ANRF has selected 10 institutions, including IITs, NITs, and IIMs, to host Convergence Research Centres tackling archaeology, AI, rural development, digital humanities, and sustainable livelihoods through multidisciplinary collaboration.
The TEXMiN Foundation, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, and the University of Pretoria, South Africa, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to deepen Indo–South African collaboration in critical minerals, rare‑earth element processing, and sustainable mining innovation, with a focus on joint research, technology translation, and global energy‑transition priorities. Strengthening Indo–South Africa Critical Minerals Ties TEXMiN Foundation, IIT…
The Electronics & ICT Academy at IIT Roorkee has partnered with SkyySkill Academy to deliver industry‑aligned certification programmes in electric vehicle technology, equipping engineering graduates, diploma holders, and working professionals with practical, job‑ready skills for India’s fast‑growing EV sector.
Researchers at IIT‑Kanpur are analysing relaxed‑state alpha‑wave activity recorded via EEG to understand how stress alters attention, working memory, and decision‑making in the human brain, and to build non‑invasive, data‑driven stress‑modelling tools for affective computing and mental‑health applications.
IIM Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP), in collaboration with Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), has completed the second edition of its Startup Bootcamp under the DICV–IIMCIP Social Impact Incubation Program for Viksit Bharat
The Bombay High Court has refused to regularise a contractual legal officer at IIT Bombay who had served nearly a decade, ruling that converting his temporary role into permanent employment would amount to a “backdoor entry” in public service, as the post was never sanctioned or intended to be permanent. Court Rejects Demand for Regularisation…
A team of three fourth‑semester BTech students from NITK Surathkal’s Electronics and Communication Engineering department has won first place in the Bharat AI SoC Student Challenge for a touchless hand‑gesture media‑control system built on the NVIDIA Jetson Nano and deployed at ARM Labs, Bengaluru.
Hyundai Motor and Kia have expanded their domestic research footprint by signing agreements with four leading Indian engineering institutes – joining three earlier IIT partners – to jointly develop next‑generation EV batteries, electrification systems, and AI‑driven mobility solutions across India.
Researchers at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal, are building an indigenous high‑precision GPS system that locates objects within 5–7 inches, far surpassing standard GPS errors of 50–100 metres, and expects to file a patent once the prototype goes live.
IIM Ahmedabad, with NITI Aayog, Gates Foundation, and Gujarat government, hosts a workshop on SDG 5 to advance data‑driven, district‑level gender‑equality interventions.
