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Study on impact of unplanned development on Ecology of Central Western Ghats
An Indian Research team comprising of T V Ramachandra and S Bharath (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore); S Vinay and A. Shashishankar (Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, India) undertook a study to examine the possible impact of unplanned development on Ecology of Central Western Ghats. The study focussed on River Kali that originates in Uttara Kannada ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Environment • evergreen forests • Indian Institute of Science • Kaiga nuclear plant • Karnataka • River Kali • Western Ghats
Times Higher Education Emerging Economies University Rankings 2019
The London-based Times Higher Education (THE), a global organisation that produces data, analysis and expertise on higher education has released the Emerging Economies University Rankings 2019. The 2019 ranking comprises of 450 universities from 43 countries, across four continents. Performance Indicators The rankings use 13 performance indicators to provide comprehensive and balanced comparisons to reflect ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Amrita University • Banaras Hindu University • Emerging Economies University Rankings 2019 • IIT Hyderabad • IIT Indore • IIT Roorkee • Indian Institute of Science • Indian Institute of Science Education and Research • Indian Institute of Technology Bombay • JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research • Savitribai Phule Pune University • Times Higher Education
IISc Bengaluru India’s best institute
No Indian institution figures in the top 250 of the Times Higher Education’s (THE) world university rankings 2019. Though, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru has retained its position as the highest-ranked centre in India. It was placed between the 251-300 band, while IIT Indore, Bombay and Roorkee with Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeswara University ..
Topics: Districts of India • Indian Institute of Science • Indian Institutes of Technology • Indore • Kingdom of Mysore • Mimamsa-IISER • Ministry of Human Resource Development • Roorkee • States and union territories of India
The Union Government grants Institutions of Eminence (IoEs) status IIT-Bombay
The Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has granted “Institutions of Eminence” (IoEs) status to IIT-Delhi, IIT-Bombay and the Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in the public sector, and Manipal Academy of Higher Education, BITS Pilani and Jio Institute by Reliance Foundation in the private sector. The Jio Institute has been selected under the ..
Topics: Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani • Goa • India • Indian Institute of Science • Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi • Indian Institute of Technology Bombay • Indian Institute of Technology Goa • Jio • Mimamsa-IISER • Pilani • States and union territories of India • Universities and colleges in India
The new digital initiative of HRD Ministry ‘National Digital Library of India (NDLI)’ developed by IIT Kharagpur
The Union Human Resource Development Minister, Prakash Javadekar launched the new digital initiative of HRD Ministry ‘National Digital Library of India (NDLI)’on the occasion of National Reading Day (NRD) in New Delhi on June 19, 2018. It is a project of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) under the aegis of National Mission on ..
Topics: Government of India • Historiography of India • HRD • India • Indian Institute of Science • Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi • Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur • National Digital Library of India • Prakash Javadekar • States and union territories of India