The Education Universe

Uttar Pradesh : With the increasing role of technology in examinations during the pandemic, Government of Uttar Pradesh conducted online exams as a viable alternative to technical education institutes. Government of Uttar Pradesh has roped Wheebox, a Cloud-based Global Assessment Platform to digitize its entire examination process. A total of over 200 thousand students took exams from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), formerly Uttar Pradesh Technical University and approximately 300 thousand students appeared from The Board of Technical Education Uttar Pradesh (BTE) for the online exams. These AI-enabled remote proctored exams offered robustness, scalability, seamlessness, and anti-cheating prowess.  It also ensured credible and secured exams. Dedicated teams were deployed by the Universities and Technical Board along with Wheebox specialists for deployment, execution and monitoring, ensuring a secured exam. More than 3000 remote proctored were deployed across th...

Hausle ki Dagar: Stories of resilience and Leadership during the pandemic #Harkadambetikesang : Leadership ki Tarang 2021, a nationwide campaign on Girls' education Girls Education: Driving Leadership in the 21 st  Century Source - Newsvoir Delhi:Room to Read India  runs a nationwide campaign called  #Harkadambetikesang: Leadership ki Tarang 2021  -  An influential, two-week campaign in solidarity with girl students across the country and in light of the upcoming International Day of the Girl Child on 11 th  October '21. Phase I of the campaign was implemented in July earlier this year, and phase II began on 28 th  September '21 and will continue till 12 th  October '21 across 6 Indian States. A series of online and offline activities are implemented in Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, and Uttarakhand. Further, Room to Read India plans to do a Podcast Series called " Hausle Ki Dagar " narrating stories of girls and women who...

Delhi :  Marwadi University announced a partnership with online learning platform Coursera, To provide its students and faculty access to 4,500+ high-quality, job-relevant courses and 1,500+ Guided Projects to supplement on-campus learning.  The courses will help build critical skills for future jobs like AI and Machine Learning Specialists, Data Analysts, Strategic Advisors, Digital Transformation Specialists, Information Security Analysts, Big Data Specialists, and Digital Marketing and Strategy Specialists. Through Coursera for Campus, Marwadi University students and faculty will gain access to job-relevant courses across digital marketing, project management, cloud computing, data science, blockchain, computer science, and AI. The partnership will drive student employability, incorporating digital skills programs into the University curriculums. It will also help strengthen MU’s offering of UG, PG, diploma and professional programs across disciplines. “Higher educatio...

CHENNAI , : Indian Institute of Technology Madras Researchers have found that the waters of River Cauvery are polluted by a range of emerging contaminants that include pharmaceutically-active compounds, personal care products, plastics, flame retardants, heavy metals, and pesticides, among many others. Of these, pharmaceutical contamination is particularly serious in India, which is the second-largest pharmaceutical manufacturing country in the world. These drug compounds, when released even in minuscule amounts into water bodies, can harm human beings and the ecosystem in the long run. A team of researchers from IIT Madras led by Dr. Ligy Philip, Nita and KG Ganapathi Institute Chair Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, quantified the seasonal distribution of emerging contaminants and pollutants in the River Cauvery. Assessing the quality of the river water helps understand the factors that influence the distribution of contaminants and their impacts on the ecosyste...