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SECTOR | 09 Jul 2025, 04:58PM

IIM Ahmedabad, Novo Nordisk India partner to boost obesity care ecosystem

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The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad on Wednesday said it has signed an agreement with Novo Nordisk India to strengthen the obesity care ecosystem in the country for five years till 2030. The memorandum of understanding, inked on Tuesday, aims to strengthen the healthcare ecosystem in India through a multi-dimensional approach focused on non-communicable diseases (NCDs), especially obesity, the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) said in a statement. "This collaboration with Novo Nordisk India brings together healthcare and public policy, two domains where data and research can enable lasting change. At IIMA, we aim to apply our academic rigour to generate actionable insights for policymakers, healthcare professionals, and communities tackling non-communicable diseases like obesity," IIM Ahmedabad Director Professor Bharat Bhasker said. As a part of this collaboration, Novo Nordisk India (NNIPL) and IIMA will co-develop and implement impactful programmes under ..

Education

SECTOR | 09 Jul 2025, 03:04PM

IIT Madras' Wadhwani School of Data Science & AI partners withLloyds Technology Centre for AI & ML research

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Engineers from Lloyds Technology Centre will be sponsored for advanced certified training programs during the term of the collaboration

Education

SECTOR | 09 Jul 2025, 11:39AM

Deep tech startup Green Aero bags $1.6 million in seed funding led by pi Ventures

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Incubated at IIT Delhi and founded in 2023 by Dr Prithwish Kundu, a former US Department of Energy scientist, Green Aero aims to make India self-reliant in clean aerospace propulsion

Education

SECTOR | 09 Jul 2025, 09:19AM

Farmers advancing towards mobile-based crop monitoring: Dharmendra Pradhan

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Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday said farmers in India are now moving towards mobile-based crop monitoring and gaining access to global markets with the help of technology. He said the government aims to transform farmers not just into producers but into entrepreneurs. Speaking at the inauguration of the Centre for Agricultural Technological Innovation at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology in Meerut, Pradhan said that farmers will soon be able to get information on their mobile phones about expected rainfall -- which crops to sow, and the demand for agricultural products in various markets. He said that an innovation hub has been established at the university in collaboration with IIT, Ropar and the Centre for Agricultural Skill Development will also be launched soon. Highlighting the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in agriculture, Pradhan said AI will guide farmers in identifying crop diseases and suggest possible...

PhysicsWallah, YCMOU join hands to offer credit-based online degrees

Business Standard | 08 Jul 2025, 09:07PM

Education

SECTOR | 08 Jul 2025, 06:06PM

Only 53% Class 6 students know tables up to 10: Education ministry survey

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Only 55 per cent of Class 3 students can arrange numbers up to 99 in ascending or descending order while only 53 per cent of them in Class 6 know tables up to 10, a Ministry of Education (MoE) survey has found. The Performance Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development (PARAKH) Rashtriya Sarvekshan, formerly known as the National Achievement Survey (NAS), was conducted on December 4 last year, covering 21,15,022 students from both government and private schools in Grades 3, 6 and 9, across 74,229 schools in 781 districts, spanning 36 states and Union Territories. The survey said 1,15,022 children from the three grades were assessed and 2,70,424 teachers and school leaders responded through questionnaires. According to the report, only 55 per cent of students in Class 3 can arrange numbers up to 99 in ascending or descending order while 58 per cent of the students can perform addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers. In Class 6, only 53 per cent of ..

Education

SECTOR | 08 Jul 2025, 02:13PM

TN govt, Hyundai and IIT Madras join hands on green hydrogen innovation

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This a collaborative effort of government, industry and academia on green hydrogen

IIT Madras to launch Rs 200 crore VC Fund, target next-gen unicorns

Business Standard | 07 Jul 2025

Education

SECTOR | 08 Jul 2025, 01:10PM

Delhi University UG admissions 2025: CSAS Phase 2 registrations begin today

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The CUET DU admission timetable 2025-2026 has been released on the official website at admission.uod.ac.in. The DU CSAS UG Phase 2 will begin today, July 08, 2025

Ajay Devgn moots film studio in Telangana; Kapil Dev backs state's sports initiatives

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SECTOR | 07 Jul 2025

Preamble of Constitution like parenthood, cannot be changed: V-P Dhankhar

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Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday said the Preamble of the Indian Constitution is like parenthood to children, and it cannot be changed, no matter how hard one may try. "There have been a lot of issues about the preamble to the Constitution. The Preamble of the Indian Constitution is something like parenthood to children. Howsoever you may try, you can't change your parenthood. That is not possible," he said. While interacting with students and faculty at the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi, he also said that, historically, no country's preamble has ever been changed, but lamented that the Preamble of the Indian Constitution was altered during the Emergency era. "The Preamble of our Constitution was changed during a time when hundreds and thousands of people were behind bars, the darkest period of our democracy--emergency era," he said. His statement comes against the backdrop of the RSS calling for a review of the words 'socialist' and 'secular

Education

SECTOR | 07 Jul 2025

Education Apr-Jun'25 Earnings Preview Operating performance remains muted

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Prabhudas Lilladhar

growth would stem from rising usage of second-hand books and falling realization in the domestic stationery market. On the operating performance front, DOMS IN is likely to witness 210bps compression in EBITDA margin due high-margin syndication revenue, while NELI IN's EBITDA margin is likely to witness a compression of 40bps. Among our coverage universe, DOMS IN...

Education

SECTOR | 06 Jul 2025

Backing innovators beyond the big cities

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Investing patient capital in smaller towns, IIM-B incubator sees potential for the next billion-dollar venture in them