IIT-Bhubaneswar jumps to rank 20 in QS India University Rankings 2020

Bhubaneswar: Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) India University Rankings 2020 has released the first top 100 universities of India. IIT Bhubaneswar has been ranked at 20th position, improving from its previous position of 21st in 2019. This is the second time QS has published separate ranking for top institutions in India. The British higher education analysts QS has ranked the […]

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Odisha improved from 13th to 7th rank in NITI Aayog School Education Index

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has registered a significant improvement in NITI Aayog’s School Education Quality Index. From 13th in 2015-16 (Base), the State now stands at seventh in 2016-17 (Reference) among major States. Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy and School and Mass Education Secretary Chitra Armugam on Monday apprised Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on this achievement at the Lok […]

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Bhubaneswar girl to witness Chandrayaan -2 landing with PM Modi

Bhubaneswar: Landing of Chandrayaan -2 on the surface of the moon is getting close day by day, and Sharanya Nanda of DAV Chandrasekarpur here along with 59 other students are selected from all across India who will all witness the historic moment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ISRO had conducted a ‘Space Quiz’ for students. […]

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Pandit Raghunath Rath’s son donates 2,500 books to National Archives of India

Bhubaneswar: On the first death anniversary of eminent tribal scholar and Kui exponent, Pandit Raghunath Rath, his son handed over his precious and valuable collection of 2,500 books and journals to the National Archives of India’s Bhubaneswar Record Centre on Sunday here. The books were handed over to Dr T Hussain, Deputy Director of Archives […]

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7,258 students selected for KALIA Scholarship

Bhubaneswar: A total of 7,258 candidates out of 19,247 applicants have been selected for scholarships – KALIA Chhatra Brutti – announced by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in February this year. Students of at least 187 colleges had applied for the scholarship. The scheme aims to help children of KALIA beneficiaries pursue higher education professional and […]

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Top cop mantra for student leaders  

Bhubaneswar: Crime Branch CID IG Arun Bothra on Saturday called upon student leaders to maintain discipline and punctuality and understand responsibility to achieve the goal of the student community. Addressing students on the occasion of investiture ceremony of the newly selected student council of DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur here, Bothra advised the students to follow […]

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441 Govt schools without girls’ toilets in Odisha: Minister

Bhubaneswar: At least 441 Government schools in the State are without girls’ toilets as per 2017-2018 data, the Odisha Assembly was informed on Wednesday. As per the provision of the RTE Act, 2009 which inter alia states that every school building should have separate toilets for boys and girls in the country. Planning and Convergence, […]

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Cyber security the next gen IT hot cake for students: Expert

Bhubaneswar: With rising cases of data breaches and crisis due to cyber-attacks around the globe, cyber security is going to be the most demanding IT subject for students in near future, said cyber security expert Sruti Ranjan Sahoo. Sahoo, who owns Digital Talent, a Bhubaneswar-based institute for ethical hacking and cyber security, was speaking a […]

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IBDP students excel in KiiT International School

Bhubaneswar: KiiT International School students have once again excelled in IBDP examination with the highest score of 40 points awarded to Sweta Moda. The brilliant performance of the students with several students scoring the coveted seven points (highest score possible in a subject) in individual subjects and the also highest grade of A in the […]

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BJEM School honours meritorious students

Bhubaneswar: The Buxi Jagabandhu English Medium (BJEM) School on Friday organised a special felicitation ceremony to honour at least 143 students who secured ranks in their classes, got full marks in various subjects and scored above 90 per cent marks in the All India Secondary School Examination (AISSE-Class-X) and All India Senior School Certificate Examination […]

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