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The much-awaited Institution's Innovation Council (IIC) Regional Meet 2025, was proudly hosted by Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur, shining a brilliant light on the spirit of innovation, entrepreneurship, and the strong ‘Vocal for Local’ movement. The event brought together some of the brightest minds, innovative startups, and passionate local entrepreneurs on a single impactful platform, reinforcing the university’s commitment to fostering creativity, sustainability, and indigenous growth.

The day started with the motivational Product Demonstration & Exhibition of YUKTI innovations, where state-of-the-art products developed by budding startups and student innovators from VGU and other institutions were put on display. There were also meaningful displays of IIC posters presented by multiple participating institutions, highlighting the vast innovation ecosystem across the region.

It was the Swadesh Udyami-Bazaar-a marketplace that celebrated the resilience and strength of local entrepreneurs, one of the key highlights at the meet. This bazaar had been a live demonstration of Swadeshi Bodh, an initiative to promote indigenous products through championing the ‘Vocal for Local’ ethos, encouraging consumers and creators alike to centre local craftsmanship and entrepreneurship.

IIC-Regional Meet, Jaipur at VGU, was much more than an event; it was a proud celebration of India's innovation culture springing to life. The audience was captivated by creativity, sustainability, and entrepreneurship merged under one roof: ideas being pitched by student innovators, exhibiting novel technologies by exhibitors, and different products presented by local artisans.

Equipping the ecosystem with opportunities such as masterclasses by leading ecosystem enablers, mentorship sessions, and networking helped solidify the startup ecosystem and foster knowledge sharing among innovators. The event underlined the university’s vision to instill an entrepreneurial mindset and make valuable contributions toward the rise of India as an innovation hub.

Hosting the IIC Regional Meet Jaipur at VGU has once again marked VGU as a prominent hub for entrepreneurship and innovation in Rajasthan and validated its mission of empowering students and local enterprises in developing high-impact solutions with global relevance but deep local roots.

The Parul University has yet again proved its superiority, but this time by setting a milestone  in the wound healing research with a highly appreciated project, which revolves around investigating Panchvalkal-enriched bioengineered dressings. This innovative research will develop more effective and natural wound care solutions based on liquid bandage, hydrogel, tulle dressing, and nanofiber scaffold technologies through a 29,88,570 Grant by Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM).

Dr. Anitha H. will lead the research, with co-investigators being Dr. Anjali Gambhava, Dr. Maitri Sachinwala and Dr. Bijal Prajapati. The team aims at developing the combination of natural Ayurvedic formulations with the latest bioengineering to improve healing and recovery of the patients. The basic part of this bioengineered method is a traditional Ayurvedic poly-herbal formulation (Panchvalkal) which has wound healing and antimicrobial effects.

The project examines recent dressing technologies with additions of Panchvalkal extracts, and it seeks to utilize its cleaning, soothing, and infection-controlling properties in novel delivery platforms such as nanofiber scaffolds and hydrogels. This might be revolutionary in the area of wound care, with therapeutic efficacy being broader and contributing to quicker tissue regeneration.

The GSBTM funding is an appreciation of the potential of the project in filling the traditional wisdom gap with modern biomedical engineering, in line with the world trend of focusing more on natural but medically proven curative intervention methods.

Parul University applauded the entire research team on their dedication to advance the frontier of science that would bring forth a superior wound management tool that would help in enhancing the patient wellbeing and medical care delivery.

Jaipur Engineering College and Research Centre (JECRC) has set a new benchmark in Rajasthan’s engineering placement. With an impressive beginning of the placement season, JECRC has already surpassed the mark of 1030+ placement offers in the Batch of 2026 during Phase 1 in the first 100 days itself. The accomplishment shows increased credibility of the institution in producing industry-ready graduates in a working environment which is now shaped by Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. 

As official data provided by JECRC shows, more than 80 major recruiters in the technology, management, non-tech, and specialised fields have extended offers to students. The highest package of 33 LPA, average package of 6.67 LPA, and an impressive average CTC of 13.5 LPA among the top 200 students.

This year, the list of recruiters consists of a combination of international technology firms, major firms, and fast-growing startups, reflecting the diverse skill sets of JECRC students. The university representatives attribute this success at such an early stage of the season to the hard work by the students, good guidance by the faculty and active placement cell that aims at matching talent to an opportunity.

According to the officials, the ongoing confidence of the recruiters demonstrates that the industry has trusted the graduates of JECRC in terms of their flexibility and endurance, particularly in the face of drastically changing industry trends with each passing day. 

The success of the Phase 1 is a good sign to the rest of the placement season as it makes JECRC stand as a promising institute to companies showcasing it as one of the top engineering institutions in the state that’s producing talent in line with industry requirements. 

This JECRC university placement highlights that this university is indeed one of the best options in Jaipur and perhaps in India for students seeking quality education and good placement opportunities.

Aman Singh and Anusha Khan, two students at Sharda University in Greater Noida, have collaborated on an invention that has the potential to revolutionise digital interaction in the future. The virtual human is called AVA, and it talks and looks like a person, and it reacts in real-time and makes conversations feel natural and engaging.

Aman Singh, a Computer Science student at Sharda University, shared that the project was carried out under the expert guidance of Ankit Khare, head of the open-source NCR community. After months of dedicated research and development, AVA was successfully brought to life.

How Does AVA Work?

AVA is created on the basis of artificial intelligence and 3D animation technologies. It does more than just answer questions, but it smiles, changes facial expressions, has a human-like voice, and comprehends what a user can say and reply to it. Due to this, the dialogue with AVA is very real, like talking to a human being.

Wide-ranging Applications

The technology behind AVA is designed for diverse uses such as virtual guides, online tutors, helpdesk agents, and digital assistants. Digital humans like AVA are poised to play a significant role in education, customer service, online training, and virtual support systems in the coming years.

Research and Development

According to Aman and Anusha, they intended to make a digital human capable of providing a real experience in teaching, sharing information and providing aid. They have researched facial expressions, natural ways of discussing, and human ways of communication and have brought the knowledge and skills into an artificial intelligence model to train AVA to be useful.

Talent of Indian students

The faculty of Sharda University has commended this project stating that it not only demonstrates the efforts and talents of the students but it also indicates that Indian students can acquire new technologies that are advanced.

In the future, digital humans such as AVA can cause major transformations in the education, corporate training, and customer support industries. Aman and Anusha are really pleased with their accomplishment and they think that virtual humans such as AVA will become very significant in helping people do their daily chores easily.

Shoolini University has reached a significant milestone by taking the 137th position in the world and the 10th position in India in the prestigious Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2026. With this announcement, Shoolini University has become one of the leading centers in the world with respect to integrated scientific research.

The ranking evaluated 911 institutions across 94 countries, making it one of the most comprehensive assessments of interdisciplinary science excellence worldwide.. It indicates the strong belief of the university to promote high level scientific research that is real-world applicable.

This is a proud moment for the whole Shoolini University fam. It highlights the commitment and zeal of their scientists, professors, and students who continually elevate the level of science and invention.

Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary science rankings is an inclusive methodology that ranks the interdisciplinary research activities of different universities across different scientific fields. The appraisal emphasises research inputs, process, and outputs, whereby it offers a comprehensive perspective of the contribution made by an institution towards the advancement of the science frontier that cuts across the ancient academic frontiers.

This interdisciplinary science is shown in the active research ecosystem at Shoolini University, international-qualified faculty, and innovative methods of teaching. The fact that the university has succeeded in this ranking is a credit to its vision of establishing a knowledge economy in which science and development of society co-exist.

With the future in view, the leadership and society are challenged to continue to enhance the scientific research and innovation to new greater heights in the university.

Kaveri University recently organised a special training session on CPR, or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, for its first-year B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture students as part of the Deeksharambh Induction Programme.

Dr. Asha Shree is the Chief Medical Officer who explained why CPR is very important to learn for everyone. She passed on simple but valuable information about how this skill can save lives in case of emergencies.

Later on, there were practical demonstrations by Ms. Ankitha, a qualified Emergency Medical Technician and certified Basic Life Support trainer. The students then got hands-on and learned how confidently to perform CPR when needed.

Kaveri University believes in teaching lifesaving skills to all students, which is a part of regular training at the university to take care of the well-being of students and to train them to help others in society. This initiative also supports the vision of building a strong and healthy Viksit Bharat.

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