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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - January 2019

Jan 2019

Jun 17, 2020

India Gets its First Infectious Disease Diagnostics Lab

The first disease diagnostics lab in India is now ready.
The mobile laboratory is a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'.
The laboratory promotes and supports the idea of being self-efficient in difficult times.
The laboratory has been reported to be built in the recorded time of just 8 days from the date of receipt of Automotive Chassis, from Bharat Benz.
The lab has been built with the support of the Department of Bio-Technology.

Jun 13, 2020

IIT Madras Best for Engineering: NIRF Ranking 2020

According to the NIRF Ranking 2020, IIT Madras has been ranked as India's best engineering college while IIM Ahmedabad has been judged as best for doing an MBA. IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay have been ranked second and third among engineering colleges.
In the overall ranking released under HRD Ministry's National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), IIT Madras, IISc Bangalore and IIT Delhi bagged the top three positions among educational institutions.
IISc Bangalore, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Banaras Hindu University have bagged the top 3 university positions.
Among B-schools, IIM Ahmedabad is ranked at the top followed by IIM Bangalore and IIM Calcutta.

Jun 12, 2020

Infosys Launches Online Program for University Students

IT major Infosys announced the launch of 'Summer of Ideas' initiative for university students worldwide.
The global eight-week ideathon, powered by Infosys' digital learning platform Wingspan, will help the global student and academic community overcome the loss of learning opportunities as a result of the disruption caused by COVID-19.
The initiative will allow students access to Infosys mentorship and specially curated learning materials virtually.
The program will induct nearly 2,000 participants, divided into teams of five that will shape their ideas based on 10 themes related to emerging technologies.

Jun 11, 2020

Karnataka Bans Online Education for Children up to Class V

Karnataka announced a ban on online education by schools from pre-nursery to fifth grade responding to opinions shared by child psychiatrists, and educational experts.
The decision applies to all schools within Karnataka regardless of their affiliation to central or state boards, Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar announced. As for permitting online education from class 6 to class 10, the government has formed a panel of experts which will study the challenges and come up with a set of guidelines for schools. The committee will submit its report in 10 days.
The same committee will also study how primary schools can deploy technology (not online classes) to teach children up to class 5 in a way it is all-inclusive and reaches children even in remotest part of Karnataka.

Jun 10, 2020

India's Top Universities Drop in World Rankings

India has three universities among the top 200 global peers like last year, but most of them have slipped in rankings this time, according to the QS World University Ranking 2021.
As per the report by British ranking and education consulting agency Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay was ranked the best from India at 172, followed by Indian Institutes of Science (IISc) in Bangalore (185) and IIT Delhi at 193rd position.
IIT-Bombay dropped 20 positions from last year's world university ranking, IISc dropped by one position, and IIT-D's rank has slipped to 193rd from the previous rank of 182.
Globally, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford University and Harvard University were the top three universities, respectively. California Institute of Technology in the US and Oxford University in the UK complete the top five in the list.

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