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Now e-Learning Courses from MICA

The Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA) is offering Post Graduate certificate in Market Research and Data Analytics (PGCMRDA) in association with ivory education. The courses can be availed globally and across India through e-learning environment.

This one-year program will follow a systematic approach. For instance, case studies and practical implementations will be adopted for theoretical concepts. Sessions are designed to be interactive and participative. Program participants will be encouraged to use statistical packages for working on hands-on case studies.

Prof Vina Vani, Program Director, PGCMRDA said, “The institute has been designed keeping in mind the market research and data analytics requirements of the industry.”

Kapil Rampal, Director, Ivory Education Private Limited shared, “The participants can attend the classes with broadband connectivity at their homes, offices or any other place of their convenience. The classes are held twice a week on Saturdays and Sundays from 12:00pm to 1:30pm. Answer to any queries about the program is available at mica@ivoryeducation.com.

The course is likely to commence from June 2012 and the program fee would cost Rs85, 000 for Indian students. Graduates in any field from a recognized university are eligible for this course. Ivory Education will also provide placement assistance to those who successfully complete the program.

 

Tax Relief for Foreign Varsities Offering Distance Education in India

Foreign varsities offering distance education courses in India now can breathe a sigh of relief as recently the Delhi bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that payment received by a foreign university for offering distance educational courses in India is not taxable.

The ITAT apprehended that in order to consider a payment as royalty, the transaction should have been in the nature of transfer of any right, title, copyright, patent, trade mark, service mark, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights, which was not the case in the transaction under consideration.

Moreover, the tribunal said the role of the Indian company was confined to registering students and providing infrastructure for accessing the course material offered by the foreign university.

Ma Foi Forays in Education

K Pandia Rajan and Latha Rajan

Entrepreneur duo K Pandia Rajan and Latha Rajan, has launched new ventures that will operate in two of India’s fastest growing sectors — management consulting and education.

The new ventures will see investments of over Rs. 25 crore in the first three years. Speaking about this initiative, K Pandia Rajan, Ma Foi founder said, “When we started Ma Foi in 1992, we brought a value-driven approach and best practices to the HR space in India. Over the last two decades of India’s unprecedented growth, where talent has been the most important element and driver, we have consulted and worked with some of the largest organizations on managing their talent and human capital.”

“The global footprint on consulting engagements, an eminent panel of consultants and the collective experience gained over 20 years are the solid foundation on which we are building these new ventures.

Our in-house Research and Analytics capabilities would equip us in delivering best-in-class end-to-end consulting solutions, helping organizations manage their processes and data effectively. We will soon have a national presence with offices in Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad and Kolkata,” he further added.

Mr. Pandia Rajan said under the education vertical, the company would set up two business management schools — one each in Chennai and Madurai. Both these management schools would be operational by the end of next year. The eventual plan is to start a chain of management schools on a franchisee model.

 

Core Education to Start Chain of Vocational Educational Institutions

Core Education and Technologies Ltd plans to open a chain of vocational educational institutions focusing on skill development across the country with a proposed investment of Rs225 crore and train three million personnel over the next five years.

Sanjeev Mansotra, Chgairman and Chief Executive, Core Education said, ”India needs about 500 million skilled personnel by 2022, while there would be a requirement to upgrade skill or re-skill existing 140 million workers. We are looking at addressing this gap, and looking at providing skill-based training for blue- collar jobs across six sectors’’.

The company aims to start around 120 vocational and multi-skill institutions, on a company-owned company-operated model, in the country through its wholly owned subsidiary Core Skill Development and Careers Pvt Ltd.

The company expects revenues of about Rs600 crore by the end of five years. Core Education provides education continuum for K-12, higher education and vocational training and, currently runs 600 centers on a partnership basis in the country. It would impart training to personnel in sectors like automobile, construction, healthcare, hospitality, information technology and retail.

The firm will raise funds from either internal accruals, public-private partnerships or raise loans from National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), a government body set up to provide funds and foster private sector initiatives in skill development.

Lintas Initiative Gets Media Directive for Meritnation.com

Meritnation.com a Infoedge group venture offering e learning for school students, has given its media duties to Lintas Initiative media. Speaking on this occasion, Raghav Subramanian, COO, Lintas Initiative Media said, “We are excited to work with Meritnation in the education space and we sure hope to add value to their business and help the brand grow through this strategic partnership. Lintas Initiative believes in mantra of ‘we grow when our clients/ partners grow’.”

Pavan Chauhan, CEO, Meritnation shared, “One of our biggest thrust areas is to grow the online K-12 education category in India. Lintas Initiative Media has done some great work in helping build businesses.

During our interactions with their team, we were quite impressed with their strategic thinking and by their commitment to help us grow our company. Education needs long term view and we are very happy to work with a partner like Lintas Initiative which is equally committed to be a part of our success story.”

US Helps India to Establish Community Colleges

As per Victoria Nuland, the State Department spokesperson, United States is working with India to set up hundreds of community colleges in India on the American pattern. Nuland said, “The State Department has been working with the Indian side to flesh out the initiative”.

Asked if the Indian degrees are accepted in the United States, she said that was on a case-by-case issue depending upon where they graduate from and where they are looking to be accredited.

“So obviously, if there’s a sister university relationship, sometimes those accreditation can be recognized, but it just depends on what they want to do” Nuland clarified.

National Monitoring Committee to Support Nalanda University

The planning commission of India has formed National Monitoring Committee to support Nalanda University in developing basic infrastructure, facilities and timely flow of funds to the university. This newly formed committee consists of eleven members and will be headed by the Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahulwalia. The members of the committee include, National Security Adviser, Foreign Secretary, Vice-Chancellor of Nalanda University, Finance Secretary and Secretary of Ministry of Human Resource Development.

Government Approves Defense Varsity in Gurgaon, Haryana

The decision came in a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wherein the body approved the proposal of setting up Indian National Defense University (INDU). The proposed university will undertake long-term defense and strategic studies and create synergy between the academics and government functionaries.

In this regard, the cabinet has approved the proposal of purchasing 205 acres of land in Gurgaon, Haryana at a whopping cost of Rs 162 crore. The INDU aims to educate national security leaders on aspects of national security strategy, national military strategy, national information strategy and national technology strategy through teaching and research.

Nokia Introduces Asha 202 with Free Internet

Nokia has launched Asha 202 mobile phone in India. It is a dual SIM, touch and type phone designed for enhanced and cost effective web browsing, social networking, gaming and entertainment. The phone has some exciting features and services that includes EA games-pack and Nimbuzz chat client for young and social consumers.

Asha 202 has 2.4-inch touch screen with a traditional keypad. The phone features Dual SIM Easy Swap technology with dedicated SIM manager to personalize the phone and save up to five SIM cards with unique information. The device comes with a 2-megapixel camera, music player, FM radio, Nokia Browser, and Bluetooth connectivity, and has expandable memory of up to 32 GB.

Major telecom operators including Aircel, Airtel, Reliance Communication, Tata Docomo and Vodafone are offering 100 MB of data (each) per month for a period of six months free.

In addition, the Nokia Asha 202 will be the first Series 40 device to offer exclusive EA games in India. As a 60-day promotion at Nokia Store, the consumers can enjoy 40 EA game pack worth Rs 4,000 free. The offer includes popular and classic titles like Tetris, Need for Speed, The Run and Bejeweled.

Viral Oza, Director Marketing, Nokia India comments, “Nokia Asha 202 is the first mobile phone to come bundled with data offers from five leading operators of the country. Nokia Asha 202 is the new face of smarter feature phones that comes packed with compelling, innovative services and entertainment options.”

The phone is available in four colors – black and gold, silver white, dark grey and dark red and is priced at Rs 4,149.

UPTU Announces high quality e-contents for Technical Education

UPTU has announced a project “Virtualization of Technical Education”. The project was sanctioned in the year 2009 at Gautam Buddh Technical University, Lucknow (Formerly Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow) to provide e-contents of the technical courses through their high quality recording at various identified 14 nodal centers, across the state of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and disseminating facilities over the high speed internet.

The project aims to set up high quality recording centers at the 14 nodal centers. The e-contents will be disseminated through audio-video centers at each academic department in the nodal centers. Also, the contents will be available in the public domain, for access, through Internet using two high end IBM and HCL web servers. The details and content can be accessed through www.uptu-ptel.ac.in

The Government of India has sanctioned an amount of approximately 3 crore for the purpose. Further approximately 98 Lakhs has been granted by the Government of Uttar Pradesh to set up recording and disseminating center at various Government aided technical institutions of Uttar Pradesh. The live web casting of the lectures are also one of the objectives of this project. This facility will be of immense use to the weaker students particularly in the remote areas of both the states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand.

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