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Dec 04, 2021

Harvard University Adds Caste as Protected Category for Student Workers

Harvard University added caste as a protected category for all graduate and undergraduate student workers.
The historic addition marks Harvard as the first Ivy League school to have caste equity protection in its non-discrimination clause for unionised student workers. This decision would impact more than 4,900 student workers at Harvard and the surrounding Harvard community.
With this addition, Harvard joins UC Davis, Colby College, Brandeis University, and several other universities where students, faculty, and staff face caste-based discrimination.

Dec 03, 2021

Merriam-Webster Chooses 'Vaccine' as the 2021 Word of the Year

With an expanded definition to reflect the times, Merriam-Webster declared an omnipresent truth as its 2021 word of the year: vaccine.
This was a word that was extremely high in Merriam-Webster's data every single day in 2021.
At Merriam-Webster, lookups for "vaccine" increased 601% over 2020, when the first U.S. shot was administered in New York in December after quick development, and months of speculation and discussion over efficacy. The world's first jab occurred earlier that month in the UK.

IIT Mandi Signs MoU with AIIMS Bilaspur for Academics and Research

The Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi) collaborated with All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Bilaspur on Research and Academic Activities. The two institutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at conducting joint research activities and academic exchange activities.
The MoU was signed in a meeting between Prof. Ajit Chaturvedi, Director, IIT Mandi; Dr Vir Singh Negi, Director, AIIMS Bilaspur, and Dr Venkata Krishnan, Dean (SRIC), IIT Mandi.
The meeting was also attended by Dr Vikrant Kanwar, Dy. Medical Superintendent AIIMS Bilaspur and some faculty members from IIT Mandi.
Under this MoU, both the institutions plan to work on joint research projects and in short-term joint academic programs in the future, providing the researchers and students an opportunity to visit and work collaboratively with the other institution.

Dec 01, 2021

Lt Gen Manoj Kuma Mago to Head National Defence College

Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Mago took over as the Commandant of National Defence College (NDC), New Delhi.
Lt Gen Mago, who hails from Ludhiana, was commanding the 10 Corps at Bathinda before being given the assignment at NDC that entails evolving a strategic culture among the country's senior-most officials of the military, the civilian bureaucracy and the Indian Police Service. Lt Gen Mago, who passed out of Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, was commissioned into 7th Battalion of the Brigade of Guards in 1984. He later commanded 16 Guards.

NCC to be Introduced as General Elective Credit Course

Recognizing the importance of NCC in shaping the youth of the country, University of Jammu issued a notification to incorporate NCC as a "General Elective Credit Course" under the Choice Based Credit System. This is in line with NEP 2020 from the upcoming academic session 2021-2022 of the University, with the objective of harnessing the full potential of NCC's capacity in youth development.
The syllabus of NCC adopted by University of Jammu for Senior Division/ Wing will be covered in 300 lectures over a three-year duration, in addition to two camps of 10 days each for becoming eligible to appear in the NCC 'B' and 'C' certificate examinations.

Nov 30, 2021

IIT and AIIMS Jodhpur Develop 'Talking Gloves' for the Differently Abled

Innovators from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur and All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Jodhpur have developed low-cost 'talking gloves' as a joint initiative. The gloves have been developed for people with speech disabilities.
The gloves use the principles of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning(MI) to automatically generate speech that will be language independent and facilitate the communication between people with speech disabilities and people without any speech disability. The device costs less than Rs. 5000.

Nov 29, 2021

IIT Roorkee Completes 175 Years of Existence

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, which began its journey in 1847 as the first engineering college in the British Empire, completed 175 years.
The institute launched two major projects on the 175th foundation day– a 1.3 PetaFLOPS supercomputing facility as part of the national supercomputing mission and SCADA-based Smart Energy Management System, which will establish an integrated monitoring analytics and control centre for systems ranging from energy assets to transport, water, and waste.
The institute also launched its initiative of the creation of research capacity by engaging with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) around IIT Roorkee and inviting children from schools to visit IIT Roorkee to enhance the exchange of knowledge and experience with the fascinating facts, research culture, how the future could be, and what all career options they can explore.
In September 2001, the university was declared an institute of national importance, bypassing a bill in Parliament, changing its status from University of Roorkee to Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.

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