CU of Winnipeg and LPU signed MoUs
Canada’s University of Winnipeg (UW) and Lovely Professional University (LPU) have signed varied Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) for semester exchange and subject articulation programmes, particularly in mathematics. Known for academic excellence, indigenous scholarship, environmental commitment, small class sizes and campus diversity; the roots of University of Winnipeg date back more than 145 years.
On behalf of the UW, its Interim President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr James Currie & Interim Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Dr Jan Stewart; and from LPU, its Registrar & Senior Dean, Dr Monica Gulati and LPU’s Vice President Mr Aman Mittal signed the MoUs.
While being adhered to Government of India’s National Education Policy (NEP)-2020, the target here is to internationalize education at LPU campus. In fact, internationalisation is a very important element in the growth and development of a university, as well as its contribution to the country. And, LPU is one of the leading universities of the country that has embraced internationalisation in both letter and spirit. Currently, an increasing number of LPU students are achieving success in their careers.
AI tools to study Production of Fuel from biomass
Indian Institute of Technology Madras Researchers are using Artificial Intelligence tools to study the processes involved in conversion of biomass to gaseous fuel. Gaining such understanding through hands-on experiments is time-consuming and expensive.
Computer simulations and modelling studies can provide quicker insights that can be used to build the processes and plants for biomass processing.
With increasing environmental concerns associated with petroleum-derived fuels, biomass is a practical solution, not in the conventional sense of directly burning wood, cow dung cakes, and coal, but as a source of energy-dense fuel.
Researchers all over the world are finding methods to extract fuel from biomass such as wood, grass, and even waste organic matter.
Explaining the importance of such studies, Dr Himanshu Goyal, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras, said, “Understanding the complex mechanisms involved in the conversion of raw biomass into fuel is important for designing the processes and optimizing reactors for the purpose.”
LPU’s MBA Programme ranked Number One in Punjab
Mittal School of Business (MSoB) at Lovely Professional University has been ranked number 1 in the Punjab State. The prestigious ranking is as per the Open-Kantar B-School survey, which has ranked premier institutes of management at private universities across India.
With overall 649.5 scores on various ranking parameters; LPU’s MSoB has excelled in the most of the listed top institutes of India and is also ranked among the top 6 in North India. LPU is also among the selected list of institutions that have featured in this ranking, which are not from the metro region. This clearly identifies the efforts being put by the faculty teaching MBA programmes, that these are tremendous one.
Musl organises a post Budget event
Mahindra University School of Law organised an analytical discussion on the Budget–2022 and highlighted the need for better strategy in spending the money rather than increased allocations. The Budget meet was attended by a large number of academicians, lawyers and scholars of Mahindra University. Speaking on Tax on digital assets, Professor Shruti Kakkar highlighted that taxation precedes policy in the category.
ITEC Programme for Candidates
Lovely Professional University (LPU) has commenced Ministry of External Affairs’ year-long ITEC (Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation) programmes on Digital & Social Media Marketing for Organisation Growth; and, Effective English Communication for Business & Office Purpose at its campus. 30 Afghan Military candidates, who are undergoing training at Indian Military Academy, are to learn on these two programs physically in two groups at the Campus.
ABWA’s Ultimate Math Championship
Aditya Birla World Academy (ABWA), India's leading International School, in association with BITS Pilani conducted Infinity 2022- The Ultimate Math Championship to foster the love for mathematics among young geniuses. The championship attracted 930 students from 123 schools across the regions, including 195 teams from the senior group (grades 9 and 10) and 109 teams from the advanced group (grades 11 and 12). Infinity 2022 saw a remarkable increase in participation from 567 to 930 students and 189 to 304 teams as compared to last year. Young talent from Dubai, Doha, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Bhutan, and India completed in Infinity 2022.
The championship was organised with an aim to enhance students' mathematical skills by providing them with a forum to compete against students from all around India and Asia. The preliminary event of Infinity was conducted on 8th January 2022.
The Guests of Honour for the championship were Dr James Tanton (Mathematician at Mathematical Association of America) & Dr Souvik Bhattacharyya (Vice-Chancellor, BITS Pilani).