Core Education Listed in Forbes Asia’s 200 Best under a Billion

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July 31, 2012

Core Education and Technologies Ltd has been listed in Asia’s 200 Best Under A Billion. To be considered companies must first generate annual revenue between $5 million and $1 billion (U.S.), have positive net income, and have been publicly traded for at least a year. Sales of this year’s 200 SMEs from 15 countries on the list grew an average 48% last year and generated $47 billion in revenue while employing over 370,000 people. Comparatively, the Asian Pacific outfits on the Global 2000, the list of the biggest public companies in the world, grew an average 13 percent in the last year.

Core Education and Technologies Ltd (CORE) formerly Core Projects & Technologies Ltd focuses on providing technology-enabled education solutions to government bodies, schools and students. The company operates in two segments: Local-Software Development India and EOU-Software Development. EOU-Software Development is classified into Off-Shore Development and On-Shore Development. The company has operations in 12 states in India, over 20 states in the United States, 40 educational counties in the United Kingdom, eight African countries and three Caribbean nations. In September 2010, it acquired Technical Systems Integrators LLC (TSI) and Keenan, Keenan & Associates Inc.

Listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange, Core works with more than 34 million students worldwide. It has trained and placed 105,000 teachers and partnered 85,000 schools across the world. As at March 31, 2012, it operates across 36 offices in 13 countries with over 2,200 employees worldwide.

The Indian School hosts Malhaar

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July 31, 2012

The Indian School, Sadiq Nagar has hosted the annual music and dance festival ‘Malhaar’. Schools from across Delhi and NCR participated in various competitions. Tagore International School, East of Kailash grabbed the first runner-up trophy. Chief guest, HE Carlos Duarte, Ambassador of Brazil and guests of honour, Padmashree Geeta Chandran and Renu Sharma, deputy director of education, south graced the occasion. Principal Rashi Narula gave the vote of thanks.

Carmel Convent School, Chanakyapuri hosted ‘Impressionante’, a part of the ten day founder’s day celebration. The event hosted activities such as debate, quiz, dramatics and book discussion. The judges for the junior category fancy dress contest were actor and voice over artist Andrew Hoffland and theatre personality Vidhushi Mehra. Assistant professor Jesus and Mary College, Sukhpreet Kahlol, and theatre personality Pranab Mukherjee were the judges for the senior category. Carmel Convent School bagged the first prize for graphic designing, Springdales, Dhaula Kuan bagged the winner’s trophy in debate, and St Francis de sales was declared the winner in Nukkad Natak. The principal Sr Nirmalini proposed the vote of thanks.

A presentation of club activities, ‘Vibgyor’, was held at the Bal Bharati Public School, Brij Vihar. Kriti , an exhibition of art & craft welcomed the visitors. The theatre club presented ‘pidhio ka antar’, a skit on generation gap. Thematic presentations on HIV were displayed by the health club. Interact club, in association with an NGO, Goonj, displayed projects on the theme ‘best out of waste’.

DAV Public School, Sreshtha vihar was given the ‘Best E-School award’ in the area of multipurpose learning and teaching through IT. The school received the Digital Learning Educational Award 2012 in the World Education Summit – 2012. Prem Lata Garg, principal and Ashok Kumar Goel, IT incharge were awarded with a trophy and recognition letter by Subodh Kant Sahai, minister of tourism.

Vanguard Business School Organises the Induction day for PGPM Batch

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July 30, 2012

Vanguard Business School, Bangalore has organised the Induction day for the PGPM batch of 2012-2014 at its Bangalore campus. The Induction day was inaugurated by the Chief Mentor of Vanguard Business School and Guest of Honour, M S Ganesh, Managing Director, Dynatech Furnaces. He enlightened the students about today’s Indian business environment and motivated them to overcome challenges to make a name for themselves in this thriving economy. He was positive that the talent that comes out of Vanguard Business School will be able to make a positive contribution to the Indian corporate world.

Over the past one year, students at Vanguard Business School have been taught exclusively by set of teachers who come from prominent B-School backgrounds like IIM, XLRI and IIFT. The students have been taught by some eminent and well known professors in the country. Vanguard Business School recently completed their first Summer Internship Process. The results were very impressive with more than 27 companies participating in the process and there were almost 46 final offers for a batch of 38 students. During the duration of the course the students were also put through a business simulation workshop which was assessed by eminent professors from RPI, New York and IIT Kanpur.

Speaking during the induction session ARKS Srinivas, Director, Vanguard Business School, Bangalore said, “VBS Curriculum and Pedagogy believes in the Revolutionary ASK model that believes in building Attitude, Skills and Knowledge by going beyond merely classroom teaching and incorporates student activities, Corporate interactions, Industry internships and Live Projects as well as access to industry experts from top B-schools who provide mentorship to our students.”

Addressing the students and faculty Ulhas Vairagkar, Director, Vanguard Business School said, “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. VBS strongly believes in corporate exposure as being invaluable to students who want to become successful frontline managers.”

Some other eminent guests at the induction included Bhimesh Athwani, Founder and CEO, Xplore 360, Kishore Kannan, Executive Director, Invest Banking, Operations, J P Morgan, Dr R Dorai, CEO, HARTECH Consultants etc.

GlobalTHEN Launches Interactive Programme to Train Drivers in Soft Skills

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July 27, 2012

Global Travel & Hospitality Education Network (GlobalTHEN)- a KarmYog ventures aims to focus on transforming learning in the tourism and hospitality industry using technology and interactive media. ‘Pawan Ko Kahin Dekha Kya?’ is an interactive programme designed to train drivers in soft skills, teach them the tenets of customer service and instill in them a sense of dignity. The program targets everyone from hotels, airlines, destination management companies, travel agencies, cab rental services to MNCs and private car owners. Pawan Ko Kahin Dekha Kya aims at filling the void between what is expected of drivers and what they are currently achieving.

Ram Badrinathan , Founder and CEO of GlobalTHEN, along with education visionary, Sourabh J Sarkar of Karmyog Ventures deploys the unique approach of OmniDEL or Omni Dimensionally Engaging Learningware which incorporates Body, mind, prana (the energetic self) and the spiritual self to conceptualize this product/program.

Talking about “Pawan Ko Kahin Dekha Kya?, Ram Badrinathan says, “It combines cutting edge media, technology, physical and pranic practices with a classroom experience. This module uses a mythical character called Pawan, the ultimate driver, to teach chauffeurs everything they need to know. Through the day long workshop, Pawan will be like a guru to the participants, explaining rights from wrongs in a friendly, non preachy way. It helps the drivers raise their standards of performance, self-esteem and profile. It truly makes a chauffeur out of an unskilled driver. Most importantly the training program is highly engaging, scalable on-demand and economical.”

To keep the session engaging and appealing to the drivers who may or may not have received classroom education before, the entire module has been treated in a filmy way, complete with dialogue, riddles and songs. Issues like punctuality, knowledge, personal hygiene, safety, vehicle hygiene, maintenance, communication & etiquette are dealt with in the course of six sessions, 26 activities, group exercises, and a fun filled mix of music, drama and poetry sessions.

J&K Govt to Train 40 Lakh Youth in Vocational Courses

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July 27, 2012

The Jammu and Kashmir government aims to train 40 lakh youth in vocational modular and diploma courses in the next 10 years under the Skill Development Mission.

“A Skill Development Mission is being implemented in the state with a target to train 40 lakh youth in vocational education and diploma courses by 2022,” Technical Education Minister R S Chib said.

As part of the Mission, the state has set a target to train 20 lakh youth during the 12th five year plan, he said while laying the foundation of a polytechnic college in Reasi district yesterday.

Chib said 16 polytechnic colleges sanctioned under Skill Development Mission in Jammu and Kashmir would become operational this year.

Source: PTI

Dassault Systemes, Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute to Open a Joint R&D Center

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July 27, 2012

Dassault Systèmes, the 3D Experience Company and Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute (Group) Co. Ltd (SMEDI), Chinese public engineering companies, today announced that they will jointly open a new R&D center in Shanghai, China, to develop industry solution experiences for civil engineering and infrastructure construction professionals, based on Dassault Systèmes’ 3D Experience platform. Dedicated to bridge projects, water supply and wastewater treatment installations, roads, rail systems, as well as open and underground buildings, the R&D center will open in August 2012.

Dassault Systèmes’ 3D Experience platform provides civil engineering and infrastructure construction professionals with a unique, open, collaborative environment, enabling them to design, simulate and manage any scale of infrastructure project, reducing errors and bringing projects in on-time and on-budget, safely.

“As the world leader in 3D design, 3D Digital Mock Up and PLM, Dassault Systèmes solutions have been successfully deployed in many industries,” said Wei Tang, Chairman, SMEDI. “We strongly believe that they can bring significant value in addressing the needs of civil engineering and construction companies, as demonstrated by leading construction customer projects in recent years. Leveraging Dassault Systèmes’ 3D Experience platform for civil engineering, we are confident in our competitiveness in maximizing our productivity and minimizing errors in all our future projects.”

Top 100 schools Participates in the Presidency Challenge Cup 2012

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July 27, 2012

Keen to nurture the talents of the youth and provide them necessary exposure, the Presidency Group of Institutions holds a competition named Presidency Challenge Cup since 2008, the year of its inception. More than 100 schools participated in various co-curricular activities resulting in the Presidency Challenge Cup 2012 (24TH & 25TH July 2012) held at NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bangalore.

Presidency Challenge Cup is one of the biggest literary events in Bangalore organized for the benefit of school students. For two eventful days NIMHANS Convention resonated with enthusiastic participants testing their spellings, oratory, debating skills and more than anything else their confidence. Competitions including Wordsmith (spell bee), Elocution (prose & poem), Quiz, and War of Words (Debate) were organized to add variety to the event. What added to the enthusiasm was the interesting array of prizes viz laptops, i pads, Tablets, e books etc that awaited the winners.

Some of the leading participating schools were: Kumarans School, Bangalore; The Brigade School, Bangalore; Jain International Residential School, Bangalore; National Public School, Bangalore; National Academy of Learning, Bangalore; Delhi Public School, Bangalore; Army Public School, Bangalore; Navrachna School, Vadodara; New Horizon Public School, Bangalore; Chinmaya International School, Coimbatore; Mahatma Montessori Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Madurai; Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Cochin

The Chief Guest for Inaugration of the Presidency Challenge Cup 2012 was Javagal Srinath, a former Indian Cricketer. Also present were the members of the Management of the Institution Nissar Ahmed, Chairman, Presidency Group of Institutions, Nafeesa Ahmed, Director, Presidency Group of Institutions and G Thangadurai, Director, Presidency Group of Schools. The maverick quiz master Giri Balasubramaniam, popularly known as Pickbrain hosted the event. Giri, incidentally holds seven Limca records to his credit for achievements in the area of quizzing and has hosted more than 1500 shows across 52 destinations in India and abroad.

Speaking on the occasion, Nissar Ahmed, Chairman, Presidency Group of Institutions said that the group which has been in the field of education for 4 decades now is glad to contribute to the growth and personality development of the youth. He added that it is a matter of joy to note that the event is not only popular but has also become a bench mark in the calendar of inter school competitions in Bangalore. Echoing similar sentiments, Nafeesa Ahmed -Director, Presidency Group of Institutions added that the literary event has also become a get together of its kind, a melting pot of talent.

G Thangadurai appreciated the efforts of the participants. He added that Presidency Group of schools is truly a wonderful learning community, wherein dedicated teachers and staff, work closely to promote communication skills and leadership qualities. Presidency Challenge Cup 2012 is organized to promote the extra co- curricular activities at state and International level. The stupendous support and patronage the event witnessed in its year of introduction in 2008, encouraged the group to introduce WOW- War of Words, Wordsmith and Elocution in the consecutive years. We have crossed a record number of 1100 participants this year.

Apeejay Stya University Wins Award at World Education Summit 2012

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July 27, 2012

Apeejay Stya University (ASU) has been conferred the “Best Innovation by Private University” award in the category of “Higher Education Institutes” (HEIs) at the World Education Summit 2012. The award was presented at a glittering ceremony held on July 23, 2012 at Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi as part of the two-day World Education Summit attended by leading academic leaders and policy-makers from across the globe to discuss and deliberate on a wide range of pertinent issues related to Education. The Summit was jointly organised by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Centre for Science, Development & Media Studies and Elets Technomedia, and supported by the Directorate General of Employment and Training (DGET), Gov ernment of India, UNESCO and other reputed organisations.

Speaking on the achievement, Sushma Berlia, ASU Chancellor & President, Apeejay Stya & Svran Group, said, “The award is a testimony to Apeejay’s 45+ years of commitment to education and its long-term vision of producing renaissance men and women who would be the thought leaders of tomorrow. The university was the culmination of the long-standing dream of our late Founder Chancellor Dr. Stya Paul, to establish a seat of global learning that would bring about transformation of society through value-based education, man-making and nation-building. This award will further encourage us in our endeavour to deliver quality education in sync with India’s emergence as a knowledge superpower.”

Commenting on the achievement, ASU Pro Chancellor, Aditya Berlia added, “At ASU, our effort has always been to provide a supportive and nurturing environment through an internationally-aligned curriculum designed to foster trans-disciplinary education, critical thinking and redefine academic freedom while linking it to market dynamics. We are happy that our teaching-learning pedagogy and Liberal Arts Approach has been recognized as a pioneering and innovative concept.”

Edexcel and British Council Conduct a joint Seminar on Vocational Education in Schools

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July 27, 2012

Edexcel and British Council conducted a joint seminar on the relevance and implementation of Vocational Education in schools in India. Edexcel and British Council have joined hands to bring the concept of vocational skill-based learning to schools in India through BTEC, a standardized Edexcel qualification of choice for educators.

Conventional thought in India is to compartmentalize knowledge and skills into two separate modes of education and tag them separately. The pursuit of knowledge at schools and colleges is considered desirable; skills have taken a backseat and are looked down upon. The situation is changing now as more and more educators and employers come to realize that knowledge and skills are interdependent. What is required in a successful student is knowledge and the skills to apply that knowledge. So the approach of fusing vocational and academic education is gaining momentum. With the involvement of international accrediting bodies and a range of options to progress into education or employment globally, vocational education truly opens new vistas.

Premila Paulraj Canitius, Assistant Vice President, Edexcel Academics – Indian Subcontinent said, “I am pleased that the British Council is partnering with Pearson / Edexcel to promote this initiative. Academics and parents have realised the importance of vocational qualifications being offered in schools as an extracurricular subject, which not only makes learning a practical and pleasurable experience, but also gives them grades / credits equivalent to an International GCSE and A level.”

Sarah Deverall, Director Examinations India & Customer Services South Asia for the British Council, said: “India has set a target of creating 500 million skilled workers by 2020 and set out a vision for reform of the vocational education and skills system. We are delighted to be helping to address this challenge by joining efforts to create awareness among schools in India of the expertise and assessment tools available from the UK, including Edexcel’s BTEC (Business and Technical Education Council) qualifications. This new system offers an experiential way of studying and when included as an essential part of the academic offering for school students, it has the potential to add enormous value to their skill sets and hence their employment and future study possibilities.

New Private University Bill in West Bengal

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July 21, 2012

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said a Private University Bill would be introduced in the assembly within a day or two for setting up higher education institutions by the private sector in the state.
Banerjee offered the school, which has a space crunch, a 4.2 acre plot near the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass behind Ruby General Hospital and asked the school authorities to set up a college and then a university. “South Point is a wonderful institution with possibly 20 to 25 lakh alumni spread all over the world,” she said about the school. It was set up by Satikanta Guha and his wife Pritilata in 1954 with 16 students to grow to be one with the highest number of students in the world within a span of 30 years while retaining the position for eight years.

The state-aided universities include one at Cooch Behar district while another has been named Kazi Nazrul University which would come up at Asansol, close to the birth place of the rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.

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