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May 18, 2017

Pranab Mukherjee, President of India, is likely to inaugurate country’s first smart grid project, developed by the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST).

Prof Ajoy Kumar Roy, Director, IIEST, said, “The smart grid will be synchronised to generate power from solar, wind and vegetable waste resources, depending on the weather conditions and availability of waste products. It is the first of its kind in the country.”

“The power to be generated from solar energy depends on the availability of sunlight while wind energy will be produced during nor’wester and tropical storm. The power from biogas will be generated from vegetable waste collected from the campus kitchen and outside markets,” the professor said.

“In the integrated project, by the Centre for Excellence for Green Energy Systems (CEGESS) of the institute, we are aiming to generate 32 kw of power from whichever resource available and synchronise the smart grid to take the power in the system for use. Thus we will not be depending on one resource,” Roy said.

“Since coal-hydrocarbon based energy technology leads to environmental degradation, the future lies in renewable energy based technology,” he said.

“The government planners and academicians should be involved in big way as technology is changing very very fast. The next 50 years will witness unimaginable change in technology, which cannot be static,” he added.

IIT-KGP team to visit MIT this summer

Akash

May 18, 2017

A team of students and faculty members from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) is likely to visit Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

The students and faculty members will be from the Department of Architecture and Regional Planning of IIT Kharagpur. The visit is conducted on conclusion of a joint programme.

The year-old programme was a joint practicum with the School of Architecture and Planning, IIT-KGP and MIT. Practicum is a course in which theory is put into practice in a practical training or research session, reported NDTV.

Team members of IIT-KGP and MIT had worked jointly in Shantiniketan as a test field “for the course which aimed at creating awareness on current issues of urban and regional planning among students,” said Prof Haimanti Banerji of IIT-KGP’s Department of Architecture.

The IIT-KGP team included 12 students from undergraduate, postgraduate and research courses along with two faculty members and the team from MIT comprises 15 students and two faculty members.

“This is a unique platform to combine the strength of IIT-KGP and MIT and give students exposure to a cross-cultural and cross-dimensional scenario for understanding the urban dynamism and challenges faced by planners from a regional perspective,” Head of the Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, Prof. Subrata Chattopadhyay said.

“We are very excited that students from MIT will be hosting the IIT students as their house guests,” Banerji said.

Kerala Government to provide scholarship to economically weak students

Akash

May 18, 2017

Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan has said, the Kerala Government may soon extend scholarship to economically weak students studying in self-financing medical colleges.

Vijayan said the same in assembly while replying to a notice for an adjournment motion on the alleged police excesses on “Kerala Students Union” activists during a protest march against the fee hike in self-financing medical colleges, reported NDTV.

He said that the state government will try to analyse every possibility to formulate a scholarship scheme on these lines in response to a demand by the former chief minister, Oomen Chandy in this regard.

He added that fees was fixed by the State Fee Regulatory Commission and “there is no change in fee structure by the government so far”.

Denying the opposition’s charges of lathi-charge on activists without any provocation, the chief minister said, the steps were taken only after the protesters attempt to break the barricade and to get indulge in violence.

TCLL, XLRI sign MoU to conduct executive programme on Business Analytics

Akash

May 18, 2017

XLRI-Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Times Centre for Learning Ltd (TCLL) to promote quality executive education in India.

The agreement signifies the collaboration of two potent forces for professional education. The two institutions, with XLRI’s pedigree, history and reputation in management education practices and TCLL’s physical presence, proficiency in delivering learning technology, strong corporate connections will deliver the best educational practices in the field of executive education.

“We are delighted to be associated with XLRI, one of India’s top business schools,” said TCLL president Anish Srikrishna. “As TCLL continues to strive towards its vision of providing excellent professional education to learners across age groups, I am confident that this association will be a decisive milestone.”

In order to upgrade their professional skills and to move up the corporate ladder, corporate employees continuously look for the newly launched programmes, reported The Economic Times.

Under MoU, a 12-month post graduate certificate course will be conducted in business analytics for management decision (PGCBAMD). The course will mainly focus on building basic and advanced skills in the domain of business analytics.

The course aims to create specialists in the field of analytics with indepth knowledge of the various areas related to it. The course will help the participants to get managerial insights by analysing data that will lead to decision making as per the requirement.

Classes will be conducted at TCLL centres across the country in the form of live interactive lectures.

“We continually strive to build mutually beneficial partnership and look forward to this engagement with TCLL,” said XLRI director E Abraham. “We hope that this alliance will provide great opportunities for both XLRI and TCLL. We look forward to creating new educational programmes and identifying ways for our faculty to interact with executives and other professionals in the region. This partnership will provide terrific opportunities for sharing of ideas and developing solutions to many of the world’s key business issues.”

Aadhaar no longer required for CBSE’s foreign schools

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Akash

May 16, 2017

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has waived off the requirement of Aadhaar number to register students in CBSE’s overseas schools for board examination and other purposes

There are 211 CBSE schools in 25 foreign countries.

Last year, the board made it mandatory for all its schools in abroad to provide Aadhaar number of their students and also to encourage those who did not have it to get one.

The CBSE schools abroad had approached the board expressing their inability to follow the directive, reported The Economic Times.

In a letter issued by the board to such schools, the CBSE acknowledged that several communications in this regard from affiliated schools were received. The schools expressed their inability to provide Aadhaar numbers for their every students as these schools are in foreign countries.

“It has been decided to waive the requirement of Aadhaar number in respect of students of foreign Schools. Alternatively the foreign candidates/schools may use Passport number in place of Aadhaar number while submitting candidates for online registration of class 9th and 11th and list of Candidates for class 10th and 12th,” it added.

The board had asked its schools last week to set up Aadhaar enrolment centres on their premises and encourage students, staff members and their families to enroll.

NEET: MHRD seeks explanation from CBSE on regional language question papers

Akash

May 16, 2017

Post-Graduation Institute Of Medical Science Conducts Entrance Exams For MBBS Courses — ROHTAK, INDIA - JULY 1: Post-graduation institute of medical science conducted the entrance exams for MBBS courses in PGI campus on July 1, 2012 in Rohtak, India. Students while taking exams at a exam centre. (Photo by Manoj Dhaka / Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has asked for an explanation from the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) over complaints of tougher National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) question papers in regional languages than that in Hindi and English.

A section of students appearing in the entrance test and subject experts have complained to Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar about the tougher question papers in regional languages, reported The Economic Times.

The CBSE conducted NEET on May 7 in Hindi, English and 10 regional languages. Admission to undergraduate and postgraduate course of medical and dental colleges is conducted through this exam.

In their complaint to Javadekar, the students said that conducting different question papers in different languages for the same exam did not contribute to ensure a “level-playing field”.

“There are certain reports about the paper being difficult for regional languages. The CBSE has been asked about it and the board will come out with a clarification soon,” an HRD ministry official said.

Telugu-medium candidates from NEET exam centre in Andhra Pradesh claimed that the question papers given to them were in Hindi and English, and not in Telugu.

IFW Techno Creations: Managing Campuses In Softer Way

Interviews

Akash

May 15, 2017

Campus management solutions and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software are the need of every institution nowadays. IFW Techno Creations Pvt Ltd is providing these software as per the customers’ requirements using latest technologies, says Karan Garg, Founder and CEO, IFW Techno Creations Pvt Ltd in a conversation with Elets News Network (ENN).

What important things you keep in mind while installing campus management solutions in your institute?

Like any other sector, the use of technology in education sector is evolving and growing constantly. A good campus management solution has to be dynamic enough to serve the ever changing needs of an institution. A gap between the institution’s expectations and deliverables of the campus management software will force the institution to change the software. We at IFW try to come out with innovative ideas to make the Enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions more user-friendly and dynamic to cater all the requirements of the users.

Campus Management System must be flexible enough to meet the demographical shift. How do you fulfill the requirements of a customer in this regard?

A good campus management solution will have all the features and processes that are needed for its targeted regions and type of institutions. Rules, regulations, policies, sometimes language etc need to be changed in the software as per the demographic changes. A good campus management solution should be able to incorporate all those changes to stay relevant in all its target regions. We at IFW make sure that our solutions primarily should at all times accommodate the needs of Indian institutions from all states.

What tools do you use to develop the software that involves student details, study programmes, faculty workload, scholarships and other administration related activities?

Various platforms such as .Net, PHP, JAVA, Oracle etc are available in the market to develop campus management systems. These all platforms are very popular across world. Irrespective of the technical platform on which an application is made, the load on software can be managed with the help of optimised code for the software that can generate quick results. Understanding client’s requirement before starting software development is also very essential as it helps the developer to understand key needs like objective of software. Moreover, it’s important to have a robust internet, hardware and networking framework as per the software’s requirement before its implementation.

How important role does cloud technology play in the development of a school or college management system?

Cloud is the future of all school and college management system. After easy access to internet through Mobile/Smart Phones penetration in all parts of the country, it is must to opt for Cloud Technology. The technology has major advantages like easy and quick implementation, secured data backups, no need of local servers, any time any where usage etc. We at IFW also know this from our experience that Cloud applications take less time in implementation and thus provide a quick Return on Investment (ROI) to the clients.

In order to improve the performance of campus management software, what processes you follow along with the user feedback?

At IFW we have a dedicated call centre working 24*7 for our clients. The call centre provides online, on call, email and remote desktop support to the clients. Dedicated support agents monitor the usage of the clients and provide solutions to their problems accordingly. The agents not only support but also make sure that all the features of the solutions are understood by the clients and they can use the software as soon as possible. The support team also collects feedback and suggestions from the clients and forwards them to the development team, where after the evaluation and in detail discussion, the enhancements are provided to the client in new upcoming versions.

Please share the details of corporate and educational institutes you partnered with to incorporate some of the best ideologies and practices into your solutions.

Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women’s University, Jaipur, Rajasthan: We are providing our core ERP named “IFW Campus ERP” to the university. We are also managing the online examination and distance learning processes of the university.

BRCM Group of Colleges and Schools, Bahal, Haryana: We are providing “IFW Campus ERP” software to the university. We are also managing the online examination and distance Learning processes of the university.

St. Francis Institute of Management and Research, SFIMAR, Mumbai: We are providing “IFW Campus ERP” software to the management college for managing all the departments like library, admissions, exams, events, TPO, attendance etc.

SALEM SWODESHEWARI Educational Group, Salem, Tamil Nadu: The campus of the group includes a school and a college. We have provided them IFW Campus ERP for the College and Software as a Service (SaaS) for the School. They are successfully using our solutions since last 6 years.

GANGA Group of Schools and Colleges, NCR, Delhi: The group has more than 12 institutions in different parts of Delhi-NCR. The group’s school and colleges under are using “IFW Campus ERP” successfully for managing all the processes from admissions to accounts.

What are your upcoming projects and plans for the future?

We are aggressively working on mobile applications for students, parents, staff and campus administrators etc. These apps are in direct integration with our ERP Applications and will work on real time basis. We are also planning to expand our reach in more and more institutions this year. We are also coming up with our ERP Solutions for education sector using latest technologies to provide our clients a solution on the platforms of their choice.

UP students to get lessons in banking, cashless transactions

Akash

May 11, 2017

The Uttar Pradesh School Education Board has amended its curriculum which will enable senior students, enrolled in schools affiliated with the Board, to get lessons in banking to equip them with skills and knowledge to use in real life.

From class 9 onwards, students of such schools will be taken on visits to banks. It is hoped to provide them first-hand knowledge on how these financial institutions work, how to write and deposit cheques, deposit and withdraw cash and apply for a loan, the Hindusatan Times reported.

The amended curriculum has been sent to all district inspectors of schools on May 5. It will be introduced for lakhs of students in over 25,000 schools affiliated to the Uttar Pradesh Board of Secondary Education from the 2017-18 session, beginning from July.

Keeping in view the government’s emphasis on cashless transactions across the country, knowledge of procuring and using debit and credit cards, safety precautions in their use, online transactions with banks as well as the process of applying for Permanent Account Number (PAN) cards have also been included in the curriculum at different levels.

The students will also be informed about latest developments in the fields of banking, finance and taxation. The curriculum will also include information on the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

The aim is to give students tips on building their own budget to control their money and create financial plan for their goals by the time they pass class 12.

IIT Bombay researcher wins INSA Young Scientist Award 2017

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Akash

May 11, 2017

Vikram Vishal, an assistant professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at IIT Bombay, has won the prestigious Indian National Science Academy (INSA) medal in the Young Scientist category for 2017.

The award carries a bronze medal and a cash prize of Rs 25,000, an official release from the IIT Bombay stated.

Considered to be the highest recognition of promise, creativity and excellence in young scientists, it is awarded annually by INSA for research conducted by scientists in India and carries a bronze medal and a cash prize of Rs. 25,000.

Till 2015, a total of 737 young scientists have been recognised by INSA.

While conveying the selection of the award to Vishal, INSA President Prof. Ajay K Sood said: “He has shown great potential to be a leader in research. I sincerely hope he will continue to strive hard to reach his potential and to prove leadership in the coming years”.

Vishal is currently working on a research which attempts to reduce carbondioxide emissions and their environmental impact by capturing the natural gases.

His research looks at “geologic sequestration” or capturing the carbon dioxide that is released when coal is burnt (or created as a by-product in other industries) and injecting it back into the rock deep underground so that it is not released into the atmosphere.

Explaining his research work, Vishal said: “Natural gases have remained trapped in deep underground rock structures for several million years. This provides an analogy to inject and store the greenhouse gases in rocks and prevent their release into the atmosphere. Realising India’s vast geological diversity, she offers ample opportunities for the storage of carbon dioxide.”

“Injection of carbon dioxide will not only help develop a long sustainable earth, but also lead to enhanced recovery of methane to partly meet our growing energy demands.”

AICTE to revamp curriculum for better employability of students

Akash

May 9, 2017

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is planning to completely revamp the syllabus of technical courses to improve the employability of students after graduation.

Dr MP Poonia, Vice Chairman, AICTE, after a meeting with the delegation of All India Federation of Self Financing Colleges Association (AIFSFTI), said, the changes will bring uniformity in the curriculum of technical institutions throughout the nation.

The new curriculum is likely to come into effect from July 1, he said, adding that the new syllabus for engineering courses will be highly technical and job oriented.

Mentioning that the new syllabus will be industry oriented and would make it compulsory for the students to spend two months in any industry every year. Poonia said, “The AICTE is tying up with CII and Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises to give industrial exposure to the students.”

The AICTE is also planning to emphasise more on teachers’ training following which specialised programmes have been designed to serve the purpose. The AICTE has roped in Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) for a three-month training programme for teachers after M Tech.

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