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CUSAT Kochi has introduced two tracks in BTech courses. Plus, it plans to launch new MSc, BSc-LLB and executive MBA programmes.
IIT Bombay, Guwahati, Mandi, Kharagpur, Madras, MNNIT Allahabad, PEC Chandigarh have all launched degree courses, many in AI-ML and data science.
AICTE has reinstated the 3-year flexible BTech in computer science, AI-ML, civil, mechanical, and electronics and electrical engineering.
Lucknow University is planning to launch online BCom and BBA and a distance education wing; Madras University grapples with a fund crunch.
In fourth year of NEP 2020, Rs 1,000 crore cut from minority scholarship funds, Rs 500 crore college scholarships; 40% cut in research.
Over 270 Kerala schools have set up weather stations to teach Classes 9-12 geography as a science, and to track local weather for forecasts.
The CBSE has encouraged teaching in the mother tongue. But most CBSE schools are private and loath to abandon their English-medium tags.