By Archana Sharma, Jaipur : With a view to giving back to their home towns, young ex-IITians are returning to take a shot at creating jobs through their tech ventures in Rajasthan, particularly in the field of education. Many of these tech-savvy youngsters realised...
By Mohammed Shafeeq, Hyderabad : One of the five pillars of Islam, "zakat" is mandatory charity for every well-to-do Muslim. And Hyderabad Zakat and Charitable Trust (HZCT) has shown how this obligatory form of charity can be channelised to bring change in society...
Gandhinagar : Universities should give top priority to preparing students for employability, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Sunday, lauding Gujarat University for helping many new entrepreneurs through its programmes. Addressing the varsity's 66th convocation, he...
By Bappaditya Chatterjee, Kolkata : Against the backdrop of only half of the about Rs 8 lakh crore (over $125 billion) investments proposed in the past three editions of Bengal Global Business Summit reaching the "process" stage, the just concluded fourth edition has...
New Delhi : India and Israel on Monday pledged to fight terror as the two countries sought to broadbase their relationship on the silver jubilee of establishment of their diplomatic ties with Prime Minister Narendra Modi inviting Israeli companies to take advantage of...
Bengaluru : Microsoft Accelerator and Accenture Ventures on Friday announced a new ecosystem partnership to further strengthen the start-up ecosystem in India. The two companies will help growth-stage technology B2B start-ups specialising in Artificial Intelligence...
Las Vegas : Global 3D experience major Dassault Systemes on Tuesday announced a "Global Entrepreneur Programme" to accelerate the development of breakthrough innovations by startups, entrepreneurs and makers. The programme, which leverages Dassault Systèmes'...
Vijayawada : The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) will formally launch its Amaravati chapter and Angels Network on January 17 to help accelerate the growth of the start-up ecosystem in Andhra Pradesh. The launch will take place in the presence of entrepreneurs, mentors,...
By Nishant Arora, New Delhi : With digital transformation comes the daunting task of preparing a workforce for technologies like Big Data, Cloud, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) that can address the massive demand coming from governments and...
New Delhi : The Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved a new skill development scheme, covering the textile sector's entire value chain excluding spinning and weaving in the organised sector, from 2017-18 to 2019-20 at an outlay of Rs...