PM Modi to inaugurate 11 new medical colleges in Tamil Nadu

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January 10, 2022

New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating 11 new government medical colleges across Tamil Nadu and the new campus of Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Chennai virtually on Wednesday. This was stated in an official statement issued by the Prime Minister’s office.

The new medical colleges are being established with an estimate of about Rs 4,000 crore, which will be partially funded by the Union and the state government. Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate these new government medical colleges and the new campus of Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Chennai.

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The districts where these new medical colleges are being established are Virudhunagar, Namakkal, Nilgiris, Tiruppur, Thiruvallur, Nagapattinam, Dindigul, Kallakurichi, Ariyalur, Ramanathapuram and Krishnagiri. The new medical colleges, with a cumulative capacity of 1,450 seats, are being established under the centrally-sponsored scheme of ‘Establishing of New Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospital’. Under the scheme, medical colleges are established in districts, which do not have either a government or private medical college, the statement said.

The establishment of a new campus of Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT) in Chennai is in line with the prime minister’s vision to protect and preserve Indian heritage and promote classical languages, the PMO said. The new campus is fully funded by the Union government and is built at a cost of Rs 24 crore, it said.

Examinations of medical students conducted by Maharashtra University of Health Sciences postponed

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January 8, 2022

Nasik, Maharashtra

Considering the outbreak of Omicron virus, the examinations of medical students conducted by Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) have been postponed and the examinations of postgraduate students will now be held from 14th February 2022. These exams were to start from January 17, 2022. The examinations of all the faculties of the graduate courses will be held from 28th February, 2022, Which were earlier scheduled from January 31, 2022.

The decision has been taken keeping in view the need for medical services of medical teachers and students of affiliated colleges of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences in case of high prevalence of Omicron virus in the state.

The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh. The meeting was attended by the Vice Chancellor of the University, Lieutenant General (Retd.) Dr. Madhuri Kanitkar, Secretary Department of Medical Education,Saurabh Vijay, Commissioner of Medical Education,Virendra Singh, Director Dr. Dilip Mhaisekar, Joint Director Dr. Ajay Chandanwale, Registrar,Dr. Kalidas Chavan, Controller of Examinations Ajit Pathak and concerned officers.

Dr. N.T. Rao takes over as Vice Chancellor, Chandigarh University

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January 8, 2022

Chandigarh

Dr. NT Rao, Former Professor of NIT Kurukshetra has been recently appointed as Vice Chancellor of Chandigarh University. He takes over this responsibility after his stint at MIT World Peace University Pune.

Apart from his earlier stint as the Vice Chancellor, MIT World Peace University, Pune, Dr Rao has also been the Treasurer, ASCE North Zone India Section (2012-14). He has been the Member, Board of Studies, Transportation Engineering, NIT, Trichy (2014-16) and also a Traffic Enforcement Expert for Gazipur-Dhaka TOD Project in Bangladesh funded by the Asian Development Bank (2016-2017).

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Prof Amit Prashant Takes Over as Officiating Director of IIT Gandhinagar

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January 8, 2022

Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Prof Amit Prashant took charge as the officiating director of Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhi Nagar.

Prof Prashant is a professor of Civil Engineering at IITGN. He has been teaching in the institute since November 2010. Before this, he has been an assistant professor at IIT Kanpur.

IIMA honours five alumni with the Young Alumni Achiever’s Award

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January 8, 2022

Ahmedabad, Gujarat

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) announced the winners of the 7th edition of its Young Alumni Achiever’s Awards 2021 (YAAA 2021) recently. Initiated in 2015, these awards are given to its alumni under 45 in recognition of their outstanding achievements and contributions.

Announcing the winners, Professor Errol D’Souza, Director, IIMA, said, “Our alumni continue to make us proud with their accomplishments across diverse fields. The IIMA Young Alumni Achievers Awards have been instituted to acknowledge and reward their distinction and contributions in making an impact in their chosen careers. I congratulate the winners for 2021 with the confidence that more alumni will emulate their success in the years ahead and bring laurels to their alma mater.”

This year the winners are the following. For Corporate Leadership, Saurabh Sancheti, PGP – 2009 (Group CFO, Jio Platforms), Anant Daga, PGP – 2001 (Managing Director, TCNS Clothing Co). For entrepreneurship, Sandeep Kumar Gupta, PGP – 2011 (Co-Founder and COO, Innovaccer). For Social/Public Service, Kaushlendra, PGDABM – 2007 (Founder, Kaushalya Foundation & Samriddhii) and Dhaval Jain, PGP – 2012 (Officer, Indian Administrative Service, Government of India)

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“The Young Alumni Achiever’s Awards were instituted in 2015 at IIMA. Every year we have a difficult task of choosing the winners from this large pool of talented IIMA alumni. They continue to amaze us with their work, their ideas and the value add they make to their work and their respective organizations. We are proud of their accomplishments and hope that the current and future students will be inspired by their success,” said Professor Saral Mukherjee, Dean, Alumni and External Relations, IIMA.

The IIMA has a strong network of more than 40,000 alumni spread across the country and the world. Several of the alumni have made their mark in different fields and have earned accolades for their contributions in diverse fields and in turn strengthened the IIMA brand as a premier management institution. The IIMA alumni are engaged closely with their alma mater by participating and supporting several activities by giving their time, thought and resources.

Prof Sudhir K Jain takes charge as BHU V-C

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January 7, 2022

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Prof Sudhir K Jain has formally taken the charge as the Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of Banaras Hindu University (BHU). He was earlier the Director of IIT-Gandhinagar.

62-year-old Prof Sudhir K Jain is a civil engineer and he has completed three terms as the director at IIT- Gandhinagar. He is conducting intensive research and development in the areas of seismic design codes, dynamics of buildings and post- earthquake studies.

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KIET shines with A+ Grade in NAAC & 2nd Rank in ARIIA

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January 7, 2022

Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

KIET Group of Institutions has bagged the 2nd rank in the prestigious Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2021 released by the Ministry of Education, Government of India on 29th Dec’21. Not only this, KIET is now accredited with “A+” grade with a CGPA of 3.32 by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).

Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India, and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to systematically rank all major higher educational institutions in India on indicators related to Innovation, start-up, and Entrepreneurship Development amongst students and faculty. Dr. Subhas Sarkar announced ATAL ranking online and urged to create a culture of innovation & entrepreneurship and groom the faculty members as innovators, out-of-the-box thinkers, creative problem solvers, entrepreneurs and job creators.

On the other hand, The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), established to work towards periodic assessment and accreditation of institutions of higher education and also to stimulate the academic environment for the promotion of quality of teaching-learning and research in higher education institutions.

These two milestones are the outcomes of the KIET Group of Institutions’ persistent efforts in successfully creating an eco-system for teaching-learning, outcome-based education, innovation & entrepreneurship in the institute.

Speaking on these two achievements, The Director, KIET Group of Institutions, Dr (Col) A Garg remarks “It is the moment to be cherished and I heartily congratulate each & every stakeholder of the institute be it, students, faculty members staff members, Alumni and the others as without their direct or indirect contributions, it was not possible to earn such accolade”. He added, “I am proud to be leading such an organization where we work together to achieve such levels.”

On this occasion, Dr. Manoj Goel, Joint Director of the institution congratulated all members of the institution for their continuous & collaborative effort. He also appreciated the dedication and effort of the departments.

KIET Group of Institutions is one of the premier destinations for young minds, offering courses in Engineering, Management and Pharmacy. It continuously strives for the welfare of its students providing them with the best opportunities both on the national and international platforms.

Agra’s Ambedkar University approves 135 new vocational courses under NEP

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January 7, 2022

Agra, Uttar Pradesh

The Academic Council of Dr BR Ambedkar University, Agra, approved 135 new vocational courses under National Education Policy-2020 (NEP-2020). The decision was taken following a meeting of the council on Thursday.

The meeting of the Council was chaired by officiating vice-chancellor Prof Alok Kumar Rai. According to the official statement from the university, “135 vocational courses have been approved by the Academic Council, which also accepted the proposal to amend the title of some courses, as presented by the V-C. The council authorized the registrar of the university to amend titles of the courses and submit them to the executive council for approval.”

These new courses will be designed keeping in mind the NEP 2.0 and aiming at making students industry ready for better employment opportunities

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Delhi Teachers University Bill passed in Assembly

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January 6, 2022

Delhi

The Delhi Assembly cleared a Bill for setting up a world-class teachers’ training university, offering BA-BEd and BSc-BEd programmes.

The Delhi Teachers’ University Bill was introduced in the House on Monday by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday.

According to official information, the University will be spread over 12 acres of land in Bakkarwala village. It will have lecture halls, digital labs and a library with world-class facilities for 5000 students.

The university will offer teacher education programmes such as BA-BEd and BSc-BEd to create a new generation of teachers. Students of the university will collaborate with Delhi government schools for the duration of their courses and get hands-on experience with a focus on research.

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.

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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.

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