Top Indian universities ink MoUs with Belgian varsities

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October 4, 2013

Top three Indian universities have signed MoUs with three Belgian varsities for exchange of professors and students to expand bilateral cooperation in the field of education. The announcement was made during the delegation-level talks between Pranab Mukherjee’s and Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupa.

The Vice Chancellors of Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Hyderabad University signed MoUs with three Belgian Universities, namely, Ghent University, University of Libre and University of Leuven for exchange of professors and students.

Both countries agreed that education is one of the important pillars of the bilateral partnership.

(Source: PTI)

Panjab University leaves behind IITs to break into World’s top 250

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October 4, 2013

Chandigarh: Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh has left behind all 15 Indian Institutes of Technology to become the nation’s only educational institution to figure in Times Higher Education World’s Top-400 University Rankings for 2013-14.

The Times Higher Education World’ Top-400 University Rankings for 2013-14 announced recently in London, put the fourth-oldest Indian University in bracket of 226-250 way ahead of IIT-Delhi, IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Kharagpur and IIT-Roorkee, all four among the country’s only five institutions to feature in top 400.

The varsities were ranked against 13 indicators including a university’s core missions like teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.

Cloud Computing introduced in two TN schools

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October 4, 2013

Chennai: The Directorate of School Education introduced Cloud Computing in two schools in the state recently. The initiative has been launched in the Government High School in MGR Nagar and Government Girls High School in Sriperumbudur under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-based education scheme.

Now the students from the two schools will be able to learn and interact with students from other schools using the internet-based learning facility.

Through a MoU signed with Learning Links Foundation, the government has provided 11 laptops, 13 tablets, an interactive board, a projector, a printer and Wi-Fi connection to the schools in collaboration with Dell.

In addition to this, a resource person has also been assigned to help the students with cloud computing technology.

According to the Directorate, the facility has been introduced in two schools is the first such initiative across India.

Former IPS Appointed Chancellor of Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior

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October 4, 2013

Retired IPS officer, Amarjot Singh Gill, has been appointed as Chancellor of the Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior with immediate effect for a period of five years. The Institute is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. Gill has previously served as a director general of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

SAP to Host Second Edition of SAP Techniversity

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September 27, 2013

SAP will host the second edition of its youth focused event – SAP Techniversity at KTPO in Whitefield, Bangalore on September 28, 2013. The day-long event will see 5624 students from 348 colleges across India learn about the latest trends in technology and unwind though a variety of cultural performances.

The technology focused sessions will cover a broad range of topics such as ‘The power of SAP HANA’; ‘Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) and their impact on higher education’; ‘Megatrends shaping the world’; and ‘The future of mobility and cloud computing’. Besides this, students will hear from speakers such as M N Vidyashankar, Principal Secretary Commerce and Industries Department, Government of Karnataka; Ravi Venkatesan, former Chairman of Microsoft India; eminent theatre personality, Boman Irani; India’s youngest CEOs, Shravan and Sanjay Kumaran; among others.

“It is important for organizations today to play an active role in developing more readily employable talent. Through the engagements that SAP undertakes, students from across Karnataka are exposed to and educated on the latest trends and technologies that shape the IT industry in our State,” said M N Vidyashankar, Principal Secretary Commerce and Industries Department, Government of Karnataka.

Additionally, SAP will unveil the Student Start-ups on SAP HANA program, aimed to foster a culture of innovation among engineering students. Through the program, SAP educates students on SAP HANA and supporting technologies, and mentors them through the prototype and development phase of their projects. This is in addition to SAP University Alliances (UA) which has already educated over 147,000 students from over 90 schools in India on SAP HANA.

“Education is the key to innovation and social development,” said Ann Rosenberg, Global Head, SAP University Alliances,SAP AG. “SAP University Alliances helps to educate the talent of the future by empowering students to better prepare for a successful career path within the vibrant SAP ecosystem, be it at one of our customers or partners or at SAP itself. In addition,we are responsible for building and driving the Channel for Innovation from the Universities to the SAP Ecosystem and build the new SAP Ecosystem – the talent of the future. We are passionate about early talent and their potential to contribute and extend the SAP innovation story. Students who get to know us better see SAP as cool a company as Google, Facebook, or Apple”.

SAP University Alliances aims to build ‘The Future of Business Driven by SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud’ in which top universities, customers, partners together with SAP share innovations that form the future of business. With that goal in mind, a venture that SAP University Alliances and SAP Labs drive is SAP Osmosis which enables participating students to understand the latest technologies such as SAP HANA, mobility, Cloud, Big Data through knowledge sessions. In the recent past, SAP Osmosis has engaged with students from Tumkur University and National Institute of Engineering, Mysore.

“SAP Labs India believes that through more interaction between the industry and academia, the skill gap that exists can be significantly reduced. Through initiatives such as SAP Techniversity, Student Start-ups on SAPHANA program, SAP Osmosis and others, we want to expose students and academic bodies to the latest trends the industry so that students can better prepare themselves for the corporate world,” said Anirban Dey, Managing Director, SAP Labs India.

CBSE plans to set up a centre in Dubai

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September 27, 2013

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is planning to open a centre in Dubai soon in an attempt to cater to Indian schools in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

According to the Gulf News report, India’s Minister for Human Resource Development M M Pallam Raju made this announcement via Skype at a conference of CBSE schools at the Indian High School in Dubai recently.

CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi told the media that the centre would be ready in a couple of months.

According to CBSE data, number of students are increasing in the Board affiliated schools in the region with nearly 60,000 students between grades IX and XII alone.

The centre will address specific needs of CBSE schools in the region and coordinate with the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for timely availability of textbooks. The Board will also start accreditation for all affiliated schools by sending inspecting teams from India to the Gulf every five years.

The UAE is home to around two million expatriate Indians.

Uttar Pradesh to hire 10,000 teachers for basic education schools

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September 27, 2013

Lucknow: As per the Basic Education secretary Niteshwar Kumar’s fresh orders, the Uttar Pradesh government will recruit 10,000 teachers for its basic education schools. The hiring process will begin from October 15 and will be completed by December 15.

Out of the 10,000 posts which would be filled, the maximum posts are from districts like Siddharthanagar, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Lakhimpur Kheri, Bahraich, Balrampur, Maharajganj, Chandauli and Kushinagar.

The recruitment will be done online and the eligible applicants will be selected from special BTC ( basic training certificate), the Urdu equivalent of BTC and those who have passed the teachers eligibility test (TET).

The basic education council has been directed to complete the process of appointing teachers within two months of the start of the drive and prepare a time table accordingly.

(Source: IANS)

ISB partners with Biocon to launch executive programme on Business Analytics

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September 26, 2013

Mumbai: The Indian School of Business (ISB) is offering its first hybrid model of executive education programme in partnership with leading Biotechnology enterprise, Biocon. The ‘ISB Biocon Certificate Programme in Business Analytics’ aims to create the next generation of data management scientists.

The philanthropic arm of Biocon Foundation will support ISB’s endeavour by addressing the learning needs of professionals already working in the field of analytics and those who plan to start a career in data analytics. “Conceptualised and developed by ISB, CBA has inputs from some of the best minds from global academia , and business leaders,” said the B-school press statement.

Biocon’s CMD Kiran Mazumdar Shaw said, “I believe this course will address some of the growing needs of the industry across sectors.”

“There is an explosion in the data being generated in practically every sphere of business. With greater adoption of digital technologies , this is bound to grow exponentially. However, there is a dearth of available talent to help organisations make sense of this data deluge,” added Deepak Chandra , deputy dean, ISB.

Special training on safety, hygiene for mid-day meal staff, teachers

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September 26, 2013

Mangalore: The Dakshina Kannada education department will organise special training programmes for teachers and midday meal workers serving in government and aided schools with an aim to ensure safety and hygiene in midday meal kitchens.

The training will commence from October first week during the Dasara holidays break in schools and will be held at hobli and cluster levels for four to five days.

Through this initiative the department will ensure better quality service to schoolchildren and train cooks them on the aspects of handling emergency situations while using LPG cylinders for cooking. The department of health and family welfare will also be a part of the training programmes to create awareness on various health issues and hygienic food.

Mid-day meal scheme is the world’s largest noon meal programme and currently employs 24.58 lakh cook-cum-helpers under it. Nearly 10.52 crore children are being served mid-day meals in 12.18 lakh schools on a daily basis.

What steps should government take to ensure the quality of mid-day meals?

New UGC rules for collaboration between Indian, foreign institutes

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September 26, 2013

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has notified a fresh set of regulations that will allow Indian institutes with grade B accreditation to enter into collaboration with foreign educational institutions. The move comes in the wake of an increasing number of Indian institutes with B grade accreditation collaborating with foreign educational institutions. Through these regulations UGC aims to protect the interest of students and maintain quality standards.

The regulations are called the UGC (Promotion and Maintenance of Standards of Academic Collaborations between Indian and Foreign Educational Institutes) Regulations, 2012 .

Foreign institutions who enter into partnerships should be accredited with the highest grade in their homeland, the UGC notification said. As per the notification, “at the time of agreement for collaboration, Indian educational institution shall have accreditation by National Assessment and Accreditation Council with a grade not less than B or its equivalent grade.”

Indian educational institutions already having a collaborative arrangement shall comply with these regulations within a period of six months. Foreign educational institutions will have to abide by the conditions prescribed by the Indian government from time to time, the notification said.

Besides, the Indian institutes collaborating with foreign institutes shall have experience of at least five years offering educational programmes at the level of degree and post-graduate diplomas. Violation of rules could lead to termination of the MoU entered into for collaboration and even blacklisting, the notification said.

Technical institutes will not come under the purview of the regulations while government institutes shall be exempted from accreditation for the purpose of these regulations. Currently, around 50 foreign institutes are operating in India through twinning arrangement. Twinning programmes not only promise an international degree but also exposure to foreign campuses.

All institutes (Indian and foreign) involved in collaborations shall make public the academic requirements and other details of the programme on websites before commencement of the programme by Indian educational institutes concerned. No programme and research shall be offered which is against national security.

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