Professor D.S. Rawat of the University of Delhi who did research on Parkinson’s disease has been elected as a Fellow of National Academy of Sciences. He is the third Professor from the Department of Chemistry, DU, to receive this honour in its 100 years of existence.
Month: December 2021
** Udupi: Bantakal Engineering students win prizes in National Level Event ‘IEEE- EUREKA 2021’
The students of Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management Bantakal have won first, second and third prize in ‘IEEE-EUREKA 2021’, a national level event organized by the IEEE Pune section.
Stream 1: ‘Technologies for Environment, Climate Change and Natural disasters’ Team: Aniketh Shenoy, Anjali Shet, M Sowmitha Pai, Vikram G Thunga. (First Prize)
Stream 2: ‘Technologies for Rural Development and Woman Welfare’ Team: S Sinchana, Shreya Nayak, Vaishak Prabhu, Vivek Shenoy. (First Prize)
Stream 3: ‘Technologies for Agriculture and Food Processing’ Team: Shriraksha, Ramya Deshpande, Shreya M Thantry, Rahamathunnisa. (Second Prize)
Stream 1: ‘Technologies for Environment, Climate Change and Natural disasters’ Team: Sarvesh S P, Varalakshmi, Varshini Acharya, Yashaswini R Amin.
** T Damu, former Tata Tea VP and doyen of PR sector, no more
Kerala
** India, Bangladesh to observe Maitri Divas on December 6
The two countries had decided during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh in March to commemorate December 6 as Maitri Divas as it was on this day in 1971 that India recognised the new country.
** Indian students win big at Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards, bag 177 prizes
A total of 150 students from India win across four categories – ‘Top in the World’, ‘Top in Country’, ‘High Achievement Award’ and ‘Best Across Subjects’
The Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards for 2020-21 have been announced and Indian students have scooped up 177 of them. The awards are a hallmark of exceptional student achievement in Cambridge exams around the world.
As many as 150 students from India have secured the honours this year, compared to 127 students during the 2019-20 awards.
** Gujarat displaces Maharashtra to become largest manufacturing hub in country
Maharashtra, however, continues to lead as the nation’s biggest services hub.
Gujarat has pipped Maharashtra to emerge the largest manufacturing hub in the country, with the former’s Gross Value Addition (GVA) in manufacturing growing 15.9 per cent annually on average between FY12 and FY20 to touch Rs 5.11 lakh crore, according to the data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Maharashtra’s annual growth rate during the period was 7.5 per cent per annum, taking the state’s total manufacturing GVA to Rs 4.34 lakh crore in FY20. It continues to lead as the nation’s biggest services hub.
** Kerala govt signs MoU with German employment agency for recruitment of nurses
More than 10,000 job opportunities are expected to come up for nurses in Germany in the post-Covid scenario, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.
** 7500 patents and counting… How Samsung’s Bangalore centre fires up innovation
Dr Aloknath De, CTO of the Samsung Research Institute Bangalore, tells indianexpress.com how the company’s dedicated research centres have seen a 100% growth over the past four years on patents.
Over 7500 patents globally and 3500 patents just in India. This is not the count of a global university with top of the line research facilities, but the Samsung Research Institute (SRI) in Bangalore, the Korean tech giant’s largest R&D centre outside Korea, which has been able to inculcate a culture of innovation among its engineers.
** Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict has impacted an unlikely group—hundreds of Indian professors
Indian educators have historically played an important role in Ethiopia, Robert Shetkintong, India’s Ambassador in Addis Ababa, told indianexpress.com.
** Vizag girl ranks 2nd in world U-10 chess ratings
Child prodigy from Vizag Alana Meenakshi became the world top 2 in Under 10 girls chess as per the FIDE ratings which were announced on Monday.