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AI Alliance NCR: What is GoI’s AI Mission All About | Policies & Regulations that Govern AI in India

The Indian government has allocated a budget of Rs 10,400 crore for AI development under its flagship AI Mission Programme. At the AI Alliance NCR event, S Krishnan, the Secretary at the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, discusses the mission's vision. He also engages in a fireside chat with Moneycontrol's Chandra R Srikanth and Aihik Sur, highlighting India's initiatives in AI policy, chip manufacturing, and AI use cases.

IIM, IIT alumnus and Subhiksha promoter sentenced to 20 years for defrauding investors

The court has convicted Subramanian and his accomplices under the Tamil Nadu Protection of Interests of Depositors (in financial establishments) Act (TNPID Act).

Indian history: First foreign assistance to build IIT Bombay came in Russian rubles, via Unesco

In photos: A quick history of IIT Bombay, following National Engineer’s Day marked each year on September 15 in recognition of the contributions of Sir MV Visvesvaraya.

Bullish on India | Why more IIT and MBA grads are returning to work in India

India’s is certainly the most vibrant growth story today among all major economies, and is likely to stay so in the foreseeable future as consumption increases and more global capital flows in.

Delhi Metro partners with IIIT-Delhi to elevate passenger experience, drive technological innovation

Under the partnership, IIIT-Delhi supported by DMRC commenced the publication of transit data on the Open Transit Data platform. This publicly accessible information empowers developers and researchers to create applications and services that enhance transportation efficiency

Number of consumer cases disposed in 2022 exceeds total cases filed last year: Govt

Addressing a press conference on the eve of World Consumer Rights Day, Nidhi Khare, additional secretary, the Department of Consumer Affairs, said that the total number of pending cases across consumer commissions currently stands at around 5.4 lakh.

IIT-M student dies by suicide, second in a month

The 20-year-old student of the electrical engineering department, who hailed from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, was found hanging in his hostel room by his roommates,

'National-level conversations mask high degree of variation of growth and access at regional level'

Tata Trusts' Poornima Dore and IIT Bombay Economics Professor K. Narayanan on why businesses pick one region over another, and specialization vs diversification as growth strategy for a region.

India@75: It’s time to evaluate the IITs, one of independent India's proudest achievements

As India celebrates 75 years of independence, it’s also time to address two serious problems that the IIT system has been facing for many years now.

ABCD: IIT Delhi disrupts management education hierarchy in India; 6 IITs among top 20 B-Schools

Six IITs find a place among top 20 B-Schools in India. And it shows that older IITs are gradually becoming comprehensive beyond their repute as elite institutions in the technology and engineering space.

Greenko ties up with IIT Hyderabad to set up School of Sustainable Science, boost R&D in energy transition

The school will be advancing knowledge in thrust areas such as climate change mitigation, energy transition, circular and regenerative economy, zero carbon processes, industrial ecology and net zero clusters, the company said.

Remember that one great teacher...

Blessed are all of us who had at least one great teacher. For me, it has been the late Prof. G.S. Sanyal of the electronic engineering department of IIT Kharagpur and sociologist Saila K. Ghosh of IIM Calcutta.

Bits to Billions | Naveen Tewari's 15 year startup marathon: From IIT Kanpur to building two unicorns- InMobi & Glance

It's been quite a startup marathon for Naveen Tewari who grew up in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh in a family that was steeped in academia. While his father was a professor at IIT Kanpur, his grandmother was the first woman professor in the same institution. Tewari, himself a graduate of IIT Kanpur and Harvard Business School, had a professional stint at McKinsey before starting up. Naveen Tewari in fact is the founder of two unicorns- InMobi and Glance, a subsidiary of InMobi group that also owns the app Roposo. InMobi is the first unicorn to come out of India. In this episode of Bits to Billions, Tewari spoke to Moneycontrol's Chandra R Srikanth on why many Indian unicorns face an existential crisis, the funding winter, why back to office is crucial and the future of live commerce.

How education inflation can hurt your child’s future

The cost of education rises by a larger margin than what the published centralised inflation numbers tell you. What makes it worse are the many hidden charges that can push the education budget up further.

IIT Guwahati and Assam to set up medical college and research institute, cost Rs 546 crore

The 350 bedded medical college will come up inside the IIT Guwahati campus and act as an interface between doctors, researchers and technologists.

IIT Madras raises Rs 131 crore from alumni and corporates in FY22, up 30% YoY

Some of the older IITs including IIT-Madras are increasingly tapping alumni and corporates to contribute so that they can accelerate their growth, fulfil their desire to expand, pursue R&D activities, and rely less on annual government budegeratry grants.

73 of India’s 100 unicorns have at least one founder from IIT

A majority of India’s 100 unicorns, most of which were crowned unicorns only over the last two years, have founders with an IIT background.

Germ of an idea | How two friends stuck together through thick and thin to create Meesho, the unicorn

How Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal met, founded Meesho, and raised funds for an idea that had never been tested before.

35 Indian programs from several universities among top 100 ranks globally: QS World University Rankings by Subject

In Mineral and Mining Engineering, IIT Kharagpur has got a rank of 37, and IIT Bombay was placed at 39th globally, as per the QS Rankings.

Indigo co-founder Rakesh Gangwal donates Rs 100 crore to IIT Kanpur

Beyond the government funding, the IITs, especially the older ones, are increasingly looking at industry support, donations from past students and endowments to accelerate their growth and achieve desired expansion.

IIT Roorkee houses 57 species of birds, 140 species of trees and 91 varieties of herbs as it records campus biodiversity

From oriental garden lizard to Brook’s house gecko, from coppersmith barbet to jungle babblers, from elephant apples to tall sals, from blue Jacranda to three edged rudraksh, the IIT campus has it all.

Campus placement: ISB places outgoing batch at average salary of Rs 34 lakh, up 21%

In the finance space, Axis Bank, Credit Suisse, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, and Wells Fargo were among others who recruited from the B-School. ISB said of the total students, 39% are women graduates and they cumulatively received 41% of the total offers.

Budget 2022| Education outlay at a record Rs 1.04 lakh crore, up 12%

Budget 2022: The elite IITs have seen a fundig hike, the education regulators have got a marginal uptick in their fundings, and the flagship SSA scheme has received a quantum jump in allocation in Budget 2022-23.

MC Interview | Future of work is both a crisis and an opportunity, and the idea of a stable job no longer exists: Ravi Venkatesan

Professionals need to reinvest several times during a career and acquire 'meta skills' than just relying on their higher education degrees to stay relevant, he says