TNN | Updated: Apr 15, 2018, 23:48 IST Pune: An entrepreneurial lab for social innovation has been set up on Sunday at the International Centre of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU). It has received funding of Rs10 lakh from the European Union (EU) to start operations and is only the country’s fourth such lab to receive financialContinue reading

Prasad Joshi| TNN | Apr 16, 2018, 07:32 IST In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the state directorate of technical education (DTE) has formed a core advisory committee to bring in quality improvement in technical education offered across Maharashtra. The 19-member panel, which comprises industry captains, heads of reputed technical institutions and senior government officials among others, will serve as a consultant bodyContinue reading

Updated: Apr 12, 2018, 14:03 IST PUNE: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in collaboration with Bharati Vidyapeeth(Deemed to be University) College of Engineering has introduced a BTech programme from the 2018-19 academic year.  The programme aims at providing modern content in computer engineering, in line with the rapidly changing industry. “The company would introduce it as aContinue reading

Updated: Apr 11, 2018, 23:52 IST Pune: Savitribai Phule Pune University will mentor other universities in the state to fare better in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). Pune university was among the top 10 in the country. Governor C Vidyasagar Rao, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and vice-chancellors of all universities met in Mumbai recentlyContinue reading

Updated: Apr 12, 2018, 00:17 IST Pune: Joydip Das, a Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) student from Kolkata, has been awarded the institute’s Renu Saluja Scholarship for 2017 for topping the second-year course of the three-year editing programme at FTII. The award consists of a cash prize of Rs 90,000. FTII director Bhupendra Kainthola and KContinue reading

Updated: Apr 10, 2018 17:17 IST In its bid to foster the spirit of entrepreneurship, Mahratta Chambers of Commerce Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA) and Jnana Prabodhini Samshodhan Sanstha will be jointly conducting a psychometri8c test to assess the entrepreneurship aptitude and potential of budding entrepreneurs. The test will be called ‘The Beam Test’ and willContinue reading

Apr 11, 2018, 10:52 IST PUNE: More differently-abled children will soon be able to enrol in the special school run by the Khadki Cantonment Board (KCB). In the next four months, the school is set to get a new building, which will have capacity to house 50 children. At present, the school — Swabhiman Centre for SpecialContinue reading

Published: April 10, 2018 11:18:36 am As part of Department of Science and Technology’s latest initiative, 60 girl students of Class XI, especially from rural Maharashtra, will get training under leading women scientists in the country. The initiative, ‘Vigyan Jyoti’, is likely to be rolled out sometime in June. While the state has 14 centres inContinue reading