-The Indian Express The four new universities/ institutes in the top 100 subject rankings are: IIT-Guwahati (for petroleum Engineering), Jawaharlal Nehru University (anthropology), Anna University (petroleum Engineering), and O P Jindal Global University (law). TWENTY-FIVE PROGRAMMES — mostly in Engineering — offered by higher education institutions in India rank among the top 100 in the world in their respective subject categories, according to the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings...
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1,200 faculty in rural Engineering colleges will lose jobs by month-end -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu “What is government talking about NEP when it cannot sustain gains of an existing project?” A World Bank funded project to take graduates from elite institutions to rural and remote Engineering colleges in poorer States is coming to an end in March, leaving more than 1,200 assistant professors out of a job and some rural colleges bereft of half their faculty. The Centre is preparing its own MERITE project with...
More »Doyen Woman Farmer: Centenarian pioneer woman farmer honored with Padma Shri -George Rajasekaran
-VillageSquare.in A hands-on farmer from a young age, unlettered Pappammal has been at equal ease in her farm and in scientific discussions, and a proponent of sustainable and modern farm practices. On January 26, media people descended on the idyllic village Thekkampatti located in the western periphery of Coimbatore district. They had come to interview 105-year-old Pappammal, Thekkampatti’s well-known woman farmer. Pappammal was one of the recipients of Padma Shri, the civilian award,...
More »Why We Already Know the Rishi Ganga Flood Was a ‘Sooner or Later’ Event -CP Rajendran
-TheWire.in There should be no doubt that the Chamoli disaster is a sign of our misguided developmental priorities and proves our inability to sustainably develop ecologically sensitive zones. In 2019, a petitioner from a village named Reni, in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, had filed a public interest petition at the Uttarakhand high court. Kundan Singh’s charge was that the Rishi Ganga Power Project, set up near the village in 2005, was resorting to environmentally...
More »Tamil Nadu govt announces free 2GB data per day to nearly 10 lakh students -Aparna Banerjea
-Livemint.com * Data cards will be given to them from January to April 2021 free of cost, state said * The scheme will benefit students enrolled in govt and government-aided arts and science colleges, polytechnic, Engineering colleges and scholarship-funded private colleges from January-April, 2021 In order to enable students to attend online classes, Tamil Nadu government on Sunday announced data scheme for nearly 10 lakh students in school and even colleges as well...
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