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France keen to accelerate library digitisation project with India

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Akash
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France is eager to accelerate the Indo-French project on library digitisation. The project is aimed to digitise and archive old documents and manuscripts stored in all the major libraries of the two countries.

It’s been a few months since the project was initiated but it failed to gain momentum due to logistics constraints, said, French Consul General, Damien Syed. “Now our government is keen to speed it up,” he said.

The proposed digital database will be available to people of both the countries. “We want to reinforce our strategic partnership with India and education is a key area to do that. Indo-French partnership of archiving our old academic treasures will help us in developing a better bond in that area,” Syed said.

Through the project, France will share its expertise in digitising old documents and manuscripts with India. France also has many old and valuable manuscripts in Tamil and Sanskrit that Indian experts will help decipher.

“On the completion of the project, all documents and their soft copies on both sides will remain the property of the respective countries. But people like students, academicians or researchers will have access to them through our digital library by opening up an account free of cost,” Syed said.

India’s Culture Ministry and the National Library of France have signed a Memorandum of Understanding while launching the project in October 2015. “Though the initial focus of the project is on national libraries of both the countries only, other important libraries may also get included in the future,” Syed added.

University of Denver to host 9th Elets World Education Summit in June

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Akash
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To bring global stakeholders of education ecosystem on a common knowledge sharing platform, Elets Technomedia will host the 9th World Education Summit (WES) at University of Denver, Colarado, United States (US) from 10-11 June.

The Summit will witness the discussion on latest trends, emerging technologies and collaboration opportunities in the US.

Eduleaders during the summit will discuss majorly on three segments of education: Preschool, School/K-12 and Higher Education.

Discussion on preschool segment will focus on research based curriculum, teacher training and assistance, infrastructure and ambience design, and technology aided sensory learning.

Key discussion points in school education will be digital education, pedagogical innovations, experiential learning and education policy.

The higher education related discussions will be based on technology driven education, innovation and technology, and social networking as a learning tool.

During the summit, notable eduleaders will be presented with awards in varying categories to recognise and encourage their participation in the field of education.

Best Asian universities: India more than doubles its representation

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Akash
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With 33 institutions in the top 300 list of the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings 2017, India has doubled its participation in the newly expanded list, compared to 16 in the top 200 last year. Seven of these institutes are new entrants, and eight in the top 100.

Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is ranked 27, highest in India. Other Indian institutes in top 5o include Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (42), and Veltech University (43).

“It is great news that India has more than doubled its representation in this year’s ranking of Asia’s best universities. It means that India is now the third most represented nation in the table for the first time,” said Phil Baty, editor of the Times Higher Education rankings.

“India’s strong performance is partly thanks to the country recognising the importance of participating in global benchmarking exercises? last year the government launched a new funding backed project aimed at catapulting Indian Institutes of Technology to the top of world university rankings. However, while India punches above its weight in terms of its GDP per capita, it underperforms given its large population of university aged people,” added Baty.

The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur is among the largest gainers on the list that has jumped to 63 from the 101-110 band. The institute has bettered its ranking due to improvements across the board and a particularly high jump in its amount of industry income.

However, several Indian universities have also slipped down in their ranking due to increased competition. For example, the University of Calcutta has dropped from the 141-150 band to the 191-200 cohort while Amrita University has fallen from 181-190 to 251+.

Times Higher Education has expanded this year’s ranking list which includes 300 universities, from 200 last year. For the second year running, Singapore’s National University and China’s Peking University have been ranked first and second respectively in the overall list.

FTII, Canon India ink MoU to promote film education

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Akash
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Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and Canon India Pvt Ltd have signed an MoU to promote film education across the country. through short term courses.

Several skill oriented short term courses have been proposed under FTII’s initiative Skilling India in Film and Television (SKIFT). These short term courses are likely to be held in collaboration with state governments, universities and educational institutions.

According to an official release, the ‘technology partner’ of SKIFT, Canon, would be providing high-end cameras and accessories free of cost for the courses, an official release said.

Rajyavardhan Rathore, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, said that the initiative would ensure the perfect blend of technology and young talent through the platform of FTII.

The release said that the move would be a “major contributing factor in keeping the course fees affordable while offering an opportunity to course participants to use cutting-edge equipment”.

The places where courses are proposed to be held initially include Guwahati, Jaipur, Vishakhapatnam, Raipur, Chandigarh, Raipur, Bhopal, Leh and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

To begin with, SKIFT would conduct courses such as Digital Cinematography, Documentary Film Making, Screenplay Writing, Acting, Film Criticism & Journalism and Film Appreciation.

IIT Madras to increase industry-funded research, hire foreign faculty

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Akash
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IIT Madras to increase industry-funded research, hire foreign faculty

Indian Institute of Technology – Madras (IIT-M) will be hiring 100 foreign faculties over the next three years to boost industry-funded research. Initially, the institute is planning to hire 25 foreign nationals as faculty, said an IIT Madras official.

The official also added that the institute is focusing majorly on improving the industry-institute research partnerships, on enhancing the donations from former students, and boosting the placements via drawing more and more corporates.

According to an official statement, one of the major goals of the institute is to nurture entrepreneurial skills among the students of IIT Madras.

According to the official, union government has sanctioned Rs 750 crore as IIT Madras’ budget for the next fiscal. The institute is expected to get first portion of sanctioned amount soon.

Pawan Goenka, Chairman, Governing Board of IIT-M and Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, told reporters, “IIT-M plans to have around 100 foreign nationals as its faculty over the next three years. To start with, the institute plans to hire around 25 foreign nationals as faculty members”.

IIT Madras Director Bhasker Ramamurthi hoped that appointing foreign faculty members will help in conceptualising diverse ideas since not all nationalities think alike.

Cabinet approves bill to declare 15 IIITs as institute of national importance

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Akash
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The Union Cabinet has approved a bill declaring 15 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) set up under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode as Institutions of National Importance. The bill granted the IIITs degree awarding power.

The Cabinet passed the Indian Institute of Information Technology Public Private Partnership (IIIT-PPP) Bill, 2017 to “grant statutory status to 15 IIITs set up under the PPP mode and declare them as Institutions of National Importance, to enable them to grant degrees to the students in the academic courses conducted by them”.

The Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) had announced to set up 20 new Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) across the country under PPP mode, out of which 15 are already functional at Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh), Guwahati, Vadodara, Kota, Srirangam (Tamil Nadu), Una (Himachal Pradesh), Sonepat (Haryana), Kalyani (West Bengal), Lucknow, Nagpur, Pune, Ranchi, Kottayam, Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) and Dharwad (Karnataka).

It cost Rs 128 crore to set up an Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) which is contributed by the Centre, state government and the industry in the ratio of 50:35:15.

When Education Overwhelmed A Nation of Islands — Bahrain

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Akash
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Bahrain witnessed a grand congregation of thought leaders, stake holders and entrepreneurs of the education sector recently during the 8thElets World Education Summit 2017 organised from 8-9 March.

Organised at the Bahrain Bayan School, Bahrain, the special summit included various discussion segments related to demographics, geo-politics, societal aspirations and technological trends and practices.

Parameters influencing and driving investment flows in the field of education across MENA region was also one of the major key discussion points during the event.

Eminent speakers laid stress on the need for formal and informal methods to teach or learn to develop an approach of life-long learning, along with strategies employed in creating policies and structures to encourage and support direct Industry collaborations for robust institutions.

On this occasion speakers such as Dr Riad Hamza, President, University of Bahrain; Paul Fear, Chief Executive Officer, British Accreditation Council; Dr. Khaled Saeed Tabbara, Vice President, Arabian Gulf University; Prof Abdul Sattar Ahmad Al-Alusi, President and Chief Executive Officer, Emirates College for Management and Information Technology, Dubai, UAE; Professor Mazin M.A. Jumaah, President, Royal University for Women, Bahrain etc shared their pearls of wisdom.

In an endeavour to recognise and encourage organisations, projects, and programme initiatives in the field of education, notable eduleaders were presented awards in the varying categories like Edupreneurship, Introducing Innovations in Teaching Pedagogy Global Collaborative Learning Environments, Innovative Interventions in Pre-School Teaching & Learning.

Education to touch new heights with Great Lakes Institute’s campus in Andhra Pradesh

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Akash
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Great Lakes, a Chennai and Gurgaon based institute in management studies has launched the Great Lakes International University (GLIU) in Andhra Pradesh, which is among one of the first few private universities being set up in the state.

The first academic session of the university will commence in August 2017 with two undergraduate courses — a BBA and a BTech in computer science. The intake will be 120 students for each course. Specialisations in business analytics, ecommerce and supply chain management, fintech and digital marketing will be offered under the undergraduate business degree. The technical degree will focus on new age specializations such as cyber security, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, Internet of Things and cloud computing.

“The university aims to nurture future leaders who are armed with intellectual curiosity, critical thinking and confidence derived from strong values and a global perspective,” Mohan Lakhamraju, co-founder of the university told to a leading newspaper.

 “We’ve designed the educational experience at GLIU with a multidisciplinary approach in mind — drawing inspiration from top global schools like The Wharton School and Singapore Management University, and focusing not just on core competencies like business and technology, but also building a broadbased intellectual foundation through studying the liberal arts,” said Lakhamraju, co-founder of GLIU.

GLIU already has academic collaborations in place with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Bordeaux University in Europe, and Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.

Amazon emerged as top recruiter at IIM-A, offered 18 jobs

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Akash
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E-commerce giant Amazon has emerged as the top recruiter at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A).  The e-commerce company has offered 18 jobs for the class of 2017 at India’s top B-school.

A little more than 100 firms took part in the final round of placements at IIM-A. Sector-wise, consulting firms, such as Accenture Strategy, Bain & Company, McKinsey & Company and The Boston Consulting Group, made the highest number of offers.

Among global banks, Goldman Sachs was the largest recruiter among global banks which picked up nine students. Hindustan Unilever has offered seven jobs, highest in the sales and marketing domain followed by Procter & Gamble, SC Johnson and Samsung, with six offers each.

Tata Administrative Service was the largest recruiter in the general management area with 10 offers whereas consumer tech cohort, Sprinklr made nine offers.

Among the Banking, Financial Services & Insurance recruiters, American Express, FinIQ, Fullerton and RBL were some of them who extended offers.

Sales and marketing roles were offered by regular recruiters like Airtel, Asian Paints, HUL, ITC, Nestle, P&G and Reckitt Benckiser, among others.

IIIT-Delhi joins hands with IBM, Federal Bank for interactive online hackathon

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Akash
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Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi ((IIIT-Delhi) has announced an interactive online hackathon, “IBM Challenge” in collaboration with IBM and Federal Bank. In 2016, the event attracted over 500 students.

Through the hackathon, students will get an opportunity to learn new cognitive computing skills. The hackathon will also enable students to solve reallife business problems using IBM Watson API’s on the IBM Cloud platform.

An official communique in this regard revealed that the hackathon is a part of Research Showcase 2017. It is an annual event exhibiting the research and development work from premier educational institutions in the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) region.

“The IBM Challenge is designed to blend handson learning with relevant market skill development. The participants will be asked to solve a realworld banking industry business problem and develop relevant technology solutions as part of the challenge,” said A.V. Subramanyam, Chair, Research Showcase 2017, IIIT-Delhi.

The theme of the hackathon is online customer engagement. Here students will be able to develop solutions to help banks for providing their customers better banking experience.

“Our association with IIIT-Delhi and Federal Bank will help arm the developers of tomorrow with the  latest capabilities and foster the necessary skills to join the workforce and create enterprise class applications at consumer scale.” said Devkant Aggarwal, Manager, University Relations, IBM India.

The participants will be mentored by IIIT-Delhi and IBM and the winner will be adjudged jointly by IIIT-Delhi, Federal Bank and IBM.

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