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Jan 2019

Oct 27, 2020

India Ranks 6th Most Positive about Teachers in 35-country Survey

According to a new 35-country global survey-based report, India ranks among the world's top 10 countries when it comes to valuing its teaching workforce.
The Implicit Teacher Status analysis, which finds China, Ghana, Singapore, Canada, and Malaysia ahead of India, ranks countries by respondents' automatic impressions of teachers when asked to indicate as quickly as possible whether, for example, they think teachers are trusted or untrusted, inspiring or uninspiring, caring or uncaring, intelligent or unintelligent, among other word associations.
This report proves that respecting teachers is not only an important moral duty it is essential for a country's educational outcomes.

IIM-Bangalore's Programme among Top 100 in Global List

The postgraduate programme in enterprise management (PGPEM), offered by the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B), has been ranked in the top 100 in the Financial Times (FT) EMBA 2020 ranking.
Participating for the first time in this ranking, the programme has taken the second position in India. The PGPEM at IIM-B is a weekend MBA programme designed for working mid-level and senior executives with a minimum of four years of work experience after graduation.
The programme aims to prepare the participants to manage greater responsibilities as business leaders, it said. Among the parameters that the ranking is focused on, PGPEM has scored well in categories such as salary increase, career progression, aims achieved, women-on-board, and corporate social responsibility, it said. Professor Abhoy K Ojha, Dean (Programmes), IIM-B, was quoted as saying in the release that the PGPEM is designed to help working professionals stay ahead.

ISB Ranks as India's Top Business School

Indian School of Business (ISB) PGPMAX (Post Graduate Programme in Management for Senior Executives) has been ranked 1 in India and 53 globally. The announcement was made after the release of the Financial Times 2020 EMBA rankings release.
ISB Alumni from PGPMAX Class of 2017 were surveyed for this year's ranking. This assessment has brought forth some other interesting findings, such as PGPMAX being ranked No 11 in the standalone programme category in Asia.
The school is ranked No 12 globally in terms of salary (Average alumni salaries three years after graduation). The salary increase is measured based on the average difference in alumni salary between their salary before the EMBA and now. The PGPMAX programme is ranked #28 globally for work experience of its students.

Oct 26, 2020

IIT-Guwahati Students Selected for the Prime Minister's Research Fellows Scheme

Students of the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati have been selected for the Prime Minister's Research Fellows (PMRF) Scheme that was announced recently. A total of 14 students have been selected for the scheme through the channel of Lateral Entry.
The PhD students selected for the PMRF fellowship this year are pursuing research in interdisciplinary and forefront areas at various departments and centres such as Departments of Design, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, and the Centres for Nanotechnology, Rural Technology, Energy and Environment.

Pakistan could be the Next Polio-free Country: WHO

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Pakistan could be the next polio-free country, after years of continued efforts to eradicate the crippling disease.
The remarks were made by the WHO's Country Representative Palitha Mahipala at an event to mark World Polio Day.
Mahipala said that the polio eradication programme and partners have affirmed they will remain undeterred in Pakistan.
Due to enormous challenges such as misconceptions about vaccines and the Covid-19 lockdowns, the efforts against polio have been affected.
The polio programme, with its partners, has now been able to ramp-up activities which are vitalised resolve to end polio in Pakistan, as recently done by Africa.

Gujarat is First in Direct Plays on Online Learning

Gujarat ranks first among the states in terms of the number of times online learning initiatives by the state government were accessed on DIKSHA, the central government's online learning portal.
The state-wise analysis of data collected from DIKSHA portal — the Digital Infrastructure for School Education — an initiative of Ministry of Education, from April to October, reveals that Gujarat is at the top among other states in the direct plays category.
The direct plays shows the number of times all initiatives of the state government covering live as well as online learning sessions was accessed. Gujarat has over 1.75 crore direct plays.
While, in other categories, like ETB-Energised Textbooks that have QR code, which is aimed at providing access to digital content for various topics in physical textbooks,and course plays, it ranks at fifth and fourth position, respectively.

Oct 24, 2020

CBSE Introduces Facial Recognition for Accessing Classes 10, 12 Documents

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced a facial recognition system for accessing digital documents on platforms like "Parniaam Manjusha" and DigiLocker. Now, candidates will be able to download their Class 10, 12 mark sheets and certificates from DigiLocker without providing ADHAAR Card or mobile number.
Using the state of the art Facial Recognition System CBSE will enable students, to download their digital academic documents of class X and XII, a live image of the student will be matched with the photograph on the CBSE admit card already stored in repository, and once successful, the certificate will be emailed to the student.
CBSE has already uploaded 12 crore digital academic documents, mark sheets, pass and migration certificates, in DigiLocker.

Rajiv Kumar Panel to Reform Urban Planning Education System

The NITI Aayog recently constituted a 14-member panel to reform the urban planning education system. The panel is to be headed by Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog. The other members of the panel are Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog, secretaries of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Ministry of Panchayati Raj and Ministry of Education.
The panel will review urban planning education system and examine the availability, supply and demand of qualified urban planners in India. It will review the current system in terms of curriculum, multi-disciplinary and other issues at post graduate and graduate levels.
Urban planning Education is a practice of learning and teaching urban theory, professional practices and studies. It involves interaction between professional planners, public officials on planning process. Formal education of urban planning is provided as a degree in city, urban or regional planning.

Oct 22, 2020

Amenia Mukt Bharat Index

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare along with UNICEF launched the anaemia Mukt Bharat index. The anaemia Mukt Bharat is an initiative to reduce the prevalence of anaemia in India.
Haryana topped the anaemia free India index or the anaemia Mukt Bharat Index with a score of 46.7. The index was released during the eighth governing body meeting of National Health Mission in Chandigarh.
The state of Haryana achieved 93% of immunization in the year 2019-20. It is one of the 11 states of India that has achieved the national health policy targets well before 2020. The institute deliveries of the state has increased to 93.7 percentage.
Amenia Mukt Bharat scheme aims to reduce the prevalence of anaemia in India. It provides bi weekly iron Folic acid supplementation to all under five children through Asha workers. Also, it provides biannual Deworming for children and adolescents. The scheme also establishes institutional mechanisms for advanced research in anaemia. It also focuses on non-nutritional causes of anaemia.
Anemia is caused due to iron deficiency. When a person is anemic, the capacity of his blood cells to carry oxygen decreases. This reduces the productivity of the person which in turn affects the economy of the country. Therefore, it is highly important to cover Anemia under National Health Mission.

IIT Kharagpur's 'COVIRAP' Gets ICMR Certification

'COVIRAP,' the diagnostic machine developed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur researchers, has been successfully validated for its efficacy in Covid-19 detection by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
This test has been designed to be fairly easy to conduct and affordable as well and can produce results within one hour.
This new testing method implements a highly reliable and accurate molecular diagnostic procedure that can be conducted in an ultra-low-cost portable device unit developed by the research team.
The test results are rendered via a custom-made mobile application for dissemination without requiring manual interpretation.

Scientists Discover New Organ in Throat

Scientists in Netherlands have discovered a new organ in human throat during a research on prostate cancer. The scientists of the Netherlands Cancer Institute discovered a set of salivary glands in the upper part of the throat. they have named the organ Tubarial salivary glands.
The newly discovered organ is about 1.5 inches in length and is located over a piece of cartilage called torus tubarius. According to the scientist the main function of the organ is to lubricate and moisten the upper throat. It is located right behind the nose and mouth.
They have been named as Tubarial glands in reference to their anatomical location. The characteristics of the gland is similar to that of the salivary glands.
The organ cannot be seen through conventional methods of medical imaging such as CT scans, ultrasound or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
It was now discovered through Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen Imaging using positron emission tomography.

Oct 21, 2020

IIM-Udaipur Invites Applications for One-year MBA in Global Supply Chain Management

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Udaipur has invited applications for the one-year MBA programme in global supply chain management. According to IIM-Udaipur, the programme is designed with the aim to develop future leaders in global supply chain management and logistics.
The program content includes live projects, industry interactions and offers career opportunities in companies across E-commerce, FMCG, manufacturing, retail, and many more such domains.
The advisory board for the programme consists of highly experienced supply chain professionals from some of the leading companies including Infosys, Delhivery, and DP world.
The minimum eligibility criteria for the programme is three year's Bachelor's degree with valid GMAT/ GRE/ CAT scores. The minimum work experience required is 3 years as of March 31, 2021.

IIT-Madras to Train Students in High-performance Computing

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M), will train students in high-performance computing (HPC) soon. The institute has been made the nodal centre for training under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM).
The centre will train scientists and engineers, and create manpower capable of conducting research in artificial intelligence (AI).
The institute had recently signed an agreement with the Pune-based Centre for Development of Advanced Computing.
According to Rupesh Nasre, a faculty in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, the aim was to build infrastructure, develop applications, focus on research and create a human resource pool.

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