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Apeejay Stya University – Carrying Forth Legacy of Excellence in Education

Apeejay Stya University (ASU) is a seat of global learning and the dream university of its Founder Chancellor Dr Stya Paul – eminent industrialist, educationist, philanthropist and freedom fighter. ASU is now being dynamically taken forward by his daughter Sushma Paul Berlia, the Co-Founder and Chancellor of the University.

Sushma Paul Berlia is a passionate educationist who believes in being a trendsetter at ushering in educational reforms and dynamism.

Aditya Berlia, an alumnus of Stanford University and Harvard Business School, is CoFounder and Pro-Chancellor of ASU, ushering in the best educational practices from the world over.

Situated amidst a sprawling, picturesque campus with state-of-the-art infrastructure on the Sohna-Palwal Road in Gurgaon district of Haryana, Apeejay Stya University offers a wide range of innovative graduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes across disciplines including Engineering and Technology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Design and Visual Arts, Biosciences, Management Sciences, Journalism and Mass Communication, Education and Legal Studies.

All-round development of students is ensured by a well-stocked library-cum-Learning Resource Centre comprising more than 60,000 books on diverse subjects. ASU offers several scholarships and financial aid programmes on merit-cummeans basis to students

ASU provides students not only ‘education for livelihood’ but also ‘education for life’. It blends the dual identities of a technology and research based university with a Liberal Arts institution. An interdisciplinary approach based on Liberal Arts and a flexible credit system ensures a multipronged holistic development of the students. Critical and innovative thinking is encouraged at all levels to usher in creativity and problem solving skills. Best teaching practices from the world over as also the latest in ICT enables a rich and personalised teachinglearning experience.

At ASU, we have set for ourselves a high benchmark, not just in terms of academic standards, but also in transparency, accountability and governance. We offer our students a wealth of learning opportunities in a vibrant campus that would serve as an essential stepping stone to a fulfilling life and career.”

Apeejay Stya University has signed MoUs with many international institutions to provide global exposure to its students and its world class faculty. ASU has a truly global campus with students from over 15 countries. Campus life at ASU exudes a cultural vibrancy and myriad extra-curricular pursuits. A plethora of clubs cater to a range of interests including music, dance, dramatics, fine arts, photography, etc as also state-of-the-art sports facilities. ASU provides affordable spacious girls’ and boys’ hostel and studio apartments within campus.

The Corporate Resource Centre of the University provides a dynamic platform for engagement with industry. It has initiated an industry mentorship programme which engages industry leaders as mentors for the students.

The legacy of Apeejay attributes students’ placements in reputed national and international brands like SIEMENS, HCL, TATA, Infosys, HSBC, ICICI Bank, HDFC, AXIS, ESPN, NDTV, Lintas, Marks and Spencer, CNN IBN, Northern Stella, Interglobe, Religare and many more.

World Education Summit Legacy Bringing Brightest Minds Together

To create awareness and build knowledge sharing platforms highlighting the importance of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in education, Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd organises World Education Summit (WES) every year. Akash Tomer of Elets News Network (ENN) explores the legacy of WES.

Education means a lot in everyone’s life as it facilitates one’s learning, knowledge and skills. Education transforms mind and personality and helps us to attain the positive attitudes. It encourages and enhances creativity among students.

Education is a diversified term as it includes preschool education, school education and higher education. Nowadays, education is not limited to chalk and board only but Information Communication Technology (ICT) plays a very important role in teaching-learning processes. Every day, there are new innovations related to lecture delivery methodologies, curriculum and pedagogy. These innovations and ICT support help schools, colleges and universities to deliver the knowledge swiftly and precisely.

Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd organises World Education Summit (WES) every year in order to showcase the innovations, initiatives and best practices followed across the globe. So far nine editions of WES have been organised across the world (in cities like Dubai, Bahrain, Denver etc.) covering the aforementioned aspects.

World Education Summit has brought together decision makers, influential experts and practitioners at an annual Summit from around the world, to explore groundbreaking innovations and take concrete steps to make significant improvements to worldwide education. The summit is a premier international platform dedicated to innovation and creative action in education where top decision-makers share insights with on-the-ground practitioners and collaborate to rethink education.

WORLD EDUCATION SUMMIT, DELHI

The Grand Conference
WES is the congregation of some of the leading thinkers in the education world from across Asia and beyond. The latest edition of World Education Summit will inspire one and all, making them understand the challenges and solutions of the developing education world through a new prism.

Over 300 inspirational speakers not just from across Asia and from different parts of the world are invited to participate in the summit.

Expo
Elets’ conference is the place where the best of learning experiences happen. The exhibition witnesses unique yet effective teaching methodologies, networking and product interactions among different sections of the education landscape. Over 50 exhibitors will showcase new initiatives in edtech.

Awards
The 10th World Education Summit 2017 aims to recognise, highlight, honour and encourage leading models/projects/ processes of excellence and sustainable innovation in school and higher education.

The awards will also see entrepreneurs in the education space getting recognised. The summit has, in its past too, brought to fore unique initiatives and projects that have caused a paradigm shift in the education sphere within

2011: World Education Summit 2011 created history by attracting representations from over 50 countries. Thought leaders and policymakers from countries of Middle East, Africa, Europe along with India congregated together to ideate, deliberate and discuss on new technological interventions for over all development of education world over.

2012: Elets World Education Summit 2012 created a knowledge sharing platform to discuss various aspects of ICT for education ranging from School Education to Higher Education and Technical Education. Global Leaders like Minister of Education from Mauritius and other countries participated in the premier conference on education.

2013: Harmonising Global Efforts: Strategies for steering the education sector – Keeping this theme as focal point of discussion. WES 2013 witnessed congregation of thought leaders under one roof to discuss various issues related to education. Member of Parliament, France and key policy makers from Indian Government shared their views for creating an effective education ecosystem.

2014: World Education Summit 2014 was more than a conference. It built a strong community around it and provided various business and networking opportunities for education leaders and industry leaders. The dynamics of education sector was then changing rapidly world over and WES 2014 provided an opportunity to all the stakeholders to come together and deliberate, discuss and explore the horizon.

2015: From Canada to Australia- Global leaders from the world of education came together to deliberate upon different aspects of school and higher education and skill development in WES 2015. With the presence of ministers and key policymakers from India sharing their vision on education for all, the summit also created unique platform of knowledge sharing amongst the policy makers, eduleaders and industry leaders.

2016: The sixth WES was organised in Dubai in collaboration with Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), Dubai. It witnessed presence of 100 schools and colleges from Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. World education awards over the years have seen top innovations from education sector in private and public space get highlighted and recognised at this global platform.

2016: The seventh WES was organised in New Delhi in collaboration with NSDC, and saw presence of 200 Schools and 130 Universities from India. World Education Awards over the years have seen top innovations from education sector in private and public sector. These innovations get highlighted and recognised at this global platform.

2017: From Dubai to Bahrain the World Education Summit organised on 8-9 March, 2017, was more than a conference. It has built a strong community around it and provided various business and networking opportunities for education leaders and industry leaders.

2017: 9th World Education Summit 2017, Denver brought together the pioneers of education fraternity to University of Denver for exchanging and retaining new innovations in education industry.

University of Denver was the best place for such kind of a educational workshop to witness congregation of educationists from all over the world. This helped Indian institutions to collaborate with various US universities and to adapt their innovations.

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Celebrating the Legacy of World Education

Dr Ravi Gupta
Dr Ravi Gupta, Editior-in-Chief, Digital Learning Magazine and CEO, Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd

To catch a glimpse of the future, all one needs is to keenly observe how newer methodologies and innovations are being used to deliver education.

Today, the growing role of innovation and technology in education sector is too overwhelming for members of any progressive society to ignore it. It is not only serving as a useful tool to help our schools, colleges and universities deliver the information and knowledge effectively.

It is in this light that Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd is going to organise the World Education Summit (WES) with the theme – “Reimagining Learning for Next Generation”. The summit will showcase the latest innovations, initiatives and best practices followed across the globe along with the education prospects for the next generation.

Globally renowned education regulatory body of United Arab Emirates (UAE) – Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) will facilitate the participants at the summit to be familiar with the best educational practices across the globe. The grand conclave will witness the participation of national education regulatory bodies such as All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), University Grants Commission (UGC), National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and many more. Rajasthan has joined us as the principal state partner, Jharkhand as state partner along with state education departments of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana and Telangana.

Over 100 delegates from 33 countries including Afghanistan, Bhutan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Sudan, Srilanka, Jordan, UAE, UK, Bahrain, Singapore, Tajikistan, Namibia, Zambia, Guinea, Krygyzstan, Cambodia, Mongolia, Tunisia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Tanzania, Comoros, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Vietnam and Myanmar will participate in the global conference.

The 10th edition of World Education Summit (WES) is carrying forward the legacy of its previous editions where national and international experts, leaders, school or college owners, principals, vice chancellors gathered to deliberate upon the role of education towards building knowledge-based society. Our latest cover story — WES Legacy: Bringing the Brightest Minds Together — is an attempt to explain and revisit the World Education Summit over the years and celebrate its 10th edition in Delhi’s Le Meridien hotel from Aug 11-12, 2017.

This special Digital Learning issue, dedicated to the 10th edition of World Education Summit, also contains insightful interviews of Kiran Maheshwari, Minister of Higher Education, Government of Rajasthan; Anil Swarup, Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development and Ashok Jain, Chief Secretary, Government of Rajasthan among others.

We hope that this issue of Digital Learning magazine will help our readers stay ahead of the curve by infusing innovation and helping them develop long-term vision by tracing the current growth trajectory of the education sector in India.

Looking forward to our readers’ invaluable feedback.

AICTE plans to shut 800 engineering colleges across India over low admissions

AICTEThe All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has directed around 800 engineering colleges across the country to shut down from the next academic year on the account of low admission.

According to a rule of the council, colleges that report less than 30% admissions for five consecutive years and also lack proper infrastructure will have to be shut down.

The council has asked the colleges to submit a report by the second week of September in this regard.

According to reports, colleges with less than 30% admission in past five years have been given the option to either shut down or get merged with a nearby college.

AICTE is also planning to introduce six months training for professors to improve the quality of education in engineering. Moreover, to enhance skills of the students, industry internship has also been made mandatory for second and third year students.

Karnataka govt to reimburse tuition fee till graduation for girls

Karnataka government, from next academic year, has decided to provide free education to girls from class one to graduation level in all public and aided private schools and colleges.

The government would reimburse all fees except examination fees of the students, irrespective of their family’s annual income.

Highlighting the decision as a major move towards women’s empowerment, Karnataka’s Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayareddi said, “The government is planning to earmark Rs 110 crore to implement the scheme.”

The minister said, the government is expecting to cover around 18 lakh students under the scheme.  

Similar schemes have also been launched in Telangana and Punjab. While Telangana has announced free education for girls from kindergarten to post-graduation, Punjab has extended the scheme till PhD.

Though mainly in rural areas unprivileged girls drop out of school after class 10, but the government would not discriminate between cities and rural areas to impart free education.

CBSE reverses order, allows schools to sell NCERT books

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has allowed affiliated schools the sale of NCERT books, stationery, and other stationary items within their premises.

Back in April, the CBSE gave the schools its directive of no-association with commercial activities by way of selling of books, stationery, uniforms, school bags, etc.

The CBSE board has allowed schools to operate shops to facilitate the sale of NCERT books.

The board in its circular declared that since schools are allowed to purchase the books directly through the NCERT website, the schools may open a ‘tuck shop’ within the schools’ premises.

British Council’s new online programme to improve English language skills

British Council has launched a six-week online programme “myEnglish” with multiple modules to enhance the spoken and written English skills of individuals.

The online course will be delivered by British Council teachers. Interested candidates can apply for the course after an online analytical test followed by teacher’s consultation. The course will be available from September 23 and will cost Rs 8,800.

The course secures fluency and accuracy along with the nine modules at three language levels. Apart from this, the students can take part in online activities for practice. All of this will be facilitated through Zoom platform via desktops, laptops, smartphones, and tablets.

“Through myEnglish we have recreated the unique British Council classroom experience, offering customers flexibility, convenience and access to attend this course from anywhere in India,” said Alan Gemmell, OBE Director of British Council India.

Students – ambassadors of cleanliness: Javadekar

Prakash Javadekar

Union Minister of Human Resources Development Prakash Javadekar has referred the students as ‘cleanliness ambassadors’.

While speaking on the occasion of Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar 2017-18, he said, the students will lead the vision of clean India drive of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He stressed on inculcating the habit of cleanliness everywhere in the country by changing our mindsets and.

The minister has congratulated the winners of Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar 2017-18 and also revealed that the competition will be open for private schools as well from next year onwards.

A statement from the ministry in this regard called it an achievement as over 2,68,000 schools from both Central and State Governments have participated voluntarily in the competition. The statement further said that it is a beginning of “New India”.

The winners were awarded with Rs 50,000 each as additional school grant, to be utilised for swachhta related activities. The amount will be transferred to them digitally along with a Certificate.

Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan have been declared as top three States with maximum number of schools in Five Star and Four Star ratings (green & blue category) and given a Certificate of Recognition for that.

GATE 2018 Application Form: Online Registration starts

GATE 2018 Applications are being started online now onwards. Candidates aspiring for the exam may now fill the application form online with the help of the link given at the bottom of the page.

IIT Guwahati is the organising institute of Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2018. The institute has opened a special window for GATE 2018 application forms at appsgate.iitg.ac.in.

GATE 2018GATE 2018 is the mandatory examination for the students seeking admission or financial assistance to masters and direct doctoral programmes in relevant branches of Science and Technology. Institutions supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development and other Government agencies admit the candidates for various postgraduate courses.

The last date to fill the GATE 2018 application form is 5 October, 2017.

Applicants may get details about the GATE application process and registration on the official portal of the GATE 2018 i.e. http://appsgate.iitg.ac.in/.

According to the schedule released by IIT Guwahati recently, the GATE 2018 exam will be held on February next year and the results are expected to be released on March 17, 2018.

GATE 2018 score is valid for three years from the date of announcement of the results.

Click to apply online for GATE 2018: http://appsgate.iitg.ac.in/

Prakash Javadekar directs Navodaya Vidyalayas to go solar

Prakash Javadekar

Prakash-JavadekarMinister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar has directed the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) to adopt solar energy.

Addressing the 35th meeting of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) in New Delhi, the minister asked the government-run samiti to take guidance of the Ministry of Power to speed up the process.

He also emphasised on exploring the possibility of developing water harvesting and bio-gas plants in existing campuses. “Water and solar energy harvesting should be a part of proposals in the new building plans,” Javadekar said.

Javadekar also applauded the performance of the Navodaya Vidyalaya students in 10th and 12th Board and particularly the impressive performance of NV students in IIT-JEE Advance and NEET.

“Navodaya Vidyalayas have already become a brand for quality education,” he said.

The minister directed the NVS to use social media network to connect with NVS alumni to encourage their involvement in the progress of Vidyalayas.

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