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HARYANA from alumni, industry and sorted out,” said the chief has advised students not
Ashoka students individual donors in the minister, who also holds to apply for admission
protest financial year 2023-24. the education portfolio, into any of the university’s
Sixteen alumni and 32 cor- addressing a media confer- programmes with effect
sonipat, may 6. Students porate partners donated ence. from May 30. “All degree
of Ashoka University Rs.1 crore and above. certification issued by SIU
(AU, estb.2014) — ranked “The funds received DELHI will not be recognised or
among India’s Top 3 will be used for technology Emmanuel’s new valid for the purpose of
private multidisciplinary research and development higher education or em-
universities in the EW as well as for deploying broom ployment,” said the public
India Higher Education technology already built new delhi, may 15. The notice.
Rankings 2024-25 — have by IIT-Madras, in various Council for Indian School
joined the global outcry parts of the country based Certificate Examinations ASSAM
against Israel’s war in on societal needs. In ad- (CISCE) has mandated Iris classroom debut
Gaza. In a letter, they have dition, it will also support compulsory 50 hours’
urged Vice Chancellor deserving students with training per year for all guwahati, may 31. Dressed
Somak Raychaudhury scholarships as well as the teachers of CISCE-affiliat- in a traditional mekhala
to end all academic and Sports Excellence Admis- ed schools. chador (traditional Assa-
research collaboration ties sion programme. Steep “Of the 50 hours, indi- mese attire), Assam’s first
with Tel Aviv University. academic growth needs vidual schools can arrange AI (Artificial Intelligence)
AU has research steep rise in funding,” said training for 25 hours with teacher christened Iris,
partnerships with Tel Aviv V. Kamakoti, director, the remaining 25 hours shook hands with students
University, ongoing faculty addressing a press confer- conducted by the council,” leaving them awestruck as
and student exchanges, ence. said Joseph Emmanuel, she also answered ques-
research collaboration, recently appointed chief tions at the city’s Royal
short-term and joint study TRIPURA executive and secretary of Global School — Assam’s
programmes. Vidyajyoti the council, addressing a top-ranked day-cum-
“As the Israeli mili- press conference. “CISCE boarding school in the EW
tary’s brutality persists... investigation will conduct the training in India School Rankings
students across univer- agartala, may 16. Chief online and offline modes 2023-24.
sities are now actively Minister Manik Saha said with teachers given the “The school plans to
calling on their institu- he will convene a meeting option to choose either. leverage the humanoid
tions to boycott Israeli with education ministry Teachers will be obliged to robot’s capabilities to
universities and exchange officials to investigate the pay a nominal charge for personalise learning and
programmes, to have open poor performance of state- attending the training on make education more
dialogue about the war on run Vidyajyoti Schools completion of which cer- engaging for students in
Gaza. The spirit and the in CBSE’s class X and tificates will be awarded,” the northeast region,” said
results of ongoing protests XII school-leaving board he added. a school spokesperson,
in universities in the form exams. addressing a press confer-
of encampments — em- In 2019, 125 state MANIPUR ence
barked on by students of board-affiliated schools De-recognised Equipped with voice-
Columbia University — are were renamed Vidyajyoti control, Iris responds to
live examples,” said the Schools and affiliated with university students’ queries with
letter. the Delhi-based CBSE imphal, may 30. UGC has detailed explanations.
. board to provide “better removed the private free- The robot was developed
TAMIL NADU education” to students. of-charge Sangai Inter- in collaboration with
IIT-M’s record fund This year, 61 percent of national University (SIU, Makerlabs Edutech
under its Atal Tinkering
students cleared the CBSE
estb.2015) from its list of
raise class X examination while authorised universities for Lab (ATL) programme
chennai, may 8. For the sec- 59 percent cleared the failing to provide neces- initiated by NITI Aayog,
ond year consecutively, the class XII exam. sary documents during the Central government’s
premier Indian Institute of “I will soon convene inspection. think tank.
Technology (IIT), Madras a meeting to check the In a public notice sent
raised record funding reason behind the poor to the state’s department Paromita Sengupta with bureau
aggregating Rs.513 crore results. Everything will be of higher education, UGC inputs

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