engineering | Pixr8 News

19Jan By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

INDIA

India Tops in Producing Bachelor in Science and Engineering

India accounts for one-fourth of the estimated 7.5 million bachelor in science and engineering degrees awarded across the world in 2014, a report has said. However, its the US that tops the charts in research and development spending, according to the annual Science and Engineering Indicators 2018 report of the National Science Foundation has said. China's growth in science and engineering field continued at an exceptional pace, the report said. The US is the global leader in science and technology (S&T). However, its global share of S&T activities is declining as other nations -especially China- continue to rise. According to the most recent estimates, in 2014, the US awarded the largest number of S&E doctoral degrees (40,000) of any country, followed by China (34,...

Inspiring Story of a Student From 25000 Loan To Winning 3 Lakh Facebook Bug Bounty Program

I did my 12th on scholarship. Got 65% marks in 12th and failed to qualify IIT-JEE and AIEEE. Dropped a year to prepare on my own, was not able to afford the extra financial pressure of coaching . Next year result was better but not good enough to get admission in government colleges. My father said “we can’t afford engineering, join the local college for B.Sc”. That was tough for me, I contacted few private college and got to know I can get admission on my present rank and 12th marks. But “Where’s the money ?” dad asked. “Give me 25K , that’ll confirm the admission and then we’ll talk to banks for education loan” I replied. “I earn 8k per month, 25k is big deal but don’t worry I’ll ask my boss if he could help” dad replied. Next day he borrowed 25k from his boss, asked one of his fri...

Babajob.com Joins Facebook’s SME India Council

In a significant development today, babajob.com, India's largest online job marketplace for the informal sector, was identified as a member of the SME India Council set up by Facebook in Asia-Pacific today. Facebook, which has over two million Indian small and medium businesses (SMBs) on its platform, has set up a SME Council to help small ventures from various industries share feedback and discuss ideas around leveraging technology to grow their enterprise. This is the second SME Council set up by Facebook globally, the first one being in the US. Globally, over 45 million small businesses actively use Facebook pages to connect to their consumers. In a post, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg mentioned that "Babajob.com, a job site in India, which uses Internet.org's Free Basic Services app, ...