Dr Krishna Chivukula’s Rs 224 crore gift to IIT Madras sets new milestone after Indo-MIM IPO debut Success is often measured by the companies entrepreneurs build. But for IIT Madras alumnus Dr Krishna Chivukula, success has also meant giving back to the institution that helped shape his journey. More than five decades after graduating from…

IGNOU has introduced a one-year postgraduate route for students who have completed four-year undergraduate programmes, covering nine disciplines across arts, commerce and humanities. The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has announced one-year master’s programmes for graduates who have completed a four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP). Instead of spending another two years on a master’s degree,…

In a government school classroom in Dowleswaram, a physical science teacher noticed something in a Class 10 student that would eventually take her all the way to New Delhi, and possibly, one day, to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).That student is Kandula Jessie. She is 14 years old, the daughter of a carpenter, and…