Surat student’s groundwater-prediction project wins vivo Ignite 2026; water, safety and assistive tech dominate the top 10
A Surat schoolboy’s machine-learning tool for estimating groundwater has won the fourth edition of vivo Ignite, the student innovation programme run by smartphone maker vivo[…]
Amity University Online offers study-abroad pathways through direct university partnerships
Amity University Online says it has partnered directly with international universities, without recruitment intermediaries, to give Indian students a route to study abroad. Students begin[…]
Aarthi Scans and Ashoka University’s Koita Centre to build an open-source chest X-ray AI model for India
Diagnostics chain Aarthi Scans & Labs and the Koita Centre for Digital Health (KCDH) at Ashoka University have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for[…]
Mumbai student Kanav Jain wins UN PLURAL+ award for short film on hate speech and AI
Kanav Jain, a Grade 11 student from Mumbai, has won the PLURAL+ 2026 International Jury Distinction Award in the 13–17 age category for his short[…]
Christie projectors power India’s linguistic heritage to life at Museum of Word
16 Christie laser projectors and 22 4K UHD LCD panels form the audiovisual backbone of the newly inaugurated Museum of Word at Kolkata’s National Library[…]
UNIVO Just Became the First Indian Edtech to Advertise on ChatGPT. Here’s Why That’s a Signal for the Entire AI Industry, From Google to Grok
New Delhi-based edtech player UNIVO Education has quietly become a bellwether. On September 7, the company announced it has begun running conversational AI advertising campaigns[…]
BM Ventures Backs Physics-Acceleration Startup BQP as It Moves From R&D to Production Deployments
BQP, a physics acceleration company, has received a strategic investment from IBM Ventures, IBM’s venture capital arm. The investment brings BQP’s total funding to $8[…]
Across India’s rural heartland, influencer didis are taking the reins of social progress
Deep-seated systemic issues such as rural inequality, poverty, and exclusion continue to shape the realities of rural India. Persistent challenges – agrarian distress, employment insecurity,[…]
MIT-WPU Hackathon Attracts 7,000+ Participants in India
MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU), Pune successfully hosted HackMITWPU 2025, a three-day hackathon that brought together over 7,000 participants, fostering a spirit of innovation, collaboration,[…]
Masters’ Union unveils #BuildNotMemorize; a bold campaign challenging India’s Rote Education Culture
Masters’ Union, the Gurgaon-based new age institution known for reshaping management education in India through its industry-driven, practitioner-led approach, has launched a bold new digital[…]
