Nature Index

The Nature Research, a division of the popular Springer Nature recently released Nature Index. India secured 12th rank in the index. Highlights The countries that secured top 5 places in the index includes USA, China, Germany, UK and Japan. The top Indian Institutes that were rated high by the index include CSIR (Council of Scientific ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) • COVID-19 • IISc Bangalore • Jawaharlal Nehru University • Nature Index • Research and Development • Springer

President of India presents Visitor’s Awards 2019

The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind hosted a Conference of all Central Universities Vice-Chancellors, Directors of Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research and the Indian Institute of Science (IIS), Bengaluru on Tuesday, 17th December 2019 at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. The President of India presented the 5th Visitor’s Award during the inaugural ..

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News

Topics: Aligarh Muslim University • Bengaluru • Central Universities • Indian Institute of Science • Jawaharlal Nehru University • Pondicherry • President of India • Ram Nath Kovind • Tripura

JNU signs MoU with IIT Delhi for Research, Technology Development

The two premier institutions, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and IIT Delhi inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in research, education and technology developments in science and other disciplines. Key Highlights of MoU MoU Objective: To recognise each other’s strengths and co-operate in research, education and technology developments in disciplines of science, engineering, management ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: IIT Delhi • Jawaharlal Nehru University • Memorandum of understanding • Research • Technology development

Jawaharlal Nehru University inks an agreement with IIT-Delhi

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has inked an agreement with IIT-Delhi for cooperation in research, education and technology developments in science and other disciplines. This collaboration will also facilitate access to each other’s libraries and central research facilities to intensify joint research projects and other related academic activities.

Topics: Delhi • Education in Delhi • Education in India • Indian Institute of Technology Delhi • Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur • Indian Institutes of Technology • Jawaharlal Nehru University • JNU • Universities and colleges in India

Meeta Narain conferred with Pushkin Medal 2019

Prof. Meeta Narain of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has been conferred the prestigious ‘Pushkin Medal – 2019’ for her contribution to Russian studies abroad. Narain has contributed towards re-writing of Russian studies textbooks for graduate students after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Her work gave a contemporary flavour to the textbooks, which are now ..

Topics: Alexander Pushkin • Jawaharlal Nehru University • Philhellenes • Russian nobility • Russian writers