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SECTOR | 24 Sep 2025

Masai, IIM Trichy to launch AI-driven digital marketing, product management programs

Business Line

Fintech with AI programs are also planned soon

Education

SECTOR | 23 Sep 2025

Education ministry launches Viksit Bharat Buildathon for school ideas

Business Standard

The Education Ministry and Atal Innovation Mission launched Viksit Bharat Buildathon to mobilise over one crore students from 1.5 lakh schools for innovation and problem-solving

Education

SECTOR | 23 Sep 2025

IIT Madras start-up Wankel Energy raises $1 mn to expand clean energy tech

Business Line

Wankel Energy develops its patented Phoenix Expander' rotary devices, which recover lost potential energy from pressure-reducing valves and convert it into clean electricity

Education

SECTOR | 23 Sep 2025

Who Is Srini Gopalan? IIM Ahmedabad, DU Alumnus To Lead T-Mobile As New CEO

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Gopalan, currently T-Mobile's COO, brings vast global experience to the top role. He has held leadership roles at Bharti Airtel, Capital One and Vodafone.

Education

SECTOR | 22 Sep 2025

IIT Madras to undertake joint research with Caterpillar Inc as a Global University Partner

Business Line

The collaboration will involve research and development in the identified technology areas such as Advanced Manufacturing, AI and Data Science etc.

Education

SECTOR | 22 Sep 2025

Bullet was aimed at all of us, says Trump during Charlie Kirk's memorial

Business Standard

Trump called Tyler Robinson, who allegedly shot Kirk at Utah Valley University on September 10, a 'radicalised, cold-blooded monster'

Education

SECTOR | 21 Sep 2025

Centre not imposing any language on any State: Dharmendra Pradhan

Business Standard

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday said the Centre was not imposing any language on anybody. He termed those who claim that Centre imposes the three language policy on States as "politically motivated". "We are not imposing any language on anybody. For Class 1 and 2, there will be two language formula. One will be mother tongue. Here, it will be Tamil language. Government of India's condition is that you have to teach in Tamil in primary school. You can teach another language that is your choice," he said. Pradhan was speaking to reporters in the presence of professor V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, after taking part in the 'Think India Dakshinapatha Summit 2025'. Elaborating about the three language policy, he said from Class six to ten there is three language formula. "One language will be mother tongue. The rest two will be your choice. No language will be imposed by the Government of India on any State," he said. To a query on how the three language policy

Education

SECTOR | 20 Sep 2025

Trump admin threatens further sanctions on Harvard in escalating fight

Business Standard

The Trump administration escalated its fight with Harvard University on Friday, placing the Ivy League school under extra financial oversight and threatening sanctions if it does not provide additional data on its admissions practices. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the department was placing Harvard under heightened cash monitoring, forcing the school to use its own money to pay out financial aid for students and then seek reimbursement from the government. She also threatened further enforcement action if the school does not turn over records to prove it no longer is considering race in admissions. Harvard did not respond to a request for comment. The moves are part of the administration's crackdown on Harvard as President Donald Trump seeks to eradicate what he describes as liberal bias at colleges around the country. Since taking office, Trump has used the Education Department in unprecedented ways, cutting federal research grants for schools that do not accede to his .

19 sexual harassment cases reported in colleges, univ in Odisha: Minister

Business Standard | 19 Sep 2025

Education

SECTOR | 19 Sep 2025

BharatGen to build trillion-parameter LLM with 900 cr IndiaAI Mission

Business Standard

BharatGen, a government-backed consortium of IITs and IIIT Hyderabad, is developing a trillion-parameter LLM in 22 Indian languages under the IndiaAI Mission with Rs 900 crore funding

Education

SECTOR | 19 Sep 2025

CM Rekha Gupta hails DUSU poll winners, promises support from Delhi govt

Business Standard

With the RSS-affiliated ABVP bagging three posts in the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) elections, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday congratulated the poll winners, urging them to fulfil their responsibilities towards the university. "Heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to all young comrades on ABVP's splendid victory in the DUSU election. This victory is not just of an organisation, but of every youth who considers patriotism, discipline, service, and struggle as the guiding path of their life," Gupta said at the 'Vikshit Bharat Ke Rang, Kala Ke Sang' event. Reflecting on her own experience in student politics, she added, "I am proud that I, too, lived and learned these values as the president of the Delhi University Students' Union. This result shows that the youth of Delhi remain steadfast on the path of knowledge, humility and unity, a path that ABVP established decades ago." The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) bagged three posts in the high-stak