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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) offers a number of courses that people can take. Now, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) under ISRO is inviting applications for a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Geospatial Applications for Disaster Risk Management.
In tandem with its Look East policy, India on Friday formally rolled out a research fellowship programme and welcomed students from 10 Asean countries to pursue doctoral studies at the 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
The ‘drag-and-drop’ of blocks or chunks of coding instructions makes it easier for children to learn the basics of programming flow and computational thought compared to traditional classroom teaching.
National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) under Govt. of India’s “Skill India” mission, has lined-up numbers of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)’s Integrated Skill Initiative programs for postgraduate un-employed youth, aside from programs for industry personnel and University/college faculties.
The policy is based on the recommendations by a committee under the chairmanship of Air Chief Marshal (retired) Fali H Major, a AAI Board member, which examined the existing flight training infrastructure and its problems. Indian aviation sector is projected to require over 9400 trained pilots over the next five years and nearly 30 per cent of aspiring pilots have to travel to foreign flight training schools and the courses are expensive as they have to pay in foreign currency.
Existing opportunities for meritorious girls to nurture their interest in Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) will be expanded and a learning platform scaled to make learning relevant and foster scientific spirit among the country’s youth in partnership with IBM.
Union Minister for Education Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ virtually inaugurated the newly constructed buildings of four KendriyaVidyalayas on Thursday through Video Conferencing. The four KV buildings inaugurated in three states are KV Nayagarh (Odisha), KV Mahuldiha, Rairangpur (Odisha), KV Hanumangarh (Rajasthan) and KV No. 3 Faridabad (Haryana).
A historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today between Indian Sign Language Research and Training Center-ISLRTC (a National Institute of DEPwD, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment) and NCERT (a National Institute of Ministry of Education) to make education materials accessible for Deaf children in their preferred format of communication viz Indian Sign Language.
National Fertilizers Limited, a PSU under the Department of Fertilizers, has tied up with Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Raghogarh (M.P. ) to train youth in various trades and to enhance the chances of their employability in heavy and process industry.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and NITI Aayog will organize a Mega Virtual Summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI), RAISE 2020- ‘Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020,’ from October 5-9, 2020. RAISE 2020 will be a global meeting of minds to exchange ideas and chart a course for using AI for social transformation, inclusion and empowerment in areas like Healthcare, Agriculture, Education and Smart Mobility, among other sectors.
