In its endeavor to groom more leaders within academicians, the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur is currently hosting the Leadership for Academicians Program (LEAP) in New Delhi this year. The two-week training program followed by a week-long training at Oxford University, the UK for 30 potential academic administrators, began on 19th February 2021 and will […]
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Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal attended the meeting of the executive committee of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) yesterday, February 25, and announced that students of classes 6 to 12 will be given free textbooks under some new policies. In yesterday’s meeting, the NVS discussed several issues and policies regarding education in this samitis. Apart from […]
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The fees for MTech courses in IITs will most likely not be hiked this year as the committee headed by the union education minister decided against it. The IIT council headed by Union Education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank is learned to have decided against giving nod to a proposal to hike fees for M Tech […]
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The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main) for admission to top engineering colleges in the country begins today, February 23, with unprecedented preparations, and will continue till February 26. The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main) for admission to top engineering colleges in the country begins today. Candidates aspiring to pursue BArch, planning programs will appear for […]
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Indian and foreign higher education institutions may soon be able to offer joint or dual degrees and twinning programs with the University Grants Commission (UGC) Finalising a draft for the regulations of these programs. However, a final decision in this regard will be taken following evaluation of feedback received on the draft, which has been […]
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With the help of Artificial intelligence (AI) a German-American team of scientists deciphered some of the more elusive instructions encoded in DNA. Their neural network trained on high-resolution maps of protein-DNA interactions uncovers subtle DNA sequence patterns throughout the genome, thus providing a deeper understanding of how these sequences are organized to regulate genes. Artificial […]
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Final year students of Banaras Hindu University will attend physical classes for the first time in months, as the university campus is set to reopen for them today, February 22.02.2021 BHU had previously said that classes will resume in hybrid – both online and offline – mode. Hostels for final-year students reopened on February 17. On the […]
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IIT Madras researchers are working on a revolutionary new idea that can pave the way to effective drugs for treating HIV/AIDS. Using molecular dynamics simulations, the research team has shown that introducing electrostatic interaction sites on potential drug molecules can enhance the efficacy of the antiviral drug against the HIV virus. This research was led […]
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The Education Department of Bihar has reopened the colleges and universities in the state from yesterday, February 17, for the resumption of physical classes after being shut down for 11 months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Bihar government has also issued a list of safety protocols to all the higher educational institutes for the […]
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Education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said that 50,000 international students have registered for the ‘Study in India’ scheme so far. This scheme aims to attract foreign students to Indian educational institutes. Speaking at the Assocham National Education Summit 2021, Nishank said that there is a high interest among international students to pursue higher education in […]