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School bags to Enkindle Learning for Rural Kids

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A unique idea to use a school bag as a lamp for students to study in the dark has brought hope to the lives of kids living in the slums and rural areas to get educated.

Anushi Saha, a 34-year-old creative designer, came up with this idea to help children who face problems while studying at night due to frequent power outages in the slum areas. The solution Saha has come up with emanated from a simple idea – to fix a solar panel on school bags to collect energy during the day, which in turn, powers LED lights at night.

The bag has got a nifty device attached to it, which converts every movement of the child into electricity, when they move around during the day with the bag. It looks like a regular bag with a LED lamp in its front pocket. Solar panels are attached to the sides and can power the lamp for more than eight hours. The bag weighs 600 gm and is easy to carry. The solar panels are imported from China, since the locally made panels are very heavy.

Putting this idea into action, however, was not easy for Saha as there were several rejections from the manufactur

MHRD sets Hari Gautam Committee to Review UGC status

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The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has set up a four-member committee to review the current status of the University Grants Commission (UGC).

As per the decision taken on August 3, Hari Gautam, former chairman of UGC, will head the committee. Other members of the committee will include C M Jariwala, former dean of law, Banaras Hindu University, Kapil Kapoor, former Pro-Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University and R P Sisodia, Joint Secretary, Higher Education, HRD, who will be the member secretary of the committee.

The committee has been given a mandate to review 14 items. These include evaluation of the performance of UGC in coordinating and determining standards of education in universities and conducting an audit of its regulatory reach and identifying strengths and weaknesses in this aspect.

The report has to be submitted in six months time with suggestions from the committee to reform the panel and perform better to meet the desired objectives.

Unique Online Testing Platform for Medical Post Graduates

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Elsevier, a provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services has announced the launch of MyPGMEE, an innate , innovative easy to use online training and testing platform for Post Graduate medical students.

MyPGMEE provides a comprehensive learning suite, incorporating an easy-to-use online testing platform, dynamic database of recent examination questions and simulated tests. The product has been developed in conjunction with the renowned author, Dr. Mudit Khanna, who has been an invaluable guide to every aspiring All India Post Graduate Medical Examination (AIPGMEE) entrant for over a decade.

Most authentic customizable testing environment

Dynamic Database of Credible and Recent exam Style Questions, Simulated Tests

Intelligent Testing and Practice in real exam like setting, Intelligent Performance Tracking, Image Based Questions, well-referenced Explanations

Similar preparation tools for UPSC and Dental PG examinations coming soon!

HDFC Makes Education Foray

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After having made its debut in the education sector by acquiring India’s first education loan company Credila Financial Services, the Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) is now launching its first English medium school affiliated to the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) in Gurgaon this academic year.

Though the school is scheduled to start functioning from the next academic year (2015-16), the admission process for nursery to class III will begin from this month. Plans for the school are to have classes up to class XII.

The lead to venture into education was headed by Delhi-based HDFC managing director Renu Karnad. Apart from setting up their own school, HDFC is also set to provide school management and other related services.

Enrollment of Disabled Kids in School Less than One per cent: Irani

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Less than one per cent of the differently-abled children in India are enrolled in schools, Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on August 4. The minister was referring to the findings of a report by the National Right to Education (RTE) Forun Delhi and the Society for Promotion of Area Resource Centre (SPARC).

In an attempt to increase the enrollment of ‘Children With Special Needs’ (CWSN) in schools, special measures have also been taken under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), the minister further informed. These measures include early identification and assessment through camps, providing aids and appliances and providing teacher’s training on handling of CWSN.

Special appointment of resource teachers is also being carried out at schools to support regular teachers. Equipments like Braille books and other essential teaching learning equipments are also being provided to make education more accessible for these kids apart from spreading awareness among parents and the community to send the CWSN kids to schools, the minister added.

Centre wants private sector to play a major role in skilling India

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sarbananda sonowalSarbananda Sonowal, Minister of State, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs & Sports asked India Inc to play a bigger role in skilling India.
Addressing the two-day bi-annual event Sonowal said, “The target for National Skill Development Corporation  is to skill 3.3 million this year. It is absolutely necessary to ensure that the industry be made a major partner in skilling India and NSDC has been extremely successful in engaging and exponentially growing the efforts of the private sector.”
Commenting on the newly formed Ministry for Skill Development, Sonowal observed, “We are in the process of activating the Ministry of Skill Development, and are currently consulting with all major stakeholders including the private sector. We believe an effective and sustainable partnership between private and public sector would be crucial for this ambitious mission to be achieved. This Ministry will assist and enable in every possible way-new, creative and self-sustaining mechanisms to ensure that goals set by the Prime Minister for ‘Skill India’ are achieved.”
In a short span of less than five years since NSDC has been operational, more than two million youths have been skilled, more than half of whom are gainfully employed today. NSDC has approved the setting up of 136 training organisations with the potential to train over 83 million people over the next 10 years. As of date, there are over 2,856 training centres, 1150 of which are mobile, covering 368 districts, i.e., over 50 per cent of the districts in the country.
The meet also witnessed the signing of MoUs with UGC, Pune University, TNOU (Tamil Nadu), Directorate of Urban Development (NULM), Himachal Pradesh and UP Skill Development Mission (UPSDM).
Arvind Mayaram, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Union Finance Ministry, said that there is a need to analyse in-depth, have a customized approach sector wise and as the Prime Minister says we should not only focus on skilling for the country but also for the global shortage of skills.

UGC offers scholarships for the third gender

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After offering a third gender status in the application form in the Indian universities, University Grants Commission (UGC) now decides to offer scholarship and fellowship schemes to the transgender candidates.

The recent SC verdict states that the eunuchs, apart from the binary gender should be treated as the third gender in order to safeguard their rights under the Indian Constitution and laws framed by the Parliament and state legislatures.

According to a UGC official, this scholarship for the transgender category is to make sure that no student is deprived of higher education due to lack of funds.

Vivek Anand , CEO, Humsafar Trust, which safeguards and promotes right to the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) community states that this act of the UGC will help lot of star performers from the LGBT community belonging to the socially and economically backward communities who drop out due to lack of guidance.

2nd annual ‘Next BIG Idea Contest’ begins

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2nd annual ‘Next BIG Idea Contest’ begins

The 2nd Edition of the Next BIG Idea Contest has been announced by Zone Startups / India, a joint venture between Bombay Stock Exchange Institute and Toronto- based Ryerson Futures Inc, in collaboration with the Government of Ontario, Canada and IBM Global Entrepreneurship Program. The competition seeks to discover India’s 5 most innovative technology companies who are looking to leverage a presence in Ontario, Canada, as a vehicle to expand to North America.

The winners will incubate their company for two weeks in the globally ranked 5 University Business Incubator in the world, the Digital Media Zone (DMZ) at Ryerson University, in Toronto, including flights and hotels. Using the DMZ as a landing pad, the entrepreneurs will receive mentorship, business development advice and valuable international experience. The competition opened online on July 30, 2014 and closes on September 15, 2014.

“We are thrilled with the quality of technology startups applying to be part of the Next Big Idea contest.  We strongly believe in the global sharing of experience and networks for success, and look forward to hosting this year’s winners in Toronto.” Says Matt Saunders, President of Ryerson Futures and Zone Startups.

Mr. Ambarish Datta, MD & CEO – BSE Institute Ltd  said “As the old saying says – All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come. Through last year’s Big Idea contest we have seen this happen in reality and witnessed some great ideas being transformed into reality at Zone Starups India. This year we hope to identify, encourage and accelerate many more ideas that can potentially change the way we live our lives. I look forward to seeing many bright young minds participate in this year’s Next Big Idea contest”, .

“This contest is an opportunity for best-in-class Indian start-ups to get an introduction to the North American market, and valuable new business connections,” says Jens-Michael Schaal, Senior Economic Officer, Ontario International Marketing Centre. “Ontario is a leader in innovation on the global stage, and we welcome pioneering companies and ideas to add to our innovation ecosystem.” Jens adds.

IBM Global Entrepreneurship Program has extended their partnership to this edition of the Next BIG Idea Contest.  “IBM has a deep commitment to the entrepreneurial community, and that prompted us to partner with Zone Startups on the Next BIG Idea contest. Since launching the IBM Global Entrepreneur Program in 2010, IBM has helped launch more than 500 new businesses in key areas such as green energy, health care and transportation. We strongly believe that innovation from the startup community is critical to building a smarter planet”, says K. Radhesh, Country Lead – Global Entrepreneur Program, IBM India.

Indian-Japan researchers to build Disaster Information Network

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Struck by natural disasters in the recent both researchers from India and Japan have joined hands to build an information network to mitigate and recover natural disaster in India.
The five year project DISANET (Information Network for Natural Disaster Mitigation and Recovery in India)which started in 2010 is in its final stage. This Rs 35 crore project is co-founded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency and Japan Science and Technology Agency.  In two months the pilot testing is scheduled to begin on Chennai’s Marina Beach.
The project is expected to end in March 2015.
Researchers developing the technical bases for communication are from the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IITH); National Geophysical Research Institute; IIT Kanpur; IIT Madras; International Institute of Information technology; Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Hyderabad; IMD, Pune, and the University of Tokyo and Keio. This project aims for the immediate rescue and post disaster restoration.
Strong motion sensors have been deployed in the Indo-Gangetic plains in the foothills of the seismically-active Himalayas, while building sensors have been installed in Chandigarh.
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