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SECTOR | 25 Aug 2025

Made-In-India Handheld Brain Injury Detection Scanner Boon For Rural Patients: Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

NDTV Profit

The handheld brain injury scanner is a new technology, developed in an IIT incubator with the Indian Council of Medical Research's support, said Dr Rajeev Bahl, DG, ICMR.

Education

SECTOR | 25 Aug 2025

Dharmendra Pradhan charts 25-yr roadmap for inclusive, research-driven IITs

Business Standard

The roadmap aims to ensure IITs lead India's scientific and societal progress by 2047, supporting PM Modi's vision of Samriddh, Viksit and Atmanirbhar Bharat

Education

SECTOR | 25 Aug 2025

IIT-Guwahati team moves the needle in oral insulin research

Business Line

Uses an ionic liquid as a smart carrier'. Approach can help patients transition from injections to oral pills

Education

SECTOR | 24 Aug 2025

Hyderabad rising in Biotech, Pharma, MedTech innovation: Revanth Reddy

Business Standard

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday said Hyderabad has risen from manufacturing to innovation in Biotech, Pharma and Medical Technology. Speaking at the Biodesign Innovation Summit held at AIG Hospital here, he assured end-to-end support for innovation in medical products using BioDesign, with the state government being a proactive partner, a release from CMO said. Reddy said Hyderabad has a synergy of excellent academic institutions, skill development and industry partnerships, and as a result has a great workforce. Advocating for indigenous innovation to solve India's medical needs, he said that innovators and researchers will have access to Telangana's historical medical data, while strictly following data privacy. "We will connect you to academic institutions, research, innovation bodies, the Young India Skills University and corporations," he said. "For many years, our best minds were solving problems of other countries. It is a good thing. Time has now come whe

Education

SECTOR | 24 Aug 2025

UGC bars distance, online courses in psychology, nutrition, healthcare

Business Standard

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed all higher education institutions to stop offering programmes in healthcare and allied disciplines, including psychology and nutrition through Open and Distance Learning or online mode from the 2025 academic session, according to officials. The ban applies to courses under the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) Act, 2021. These include psychology, microbiology, food and nutrition science, biotechnology, clinical nutrition and dietetics. "No higher educational institutions (HEIs) shall be permitted to offer any allied and healthcare programmes covered in NC??? Act, 2021, including psychology as specialisation under Open and Distance Learning and online mode, from the academic session July-August, 2025 and onwards. Any recognition already granted to HEIs for offering such programmes for the academic session July-August 2025 and onwards shall be withdrawn by the UGC," UGC secretary Manish Joshi said. "In

Education

SECTOR | 23 Aug 2025

IIT Bombay students chart Moon's chemistry using Chandrayaan-2 data

Business Line

It was part of ISRO's U R Rao Satellite Centre challenge given during the Inter-IIT Tech Meet, IIT Bombay said in a statement

Education

SECTOR | 21 Aug 2025

IIM-Ahmedabad tightens CAT entry bar for PGP 2026-28 admissions, know more

Business Standard

The Common Admission Test (CAT) cut-off scores for the 2025 exam have been raised significantly by IIM Ahmedabad, which has also redesigned its PGP (Post Graduate Programme) selection process

Education

SECTOR | 21 Aug 2025

Influx of outsiders from Myanmar 'real, ongoing': Ex-Manipur CM Biren Singh

Business Standard

Former Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh hailed the Assam Rifles for collecting biometrics of those who have been entering India illegally from Myanmar and said the influx of outsiders is "real and ongoing". His comment comes after Assam Rifles Director General Lt Gen Vikas Lakhera, while addressing a programme at Manipur University on Wednesday, said that from December 31, 2024, the paramilitary force had "mapped 42,000 people coming here". "It is equally reassuring that these individuals are being kept under close watch, accommodated only at secure locations, and monitored under strict authority," Singh said on X on Wednesday evening. He shared a video clip of the Assam Rifles DG addressing the programme. Quoting Lakhera that "around 42,000 outsiders entered Manipur since December 2024", the former CM said, "I thank Lt Gen Vikas Lakhera, AVSM, SM, DG Assam Rifles, for confirming that biometrics are being collected from illegal entrants crossing the Indo-Myanmar border." He al

Education

SECTOR | 20 Aug 2025

Parliament clears bill to set up India's 22nd IIM in Guwahati with 555 cr

Business Standard

The country's 22nd Indian Institute of Management (IIM) is set to be established in Guwahati with an investment of Rs 555 crore, as Parliament cleared a Bill in this regard on Wednesday, with Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan saying the new institution will start admitting students from the current academic year itself. The Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2025 was passed by the Rajya Sabha with a voice vote even as the Opposition staged a walkout soon after the bill was introduced. It was cleared by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The bill to set up an IIM in Guwahati will go for Presidential assent after its passage in both Houses of Parliament. Assam goes to the polls early next year. Introducing the bill in the Rajya Sabha, Pradhan said setting up of IIM-Guwahati, with a central outlay of Rs 555 crore, will contribute towards making India the third largest economy in the world. Later, replying to the discussion on the bill, Pradhan said this will be the 9t

Education

SECTOR | 19 Aug 2025

IIT-M, FedEx launch SMART centre for logistics solutions

Business Line

The SMART Centre will also aim to drive Pan-India impact through talent outreach, internships and research projects