Dell Announces Dell Champs 2013 School Programme

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July 2, 2013

Dell has announced “Dell Champs – 2013” School Programme, a 20 city student-outreach programme themed, “Education, Empowerment and Entertainment”. The programme is in line with the Dell’s latest campaign “I can do kuch bhi” emphasising the importance of computer in daily lives in the areas such as studies, entertainment, research or browsing.
P Krishnakumar, Executive Director & General Manager, Consumer & SB, Dell India, said, “Our objective is to connect with students and their parents together and discuss the role of computers in their life and how they can use it safely to help in the overall development of their child. The initiative is aimed at strengthening the relationship with the student community and creating a bond with them because they are the future for our brand.”
The programme features a technology-based quiz contest to provide the parents with a platform to participate with their child. This quiz contest will reveal the geniuses of tomorrow in 400 schools across 20 Tier-II and Tier-III cities throughout India.The competition will be conducted in three levels with the first being the “School level”, followed by an Interactive Internet Safety workshop. The second round will involve the top two school teams to compete in the “City level” contest, and the 20-city level finalists will complete in an online quiz in the National level.

The winning team of the “Dell Champs – 2013” will receive a Dell AIO Monitor and Rs 25,000 scholarship from Dell and their school will be awarded a Dell-powered study lab equipped with the Dell AIO, projector and interactive screen.

Govt Invites Comment on Aakash IV Tech Specs

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July 2, 2013

Aakash is a series of Android-based tablet computers produced by an initiative of the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development. It is a low-cost tablet computer with a 7-inch touch screen. The device was developed as part of the country’s aim to link 25,000 colleges and 400 universities in an e-learning program. The cost of basic version for a student was only Rs 1500, which was around USD35. In July 2010, the Minister of Human Resource Development, Kapil Sibal unveiled a prototype of Aakash, which was later given out to 500 college students to collect feedback. The tablet was officially launched as Aakash in New Delhi on 5 October 2011. The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India announced an upgraded second-generation model called Aakash 2 in April 2012. In this series, the new version of Aakash has been named Aakash IV.

A Committee regarding continuous R&D and timely delivery of Aakash was constituted by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and IT, on 22nd December, 2011. A Sub-Committee comprising of technical experts has prepared the proposed vendor neutral Technical Specifications of Aakash IV, which specify minimum hardware requirements, minimum software requirements, mechanical and environmental specifications, safety and other standards compliance, maintenance and serviceability, other features, contents of tablet package and testing criteria. These specifications have been developed with a view to have a low cost device. The Committee has decided that the proposed specifications be put up on the websites of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) to enable all interested stakeholders to give their comments on the proposed technical specifications of Aakash IV device over a period of two weeks.

The proposed technical specifications of Aakash IV can be viewed on MHRD and Department of Electronics and IT Website. Last date for submitting comment is July 12, 2013.

Aircel Launches Exclusive Plan for College Students

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July 2, 2013

Aircel has announced bundled offer for college students of Bengaluru entering into the new academic year. The bundled product offering will be made available in over 50 colleges through a special campus activation sponsorship called Notezine.

The exclusive plan designed to benefit the student offers: 100,000 Local Aircel to Aircel Seconds (validity period of 30 days), Rs 120 talk time (Rs.20 per month for 6 months), 1p per 2sec Local and STD (validity period of 90 days),97 SMS Local and STD free per day (First 3 SMS charged at 50 paise per message), Free 3G Data from morning 6am to 9am for 30 days

K Kadhiravan, Circle Business Head, Karnataka, Aircel Limited said, “Aircel has a strong focus on today’s students requirements. Pioneering the data space, with more students using 3G enabled devices on the move for music, videos, TV shows, gaming, sharing photos and more, it is very important to create suitable and advanced products for them. Products like Plan voucher 77 , Good morning Bengaluru , PocketInetrnet 24 are benefits where students can enjoy staying connected with their friends and an opportunity to try our 3G data services. We hope to give something “Extra” to the students with this unique offering.”

Notezine is a combination of a magazine and a notebook developed to engage college youth with knowledge and information; contributed by a network of 2500 students across various colleges.

Indian Girl Shines Google Science Fair

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July 1, 2013

Srishti Asthana ,15 year-old, has made the whole nation proud by acquiring a coveted spot at the finals of the Google Science Fair, 2013. She is the only participant from India to have made it to the finals stage.

Srishti, who is a Class XI student from Millenium School , Mohali (Punjab) presented a project on Solar Light Assisted nanoZnO Photo Catalytic Mineralization- a Green Technique for the Degradation of Detergents and was chosen from amongst thousands of participants from 120 countries.

The inspiration for this project began when Srishti went on a field trip to Ludhiana and was disturbed by the dire state of industry disposal waste. Thus began her sojourn to find a green solution to turn waste detergent water from industrial waste into an eco-friendly alternative. You can read more about the project here.

The 15 finalists will be taken to the Google Mountain View headquarters, USA on September 23 to present their projects to an international panel of esteemed scientists for the final round of judging. The Grand Prize winner will receive a 10-day trip to the Galapagos Islands with National Geographic Expeditions, $50,000 in scholarship funding and more.

The Google Science Fair is an online science competition sponsored by Google, Lego, CERN, National Geographic and Scientific American and started in January 2011. The competition is open to 13–18 year old students around the globe, who formulate a hypothesis, perform an experiment, and present their results.

While the official judges will decide the 2013 Grand Prize Winner, in August one will be able to participate in this year’s competition by voting for the Inspired Idea Award. Visit the Google Science Fair website August 1-30 to vote for the project you think has the greatest potential to change the world.

UGC bats for more fellowships, reservations

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June 28, 2013

The University Grants Commission (UGC) is planning to undertake a series of measures like increasing number of fellowships, reservations and financial assistance to girls.

The higher education regulator is aiming to bridge the gaps in higher education arising out of gender, social groups, and minorities. It also pointed out another ‘key concern’ being the low enrolment in teacher education, which stood merely at three per cent.

The UGC Chairman Ved Prakash also stressed on the need to have greater number of trained teachers to strengthen the school education, as through a good school education the quality of higher education can also be improved.

In the last few years, the UGC has allocated Rs 4,684 crore for supporting nearly 18.94 lakh students from as many as 6,562 institutions.

(Source: PTI)

IIM-Udaipur To Adopt Education Solutions from Campus Management Corp

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June 28, 2013

Campus Management Corp, provider of enterprise software products and services for higher education, has announced that Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur has selected Campus Management as its software provider for supporting its academic experience management needs. Selected solutions from the CampusVue Ecosystem include CampusVue Student, Talisma CRM, CampusVue Portal, CampusVue Finance, CampusVue HR, and a variety of application programming interfaces (APIs).

After a comprehensive evaluation process covering global higher education technology vendors and their solutions, IIM-Udaipur selected Campus Management as its exclusive education software provider. In evaluation areas such as functionality, configurability, scalability and integration capabilities, Campus Management’s suite of software solutions fulfilled the requirements stipulated by IIM-Udaipur’s evaluation committee. IIM-Udaipur also considered Campus Management’s experience in arming leading academic institutions across the globe with solutions aligned to their academic and student engagement vision.

“Because of Campus Management’s footprint in the Higher Education space, they understand our technological and functional needs. We are confident the selected solutions will enable us to better streamline the student life cycle right from admissions to alumni relations,” said Janat Shah, Director, IIM-Udaipur. “We are poised to increase our intake and rollout newer programs for our increasing student base and we’re seeking solutions that align to our vision of academic excellence. Campus Management’s offerings met our needs whichmade them the right fit for our institution.”

“We see ourselves as IIM Udaipur’s long term technology partner. Our suite of solutions is just one of the avenues through which we will be enhancing our mutual technology partnership. As IIM Udaipur grows and expands its academic footprint and student base, we will work with them to support their expansion. We bring to this partnership our world class suite of products, our leadership in the higher education technology space and our commitment to assist IIM Udaipur meet its evolving Information and Communication Technology (ICT) needs at a faster pace,” said Raj Mruthyunjayappa, Senior Executive at Campus Management and Managing Director of Talisma Corporation Pvt. Ltd.

Times of India group forays into education sector

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June 28, 2013

Media giant, the Times of India Group, recently forayed into the education sector, with the launch of the Times Centre for Learning.

Under the banner TimesPro, these learning centres will offer professional courses. Theywill be spread across Mumbai, Noida, Jaipur, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Bhubaneswar.

Its flagship programme, Post Graduate Diploma in Banking Management, has been launched recently. The course aims to cater to the rising demand for skilled graduates in the banking industry given the demand created by the influx of private banks in the coming years due to the amendments made by RBI.

In addition to this, TimesPro will offer graduation courses in BFSI (banking and financial industry), media, organised retail, hospitality and healthcare.

Interestingly, the HT Media Group also recently partnered with Apollo Global Inc., the largest for-profit college in the US, to launch of a business school that targets the corporate sector. The joint venture (JV) has been christened ‘India Education Services’ and its flagship institution Bridge School of Management, is currently at a concept stage.

Pathfinder Education Services Announces CLAT Test Series

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June 28, 2013

Pathfinder Education services is intended to provide inclusive classroom training programs to prepare students for the Bank Probationary Officers (PO), clerical exams, CAT, and CLAT.

CLAT Test series is exclusively for students looking to clear CLAT exams. The test series is highly beneficial for students who want to achieve high ranks in the examinations. Students can directly order these unique and helpful CLAT test series from its online website at the discounted prices. It is aimed to improve the overall performance of students for their bright future.

Pathfinder Education services is intended to provide inclusive classroom training programs to prepare students for the Bank Probationary Officers (PO), clerical exams, CAT, and CLAT. The website is very innovative, helpful, and provides worthy information to the students. It offers CAT, CLAT, & Bank PO papers, free Gk stuff, free quant questions, as well as free vocabulary for the students appearing for CAT, CLAT and Bank PO exams.

India and US to hold Higher Education Dialogue 2013 on June 25

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June 24, 2013

The Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister M M Pallam Raju and visiting US Secretary of State John F Kerry are to co-chair India-US Higher Education Dialogue on 25th June, 2013 in New Delhi.

During the dialogue, the two sides will take up research and innovation partnership under Singh-Obama Knowledge Initiative, institutional partnership and skill development as well as promotion of community colleges in India and technology enabled education including massive Open Online Courses. IIT – Bombay is entering into an MoU with edx. The intended outcome also includes two-way students’ mobility from India to USA and vice-versa. India and US will also take up linkage between industry and academia and faculty development. They are also expected to take up issues like post Doctoral Research and co-operation in training for the school teachers.

During the dialogue, major announcements are expected. This includes second round of Singh-Obama Knowledge Initiative Awards which have 8 joint research programmes under it, first batch of 126 Raman Fellows, who are being sponsored by UGC to take up Post-Doctoral research in US institutions and “Connect India” Programme for US students to come to India.

To promote community colleges in India, a framework has been developed by the HRD Ministry after the first India-US Higher Education Summit and International Conference on Community Colleges. It was organized in February this year in the Indian capital. Following un-precedented response from both academia and the industry, five community college principals/leaders will be sponsored for a visit to community colleges in US for the leadership development. The two sides may also agree to promote cyber networks through IIT Delhi and University of Nebraska.

The Plenary session will be followed by three working session on students mobilities and research collaborations, community colleges and technology enabled education. The working sessions would be co-chaired by higher education secretary Ashok Thakur and US Under Secretary of State Tara Sonenshine.

The HRD Minister had visited USA last month for forging linkages and collaborations in the field of Higher Education. The educational relations have intensified between India and USA after the visit of the Prime Minister of India to USA in 2009 and reciprocal visit of the President of USA Mr. Barack Obama to India in 2010. The first India-US Higher Education summit was convened at Washington DC in October, 2011.

India to grant Rs 40 million for school building in Nepal

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June 20, 2013

India recently pledged to provide a grant of nearly Rs 41 million to Nepal for the construction of a new, three-storied school building under Nepal-India Economic Cooperation Programme. The financial aid will also help in creating better facilities for over 1,000 students, about half of whom are girls.

The decision comes as a part of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the embassy of India, district development committee, Kapilvastu and Shree Higher Secondary School located in Kapilvastu district.

The school established in 1979 is currently in dilapidated condition and is unable to serve the growing requirements of the students.

Furthermore, India is assisting work for three other projects worth Rs 95.60 million in Kapilvastu District.

(Source: PTI)

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