Myntra & Jabong employees to get skill training by Udacity

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Udacity is soon going to provide best in class technical education to upskill Myntra and Jabong employees on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

According to Manpreet Ratia, CXO and Head – SCM, CE and Human Capital , Myntra & Jabong, “Myntra is committed to being a market leader in building a future ready organization through constant learning and skill upgrades. We are happy to enter into this partnership with Udacity to accelerate the pace of skill adoption and to ensure that our employees are equipped to take the organization and its customers to newer heights through technology led innovations.”

The Silicon Valley-based lifelong learning platform Udacity has collaborated with the Myntra and Jabong to enhance the skills of their through its courses. The training will help the employees to apply futuristic technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning directly affecting their operational efficiency

Commenting on the collaboration, Ishan Gupta, Managing Director-India, Udacity, said, “Bringing knowledge and innovation together to create relevant and advanced tech education is what Udacity is known for. Our focus is on providing relevant training in these futuristic technologies, which means that at the end of the Nanodegree course, Myntra and Jabong employees will be comprehensively skilled in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.”

Myntra and Jabong, India’s leading online portals for fashion brands aim to deploy various applications for these futuristic technologies to gain an edge over competitors. To use AI and Machine Learning for last-mile deliveries, automated storage systems, data mining and AI analytics to develop new styles and patterns, Myntra & Jabong require employees with comprehensive skills in these new smart technologies.

Under the collaboration, Myntra and Jabong employees will gain access to Udacity’s Machine Learning Foundation, Machine Learning Basic, Machine Learning Advanced, and Deep Learning Foundation Nanodegree programs.

Lesser Known Careers In Real Estate

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March 20, 2018

Being a fresh graduate or an early stage professional trying to outline a long-term career path today is challenging. While there are a number of different career disciplines available, there is that inherent accompanying uncertainty in the constantly evolving job market. Additionally, despite some favourable initiatives, there exists a large supply and demand gap, with students expressing their frustration by way of limited employment opportunities and corporates looking for quality talent, writes Shubika Bilkha, Business Head, The Real Estate Management Institute, for Elets News Network (ENN).

While graduates seem to be focused on careers in the IT sector, finance, marketing, among others, the real estate sector remains largely overlooked when determining a viable career path. The real estate sector, which is slated to be a $180 billion opportunity by 2022, has a current skill shortfall of 4 million core professionals with the total skill requirement of the sector expected to be 75 million by 2022. The government’s impetus to boost urban development and infrastructure, such as the addition of 25 million homes, 40 million dwelling units and ~100 smart cities, has further enhanced the growth of the real estate and ancillary services sector. To accomplish Prime Minister Narendra’s Modi’s development agenda, there is an urgent requirement to have skilled resources in the real estate and infrastructure segments.

Today, with increased regulatory vigilance, real estate companies gaining scale, an increase in investments by private equity funds in real estate firms, as well as a number of large brands entering the space, there is a greater focus by companies on talent acquisition and retention. Building enhanced delivery capabilities within their organizations have become essential for real estate companies to meet the stipulations of the new act RERA. With attractive incentive structures and greater professionalism across the sector, there is a wonderful opportunity to build a lucrative career.

There is also limited awareness of the kinds of career opportunities that are available across the real estate industry.

For new graduates looking to enter the space, there are a number of opportunities across corporate functions at real estate companies such as the marketing, sales, finance, strategy, administrative roles and management. Programs such as Real Estate Business Management and Real Estate Marketing and Sales could be advised for these candidates as it covers an introduction to the sector, an understanding of the legal aspects of the sector, documentation involved, the approval and construction process, marketing, sales, leasing among other technical, business and entrepreneurial modules.

Additionally, programs focused on Housing Finance opens a new career path for graduates at Housing Finance Companies/Micro Finance Institutions.

For civil engineering graduates looking to join real estate companies, Real Estate Project Management or Construction Management is advised to provide the requisite ‘job-ready’ skills and get them updated on the latest tools and technologies.
For specialised graduates, such as architectural graduates or legal or accounting graduates, taking a Real Estate Business Management program will improve their skills and expertise to understand the details of the business, legal and procedural aspects of the sector. This is essential for them to be able to meet various stipulations as outlined in their work profiles.
Under the new act RERA, job roles such as RERA Compliance Officers, Customer Relationship Managers, Project managers, become integral to meet the stipulations of the Act.

The ‘top of the pyramid’ career opportunities in real estate can be categorised into the following segments: specialised professionals, core professionals, non-core professionals and real estate services.

Specialised professionals

Valuers
Quantity surveyors
Facility managers
Property managers
Sustainable development experts

Core professionals

Engineers
Architects and planners

Non-core professionals

Management
Business administration
Chartered Accountants
Marketing professionals
Sales professionals
Project managers
Finance analysts
Lawyers
Electrical engineers
RERA Compliance Officer
Customer Relationship Manager/Customer Centricity/Customer Evangelist

Real Estate Services include services such as consulting, brokerage and other ancillary services. With the recently proposed regulatory amendments, the real estate brokerage sector is on the path to getting more organized and will over time operate in line with global benchmarks. This will create an organized entrepreneurial segment with licensed brokers and create a lucrative career opportunity within the sector for students, graduates as well as for women homemakers.

(Shubika Bilkha is the Business Head at The Real Estate Management Institute. Views expressed by the author are personal).

BITS Pilani, Samsung sign MoU for skill enhancement

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March 20, 2018

India’s premier engineering institute BITS Pilani has agreed to facilitate advanced learning to enhance the technical knowledge of the Samsung India employees for which a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Monday.

According to official release, the program sponsored by Samsung is intended to offer employees an opportunity to synergise theory with practice on a sustained basis. The learning that will be held at Samsung R&D Institute India-Noida (SRI-Noida) is also aimed to enhance employees academic qualification while giving them a career development opportunity.

Samsung R&D Institute India-Noida Managing Director Dr Seounghoon Oh, said: “This MoU is in line with our vision to develop futuristic skill-sets aligned to the requirements of the fast-evolving mobile and consumer electronics sectors to deliver the best training and skill development to our employees.”

The curriculum of the course consists of three semesters of theory-work, and one semester of dissertation with focus on research and skill development in areas such as machine learning, cloud computing, data mining, data structure and algorithms design and artificial intelligence, the release said.

BITS Pilani Off-Campus Programmes & Industry Engagement Director Prof. G Sundar said: “We are very excited about this partnership both in terms of upskilling employees of SRI-Noida and to develop a globally competitive talent pool.”

Applications invited for Haryana CM’s Good Governance Associates Programme

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March 20, 2018

With an objective to create another successful batch of Haryana Chief Minister’s Associates, Dr Rakesh Gupta, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister of Haryana and Vineet Gupta, Pro Vice Chancellor and Founder of Ashoka University, have announced the call for applications for Chief Minister’s Good Governance Associates (CMGGA) programme.

The programme is a strategic initiative between the Government of Haryana and Ashoka University. CMGGA aims to make youth aware about the intricacies of governance and administration, while at the same time leveraging their training and fresh perspectives on projects. As a knowledge partner, Ashoka University will facilitate the process of recruitment, training, mentoring and monitoring the work of the Associates.

“The programme combines youth and academia to create momentum and intellectual feedback from the ground-level at the CM office. The associates bring perspectives and ideas for implementation and pilots. Ashoka University has been a knowledge partner and has helped in designing the programme, research and documentation,” said Dr Rakesh Gupta, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Haryana.

Over 1933 applications were received last year for upto 25 seats from leading institutions of Haryana, New Delhi, Bihar, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. This year as well, spanning over a period of one year, around 22-25 young leaders from across cities will be selected to work across the 22 districts of Haryana. The selected associates will undergo an induction of two weeks at Ashoka University.

Speaking about the programme, Ashoka University Founder Vineet Gupta said, “The CMGGA programme is an opportunity for young students to experience public life with the chance to work with the Government. These young students are fresh out of college, fearless and willing to speak their minds to create maximum impact in their one year with the programme. After the successful completion of the association, only two students have joined the corporate world, other students have opted to continue with the public life.”

Apart from executing regular mandates received from the CMO, CMGGAs will work with the Deputy Commissioners and other district officials to expedite various government schemes and bring about transformational changes within their districts. Associates will also pilot innovative scalable solutions to address various issues at the district level. Interested candidates may apply online through the website at www.cmgga.in before 15^th April, 2018.

Wiley planning to make India the Global R & D Powerhouse

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March 19, 2018

Wiley has launched Wiley Innovation Advisory Council (WIAC) as an initiative to create a core forum of seasoned analytics and AI thought leaders, industry experts, academicians and influencers to work together on smart content.

Wiley also hosted a round table in Bengaluru on this initiative. The round table was attended by top 45 top leaders in emerging technologies. They have discussed need of industry and academia working jointly to build the future workforce as well as the education curriculum. During the round-table, the future landscape of learning and work was also discussed.

According to Matthew S. Kissner, Chairman of the Board, Wiley, “With our 210+ years of existence, we aspire to bridge the higher education gap by delivering content solutions in innovative ways to enrich the learning experience of our readers and help them develop skills that are necessary to succeed.”

Of Wiley’s three business verticals, research is the largest division that contributes to 60% percent of the total revenue share, while the rest of the business comprises of products in knowledge and learning.

Wiley is committed to collaborations and investments in India to build skills that provide world-class job readiness. It considers India as the preferred destination in applied research and emerging technologies like Data Science, AI and IoT. The Indian education market is expected to almost double to $180 billion by 2020.

Vikas Gupta, Managing Director, Wiley India, said, “As part of our continued investments and engagements with our stakeholders, Wiley has recently shifted to a new office space and will be hosting local forums as part of our growing market presence. We foresee India as the hub of innovation where new means of learning and content will be developed for other parts of the world.”

Birla Edutech launches Birla Open Minds International School

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March 19, 2018

Birla Edutech Limited (BEL) has launched Birla Open Minds International School (BOMIS). With the launch of BOMIS, BEL has forayed into international curriculum delivery.

BOMIS is among the few international schools of south Mumbai curriculum that boasts of a holistic and all-inclusive approach to education.

BOMIS has partnered with globally renowned institutes to introduce world-class learning opportunities with equal emphasis on extra-curricular activities. BOMIS will follow thematic and STEM based integrated international curriculum.

BOMIS partner associations include Helen O’ Grady for performing arts sessions, Shiamak Davar Institute of Performing Arts for specialised dance sessions, Furtados School of Music signed up to deliver music lessons to the students among others.

Commenting on the occasion, Dr. Indu Shahani, Founder, Dean- ISME and Chairperson, ISDI said, “I’d like to thank the organizers, BEL for inviting me to this event. We have business tycoons, entrepreneurs, etc. graduating from our institutes, but it fills my heart with happiness when someone enters into the education sector.”

Yash Birla, Chairman, Yash Birla Group said, “India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. With a strong demographic dividend having close to 54% of our population below the age of 25 years it becomes our responsibility to supply quality education that equalizes the current world requirements. It is important to address the huge workforce demand that stands in front of us and makes it necessary to impart systematic global knowledge and provide learning that is at par with the advanced world”.

Harvard to tap South Asian brains through its new centre in India

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March 19, 2018

Harvard University’s Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute (SAI) is soon going to open its India headquarter in New Delhi.

“Harvard would not be what it is if it was not capable of attracting the best brains from all over the world. We intend to create a small embassy at the institute, which will help the students and researchers to study at Harvard,” said Mark Elliott, vice provost of International Affairs, Harvard University

Harvard University’s New Delhi centre will enroll post-doctorate students in multidisciplinary research, fellowship and artistic residences, publications and more. The centre will help the university to enhance its association with South Asian subcontinent. Throughout 2018, leading scholars from South Asia-related fields are delivering a series of free public lectures in Delhi.

“Since Harvard offers several fully-funded courses, with several undergraduate courses inviting generous funding, it is all about getting the right kind of students from South-Asia. Since India has a huge potential to explore the research opportunities at Harvard, all that is needed is applying at the right time,” said Elliott.

A similar initiative was started in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where the institute acted as a window to offer guidance to deserving students applying in Harvard.

Stimulating school learning for higher education :: February 2018

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Editorial
	Stimulating school learning for higher education
Special Feature
	Big Data Analytics and The Future Ahead
	Life Skills Key to Transform Students’ Worldview
University Perspective
	K L University: Making Learning Adequate through ICT
	AISECT University: Bridging the Skill and ICT Gap
Industry Perspective
	TNT, Auditing institutes to make them flourish
E-Learning Rerspective
	TUK – Adding Value to Education
Special Story
	Gamification motivating student learning process
Edupreneur’s Perspective
	Free V/S Fee A Very Thin Line
Conference Report
	5th School Leadership Summit 2018, Bengaluru
	11th World Education Summit 2017, Dubai
Private & To Be Deemed Universities of India
	Top University Ranking 2018

PM wants scientists to spend time with school students

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March 16, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged Indian scientists to teach various concepts of science to school students by spending 100 hours a year with them.

While speaking at the inauguration ceremony of five-day Indian Science Congress at the Manipur University, Prime Minister said, “I appeal to the scientists to spend at least 100 hours a year with 100 school students of classes 9 to 11 to teach them the aspects of science. This will go a long way in exposing the students to science.”

Prime Minister pointed out that this was the second Science Congress in the northeastern region in the last 100 years. The summit has witnessed the participation of over 5,000 invitees including 2,000 research scholars and scientists.

He also stated that India would accomplish the mission of eradicating tuberculosis by 2025 whereas the World Health Organisation is planning to do the same by 2030 globally.

Appreciating the scientists’ contribution in space science, he asked scientists to help in resolving problems like malnutrition and diseases including malaria and Japanese encephalitis.

Prime Minister also said that the country would check the brain drain of its scientists.

Jaipuria Schools: shaping future through innovative education

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March 15, 2018

The school endeavours to improve access to quality education that is relevant in today’s environment through participative learning, says Shreevats Jaipuria, Vice Chairman, Seth M R Jaipuria Schools and Jaipuria Institute of Management, in an interview with Elets News Network (ENN).

How the technology can be used to improve the learning outcome of students?

Shreevats Jaipuria, Vice Chairman, Seth M R Jaipuria Schools and Jaipuria Institute of Management

Technology has enabled us to access unlimited amount of content and new teaching methodologies. The challenge is to identify what is relevant and usable and work with teachers to make new teaching-learning pedagogy a reality in the classroom.

How important is the student-teacher coordination to create a learning environment in a school?

At Jaipuria, we believe that student has to be at the centre of the teaching-learning process. Our pedagogy is designed to encourage students to participate in the classroom and co-create knowledge at an individual and group level. This requires a high degree of training for teachers to act as facilitators for this process.

What are the important parameters being considered to develop an innovative curriculum for the holistic development of students?

The world is changing at such a rapid pace that we cannot imagine the types of careers our students will have 20-30 years from now. Therefore the most important skill that we can impart in school is the ability to learn by their own. Our curriculum pushes students to participate in classroom from a very young age in order to develop them as lifelong learners.

With an ever changing dynamics of the education sector, how Jaipuria School is training its teachers to adopt the best and latest methodologies of imparting education?

Typically in Indian schools teachers do not get time to explore about latest or innovative teaching methods which forced them to follow the old ways of imparting lectures for a specific subject or topic. We have developed 2,00,000 pages of curriculum that help teachers to follow different and innovative ideas for each grade ranging from playgroup to class 12. We believe this gives teachers easy and useful ways to update themselves and deliver engaging lecture for students in classrooms.

What are the vision and mission of the school for future?

Our vision is to impart quality education to the students in tier-2 and tier-3 cities across India. For far too long, good quality education is centred to few metropolitan cities or state capitals. This must be changed to meet the aspirations of a new and developing India.

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