Accenture has launched Accenture LearnVantage, a technology learning and training services for its clients. The company will invest $1 billion in Accenture LearnVantage over three years and has agreed to…
Academic leaders from 15 top US universities have visited Mahindra University and the Indian Institute of Hyderabad, exploring opportunities to collaborate in academics and research. “They were looking at integrating…
Anna University and Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchirapalli, have signed an MoU to establish an academic and research partnership between the two institutions. As per the MoU, a Ph.D Program…
A trio from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Hyderabad, won the 7th edition of the bl Boardroom Challenge. The all-girls team comprised Chinmaye Chorghe, Divya Kathotia and Fiza Setia. The…
The centre will focus on developing engineering and retail analytics solutions to empower MSMEs Global retail giant and the US-based Walmart Global Tech (WGT) has partnered with the Indian Institute…
The Bengaluru bench of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has asked embattled edtech major Byju’s to respond to insolvency petitions filed by US lenders and the Board of Control for…
The Bengaluru bench of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), in its order passed on February 27, has directed edtech major Byju’s that the proceeds from the rights issue is to…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced a Financial Literacy Ideathon for postgraduate students, currently enrolled in recognised educational institutions. The students are expected to come up with creative…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has renewed its look out notice against education portal Bjyu’s founder Byju Ravindran in a Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) case against his company, M/s Think…
The investors of Think & Learn, the parent company of Byju’s, who called for the extraordinary general meeting on Friday, allegedly faced disruptions when the virtual call commenced around 9…
Embattled edtech major Byju’s founder Byju Raveendran, and the company’s other board members co-founder Divya Gokulnath and Riju Ravindran will not attend the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) called by a…
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) recorded a doubling of patents granted during 2023 calendar year. From 156 patents granted during 2022, the number increased considerably to 300 during…
Embattled edtech major Byju’s rights issue to raise $200 million has been fully subscribed, Founder and CEO Byju Raveendran said in a shareholder letter. In a letter to shareholders, seen…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated three hostels at National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) to the nation on Tuesday. Three hostels, which were constructed with a Budget of over ₹130…
Samsung Semiconductor India Research (SSIR) launched its ‘Samsung Innovation Campus’ programme at the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) to upskill youth in future tech domains such as Artificial Intelligence and the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation five new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on February 25, 2024. The institutions, coming up at an estimated cost…
Foreign universities looking to set up campuses in India are like a “new fruit” in the market, and pose no threat to top-rung B-schools in India, including the Indian Institute…
Indian Institute of Technology Madras faculty Thalappil Pradeep has become the 23rd foreign member from India to be elected to the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE). He was elected…
Students studying in their mother tongue in the hinterland don’t get the same kind of access to digital resources that their peers in urban areas get to get their doubts…
IIT Madras, the Indian Maritime University, and the Dredging Corporation of India have joined hands to launch an MTech program in Dredging Engineering as there is a dire need for…
The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has released draft guidelines for prevention of misleading advertisements in the coaching sector for public consultation. Practices such as making false claims about success…
BITS Pilani has forayed into Design Education with the launch of BITS Design School. The future-focused design school is modelled on top global design institutes and is being set up…
Having intiated an inquiry into various complaints of leakage of question papers related to recruitment examinations conducted by Gujarat Subordinate Services Selection Board in the state, Gujarat Lokayukta in a…
The Indian School of Business (ISB) has been ranked as the “Top” Business School in India and the 31st globally, in the Financial Times (FT), Global MBA Ranking 2024, released…
United Breweries, Bluestone, Essar Group, and Adani Group made the highest number of offers in Cluster-2 of the Final Placement process for the PGP batch of 2024 held at the…
Representatives of the gaming sector, in a panel discussion at ‘Mangaluru Technovanza 3.0’ organised by the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM), have said that the educational institutions in the region…
Accenture Strategy emerged as the biggest recruiter among the 38 firms that participated in the first cluster of the final placement process for the postgraduate class of 2024 at the…
The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024 was introduced in Lok Sabha on February 5, 2024. The Bill seeks to prevent the use of unfair means in public…
The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) announced the launch of its new two-year Online MBA programme – a degree-granting post-graduate programme designed for working professionals and entrepreneurs on Friday.…
Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Saturday said technology has emerged as a “powerful force” for justice and it must be ensured technological solutions are designed keeping equity…
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) and IITM Research Park will be working with industries and research institutes on industrial R&D needs, skill development, creating incubators, testing/validation standards…
The government has approved setting up of 100 new Sainik Schools in partnership with NGOs, private schools, and states in a graded manner, starting from Class 6th onwards, to educate…
The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), specializing in journalism and mass communication courses, has been granted deemed-to-be-university status. This will enable IIMC to confer degrees, including doctoral degrees, replacing…
A group of investors of Byju’s, the edtech major are seeking to oust the top brass of the company led by Byju Raveendran, saying they are ‘deeply concerned’ about future…
Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), which is part of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), and DLabs Incubator Association at the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad have signed a…
Troubled edtech major Byju’s investors have expressed reservations over the company’s founder Byju Raveendran’s involvement in the day-to-day running of the company, according to sources. This comes at a time…
The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has reduced NEET postgraduate examination fees by ₹750. The new fees come into effect from January 1. The new fees will…
IIM Bangalore successfully completed summer internship placements of the largest-ever batch of 602 students in the Post Graduate Programme in Management and Post Graduate Programme in Business Analytics. During the…
Interval, an innovative educational technology (ed-tech) start-up from Kerala, has garnered international acclaim for its ground-breaking education approach. The start-up has achieved a remarkable feat by being selected as a…
Troubled edtech major Byju’s has kicked off a $200 million rights issue to raise funds from its existing investors, starting from January 29. The issue will be valid for for…
EdTech platform Infinity Learn reported a growth in its operational revenue for FY23, exceeding ₹100 crore, a significant increase from the ₹2.3 crore recorded in the previous year. The platform…
In line with several initiatives taken by the Centre to strengthen the cooperative movement, the National Centre for Cooperative Education (NCCE) has launched a training programme on the “Formation of…
The US Embassy said on Monday that it has issued a record number of visas to Indian students for this summer season. This comes at a time more Indian students…
August AI, developed by Bengaluru-based start-up Beyond, has cleared the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Post Graduation (NEET PG) and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Postgraduate (AIIMS PG) exams…
Edtech giant Byju’s Tuition Centre top executives have resigned as a part of this restructuring exercise. Asheesh Sharma, who was handling academics at Byju’s Tuition Centre, and Surendra Pandey, the…
Higher educational institutes (HEIs) in the country have agreed, in essence, to create an ‘Agri Consortium’ – a move initiated by IIM Kashipur. An in-principle framework in this regard was…
Embattled edtech major Byju’s has decided to rebrand its wholly-owned subsidiary, WhiteHat Jr, while integrating the coding company’s assets into other business verticals, including its holding entity, Think & Learn…
Charity, while well-intentioned, should aim for sustainable empowerment, not dependency, said social entrepreneur and Magsaysay Award winner Anshu Gupta, founder of Goonj. Gupta, who was the chief guest at Birla…
VJIM, Hyderabad teamed up with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand for a Student Mobility Programme which will begin on Oct 15, 2023. According to Srinivas Subbarao, Director, VJIM,…
The ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) will organise a five-day training course on Know Your Marine Biodiversity and Environment (MARBIE) for postgraduate students, researchers and academicians. The objective of…
Keeping in view the huge demand for civil engineers in Australia, La Trobe University (Australia) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Mahindra University, which is promoted by the well-diversified…
University Grants Commission (UGC) has recently issued guidelines for introducing short-term industry-relevant courses in the Higher Educational Institutes (HEI) to bridge the skill gap, Deepak Kumar Srivastava, Vice Chairman, has…
Canada has announced that it is imposing an immediate two-year cap on new international student visas to tackle a housing crisis and target institutional “bad actors”, a move that is…
IIM Kashipur will organise the seventh edition of ‘Uttishtha 2024’ on January 27-28. This ‘Agri Mela Start up Expo’ aims to unite agricultural start-ups, industry stakeholders, and investors to exchange…
There is a need for popularising Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) among students and encouraging collaboration among different stakeholders, according to experts. Many experts including Seeram Ramakrishna, Professor, FREng. Everest Chair,…
CA Institute, which is the world’s largest accounting body, has initiated an exercise to develop a ‘Vision 2049’ document to position itself as a globally recognised leader in the accounting…
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) on Saturday launched a School of Sustainability to teach new, interdisciplinary courses on sustainability. It will also provide a platform to host events…
The Indian School of Business (ISB) received re-accreditation from the Association of MBAs (AMBA), one of the world’s leading authorities in post-graduate business education. “…This re-accreditation is a testament to…
Byju’s lenders have appointed risk advisory firm Kroll to safeguard the charged assets of Great Learning Education Pte. Ltd. and Byju’s Pte. Ltd. The risk and financial advisory solutions provider…
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has pulled up the Tamil Nadu government’s Higher Education Department on “infructuous expenditure” on procurement of data SIM cards under the free distribution…
Some of Byju’s biggest investors have constituted a close group to engage with the company, track its progress, and provide suggestions, according to sources. These investors are some of the…
India’s top IT companies — bulk recruiters in engineering colleges — are likely to skip campus placements this year, which is worrying news for Tamil Nadu’s engineering colleges, especially tier-2…
Avanse Financial Services has signed a syndicated social-linked External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) facility of USD 145 million. The education-focused non-banking financial company, in a statement, said it will receive the…
The thrust on schooling in regional languages notwithstanding, nearly 25 per cent of rural youth in the age group of 14-18 cannot read a class 2 level text “fluently,” even…
Lakshmi Narayanan, former CEO and Vice-Chairman of Cognizant, and past Chairman of Nasscom, has been appointed Krea University’s Chancellor with effect from Monday. Prior to the appointment, Narayanan was already…
The International Fisheries Congress, spanning three days, has called for the setting up of Fisheries Council of India and the formulation of a National Fisheries Education Framework (NFEF). The NFEF…
IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation is partnering with start-ups for various initiatives in emerging technologies. The key aspects of this collaboration include industry-oriented skilling in niche technologies by start-ups and…
Hotmail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia’s ShowReel (Tiptop-ShowReel Private Limited) has collaborated with Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) to introduce an inquiry-based learning app to inspire the future generation of entrepreneurs. Also read:…
Nitya Doshi, an 18-year-old IBDP board student in a private school in Mumbai is in a fix. AI tools such as ChatGPT allows her to complete her school assignments with…
BITS School of Management, Mumbai (BITSoM), has appointed Saravanan Kesavan as its new Dean. With a tenure of 16 years at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill,…
Byju’s has appointed Nitin Golani as the new chief financial officer (CFO) of its India business. Golani will take up the new role alongside existing responsibilities at the group level…
BVR Subrahmanyam, CEO of NITI Aayog, emphasised that India needs to significantly ramp up its skilling initiatives to achieve its goal of evolving into a developed nation with a multi-trillion-dollar…
The Apollo Hospitals Group has signed an MoU with the University of Leicester. The MoU will strengthen existing links with the UK and sets out a mutual desire to promote…
Quess Corp Ltd’s shares were up 0.41 per cent after the company reported signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Gujarat Technical University (GTU), the state’s public…
BlackRock has yet again cut the value of its holding in Byju’s, slashing the implied valuation of the Indian education tech start-up to $1 billion from $22 billion mark set…
AI-first edtech company ConveGenius has raised $7 million (₹58 crore) as part of a growth financing round from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (MSDF). The round also saw participation…
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), a hot topic in the corporate world, is the most sought-after course in India on Coursera. The online course provider with 136 million registered learners saw…
Here’s a piece of good news for thousands of those who are pursuing the Company Secretary course, which recently underwent a revamp. The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI),…
The Manipal-based TA Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) has announced the appointment of Rajeev Kumra as its Director. He formally took charge on January 2. TAPMI is a constituent unit of…
A committee constituted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has recommended replacing “India” with “Bharat” in the school textbooks for all classes, and that “classical history”…
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)‘s Centre for Research on Start-ups and Risk Financing (CREST) have developed an ‘Intelligence Platform on Government Funding Schemes for Start-ups’.…
Indian innovators took the number of patents from around 4,000 in 2014 to almost 50,000 now, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Tuesday. Addressing the convocation ceremony of state-run…
Byju’s general counsel Roshan Thomas has resigned from the company after nearly 3 years adding to the spate of senior-level exits at the trouble edtech firm over the past few…
Harvard University on Wednesday sought to move beyond the firestorm brought on by the plagiarism allegations, congressional testimony and resignation of Claudine Gay, the school’s first Black president, as it…
Test preparation startup Unacademy said its losses narrowed to ₹1,678 crore in FY23 as compared to ₹1,678.15 crore for FY22, while revenue rose 26 per cent during the year to…
ArcelorMittal has established a partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), and is working closely with the institute’s Hyperloop Technology team, Avishkar Hyperloop, which is developing cost-effective…
Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned on Tuesday amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say unequivocally that calls on campus…
In 2023, the edtech sector has been a roller-coaster year due to funding decline as firms realised the need for strategic business improvements and prudent cost-cutting measures to tide over…
Nitte (a deemed-to-be university) will confer honorary doctorate on Shashikiran Shetty, Chairman and Founder of Allcargo Group, at its convocation in Mangaluru on November 4. MS Moodithaya, Vice-Chancellor of Nitte,…
Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), under the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), has been chosen by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) as one of the recipients of the ‘100…
Quest Alliance, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to equipping young individuals with 21st-century skills through technology, has helped lakhs of youngsters from marginalised communities to shape their careers. Its Futures Literacy…
Troubled edtech major Byju’s will close the sale of its US-based children’s digital reading platform Epic in the next 10 days for $400 million, according to sources. The edtech major…
The 100-year-old Hyderabad Public School, which has produced some of the world-class professionals in science, IT, medicine, and entertainment industries, has now drawn a ₹150-crore plan to become part of…
IIT Madras (IIT-M) on Monday formally inaugurated its Zanzibar (Africa) campus. The Zanzibar campus inauguration was officiated by His Excellency Hussein Ali Mwinyi, the President of Zanzibar and Chairman of…
TA Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Bengaluru, which is a constituent unit of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), will introduce MBA in ‘Technology Management’ in the academic year 2024. The…
Earlier in November, the Ministry of Education released its annual UDISE+ report for the academic year 2021-22. The report captures annual data about schools, noting how they progress. Going by…
The Indian Institute of Commerce Lakshya has chalked out expansion plans in India and overseas, with a target to enrol over a lakh students annually by 2027. Since its establishment…
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Wednesday partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology – Madras (IITM) and Anna University (AU), Chennai, for various initiatives, including courses to enhance the…
Anu Gopinath, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Aquatic Environment Management at Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, has been selected by the UGC to develop and…
Veranda Learning Solutions Ltd, the Chennai-based education company, reported significant reduction in net loss to ₹1.53 crore in the second quarter ended September 30, 2023 against a net loss of…
Manipal Group Chairman Ranjan Pai has invested ₹1,400 crore in edtech major Byju’s’ test-prep subsidiary Aakash Education Services Ltd (AESL), which will pave the way for the edtech major to…
The Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) has been certified as a Centre of Excellence for Life Sciences by the Life Sciences Sector Skill Development Council (LSSSDC), New Delhi. Nivedita…
International students from India to the US increased 35 per cent, reaching an all-time high of 2,68,923 in 2022/23. India has also surpassed China to become the largest host of…
Salesforce has joined hands with the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Academy and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to introduce the Educator’s Empowerment Program (EEP) on Salesforce…
Students looking to study abroad will have an opportunity to explore their options for studying in Sweden during the visit of a Swedish higher education and research delegation to India…
Over 6,600 working professionals received their degrees in 26 different programmes from BITS Pilani in a Convocation organised in the Metaverse on Sunday, while another 900 students received their degrees…
Edtech unicorn Byju’s has failed to pay the Provident Fund (PF) amount to its employees, yet again. Data from the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) shows that Think and Learn…
“I want to step out and work outside my hometown after I complete the training,” said 18-year-old Pushpita Patra. Patra, who is a resident of Pahadpur, Mayurbhanj in Odisha dropped…
Embattled edtech major Byju’s founder and chief executive, Byju Raveendran, has written a note to shareholders of the company informing them that the firm is fully compliant with Foreign Exchange…
Students who have pursued physics, chemistry, biology or biotechnology along with English even as an additional subject, after passing class 12 from duly recognised boards will be eligible to appear…
Ashoka University has entered into a partnership with Carl Zeiss India (ZEISS Group) to establish a ‘Core Imaging Facility’. Under this partnership, the company will provide the university with cutting-edge…
Edtech major BYJU’S has elevated Jiny Thattil as its Chief Technology Officer when the firm is battling troubles on various fronts. Thattil’s appointment came after the departure of Anil Goel,…
Prosus, the Dutch-listed arm of South African technology investor Naspers, has marked down the value of its stake in Byju’s, resulting in a company valuation of less than $3 billion.…
The recent regulatory support from the University Grants Commission for online degrees, establishing equivalence with offline degrees, adds a crucial layer of credibility to the sector, said Siddharth Banerjee, CEO,…
Edtech major Byju’s-owned Gradeup, exam preparation start-up, reported a net profit of ₹15.2 crore in the financial year 2022-23 (FY23) against a net loss of ₹133 crore in the previous…
The CA Institute, which is the world’s largest professional body of Chartered Accountants, has unveiled a new logo. The logo epitomises the institute’s connection to the India-first approach and as…
Creation of infrastructure for the second generation of IITs — which include the institutes in Gandhinagar, Bhubaneshwar, Mandi and Ropar — were initially constrained by land availability issues, reflecting “poor…
The Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIMU) has announced that it will set up the JM Financial Centre for Financial Research in collaboration with JM Financial. The Centre will provide…
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided not to assign overall divisions, distinctions, or aggregates to students taking the Class 10 and Class 12 exams in 2024. Candidates…
One of the biggest and challenging events in a typical middle class family’s lifecycle is sending their ward to a foreign university for higher studies. They move heaven and earth…
Every mother is proud when the child outshines the parent,” says Father KS Casimir, with a twinkle in his eye. The Director of XLRI Delhi NCR feels that the young…
Embattled edtech Byju’s may lay off nearly 40 per cent of the firm’s engineering team as a cost-saving measure amid battling troubles on various fronts. According to sources, the edtech…
Troubled edtech major Byju’s has called for an Annual General Meeting(AGM) on December 20 to discuss various matters, including approving FY22 financials. Meanwhile, according to Bloomberg, its founder, Byju Raveendran,…
Ed-tech firm Techmaghi made it to the India Book of Records by hosting the largest live online technical workshop that garnered 45,000 registrations, reiterating the company’s capacity to provide quality…
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is collaborating with FedEx Express (FedEx), a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and one of the world’s largest express transportation companies, to establish the…
Nergy India, India’s first Simulated Learning Technology (SL Tech) & Interactive Learning Technology (IL Tech) innovator in commerce learning, is to collaborate with Kerala University to offer three statutory e-filing…
Badruka Educational Society has set up the Badruka School of Management (BSM) in Hyderabad. The new school was formally launched here on Wednesday by the Hyderabad-based 73-year-old society. “With a…
There needs to be more efforts to allow corporates to start participating in education in a meaningful way, pointed out Ramkumar Ramamoorthy, former CMD, Cognizant India. “We have corporates participating…
In 2023, online education witnessed a 32 per cent surge in demand from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, projected to rise by another 20 per cent in 2024, as…
One of the oft-repeated complaints from employers today is that their new recruits are not even close to employment ready when they join them. Hence, in today’s job market, students…