Published on: January 13, 2022
SNIPPETS – 13 JANUARY 2022
SNIPPETS – 13 JANUARY 2022
- Union Education Ministry launched the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar (SVP) 2021 – 2022. The awards help in recognizing, inspiring and awarding the schools, that have undertaken exemplary work pertaining to water, sanitation and hygiene and provide a benchmark and roadmap for schools for make further improvements in future
- Ministry of Education recently launched the National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) 3.0. Implemented by AICTE , it aims to Use Artificial Intelligence to make learning more personalized and customized as per the requirements of the learner.
- S Somanath appointed tenth chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation
- The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) under the aegis of Ministry of Corporate Affairs has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) to achieve the mandate of Investor Education, Awareness and Protection by utilizing the tele-lecturing facility of Gyan Darshan Channel.
- NIRAMAI Health AnalytixPvt. Ltd. and InnAccel Technologies Pvt. Ltd., two start-ups supported by DBT-BIRAC), have received the World Bank Group and the Consumer Technology Association’s Global Women’s Health Tech Awards, which recognises innovative startups that leverage tech to improve women’s health and safety in emerging markets.
- Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has signed a Joint Development Agreement with Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform to continue to develop the Kenya Transmission Project on a public-private partnership basis.