As many as 500 engineering students from the city were recently given training in eSkills Employability Enhancement Programme. eClerx — a global provider of critical business operations services to over 50 Fortune 500 companies — and NASSCOM Foundation, carried out the intensive training programme. The students were trained in industry aligned courses in Analytics andContinue reading
PUNE: The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) has awarded two first-year students the prestigious Inlaks India Foundation scholarship for the current academic year, which is worth Rs 1 lakh each. The students, Fareeda AM of the video editing department, and Samridhi Dutta, who studies acting, received the scholarship amount from the FTII director Bhupendra Kainthola on Monday, in the presenceContinue reading
Pune: The Pune Cantonment Board’s (PCB) Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial Technical School will offer five new vocational courses from the 2018-19 academic year. This was decided at the PCB’s general body meeting on Monday. The five new courses will be on motor vehicle mechanic, civil draftsman, mechanical draftsman, plumber and computer hardware streams. The stateContinue reading
Pune: Work on the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) lane and bus shelters has started on the old Pune-Mumbai highway from Range Hills chowk towards the College of Engineering Pune (CoEP) flyover. Four bus shelters are expected to come up on this stretch in addition to a dedicated BRTS lane in the middle of theContinue reading
PUNE: The government has set the ball rolling on the proposed 25km-long underground water tunnel from Khadakwasla dam to Phursungi, which could save near 2 TMC of water per annum. The new tunnel will be an alternative to the existing 34km long irrigation canal passing through the city, which carries water to the rural parts. The underground tunnel would helpContinue reading
PUNE: The public works department demanded Rs 151 crore from the state government in the supplementary budget ahead of the monsoon session of the assembly to complete the pending work at the new 11-storeyed facility of Sassoon General Hospital. The proposal to push for this amount was put forth by the public works department (PWD) atContinue reading
The Deccan College ground, Yerwada recently hosted one of the biggest world dance day event. The event was organised by Sanjay Sawant and Pune Dance Union and attended by thousands. Team Vajra’s performance won every one heart. The theme of the event was “Universal Benefits Of Dance” and it saw participants across Maharashtra Most of the groups performed on Bollywood dance numbers, some ofContinue reading
PIMPRI CHINCHWAD: The long-delayed Empire Estate flyover in Chinchwad may be opened to vehicular traffic in a week. Sharing this information with TOI, Vijay Bhojane, spokesperson, BRT cell, PCMC, said on Saturday that the construction work of the flyover has been completed and “it is expected to be thrown open to public in a week”. Read More at:Continue reading
PUNE: The district administration would execute 12 highway projects stretching over 800km and requiring nearly 1,500 hectares of land within the next three months. Pune district collector Naval Kishore Ram told TOI that several projects were pending for land acquisition and that the highway projects would be rolled out in the first phase. The district-wise progress of expansion (four-Continue reading
Pimpri Chinchwad: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) will construct a welfare centre for differently abled people. The PCMC’s additional commissioner Pravin Ashtikar said, “It is being constructed off the Pune-Mumbai highway in Morwadi area at the cost of Rs8 crore. The five storey building will be built on a 19,284 sq ft plot. ItContinue reading
