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Dec 27, 2021

Karnataka CM Announces Extension of 'Raitha Vidya Nidhi' Scheme

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced extending 'Raitha Vidya Nidhi' scheme for class 8-9 girl students in view of the drop in their enrolment in rural areas.
A government order in this regard would be issued immediately.

Kerala Best State on Health Parameters

Kerala emerged as the top ranking state in terms of overall health performance among larger states, while Uttar Pradesh is the worst, according to the fourth Health Index launched by Niti Aayog. The fourth round of the Health Index took into account the period 2019-20 (reference year).
Tamil Nadu and Telangana emerged as the second and third best performers, respectively, on health parameters.
The report, however, added that Uttar Pradesh ranked at the top in terms of incremental performance by registering the highest incremental change from the base year (2018-19) to reference year (2019-20).
Among the smaller states, Mizoram emerged as the best performer in overall performance as well as incremental performance, while among UTs, Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir ranked among the bottom UTs in terms of overall performance but emerged as the leading performer in terms of incremental performance.
The report was prepared in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with technical assistance from the World Bank.

IIT Guwahati Launches School of Business

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati commenced its academic activities at the newly initiated School of Business and will soon be admitting the first batch of students at its flagship programme, namely, the Masters of Business Administration (MBA).
The admission process for the MBA programme will open in January 2022, and the first batch is expected to commence their studies from July 2022. The admission to the MBA programme will be in line with the admission process adopted by other IITs offering MBA programmes, with the requirement of opening this programme to prospective applicants who have qualified the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2021.

Dec 26, 2021

IIT Madras Launches 'Surendra and Dorothie Shah Chair' for Research on Sustainable Construction

Indian Institute of Technology Madras launched the 'Surendra and Dorothie Shah Chair' for furthering cutting-edge research in the field of Civil Engineering materials. This assumes huge significance due to the immense amount of construction work undertaken every year in India, with the volumes and expenditures continually increasing.
Prof. Surendra P. Shah, one of the foremost global experts in engineering materials, particularly concrete and other cement-based construction, chose IIT Madras to set up the Institute Chair. He has led the development of new advanced materials, which have become world standards in these fields, and his work revolutionized the way modern concretes are used worldwide.

Dec 25, 2021

Meghalaya Govt. Conceptualises Early Childhood Development Programme

The Meghalaya government has conceptualised an early childhood development programme, aimed at overall welfare of children, with the state lagging behind in most health indicators.
The Early Childhood Development Mission will cater to 1,554 villages, which are not being covered under the ICDS programme, state health department principal secretary Sampath Kumar said.
The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) is a central government scheme that aims at improving the nutritional and health status of children up to six years of age and reducing the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropout.

Dec 24, 2021

JGU Wins "Digital Innovation of the Year" at the Times Higher Education Asia Awards 2021

O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) won the "Digital Innovation of the Year" award at the distinguished Times Higher Education (THE) Asia Awards 2021.
JGU was the Only Indian University to be shortlisted for the "Digital Innovation of the Year".
JGU's win at the THE Awards is a recognition of JGU's successful digital transformation and impact over the last two years. This award is also a reflection of JGU's commitment to ensure continued education for its students during the ongoing pandemic. In March 2020 we were faced with one of the most unprecedented crises of our time.

Dec 23, 2021

IIT Kharagpur Sees Highest Recruitment in its History at 1,600 Offers

The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, ranked 5th in the Engineering category by NIRF Ranking 2020 and 58th by QS 2021 Asia Ranking, recorded the highest placement offers in the history of IITs accounting to 1,600 job offers with the highest CTC of Rs. 2.4 crore per annum. Around 35 international job offers were also received.

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