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10 Start ups honoured

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Aryans Group of Colleges, Chandigarh honoured 10 successfully running Start ups of the Tricity on its 10th Foundation Day in a Programme held at ICSSR, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Vivek Atray, IAS, was the Chief Guest on the occasion while Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group presided over the function.

On the occasion various start ups including Chandigarh Bus Routes, Little Legends, Punjabi Current, SAAK Foundation, Trideal, Matrified.com, The Rumour Mill, Soul Bowl, 10. Espranza Innovations, Asphire.in were also honoured by Aryans Group.

Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group said that we see a perfect connection between India development needs and our youth strengths. “I invite anyone and everyone to become the partner in India’s Start Up India, Stand Up India and technical growth & our first step of honouring Tricity start ups towards our mission of world class Digital and technical India” said Kataria.

Vivek Atray appreciated the initiative taken by Aryans under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mission “Startup India, Stand-Up India and Digital India Campaign to recognize, highlight and honour the efforts of young and budding tricity Youth and Entrepreneurs who ingeniously developed Applications used by a large number of Societies.

The start ups awarded on the occasion had unique features. These included –

Espranza Innovations:
Espranza Is EdTech companies looking to innovate the way school children learn. iScuela was Company’s first product and has been the main revenue generator for the company. iScuela delivers multimedia rich content for students from class 1- 12. Content is mapped as per National Curriculum Framework of India, covering major boards including CBSE and ICSE.

Chandigarh Bus Routes:

As the name suggests this app is about the CTU buses’ routes. This app helps users who may be outcomers to the city to find the bus route number that will take them to their destination. this app has very beautiful, neat and clean User Interface by which you can access all the options very easily.

Punjabi Current:

Punjabi Current is a web Channel and produces 2 shows i.e 360 Degree and Selfie concept.360 Degree is the unique and new concept which is the first celebrity based show of India.

Soul Bowl:

Soul Bowl is an online grocery delivery website which was started in the year 2014. It was started with the aim of making grocery shopping easy and hassle free. ?Delivery is done in ECO friendly biodegredable bags, and for nearby areas an E-rickshaw is used for gathering supplies as well as deliveries, thereby ensuring that we are a non polluting entity and we don’t harm the environment.

The Rumour Mill:

The Rumour Mill is a quintessential book cafe cum adda, designed as a friendly drawing room with an eclectic mix of cuisines offered as comfort food.

MATRIFIED.Com:

MATRIFIED.COM is the world’s first free micro matrimonial site that lets you find your soul mate in a fast and secure way. An individual can register by just entering his/her simple and basic details, can send an interest request to the interested profile member and can either accept or decline the received marriage proposals based on his/her interests.

Trideal:

Trideal is the first hyper local web E-commerce portal, launched from Chandigarh in January 2012, with a sole objective to reach consumers with a whole new gamut of amazing deals on lifestyle, restaurants, salons, fitness centers, getaways and many more. The aim behind Trideal is to create value for both the customers and the merchants and make good living affordable to more and more people.

SAAK Autos:

SAAK deals in automobile accessories and modification under the name and style of SAAK. SAAK Chandigarh is manufacturing off-road products. and SAAK’s design savvy, sophisticated metal- working skills made an easy entry into the competitive automotive aftermarket world.

Little Legends:

Little Legends Enrichment Centre are complete after school enrichment providers, which was set up for supporting especially working parents. Full Time working mother’s sometime find it difficult to carry on with their careers or take children for various skill development activities. At Little Legends works to bring out best in child’s mental, physical and emotional development.

Asphire.in:

Asphire is a tailor made product for the blue and grey collar job segment with an in-built ecosystem based on retention and incentive measures to complete the hiring process while retaining the end user.

Singapore’s Institute of Technical Education promotes ‘Skill India’ by setting up centres pan India

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India can now look forward to opening up of many vocational skill centres as the Institute of Technical Education, a prestigious Institute of Singapore would be setting up vocational skill centres across India, to train youth to fulfil the requirements of skilled manpower.

ITE Education Services (ITEES), a subsidiary of the state-owned Institute of Technical Education (ITE), Singapore has been offering consultancy and training services in skills development and vocational training to more than 25 countries. Its upcoming project in Rajasthan, India is slated to commence training from September 27, this year.

ITEES can surely contribute to ‘Skill India’ programme by playing a catalytic role in helping to set up a few model institutions in selected locations in India. These model institutions will allow for knowledge and technology transfer and eventually be replicated in other parts of India with ITEES continuing to play supportive role to ensure quality and international standards.

Initially, ITEES would conduct an onsite analysis of skilled manpower requirement for a few selected industry sectors. This would be done with the aim to help set up two model Skills Centre in Delhi and Varanasi. In these centres, the programmes will be tailored to the needs of local industries and for training both urban and village youths.

ITEES first project in Rajasthan is in process. It has signed a similar MoU with Madhya Pradesh government. The ground work for which is being done for another CETT-type campus.

In another project, ITEES consultancy is in the midst of completing ground-work for the development of a TVET campus in Kolkata.. This will be a private-sector operated campus to offer skills training under a corporate social responsibility initiative.

Open Universities take an Online Mode for Admissions

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With the admission going on in full swing and seeing the rising digital trend, many Open Universities have taken the Online admission route. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and Yashwatrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU)  in Nashik have adopted the online admission process for various degree, diploma and post-graduation courses.

It is seen many times that after HSC, many students in rural areas join their traditional business, occupation or farming. Therefore, Open universities provide the much-needed opportunity to continue higher education for these students.

IGNOU has started BSc and MA (education) courses at its Nashik regional centre from this academic year only. The IGNOU centre at KTHM College offers master degree courses in Business administration, Computer application, English, Economics, History,  Public administration, Hindi, Commerce, Political Science, Sociology, Tourism Management, Social works and Rural Development.

Yashwatrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) has also started its online admission process with good responses. It has been decided that from 2015-16, the admission to all the programmes of the university would be through the online process. The university has also implemented digital process for the examination and valuation of question papers.

India signs MoU with Qatar for Skill development

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India has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)  with Qatar for encouraging skill development and facilitate workers to travel easily from India to the gulf nation. The agreement was signed between Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (India) and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (Qatar).

According to this agreement, Qatar will identify the areas in which it requires manpower and India will train its people in these skills so that they can start working in Qatar. This pact would benefit both the nations, particularly at this stage,  with Qatar being the host country for FIFA World Cup, 2022, the demand for skilled workers particularly in job roles related to construction would increase steadily.

The cooperation between both the nations, also envisions establishing mechanisms for recognition of skills (with certificates from Qatar) for workforce who have not undergone any formal skill training but are already working in Qatar.

Moreover, the pact shall promote access to respective databases for exchange of information on demand and supply skilled workforce. Under this, Qatar will provide data on employers and jobs available (demand side) while India will provide data on skilled and certified workforce (supply side).

‘Aarambh’- Dell’s Initiative for enhancing use of PCs in Education

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‘Aarambh’, an initiative by Dell India is launched with an aim to increase the use of PCs in education pan India. Through this initiative, Dell is keen on spreading awareness about the importance of computers among  three key audiences- students, teachers, and parents.

With this year-long project, Dell aspires to reach 1 million students, 1 lakh teachers and 2 lakh parents across 5,000 schools in 75 cities across the country. The project is founded on the understanding that exposure to interactive methods of learning, like PCs is very important in the developmental years for children.  

It is being observed that PC penetration in India has stagnated at around 9-10 percent. It is the need of the hour to bring a hike in this number.  Dell’s Aarambh, aspires to represent the use of PC learning to unlock the potential for young students.

The programme shall enable both parents and teachers to actively aid in the educational development of the child while using a PC and create an encompassing ecosystem and supportive background for the child. Moreover, the project also aims to establish that parents and teachers, being the key influences in a child’s formative years, can aid their overall growth by participating in the adoption of PC technology for learning.

Live IIT lectures to be aired on TV via HRD channels

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Going a step further with ‘Digital India’ mission, the Union Human Resource Department (HRD) would be soon starting 32 Direct-to-Home channels for catering to the needs of students.

With this development, students across the country would be able to watch live telecast of lectures from six IITs and some other top institutions while seated comfortably at their homes. To make this progressive project a reality, the department of space would be allotting two transponders on a GSAT series satellite. Moreover, MoUs have been signed with many institutions, for providing lessons and content that will be aired  on these channels

With this project in place, the government wants to utilise space technology to expand the reach of high-quality education. Through the 32 DTH channels, the aim is to ensure that live classrooms can be transmitted from ten ‘Teaching Ends’ out of which six will be IITs located in Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Kharagpur, Kanpur and Guwahati. Additionally, lectures of over a dozen other premier institutions will also reach students on their TVs.

These channels will be freely available on Doordarshan’s Free Dish DTH platform and all that the students will need is a Set Top Box to receive them.

SPICE ties-up with Deakin University, Australia for offering two years Post-Graduate Degree program

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It is time for some good news for students. Aspiring students who are keen to get a Master Degree in Communication from some foreign university, can now do so easily, while staying in India. Deakin University, Australia would be offering two-year Master’s Degree in Communication to students in India by tying up with St Pauls Institute of Communication Education (SPICE), which has campuses at Mumbai and Bengaluru.

In this innovative tie-up, students can either opt to study both years in India or can study for the first year in India and the next year in Australia. The Degree is designed for students who aim for a career in Journalism, Public Relations, Advertising, Corporate Communications, Public Affairs, etc. The tie-up is made with the aim to make the Degree relevant to Indian conditions so that the student gets the best of both worlds, India as well as Australia. Moreover,this course in India will cost less than one-third of what a student would spend while doing it from Australia.

The Master of Communication course is crafted to create professionals with advanced knowledge of communication, theory, analysis, research, and skills. There will be two intakes, each in March and July every year.

The Master of Communication program can surely fill the void for students aspiring to be successful in the above mentioned fields, in India or anywhere else in the world. The design of the course is such that the student gets to learn the nuances of these professions in India, while skilling with the global systems, processes and best practices from Australia.

Deakin University enrolls over 1000 students from India each year for various academic courses. Students come to Deakin University from over 50 cities from Maharashtra, Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, etc.

UGC all set to tackle Ragging with new Mobile App for Students

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With admissions going in full swing, Universities and colleges are all prepared for new sessions to begin. At such a time, University Grants Commission (UGC) has come up with a great technique to control ragging, a mobile app which will help students register complaints in case they face any ragging problems.

For this, the HRD ministry is all set to install Wi-fi in all Central Universities.

Earlier, also students could complain on-line, but a mobile app would make it much easier and simpler. Moreover, the higher education regulator has also formed a three-member committee for making all campuses of central universities wi-fi enabled.

The committee comprises of Central University of Kashmir, VC Prof Me’raj Ud Din Mir, Central University of South Bihar, VC Prof H C S Rathore and Central University of Haryana, VC Prof R C Kuhad.

Little Pearls School to become ‘Sister kindergarten’ of School in China

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In a new kind of partnership, between Sino-India, a Delhi kindergarten, Little Pearls is likely to be paired as ‘sister school’ with a school in Kunming city, in China. Such alliances are sure to foster greater understanding between both the nations.

For this, a delegation from the Chinese Embassy visited ‘Little Pearls’ , a privately-run kindergarten, for discussing the details for pairing it with Education Faculty No 2 Kindergarten in Kunming, terming them as ‘Sister’ schools.  Kunming is a beautiful city is south-west China and known as the Spring City. The kindergarten there was founded in 1911 and has 624 children and 112 teachers as of now.

Terms like ‘Sister cities or states’ have been popular but ‘Sister Kindergarten’ is an innovation by China with the aim to  help the children on both sides to understand the two countries well, from a young age.  Moreover, such steps are sure to sow root of friendship in the hearts of kids, which later can harvest good results, both for China and India.

Since last few decades, Sino-India ties were severed due to political reasons. With this step, both the countries look forward to more friendly relations.

Little Pearls was founded about 20 years ago and today has a little over 100 children and it also caters to children of embassy staff of New Delhi.

Government to scale up Skill training by opening 500 centres in india, 50 overseas

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Illustration depicting a highway gantry sign with a new skills and training concept. Blue sky background.

The Indian Government is coming up with about 500 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras (Prime Minister Skill Centres), for skill training free of cost, across the country. Moreover, all profit-making PSUs will be scaling up apprenticeships to give a major boost to skill development in the country.  Apart from this,  50 Overseas Employment Skill Training Centres will also be opened this year.

All these three major decisions were taken at the meeting of Governing Council of National Skill Development Mission held under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Other important decisions that were announced are:

  • Skill training to be scaled up to cover at least 1.5 crore people during 2016-2017
  • Central Board for Skills Certification to be set up by September 2016 to infuse quality into India’s skill development ecosystem
  • 500 Rozgar Utsavs will be held across Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and Central Training Institutes to make skill training aspirational amongst youth
  • A national level Convocation held for candidates who successfully complete ITI courses
  • By next one year, the capacity of ITIs to be further enhanced from 18.5 lakhs to 25 lakhs and over 5000 new ITIs to be created.

At the meeting, the Prime Minister stressed on the need for proper skill mapping and identification of the future requirements for skills, which will help school children and parents to be aware of the emerging trends in the job market. He also emphasised on the importance of imbibing safety norms and soft skills as integral parts of skill development.

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