BIMTECH signs MoU with the Institute of Industrial Development to jointly offer industry-specific training programs

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March 4, 2023

In order to jointly provide industry-specific training programmes and certificate courses in Marketing with a Specialization in Digital Marketing, Finance with a Specialization in FinTech, BFSI, Risk Management, Digital Transformation, Entrepreneurship, Supply Chain & Logistics Management, and related fields, Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) and The Institute of Industrial Development signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

Institute For Industrial Development is an incubator with the Government of India, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), and the department of start-ups, an initiative by the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

The Advanced Certificate in New Age Entrepreneurship is one of the first courses to be jointly provided. This will be done in an online setting. Applicants from accredited institutions are welcome to apply for this programme. The curriculum lasts for a total of four months, divided into 12 weeks of live classes and 4 weeks of capstone projects.

Professionals with an entrepreneurial mentality will gain from the certificate program’s ability to transform novel business concepts into long-term business strategies.

The MoU will help the Small and Medium Business Enterprises (SMBE) sector, one of the main areas of emphasis for the nation’s industrial growth, expand.Through this partnership, BIMTECH and The Institute of Industrial Development aim to empower and equip aspiring entrepreneurs with the necessary knowledge and skills to build and grow their own businesses.

Dr. Harivansh Chaturvedi, Director of BIMTECH, said, “Two premier institutions of India have come together to resolve one of the most significant problems of today – unemployment. BIMTECH as a business school has been providing excellent education on entrepreneurship and startups for many years. IID on the other has a track record of making around 1300 modules on the broader topic of entrepreneurship. They have the resources and mentors, who can help entrepreneurs with a plan and a path. I would like to complement the efforts of IID co-founder, Mr. Mukesh Shukla.”

Kamal Bhola, Director, The Institute of Industrial Development, further added, “With the help of BIMTECH, we can reach out to a vast section of the youth. Entrepreneurship certification is the need of the hour and producing capable leaders essential to sustain business growth. The program aims to develop entrepreneurship among the youth so that they can become job providers in the future.”

Bachelor of Data Science graduates at SP Jain sought impressive job offers in India and abroad

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March 4, 2023

Impressive career outcomes announced for graduates of the Bachelor of Data Science (BDS) programme at SP Jain School of Global Management.

According to the School, the Class of 2022 has generated a number of success tales, with graduates landing jobs in Australia with starting salaries varying from AUD 78,000 to AUD 120,000. Salary varied from INR 22 lacs to INR 36 lacs for students who chose placements in India. A few students got job offers from Vietnamese companies, while many others were accepted to prestigious universities in the US, Canada, UK, France, and Australia for further study.

Several organisations, including Fortune 500 companies, technology start-ups, and governmental organisations made offers to graduates of this most recent class. Macquarie Group, Amazon, Wolters Kluwer, EdgeRed Analytics Pty Ltd, Integrity Solutions, NSW Government (Grad Program), Viettel Big Data Analytics Center, OCB Bank, Savills Vietnam, and ITR Vietnam are a few well-known organisations that have employed these graduates. Within six months of graduation, there was an astonishing 100% employment rate thanks to the program’s rigorous curriculum and strong focus on skill development. A number of these full-time employment offers came about as a consequence of productive internships with the companies.

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Dr Abhijit Dasgupta, Director of BDS program at SP Jain shared, “The Bachelor of Data Science program at SP Jain is designed to equip students with a comprehensive understanding of data analysis and the skills necessary to tackle complex business problems by effectively leveraging both quantitative and qualitative data. We are thrilled to see the remarkable success of our graduates and their impressive job offers from leading companies in the technology and e-commerce sectors. The curriculum at SP Jain is designed to keep pace with the fast-evolving digital landscape, and the participation of industry professionals from the technology sector demonstrates our commitment to providing cutting-edge education. The high starting salaries our graduates, which is way above the median graduate salaries in the respective geographies, have secured are a testament to the efficacy of our programme, and showcase the core skills and aptitudes that employers demand and appreciate.”

This program’s potential to provide students with a variety of opportunities to intern and acquire practical work experience with renowned businesses and universities even before they graduate is one of its key points. Adaptive Investments (US), the University of Massachusetts at Boston (under the direction of renowned professor Dr. Lawrence Pohlman), AI Australia (Sydney), VP Bank (Vietnam), Johnson & Johnson (Sydney), Instagram, Facebook, ISI, NITIE, Edify Accelerator, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Bombay, and other top US and European universities are just a few of the places where programme participants have interned in the past.

MoE to launch SATHEE, a self-paced learning assessment platform for students

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March 3, 2023

According to University Grants Commission, the Ministry of Education (MoE) is ready to launch a platform that will provide students with self-paced interactive learning and evaluation to prepare for competitive and other examinations.

In collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, the platform – Self Assessment Test and Help for Entrance Exams (SATHEE), was developed.

The purpose of this platform is to fill the gap for students in society who cannot afford expensive entrance exam guidance and coaching. By viewing videos created by IIT and IISc faculty members, it aims to help students learn the concepts and concentrate on their weak subjects so they feel confident to take any examinations.

On March 6, the platform will be introduced by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

Cuemath launches ‘Mathfit’ to empower students to overcome ‘Math Phobia’

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March 2, 2023

Cuemath, a worldwide math learning platform, has released “Mathfit,” a digital handbook with the goal of empowering students to ace math exams by overcoming their “Math Phobia” ahead of the class 10th ICSE and CBSE math board exams. This “first-of-its-kind” programme is created in accordance with Cuemath’s goal to instill a love of math in every kid by promoting the use of the subject for purposes other than academic excellence.

In addition to assisting students in overcoming their “Math Anxiety,” “MathFit” also offers practical learning techniques that can be used to effectively prioritise studying for math exams.

Parents play a crucial role in their children’s educational development. In line with this, the handbook also includes advice for parents on how to boost their kids’ self-confidence about their studies and planning while keeping them motivated for their math tests.

Vivek Sunder, CEO, Cuemath, commented on the initiative, and said, “At Cuemath, students are at the core of everything that we do. No kid should experience math anxiety or math fear, in our opinion. According to a survey we did in 2021, students in Class 10 experience a significant increase in pressure and fear of mathematics during the board exams. The research also showed how many ninth- and tenth-grade students lack confidence in their mathematical skills and how their confidence levels plummet during the board exams. We introduced “MathFit” as a result of the difficulties that many kids have studying math.

Edtech startup DUX Education to stop operations in April

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March 2, 2023

DUX Education, an edtech startup, will stop operations in April 2023 after struggling to raise funds during the startup ecosystem’s funding winter.

Rohit Jain, Founder and CEO, DUX Education, said the Bengaluru-based company will continue to run until March 31, 2023.

“We realised six months ago that it was getting harder to raise funds, so we had to manage operations. As a result, we complied with the request to stop activities, said Jain.

He also said that the edtech company would continue to function through the end of March because parents and students rely on it to get them through this academic year.

The change occurs at a time when edtech unicorns are experiencing losses, firing staff, scaling back expansion plans, and attempting to spend as little money as possible due to a funding shortage.

Dharmendra Pradhan and Education Minister of Australia to sign an agreement on mutual recognition of qualifications

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March 1, 2023

Australian Education Minister Jason Clare and Dharmendra Pradhan will sign an agreement to improve student mobility, during his trip to India from February 28 to March 3.

To encourage institutional partnerships and foster increased collaboration between the two nations, he is heading a delegation of Australian higher education leaders.

In order to promote our institutional partnerships and foster cooperation between our two nations, I will be leading a delegation of Australian higher education leaders this week to India. The Mechanism for the Mutual Recognition of Qualifications, which establishes the guidelines for recognition to receive education in both of our countries. It will be signed during this week’s visit by Minister Pradhan and me, he said in a statement.

This will be the most comprehensive and advantageous recognition deal India has ever signed with another nation, and it will increase student mobility between the two, said Clare.

“By 2035, the National Education Policy of the Modi government aims to enrol 50% of young Indians in higher education and vocational training. For India, that is a game-changing event, and there is a real chance for Australian education providers to work more closely with India, according to Clare.

Former Australian cricketer and worldwide brand ambassador for the University of Wollongong, Adam Gilchrist, will also join the delegation. This occurs before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visit to India next month.

According to the statement, “the visit presents a significant chance for Australian universities to showcase new partnerships and plans which they can achieve in India, including opportunities for joint degrees and campuses.”

Edtech Unicorn PhysicsWallah forms joint venture with Utkarsh Classes

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February 28, 2023

E-learning platform Utkarsh Classes and edtech unicorn PhysicsWallah (PW) have formed a joint venture (JV) to offer students academic training and course offerings in various categories.

In order to provide value-added education for all exams and jointly foray into new exam categories, the two parties intend to capitalise on each other’s core strengths, the firms said in a statement.

“The founding teams (of PW and Utkarsh Classes) have a solid vision of offering quality education with a focus on results to every student in the nation at a reasonable cost, “Alakh Pandey, Founder and CEO of PhysicsWallah, said. “Our partnership will enable us to provide better services to students throughout India and enhance their educational opportunities.

This news of joint venture comes at a time when edtech companies are focusing on hybrid due to a drop in demand since schools and colleges began reopening gradually.

PW will receive help from Utkarsh Classes, which has been offering offline courses for more than 20 years, to improve its offline operations and create a strong hybrid learning model. In accordance with this partnership, PW will continue to operate offline centres in 32 cities across India while Utkarsh Classes will extend the category of government exam preparation.

With PW Vidyapeeth, PhysicsWallah made a practical foray last year. The edtech unicorn announced that it will increase its reach by establishing more Vidyapeeths and scale up in the categories of all-India competitive exams.

PM Modi emphasis on industry-oriented education system

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February 27, 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that the National Education Policy (NEP 2020) has reoriented education and skilling according to young people’s aptitudes, emphasising the need for an “industry-oriented” education system to meet the rising demand for a skilled workforce as India is becoming a global manufacturing hub.

Our educational system should be applied and industry-focused, and the Budget has set the stage for that. Our educational system has suffered from uniformity over the years. We have made changes to this. Speaking at a post-Budget webinar on “Harnessing Youth Power – Skilling and Education,” he said. We reoriented education and skilling according to the aptitude of the youth and the needs of the coming times.

In order to guarantee that children get “outside-the-classroom exposure,” Modi emphasised that India is adopting the global trend of “on-the-job learning,” with a special concentration on offering internships and apprenticeships.

According to him, there are currently 75,000 employers on the National Internship Portal, where 25 lakh internship needs have been listed. The industry and educational institutions were encouraged by the prime minister to utilise the portal to its fullest potential and develop the nation’s internship culture.

He stated the opinion that apprenticeships will prepare the nation’s youth for the future and assist businesses in locating labour with the necessary skills.

In order to guarantee that children get “outside-the-classroom exposure,” Modi emphasised that India is adopting the global trend of “on-the-job learning,” with a special concentration on offering internships and apprenticeships.

According to him, there are currently 75,000 employers on the National Internship Portal, where 25 lakh internship needs have been listed. The industry and educational institutions were encouraged by the prime minister to utilise the portal to its fullest potential and develop the nation’s internship culture.

He stated the opinion that apprenticeships will prepare the nation’s youth for the future and assist businesses in locating labour with the necessary skills.

V Ramgopal Rao, former IIT Delhi Director appointed as group Vice Chancellor for BITS Institutions

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February 24, 2023

The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi’s former director, Professor V. Ramgopal Rao, has been named the new vice chancellor of BITS Pilani, which has campuses in Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad, Dubai, and Mumbai. By March 10th, 2023, Rao will take the position of Professor Souvik Bhattacharyya, who is currently the vice-chancellor of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani.

Professor Rao was welcomed to BITS Pilani by chancellor Kumar Mangalam Birla “With campuses in Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad, Dubai, and Mumbai, I’m pleased to introduce the appointment of Professor V. Ramgopal Rao as the new vice chancellor of BITS Pilani. Professor Rao comes to us from IIT Delhi, where he previously served as the institute’s director from 2016 to 2021. He is presently a Pillay Chair Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department.”

He continued, “Princeton Rao served as a P K Kelkar Chair Professor for Nanotechnology in the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, before entering IIT Delhi as the Director in April 2016.

Rao tweeted, “After 25 years of being a part of the #IIT system in various capacities both at IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi, it’s time to move on and take up new responsibilities. I will be joining as the Group Vice Chancellor for the BITS institutions in Pilani, Hyderabad, Goa, Dubai and Mumbai.”

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He also holds a degree from Germany and honorary doctorate from three universities in India. He holds Member memberships in the IEEE, TWAS, INAE, INSA, IASC, and NASI. Rao is a researcher in the area of nanoelectronics and sensors who has won more than 35 awards and honours from around the world. He has more than 480 research articles to his credit and more than 50 patents. Numerous national groups overseeing India’s education, research, and innovation programmes are presided over by V Ramgopal Rao.

Camp K12, Edtech startup layoffs 70% of staff: reports

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February 23, 2023

The edtech startup Camp K12 is the most recent provider of online education to reduce staff as students return to school and venture capital companies stop providing funding. According to reports, the Gurugram-based company let go 70% of its staff.

A report claims that the coding edtech company has failed to pay its employees’ dues. Anshul Bhagi, a 2010 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Business School, created Camp K12.

Anshul Bhagi founded Camp K12 in 2010, which links students from kindergarten through 12th grade with instructors for interactive, gamified, and live-learning STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics) courses. In the past year, edtech companies in India have let go of thousands of workers. Particularly, the $22 billion edtech unicorn BYJU’S and the SoftBank-backed Unacademy, Vedantu, and Tiger Global all reduced their workforces. 20% of the staff from Unacademy’s affiliate, Relevel, were also let go in January of this year.

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