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Nurturing the Dreams of Aspiring Photographers

For A Creatively Fulfilling Career As An Animator

Today when I look back, I believe it was sheer destiny.

Digital Learning Platforms Towards A Better India!

Education is changing! Though it is important to know how it is changing, it is more important to understand why it is changing. And from an Indian context – why it needs to change?

Is Our Higher Education Preparing The Youth For Tomorrow?

In less than two years, India with more than 60 percent of its population in the working age group is set to become the youngest country in the world.

Experiential Learning Beyond The Text Books And Classroom

“Why do we have to study all this?” Those who engage with school students would have been confronted with this question several times.

Heirloom Rices A Repertoire Of Genetic Wealth

With 3000 genomes of rice varieties now sequenced, plant breeders are identifying new genes for traits such as better grain quality, yield, nutrition and biotic and abiotic stress tolerance. Working with partners, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Centre of Excellence in Rice Value Addition (CERVA) at IRRISARC are prioritising this research.

Food System Transformation In India

From food deficit to self-sufficiency and then to surplus production, India is moving towards a ‘sustainable’ food system. Changing consumption patterns from cereal-based diets towards more nutrition-rich commodities and increased expenditure on non-food items are all fuelling the demand for services such as education, health and transport.

Poshan Abhiyaan For A Malnutrition Free India

To achieve malnutrition-free status, India’s development agenda needs to tackle its ‘double burden’ of malnutrition, under-nutrition and obesity at the same time. It is in this context that the POSHAN Abhiyaan provides an opportunity to counter malnutrition and usher in a new era in food and nutrition security.

Agriculture, Nutrition And Environment Nexus In South Asia

Food systems are at the nexus of food security, nutritional health, ecosystems, climate change, and prosperity. Agricultural policies have focused on increasing food production, but may have neglected the negative externalities on nutrition, natural capital, and biodiversity. A new paradigm on food system transformation is emerging using the concept of ‘planetary boundaries’ in defining the ‘safe operating space’ for stability of the earth system and human health.

Integrated System Packages For Deep Energy Retrofits In Commercial Buildings

This article presents opportunities and challenges for implementing deep energy retrofits in commercial buildings and describes research efforts to develop scalable energy efficiency packages.

Review Of France's Roadmap For Positive-Energy And Low-Carbon Buildings And Building Clusters

France's roadmap for positive-energy and low- carbon buildings and building clusters was prepared way back in 2010 based on a study undertaken by an expert group to align with the French energy legislation adopted in 2005, with a target to lower greenhouse gas emissions by threequarters by 2050 compared to 1990 (the so-called Factor 4 objective).

‘Mean' Green

If climate change commitments are taken seriously by world governments, their industries will follow suit and drive change from unsustainable practices to sustainable practices. The energy and environment management professionals whose professional and personal lives are so directly connected to this cause have a pivotal role to play in driving change at all levels.

An Eco-Conscious Guest House's Journey Towards Energy Sustainability

This article presents the efforts of a sea-front eco-conscious guest house in Puducherry in lowering its energy footprint without compromising the services provided to the guests.

IIM Graduates Debut With Degrees

Indian Institutes of Management that used to grant postgraduate diplomas are now granting degrees thanks to the IIM Act. What di­erence does it make to graduates?

How IIM Kozhikode Changed The Game

In 2012, it became the first IIM to take steps to have more women in its classes. Last year, it added 60 supernumerary seats for them. IIM Kozhikode director Debashis Chatterjee tells Careers360 why it makes “business sense” to have more women MBAs and why recruiters are showing greater interest in hiring them.

Levelling The Field

Over the past decade, IIMs have tweaked their admission policies to encourage more women to join. Their efforts are bearing fruit.

States Failing Children

Many states have decided to hold public exams and detain elementary school children.

From Jhola To Briefcase?

The introduction of engineering and management to JNU has been controversial. Their launch was hasty, interest in engineering is waning, and they can alter the campus culture shaped by students and staff over decades.

A NEET Scam

Experts suggest better use of technology and further centralisation of the exam’s management. Some want a reset to the old system of state exams.

Supreme Court says road traffic offences can be prosecuted under the Indian Penal Code also

Supreme Court has ruled that road traffic offences can be prosecuted under the Motor Vehicles Act as well as the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The apex court also set aside a Gauhati High Court order to prosecute offenders of road accidents under motor vehicle act only.

Reserve Bank of India anounces fifth straight cut in key rates

Reserve Bank of India announces fifth straight cut in key rates; Repo rate cut by 25 basis points, to 5.15 percent while Reverse Repo rate reduced to 4.90 percent; Revises GDP target for financial year 2019-20 to 6.1 percent.

Mithali Raj becomes 1st female player to complete 20 yrs in international cricket

India women's cricket captain Mithali Raj has became the first female player to last more than 20 years in international cricket.

Consequences of Strict Amendment to Statutes

The Constitution is the supreme law of the land.

SECTION 375

Marzi Ya Zabardasti?

National Register of Citizens

A Frankenstein Monster

India's Economic Slowdown

Why Should We Be Worried?

FICCI's '12th Global Skills Summit, 2019'

Brings alive the story of country's success in Worldskills Competition 2019

Mahatma Gandhi's Prescription Can Revive Indian Education

Gandhi implicitly understood that to attain his social reform objectives and abate Hindu-Muslim antagonism aroused by the Partition of the subcontinent on religious lines, education of the population was a necessary precondition. Therefore he expended long years in ideating and developing his prescription of basic education.

Higher Integration Of SPV Systems Issues And Challenges

Since Photovoltaic (PV) systems have variable power generation because of variable parameters, it would be more challenging to manage distributed voltage, increasing wear and tear in electromechanical utility equipment, and configure protection system with larger distributed generation PV (DGPV) systems. Deepak Kumar Yadav and Dr Brijesh Singh highlight some of the major issues and their impacts on integrating DGPV in this article.

James Dyson Award 2019 – India National Winners

Fleo - a stabilizing pen designed to help in writing and drawing for people with Parkinson's tremors, invented by Ashwathy Satheesan from National Institute of Design (Ahmedabad) adjudicated as National Winner from India