Punjab higher education students to get one-time internet allowance, announces CM Channi

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January 5, 2022

Chief Minister of Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi

Chandigarh, Punjab

The Punjab cabinet has decided to give Rs 2,000 as a one-time internet allowance to all students, studying in higher educational institutions. The move will help them to attend online classes in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases.

The decision will benefit about 8.67 lakh students. The Chief Minister of Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi informed about this decision post a meeting with the state cabinet.

Also read: Punjab govt orders reopening of Universities from Jan 21

According to officials, the move will target all the students from higher education institutions and the districts officials have already been asked to prepare a database with the college and university authorities to ensure that no beneficiary is left out.

UP Higher Education department bags two Awards for Digital Library & NOC Affiliation Portal

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January 4, 2022

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh’s Higher Education department has bagged two national level awards for its digital initiatives. The department got CSI SIG eGovernance awards 2021 in recognition of its commendable work in two projects – Digital Library Project and Online NOC and AFFILIATIONS System for opening the new college or Course. .

The awards will be conferred to the state government at CSI SIG eGovernance awards 2021 in MNNIT, Allahabad at Prayagraj on January 23. It may be recalled that the Yogi Adityanath led UP government, in pursuit of promoting digital education, had launched the Digital Library, where as many as 76,709 e-contents have been uploaded More accolades for UP government at national level.

Also read: Yogi government to start distributing free smartphones, tablets on Atal’s birth anniversary

The Yogi government, in pursuit of promoting digital education, had launched the Digital Library on which as many as 76,709 e-contents have so far been uploaded. The Digital Library has registered more than 7.07 lakh hits. Approximately 5500 contents are under scrutiny/ approval process at the moment, the Higher Education department sources said.

Meanwhile, the successfully designed NOC Affiliation Portal has so far approved 487 Undergraduate NOC, 431 Postgraduate NOC and 138 in Academic Session 2021-22.

Delhi govt orders schools to upload status of vaccinated students on Google Tracker daily

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January 4, 2022

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To keep a track of all vaccinated students, the Delhi government has asked all school principals to upload the status of vaccinated students on Google Tracker on a daily basis. The data should be updated by 4 p.m. everyday, the officials said.

It may be noted here that over 20,900 children between 15 to 18 received their first dose of vaccine, as the vaccination drive for the 15 to 18 age group began at 169 vaccination centres in Delhi on Monday.

Delhi reported 4,099 new Covid cases on Monday, 28 per cent more than Sunday, and 1 death as the positivity rate rose to 6.46 per cent, according to the official data of the Health Department.

Also read: Winter vacations to begin for Delhi govt school from January 1

According to the official order of the directorate of education, “Heads of Schools shall daily upload the status of vaccinated school students on Google Tracker by 4 pm without fail. Class teachers must ensure that parents are informed to take their children to the nearest vaccination site earmarked for vaccination of children between 15 to 18 years of age.

IIT Madras launches Masters programme on Electric Vehicles

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January 4, 2022

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

With electric vehicles being the buzz word, this is good news for those who want to learn more about them. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras will be launching a Master’s programme on electric vehicles.

This will be an interdisciplinary dual degree program and will be offered to Btech and Dual Degree students. Students can enrol to this programme from January 2022 during their third year of BTech and dual degree programmes. The initial seats in the course are expected to be around 25.

This will be beneficial for students who are looking for job opportunities in the EV product development industry. These include EV integration, vehicle aggregate engineering, communication and calibration, verification and validation, and product and portfolio planning.

Officials at IIT Madras feel that this course will not only create newer opportunities and also give a skilled workforce for the Electric Vehicle industry.

BMC orders closure of schools for offline classes

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January 3, 2022

With the increase in the number of Covid 19 cases, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has ordered to stop the offline classes for students of class 1 to 9th and 11th as precautionary step. Online classes for these classes would however continue.

According to BMC, Mumbai alone recorded 8,063 Covid cases. Considering that the prevalence of the new variant Omicron is increasing in some countries of the world, including several states in India, classes 5th to 11th of all management and all mediums will be closed from 4th January to 31st January. However, online teaching will continue.

Dharmendra Pradhan launches 100 day reading campaign to promote reading

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January 3, 2022

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched the 100-day reading campaign ‘Padhe Bharat’ on Saturday. The campaign has been launched as a part of the implementation of National Education Policy (NEP), which promotes the concept of joyful learning for children and ensuring age appropriate books in local languages.

Launching the campaign, Pradhan underlined the importance of reading that children need to develop for their lifelong growth and learning. He emphasized that reading is the foundation of learning, and students should be motivated to read books to develop creativity, critical thinking, vocabulary and the ability to express themselves. “It helps children to relate to their surroundings and real life situations,” he added. He stressed on the need to create an enabling environment in which students read for pleasure and develop their skills through a process that is enjoyable and sustainable.

Pradhan also spoke about the five books that he has picked to begin reading. He encouraged everyone to adopt the habit of reading books and urged all to share what they are reading along with suggestions, the official release said.

Also read: Enormous scope to provide right skills and education to youth: Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

Padhe Bharat campaign will focus on children studying upto Class 8. The reading campaign will be organized for 100 days (14 weeks) starting from January 1, 2022, to April 10, 2022. The reading campaign aims at active participation of all stakeholders at the national and state level including children, teachers, parents, community, educational administrators etc. One activity per week per group has been designed under the campaign focusing on making reading enjoyable and building a lifelong association

The 100 days reading campaign will also focus on Indian languages including mother tongue, local and regional languages.

Uttarakhand CM launches Free mobile, tablet scheme for students

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January 3, 2022

The Uttarakhand Chief Minister Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami launched the Free Mobile and Tablet Distribution scheme on Saturday. He gave 100 mobiles and tablets to selected students at a small ceremony held at the Government Girl Inter College at Rajpur Road.

Under the scheme, over 2.65 lakh students of government degree colleges and class 10th and 12th students of various government run schools will be targeted under the scheme.

Speaking on the occasion, the CM said that an amount of Rs 12,000 is being provided to students through direct benefit transfer (DBT). So far, over 1.59 lakh students of classes 10th and 12th of government schools have been benefited. Amid the pandemic, school and college education is taking place online and the students who couldn’t afford a tablet, smartphone or a laptop are being given free mobiles and tablets to ensure that they don’t miss out on their classes.

Also read: Yogi government to start distributing free smartphones, tablets on Atal’s birth anniversary

Meanwhile, the state government has also facilitated 500 government schools with virtual classes, while 600 more schools will start virtual classes soon. The state government has kept a target of establishing 1418 smart classes at 709 government schools across the state by January 15.

GATE Admit Card 2022 to be released today

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January 3, 2022

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) admit card for the session 2022 exam would be released today on January 3, 2022. According to the official information from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-K), the exam would begin from February 5 2022. Candidates who are appearing for the exam can download their admit cards from the official website, iitkgp.ac.in.

Meanwhile the authorities have also instructed that the candidates should cross-check all details on the GATE admit card 2022 carefully. If they come across any problem, then they contact official authorities for the same and get it corrected in due time.

Haryana agriculture university bags top position for the second time in a row in Atal ranking

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December 30, 2021

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar has secured first place in the country in the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation and Achievements of Agricultural Universities. This ranking was released on Wednesday by the Ministry of Education, Government of India and All India Council for Technical Education.

HAU University Vice Chancellor Professor B.R. Kamboj congratulated the faculty and non-teaching staff and students of the University for this Achievement.

The Vice Chancellor said that the University is continuously progressing by fulfilling the criteria set by the State Government, Central Government and University Grants Commission. The Abic Centre established in the University is the first in North India and the second in India, which is promoting Innovation, Startups and Entrepreneurship. It is to be known that the Abic Centre has also recently been awarded with the Best Incubation Centre award in the country.

Also Read: Haryana Governor presses for NAAC accreditation for all universities in the state

The Atal Ranking Scheme was launched in the year 2018. In the last year 2020 also, the university had secured the first ranking but at that time only 674 educational institutions had applied. This time 1438 universities and institutes from across the country including all IITs, NITs, IIS etc participated. It has secured the fourth position in the country in the category of all universities of government and government aided universities.

The main objective of Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation and Achievements is to promote innovation in higher educational institutions. In this, educational institutions are ranked on the basis of several indicators. The University has to provide Intellectual Property Rights, Programmes and Activities for Innovation, Start-up and Entrepreneurship, Pre-incubation and Incubation infrastructure and facilities to support I&E and to support and promote I&E activities.

IIT Madras ranked most innovative educational institute in the Atal Innovation Rankings 2021

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December 29, 2021

IIT Madras ranked most innovative educational institute

The Union Ministry of Education’s innovation cell released the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2021 today. ARIIA 2021 classifies all the participating institutions into two major categories; technical and non-technical.

In the technical ranking, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has been recognized as the Most Innovative Educational Institute in India. This is the third time that IIT Madras has secured the first rank, while IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi secured the second and third ranks respectively. IIT Kanpur stood fourth, while IIT Roorkee stood fifth.

The ranking was announced today by the Union Minister of State for Education, Government of India, Subhas Sarkar virtually. Addressing the virtual ceremony, he urged the higher educational institutions to inculcate the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship among students and to prepare the faculty members as innovators, out-of-the-box thinkers, creative problem solvers, entrepreneurs & job creators.

For the first time, ARIIA had a category for non-technical higher educational institutions. The other five categories are — centrally-funded institutions, state-funded universities, state-funded autonomous institutions, private/deemed universities, and private institutions.

Here is the complete list of winning institutions :

Institute of National Importance, Central Universities & CFTIs

Rank 1: IIT-Madras

Rank 2: IIT-Bombay

Rank 3: IIT-Delhi

Rank 4: IIT, Kanpur

Rank 5: IIT-Roorkee

Rank 6: IISc

Rank 7: IIT-Hyderabad

Rank 8: IIT-Kharagpur

Rank 9: NIT-Calicut

Rank 10: Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology

In government and government-aided universities, the rank-holders were –

Rank 1: Panjab University

Rank 2: Delhi Technological University

Rank 3: Netaji Subhas University of Technology

Rank 4: Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University

Rank 5: Avinashilingam Institute For Home Science And Higher Education For Women

Rank 6: Institute of Chemical Technology

Rank 7: Gujarat Technological University

Govt. and Govt. Aided College/Institutes

Rank 1: College of Engineering Pune

Rank 2: PSG College of Technology

Rank 3: L. D. College of Engineering

Rank 4: Thiagarajar College of Engineering

Rank 5: Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute

Private or Self-Financed Universities

Rank 1: Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Khordha

Rank 2: Chitkara University

Rank 3: Lovely Professional University

Rank 4: S.R.M. Institute of Science And Technology

Rank 5: Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University

Private or Self-Financed College/Institutes

Rank 1: G H Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur

Rank 2: R.M.K. Engineering College

Rank 3: KIET Group of Institutions

Rank 4: Sri Krishna College of Engineering And Technology

Rank 5: Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology

Institute of National Importance, Central Universities & CFTIs (non-technical)

Rank 1: Indira Gandhi National Open University

Rank 2: Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode

General (Non-Technical): Top 5 Ranks

Rank 1: Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India

Rank 2: Sree Narayana College

Rank 3: Mahatma Gandhi University

Rank 4: PSG College of Arts And Science

Rank 5: Holy Cross College, Tiruchirappalli

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