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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - January 2019

Jan 2019

Sep 17, 2019

Wing Commander Anjali Singh Becomes India's First Female Military Diplomat

Wing Commander Anjali Singh has become India's first female military diplomat to be posted in any of the Indian missions abroad.
Singh has joined the Indian Embassy in Russia as the Deputy Air Attache.
Singh, who is trained on MiG-29 fighter aircraft, joined her new assignment on September 10, 2019.

Sep 15, 2019

Government to Offer 1,000 PhD Fellowships to ASEAN Students At IITs

The government is set to launch a major programme offering 1,000 PhD fellowships to ASEAN students at IITs in India.
The admission portal for the programme is being executed by IIT Delhi for offering PhD fellowships to ASEAN students in all IITs in India.
The lunch ceremony of the ASEAN PhD fellowships at IITs will be held on September 16, 2019 and will be jointly inaugurated by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Minister of HRD Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'.
Head of Missions of ASEAN countries, senior officials of of the Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Directors of all 23 IITs, Chairman of UGC and Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog would also be present at the event.

Sep 13, 2019

HRD Minister Launches Initiatives Of MIC and AICTE to Boost Research And Innovation

Union Human Resource Development Minister, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' attended the First Annual Innovation Festival of the MHRD's Innovation Cell (MIC).
MIC organized the first Annual Innovation Festival in coordination with AICTE. During this festival, Innovation cell showcased more than 70 top students' innovations from across India.
Minister of State for HRD, Shri Sanjay Dhotre was also present on the occasion.
Union Minister also launched the Smart India Hackathon 2020, Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2020, and Institution's Innovation Council 2.0.
The event also witnessed the release of the Start-Up Policy Document and SIH Report, launch of Technical Teacher's Training Module, ATAL Academies, Protsahan Mudra Scheme, Vishwakarma Award and the Vice Chancellor's Meet on the Student Induction Programme, which has bridged the gap between students and teachers through creatively designed programs that have unveiled the best potential of a student outside of the book curriculum.

MHRD Introduces Study of AI at School Level

Ministry of Human Resource and Development has prepared a module to introduce the study of Artificial Intelligence at the school level by joining hands with the technology leaders like Intel.
Addressing the Central Board of Secondary Education's Teachers Awards 2018-19, Union Human Resource and Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishak said, it is a big leap in our education system that artificial intelligence which was otherwise taught at the college level, is now been introduced from class 8th.
During the event, 34 teachers were felicitated for their outstanding and innovative contribution in the field of teaching. Along with the award ceremony, three initiatives were also announced.

Sep 12, 2019

LSE To Host New Mahatma Gandhi Scholarships

The trust responsible for installing Mahatma Gandhi's statue in Parliament Square in 2015 announced a fund for scholarships named after the iconic leader of India's freedom struggle for deserving Indian students at the London School of Economics.
Meghnad Desai, member of the House of Lords and chair of the Gandhi Statue Memorial Trust, said it is donating £100,000 as an endowment towards the scholarships in keeping with its mandate to spread the message of Gandhi.
The seed money is expected to be joined by other donations so that a corpus would be built up in time, the trust said, adding that its endowment has been welcomed by the LSE director, Minouche Shafik, who is currently on a visit to India.

Tata Group Private Partner in Indian Institute Of Skills, Mumbai

Tata Education Development Trust will invest ₹300 crore in the PPP, not-for-profit facility.
Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), laid the foundation stone for Indian Institute of Skills (IIS) at Mumbai.
Union Minister Sanjay Dhotre launches Curriculum for Life Skills (Jeevan Kaushal) designed by University Grants Commission (UGC)
UGC constituted Expert Committee prepared a Curriculum for Life Skills (JeevanKaushal) for Under Graduate Programme.
The curriculum is designed to impart and strengthen the knowledge, skills and dispositions believed to be the best requisites of the current Industry and thereby empower the talent inherent in each learner.

Kerala To Set Up India's First Global Trade Centre For Women

Kerala is all set to set up India's first International Women's Trade Centre (iWTC), in consonance with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDs), in Kozhikode.
This initiative aims to accelerate women entrepreneurship and secure gender parity while providing women with a safe place away from home to start new businesses, set up or expand, and get their products marketed globally.
The first phase of iWTC, being executed under the Gender Park's "Vision 2020", is scheduled to be completed by 2021.

More Indian Institutes In List, But IISc Slips In Global Rank

More Indian education institutions figured in the latest global ranking released but the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), which was the only Indian entry in the top 300 in 2018, slipped into the 301-350 group due to a "significant fall" in its research citation impact.
The Times Higher Education's 2020 edition of its World University Rankings of 1,300 universities in 92 countries shows 56 Indian institutions (up from 49 last year), making India the fifth most-represented country in the list and the third in Asia behind Japan and China .
The University of Oxford retains the top spot for the fourth year, while the California Institute of Technology rises from fifth to second. The University of Cambridge, Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology drop one place to third, fourth and fifth respectively.
The Indian Institute of Science tops the Indian universities on the list but now shares this position with the Indian Institute of Technology - Ropar, after the former dropped into the 301-350 bracket.
It is the first time that an Indian university has not featured in the top 300 of the ranking since 2012, when just a single institution from the country, the Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay, was ranked.

Sep 10, 2019

Eklavya Schools for Tribals

Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would launch Eklavya schools exclusively for the tribal students of the country on September 12, 2019.
The central government has given approval to set up 462 Eklavya residential schools on the lines of Navodaya schools.
The residential school would have 450 tribal students from class six to twelve. Around Rs. 10,000 crore would be spent.
All the 462 schools would be opened in Jharkhand, Odisha, North eastern and other states in next two years.

Country's First Global Trade Centre for Women

In a major initiative to accelerate women entrepreneurship and secure gender parity, the Kerala government would set up the country's first International Women's Trade Centre (iWTC), in consonance with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in Kozhikode.
A key project of the state's Gender Park under the Department of Social Justice, it is envisaged as a safe space away from home for women to harness their entrepreneurial capabilities, set up or expand their businesses and get their products marketed globally.
The first phase of iWTC, being executed under the Gender Park's "Vision 2020", is scheduled to be completed by 2021.

Tamil Nadu Ranks Lowest in Coverage of Iodised Salt

According to a first-of-its-kind national survey to measure the coverage of iodised salt, Tamil Nadu has the lowest consumption of iodised salt despite being the third biggest producer of salt in the country.
The study showed that 76.3% of Indian households consumed adequately iodised salt, which is salt with at least 15 parts per million of iodine.
The five worst performers were Tamil Nadu (61.9%), Andhra Pradesh (63.9%), Rajasthan (65.5%), Odisha (65.8%) and Jharkhand (68.8%).
The survey was conducted by Nutrition International in collaboration with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and the Indian Coalition for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD).
The survey tested the iodine content in samples of cooking salt from households to estimate the coverage of iodised salt.
Gujarat produces 71% of salt in the country, followed by Rajasthan at 17% and Tamil Nadu at 11%. The rest of the country accounts for a mere 1% of salt produced.

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