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Jan 2019

Dec 27, 2020

Odisha Government Launches 'Career Portal' for Secondary, Higher Secondary Students

The Odisha government in collaboration with UNICEF has launched a 'career portal' for secondary and higher secondary students. The portal will provide easy access to information on different careers and will give students an opportunity to interact with teachers.
Students will also be able to access career guidance services through a mobile-friendly app created specifically for the portal. The official portal which was launched can be accessed through the website http://www.odishacareerportal.com with the student login ID and password. The Odisha career guidance portal is available in Odia. It is a unique platform that aggregates information on careers, colleges, vocational institutes, entrance exams, and scholarships.
The portal includes information on more than 550 career paths and students will be able to access more than 2,62,000 colleges and vocational institutes with the information on 17,000 plus undergraduate, postgraduate colleges, and vocational institutes in the state and country.

Dec 26, 2020

Jammu Gets Its First Woman Bus Driver

Breaking the glass ceiling, Pooja Devi of Kathua district has become the first woman passenger bus driver in Jammu and Kashmir. Mother of three children, Pooja Devi ferried passengers on Jammu-Kathua route for the first time.
Pooja Devi learnt truck driving from her maternal uncle Rajinder Singh and later applied for a license for driving heavy vehicles.
Pooja also has the support of male bus drivers as well as the public who have appreciated her decision to take up driving as a profession.

IIT Kanpur Launches New diploma programme in Geodesy

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K) launched of a new program- Diploma of IIT (D-IIT) in Geodesy, the science of measuring the Earth.
The D-IIT program, approved by the Board of Governors, IIT-K at its board meeting held on December 7, 2020, will be offered by the Department of Civil Engineering in three broad areas: Geodesy, Navigation & Mapping, and Remote Sensing & GIS.
The NCG is the first of its kind in the country to support education and research activities in the field of Geodesy.

NIT Srinagar and IIT Delhi Sign MoU to Collaborate on Academic Activities

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Srinagar and the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi to collaborate on different academic activities.
The scope of collaboration on academic and research activities in the MoU includes Academic and Research collaboration in the areas of mutual interest, exchange of students and faculty, exchange of academic information, scholarly information, materials and publications and admission of NIT Srinagar students for direct PhD entry at IIT Delhi.
For research collaboration, proposals for collaborative research work under this Memorandum will be submitted with the prior approval of the Head of each institution or his/her nominee."Each institution will nominate one of its members as its representative in allergic to the cooperative programme.

Dec 25, 2020

Gujarat Raises Age Limit for Entry to Class 1 to Six Years

The Gujarat education department has raised the age limit for admission to Class 1 from the current five years to six years from the academic year 2023-24 in state board schools for parity with other education boards.
In a circular issued all district primary education officers, district education committees, district education officers, and administrative officers of all municipal corporations have been directed to spread awareness among playgroups to rule out any 'conflict situation' among parents and these offices.
In 2012, the state government, under the Right to Education (RTE) Act rules, had allowed five years as the entry-level age for admission to class 1 in schools under the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB). It was also extended to admissions in private schools under the Act's 25 per cent reservation rule. But due to the difference in entry-level age, children would often be denied admission to private schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and a few other education boards where the age limit is fixed at six years.

IIT Jodhpur Inks MoU with WhizHack Technologies

The Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur and WhizHack Technologies Private Limited signed an MoU for the establishment of a new Centre of Excellence (CoE) for innovations in Cyber Security, AI, and IoT.
The signing ceremony was held at IIT Jodhpur campus in the presence of Professor Santanu Chaudhury, Director, IIT Jodhpur, Dr. Ram Prakash, Professor Surajit Ghosh, and co-founders of WhizHack Technologies- Kallol Sil, Kaushik Ray, and Sanjay Sengupta.
WhizHack Technologies' vision is to be the first truly Indian product engineering and human capital development company for managing the complete value chain of a secured cyber environment. Given the dearth in India's cybersecurity workforce, the burgeoning security breaches, and the Government's priority to strengthen India's cyber security resource, this collaboration comes at a pertinent time.

Dec 24, 2020

Future Generali India Drives Literacy Programme for Underprivileged

Future Generali India Insurance Company Limited (FGII) has partnered with an NGO Room to Read to improve literacy level and inculcate reading habits among underprivileged children.
As a part of its responsibility towards community development, FGII will use its uniquely designed annual report to raise funds for the NGO-backed schools. So if anyone wants to contribute towards the initiative, it can be done by ordering books on Amazon and Flipkart.
The amount contributed shall directly go to Room to Read. In addition, Future Generali India Insurance vows to match the amount 'Rupee for a Rupee' thus doubling the impact of the initiative.

ISRO to Open Regional Academic Centre for Space at IIT BHU

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will establish a Regional Academic Centre for Space at IIT (BHU) to facilitate short and long term projects at the institute.
ISRO and the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) and the move can help propel the culture of research and development among students, the statement said.
"Under this agreement, ISRO-IIT (BHU) will open the Regional Academic Center for Space (RAC-S) in the institute," it said. Short-term projects for B-Tech and M-Tech students from the institute and associate institutes will also be included in this sequence.
"Long term R&D projects leading to the PhD programme will also be offered. Capacity building programmes like conferences, exhibitions and short courses will be organised to strengthen the knowledge base in the field," the statement added. The MoU was signed by IIT (BHU) director Prof Pramod Kumar Jain on behalf of the institute and P. V. Venkatakrishnan, the director of Capacity Building Programme Office (CBPO), ISRO headquarter.

Dec 22, 2020

Diploma Programme in Geodesy

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has announced to launch a new programme- Diploma of IIT (D-IIT) in Geodesy, the science of measuring the Earth. The programme will be under the Department of Civil Engineering and divided into three broad areas: Geodesy, Navigation and Mapping, and Remote Sensing and GIS.
The science of Geodesy has applications in monitoring earthquake, volcanic, landslide, and weather hazard recognition and response; soil health, water resources, and drought surveillance; climate change including monitoring the polar ice cover; oil spill clean-ups; GPS timing and autonomous vehicle development.
The new D-IIT programme will be open to candidates from different backgrounds including Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical and Electronics, Mining, Geoinformatics, Physics, Mathematics, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Geography, etc., with requirements as for the MTech / MS(R) programme of Geoinformatics specialisation in Civil Engineering.

BCI Releases Dates for All India Bar Exams

The Bar Council of India, the apex lawyers' body and regulator of law education in the country, said that it will hold All India Bar Exam-XVI on March 21, 2021.
The online registration will start from December 26, 2020 and the last date for registration will be February 21, 2021.
The Admit Cards shall be released online on March 6, 2021.
The council, meanwhile, said that All India Bar Exam-XV, which has been postponed on number of occasions due to COVID-19 pandemic, will be held on January 24, 2021 which is the scheduled date.
The examination is to be held on about 140 centers in 50 cities of the country.

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