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Nov 30, 2020

Tamil Nadu Ranks on the Top in Organ Donation Yet Again

Tamil Nadu has been adjudged the best in organ donation in the country for the sixth consecutive year.
The 11th Indian Organ Donation Day was celebrated on Friday, and the virtual event was organised by the Union Health Ministry in New Delhi. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey participated.
Tamil Nadu Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar participated in the event from Pudukottai, and Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan from the Directorate of Medical Services in Chennai.

National Conference on 'Empowering Through Zero-'Shunya Se Sashaktikaran'

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' addressed a virtual National Conference on 'Empowering through Zero- Shunya Se Sashaktikaran' organised by Sri Aurobindo Society.
In the presence of education officers and teachers connected through digital platforms across the country, Pokhriyal honoured more than 40 education officers for their leadership role and 26 teachers for their innovative practices during Covid-19 pandemic.
The Minister also launched 'Innovation and Leadership Casebook – Covid Edition', the e-books consist of the innovative efforts and work of the education officers and teachers.

IBM, MeitY collaborate to Build Future-Ready Skills, Enhance Employability

Tech giant IBM said it has collaborated with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to create a robust education and skilling ecosystem through the Common Services Centre Academy.
CSC Academy, part of the Common Services Centre (CSC), and IBM, along with implementation partners CSR Box, Uva Jagriti Sansthan and Jeevitam will foster the capability and development of learners with diverse backgrounds and educational needs.
They will extensively use technology, teaching and delivering of specialised courses/training programmes in areas including Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to train learners such as village-level entrepreneurs, functionaries and stakeholders of the CSC programme.

Shri Narendra Singh Tomar Unveiled Sahakar Pragya

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Rural Development, Panchayat Raj and Food Processing Industries, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar unveiled Sahakar Pragya.
The 45 new training modules of Sahakar Pragya of the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) will impart training to primary cooperative societies in rural areas of the country along with Lakshmanrao Inamdar National Cooperative Research and Development Academy (Linac).
Sahakar Pragya embodies enhancing NCDC's training capacity by 18-fold through an elaborate network of 18 Regional Training Centres across the country by the dedicated, Laxmanrao Inamdar National Academy for Cooperative Research and Development (LINAC) set up and fully funded by NCDC.

Nov 29, 2020

IIT Guwahati Signs MOU with IIT (BHU) Varanasi to Offer Joint Doctoral Programmes

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between IIT Guwahati and IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
Under this MoU, IIT Guwahati and IIT (BHU), Varanasi will start a Joint Doctoral Programme in July 2021. Directors of both the Institutes, Prof. T. G. Sitharam, Director, IIT Guwahati, and Prof. Pramod Kumar Jain, Director, IIT (BHU) said that this is the first time in the country that two IITs have come together to offer a joint degree programme.
The idea of a joint PhD programme was originally proposed by Prof. T. G. Sitharam in 53rd IIT Council Meeting held in September 2019. The vision behind this is to build a "Network of Excellence" of all IITs rather than each one striving to become a "Tower of Excellence". The IIT Council accepted the proposal to start Joint Degree Programs. Through this academic collaboration, both the institutes are expecting significant boost in high quality research and foundation for further academic collaborations.

Nov 28, 2020

QS Asia University Rankings 2021

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), global higher education think-tank and compilers of the world's most-consulted university rankings portfolio, have released the QS Asia University Rankings 2021 for the continent's best higher education institutions. The National University of Singapore has come up as Asia's best university for the third consecutive year.
No Indian university featured in the top 10 in the list. The top three Indian universities to feature on the Asia Rankings are IIT Bombay (Rank 47), IIT Delhi (Rank 50), and IIT Madras (Rank 56). A total of 107 Indian institutes made it to the overall QS Asia Rankings. Of them, 7 bagged a spot in the top 100.
For the Asia-specific version released in November 2020, QS compared the top 650 universities in Asia across eleven key indicators of university performance, which capture academic standing, graduate employability, research quality, web presence, internationalization on campus, and the diversity of each institution's international collaborations.

Nov 27, 2020

University of Auckland Announces Micro-internship Programme

The University of Auckland launched a virtual micro-internship programme for international students both in New Zealand and those studying with University from overseas.
The micro-internship is a three-week programme involving around 20 hours of work per week. Interns will work in small teams to tackle a business challenge for an Auckland-based employer. The programme includes an online induction and briefing to get to know the team and project.
The university had held a pilot micro-internship programme for 100 students with Auckland business KPMG and Deloitte, among others. After the pilot batch got good response, it is now being offered to international students.
It is now being delivered in partnership with Global Talent Solution and the number of internship will be extended to 500 students over two new rounds of the programme.

Engineering Courses in Mother Tongue from Next Year

As per reports, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) will start offering engineering courses in mother tongue from next academic year.
The decision was taken at a high-level review meeting chaired by Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal .
A seminal decision was made to start technical education, especially engineering courses, imparting education in mother tongue (and this) will be opened from next academic year. A few IITs and NITs are being shortlisted for the same.
The NTA had last month announced its decision to conduct the JEE (Main) in nine regional languages, apart from Hindi and English from 2021.
However, the IITs are yet to take up the matter on whether the JEE (Advanced) will also be offered in regional language.

Nov 26, 2020

SPPU, US Embassy Officials Discuss Joint Cooperation in Education

Senior officials of the US Embassy in Mumbai, including Consul General David J. Ranz, met representatives of the Savitri Phule University (SPPU) to discuss strengthening of ties between higher education institutions in the US and the university.
As per Ranz, the US is keen on partnering with universities across western India, supporting curriculum development and new technology.
US Embassy official have expressed interest in The Centre for Molecular Diagnostic, set up SPPU during the pandemic, which has conducted research on communicable and con-communicable diseases.

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