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IIT Madras, in collaboration with MNRE and ITEL Foundation, has announced a six-month residential Power Electronics Finishing School across IIT campuses. The programme will train BE/BTech graduates and early-career professionals in power electronics, system integration, and control systems through lectures and project-based learning. With a batch size of 10 per campus and a monthly stipend of Rs 10,000, the initiative includes industry support and placement opportunities in renewable energy and power systems sectors.

An iit kanpur graduate and former McKinsey consultant, Kanak Agrawal, has traded a high-powered corporate career for a life of peace and personal fulfillment. After co-founding a startup, she realized neither path felt truly hers.

At convocations across Rajasthan, the applause is increasingly for women—gold medals, top ranks and multiple awards now routinely go to girls. This public sweep reflects a quieter, 18-year transformation in higher education, driven by policy tweaks, expanding institutions and changing family choices. Enrolment has surged, parity has tipped, and campuses are being reshaped by women’s presence in classrooms, hostels and student leadership. Yet the shift is uneven: access still depends on distance, safety and district-level course options, and subject choices remain clustered in familiar streams

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered a four-member committee to investigate complaints regarding the quality and connectivity of smart meters. The committee, formed by UPPCL, will examine technical concerns and submit findings within 10 days. This action follows reports of grievances despite UPPCL claiming most of the 85 lakh installed meters are functioning correctly.

Bihar’s steadfast alcohol prohibition, maintained for ten years, has transformed public health outcomes despite financial setbacks. Medical professionals note a remarkable drop in liver disease cases and other ailments linked to alcohol consumption. Research indicates families are investing the money saved from not buying alcohol into nutritious foods, especially in urban regions.

The air quality crisis in Delhi is an ongoing battle, often leading to emergency protocols like the GRAP being activated as pollution levels soar. While these short-term fixes bring momentary relief, they overlook the fundamental problems. To forge a path toward long-lasting improvements, we must commit to a year-round strategy to curb emissions from vehicles, factories, and farming activities.

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Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited has halted smart meter replacements under the RDSS scheme following Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's directive. A four-member technical committee, including IIT professors, will investigate widespread complaints about meter quality and connectivity. Decisions on the smart meter rollout will await the committee's report, amidst ongoing consumer concerns about mandatory prepaid conversions.

Nitin Gupta, an IIT-JEE topper, diverged from a typical engineering path to explore the brain's mechanics. Now an Associate Professor at iit kanpur, he integrates neuroscience and computation to understand how sensory signals, like smell, translate into behaviour, with implications for both fundamental brain science and public health.

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