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Sep 04, 2020

SPPU Maintains its Spot in Times World Rankings

The Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) maintained its ranking in the Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2021, which was announced. Last year, SPPU was ranked between 601 and 800.
The rankings declared the list of top 1,000 universities. It mainly covers criteria such as teaching, research, dissemination of knowledge, international students, and global exposure.
The SPPU was ranked between 651 and 700 in the QS World University Ranking 2021. In the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), SPPU was ranked ninth in the list of universities.
The university has maintained its ranking from last year, this is the result of the hard work of a large number of researchers, professors and colleagues in the university. The university's current ranking is between 600 and 800. We will try to improve and come up with a ranking within 600 by the next survey.

Sep 03, 2020

Sixty-three Indian Universities Qualify for 2021's Times Higher Education World University Rankings

A record number of 63 Indian universities, up from 56 last year, have qualified for the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021, with an additional 14 universities qualifying since last year, more than in any other country or region. However, like last year, not a single Indian institute has made it to the top 300 list.
The Indian Institute of Science Bangalore has ranked first among the Indian institutes (301-350 band overall), followed by IIT Ropar (351-400) and IIT Indore (401-500) in second and third spots respectively. The latter two institutes have slipped in the rankings since last year.
Of the Indian institutions making their debut in this year's rankings, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi, King George's Medical University, and Mahatma Gandhi University rank highest (601-800 band).
India's improved overall representation comes despite the fact that in April, seven first-generation IITs including Delhi, Bombay, Kharagpur and Madras took a decision not to participate in the rankings this year, citing lack of transparency. They said that they would reconsider next year if Times Higher Education was able to convince them about the parameters and transparency in the ranking process.

Honeybee Venom 'Kills Some Breast Cancer Cells

Australian scientists say the venom from honeybees has been found to destroy aggressive breast cancer cells in a lab setting.
The venom - and a compound in it called melittin - were used against two cancer types which are hard to treat: triple-negative and HER2-enriched.
The discovery has been described as "exciting", but scientists caution that further testing is needed.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women around the world.
While there are thousands of chemical compounds which can fight cancer cells in a lab setting, scientists say there are few which can be produced as treatment for humans.
Bee venom has previously been found to have anti-cancer properties for other types of cancer such as melanoma.

Sep 02, 2020

IIT Guwahati Collaborates with University in Czech Republic for Data Protection Project

A team of researchers from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, in collaboration with scientists from the University of Pardubice, Czech Republic, is working towards developing indigenous algorithms that can protect the Nation's digital data from cyber-attacks by advanced computers. The team has also designed encryption architectures that can be used to protect sensitive health data that is transmitted through the internet.
The team led by Dr. Gaurav Trivedi, Associate Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, includes Prof. Srinivasan Krishnaswamy, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Prof. Zdenek Nemec and Prof. Jan Pidanic from the University of Pardubice. The team also consists of research scholars Bikram Paul, Uddipana Dowerah, Tarun Kumar Yadav, Balbir Singh, Abhishek Agrawal, Meenali Janveja, and Souradip Pal from IIT Guwahati.

Sep 01, 2020

Jamia Hamdard University Gets New Chancellor

Hamid Ahmed has been appointed as the chancellor of Jamia Hamdard University. Ahmed currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and trustee of Hamdard Laboratories India – Foods Division. In addition, he has served as secretary, Hamdard National Foundation (India) since 2017. He is the grandson of late Hakeem Abdul Hameed, the founder and first chancellor of Jamia Hamdard, the university informed.
He has also served as founder and chairman of the Unani Drug Manufacturers Association (UDMA).
As a member of the Hamdard National Foundation (India) – HECA, Hamid Ahmed has worked for education and upliftment of the poor sections of society.

Aug 29, 2020

IIT-Indore Teaches Ancient Sciences and Mathematics in Sanskrit

The Indian Institute of Technology here has introduced a unique course to impart mathematical and scientific knowledge from ancient texts in Sanskrit, an official said on Saturday. Titled "Understanding Classical Scientific Texts of India in an Immersive Sanskrit Environment", the course was started to in a bid to expose the present generation to ancient knowledge.
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)-sponsored quality improvement programme will continue till October 2 with a total of 62 hours of online classes.
Over 750 candidates from all over the world are participating in the course.
According to an IIT official, the course has been divided into two parts, under which participants will first be taught the nuances of Sanskrit to build their understanding of the language and in the next part, they will be taught classical mathematics in Sanskrit.

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