IIT Patna, BSE Institute ink pact for new course

PATNA: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Patna has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Institute to offer data analytics and business intelligence course to its students. The MoU was signed by associate dean (resource) of IIT-Patna Sumanta Gupta and managing director of BSE Institute Ambarish Datta in the presence of Jawar Singh, professor incharge, IIT-Patna, Pradeep Chowdhary, head of business department, BSE and other faculty members of the two institutes.
The course will provide fundamental knowledge of data analytics as well as business intelligence.It will also help in upgrading the skills of working professionals who have a limited scope of joining a reputed academic institute. The course will run during the weekends for a period of nine months.
BSE Institute has a legacy of more than 144 years and it is Asia’s first and the world’s fastest stock exchange with the speed of six microseconds.
J D Women’s College: Students of the home science department of J D Women’s College organised an awareness programme for women living in slum areas of Beldari Tola in Shastrinagar as part of National Nutrition Week on Friday.
As many as 20 women were present at the awareness programme conducted by second-year students of BA (honours). College teachers Sumita Singh, Anju Sinha, Mamta Kumari, Sheela Kumari and Shobha Singh were also present.
Head of college’s home science department Kumkum Kumari said, “Malnourished pregnant women have a higher risk of poor pregnancy. The consequences may include premature birth and birth of low weight babies. Due to lack of proper nutrition, the children grow up malnourished and the cycle goes on in the same way.”