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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - January 2019

Jan 2019

Aug 10, 2020

IIT-Madras to Start a Course on Biomimicry

  • The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras will soon offer a course on biomimicry. It would be a full semester, elective course and would teach students to imitate nature as a source of inspiration to solve complex problems, the IIT-Madras informed.
  • "Biomimicry is the intersection of biology and engineering. You do not have to be either a biologist or an engineer to learn biomimicry, all you need is curiosity.
  • Students can have multiple applications from one organism, and there are millions of such organisms that have evolved strategies over billions of years of adaptation to our planet. We can use these blueprints and recipes from nature to design and build solutions for our world.
  • IIT-Madras claims to be among the first institutions in India to offer a full-fledged course on biomimicry. The course will be taught by MS Sivakumar – dean of students, IIT-Madras, Shiva Subramaniam, CIO, Gopalakrishnan-Deshpande Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, IIT-Madras, Satyanarayanan Seshadri, department of applied mechanics, and Srinivasa Chakravarthy a professor at Department of Biotechnology.

Aug 06, 2020

SPPU Offers New Courses on Entrepreneurship

  • The Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) is taking steps to encourage entrepreneurship amongst students, including starting a new postgraduate diploma course on entrepreneurship. On Wednesday, an MoU was signed between the Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Enterprise (CIIE) at SPPU and the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), to deliver joint certification courses in entrepreneurship.
  • The courses would cover new venture and innovation management, development of faculty to lead entrepreneurship initiatives and are expected to create awareness about entrepreneurship in the student community.
  • Dr Apoorva Palkar, head of CIIE, said that the partnership will help bring in top class entrepreneurship education from the "best in class faculty" and mentorship support of EDII.

MBBS Students Not to be Promoted Without Exams

  • Amid covid-19 pandemic, where many universities are promoting students without any examination, the Board of Governors, Medical Council of India, MCI issued an advisory saying that no batch must be allowed to move to the next level of MBBS course without appearing for exams. All the medical colleges and universities are requested to conduct exams and then promote the MBBS students.
  • Further, the council said that the final year students of various MBBS colleges can join internships once they pass their exams.
  • The colleges must aim to complete the MBBS course first which includes practicals, labs, demonstrations, etc, within two months of reopening of the colleges. And once permitted by the government, the colleges can conduct the MBBS exams in a month.
  • Regarding the conduct of 2nd/3rd (Part 1) and Final year MBBS examination for 2020, the time required for completion of the course would depend on the timing of the re-opening of the medical colleges.

Aug 04, 2020

NIT Trichy to Offer MA in English Literature

  • The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Trichy has started an MA programme in English Literature, as a first step in removing barriers between arts, sciences and Technology, in line with the recently announced National Education Policy (NEP).
  • The NIT is also taking serious steps to achieve the status of being "Locally Relevant and Globally competitive" as envisaged by the Prime Minister in his Man Ki Baat address.
  • Programmes are being charted out with the aim of utilising technology development for the benefit of the local communities.
  • NIT Director Dr Mini Shaji Thomas said that the Institute has also plans to start an
  • online programme which will increase the number of students in a big way, in
  • alignment with NEP 2020.
  • She also pointed out that NIT Tiruchirappalli's incorporation of the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota from the year 2019 onwards for undergraduate and PhD
  • programme in tune with the ethos and rationale of NEP 2020.
  • Dr. Mini Shaji also revealed that NIT is embarking on a programme to nurture and increase the teaching skills of its faculty.
  • Accordingly, fresh Ph.D. entrants, irrespective of discipline, will be required to take credit-based courses in teaching skills, pedagogy and writing skills related to their topic of research.

Aug 03, 2020

IIT-JEE Advanced Not to be Held in Foreign Centres

  • The Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Advanced — entrance exam for admission to IITs — will not take place in any of the foreign exam centres this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The exam will be conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi on September 27. "Due to the current restrictions imposed on foreign travel and visa issuance, it is decided not to conduct JEE (Advanced) 2020 in foreign centres. All eligible candidates staying abroad may select their preferred choices from the list of exam cities in India for taking JEE (Advanced) 2020.
  • Every year, few exam centres are set-up outside India for foreign nationals and NRIs. Among Indians, top 2-2.5 lakh rank holders in the JEE Main exam are eligible to appear for JEE Advanced every year. This year, however, there are several changes in the exam due to the pandemic.
  • The minimum requirement of having 75 per cent marks in class 12 level board exams has been waived off as not all exams could take place due to the pandemic. Now, students who meet the merit as per JEE Advanced and have passed class 12 will be considered for admissions to IITs.

IIT-JEE Advanced Not to be Held in Foreign Centres

  • The Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Advanced — entrance exam for admission to IITs — will not take place in any of the foreign exam centres this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The exam will be conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi on September 27. "Due to the current restrictions imposed on foreign travel and visa issuance, it is decided not to conduct JEE (Advanced) 2020 in foreign centres. All eligible candidates staying abroad may select their preferred choices from the list of exam cities in India for taking JEE (Advanced) 2020.
  • Every year, few exam centres are set-up outside India for foreign nationals and NRIs. Among Indians, top 2-2.5 lakh rank holders in the JEE Main exam are eligible to appear for JEE Advanced every year. This year, however, there are several changes in the exam due to the pandemic.
  • The minimum requirement of having 75 per cent marks in class 12 level board exams has been waived off as not all exams could take place due to the pandemic. Now, students who meet the merit as per JEE Advanced and have passed class 12 will be considered for admissions to IITs.

Aug 02, 2020

Korean in National Education Policy 2020's Foreign Languages List

  • The Indian government included the Korean language to the new National Education Policy among other foreign languages like Japanese, Thai, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian will be taught at the secondary level.
  • The government also pointed out that foreign language vocabulary should be updated in the text books and other printing materials. The suggested foreign languages in this regard are Korean, English, French, German, Hebrew and Japanese.
  • Korean language was not recommended as a foreign language in the first draft by the National Education Policy preparation committee in 2019.
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