Classteacher Launches Classpad Tablet

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January 3, 2012

Rohit Pande, a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and Indian Institute of Management- Calcutta launches Classpad.

Classpad facilitates personalised and interactive learning in the classroom and makes education accessible to every student according to his/ her individual intelligence level and talent. Using the Classpad, teachers can effortlessly transfer class work to the students’ tablet, share their own content instantly and conduct tests/ assessments hassle free. Students can also give undivided attention to class lessons, attempt assessments and get immediate results to further enhance their learning.

Classpad has a touch screen with a 7 hour battery life, 1.3 Ghz processing speed and a built-in memory of 4 GB expandable upto 8 Gb.

Addressing the participants at the launch, Rohit Pande, CEO, Classteacher Learning Systems said, “Our education system does not differentiate students according to the learning capabilities and teach them at the same level, but the software installed in Classpad tests students’ problem solving, creativity and application of language skills. It provides them with personalized teaching as per their learning capabilities. Equipped with artificial intelligence, Classpad can help to categorize students as fast learners, average learners and slow learners. Classpad can assist in reducing the monotony of repetitive sessions in the classroom. Teachers can now complete their syllabus within schedule and get considerable time to focus on slow learners.

“Available for students in standard 3 to 12, Classpad can serve as an interactive e-reading device, with the capability of storing dozens of books. Equipped with distinctive software that is designed to integrate smoothly with existing school platforms, Classpad can easily be connected to the interactive whiteboards. The Classpad is available in two models: Trolley model for multiple student usage and One Tablet per Child (OTPC) model.

In urban millennium, with smart cities

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January 3, 2012

There has been a rapid growth of urbanisation worldwide in the past 50 years. According to the UN State of the World Population 2007 report, a majority of people worldwide will be living in towns or cities, a phenomenon the UN referred to as the arrival of the ‘urban millennium.’ The UN World Urbanisation Prospects report finds that the proportion
of urban population rose dramatically from 13 percent (220 million) in 1900, to 29 percent
(732 million) in 1950, to 49 percent (3.2 billion) in 2005 and is likely to rise to 60 percent
(4.9 billion) by 2030. The increase in urbanisation creates vast pressure in the capacity of the cities to provide services such as energy, education, healthcare, transportation, sanitation and physical security. There is an urgent need for cities to apply advanced information technology and analytics to develop a more citizen-centric approach to services in the competitive economic environment of today. While industrial infrastructure such as rails, roads, and telephone lines were the cornerstones of development in the previous centuries, 21st century is marked by growth of information technologies. Today, urban planners and developers, and governments and industries can use technologies to transform their cities for enhancing the quality of life of citizens and for sustainable urbanisation. It is in this backdrop that the concept of ‘smart city’ has evolved to deal with the challenges that rapid urbanisation is posing. A smart city is about the use of technologies and new models to make cities more productive, efficient and responsive. It envisions the use of information and the network as the underlying platform, to plan and build an efficient city that touches every aspect—transportation, commerce, education, public safety and securit, water, sanitation, healthcare, environment and governance. Smart cities are therefore, the future cities that countries are aspiring for, where everything will be connected, intelligent and green: from office buildings, homes, cars, public transport, hospitals and schools to policing. The world’s most advanced city is being constructed in Portugal. An important feature of this city is that the road pavement is specially treated to allow it to use as energy the natural sunlight and the friction heat that is generated by cars travelling on it. The roads are also equipped with sensors that measure the amount of traffic. India, too, is on the road to building smart cities—world-class, self-sustainable habitats with minimal pollution levels, maximum recycling, optimised energy supplies and efficient public transportation. The pilot projects to develop the ‘smart communities’ are underway in Haryana, Gujarat and Maharashtra. In this endeavour to transform the rapidly growing urban areas into smarter cities, a collaborative partnership between government, industry, academia, and civil society will the pave way for attainment of this dream

SecureIT 2012 :: March 1, 2012 :: The Claridges, New Delhi

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January 1, 2012

As technology becomes increasingly integrated with day-to-day governance, the need for securing electronic data, protecting privacy of individuals and guarding systems against unauthorised access is becoming paramount. Technology is also being increasingly deployed to minimise loss of life and property in times of disaster, and to ensure citizen safety and security.

SecureIT 2012 will discuss issues such as threat of cyber terrorism, data security, security against malware, use of IT in border security and in disaster management.

The one-day Convention will discuss on leveraging the private sector expertise in ICT, for providing advanced and intelligent solutions to the security forces and contemplate on various issues across way of synchronisation of the security set up with the consistent advancement in technology.Security is a prime concern of a state. Increased violence by the extremists, and the spur in extremism, terrorism and anarchism in many countries, with clear intentions of undermining the faith of people on state authorities, indeed to the very concept of a democratic safe state itself, has alarmed the governments the world over to tighten their seat belts. To restructure the security system, hardening of immigration rules, modernizing the security forces and have tempted to go to the extent of waging war (against terrorism). Formation of homeland security department in US, and proposition of National Counter Terrorism Centre in India are few such examples.Perpetrators have access to state of the art technologies and are swift in their actions. By the time, the security forces come into action, the life comes to a standstill. In the given backdrop, the issue of pro-active action from the security agencies – to secure homeland through smart intelligence gathering and sharing, vertically and horizontally, better surveillance, enhanced border and coastguard security, better communication systems, citizen centric and citizen friendly policing and security blanket to all- assumes utmost importance.Moreover, a safe state fosters growth and development. Businesses flourish and economy strengthens. In a developing economy like India, having a billion plus population, maintaining the GDP growth rate of 8 to 9 per cent is one of the prime concerns of the government.

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Society is growing sans development: Prof Winston Dookeran at IGNOU

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December 27, 2011

“In today’s interconnected world, small economies are more connected than the large. If one has to characterize the society today, it is growth without development. Development has become an issue of research for new space. This new space is around people to build upon their own capabilities,” said Prof. Winston Dookeran, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, while delivering a special lecture on ‘Political Economy Of Small States’ at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).

Focusing on the need for future sustainable development he highlighted three major themes viz, financial and economic vulnerability, resilience and buffers. “Financial and economic vulnerability can best be achieved if we can develop flexibility to this economy. India has insulated itself but we cannot due to our size. Flexibility is must and how do you arrive on that is what the scholars have to decide,” he said.

Talking about the capacity to be resilient against the external issues he said that it can have political or economic impact. He also emphasized upon the financial buffers within and outside and said that, “These are small economic country’s reserves in case of external shocks.”

“Now we look forward for commercial and technological ties for a bilateral relationship with India. To do that we can start with our institutions,” he added.

“High per capita income does not lead to development. We as a country should know how poor or rich we are. We have to move towards effective distribution in order to play an important role. If we don’t have an effective delivery system then we would not be able to develop. Institutional collaboration should be the way for developing bilateral relations,” said Prof M Aslam, VC, IGNOU.

EduSports to Raise VC Fund for Expansion

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December 27, 2011

EduSports, provider of end-to-end sports education solutions to K-12 schools, is planning to raise Rs 20 crore to support its expansion plans.

“We are in discussions with venture capital and private equity firms. The fund-raising proceeds will be utilised for expanding our reach, building systems and processes, infrastructure and creating platforms to do the business,” said Saumil Majumdar, co-founder and chief executive officer of EduSports.

Source: Business Standard

Investor Education to Join CBSE Curriculum

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December 27, 2011

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will be adding Investor education in its curriculum in the near future. The introduction of new syllabus will primarily focus on educating children on stock markets and giving them an insight into investment of surplus money in the market.

Stock market regulator, Securities and Exchange board of India (SEBI) consulted HRD ministry and CBSE on including investor education/financial market literacy and CBSE agreed to the proposal after it realised the need for such education and communicated its interest.

Institute of Management Studies Appoints New Director

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December 27, 2011

IMS Ghaziabad appoints Dr A Kumar as the new Director. Dr A Kumar is a B.Tech from B.H.U (Now IIT), MBA and PHD from MIT Sloan. He is a well known veteran with 34 years of rich experience in Industry and academics together.

Dr A Kumar has been appointed as the new Director for Institute of Management Studies (IMS) Ghaziabad. “He brings the extensive background from Industry and academics; his strong ties with Ivey league colleges and industry is a superb choice for IMS” said Pramod Agarwal chairman IMS Society. Dr A Kumar is a B.Tech from BHU (Now IIT), MBA and PHD from MIT Sloan. He is a well known veteran with 34 years of rich experience in Industry and academics together.

This combination of experience and knowledge will be of great importance to existing faculty and students as we integrate development programs and systems that benefit all” Agarwal said. Dr A Kumar has worked with MIT Sloan School of Management (USA), Harvard Business School and XLRI Jamshedpur. He attributes his interests in strategic management, Technology management, Employee relation, Innovation in Academic Policy Planning, MDP, FDP, AMP & research.

His Significant achievements are planning for building intellectual capital, Value creation for workforce, international linkage, gap analysis, establishing the institutional excellence and building organization. He has also conducted a comprehensive research for “Creation for Silicon Valley model in USA to improve US Economy in early 80’s”

Pratap University Signs MoU with University of District of Columbia

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December 27, 2011

Pratap University has signed a seven point agreement with American University Washington to improve its education quality even further. Under this agreement students of Pratap University will get golden chance to visit America to study in American University and American students will also be able to come to Pratap University in India to get education.

Pratap University has been established in Jaipur this year wherein courses in engineering, management, information technology, mass communication, fashion and interior designing are being conducted.

Secretary of Pratap University, Shailendra Bhadoria, said that university is committed to give high quality education to its students and the agreement done with American university will prove to be a landmark and will benefit Indian students.

In this eight point agreement the very first and main point is ‘student exchange program’. Under this program American students will be able to come to India to get education in Pratap University situated in Jaipur and Indian students will go to America to get education in American university. In the second agreement, Under ‘faculty exchange program’ faculties of Pratap university will get the opportunity to teach in American university and faculties of American university will get chance to impart education in Pratap University. Under third agreement faculties of both the universities will be chosen with mutual consent so that lack in quality of education could be avoided. Under the next point of agreement, dual degree programs will be started for students of both the countries and the degrees thus given will be recognized in both the countries. Under another agreement, faculty and management of both the universities will work jointly on joint research projects, seminars, conferences etc. Under next agreement Pratap University will act as the representative of American university for the admission of students and will admit student for the educational courses of American university.

Bhadauria told that American university has given contract to Pratap University to open and run their study centers in India. This will benefit those students who want the degree of American University while residing India.

A joint representative committee of Chancellors and Vice Chancellors of Indian and American Universities visited Pune and under the Indo-American education treaty, 21 American universities after considering various Indian Universities, signed agreements related to imparting education. During this program senior Parliamentarians of American senate, district governors and many central ministers of India signed more than 10 agreements in India in order to take concrete steps to strengthen the Indo-American education system.

Event Management Association Kerala to Launch Event Management Institute

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December 27, 2011

Event Management Association Kerala (EMAK), the umbrella body of event management agencies in Kerala, announced its decision to launch an Event Management Institute in Kochi to create a talented pool of event management professionals with sound theoretical knowledge and hands on practical experience.

“This is great step to bring more competence into the industry, the proposed institute is being planned as a joint venture between the member organisations, and will be accredited with the AICTE;” explained Brian Tellis, President, Events & Entertainment Management Association (EEMA), the national body of the event management companies in India.

As an initiating move, EMAK has organized a Workshop on Emerging Opportunities in the Event Management Industry at School of Communication and Management Studies, Kalamassery, Kochi.

EMAK came into being in 2009 with the stated objective of representing the aspirations of all event management companies in Kerala. EMAK brings together various event management organizations in Kerala onto a single platform and thus become the sole representative body of the industry in Kerala. Its affiliated to the apex organization EEMA.

As a responsible industry organization contributing to the growth of the economy and the industry, EMAK aims to promote best management practices in the industry among its members and standardizing event solutions for client organizations thereby ensuring a level playing field to its practitioners.

As part of the objective of promoting best management practices, EMAK intends to organise tax workshops for its member organisations in association with the Service Tax and Income Tax depts. EMAK intends to undertake vendor development programs including safety measures for its work force. Association will also float a Welfare Fund for its direct as well as ancillary employees to support them on unexpected emergencies.

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