On 2nd October, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the VAIBHAV Summit via video conferencing. The summit will be followed by online deliberation sessions starting from 3rd October to 30th October 2020 among researchers through webinar mode. On 2nd October, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Vaishvik Bhartiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Summit through video conferencing. The VAIBHAV summit […]
Category Archives: EdTech
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It is time to applaud the governance for accepting the ground realities of inequitable access to online education and evolving a road map to negotiate this digital divide in the country. Kudos for envisaging a huge investment of Rs. 60K crores for providing nearly 40% of the total students in higher education institutions (HEIs) with […]
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The Association of Management of Aided Polytechnic Colleges has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, looking for budgetary help. Referring to the COVID-19 pandemic, the association’s individuals looked for delicate credits for students to assist them with paying expenses and purchase PCs, and intrigue free advances for establishments to assist them with paying compensations. They […]
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With the Covid-19 pandemic exposing a digital divide in education, the HRD Ministry has projected use of Rs 60,000 crore over the next five years to give digital devices to four crore students in higher education. The HRD Ministry made this projection in a presentation to the fifteenth Finance Commission Monday. The Commission had assembled […]
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The Human Resource Development Ministry on Monday said it needs Rs.10.37 trillion for both for the higher education and school education parts and gave a nitty-gritty necessity projection to the fifteenth Finance Commission which is going by N.K. Singh. During a gathering between the fifteenth Finance Commission, and the HRD ministry on Monday, while the […]
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Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad (IIM-A) on Tuesday propelled an endowment fund, with an underlying commitment of ₹100 crores by its alumni. The fund intends to raise ₹1,000 crores throughout the following five years and is a first of its sort by an IIM. Ten alumni founders, including Sandeep Singhal, co-founder, WestBridge Capital; Sanjeev […]
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The HRD Minister, Dr. Ramesh Pokhariyal has educated that the colleges and universities regarding India would see an improvement in their infrastructure now that Higher Education Financial Agency, HEFA has endorsed 29 thousand crore rupees for financing infrastructure of the Indian educational organizations. A year ago the body chose to subsidize up to 1 lakh […]
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COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed our lives. The education sector is observing a major disruption due to the closure of educational campuses. The mandatory and precautionary methods to stop the spread of the disease is social distancing and lockdown. But with the lockdown, students are already missing their classroom learning, working with peers in groups, […]
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Edtech startup, upGrad, plans to invest ₹150 crores into its online higher education business following its two new partnerships with Jamia Hamdard University (JMU) and OP Jindal Global University to offer new courses. upGrad’s partnership with JMU also marks its entrance into the Bachelor’s degree segment. The edtech firm will currently offer BBA (Bachelor of […]
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E-Learning is the new norm, accelerated into existence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Universities all over the world have adapted to the means of E-Learning and virtual means of educating students. So what are some of the effects of E-learning? Let us find out! The Objective Of The Study A study was conducted primarily to […]