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Toonz Academy ties up with Bharathiar University to offer BSc Animation

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Toonz Academy Trivandrum, division of the award winning Toonz Animation studio based in Technopark, has entered in to an agreement with Bharathiar University, Coimbatore that entitles Toonz Academy to offer BSc (Animation) degree course of the university from academic year 2010-11. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed between Dr P Thirumanavalan, Registrar of the university and Mr RK Nair, President, Toonz Academy.

Apart from BSc (Animation) the MOU also covers Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Arts and Animation, Diploma in Digital Arts and Animation and many certificate programs. The curriculum for these courses, designed and developed by Toonz, and the infrastructure at the Academy has been approved by the university. Students undergoing these programs at Toonz Academy will get degrees and diplomas of the university, on successful completion of the course requirements.

'With this tie up with a State University we are giving the students the twin advantages of an industry designed and endorsed curriculum delivered in a studio environment and a formal degree from the university. It will now be easier for students to find jobs in the booming animation and multimedia industry and also pursue higher studies in India and abroad' said RK Nair. Toonz Academy will start taking admissions for the BSc(Animation) degree course for the academic year 2010-11 from 19th July 2010.

NBA and Mahindra partner to launch community five on five recreational basketball league

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The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Mahindra Group, one of India's largest and most respected companies, on March 9, 2009 announced a partnership to launch a new multi-city community-based recreational basketball league. The new league for boys and girls ages 14 and up will tip off in Bangalore, Ludhiana and Mumbai in collaboration with the Basketball Federation of India (BFI). Mahindra will be the title partner of the new recreational league, Mahindra NBA Challenge, which will run for seven weeks annually in two divisions: youth ages 14-17 and adult 18+. The BFI will work with the NBA to implement and oversee league operations across all markets. The Mahindra NBA Challenge will provide basketball enthusiasts and newcomers to the game the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of the game and apply their skills in a fun, competitive environment. 'We at Mahindra & Mahindra are delighted to join hands with NBA for the development of Basketball in India. It is our on going endeavour to promote and help build a strong foundation for basketball. Mahindra NBA Challenge is a small step in this direction to help engage the youth at the grassroots and create awareness about the sport,' said Sriram Ramachandran, Sr. General Manager, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.

After the great success in Mumbai the Mahindra NBA Challenge moves to Bangalore. Play will begin on July 17 when participating teams tip off at the Kanteerava Stadium courts in Bangalore. Individuals and teams interested in registering can visit www.nba.com/India/Mahindra. The Challenge will be structured as round-robin play with teams playing one game a week over a seven-week season. League champions will be decided in a weekend-long postseason knock-out tournament at the conclusion of the regular season in each city. 'Mahindra is the perfect partner for the creation of a new recreational basketball league for Indian fans,' said NBA Commissioner David Stern. 'The BFI, Mahindra and the NBA share a long-term commitment to growing the game in India and to using the values of our game to make a positive, lasting impact in Indian communities.' 'Basketball continues to grow in popularity across India and now youngsters in Bangalore, Ludhiana and Mumbai will have the opportunity to play in an organized league and further develop their skills,' said Harish Sharma, Secretary General of BFI. 'The launch by Basketball Federation of India and the NBA of the Mahindra NBA Challenge is very exciting and will help accelerate the basketball development of Indian youngsters.'

Indian trio among education experts to address Global Summit

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A trio of Indian education experts are among an elite list set to address a global education summit in Bahrain this October, it was announced today. Kailash Satyarthi, President of the Global Campaign for Education (GCE); Kiran Bir Sethi, Founder of the Riverside School in Ahmedabad; and Sudhir Ghodke, Director of Educational Initiatives (EI), will join speakers from Harvard University, the European Commission, 10 Downing Street and Microsoft at the Education Project 2010. The second occasion of the annual event, initiated by His Royal Highness Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince of Bahrain and Chairman of the Kingdom's Economic Development Board (EDB), runs from 8-10 October.

Shaikh Mohammed bin Essa Al Khalifa, Chief Executive of the EDB which is organising the event, said, 'Education is the single most important factor in bringing stability, productivity and prosperity to all societies. Our goal in Bahrain in establishing the Education Project was to bring together an international community of educators. To have such experts from India on board, to offer their expertise in identifying practical solutions to address the gap in the global education system, will help to ensure a platform from which to further inspire positive change.'

Despite increased government spending, education outcomes worldwide have declined over time. The Education Project was established to share best practice and create a practical approach that educators can follow to make a difference. Hundreds of professionals from 36 countries joined together last year. In October, leading figures from academia, business and politics will again take the stage; Satyarthi, Sethi and Ghodke will offer valuable insight. Satyarthi's life and work has been the subject of much international acclaim. Synonymous with the crusade against child slavery, he played an important role in linking the fight against child labour with efforts for achieving the Dakar goals of 'Education for All'. He has previously addressed the UN General Assembly, UNESCO's High Level Group on Education and the biggest international congregations of teachers and students. Today he leads GCE's campaign for the mobilisation of global resources for basic education.


Mexus Education announces edutainment retail foray with Iken Store

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Mexus Education, an education innovations enterprise, announces their strategic foray in education retail with the launch of Iken Store, India's first edutainment store, in Mumbai yesterday. This will be the first store launch in Mumbai, in a chain of branded stores across India, which will feature innovative educational products under the brand name 'Iken'. The concept of Iken Store is poised to introduce the realm of 'edutainment' to Indian audience. It aims to redefine the way India studies. Mexus Education is committed in creating a state-of-the-art learning experience for all learners. Starting with 7 flagship Iken stores in the next 5 months, the company plans to step up to 500 Iken Stores pan India in next 3 years through mix of company owned and company operated (COCO) stores and Franchise Owned Stores. In total, the company will open its own in Delhi, Vapi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Indore apart from Mumbai during this financial year.

Speaking on the occasion, Saurabh Saxena, Director, Mexus Education, said, 'Iken Store will establish our presence in education retail which has tremendous potential in an emerging marketing like India. There are approximately 10 CR students in 90,000 private schools in India currently and they spend close to INR 50,000 CR annually on educational products and services other than school fee. With this foray, we wish to gain the first movers advantage and re-define education retail in India by being pioneers through innovation backed with cutting-edge technology and content.' Globally, the educational retail market is well defined and developed with several brands investing heavily into Product Development for learners across all age groups. These products have targeted the curricular segment as well as hobbies and extra-curricular segment. The 'Iken store' embodies the practical & hands-on learning philosophy of Mexus Education. The store format is unique in its design and has been formulated to optimize space across all locations keeping children in mind. Iken store will be the access point where parents and students can have a first-hand experience of the Iken range of products. In the first leg of operations, Iken store will operate as an exclusive store for Iken products. However, it will showcase other stationeries but under the brand Iken.

IndiaCan and NDTV Worldwide Launch a Programme in Broadcast Journalism in India

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IndiaCan and NDTV Worldwide today announced a strategic partnership to launch a programme in broadcast journalism across the country. NDTV Worldwide, part of the NDTV Group, India's first and leading private broadcaster for news, current affairs and lifestyle television and IndiaCan, a joint venture between Educomp (India's largest education company) and Pearson (an international media company with world-leading businesses in education, business information and consumer publishing), have entered into an arrangement for introducing a broadcast journalism training programme that leverages the strengths of both partners. Broadcast journalism today is an exciting and fulfilling career, pitching its practitioners at the heart of extraordinary changes in one of the world's most dynamic societies. With the growth in the broadcast media space across India, more specifically in regional television, the programme aims to address the requirement of the industry – quality candidates equipped with fine journalism skills and the necessary practical experience.

'This alliance between India's leading private broadcaster NDTV & IndiaCan is the start of a new journey in the field of broadcast education for the young aspiring minds of today. It will throw up an enormous opportunity to the large student base in the country to develop an unparalleled expertise by leveraging the rich experiences of the partners,' said Srinath Venkatesh, Head, Vocational Business, IndiaCan. 'NDTV's Media Institute is proud to partner with NDTV Worldwide and IndiaCan in offering students across India an opportunity to train with latest methodologies of broadcast journalism. The success of our courses under the NDTV Media Institute gives us a huge leveraging platform to expand the training course across India,' said Sanjay Nigam, CEO of the NDTV Media Institute.

Monster says max job growth in June in Education

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Monster India mentioned that job opportunities continued to expand for the seventh month in June. The education sector saw the strongest demand with a nine percent rise last month over the previous month. Production and manufacturing followed closely with a seven percent rise in opportunities. The hiring in the banking, finance and insurance showed a growth of three percent. The index estimates job demand footed on a real-time review of employment opportunities culled from a large representative selection of online job sites, including Monsterindia.com. The index had monitored 13 cities out of which Kolkata recorded the largest increase in job availability while Chandigarh saw the steepest decline, falling almost nine percent.

Education Initiative by UTI Mutual Fund

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On Tuesday 13, 2010, UTI Mutual Fund announced launch of its investor education initiative. The initiative is to create awareness among people about the concepts of financial planning and benefits of investing in mutual funds. As part of the initiative, christened as Swatantra, three UTI knowledge caravans will travel from Porbandar, Jammu and Guwahati across the country to spread awareness about financial planning. The press release of the same indicated that during the journey, investors meets will be held in various centres and that the initiative is in partnership with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. The agreement was signed by UTI AMC Chairman, UK Sinha, BPCL Chairman and MD, Ashok Sinha and Corporation Bank CMD, JM Garg.


Toshiba and Intel partner to provide PC for education

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A tablet PC designed to facilitate learning in education, the CM1, is to be commercialised as a part of joint planning between Toshiba and Intel. Intel will be commercializing the CM1 to promote ICT education on a global basis with Toshiba. The tablet PC's monitor rotates 180 degrees and equips a 10.1-inch touchscreen LCD that supports pen input with a slip-resistant rubber coating. This new provision is to support students to practice handwriting and experience an enhanced learning process.

The LCD comes with a power-saving LED backlight. Weighing approximately 1.8kg, students can easily carry it to their schools or learning centers. Apart from this, to foster the ICT environment, the companies have planned to demonstrate the CM1 tablet PC at schools. The new CM1 tablet PC will be introduced in the beginning of August, 2010 in the Japanese market.

Intel appreciates Zinox Computers for its effort in Africa

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Intel Corporation lauded Zinox computers for it's outstanding contributions to ICT education in Nigeria. Reportedly, Intel recounted that since last two years Zinox has relentlessly engaged in educational ICT projects and successfully deployed Intel powered classmate PC projects to 210 secondary schools in the country. This also comprises of the wireless internet connectivity and training of teachers as ICT champions.

In May 2010, the Federal Government of Nigeria approved that Zinox may carry out its initiative of carrying out Intel-powered classmate PC projects to an additional 201 secondary schools across the country. Zinox, therefore, deployed over 80% of all Intel-powered classmate PC projects in Nigeria.

HP emphasises on its commitment to ICT initiatives

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Recently, HP announced and reassured its support to Department of Education, Government of Rajasthan, whereby over 222 Higher and Higher Secondary Schools in Rajasthan are to receive benefits of using 250 HP computers. Additionally, this initiative of the Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology (IT), Shri Sachin Pilot, supports the dynamic digital learning environment for Madrasas and for students with special needs. This is aligned to HP's vision of bringing PC access to more students, empowering students to learn beyond the classroom with the latest technology solutions; and helping them cultivate specialized professional skills to take them from basic computer literacy to being able to collaborate, create and solve problems through technology.

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