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Jan 2019

Sep 01, 2020

Jamia Hamdard University Gets New Chancellor

Hamid Ahmed has been appointed as the chancellor of Jamia Hamdard University. Ahmed currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and trustee of Hamdard Laboratories India – Foods Division. In addition, he has served as secretary, Hamdard National Foundation (India) since 2017. He is the grandson of late Hakeem Abdul Hameed, the founder and first chancellor of Jamia Hamdard, the university informed.
He has also served as founder and chairman of the Unani Drug Manufacturers Association (UDMA).
As a member of the Hamdard National Foundation (India) – HECA, Hamid Ahmed has worked for education and upliftment of the poor sections of society.

Aug 29, 2020

IIT-Indore Teaches Ancient Sciences and Mathematics in Sanskrit

The Indian Institute of Technology here has introduced a unique course to impart mathematical and scientific knowledge from ancient texts in Sanskrit, an official said on Saturday. Titled "Understanding Classical Scientific Texts of India in an Immersive Sanskrit Environment", the course was started to in a bid to expose the present generation to ancient knowledge.
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)-sponsored quality improvement programme will continue till October 2 with a total of 62 hours of online classes.
Over 750 candidates from all over the world are participating in the course.
According to an IIT official, the course has been divided into two parts, under which participants will first be taught the nuances of Sanskrit to build their understanding of the language and in the next part, they will be taught classical mathematics in Sanskrit.

Aug 28, 2020

Togo First in Africa to Eradicate Sleeping Sickness

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Togo has become the first African country to eliminate sleeping sickness as a public health problem.
It received "validation" of the sickness' elimination after not reporting a single case in the past 10 years.
"Togo is a pathfinder in eliminating sleeping sickness, a disease which has threatened millions of Africans.
Sleeping sickness, or human African trypanosomiasis, is caused by parasites which are transmitted by infected tsetse flies and is only found in 36 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Supreme Court Upholds UGC Decision

The Supreme Court ordered that no state government and universities can promote final year students without holding final year university examinations amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, the Court gave states the discretion to approach the University Grants Commission (UGC) for an extension of the deadline by which final year exams should be completed.
A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said if any state it cannot conduct exams by that date, they must approach the UGC for new dates to hold the exam.
The Supreme Court had reserved its order on a batch of pleas challenging a circular of the University Grants Commission (UGC) mandating to conduct the final term exams in all affiliated universities by the end of September.

Aug 27, 2020

Gujarat: 12 Colleges Identified to be Converted into Universities

AFTER several deliberations and discussions with stakeholders over the implementation of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in Gujarat, the state Education Department has identified 12 colleges, one in each district that can be converted into universities.
As the National Education Policy under Clause No. 9.3 (a) stipulates that every district should have at least one university, the state government under its immediate implementation plan had identified 12 districts not having universities– Aravalli, Bharuch, Botad, Chhota Udepur, Dang, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Dahod, Amreli, Mahisagar, Morbi, Porbandar and Tapi.
One college each in these 12 districts too have been identified which are capable of being run as a university. These include both technical and non-technical as well as government and grant-in-aid colleges. Out of these 12, nine are grant in aid, three are government and two womens' colleges.

Tripura Launches First ever Diploma Courses on GST, Retail and Sales Management

Tripura's lone state university Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) University announced a host of professional and foreign language courses in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic including the state's first-ever diploma courses on Goods and Service Tax (GST.
Assistant Controller of Examinations Rakesh Roy said that the newly launched courses include four evening diploma courses on GST, retail and sales management, insurance risk management and Spanish language. Two Integrated Masters Degree (IMD) courses on commerce and chemistry are also being launched along with the one year diploma programmes in the university.
Describing the new courses as a novel, Dr. Roy stated that these would open up new ways of employment for students. Students who have already qualified their Higher Secondary or its equivalent examinations with at least four subjects including English from any recognised education board or council would be eligible to seek admission in these new courses.
Each of these new courses will allow 60 students to take admission by August 31. The admission process for intake in these programmes have already commenced in the meantime. Courses fees for the one year evening diploma programmes in GST, retail and sales management, insurance risk management and Spanish language were set in self-financing mode and candidates would have to shell out Rs. 23,000 per semester for these courses.

Aug 26, 2020

Haryana Government Partners with Gradeup to Empower Competitive Exam Aspirants

In a bid to maximise success in central and state competitive exams, the Government of Haryana joined hands with Gradeup, India's leading online exam preparation app. During this partnership of 18 months, Gradeup will empower 50,000 aspirants from Haryana appearing for SSC, Banking and Railways examinations, scheduled for the next year.
Gradeup's experience in successfully handling a large user base and a strong sense of exam-relevant content makes them a trusted platform when it comes to exam preparation. The idea of the intervention is to enable candidates from Haryana to clear and target government jobs in Central bodies such as SSC, Banking and Railways.

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