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Applications invited for Haryana CM’s Good Governance Associates Programme

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Akash
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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.

CMGGAThe 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 15th April, 2018.

Wiley planning to make India the Global R & D Powerhouse

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Akash
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Research
Scientist using a microscope

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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Akash
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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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Akash
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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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digitalLEARNING Network
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Digital Learning

 

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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Akash
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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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Akash
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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
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.

NIU: Striving for Academic Brilliance among students

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Akash
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With focus on adopting best teaching-learning methodologies, Noida International University is inculcating skills that will help students to be employable, says Dr Devesh Kumar Singh, Chairman, Noida International University, in conversation with Elets News Network (ENN).

Dr Devesh Kumar Singh, Noida International University
Dr Devesh Kumar Singh, Chairman, Noida International University

As global skill destinations, what practices are adopted by Noida International University (NIU) to impart quality based skill education?
There are a lot of best practices put into every educational aspect here at NIU. According to me top three are:

International academic exposure: Its our effort to provide a broad view of latest trends through tie ups with foreign universities in the countries like Canada and the US.

Curriculum: As far as course curriculum we is concerned, we have tie-ups with renowned companies such as IBM, to have material that is industry relevant and essential for our students’ professional growth.

Internships: The university emphasises on internships. Placement department and faculty members have made it mandatory for students to get practical training in their respective streams and this is where I believe true quality of skill education actually stems from.

Research is important to discover new methodologies in higher education sector, what steps have been taken by the university in this regard?
At NIU we have a separate branch known as the NIU Research and Innovation Center – dedicated not only to bring in projects that facilitate new programmes at campus but also have students involved in these government projects that gives them great exposure. We have the mentors and veterans from across the globe to contribute on how best we can change. We modify our programmes to fit new methodologies as per their teachings. Another focus area is “on field research” as this is the only way students will learn research on field is the only way to stay relevant with latest trends.

Our mission and vision today is what will hold true for the years ahead – we believe in providing our students and faculty a holistic experience whilst they are studying or working at NIU.

It is important for students to meet the industry requirements, how the university is inculcating industry  ready skills among its students?

It is mandatory for students of NIU to have internships in all the years of their courses. We also inculcate different skills among our students through various tie-ups and seminars that are held constantly at campus to give them as much of classroom exposure as possible. Therefore, every course at NIU is combined with relevant skill training and encouragement for on job training which will make them employable.

What is the vision and mission of NIU for the years ahead?

Our mission and vision today is what will hold true for the years ahead – we believe in providing our students and faculty a holistic experience whilst they are studying or working at NIU. We want them to be ready for the future and take all precautions for any uncertainty in life ahead. We want to contribute to a healthy and responsible India! Our children are not just our future but they will be the ones who will carry our work further.

Chitkara University: Expanding Realms of Knowledge through Innovation

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Akash
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Chitkara University

Chitkara University is one of the leading non-profit universities of North India offering industry-relevant, multi–disciplinary programmes in Engineering, Management, Science, Art & Design, Hospitality, Pharmaceuticals, Media and several other fields. Within a short span of time, we have managed to carve a niche for ourselves in terms of programs offered, quality teaching, student placements and above all research, innovation and entrepreneurship. Most of our academic programs are ranked among the top- 50 programs across the region and in the country.

Dr Madhu Chitkara, Chitkara University
Dr Madhu Chitkara,Vice-Chancellor, Chitkara University

Chitkara University advocates inculcating high moral, ethical and professional values amongst its students, faculty and staff members. Our aim is to carry out the academic processes in accordance with global standards through active student-industry-academia interface and promote research, innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities for our students.

We have built very strong collaborative arrangements with industry to support our program delivery. Reputed industries like nVIDIA, NXP Semiconductors, Texas Instruments, Cadence, Mahindra and Virtusa have set up laboratories at our campus. Strong linkages with organisations like Fortis Healthcare, Quick Heal Academy, Safeducate, Bombay Stock Exchange Limited, Manpower Group, NDTV Worldwide, Rasco and many more develop and deploy industry-relevant curricula and support our academic delivery along with our learned and expert faculty.

Research opportunities are vast at Chitkara University. Through Chitkara University Research and Innovation Network (CURIN)our students, staff and researchers work across disciplines to extend the boundaries of knowledge. Our students get hands-on learning and majority of them participate in research during their undergraduate years. They are given opportunities to work with the faculty and can even apply for financial support for their research projects.With over 125 patents filed so far, Chitkara University has been ranked 4th among top Indian Universities by the Indian Patent Office for the year 2015-16.

Through our Engineering Exploration course now introduced in the first year of Engineering, we are taking a structured approach to sensitize and tackle social problems and finding workable engineering solutions to them. Our healthcare, nursing and pharmacy programs go an extra mile to work on social problems – specially creating awareness about health issue in our adopted villages. Our NSS wing works closely with many NGOs and other societies in the vicinity to impart skills in the areas of computer literacy, Hospitality, Electrical maintenance, stitching & tailoring and others.

We believe that we are moving towards a future where the ever-increasing demand in research and education can be met by globally networked university systems. Chitkara University’s robust international exchange programs with more than 130+ overseas universities/colleges give our students an edge to learn from the best of minds. Additional to our international edge, we host “Global Week” every year, where the expert faculty members of distinctive universities come to our campus and teach our students and share their best practices.

The Indian entrepreneurial spirit has risen remarkably as India stands third amongst the fastest growing startup countries worldwide – just after the US and the UK.The Government of India is supporting this initiativeand so are we. Through Chitkara University’s Centre for Entrepreneurship, Education and Development (CEED), we have tried to provide a conducive environment for the students to develop a mindset of being an entrepreneur. At present, more than 40+ start-ups are successfully functioning at our state-of-art incubators.

In nutshell, we believe that every student has the potential to do exceptionally well if given the right guidance and mentoring. In order to deliver future generations with the right set of skills and knowledge, Chitkara University is continuously evolving its educational practices. We acknowledge the fact that it’s our key responsibility to deliver and acquaint our students with a right combination of education and employability skills so that they are ready for their future workplace.

CSIR, Vietnam National University (VNU) collaborate for joint research

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Akash
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Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has collaborated with Vietnam National University (VNU) for conducting research and development in the areas of mutual interest.

Initially CSIR and VNU will collaborate through student exchange programme at PhD level.

A high profile delegation from Vietnam National University (VNU), Hanoi, met CSIR Director General Dr Girish Sahni for collaboration. The delegation was led by the president of university Dr Nguyen Kim Son. The objective of the visit was to discuss the modalities of collaborative R&D activities.

According to a statement released by the Ministry of Science and Technology, a Joint Working Group would be set up by VNU to execute research projects in the areas of mutual interest. The research areas will include material science, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and general technology applications.

According to the statement by the ministry, “Partnerships could be in the form of joint research projects, training programmes or through Technology Transfer arrangements.”

CSIR is a research and development organisation under the Ministry of Science and Technology. The council has a pan India presence with a network of 38 national laboratories, 39 outreach centres, 3 Innovation Complexes and 5 units. CSIR’s R&D activities are supported by 4,600 active scientists and around 8,000 scientific and technical personnel.

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