Yenepoya among world’s top 400 Varsities featured in the THE Global IMPACT Rankings from INDIA
The Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) from Mangalore, Karnataka is featured for the first time in the global Top 500 Times Higher Education (THE) Impact rankings from India.
Yenepoya is ranked within top 101-200th position globally for Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDG’s) SDG 3 (Good Health and Well Being); SDG 4 (Quality Education); and SDG 5 (Gender Equality) categories, and within Top 201-300th for SDGs 1 (No Poverty) and SDG 6 (Clean water and Sanitation), and is featured within top 301-400 under SDG 17 (Partnership for the Goals) and within top 301-400 in Overall category (65.5 points out of 100).
From India 26 Universities were featured in this year’s Global Impact Rankings.
The University secured shared 3rd place among Indian Universities that had made into the list of this year global rankings.
The Times Higher Education Impact rankings are the only global performance tables that assess University against the United Nations SDG’s. It has very finely calibrated indicators to provide comprehensive and balanced comparisons across three broad areas of research, outreach and stewardship among global Universities.
The University was mapped for the progress made against the United Nations SDG’s. This ranking provides an indication on how universities are putting their energies into combating gender inequality, tackling climate change, encouraging peaceful societies and putting measures in place to become more sustainable.
The United Nations SDG’s were established in 2015 in order to tackle some of the biggest global challenges by 2030. The goals focus on a number of issues including improving gender equality, tackling poverty, providing better healthcare, providing quality education for all and encouraging economic growth.
Based on all the 17 goals, the universities have to submit the data on how they were contributing to achieving these goals. With this ranking, the University is now entered the league of global pioneers – who have demonstrated commitment not just to supporting the Sustainable Development Goals through its teaching, research and knowledge transfer, but also to embodying the goals in its own institution’s internal practices, policies and procedures and providing verifiable evidence of activities. The University had provided evidence on how these goals were being incorporated into its governance, and how University was holding self accountability to make a real difference.
This THE Impact Rankings are particularly key in helping students find a university that champions the causes that they care about. These rankings move away from lauding universities only on research output and papers published, instead shine a light on those implementing tangible ways to make a difference in the world and to their students.
The Chancellor of the University, Mr. Yenepoya Abdulla Kunhi said we are delighted to be listed among the top global Universities in impact rankings and I dedicate this success to our stakeholders under the leadership of our Pro Chancellor Mr. Farhaad Yenepoya, Vice Chancellor Dr. M. Vijayakumar, and Dr. Arun Bhagwath, Deptuy Director, who have consistently put efforts towards achieving this feat. We will continue to strive hard to contribute towards providing solutions to complex global and local challenges through education, research and by creating leaders who can create a positive impact at their local and regional communities in line with the SDG of UN.
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Kerala becomes first state to mandate robotics education for all class 10 students
Thiruvananthapuram, May 18 (PTI): In a pioneering initiative, Kerala has emerged as the first state in the country to make robotics education mandatory for all 4.3 lakh students of class 10, starting from the upcoming academic year on June 2.
The integration of robotics into the tenth-grade ICT textbook, specifically the sixth chapter titled "The World of Robots" in the first volume, will empower students to explore fundamental robotics concepts through engaging activities, an official statement said on Sunday.
These include circuit construction, utilising sensors and actuators, and controlling electronic devices using computer programming, K Anvar Sadath, CEO of KITE and Chairman of the ICT Textbook Committee, said in a statement.
KITE is the technical arm of the General Education Department of the Kerala government.
It has already distributed 29,000 robotic kits to high schools across the state to ensure the effective implementation of this curriculum.
"This ambitious initiative builds upon Kerala's prior success in making Artificial Intelligence (AI) learning accessible to all seventh-grade students, another national first achieved in the previous academic year," Sadath said.
Demonstrating a continued commitment to future-ready skills, AI learning has now been incorporated into the ICT textbooks for grades 8, 9, and 10 as well.
The practical experience gained from the robotics curriculum piloted for Little KITEs (Kerala's IT club for students) has been instrumental in shaping this comprehensive rollout for all class 10 students, the statement further said.
The initial hands-on activity in the textbook challenges students to utilise components from the provided robotic kits – such as Arduino breadboards, IR sensors, servo motors, and jumper wires – to construct an automated sanitiser dispenser that activates upon detecting a hand, it said.
Progressing further, students will also delve into creating AI-powered smart home automation systems, including face-recognition-enabled smart doors.
To facilitate this, they will utilize the 'Face Detection Built-in Model' within the Pictoblocks software's programming IDE, leveraging webcams on laptops and Arduino kits supplied by KITE to program door-opening mechanisms.
KITE's innovative robotics learning approach is designed to equip students with the skills to address a wide range of practical problems through cutting-edge technologies.
KITE has already conducted the first phase of training on the new tenth-grade ICT textbook for 9,924 teachers.
Sadath said dedicated robotics training for teachers will be organised in July.
Furthermore, KITE will ensure the availability of additional robotic kits, extending support to unaided schools following the state syllabus that may require them.
The ICT textbook is being provided to all students in Malayalam, English, Tamil, and Kannada mediums, the official added in the statement.
