NIRF Rankings 2022 released: Miranda House declared India’s best college, IIT Madras best Institute

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The Union Minister of Education, Dharmendra Pradhan has released the National Institutional Framework (NIRF) Rankings 2022 today. IIT Madras has been adjudged the best institute in the overall category for the 2nd consecutive year. The list is available online at the official website – nirfindia.org.

NIRF RANKINGS PROCESS

The rankings take into account 5 major parameters on which institutions are judged and ranked accordingly. These parameters include Teaching, Learning and Resources, Research and Professional Practice, Graduation Outcomes, Outreach and Inclusivity and Perception (PR). NIRF India Ranking 2022 has been announced for 11 categories. These include overall, university, management, medical, pharmacy, engineering, architecture, law, college, research institute and ARIIA (Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements)

Top 3 Rankings: “Overall”

1. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras
2. Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
3. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay

Top 3 Rankings: “University”

1. Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
2. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi
3. Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Top 3 Rankings: “Engineering”

1. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras
2. IIT Delhi
3. IIT Bombay

Top 3 Rankings: “Medical”

1. AIIMS, Delhi
2. PGIMER, Chandigarh
3. Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore

Top 3 Rankings: “College category”

1. Miranda House, New Delhi
2. Hindu College, New Delhi
3. Presidency College, Chennai

Top Rankings: “Management”

1. IIM Ahmedabad
2. IIM Bangalore
3. IIM Calcutta

Top 3 Rankings: “Pharmacy”

1. Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi
2. National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad
3. Panjab University, Chandigarh

Top 3 Rankings: “Architecture”

1. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
2. National Institute of Technology, Calicut
3. Indian institute of Technology, kharagpur

Top 3 Rankings: “Research”

1. Indian Institute of Science
2. IIT Madras
3. IIT Bombay

Top 3 Rankings: “Law”

1. National Law School of India University
2. National Law University
3. Symbiosis Law School

The Ministry of Education has been bringing NIRF Rankings annually since 2016. The NIRF 2022 is the seventh edition of the rankings.

upGrad Rekrut acquires recruitment firm WOLVES India

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July 14, 2022

Ed-tech company upGrad’s subsidiary upGrad Rekrut has announced the acquisition of WOLVES India, a recruitment and staffing firm, for an undisclosed amount. Post the acquisition, WOLVES India will operate independently as a 100% subsidiary of upGrad Rekrut and strengthen its tech placement portfolio.

The Bengaluru-based seven-year-old WOLVES India specialises in placing high-quality tech talent across startups, along with mid and large-sized organisations in India and overseas. The company said, with 70 professionals, WOLVES has closed over 5000 placements in technology and product roles.

It also claims to have been addressing complex hiring challenges across the aero-space segment through its proprietary product – Quasara, thus helping global businesses to set up their offshore centres.

Commenting on the development, upGrad Co-founder & MD, Mayank Kumar said, “Our acquisitions reflect our commitment to drive career outcomes for our learners. While with upGrad Rekrut we saw our learners receiving record-breaking CTCs during FY22, the joining of WOLVES India will give us an edge in the tech ecosystem. It shall foster wider employment opportunities for our learners in the form of highly paid tech roles and enhanced career acceleration.”

upGrad, a leading ed-tech company of India, started in 2015. It is among the few ed-tech companies that have made technology-enabled education a reality.

Further, the company’s different upskilling and other courses spans college learner to the working professional from the age group of 18-50 years and across undergrad courses, campus & job linked programs, studying abroad, short form to executive programs to degrees, masters and doctoral. It has a learner base of more than 3 Mn across 100+ countries and over 300 university partners. Its clientele includes 1000 companies worldwide.

upGrad’s Global Learning Engine rests on four pillars – (a) its large repository of original & owned content and IP, (b) its own best-in-class proprietary tech platform, (c) its high-touch human-led delivery service backed by coaches & mentors, and (d) an 85% course completion track record, backed by a further 80% career outcomes guaranteed performance.

upGrad has offices in the UK, U.S., Middle East, India, Singapore & Vietnam, and with a presence in many more countries.

“We are thrilled to welcome Raghu and his team on board to partner with upGrad Rekrut to offer an enhanced placement portfolio, thus enabling upGrad learners with the Tech jobs of tomorrow. This aligns with our ambition of becoming the global talent superpower in the next few years,” said Ajay Shah, Managing Founder and Husain Tinwala, Co-founder of upGrad Rekrut.

upGrad said, WOLVES India will continue to operate independently under the leadership of its Founder and Director Raghu S.

He further added, “WOLVES’ passion lies in enabling the perfect matchmaking between corporations and the right set of talent through analytics, market research and innovative strategies. Therefore, I’m confident that WOLVES India will support upGrad to present world-class tech job opportunities to its learners and together with upGrad Rekrut create a market leader in Tech hiring.”

Students of Orchids – The International School adopt a Bengal Tiger

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July 14, 2022

Students of BTM Layout branch adopted an eight-year-old big cat to contribute towards “Project Tiger”

Students of Orchids – The International School (OIS), BTM Layout, Bangalore, one of the leading K12 chain of CBSE schools, have adopted an 8-year-old Bengal Tiger named Mithun, from the Bannerghatta Zoo, Bangalore to spread awareness regarding Tiger conservation in India. Orchids – The International school always encourages their students to become responsible citizens and make an impact on the environment.

The students at the school believe that the tiger is not only our national animal but a symbol of the ecosystem, and the tiger is the pride of our country and we must save tigers.

Feeling proud & overjoyed about this announcement, Ms. Manjula B, Principal of Orchids – The International School, BTM Layout branch said, “We are extremely ecstatic to share that our students took this novel initiative to support ‘Project Tiger ‘by adopting Mithun. Right from conceptualising to collecting funds, everything was done by our students. We supported them wholeheartedly. I hope we can take more such initiatives in the future and inspire other schools and branches to come forward and work towards wildlife conservation in the country and help in saving more such endangered animals.”

The officer in charge, Mr. Harish Deputy Director (DD) and Mr. Santhosh, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Bannerghatta Zoo were present at the occasion and appreciated the initiative taken by the students’.

Details of the adopted Tiger:

Name: Mithun

DOB: 3 Feb 2014(8 years)

Total Fund collected: INR 1,16,794/-

Total Number of Contributors: 2000 (approx)

Duration of collection: 2 weeks

Grade of the participating students: all grades

Branch of OIS school – BTM layout

India has 70 percent of the world’s tiger population. In 1973, the Government of India (GOI) declared the Tiger as India’s national animal. Hunting of Tigers in India was banned and strict punishments were announced against anybody defying the rules. GOI also set up a conservation scheme called Project Tiger. As per the 4th All India Tiger Estimation (AITE), there are 2967 tigers in India.

Uttarakhand becomes the first state to implement NEP model at the pre-primary level

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July 14, 2022

In a fresh development, Pushkar Singh Dhami, the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand has inaugurated ‘Bal Vatikas’, an initiative under the National Education Policy (NEP) at anganwadi kendras across the state. With this, Uttarakhand has become the first state to implement the National Education Policy in India. The state has initiated the process of implementing the said policy to beef up its pre-primary education system.

Reportedly, the ‘Bal Vatikas’ will be set up at 4,457 anganwadi kendras in the state and those will stand equal with the nursery classes of a private school.

Dhami, at the event, said the implementation of the NEP policy is a fresh start to a culture-conducive education system in the country where it will focus on the overall personality development of the student. He said, “The NEP will lay the foundation of a strong and bright future of youngsters.”

The CM also inaugurated an NCERT building there on the day, while ensuring that all such projects being inaugurated by him will get completed during his tenure only. “No project will be left hanging. We will ensure that every project whose foundation stone is being laid sees the light of day,” he said.

The CM also talked about the importance of starting the process of drafting a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), which he promised ahead of the state assembly polls held earlier this year.

“After giving a go-ahead to the proposal at our very first cabinet meeting, we have already constituted a committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai to prepare a draft of the UCC which will be implemented after taking all stakeholders into confidence,” Dhami said.

Further, the CM also said his government initiatives are aligned with the objective of making Uttarakhand a leading state by 2025. The year, when the state will be completing 25 years of its formation.

The Minister also said his department has taken the initiative of showcasing Uttarakhand as an example for other states. He said, all departments in the state have been instructed to make at least two outstanding achievements by that year–those can inspire other states to follow as well.

Present at the occasion, Dhan Singh Rawat, Education Minister, Uttarakhand spoke about how NEP replaces ‘English as the medium of instruction for higher education’ as an education policy in India (Macaulay system of education) which was followed in the country for decades.

“It offers children an opportunity to pursue choice-based education. They can now study the subjects of their choice in the language they are conversant with. By 2030, NEP will be fully implemented in Uttarakhand,” Rawat said.

Telangana Polytechnic Common Entrance Test 2022 results declared

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July 13, 2022

The Polycet Result 2022 for Telangana Polytechnic Common Entrance Test 2022 was announced today by the State Board of Technical Education and Training (SBTET), Telangana, Hyderabad.

Out of 1,13,979 candidates registered, 1,04,362 appeared for the examination of which 56,392 were boys, and 47,970 were girls. The qualified candidate ratio of boys and girls for Maths, Physics, and Chemistry (MPC) was 40,669 and 38,369 whereas, for Maths, Biology, Physics, Chemistry (MBiPC) was 40,097 and 39,020. The apt percentage for boys was 75.73% and for girls, it was 75.8%.

Also read: Telangana govt signs MoU with King’s College London for Pharma University

19,027 students from the SC category, while 9,738 students from the ST category appeared for the POLYCET-2022 and were allotted ranks based on their performance. The ranking has been assigned to the candidate on the basis of their total marks secured in POLYCET-2022 separately for MPC and MBiPC streams.

Students can view their rank cards of POLYCET-2022 on the following: http://polycet.sbtet.telangana.gov.in/

UGC asks universities to fix UG admission deadline after CBSE Class 12 result declaration

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July 13, 2022

The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Wednesday directed all higher educational institutions (HEIs) to fix the last date of undergraduate admission process after the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) declares Class 12 results, so that no student is deprived of admissions.

In a letter addressed to Vice-Chancellors, Principals and Directors, the higher education regulator said it will provide sufficient time to CBSE students, who are awaiting their result, for admission in undergraduate (UG) courses.

This comes after the CBSE approached the UGC on June 28 stating that the deadline for registration in undergraduate courses in some universities would end in the first week of July.

Also read: UGC permits 900 autonomous colleges to start online courses

“As you are aware, the CBSE conducted Board Examination in two terms i.e term-l and term-II to nullify the impact of COVID. The performance of term-l has already been communicated to the schools. The evaluation of term-II is going on and process of result preparation will start. The final result will be declared by combining the weight age based on the performance of both the terms. The entire process will take about a month period for the declaration of the result,” the UGC said in its latest notice.

The higher education regulator said it has come to the notice that some universities have started registration in undergraduate courses for the session (2022-2023).

In this scenario, the students from CBSE will be deprived of admission in the undergraduate courses if the last date is fixed by the universities prior to CBSE result declaration.

“It is therefore requested that all the higher educational institutions may fix the last date of their undergraduate admission process after declaration of result of class XII by CBSE so as to provide sufficient time to such students for admission in undergraduate courses,” the UGC added.

As per reports, CBSE is likely to declare term 2 and final results of Class 10 and Class 12 students by the last week of July.

Edtech unicorn Unacademy trims perks and salaries to focus on profitability

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July 13, 2022

Edtech unicorn Unacademy has recently decided to reduce benefits and salary to spur growth and profitability.

Unacademy is the next startup to take precautions against a funding winter by closing a worldwide business unit, reducing salaries for founders and top executives, and ending free meals and snacks.

According to regulatory documents, Unacademy has also expanded its employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) pool by 20%, bringing it from 238.7 Mn to 286 Mn options.

Gaurav Munjal, the company’s Founder, highlighted the lack of efficacy inside the organisation and the need to reduce costs in an internal email titled ‘Frugality’.

“Even though we have more than INR 2,800 Cr in the bank (as of this morning), we are not efficient at all. We spend crores on travel for employees and educators. Sometimes it’s needed, sometimes it’s not. There are a lot of unnecessary expenses that we do. We must cut all these expenses. We have a strong core business. We must turn profitable asap,” Munjal stated.

Munjal emphasised that the founders and the management had previously agreed to salary cuts and that they would close any vertical that did not achieve goals.

He further said that the decision to eliminate non-essential benefits and privileges, such as free lunches for workers and drivers for CXOs, was taken keeping in mind the company’s goal to get listed.

“We have to do an initial public offering (IPO) in the next two years. And, we have (to) turn cash flow positive. For that, we must embrace frugality as a core value,” Munjal commented.

According to reports, Munjal had sent a warning to workers, advising them to work under ‘constraints,’ fearing the possibility of a ‘funding winter’ in May.

“We are looking at a time where funding will dry up for at least 12-18 months. Some people are predicting that this might last 24 months,” Munjal stated on May 26.

In addition, the Founder stated that his company will not continue its association with the Indian Premier League (IPL) from 2023.

“The last three years with IPL were amazing. Our brand went to another level. I recommend all upcoming brands to partner with IPL. Our focus has changed. Hence the decision to not do IPL next year”, tweeted Munjal.

Reports state that the edtech company let go almost 600 workers in April, or about 10% of its staff. And in March, more than 100 members of the PrepLadder team were fired as part of the ‘restructuring’ of the Edtech unicorn.

Due to the relaxation of Covid-19 regulations and students’ return to traditional classroom settings, the edtech sector has slowed down after two years of hypergrowth.

Currently, Unacademy’s market worth is $3.44 Bn. The company has investors from throughout the world, including Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management, and SoftBank.

In June, Unacademy joined the offline learning space by opening two coaching centres in Kota. The move was a part of Unacademy’s bigger aspirations to build offline experience learning facilities for its user base in numerous locations across the nation.

In the following phase, Unacademy plans to open such institutions in Jaipur, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Patna, and Pune.

Edtech company Vidyakul raises funding led by JITO Angel Network

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Vernacular e-learning platform Vidyakul has raised INR 12 Cr led by JITO Angel Network.
Along with JITO, the investment round was joined by Nadathur Technologies, Indorama Capital Holdings, Tech Innovations, Veena Munganahalli (Angel investor), and We Founder Circle.

Cofounders Tarun Saini and Raman Garg’s research, which led to the creation of Vidyakul, a company based in Gurugram, revealed that state-board students were 10 times that of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) students.

However, they lag far behind in accessing quality education because of a lack of resources in their native languages and access to high-quality, reasonably priced EdTech offerings.
Vidyakul offers live lectures and pre-recorded courses (from Class 9th to 12th) in Hindi, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, and Hinglish for the state board students to learn better and succeed academically.

Tarun Saini, Founder of Vidyakul said, “We are building a platform, which is tailor-made to suit the needs of individual students, giving them a classroom-like experience. We are thankful to JITO Angel Network for its continued support to Vidyakul by not only investing in all rounds but also assisting in partnerships with various businesses committed to state board students.”

Also Read | Edtech company AntWalk raises $7.5 Mn in Series A funding

JITO Angel Network (JAN) uses the community platform of the Jain International Trade Organisation to invest in and encourage aspiring business founders.

The company is making use of its active angel network and incubator facilities to serve as a conduit between business owners and the sector. The series’ driving force was JITO Angel Network (JAN), and many investors joined after that.

According to the startup, this is the third time JITO Angel Investors have taken part in its investment round. “We are proud to associate with a company that aims to make education and access to learning universal in a diverse country like India. The goal ultimately is to support the education of minds who will form the bedrock of our country in the Asian century. Vidyakul, with its large content bank and regional focus, has our full confidence” stated Pooja Mehta, Chief Investment Officer of JITO Angel Network.

India’s EdTech market is expected to reach $4 Bn by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 39.77%, according to the India Brand Equity Foundation. Of this anticipated amount, $1.5 Bn will primarily go toward pre-preparatory and after-school foundations programmes and the K–12 market. The demand for courses from Tier-II and III cities will also play a significant part in this growth.

Also Read | Edtech startup Leap bags $75 Mn Series D funding to help more students achieve overseas education

JITO, on the other hand, has so far amassed a substantial portfolio of 65+ businesses, of which more than 30 have raised up rounds and follow-on rounds. Among the businesses in its portfolio are Blusmart, Homecapital, ChargeGrid, NewsReach, Leadstart, Tablt, KaahaniBox, Siply, Fello, among others.

UP: Government to upgrade ITIs with Rs 4,000 crores

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Aimed at improving learning in Government ITIs as well as their placement outcomes, the Uttar Pradesh government has announced to upgrade the ITIs at a cost of Rs 4,000 crores on Sunday.

While addressing a press meet organised at Lok Bhawan, Kapil Dev Agrawal, minister of state (independent charge) vocational education and skill development, said that, “Soon, we will enter into an agreement with a private organisation for technology upgradation of ITIs. In the first phase, 50 ITIs have been selected. The ITIs will be upgraded at a cost of Rs 4,000 crores.”

Additionally, centres will be started in secondary education schools to hone the employment skills of students along with imparting them education. For this, two colleges in every district and as many as 150 colleges across the state have been selected, he informed.

While listing the achievements of the department on completion of the first 100 days of the second tenure of Yogi Government, Agrawal said, “10 new ITIs have been established through the private sector. In these, the training of the candidates will start from August. The construction of 15 new Government ITIs has been completed, which will soon be inaugurated.”

Also Read | Uttar Pradesh government signs MoU to set up medical colleges in Sambhal, Maharajganj

Furthermore, he informed that, to ensure career opportunities and practical training for the youth, about 10 thousand youth have been linked with apprenticeships in a hundred days. Nearly 50,000 youth have been given employment against the target of 25,000 youth. Besides, we have also made changes to our course and have made it more suitable for our youth to fit into the industry.

He said that in the financial year 2022-23, we have identified 29 sectors, in which more than 2 lakh youth will be trained. In this, about 10,000 youth will be trained in aviation, and 33,021 youth in health, among others. “The government has planned to promote usage of drones in farming and agriculture, for this, we will also begin training for operation of drones which will help crop growers,” he concluded.

JEE Main Result 2022 expected to be released soon: Here’s how to check

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July 8, 2022

The National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to announce the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2022 results soon. NTA has already released the final answer key of JEE Main Paper 1 (BE/BTech). The results will be released for Session 1 of the JEE examination.

Steps to check the JEE Main Results 2022

Once the results are declared, the students can check their scores on the website of the NTA at www.jeemain.nta.nic.in. For accessing their mark sheets, students need to go to the official website and log in with the application number, roll number for the exams, and their personal details like date of birth.

Also read: JEE Main 2022: Final answer key out at jeemain.nta.nic.in, get direct link, steps to download

JEE Advance– next step for those who qualify JEE Main exam

Students who qualify the JEE Main exam will write the JEE advance or IIT JEE examination, which serves as a base for entrance tests to many top engineering colleges. Admission to all National Institutes of Technology (NITs), as well as Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), is done on the basis of JEE Main result.

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