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IIT Alumni plans to make India global knowledge hub

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The seventh annual Pan-IIT Global Conference ended with alumni of the prestigious institutes chalking out plans to make India the global knowledge hub by 2022.Chairman Ray Mehra explained that one of the main initiatives is concerned with the Industrial Training Institutes, which are important to meet India's manpower and creating jobs. For this he mentioned that retired IITians will be involved and major cities will be the first targets. Promoted by California-based IITian Desh Deshpande, the Akshaya Patra Foundation helps run the world's largest mid-day meal scheme feeding more than a million children. The summit also firmed up its plans to push educational reform in India as outlined in their so-called Panch Ratnas presented to the Indian president in July.

The MoUs, he said, will boost research collaboration between Indian and US universities and facilitate faculty exchanges. As per its theme of `Entrepreneurship and Innovation in a Global Economy', the IIT summit was addressed by top guns from energy and health care sectors. Clinton, who was the main speaker at the summit, called the IITians India's `best and brightest'. Holding a cheap toy lamp which can light two rooms, the former US president urged IITians to innovate to usher in cheap technologies for the common man. Aneesh Chopra, Obama's chief technology officer, also touched upon major areas in technology with immense future opportunities. Other prominent speakers at the summit included James Owens, chairman and CEO of Caterpillar Inc., and Raghuram G. Rajan of the University of Chicago and former chief economist of the IMF.

Edserve is to earn over INR 100 crore through Modular Employable Skills Scheme in next 18 months

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The stock of Chennai-based Edserv Softsystems has gained momentum after the company bagged a government contract last week. The stock shot up by 10.2% in just two trading sessions and closed at INR 175 on the BSE last Friday. Edserv, which provides vocational training and placement services, said that it has become an associate training partner of Apex Hitech Institute of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. With this, Edserv can now provide demand-driven short-term training courses to unemployed persons under the Modular Employable Skills Scheme (MESS) of the central government. The scheme involves more than 200 shortterm courses encompassing minimum skills required to gain employment. The programme offers certification, which is nationally and internationally recognized.

Under this scheme, Edserv would receive Rs 15 per hour of training given to candidates who successfully complete a particular module. The training duration varies from less than 90 hours to more than 270 hours. The company plans to offer training to three lakh candidates in the first 18 months by setting up a franchise network of training institutes across Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Kerala, and Gujarat. This would take the number of its centres from 250 to 1,000. The company expects to earn over INR 100 crore through this scheme at an operational margin of 40% in the next 18 months. Going by the management's claim, this arrangement alone can catapult its net profit from INR 3.5 crore in FY09 to over INR 27 crore by FY11. The company is also planning to take a loan of INR 20 crore to run 50 private schools in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. It expects to use this experience of running schools to bid for government contracts as a part of public-private partnership initiative under various educational programmes.

Victoria University joins state government ICT skills program

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Two ICT students at Victoria University will benefit from a state government program to promote skills development. Netsolutions is providing the opportunities for industry experience. The program provides ICT students with industry based learning opportunities intended to improve professional and personal skills. Two final-year students at Victoria University have been selected for the scholarships, which are funded for 2010. They will spend two 12-week placements with Netsolutions, working on a new integrated security management platform at the company's Port Melbourne R&D centre. The program is part of the state government's $1.84 million ICT skills package within the Building Our Industries for the Future strategy.

300 schools to include robotics

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Students in 300 primary and secondary schools have started studying Robotics in a pilot project. Education director-general Tan Sri Alimuddin Mohd Dom said the pilot project was introduced earlier this year in both urban and rural schools. Alimuddin (right) checks out John's gold medal as his team members Benjamin (second from left) and Cheng En (third from left) look on. The team will represent Malaysia in the World Robot Olympiad in Korea next month. Alimuddin said the ministry had also encouraged the establishment of robotics clubs in schools. Organised by the Education Ministry, the National Science Centre and Sasbadi Sdn Bhd, he said the objectives of the NRC were to help students build a solid foundation in Mathematics, Science, Technology, Design and ICT, work together as a team, enhance creativity and promote robotics among students.

He said 26 primary school and 52 secondary school teams competed in the NRC finals, with the winners of each category representing Malaysia at the World Robot Olympiad to be held in Pohang, South Korea in November. He said Malaysia won a gold, two silver and two bronze medals from the World Robot Olympiad in 2008. SJKC Jalan Davidson Year Five pupil Benjamin Phang Shin Yoong said he and his team mates, John Leong and Tan Cheng En, were happy to come out tops in the primary school open category in the NRC. Music that was incorporated into the team's robotic project came from the angklung (a musical instrument made of bamboo) and special computer software, he added.

India wins at SIFE World Cup in Berlin

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The SIFE India team from the Alpha Arts & Science College Chennai, has won the second place in the prestigious SIFE World Cup 2009. The two-day event held in Berlin on the 5th and 6th of October 2009, witnessed teams from over 40 countries world-wide competing for top honors. Almost 3000 students and business leaders from all over the world were present for the 2 day event. The SIFE World Cup is a keenly contested annual business competition organized by SIFE (Students In Free Enterprise), an international organization that encourages students to evolve sustainable economic solutions for the community. The participants of the SIFE World Cup are National Champions from their respective countries, chosen after two rounds of competition in each country. Teams present their community projects to a jury consisting of established business leaders and are evaluated on a set of seven criteria ranging from market economics to sustainability. Almost 3000 students and business leaders from all over the world were present for the two day event.

The Alpha SIFE team's high-impact programs on seaweed cultivation for tsunami-hit fisher-folk and tomato pulping for deprived tomato farmers helped create meaningful and sustainable businesses for livelihood in these communities. The immense success of these projects was presented by a team of 5 students from the Alpha Arts & Science College at the SIFE World Cup event, thus earning them the coveted first runners-up place with Egypt being declared winner. Syntel Inc., a leading global IT and KPO Company has been involved with the creation of SIFE India from the start and Keshav Murugesh has been Chairman of the Board since the start. A large number of colleges from India are involved in the program that is creating India of the future. SIFE India board members include some of the most well respected industry captains of the Indian corporate world from prestigious companies like Syntel Inc., KPMG India, HSBC India, PwC, Reliance Capital Limited amongst others.

Joint India, Australia workshop to focus on Student Mobility

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The first meeting of the Joint Working Group (JWG) on student mobility between India and Australia was held at the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs on October 6, 2009. The delegations were led by G. Gurucharan, Joint Secretary, MOIA, and by Lachlan Strahan, Deputy High Commissioner, Australia, and Mr Colin Walters, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Education International. The joint working group reaffirmed that Australia and India are committed to working together closely to address, with resolve and in a time-bound manner, issues affecting Indian students in Australia.

The meeting agreed that an India-Australia Task force will fast track these issues and report to the Joint Working Group, with a full timetable and deliverables. The next meeting of the Joint Working Group will take place in Australia in the second half of 2010. The meeting noted that the development of tighter regulatory systems in India and Australia will require the agreement of joint operating protocols to underpin the regulation. Progress on this issue will also be reported to the Joint Working Group.

SSA to focus on slow learners

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The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) will soon start a new scheme 'Aao Padhe Hum', aimed at identifying slow learners in primary sections of government schools and enhancing their knowledge. Initially the students of class VI to VIII and Kasturba Gandhi schools would be analyzed. 6000 schools have been shortlisted for the Rs.1crore project that will benefit more than 4 lakh students. The project would be initiated from November 7, 2009 and students would be provided lessons till class II after which they would be taught according to their classes.

Nearly 25 schools have been allotted to Block Resource Centre Facilitator (BRCF) and 2 schools to Cluster Resource Center Facilitator (CRCF) for successful operation of the project. BRCF would submit a report on the progress of students after inspecting the schools. SSA has several other schemes like 'alternative school' to re-induct dropouts, formation of School Development and Management Committees and provide training to teachers of Kasturba Gandhi schools etc.

Sibal offers eLearning material to UNESCO

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Speaking at the 'General Policy Debate' at the 35th Session of the General Conference of UNESCO in Paris on Friday, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister, Kapil Sibal offered sharing the e-learning materials prepared by India under the National Mission for ICT by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) with UNESCO. He stated that India is shortly going to initiate a special project aimed at preservation of the endangered languages in India. Sibal said that India has fully supported the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development based on the premise that Education must become a tool for ushering in a sustainable lifestyle pattern so that developing countries can leapfrog to a sustainable developed economy based on respect for the environment, international understanding, harmony and peace.

Sibal said that as the Chairperson of the Steering Committee of the South-South Cooperation Programme India looks forward to the early implementation of Fund Raising Strategy and raising the profile of the unique South-South Fund in the field of education through successful celebration of South-South Cooperation Day on December 15, 2009. He said that India welcomes the operationalization of the South-South Cooperation Programme for Education pilot projects for the different regions of G-77 & China being implemented. Sibal also expressed pride that Professor Yash Pal from India and Prof. Trinh Xuan Thuan from Vietnam will be jointly awarded the UNESCO-Kalinga Prize for popularization of Science 2009.

Internship in India: Plan launched at Singapore

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A youth focus initiative has been launched to enhance the prospects of Singapore's entrepreneurial ties with India. The Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SICCI) is making this move at a time of global focus on the economy and on India's polls. Six students of the Singapore Management University (SMU) begin this week 8 to 12-week courses under this SICCI-India Internship Programme. Two among these management undergraduates have been chosen to do internship at The Hindu office in Chennai. Of the other four, two each are being attached to Snowman and Gati in Bangalore.

Another batch of two SMU students will undertake a similar project, at Ascendas in Bangalore, about a month from now. All the eight broadly represent the ethnic spectrum in the City-State. SICCI Chairman Vijay Iyengar described this initiative as an investment that could enhance the strong Singapore-India relationship. Mentors would stay in touch with the SMU students during their internship in India, said Iyengar. On a different but related front, the chamber was now engaging the Singapore-based Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The objective, according to SICCI Chief Executive Officer Predeep Menon, was a tie-up with the NTU over its 'Global Immersion Programme.' That could open up a window on China too. The India-bound SMU students, when contacted, exuded a good deal of curiosity about the 'business practices' in the 'rising economy.' An 'India focus,' according to Ruzaini Sani, encouraged him to move 'out of [his] comfort zone' to explore 'another option' for his future career. Vithiya Muthu Kumar, heading to the Indian arm of a Singapore firm, expected the business culture to be 'very different' from that here.

Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology celebrates 10th Anniversary

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Over 10,000 IT Graduates and professionals and academic of Sri Lanka's leading IT Degree awarding Institute, the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) is celebrating its 10th Anniversary this year. Those graduated from SLIIT comprise around one third of Sri Lanka's It professional workforce. SLIIT was created to educate and train ICT professionals, scientists and engineers with the aim of developing a skilled cadre of professionals much needed for the development of a robust and sustainable IT industry in Sri Lanka and in this sphere SLIIT has played a major role in providing university education for students and some of them have reached the pinnacle of their professions.

To mark their 10th anniversary, SLIIT would be involved in a series of activities such as software development competition for school children. The Island-wide school software competition conducted by the Ministry of Education is aimed at popularizing techniques required for developing software; vital for the future progress of the nation. The work of the 10 finalists will be displayed at the Malabe campus under the them of the 10th Anniversary Achievers.

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