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NKN announces Technical Workshop for Officers from various NKN connected universities

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NKN announces a Technical Workshop for Technical/Nodal Officers from various NKN connected universities/Institutes from North Eastern Region including NMEICT during 28th and 29th October, 2011 at The Seminar Hall, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Guwahati, which is being organized by NIC, Assam. Dr. R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA)to the Government of India and Chairman, High Level Committee (HLC), National Knowledge Network (NKN), Prof S.V. Raghavan, Scientific Secretary to the Government of India, Dr B.K. Gairola, DG NIC, Prof. P.S. Dhekne, BARC Mumbai have consented to address the workshop through VC.

As the number of member institutes getting connected to NKN increases, a need is felt to bring all the institutes on a single platform to help them integrate their network with NKN. This workshop aims at explaining the architecture of NKN and provide case studies which would help the member Institutes in their integration process. The workshop will illustrate the methodology for integration of NKN with the internal networks which will help the institutions in using the NKN services in an enhanced manner.

IIT Madras Hosts BrainJam on Entrepreneurship

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C-TIDES, the Entrepreneurship cell of IIT Madras, is hosting an engaging UnConference on “IDEA: A Beginning of Entrepreneur's Journey” by Kiruba Shankar, a serial entrepreneur, a columnist and an author. Being from an engineering background, Kiruba has initiated several entrepreneurial ventures like Business Blogging, F5ive Technologies, Vaksana Farms, Verdure Books along with authoring books like Wikipedia: A beginner's guide, Copy Right & Left and Crowdsourcing Tweet. This highly acclaimed UnConference would primarily involve adrenaline filled, highly energetic brain jamming session where the audience are encouraged to openly share their entrepreneurial ideas/thoughts in less than a minute. Along with this thrilling extempore, the speaker would also spice up the session by sharing his entrepreneurial success story. He would also be drawing upon excerpts from the lives of the leading entrepreneurs and business leaders. Kiruba will touch upon how they came across their eureka moment of entrepreneurial idea, what mistakes they made, what to learn from them and how they scaled up their business.

University of Lincoln to launch one-stop admission facility in Mumbai

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To help students in their process of applying to the University, the University will be soon launching its one-stop admission facility in Mumbai where students can receive immediate information on their admission status and assistance to complete all their visa and legal formalities. This point of contact will make the admission process faster and easier. To put it together, this facility is going to make the University of Lincoln just a phone call away.

Elaborating on this facility in India, Manjeet Ridon, Director International Office, University of Lincoln, said, “This facility represents our commitment to the Indian community with regards to higher education. Indian students are considered among the brightest in the world and we are glad that with the help of this facility, prospective, well-qualified students can now be part of our University with an easy access to admission and further related processes which will help them in making informed decisions right from applying to the best-fit course to accommodation services, pre-arrival information etc.”

IIT boys develop potato sowing machine

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With the objective of assisting the farmer community, two students of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, have developed a unique 'potato sowing machine' that can be attached to a tractor in a farm. The machine has been designed and fabricated by Nivesh Pandya and Rajesh Kumar Dwivedi, first year students of M.Tech. in Design Engineering at IIT-Delhi, who claim there is no such appliance in the market. 'There are many wheat sowing machines available. This is the first time that someone has developed a potato sowing machine,' claim the duo, who displayed the project at 'I2Tech Open House 2009' this past weekend. Explaining the working, Nivesh said, 'Potato is produced in a large quantity in our country and it is sown manually. This machine will be a big boon for the farmers. The machine will be powered by the tractor it is attached to. Potato seeds are placed in the hopper of the machine. Through a belt and cup arrangement, the seeds are picked up and dropped in the field. The machine also has furrows, and as the tractor moves ahead the furrows will cover the soil over these seeds. The machine also has a pump to spray insecticides on the soil before the seeds are placed.'

The machine has been designed in such a way that the right distance between the seeds is maintained. The equipment is light in weight and costs INR 10,000 to INR 15,000. It can be used to sow other large-sized seeds also. 'If three such machines are attached to a tractor, seeds can be sown simultaneously in three parallel lines. Therefore, it makes the manual sowing of potatoes completely automatic and only one person is required for driving the tractor. We will file a patent for our machine in July,' said Nivesh.

Ceeco Launches ELearn

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With a vast experience in innovative technology solutions, ELearn offers a revolutionary concept combining the best ICT training tools, Smart School K-12 content and assessments. ELearn's Intelliclass -an unmatched e-learning suite provides comprehensive top of the line hardware and software ICT solution for next generation classrooms. The 100 percent school owned solution is helping convert the convectional class to ICT enabled Intellicass. It supports a unique approach to meet the varied needs of schools and pre-schools.

Intelliclass offers implementation of technology-enabled classrooms equipped with the best infrastructure including Digi-Annotate (a portable interactive device), 88 inches Projection Board, High Resolution WXGA Projector, Dual Core PC, UPS and a compact and powerful eduVOX Audio System.

The high definition Smart School 3D and mapped content delivers in depth explanation of the latest CBSE Curriculum. The beautifully designed and thoughtfully constructed Intelliclass k-12 content, reviewed by education industry experts will definitely improve the student's concentration in the class and help them learn the fun way. Moreover student Ids are provided to enable students to access Smart School server from the comfort of their home.

With the latest e-learning technology the focus is on a holistic and balanced education. Intelliclass e-learning solutions not only offer excellent academics but also include a range of extra-curricular activities thus encouraging the students to realise their full potential. The curriculum is regularly updated with a huge array of practice exercises, comprehensive quizzes and creative modules.

ELearn's Intelliclass Solution is available for schools through a nationwide network of dealers and resellers. Whether you need to convert only one classroom or more, “Intelliclass” will more than meet your expectations.

EuroKids to build 13 more K-12 schools in India

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EuroKids International or EuroKids, Mumbai-based play school chain majority owned by Educomp Solutions, is planning to raise up to Rs 240 crore in two years to build 13 more K-12 schools in India to expand its chain to 30 from the present 17.

Kapil Sibal Calls for Sustained Drive for Awareness on RTE

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There is a need for a sustained campaign to create awareness in every school, among those who need to be brought into school and among those who implement the Right to Education Act as to the various provisions of this Act, stated by Shri Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development at a meeting of State Education Ministers on the subject of community mobilisation and public awareness for Right to Education (RTE). Sibal expressed confidence that he would get support from the State Governments in this effort. Shri Sibal underlined that the Central and the State Government have to work together so that RTE does not falter.

Sibal outlined some of the work undertaken in the RTE in the country. Stating that 20 States have notified rules, he pointed out that in states which have not done, so it is the children who are suffering. He has also said that the teachers' eligibility test has been undertaken and eight years academic cycle has been brought in by the states. But he emphasised on the continuing need for the Government and the civil society to carry the message that education is a right to all people. The community mobilization and public awareness programme for RTE will commence from 11th November wherein a national event will be held in Nuh in Mewat in Haryana on 11th November. Similarly, events are expected to be held in every state and district of the country on that day.

Prof M Aslam appointed as acting VC of IGNOU

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Prof. M. Aslam has taken over as the new acting Vice Chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) after taking charge from Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai, former Vice Chancellor of the university who completed his five year tenure on 20th October 2011.

Prof. Aslam was serving the university as a Director of the School of Continuing Education (SOCE) and professor of Rural Development since 1992. He was also the Director for National Center for Innovations in Distance Education (NCIDE) of the university for over 3 years.

He has rich and varied experience both at national and international levels in University Administration, ICT, Communication and Extension, Distance & Continuing Education, Multi-Media in Distance Education, Training Methodology, Rural Development, Training skills, Monitoring and Evaluation, Panchayati Raj and Social Change from his 33 years career in the field, (20 years as Professor) out of which he spent about 8 years abroad on an international assignment as Director (Trg) CIRDAP between 1981-88.

He has been consultant to various international/ UN bodies including the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, UNDP and EDI of the World Bank.

He has worked as a Project Director for Panchayati Raj Project, developed a Multi-Media Distance Education package for Panchayati Raj functionaries elected throughout the country. The package was introduced among 58,000 elected functionaries of Panchayats in four selected districts of Madhya Pradesh and has been conferred COL President's Award of Excellence at PAN Commonwealth Forum in March, 1999.

Prof. Aslam is an M.A. in Sociology with first division and second position (1973). He got his M.Phil in 1975 and Ph.D. (Sociology) in 1978.

CM to distribute laptops in Assam

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Tarun Gogoi, Chief Minister, Assam has announced computers and laptops for school students. Computers would be given to those students who secure 50 per cent marks in school board examinations from next year.

While addressing the Anundoram Barooah Award 2011 he said that government has all along given thrust to education because this alone can solve problems of illiteracy, poverty and unemployment.

GMAC gets an Indian website

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The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) that administers the GMAT exam launched its India-specific website mba.com-India. The website has been designed exclusively for Indian aspirants and lists a detailed classification of the top business schools in India.

Indian B-schools accepting GMAT score and placements offered by B-schools accepting GMAT scores globally.

“We've seen a dramatic growth in the number of Indian candidates interested in pursuing management education over the last several years,” said Ashish Bhardwaj, regional director for South Asia at GMAC. “With significant growth in acceptance of the GMAT at Indian business schools, these candidates have more choice. This new site will help them navigate the path to a quality graduate management degree with content designed specifically for this market.”

Mba.com hosts information around funding options, cost implications and the prospective return on investment. The portal also runs a thread of video testimonials by Indian students, narrating their journey and experiences from preparing for GMAT and making it to the business school of their choice.

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