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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.

Mar 04, 2022

Ashoka University Announces Merit cum Means Scholarship for Science Students

Ashoka University announced its first-ever Merit-cum-Means Scholarship for the academic year 2022-23 for undergraduate students intending to major in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, or Computer Science.
The university would award 25 scholarships in addition to the need-based financial aid available to all students. Out of these 25 students, five candidates would receive a waiver of 100 per cent on Tuition and Residence, and the remaining 20 would receive a waiver of 100 per cent on Tuition.

Mar 03, 2022

Chennai-based Blue Cross Flags off Country's First Mobile Ambulance for Street Animals' Treatment

Justice Anita Sumanth and chairman of Blue Cross, S. Chinny Krishna, flagged off the country's first fully equipped mobile ambulance for on-site treatment of street animals. Supported by animal welfare organisation, Four Paws, the vehicle was inaugurated at Blue Cross of India, Guindy, Tamil Nadu.
With this step, the NGO curbs the existence of overly gravid shelters while taking immediate measures for street animals when needed.

IIT Kanpur Develops Novel Nanoparticles to Protect Rice, other Crops from Diseases

A team of researchers of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, (IIT-K) developed a novel nanoparticle-based bio-degradable-carbonoid-metabolite (BioDCM) that can protect agricultural crops from fungal and bacterial infections.
The team led by Santosh K Misra and Piyush Kumar from the department of biological sciences and bioengineering developed BioDCM in collaboration with researchers C Kannan and Divya Mishra from ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, and R Balamurugan and Mou Mandal from the School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad.
This comes as the second such innovation in the agriculture sector from IIT Kanpur since last year. Last year, out of the 107 patents filed by the institute, one path-breaking invention was the "Bhu-Parikshak" soil-testing device that has proven to significantly reduce time and hassle required for testing soil in the lab.

National Law University Delhi Launches New-age Online Digital Courses

National Law University Delhi launched two new-age digital courses online. NLU's centres Project39A and Centre for Communication Governance (CCG) launched the courses to promote and advance interdisciplinary legal studies in India. The courses are -- Decoding Forensics for Legal Professionals, and Forensic Mental Health and Criminal Justice.
"NLU Delhi's focus since inception has been to look beyond normative legal studies pattern and frame new multi-disciplinary courses and encourage research in specialised areas that are still nascent.
The new online courses are aimed at imparting an understanding of the use and limitations of forensic science in criminal law and relevance of mental disability in criminal justice system, respectively.
They have been launched in collaboration with Eleos Justice at Monash Law School, Australia.

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