October 2014 - Volume 10 - Issue 10

Editorial

Dr. Ravi Gupta, Editor-in-Chief

India is always jubilant and in high spirits in the month of October as it kicks off a season of festivals, fairs, new launches, advertising campaigns and sh-
-opping spree for new goodies. But this October is special. India has the Nobel Prize for Peace for the second time in the form of 60-year-old Kailash... more

Debate

Bridging the Student-Teacher Gap

Social Media is more than a buzzword in education. With students constantly connec-
ted with each other and the world at large, educational institutes often end up play-
-ing catch up with them. Rajesh K Sharma of ENN tracks the role of social media in the changing educational... more

Industry Speak

'Opportunities in Higher Education are Enormous'

Jim Milton,
CEO, Campus Management

I have been to India with previous comp-
anies and it's been years. I think India has made a lot of progress. I have bee-
-n to Delhi, Pune, Mumbai and Bangal-
-ore in the past. This is the first country I visited after United States. In my first 30 days, I have learnt a lot about the product and the organisation. We have half of our employees in India. A large number of them... more

Innovation

Now, an Innovation to Curb Food Wastage

Vivek Pandey,
IIT, Kharagpur

Micro Cold Storage, a farm-level solar cold storage system developed by Vivek Pandey from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharag-
-pur, and Rahul Sharma from IIFT, has been adjudged as the winner in the renowned national university competition as part of Dupont's 'Power of Shunya' programme. In an interaction with Poulami Chakraborty of ENN... more

Leader Speak

Higher Investment Crucial to Improving Quality

Prof Furqan Qamar,
Secretary General, Association of Indian Universities (AIU)

Prof Furqan Qamar, Secretary General of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), a voluntary body for universities, calls for speedy action to make Indian universities centres of excellence. Two months into AIU, Prof Qamar brings fresh perspectives to challenges faced by higher education institutions in an interview to KS Narayanan of ENN. Excerpts... more

Skill Development

Skill Development Indispensable for India

Skills and knowledge are the driving forces of economic growth and social development for any country. As per projections, India is expected to be home to a skilled workforce of 500 million by 2022. About 12 million people are expected to join the workforce every year and needless to say, this talent pool needs to be adequately skilled... more

Digital Labs

Digital Labs: Bridging Language Divide

India is on the cusp of launching itself on the global platform. With the potential that India has - both economically and in terms of its demographics - there is a need for the youth of India to be prepared to face the challenges that need to be countered for the nation to command the respect it rightfully deserves... more

ERP

ERP- A One Stop Solution

Many business houses in India are still owned by a single entity with the sole motto of profitmaximisation at every level and are run like a personal fiefdom with reckless and inconsequential labour laws. But things have started to change in education sector on account of many factors viz, a growing demand and enormous business... more

Smart Class

Moving towards a digital tomorrow with Smart Classes

Augmented reality can repurpose learning and this is exactly what smart classes do, especially in a developing economy with a huge rural urban divide, where technology is the only solution to overcome stumbling blocks such as lack of textbooks and blackboards. India's education sector... more

Smart Class

MBD announces launch of NYTRA - first Augmented Reality App

MBD Group, the largest publishing house in India, announces the launch of the first ever Augmented Reality App called NYTRA for K-12 education in India. This initiative ushers in a digital revolution in the education space that aims to bring an extensive change in the teaching and... more

Audio Visual

Breaking Barriers in Learning and
Education

Educational technology aspires to serve certain identified educational goals and the audio-visual materials, compri-
-sing interactive whiteboards, data scanning, imaging, softwa-
-re solutions, projectors etc, are a very powerful tool towards taking education forward. India is now the world's... more

Audio Visual

Virtual Classrooms - Future of
Education

It is often said that schooling is about 21st century learners being taught by 20th century teachers with 19th century infrastructure and curriculum. To take the reach of education to a much higher percentage, we have to make use of Information Communication Technology... more

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