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Policy Indications

17-01-2022
Make Sure the Digital Technology Works...
The connected technologies of the Internet of Things (IoT) power the world we live in. IoT systems and devices are critical infrastructures—they provide a platform for social interaction, fuel the marketplace, enable the government, and control the home. Their increasing ubiquity and decision-making capabilities have profound implications for society. When humans are empowered by technology and technology learns from experience, a new kind of social contract is needed, one ...
Policy Indications
29-11-2021
Survey Finds that Digital Workspace be...
According to a new report from IT infrastructure provider, Softcat, the majority of education-related organizations are putting digital workspace improvements a...
03-11-2021
Prediction Techniques for Super-erupti...
Geologists from the UNIGE and Peking University have developed a technique that makes it possible to estimate the maximum size of a future super-eruption of Toba volcano in Sumatra. Geologists are interested in the Toba volcano because there is no historical record of human response to a super-eruption of the size that it produced in the past. Such an event would affect the global climate and pose numerous problems, particularly in terms of food supply, not to mention the mig...
Policy Indications
20-05-2021
Teacher Trainers Should be Qualified
In a significant judgment, the High Court of Kerala has held that an institution cannot be permitted to admit students and conduct B Ed courses with unqualified...
Policy Indications
23-04-2021
Professional College Fees Must be Non-...
In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court of India has finally put an end to the long-standing disputes involving the State, management and students regarding the...
Policy Indications
07-04-2021
Unlocking Research Enterprise
May it be a bold rhetoric! Can we build researchers and unlock the potential of research enterprise? The answer lies in the development of COVID-19 vaccines in ...
Policy Indications
02-04-2021
Stop Manual Scavenging
Kastoori - The Musk, is the story of Gopi, a 14-year-old boy, who has to engage in manual scavenging and post-mortem to afford his education. The Marathi film d...
24-03-2021
No to Drug Abuse in Educational Instit...
After the landmark judgement of Supreme Court in December 2016  (NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan led by Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi Vs Union Government) directing the Union Government to curb the menace of drug and alcohol abuse among children and formulate a national plan to tackle it, policy makers haven't  yet come to grips with the situation across India. In a recent judgment, a Division Bench of the High Court of Kerala issued comprehensive direction...
20-02-2021
Compensation for Illegal Denial of Adm...
In a recent decision, the Supreme Court of India has directed a private medical college to pay an amount of Rs. 10 lakh in compensation to a student for illegally denying her admission to a postgraduate course this academic year. The student contented that she had visited the Kamineni Academy of Medical Sciences and Research Center in Hyderabad with her father on July 29 and 30, but her admission process was not completed. On the other hand, the college denied that t...
20-01-2021
Universities Can Set Benchmarks Above ...
In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court has recently ruled that the All India Council of Technical Education cannot restrict Universities and State Governments for adopting higher norms for quality assurance in the technical education sector. The Supreme Court was disposing of a petition filed by APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University ( KTU ) which challenged an order of the High Court of Kerala. The Court held that affiliating universities and State governments co...
Policy Indications
30-03-2020
Lessons from the Spanish flu: Early re...
Stefan E. Pambuccian, MD, a Loyola Medicine cytologist, surgical pathologist and professor and vice chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine...
Policy Indications
28-03-2020
COVID-19: UNICEF continues to ship vit...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grow, UNICEF is procuring and shipping vital supplies, including desperately required personal protective equipment (PPE),...