RSLDC Skilling Youth for Future

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The basic idea behind the creation of Rajasthan Skill and Livelihoods Development Corporation (RSLDC) is to formulate appropriate and innovative strategies to promote and facilitate large-scale livelihoods for the underprivileged people of the State, says Ngikya Gohain, Manging Director, RSLDC in an interview with Ahmad Shariq Khan of Elets News Network (ENN).

Please give us a brief description about RSLDC’s mission and objectives.

The Mission of RSLDC is to address the needs of rising unemployment in Rajasthan through formulating and promoting appropriate livelihood strategies for the State’s economically weak working population and fulfilling Government’s larger vision of attaining inclusive economic growth. RSLDC seeks to provide an impetus to skill training and livelihoods initiatives for disadvantaged groups like women, SC, ST, migrants, persons with special ability etc. RSLDC is overcoming the challenges by disseminating knowledge, experimenting with alternative ideas, designing more effective livelihoods promotion strategies and advocating policy reforms. By facilitating convergence and coordination among stakeholders and enhancing capacities of existing livelihoods intervention agencies, RSLDC is expanding and improving accessibility of services.

How RSLDC established skill training mechanism by involving training partner agencies to execute the training programme across the State?

Over a period of time, RSLDC has consolidated its skill training framework and has standardised the skill ecosystem of Rajasthan. RSLDC also plays an important role in approval of schemes, preparation of training guidelines and selection of training partners. RSLDC also decides parameters of establishment of Skill Development Centres (SDCs), their inspection and approval, methods and reporting of sudden inspections, assessment and certification and placement norms.

These processes are now well defined and have been made consistent by the State Skill Mission to ascertain better outcome. In last five years, RSLDC has seen a phenomenal growth as a result of its skill-based endeavours that have benefitted more than 2.75 lakh youth and rising.

As part of its endeavour RSLDC offers a bouquet of courses to choose from including National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) aligned courses. RSLDC has expanded its horizon by providing training in newer sectors such as Phad Paintings, Heritage Mistri Trade, Purohitya Prashikshan, Ornamental Fisheries, etc. It leads to dropping conventional courses and making space for the industry-relevant trades.

In its attempt to reach out to the different sections of the society, RSLDC is laying special emphasis on empowering special sections of the society with quality training and placement opportunities. RSLDC is providing skill training to women, transgender, persons with special ability, juveniles and jail inmates, ex-army servicemen, Pak migrants, and other such sections.

How is RSLDC working towards nurturing industry-ready skill sets among students?

RSLDC is working with over 250 training partners who have partnered with industries and potential employers for arranging post-training placements. These partnerships with training partners and industries are critical in ascertaining the industries’ skill requirements. The training partners are encouraged to submit their proposed courses when they submit their proposal for empanelment with RSLDC, considering the employability factor of a particular sector. They accordingly do mobilisation and counselling of suitable youth based on their proposed courses and ensuring the inculcation of right skill sets among candidates. The 10 convergence departments with whom RSLDC has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) also do mobilisation of youth for the training programmes. Further, RSLDC also publishes industry-specific Expression of Interest (EOIs), wherein interested industries are encouraged to participate in the training programmes and provide in-house training as per candidates, needs. The provision of on-the-Job training (OJT) is also available in RSLDC courses, whereby training partners ensure youth’s participation.

The challenge of ensuring gainful and sustainable employment to Rajasthan’s youth is a major area of concern for policymakers, what measures have been taken by RSLDC in this regard?

The Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) scheme since its inception has the placement based incentive mechanism. After the adoption of Common Cost Notification (CNN) by RSLDC, the Employment linked Skill Training Programme (ELSTP) and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) schemes also have incentive parameters to encourage better placement opportunities for the trained youth. All these trainings are provided as per the NSQF aligned courses of level 1-4.

The State Government has also established the country’s first Government Skill University (RISU) with Bachelor of Vocation (B Voc) and Diploma of Vocation (D Voc) trainings of level five and above. This will boost the skills and employability levels of the youth. Another private skill university – Bhartiya Skill Development University (BSDU) has been also established under facilitation from the State Government. The university is conducting Swiss dual model of training with major focus on hands-on experience and is conducting B Voc and D Voc courses and is also providing an opportunity for PhD programme. All these courses are designed to make a significant difference for the youth, helping them take up a better and sustainable employment in the times to come.

RSLDC has also tied up with many industry players for better training and placement. In this direction, MoUs were signed during Resurgent Rajasthan Partnership Summit – 2015 with prominent industries like Caterpillar, BOSCH, Schneider, Asian Paints, Uber, Ola, Glass Academy etc. RSLDC also helped in the establishment of BOSCH BRIDGE Academy in 33 district level Government ITIs. RSLDC has played a major role in the establishment of Centre of Excellence for Tourism Training (CETT), Udaipur in 2016 with the support of ITEES, Singapore. This Centre of Excellence is a state-of-art Institution and is mandated to focus on training youth in hospitality sector courses. The trained youth of RSLDC are also being linked with suitable apprenticeship to augment their skills and create better job opportunities for them.

How is RSLDC making education accessible to remote areas of Rajasthan?

RSLDC is putting special focus on tribal areas, border districts and aspirational districts of Rajasthan. Looking into the skill training requirements of tribal areas, RSLDC has prepared a sub-scheme under its Regular Skill Training Programme (RSTP). Relaxation is given in certain terms and conditions to enable training partners in scaling up training in these areas and benefitting youth.

Similarly, for Pak Migrants, located majorly in the border districts of Jodhpur, Barmer and Jaisalmer, special circular has been issued under RSTP scheme and training partners have been directed to take up the training programmes for their livelihood enhancement.

The remote areas lack availability of suitable infrastructure to conduct skill development trainings. To take up this matter, the TAD department is creating infrastructure and would hand over these buildings to RSLDC for training programmes. RSLDC is also planning to establish ‘Mega Skill Malls’. These malls will accommodate at least 4-5 sector specific courses and will also have residential facilities and would train youth in large numbers. The sectors would be demanddriven with high employability courses. RSLDC is also planning to resume the mobile van-based skill training programmes to fetch the needs of far-off and remote areas.

How can a platform be created to integrate academicians, students, researchers and administrators?

The State Government already has a policymaking body, which is Rajasthan Mission on Livelihoods (RMOL) being chaired by the Chief Minister of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje. Additional Chief Secretaries, Public Relations Secretaries and Secretaries of major departments are the member of RMOL. It also has representation from industry bodies and sector-specific national level experts.

There is another platform – Chief Minister Advisory Council headed by the Chief Minister of Rajasthan. There are three sub-groups under it and one of them is education sub-group. This sub-group works under the leadership of Education Minister of Rajasthan and has the representation of policymakers, education experts, and international NGOs working in the field of education and skill development and other representatives. Thus, I believe the existing framework in the regard is already doing an excellent job and is rightly directed.

Centre for Electronic Governance — Boosting IT Ecosystem in Rajasthan

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Centre for Electronic Governance (CEG) has been established to provide an excellent environment for creating industry-ready IT professionals through vocational training, seminars, lectures, and relevant software training. It lso acts as a readymade knowledge-exchange forum between the industry and the trained workforce, Elets News Network (ENN) takes a close look at its various functions and achievements in the recent past.

Centre for Electronic Governance (CEG) is an autonomous body established under the aegis of Department of Technical Education, Government of Rajasthan. The foundation stone of CEG was laid down on 8th December 2006 with a sole aim to provide a conducive environment for creating industry employable IT professionals through industry relevant software and hardware training. At the same time, CEG also plays the role of a bridge between the industry and the trained IT workforce that is readily available to be absorbed into the industry. Rajasthan is also the second State in the country that is running this programme after the highly acclaimed and successful programme “Jawahar Knowledge Centre” in Andhra Pradesh.

CEG Training Programmes:

Training programmes available at CEG are approved by Technical Education Department, Government of Rajasthan. The autonomous body of Government of Rajasthan under the Department of Technical Education provides certification in IT Training programmes like Big data, Internet of Things (IoT), Machine Learning, Python, Cyber security, Ethical hacking, Android, IOS, 3D printing & Robotics, Oracle training programs, Mean Stack development, Cloud Computing, CCNA, Microsoft.Net, PHP, Auto CAD, Red Hat Certification training, C, C++, Linux training program, embedded training programs and other relevant IT programmes. CEG is an authorised education partner of CISCO, Red Hat and Autodesk. syllabus of all training programs are designed as per the changing requirements of industry trends. In addition, CEG also facilitates Summer Training Programs and internship for M.Sc., M.Tech, MBA, MCA, B.Sc., B.Tech and Diploma students. At present, CEG provides Six-Months MCA industrial-oriented training too. More than 6642 students have been trained by CEG till now under various kinds of training programs. CEG also organise faculty development program for Engineering/Diploma/ College Education faculty members. Furthermore, CEG is also associated with Department of Higher Education, Rajasthan, for faculty development programmes and online learning platform for students.

CEG aims to provide a conducive environment for creating industry employable IT professionals through industry relevant software and hardware training.

Other Training Programmes and Partners:

Contributing to the skill development in IT sector, CEG provides RS-CIT (Rajasthan State Certificate Course in Information Technology) training approved by Rajasthan Knowledge Corporation Limited (RKCL). RS-CIT has been approved by Department of Information Technology and Communication, Government of Rajasthan. This training programme is mandatory for various ITrelated jobs in the Government sector.

Further, CEG also has a Rajasthan Skill and Livelihoods Development Corporation (RSLDC) Skill Development Centre. The objective of creation of RSLDC centre is to provide a joboriented training programme for the unemployed youth to promote and facilitate large-scale livelihoods for the poor and vulnerable people.

In addition, the CEG is also associated with various industries to understand students’ skills and industry requirements. At present, it is associated with 3edge technology, Praganik, candid infotech, forsk, RSLDC, RKCL and project labs – all of which are its educational partners.

CEG’s Software Development and other Initiatives:

In Software development field, CEG successfully developed online admission software for Maharani College, BHMCT, B.Arch and developed android app for University of Rajasthan
In recent years, CEG has been successfully organising centralised admissions of MBA, MCA, B.Tech, B.Arch and BHMCT
CEG was awarded by CISCO for providing CCNA training to the largest number of students in Jaipur.
CEG is also a programme study Centre for IGNOU for BCA, MCA, CIT, PGDIS and CCITSK
CEG is also handling key projects of Government of Rajasthan, for instance, establishment of Technology Business Incubation Centre, among others. An incubation centre with 2000 sq feet are equipped with all facilities has also been established in CEG in collaboration with IIM Ahmedabad
A state-of-the art 3D printing & robotics lab has been also been established by CEG. This is aimed at providing concurrent training for engineering students and teachers of Rajasthan
CEG organised one-day workshop on ITenabled and capacity enhancement (cyber security) on date 14th September 2018. This workshop was attended by 29 participants of 27 different Government Colleges including professors, lecturers of different discipline and college principals of the Department of Higher Education

Placement:

Presently the issue of employability and a mismatch in skillset of our youth and industry’s expectations is a major issue facing country’s policymakers. While it is also true that a majority of our graduates have skills but many times they do not have any platform where they can show their skills and get placed. The Government of Rajasthan handed over this responsibility to CEG to provide a centralised placement platform where all Rajasthan students will have placement opportunities. CEG takes this initiative quite proactively. This is evident from the fact that through the placement drives organised by CEG, more than 1,500 students got mployed in more than 20 renowned companies and MNCs within a year.

iStart India’s only Integrated Start-up Platform

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October 3, 2018

Rajasthan, in many ways, is the home for entrepreneurs and innovative thinkers. Millions of young minds with brilliant ideas, new-age thinking and extraordinary skills are ready to take ahead the start-up drive. Leveraging this quality of the business-brains of the State, the State conceptualised an integrated startup platform called iStart, writes Elets News Network (ENN).

iStart Rajasthan is a one-of-its-kind, end-to-end startup development platform to foster innovation, create jobs and facilitate investment. The unique initiative aims to nurture entrepreneurship. It not only provides a prodigious platform to the investors but has also created a competitive environment among the youngsters working for startup initiatives. The platform also provides easy access to knowledge exchange and funding to new ideas.

Platform Launch: August 18, 2017
Start-ups registered so far: 700+

Services to help the Start-ups reach new heights:

Act as a one-stop solution for Start-ups, Incubators, and VCs for ease of doing business and assessing all benefits & offers by the Government
Help Start-ups connect with investors, accelerators, and incubators
Helping investors, accelerators and incubators discover curated, high-potential Start-ups
Mentoring to help Start-ups improve their chances of success
Content, workshops, and resources to help entrepreneurs
Help Start-ups to connect with the Government for seed funding or larger capital investments
Provision of 500 crores by State Government for Matching funds to Start-ups; including separate provision for Women & Green IT Start-ups

Programmes under Rajasthan Startup Ecosystem

QRate: Qrate is the only startup rating mechanism in the country, accepted by all leading venture capitalists and investors. It is an assessment programme which provides a detailed report on the start-up’s potential and investment worthiness. Much like a health report from a diagnostic lab helps you identify problem areas and take steps to improve your health, the scorecard and assessment report provides start-up founders actionable insights to help them strengthen their business plan, and improve their chances of getting funded. Under the programme, boot-camps are organised to refine product, strategy, business plans, and market position of start-ups and enhance their limitations. Worth mentioning here is all start-ups in Rajasthan are Q-Rated.

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Student Startup Exposure Programme was implemented to create a strong entrepreneurship pipeline among the youth of Rajathan.

iStart Nest: Government of Rajasthan’s incubation centres are the only incubators in the country providing free incubation to emerging Startups. iStart Nest is designed to help start-ups gain traction through deep mentor engagement, rapid iteration cycles, and fundraising preparation. iStart Nest offers stateof- the art facilities at its incubation centre with a wide range of resources and mentoring from industry tycoons. iStart Nest works with an extensive network of investors, accelerators and mentors to help entrepreneurs launch and grow the innovative companies that are building Rajasthan’s future.

Challenge for Change: Challenge for Change is an initiative wherein organisations are provided with an opportunity to partner with the Government of Rajasthan and play an important role in empowering the State to be the Digital-sthan of the country.

The youth, working professionals and start-ups can share their innovative idea or can provide an ingenious solution for existing challenges floated by the Government and bring change that will benefit the masses. It’s a dream come true for young entrepreneurs to have direct order of up to Rs one Crore. In this one of a kind initiative, the young entrepreneurs can directly work with the Government without following the traditional tendering process. Start-ups are neither required to furnish any EMD, nor any minimum years of prior experience or minimum turnover is required.

The major objective of this initiative is to invite IT solutions for various citizen-centric services by the Government and recognising & promote the potential of the young brains.

Rajasthan Stack: Rajasthan Stack is essentially an integrated platform which offers multiple services to sort out the technology requirements of start-ups. It is a one-stop destination for all the e-governance and technological requirements for the residents of the state as well as for budding entrepreneurs. Each service, resource, application, and infrastructure offered by the Government of Rajasthan can be accessed for free. The idea is to encourage start-ups and provide them ease of doing business, thereby paving the path for a concrete startup infrastructure in the State. The platform is open for start-ups at the national level and offers a stack of APIs that would otherwise require much hassle to get access to and work through.

Bhamashah Techno Hub: Bhamashah Techno Hub is country’s largest incubation centre which will house more than 700 emerging start-ups of Rajasthan. This world-class incubation centre will be a one-stop solution for all the entrepreneurs to get amenities like free space, connectivity, easier funding, mentorship and exposure & much more.

The incubation centre does not charge any kind of fee from start-ups as well as entrepreneurs and provides free facilities unlike other incubation centres of different cities. It will be the biggest incubation centre as compared to existing operational hubs of India. Bhamashah Techno Hub will provide a complete support system to emerging entrepreneurs. From assisting them to pitch their ideas, to providing mentorship and connecting them to potential investors and venture capitalists, Bhamashah Techno Hub will act as a launching pad for innovators. This 1,50,000 sq ft of incubation space will be entirely dedicated to entrepreneurs and for their development and coordination with the world-class facilities such co-working space, connectivity, easy funding, mentoring and advisory support all under one roof.

Bhamashah Techno Fund: Bhamashah Techno Fund of Rs 500 Crores for start-ups has been introduced to give an open sky to the potential start-ups of the state. The fund would be used for start-ups of the State for their growth and all-round development and to levitate the start-up community of Rajasthan to the highest pinnacle in the Country. Out of the 500 crore, Rs 100 crore is dedicated towards women entrepreneurs and RS 50 crore for Green Startups. The launch of Bhamashah Techno Fund has motivated the start-up generation of the state to initiate their own ventures with the support of Government. Bhamashah Techno Fund has been disbursed to eight start-ups within 10 days of its launch and 15 more Startups have been funded recently in May 2018.

Qrate is the only startup rating mechanism in the country, accepted by all leading venture capitalists and investors. It is an assessment programme which provides a detailed report on the startup’s potential and investment worthiness.

Student Start-up Exposure Programme: Student Start-up Exposure Programme was implemented to create a strong entrepreneurship pipeline among the youth of Rajathan. Through the exposure programme, the State Government aims to send 100 selected students from the state to an allexpense paid residential learning programme in Silicon Valley.

The programme is open to any student pursuing higher education in any college of the State of Rajasthan. The top 100 selected students from the State will be hosted by Menlo College in Menlo Park, Silicon Valley. Over the course of two weeks, they will learn various aspects of building a tech product startup from renowned experts in the global start-up ecosystem. The participants will receive mentorship to build their prototype and pitch it to prospective investors in the Silicon Valley and gain feedback from them. During the tenure of the two-week programme, students will also get a chance to acquire on the job training at some eminent organisations and interact with successful founders and other key professionals.

Number of applications received so far: 10,000+

Such recent initiatives by the Department of IT & Communications, Government of Rajasthan certainly open the doors for budding entrepreneurs and students to make their entrepreneurship dream come true. These programmes will not only prove to be an excellent learning experience but will also motivate participants to become a job creator by starting their own venture and not lure behind corporate jobs.

Undoubtedly, with the launch of all these initiatives, Government of Rajasthan is developing a digital infrastructure to promote & facilitate entrepreneurship in the State. These technological insertions are boosting the economic standards of the state and boosting emerging Startups. Rajasthan has transformed into a “Start-up Leader” of the country with the robust, effective, efficient and active digital infrastructure – paving the way for truly transforming the Rajasthan State to a DigiSthan.

CBSE class 9, 11 registrations start at cbse.nic.in

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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has started the registration for regular students of Class 9 and Class 11.

Students can register themselves through the link available on the official website of the board –www.cbse.nic.in. The CBSE also directed all of its affiliated schools to register themselves before proceeding for online registration of their students.

The board instructed newly affiliated schools to contact the concerned Regional Office of the CBSE to obtain password for online registration.

In case of any difficulty, the CBSE also directed all the schools to contact concerned regional offices as per jurisdiction/contact details given in the Annexure released by the Board.

The Board has provided a field to provide Aadhaar details of the students which, according to the CBSE, “will result in accuracy of the students’ details.” However, the students who are not in possession of Aadhaar number may enter the Passport number, Ration card number, Bank account number or any other Government valid identity, said the Board.

Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that Aadhaar is no longer mandatory for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), University Grants Commission (UGC) and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exams. The court also directed that there is no need to produce 12-digit unique identification number for school admissions.

In case of foreign nationals, Passport Number can be provided. If passport number is not available, Social Security Number/ID Number issued by the foreign country can be mentioned, stated the guidelines released by the Board.

Rajasthan’s Giant Leap in Skill-Oriented Higher Education :: October 2018

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RTU Harnessing Graduates’ Skillsets

RISU – Imparting Industry Driven Holistic Skill Education

MJRP Inculcating Academic Excellence

MUJ Focussed on Bolstering Industry-Academia Connect

iStart India’s only Integrated Start-up Platform

Centre for Electronic Governance — Boosting IT Ecosystem in Rajasthan

RSLDC Skilling Youth for Future

‘Making Graduates Employable is Our Key Focus in Rajasthan’

Enabling Rajasthan Youth to be Future-Ready

Is Your Kid’s Preschool Safe & Secure? :: September 2018

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Educational Conclaves’ Key Role in Building Robust India

Is Your Kid’s Preschool Safe & Secure?

Skills Among Kids: Trends and Implications

Nurturing Students Emotionally

Preventing Child Sexual Abuse: Role of Parents and Teachers

Cambridge Montessori Preschool: Incubating Leaders for Tomorrow

Parents as Partners in their Kids’ Development

Technology’s Role in Imparting Early Childhood Education

Mobile First Kids

Importance of Assessment to Impart Quality Education to Young Learners

Birla Open Minds Preschool: Nurturing India’s Tomorrow

RANGOLI Preschools: Developing Foundation for Life-long Learning

Career Counselling: Importance and Need for Next Generation

Technology driven evolutions in teaching

Sanfort – Revolutionising Early Childhood Education

MySchool: Celebrating Childhood and Learning

Strawberry Kidz – Making Preschool Meaningful Experience

Technology’s role in transforming Indian Education Sector

Learning: A Fun Exercise Not a Burden

Little ONE – Offering Kids Home-Like Centre of Learning

Little Millennium Preschool – Nurturing Young Minds

One of three teens bullied worldwide: UNESCO Report

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October 3, 2018

Almost one-third of teens worldwide have recently experienced bullying, revealed the data released by the Global School Health Survey (GSHS) by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) for the first time.

According to the data, bullying affects children everywhere irrespective of their regions, countries and income levels. The results are based on the data collected from in-school surveys that track the physical and emotional health of youth.

In an official press release, the UNESCO said, “The GSHS focuses on children aged 13 to 17 years in low-income regions.”

The GSHS is a collaborative surveillance project designed to help countries measure and assess the behavioural risk factors and protective factors in 10 key areas among young people aged 13 to 17 years.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is a specialised agency of the United Nations conducting programmes to contribute to achieve Sustainable Development Goals.

UNESCO also said in a statement that in another report to be released on October 8, 2018, the organisation will be looking deeper at a large number of international data sources on bullying and other forms of school violence.

The main takeaways of the data:

One-third of youth globally experience bullying in school
Boys experience slightly higher rates of bullying than girls overall, but in countries where bullying is most pervasive, girls are more vulnerable
Low socio-economic status is the main predictor of whether young teens in wealthy countries will experience bullying in schools
Immigrant youth in wealthy countries are more likely to experience bullying in schools than locally-born youth

Asia-Pacific, Canada and Europe see gains in B-School applicants: Survey

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October 3, 2018

Applications to business programmes in Asia Pacific, Canada and Europe during 2018 so far have seen an increase over 2017 while the same has witnessed a drop in the US, revealed Application Trends Survey from the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC).

According to the survey, The US experienced around seven percent decline, including a 1.8 percent decline in domestic application volume and a 10.5 percent drop in international volume across all types of business programmes.

Experts are considering disruptive American political environment and the emergence of tremendous educational opportunities in other countries as two of the major reasons for the drop.

Business programmes in Asia-Pacific witnessed an increase of 8.9 percent, Canada realised 7.7 percent growth, and Europe had a 3.2 percent increase in applications.

Growth in the Canadian and European regions derives largely from increases in international applications, while domestic growth is fueling increases in Asia-Pacific, said a statement from the Council.

Regionally, strong growth in application volume across all program types was offset by declines in the United States.

“Demand for graduate management education is stable year over year,” said GMAC president and CEO Sangeet Chowfla.

“However, there are significant regional variations. Non-US programmes continue to thrive, highlighting the continued emergence of enhanced educational and professional opportunities outside the United States,” he added.

Explaining about the various factors for the lag in the US business school demand, Chowfla said, “A low unemployment rate means young professionals have an increased opportunity cost of leaving their jobs in pursuit of an advanced degree.”

“Combined with a disruptive American political environment and the emergence over the past decade of tremendous educational and professional opportunities abroad, one can begin to understand in part why demand in the United States has dropped from previously record-high application volumes at some schools,” he further added.

MUJ Focussed on Bolstering Industry-Academia Connect

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October 2, 2018

Manipal University Jaipur (MUJ) has emerged as a renowned name in higher education space of Jaipur. The university uses the latest innovative methods and technologies to offer career-oriented courses at all levels, says Dr G K Prabhu, President, Manipal University Jaipur, in conversation with Elets News Network (ENN).

Please give details about measures being undertaken by Manipal University for enhancing skills and employability of youth.

Dr G K Prabhu — MUJ Focussed on Bolstering Industry-Academia Connect

Achieving “Academic Excellence” is the key feature of Manipal University. Constant effort is done in curriculum revision with an emphasis to design competent, relevant and flexible curriculum. “Curriculum Conclave” is organised in the university to develop “Dream Curriculum” by inviting all the important stakeholders including senior academicians, teachers, industry personnel, alumni and campus students. The university encourages experiential learning by making students participate in various practical projects.

How can the higher education be curriculum improved and developed to nurture the industry –ready professionals?

Curriculum needs to be designed with an emphasis of interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary concepts. Students have the benefit of interacting with the faculty of other disciplines in university set-up. Flexible curriculum is designed to accommodate “open-elective” subjects from other disciplines. This will help us in producing “the best and finest” of graduates.

How does the university help its students to become globally competitive professionals?

Student mobility is an important factor in the higher education. Our university has a partnership with more than 50 universities around the globe. There is a provision of spending one semester in any of the partner university under the “Study Abroad Program” with full credit transfer mode. Students exchange scheme is also very helpful for the technical and cultural experience.

With regards to Skill Education, there is a gap between students’ skill set and the industry’s requirements, how the university is working towards bridging the gap?

Experiential learning is encouraged in the university by allowing students to work on or participate in major projects. The university encourages and also sponsors students to take part in national/international competitions. Seed money was given to drive the innovative projects. Good ideas with business models are encouraged to incubate the startups in the campus through Government supported “Atal Incubation Center”.

Is Manipal University also joining hands with other global players to enhance skill base and technical know-how of its students?

To improve employability among students, the university has collaborated with premier universities/institutions for “Study Abroad Program” and designed the industry-specific postgraduate programmes under the collaborations. In other initiatives, the university has appointed adjunct faculty from industry for delivering knowledge on industry relevant topics, deputed faculty to the industry on sabbatical and encouraged online courses to bridge industry-academia gap.

MJRP Inculcating Academic Excellence

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October 2, 2018

Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phoole University is an ideal combination of opportunities and experiences to prepare students for a better life in the 21st century, says Nirmal Panwar, Chairperson, Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phoole University, in conversation with Elets News Network (ENN).

Please give a brief description about the vision behind Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phoole University.

Nirmal Panwar, Chairperson, Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phoole University

With a mission to impart women education, in 1993, Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phoole emerged as an educational institution in Jaipur Rajasthan. The name of the organisation was given in the memory of social reformer Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phoole who worked for the emancipation of women. He always advocated for women education and worked tirelessly to bring social changes for alienated and deprived sections of the society. The organisation is working on the same principle of women education and empowerment.

Please give an overview about the key academic departments housed at the MJRP.

Today, MJRP aims for the advancement of knowledge and education through excellence and leadership in Engineering, Architecture, Science, Arts, Commerce, Management, Information Technology, Law, Agriculture, Home Science, Fashion Designing, Education, Health Care Science, Allied Sciences Journalism and related areas.

Under the guidance of faculty, students can explore both theoretical and practical courses that prepare them to meet the needs of an increasingly complex society. The infrastructure is dynamic as we are constantly striving to pace with the latest technology. The university is famous for its Bio-Technology/Biotech, Ph D, postgraduate and undergraduate Programmes, M Sc Agriculture Science and Technology, B Sc Agriculture (Honours), MBA Agribusiness, Pharmacy, LLB, LLM, B Tech and Fashion Designing Courses in Jaipur, Rajasthan.

What are the key features of the university that makes it stand away from its competitors?

The teaching and research faculties of the university have highly qualified and trained professionals. The University keeps the students informed about potential job opportunities and helps them in making prudent decisions for their career. The university maintains and promotes close linkages and active contact with potential employers while involving their executives and facilitating their interaction with the students. Lectures, discussions and classroom participation from industry persons lead to innovations in university’s education pedagogy, netter teaching-learning practices, and integral development of students’ personality.

MJRP is Rajasthan’s first private University which is recognised by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) as Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (SIRO). Our University also has collaboration with Macmillan Research Group (UK) for providing international scholarship opportunities and co-publication.

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