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Apr 03, 2021

Hyderabad University Offers Diploma Course in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

The University of Hyderabad (UoH) is offering an online diploma course in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI and ML). The course will be delivered through the Center for Distance and Virtual Learning (CDVL) with the help of the faculty of the School of Computer and Information Sciences (SCIS) and AAIC Technologies Pvt Ltd. This is a one-year online diploma course and the virtual inaugural ceremony of the first batch of the course was held on March 27.
The main aim of the diploma course is to offer a skill-based tailor-made course that can enhance the industry-ready abilities among graduates and working professionals.

Apr 02, 2021

Arunachal Gets First Formal Indigenous Knowledge System School

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has inaugurated the state's first formal indigenous language and knowledge system school in East Kameng district.
The first-of-its-kind school called 'Nyubu Nyvgam Yerko' was inaugurated at Rang village near Seppa.
The school will help in promoting and preserving indigenous traditions, culture and language.

TBJEE Announces New Exam Pattern

The Tripura Board of Joint Entrance Examination (TBJEE) announced its new examination pattern for the 2021-22 financial year. Replacing the existing two-day examination schedule with a single day, the common entrance examination is undergoing a revamp with this revision.
According to the new system, the syllabus for each subject would be divided into 10 modules or units. "Question papers for each subject would be of Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) type and there will be 30 compulsory questions for each subject", the TBJEE Joint Director said. Each question in the new system would have four options out of which students would need to mark the correct or closest option in OMR sheets.
The new system, however, comes with a rider of caution as negative marking was introduced with a value of one deductible marks for every wrong answer. In the result announcement, the percentile score of students would be introduced during the publication of results in the new system, besides their ranks.

Delhi Sets up Six-member Committee to Prepare Blueprint for Virtual School

The Delhi government constituted a six-member committee comprising school principals, teachers and IT officials to study the best global practices in virtual schooling and submit a blueprint for the national capital's virtual school.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia presided over a meeting to outline the scope of the Delhi Model Virtual School, a first-of-its-kind school that would strive to provide education to students remotely through personalised teaching-learning, effective assessments and the use of cutting edge technology.
The Delhi government had proposed to establish the virtual school in its 2021-22 Budget.

Apr 01, 2021

India's First Fintech Fellowship Programme

Decentro, a banking API Integration platform for businesses, launched of India's first fintech fellowship programme for developers (individual/teams) that are young graduates and final year students.
On the initiation of the pioneering program, Rohit Taneja, Founder and CEO, Decentro, said that India is known for its technological skills and with the focus on coding and associated language programs, there are many young and budding developers waiting for their chance to transform the sector with their unique ideas.
The programme that spans over 2.5 months, provides top three individual developers or teams, an opportunity to build their ideas into reality, along with a monthly grant Rs 50,000 per team from the company.

AIM-PRIME Launched to Support Science-based Deep-tech Startups & Ventures

In a major push towards deep technology and driving the country to become a digitally transformed nation, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog launched AIM-PRIME (Program for Researchers on Innovations, Market-Readiness & Entrepreneurship), an initiative to promote and support science-based deep-tech startups & ventures across India.
In this regard, AIM has joined hands with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) to launch this nationwide program which will be implemented by Venture Center - a non-profit technology business incubator.
The first cohort of the program is open to technology developers (early-stage deep tech start-ups, and scientists/ engineers/ clinicians) with strong science-based deep tech business ideas. The program is also open to CEOs and senior incubation managers of AIM Funded Atal Incubation Centers that are supporting deep tech entrepreneurs.

IIT Madras-incubated Startup GUVI Joins Hands with AICTE

Madras-incubated startup GUVI is collaborating with the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to upskill 10 lakh Indians in coding through a one-day free workshop called 'AI-For-India 1.0'. This event is expected to set the world record for the largest coding workshop conducted online.
Targeted towards students, IT professionals, and anyone in the age group of 8 to 80 years interested in coding, the event is scheduled to be conducted on April 24, 2021.
This initiative, being taken up in memory of GUVI's Co-founder Sridevi Arun Prakash, is part of the startup's mission to provide training in Artificial Intelligence to One billion Indians and make India - the leader in the Artificial Intelligence field.

Mar 31, 2021

Nagaland Health Minister launches 'i-Learn' for Community Health Officers

Nagaland Health and Family Welfare Minister, S. Pangnyu Phom has launched i-Learn, a capacity building and performance tracking application for Community Health Officers, CHOs in the state at his office chamber in Kohima. The state government launched the i-Learn application in partnership with USAID-NISHTHA/Jgpiego which will cater across the 189 Health & wellness centres in the state.
i-Learn is a learning management system for CHOs with self-facilitated learning for improving and learning new skills in clinical and non-clinical areas.
The state is committed to defeating the pandemic and as such it has rolled out several interventions including digital technology like the Naga Telehealth services.
The Naga Telehealth, a telemedicine platform launched just about six months ago has received a good response from the state's own medical doctors and CHOs wherein more than 1000 teleconsultations have been conducted.

Ramesh Pokhriyal Inaugurates Centre for Happiness at IIM-Jammu

Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank inaugurated the centre for happiness in the Indian Institute of Management (IIM-Jammu). At the virtual inauguration, Nishank mentioned that the newly launched 'Anandam' is developed following the principle of the National Education Policy (NEP 2020) that aims to transform the country's education system by 2021.
According to the minister, the new centre will help in reducing the mental pressure of students and faculty working in the institute as they have to undergo stress due to deadlines, coursework, teaching-load, and professional and personal life pressure. "The center will help people overcome mental stress and help spread positivity and it will encourage and propagate holistic development for all the stakeholders at IIM Jammu.

University of Dundee Offers Scholarship for Indian Students

The University of Dundee in collaboration with the British Council is offering the 'Great scholarships' 2021-22 for Indian students to study a full-time, on-campus, postgraduate course of value £10,000. The offer starts in September 2021. Interested and eligible candidates can apply for the scholarship by May 7.
The scholarship is given for the tuition fees. It offers international students who want to study at the UK University a one-year postgraduate course. It also encourages the students to apply and demonstrate an interest in the chosen subject, through examples of work or academic experience.
The University of Dundee currently has 14 'Great scholarships' available for the 2021-22 academic year for students from China (two), Egypt (one), Ghana (one), India (one), Indonesia (two), Kenya (one), Malaysia (two), Pakistan (two) and Thailand (two) for all subjects.

Mar 30, 2021

J&K Samagra Shiksha E-launches Talaash App for Mapping Out of School Children

In an effort to track the education of children across the state, the Samagra Shiksha, Department of School Education, Jammu and Kashmir, has e-launched the 'Talaash' app for mainstreaming of Out of School Children (OOSC).
The app was launched by Project Director Samagra Shiksha J&K, Dr. Arun Manhas. The OOSC programme aims to enumerate and keep track of OOSC in a timely and quality manner, through intensive data analysis and monitoring.
The application is meant for easy use on smartphones by teachers and others, conducting the mapping/surveys. It would make data collection and entry one step, eliminating the need for a manual compilation of data and for sending to the block or any other level for data entry.

IIT Guwahati and Gifu University, Japan, Award Degrees

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati and Gifu University, Japan, have awarded the first batch of Joint International Master's Programme in Food Science and Technology. This award ceremony was organised at Gifu University, Japan, in the virtual presence of Prof. T. G. Sitharam, Director, Prof. S. K. Kakoty, Deputy Director, IIT Guwahati, Prof. Chitralekha Mahanta, Dean, Academic Affairs, Prof. Mihir Purkait, Dean, Alumni & External Relations and other dignitaries.

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