Multiple laurels for India at WorldSkills 2024, bag 16 medals and medallions of excellence
Indians have won four bronze medals besides 12 Medallions of Excellence at the WorldSkills 2024 in Lyon, France. The winners include Ashwitha Police (Patisserie and confectionery), Dhrumilkumar Dhirendrakumar Gandhi and…
IIT Madras partners with Ford to train the next generation of young drivers
Indian Institute of Technology Madras’ Center of Excellence for Road Safety (CoERS) is partnering with Ford to address the growing concern of road accidents involving young drivers. The initiative aims…
Montra Electric, EV brand from Murugappa Group to launch electric small commercial vehicles
Montra Electric, the EV brand of Murugappa Group plans to launch their electric small commercial vehicles (e-SCV) in the coming months. The launch of the e-SCV will signify the group’s…
IIT Madras partners with National Defence College to offer Executive MBA in ‘Strategic Leadership & Public Policy’
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is partnering with National Defence College (NDC), an apex inter-services training institute at New Delhi, to offer an Executive MBA Programme in ‘Strategic…
IIT Madras launches six new skill-based courses focussed on skilling
IIT Madras has launched six new, skill-based courses, all developed by experts from the institute, in partnership with IITM Pravartak Technologies during a national Workshop – ‘SkillScape 2024’ held in…
Central Consumer Protection Authority imposes penalty on Shankar IAS Academy for misleading advertisement
The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued an Order against Shankar IAS Academy for misleading advertisement regarding UPSC Civil Service Exam 2022. The CCPA has imposed penalty of ₹…
University of Southampton, UK, to establish campus in Delhi
In a major step towards realising the goals of internationalization as envisioned in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the ministry of Education had issued a Letter of Intent (LoI)…
New portal to make workplaces safer for women launched
The Ministry of Women and Child Development has launched the new SHe-Box portal, a centralized platform for registering and monitoring complaints of sexual harassment of women at the workplace at…
New smart sensor for adjusting drug dosage to manage Parkinson’s Disease
Scientists at the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST) have developed an affordable, user-friendly, portable smartphone-based fluorescence turn-on sensor system that can assist in managing Parkinson’s disease.…
IIT Madras hosts conference on Quantum Computing
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is hosting the International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement & Computing (QCMC 2024) from 26th to 30th August 2024. This is the 16th…