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

Updated: Apr 5, 2018, 11:56 IST PUNE: Students from Orchid School emerged victorious, while two teams from Vidya Valley School won the second prize in the Worldwide Nasa Ames Space Settlementcontest 2018, a competition held by Nasa, National Space Society and the San Jose University. Nasa had received more than 2,500 entries for the competition from an estimatedContinue reading

Updated: Apr 2, 2018, 02.30 AM IST An English teacher from a remote village in Satara district will present his work — of successfully teaching English to rural students — at an international conference in Brighton UK. Balaji Jadhav, who teaches at a Zilla Parishad school in Pulkoti village, has been invited by International AssociationContinue reading

Mar 30, 2018, 11:01 IST PUNE: Somewhere in the city, a group of children are intrigued by the colour of different flowers, leaves, stones and other natural things they see every day while playing outside. Their curiosity takes them on a quest — to find where these colours come from. Elsewhere, another group of childrenContinue reading