Education - Current Affairs for November, 2016

With increased demand for learning Chinese language and culture, India’s first Confucius classroom is coming into shape in Kolkata in 2017.

Approved by the Chinese government, this will be the first Confucius classroom in India.

Chinese consulate is also organising an education exhibition in the city in which 30 leading Chinese universities are participating

Well known among them is the Tsinghua University ranked among the top 10 globally.

IIT Kharagpur has been ranked as the top institution in the nation by QS Employability Ranking.

IIT-Bombay also figured in the top 100 universities list in the world.

IIT Kharagpur has been ranked within a range of 71-80, the highest position out of 200 universities from across the globe.

IIT-Kharagpur awards degrees to 2500 students each year, maintaining a successful track record of placements for students from batches enrolling for campus placement.

IIT Bombay ranked next to IIT Kharagpur is the only institution from India along with this to be ranked in the top 100.

Other Indian institutions among the top 200 were IIT Madras, IIT Delhi and University of Delhi according to QS Employability Ranking survey.

Other top universities in the ranking included:

• University of Liverpool
• Georgetown University
• Lancaster University
• Pennsylvania State University
• Queensland University of Technology
• University of Illinois Chicago

President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee launched the National Student Startup Policy on Nov 16, 2016

• The policy formulated by AICTE aims to create 100,000 technology based student startups and millions of employment opportunities within the next decade
• The policy plans on attaining this through development of an ideal entrepreneurial ecosystem and promotion of inter-institutional partnerships among technical institutions
• The emphasis is on an appropriate startup policy to propel the young of India through the 21^st century
• Job creation figures of 1.35 lakh in 2015, the lowest in 7 years is sought to be combated with this policy
• The student startup policy of AICTE will also help students turned innovators and entrepreneurs to successfully harness the market.

Defence Research & Development Organisation has signed an MoU with IIT-Delhi for establishing a JATC or Joint Advanced Technology Centre w.e.f 4th Nov 2016.

• JATC will be located at the IIT-Delhi campus at the upcoming Science and Technology Park.
• The JATC will enable Directed, Basic and Applied Research and will engage with premier research institutes through multi-institutional collaboration.
• According to the MoU, DRDO will support JATC in equipping it with advanced and unique research facilities to transform the institution into a CoE.
• DRDO scientists and engineers will work with the academic research facility and scholars for scientific problems to find an innovative solution.