARIES by using several existing and upcoming facilities at ARIES. The MoU was signed for academic cooperation in areas of mutual interest.

NMC Allows Foreign Medical Graduates to Complete Internship in India

Amid concerns over the fate of foreign medical graduates (FMGs), who have returned to India from Ukraine, the National Medical Commission (NMC) allowed them to complete their internship or practical training in Indian medical colleges.
Allowing FMGs to pursue their internship in India, NMC stated that those foreign medical graduates who did not fall under NMC's Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate Regulations were governed by provisions under the erstwhile Indian Medical Council Act 1956. The provisions of sub-section (3) of section 13 of IMC Act required such FMGs to complete internship in India if they have not undergone any practical training in the foreign country where they were studying.
NMC has now asked state medical councils to process completion of internship of these candidates provided they have cleared the foreign medical graduate examination (FMGE). NMC has also directed the state councils to ensure that no fee was charged by medical colleges from the FMGs for permitting them to do their internship even as the stipend and other facilities to these candidates were to be equivalent to Indian counterparts being trained at government medical colleges.

Mar 06, 2022

UpGrad Announces 3 Certificate Programs in Partnership with Purdue University

upGrad, Asia's higher EdTech leader, has announced a partnership today with Purdue University - one of the top 10 U.S. public universities - to offer three certificate courses focused on hot technology subjects like Blockchain, Full Stack Development, and Cloud Backend Development. The EdTech major is expanding global university partnerships and product portfolio to help working professionals launch their careers across specialized tech domains, with the latest curriculum, quality pedagogy, and dedicated career support.
Hailed as one of the top public universities and ranked among the top 10 Most Innovative Universities in the United States, Purdue University along with upGrad will empower India's workforce to develop niche tech skills through a mix of asynchronous and LIVE classes. The three blended courses are nine months each in duration and cumulatively involve a total of 1100 learning hours. The Full Stack Development Certificate Program and the Cloud Backend Development Certificate Program include 10 assignments each, to offer the hands-on learning experience. The Blockchain Certificate Program offers 4 assignments as a part of the curriculum.

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