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Sep 14, 2021

NITI Aayog Ties Up With ISRO, CBSE To Launch 'Space Challenge' For School Students

NITI Aayog's Atal Innovation Mission in collaboration with ISRO and CBSE has launched 'Space Challenge' for school students across India.
This challenge has been designed for all the school students, mentors and teachers across the country who not only are associated with schools having Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) labs but for all the non-ATL schools as well.
The ATL Space Challenge 2021 aligns with the World Space Week 2021 which is being observed from October 4-10 each year at the global level in order to celebrate the contributions of space science and technology.

Sep 13, 2021

NLSIU India's Top Law College

The National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru retained the top position in the National Institutional Ranking (NIRF) 2021. The rankings were announced by the Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan in a virtual address.
National Law University, New Delhi is the second-best institute in the rankings, while the third position was retained by Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad. The position of the top three institutes remained similar to the previous year.

NITI Aayog Ties-up with ISRO, CBSE Launches 'Space Challenge' for Students

NITI Aayog's Atal Innovation Mission in collaboration with ISRO and CBSE launched 'Space Challenge' for school students across India.
This challenge has been designed for all the school students, mentors and teachers across the country who not only are associated with schools having Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) labs but for all the non-ATL schools as well.
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) successfully launched the ATL Space Challenge 2021 for all school students across the country.

Sep 12, 2021

Shikshak Parv 2021

The Shikshak Parv 2021 was observed through video conferencing by Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Union Ministers of State for Education Jitin Prasada. PM Modi launched multiple initiatives for the education sector at this event.
The Prime Minister also launch five initiatives on the occasion, including Indian Sign Language dictionary of 10,000 words, Talking Books (audio books for visually impaired), School Quality Assessment and Accreditation Framework (SQAAF) of CBSE, NISTHA teachers' training programme for NIPUN Bharat, and Vidyanjali Portal for facilitating education volunteers, donors and CSR contributors for school development.
The theme of the Shikshak Parv 2021 was 'Quality and Sustainable Schools: Learnings from Schools in India'.

IIM Nagpur to Open Satellite Campus in Pune

Soon, Pune will be home to yet another prestigious educational institution, with the first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in the city expected to be set up by the end of 2021.
IIM-Nagpur has decided to establish its first-ever satellite campus in Pune, which is a known educational hub housing top colleges across streams and universities, alongside colleges and academies of the Indian Armed Forces. The campus will be located at the Central Institute of Road Transport (CIRT), Pune, with which the B-school will partner for its courses.

Sep 11, 2021

IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore in Top-50 QS Global Full-Time MBA Rankings

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore has joined IIM Ahmedabad in the top-50 list of the latest Global Full-Time MBA Rankings by one of the leading global business school analysts QS Quacquarelli Symonds.
Composing the world's 286 strongest global MBA offerings, the latest rankings have seen the likes of IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Calcutta along with the Indian School of Business (ISB) improve their performances over the previous year.
Along with the Global Full-Time MBA, QS also released a series of specialised high-demand Business Masters rankings, including Masters in Business Analytics, Masters in Marketing, and Masters in Finance.

NIRF Rankings 2021: IIT Madras Ranks Best Institution in India

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras was ranked the best higher education institution in the country for the third year in a row by the Education Ministry, which released its India Rankings 2021 under the National Institutional Ranking Framework.
In the university category, IISc Bengaluru was the best-ranked varsity followed by JNU and BHU at the second and third spot, as per the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2021. IISc Bengaluru – overall second, the best in university category – is also the top ranking institute in newly introduced category research.

Sep 10, 2021

NIT Andhra Pradesh Recognised as Best Institute in South India 2021

The National Institute of Technology, NIT Andhra Pradesh has been recognised as the 'Best Institute in South India 2021' by the Centre for Education Growth and Research, a New Delhi-based Education Think Tank.
The award was presented during the 15th Rashtriya Shiksha Gaurav Puraskar Ceremony held in September 2021. The award was presented in recognition of the outstanding and exemplary contribution of NIT Andhra Pradesh towards Education Skill Development and Research.
NIT Andhra Pradesh is an 'Institute of National Importance' and is the youngest among the 31 NITs started by the Government of India. NIT Andhra Pradesh was established in the State of Andhra Pradesh during the academic year 2015-16.

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