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41 INDIAN INSTITUTES IN QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS LIST

he new National Education Policy to improve AIIMS with 320 new universities in 8 years. The
Teducation may have been unveiled in 2020, but Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World Ranking of
the campaign of educational reforms have started Higher Educational Institutions and Universities
way back in 2014 itself. The central government has of the World 2023 includes 41 Indian institutions
worked to improve higher education infrastructure among the top 1422 worldwide. Seven of these
throughout the country during the last eight years. institutions are appearing on the list for the first
Its mark has now spread to the global level and is time. Only 12 Indian institutes were on this list in
recognised on a global scale. 2014. This year, the Indian Institute of Science was
The central government has made efforts ranked first in the country. Its global ranking has
to strengthen the entire infrastructure of higher risen by 31 places since last year. Following this, IIT
education with 7 new IIMs, 7 new IITs, nearly Bombay and IIT Delhi were ranked among the top
doubled seats in medical colleges, and tripled 200 institutes in the world.

PATENT-RELATED TRAINING TO 10 LAKH
STUDENTS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

INDIA AMONG A SELECT FEW IN THE fter Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, and Jai Vigyan, Prime

WORLD TO HAVE ITS OWN AMinister Narendra Modi has given the slogan of
ANTI-DOPING BILL Jai Avishkar. However, the country can benefit from

ports and sportsmen have been one of Prime its inventions only if its researchers and inventors
SMinister Narendra Modi's government's top are aware of the proper patenting procedures. This
priorities. From a strong infrastructure for the is why, under the National Intellectual Property
Games to world-class facilities and training for Awareness Mission (NIPAM), which was launched
athletes, the impact has been seen in outstanding on December 8, 2021, as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit
performances across global forums, from the Mahotsav, the goal of training 10 lakh students on
Tokyo Olympics to the Commonwealth Games. patent-related awareness or intellectual property
Moving forward in this direction, India has
approved its own Anti-Doping Bill, 2021. This was awareness was met 15 days ahead of schedule on
Anurag Thakur's first bill introduced in the House July 31, 2022. It can be viewed as a significant step
as Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs. The toward leading the world in the field of intellectual
biggest benefit of this will be that the players will property. The program is being implemented by the
not have to rely on any other country for doping Intellectual Property Office, the Office of Controller
tests. Previously, the sample had been sent to General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks
another country for a dope test, where it was (CGPDTM) and Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
possible that the sample had been tampered with. It consists of 3662 educational institutions spread
In such a case, with the bill's implementation in across 28 states and seven union territories.
the country, this test will now be available only Inventions and patents are required to keep the
in India, saving money. With the passage of anti- country self-reliant.
doping legislation, India has joined countries such
as the United States, China, Australia, and Japan.

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