Assignments. Pop quizzes. Student Club Activities – these are just a few engagements that are helping the 2022-23 batch of students at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) – a premier global management Institute – warm up to the academ
We have a stellar line-up of speakers, and as always, a great set of attendees for MediaNama’s discussion on “Regulating Non-Personal Data”, being held on February 18th, 2022. The Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill has recommended that non-personal data be included in the Data Protection Bill, and it be governed by […]
Virtual HR Conclave
The Institute of Management Studies (IMS) Noida organised a virtual conclave on the theme “Changing Dynamics and Sustainability in Disruptive Times”. The speakers were Dr. Kulneet Suri, Senior Director, IMS Noida; G. Sridhar GM-CSR NTPC; Aditya Pal Singh, Director, Talent Acquisition; Mahesh Munjal, CMD, Majestic Auto Limited; Abhay Kapoor, Senior HR Leader, Amazon, and Rajneesh Singh, Managing Partner, Simply HR Solution.
IIT-Roorkee holds virtual tech fest
The Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee hosted its annual tech festival Cognizance virtually this year in March. More than 5000 students from over 500 colleges across India participated. The festival was inaugurated by Prof. A.K. Chaturvedi, Director, IIT-Roorkee).
Rare diseases call for stepped-up R&D February 26, 2021, 11:25 PM IST
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The last day of February is observed as the day of rare diseases, a group of some 7,000 afflictions that mar the lives of some 300 million people around the world, or 4% of the population. There is no real estimate of rare disease patient numbers in India, since diagnosis is difficult and often absent, but there is no reason to believe that it would be lower than the global average, which itself is likely an undercount. The government has, for the first time, come out with a policy on rare diseases, a few of which can be cured while the rest call for management.