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DELHI (CIIIT) on the Jammu tion in academic publica- Ltd. These companies have
National Teachers and Baramullah campuses tions and development of initiated similar projects

Awards 2020 of the Government curricula. in 16 states including
Polytechnic College, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra
new delhi, september 5. Srinagar. These centres UTTAR PRADESH Pradesh and Maharashtra,
At a specially organised are scheduled to become Greenfield forensics earlier.
virtual ceremony to mark operational in November. “Ninety percent of a
Teachers’ Day (September “The centres are being university child’s brain is developed
5), President Ram Nath built at a cost of Rs.360 lucknow, september 13. A in the first six years. The
Kovind conferred the Na- crore with the objective of greenfield Uttar Pradesh plan to have state-of-the-
tional Teachers Awards to bringing quality improve- Police and Forensic art lessons, technology-
47 selected teachers from ment in technical educa- Sciences University sited enabled classrooms will
around the country for tion to facilitate creation at Piparsand village on the help our anganwadi
their unique contribution of a ready pool of skilled periphery of Lucknow, has children to be ready for the
towards developing teach- manpower and increase been sanctioned by the first grade of mainstream
ing innovations to enrich employment opportunities state government. A sum schools,” said state health
the lives of their students. in the region,” said a gov- of Rs.20 crore has been minister Vishwajit Rane,
To select India’s ernment official, address- budgeted for construction speaking on the occasion.
best teachers, the ing the media. of the university, said The educational
Union ministry of additional chief secretary software is written in
education invited ANDHRA PRADESH Awanish Awasthi in a the native Konkani and
nominations including SRM-Northeastern media interaction. English languages and
self-nominations, from The objective of the uni- smart TVs and tablets
teachers on an online concordat versity, which will be built will be available in all
portal. First-level scrutiny amaravati, september 11. on a 3.16-acre campus, classrooms, added Rane.
was done by a district The Amaravati-based is to provide education,
selection committee (DSC) SRM University signed training and research in MADHYA PRADESH
chaired by the district a partnership agreement forensic sciences to police IIT-Indore KV launch
education officer. Based with Northeastern officers and the ranks in
on prescribed criteria, University, Boston (USA), Uttar Pradesh. Assistance indore, september 8. A new
DSC shortlisted three for advancement of is being provided by the Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV)
names per district which education and research. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam K-12 school will be set up
were forwarded to state “Northeastern Univer- Technical University, Luc- within the campus of the
selection committees. sity is among the world’s know, to get the project off premier Indian Institute of
Subsequently, final most respected universi- the ground. Technology-Indore, taking
round nominees made ties and this collaboration “We have reached out the country’s count of KVs
presentations to a high- will provide an oppor- to the Gujarat Forensics to 1,242, Union education
powered jury through tunity for our students University as also to an minister Ramesh Pokhriyal
video conferencing. For to visit and learn at this institute in Israel for tech- announced on Twitter.
list of awardees, visit highly reputed American nical assistance,” added “I am very happy to
nationalawardstoteachers. university,” said vice chan- Awasthi. share that a new name is
mhrd.gov.in. cellor V.S. Rao, speaking going to be added to the
on the occasion. Collabo- GOA vast chain of Kendriya
JAMMU & KASHMIR ration between the two E-learning project Vidyalaya Sangathan. The
Tata Technologies universities will begin with orders are being issued
project initiatives of the computer panaji, september 14. An today to open a Central
science and mechanical
school within the IIT-In-
e-learning pilot project
srinagar, september 3. In engineering faculties, he is ready for launch dore campus. I believe this
collaboration with Tata added. in anganwadis and will be a unique combina-
Technologies Ltd, the This partnership agree- government pre-primaries tion of higher and school
Union territory authority ment will facilitate joint in the Sattari and Ponda education,” the minister
of Jammu and Kashmir is research programmes be- suburbs of Panaji with tweeted.
constructing two Centres tween faculty and scholars, the support of Siemens
for Invention, Innovation, joint teaching and cultural India and ConveGenius Paromita Sengupta with bureau
Incubation and Training activities and collabora- Education Solutions Pvt. inputs

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