ICAI to hold campus placement programme

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September 3, 2013

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, the statutory body for regulation of chartered accountants in the country, will hold its campus placement programme from 6th to 12th September, 2013 in the national capital. As many as 5000 candidates, who have recently completed their chartered accountancy, are expected to participate in the campus placement programme across India.

ICAI, through its Committee for Members in Industry (CMII), organizes Campus Placement Programme at 16 different locations in the country. The Campus Placement Programme is held twice every year in August-September and February-March.

Commenting on the placement drive, CA Subodh Kumar Agrawal, President, ICAI Said, “This is an excellent opportunity for topline Indian companies to recruit the finest minds in the accountancy space. For budding chartered accountants, the campus placement programme means they can start their career on a high note and get exposed to managing finances of some of the biggest Corporates and conglomerates. We expect strong response from Indian corporate sector despite the current spell of slowdown.”

In 2012, as many as 130 companies comprising 220 Interview Panels participated in Campus Placement Programme during both the seasons across the country and as many as 1500 candidates were offered jobs. The companies, which hired Chartered Accountants in 2012, belonged to industries like Information Technology, Financial Services, Oil & Gas Refining, Banking, BPO, Telecommunication, Mining, FMCG, Agro, etc.

In the New Delhi round, 42 companies were part of the campus placement programme in 2012 and 404 chartered accountants were recruited.

In the Campus Placement Programme for Aug-Sep, 2013 as many as 56 organisations comprising more than 100 interview teams are participating at 16 interview centres across the country. Some of the leading names of Indian industry participating in New Delhi centre are Alghanim Industries, Andhra Bank, Bharti Infratel Limited, Cairn India Limited, Coca-Cola India Inc., Engineers India Ltd, Genpact, HCL Business Services, ITC Limited, LANCO Infratech Limited, Macquarie Global Services, PAREXEL International, RailTel Corporation, RAK Ceramics, REC Limited, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., and Vedanta Resources Plc.

digitalLEARNING Announces its 5th Annual Resource Guide

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September 3, 2013

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digitalLEARNING, a premier monthly publication from EletsTechnomedia Pvt Ltd on current practices in ICT and education in India and across the globe, is coming up with its 5^th Annual Resource Guide in October 2013.

India is witnessing a big leap in education sector and technology is playing a seminal role in achieving its multipleobjectives. With the increasing number of solution providers in the space there is a need for a specialised issue that can guide institutions for choosing the right solution to dig outmaximum benefits.

With its annual resource guide digitalLEARNING offers education solution providers to present their solution to education institutions that are looking for expansion and development. Being ‘one–of–its–kind’ for the Indian market, this annual issue is a comprehensive compilation and showcase of latest solutions in education and technology space. The issue will serve as a quick reference guide for everyone in the domain of education. There will be a spotlight on the companies, which are playing a seminal role in developing and implementing innovative systems and solutions at the educational institutions.

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Wipro Plans to Enhance Skill Enhancement Programme to over 5000 students

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September 2, 2013

Wipro Ltd has announced the launch of a nation-wide initiative, the Wipro Integrated Skill Enhancement Program (WISEPro) to impart communication and soft skills training to undergraduate students, predominantly from non-engineering colleges in India, with the aim of improving their employability in the Information Technology, Business Process Management (BPM), as well as other services sectors.

The pilot program of the WISEPro initiative has been introduced to the student community at Kolkata-based Techno India Group. Wipro plans to extend this program nationally to over 5000 students by the end of FY14 and especially, make in-roads into smaller centres in India, besides the large cities.

Students who successfully complete the program will be awarded a certification, post an assessment by Wipro. The certification will enable the candidates to be eligible for a placement at Wipro, if they are able to successfully clear one round of interviews as opposed to 3 or 4 levels of screening usually followed while recruiting fresh graduates at the company.

According to Dr Sandhya Chintala, Executive Director, Sector Skills Council, NASSCOM “Enhancing employability to role-specific requirements in the IT, BPM and other services sector is a step in the right direction. It is imperative that companies, academic institutions and the government work closely towards improving the employability of young people in India and help to scale up a readily deployable talent pool. The aim is to align the WISEPro program with the SSC NASSCOM guidelines outlined for CRM job roles. We are glad that an organization of Wipro’s stature has taken the lead in moving towards the adoption of published National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Job Roles / Qualification Packs (QPs) and we, at SSC NASSCOM, are glad to support and guide them in this endeavor.”

Subhasish Biswas, Head – Business Excellence, Wipro BPO said, “This initiative is an employability enhancement program that will endeavour to train students for the services sector where high levels of communication and presentation skills are required, in addition to basic domain knowledge. It aims to improve the soft-skill based competencies, foster professional skills and thereby, enhance the employability of youth for various service sector domains. We are of the opinion that considering the quality of the output being created, over a period of time, this certification will get recognition in several industries, besides the IT and BPM industries.”

Prof (Dr) Pritimoy Bhattacharya, Group Director, Techno India Group, said, “The Techno India Group is proud to provide a platform for Wipro to launch this program. This unique initiative is the need of the hour and will go a long way in making our youth employable. We are very confident that our students will leverage this opportunity well and aspire to be part of this journey of self-development.”

National Instruments CEO encourages students to ‘Do Engineering’

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September 2, 2013

National Instruments (NI) and the NICE (Nurturing Innovation and Creativity in Education) Committee hosted the 12th Annual Educator’s Day 2013 in Chennai. The conference showcased the latest tools and best practices in engineering education. It was a compelling success with participation of over 500 researchers, professors and eminent academicians across the country.

Dr James Truchard, president CEO and co-founder of National Instruments met the vice Chancellor of Anna University and discussed the challenges in Engineering education. Addressing the student gathering at Anna University, he spoke about the need for more hands-on learning and experimentation in the classroom. Jayaram Pillai, MD, National Instruments India, Russia and Arabia spoke about the endless opportunities available for tomorrow’s engineers, and creation of engineering applications based on NI’s standardized GSD platform.

National Instruments also announced NI myRIO, an embedded hardware device to help students design real, complex engineering systems more quickly and affordably than ever before.

Based on the same powerful technology as the popular NI CompactRIO platform, NI myRIO is smaller and more student-friendly than its industrial counterpart. NI myRIO includes the latest Zynq all programmable system on a chip (SoC) technology from Xilinx, which combines a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor and an FPGA with 28,000 programmable logic cells. Using the power of the NI LabVIEW graphical programming environment, students can program the FPGA and evolve their systems in real time, giving them the flexibility to prototype and quickly iterate on their designs.
A national level student competitions – NIYANTRA, embedded systems design contest for engineering students and VIMANTRA, technical paper writing contest staged its Grand Finale on 2nd Sep. The competitions saw an overwhelming response this year with 1700 entires for NIYantra alone. The winner of VIMANTRA was the team from Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering for the project on ‘Collision avoidance in self aware vehicles.’ NIYANTRA winner is the team from University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab University for their application titled ‘Autonomous Surface Monitoring Robot.’

Japan Education Fair 2013 to be held on Sep 06 in New Delhi

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September 2, 2013

New Delhi: The annual Japan Education Fair for the Indian students will be organised in New Delhi to establish awareness about the scope of higher education in Japan.

This fair is being organised in association with Japanese Embassy in India, The Japan Foundation, New Delhi and other related organisations as a part of Global 30 Project, an initiative of Japanese Government. It will be held on September 06, 2013 (Friday), from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, at The Lalit New Delhi.

Japan Education Fair 2013 will also introduce English-based degree programmes at Japanese universities for the eager students in India. The event will provide guidance and first hand counseling to the aspiring students who wish to explore Japan for higher education. The counseling will be done by the faculty members and staff from Japan’s leading universities about anything related to studying in Japan, i.e. finding out desired course, application procedures, scholarship, campus life career supports and food, etc.

The Fair will have booths for counseling set up by the participating universities. Some of the renowned universities that are participating include- Ritsumeikan University, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Doshisha University, Keio University, and many more.

Also, a panel discussion on ‘Studying in Japan past and now’ will be conducted.

The Fair will be held in Bangalore on September 07, 2013 which will be organized by another Global 30 office of the University of Tokyo.

Nestle offers scholarships for women

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September 2, 2013

Nestle invites applications for a scholarship for women who wish to pursue MBA from IMD Switzerland. The scholarship amount is CHF 25,000.

The women candidates who have already applied to the full-time IMD MBA programme and who demonstrate financial need are eligible to apply. The applicants need to submit a 750 words essay on — ‘Does diversity in management impact the bottom line? If so, how?’.

The last date to apply is September 30, 2013.

For more details, visit www.imd.org/programs/mba/fees/scholarships/Nestle.cfm.

IMD was established in January 1990, as the successor of two previously independent business schools: IMI, founded in Geneva by Alcan in 1946, and IMEDE, founded in Lausanne in 1957 by Nestlé. Incorporated under the name “International Institute for Management Development,” IMD, as the institution is now known, has a long history of providing executive education.

Third edition of educational train journey for DU students

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September 2, 2013

The third edition of Delhi University’s week-long educational train journey for students will be flagged off from New Delhi today. The Gyanodaya III train journey is undertaken every year as ” College on wheels”. It is on a tour to Punjab and will stop at Amritsar, Ludhiana, Chandigarh and Kurukshetra.

According to the official statement, this year around 900 university students are taking the journey that will go on till September 8. Nearly 150 foreign students coming from Edinburgh and London are also going on the study tour.

“With a focus on Punjab’s entrepreneurial spirit, the schedule includes visits to a village and industrial units with export success. Agricultural enterprise, hard work and business acumen that have brought prominence to the region is what the Gyanodaya students will study in detail,” the DU statement said.

The train has a library and internet-enabled coaches.

(Source: IANS)

AICTE to fund technical institutes in northeast

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August 30, 2013

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has invited applications from technical institutes in the northeast under the North East Quality Improvement Programme (NEQIP). Through the Rs 180 crore project the Council is offering funds to help the institutes in infrastructure development, strengthening faculty competence and improving the academic scenario.

The AICTE-approved degree engineering institutions and engineering polytechnics that fulfill the conditions laid down by it will receive a grant of Rs 7 crore and Rs 5 crore each, respectively. Moreover, selected AICTE-approved university departments will also receive a grant of Rs 7 crore each.

Kuncheria P Isaac, member secretary of the AICTE, has recently written to directors of all technical education of all the eight northeastern states (including Sikkim) to ask them to urge institutions to avail the benefits of the project.

The objective of the three-year Project is to strengthen the institutions in terms of infrastructure, quality of teaching, academics, research and consultancy to improve learning outcomes and employability of the students.

NIIT University and Autodesk Inc Sign MoU to Promote Design Skills

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August 30, 2013

NIIT University and Autodesk Inc, 3D design, engineering and entertainment software and services company has entered into a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evangelize design as a learning discipline in India. The objective is to promote design literacy, design skilling and research & innovation in design. Given the dynamism in markets, work roles, and customer expectations, design thinking today is being recognized as one of the essential skills for all industries.

Under this significant partnership, NIIT and NIIT University will leverage design tools of Autodesk to offer a host of design programs. NIIT University will set up a design lab and launch masters programs in design to support research and innovation.

In addition, various specialized design programs will be launched for college students in verticals such as interface design, application design and media & entertainment design with an aim to create a pool of skilled manpower for these specific industries. For school students, NIIT will introduce design literacy programs to promote design thinking. NIIT along with Autodesk and a specially constituted Design Advisory Council, set up under the aegis of NIIT University, will be designing the curriculum. More than a million students will be reached in over a decade.

According to a study by Gallup, 21st century skills should prepare and equip youth for the challenges and demands of work in today’s knowledge-based, technology-driven, globalized environment. Just as IT helped India gain global recognition and spurred the growth of the service sector, about a decade ago, “Design Thinking” can be the differentiator that changes the economics of Indian workers and businesses and catalyzes the growth of the knowledge sector.

As a catalyst for transformation, Design Thinking cannot be a limited expertise. It has to permeate to a larger group. Design in India is a very old activity but a very young profession. Fragmented students and limited number of design experts have so far prevented a wider reach of the skill. However, today, newer models of training delivery, such as NIIT’s Cloud Campus have the potential to enhance the reach of design experts. By entering into this partnership with Autodesk, NIIT takes the first step towards introducing design thinking amongst school and college students.

Speaking on this significant partnership, Vijay Thadani, CEO, NIIT Ltd. said, “In line with our vision to offer career focused training programs in the emerging areas of the knowledge society, we are delighted to partner with Autodesk to introduce avant-garde courses in design for students across India. The idea is not only to open career avenues in design but also to promote ‘design thinking’ amongst the youth, that our research indicates as a key trait that today’s employers’ are looking for. We evangelized IT training in India and now three decades later, we are excited to start a new wave of evangelizing design thinking and training in India.”

George Abraham, Director of Emerging Markets, Autodesk Education said, “We at Autodesk are committed to advancing technical education and skill development in design education in India. With a full portfolio of professional and personal design products, Autodesk endeavors to introduce students at all levels to the power of design technology, thus fostering an early interest so that they may develop into true design professionals. Partnership with NIIT will further our vision to promote design education by meeting critical gaps in talent pool with our skills and pedagogy to help people imagine, design and create a better world.”

Dr Rajendra Pandey, President, NIIT University said, “We are committed to being the leading centre of Innovation and learning in emerging areas of the knowledge society. “Design Thinking,” today, is an essential skill for a successful knowledge professional. A workforce enriched with Design Thinking skills will help India become a world leader in Innovation.”

While the overall objective of this partnership is to promote design thinking in every job role, the programs will also develop skilled manpower for the rapidly growing Computer-aided Design (CAD) industry, which is estimated to grow at CAGR of 13.5 percent by 2015, per a recent report by Technavio.

Govt aims to raise higher edu GER to 30% by 2020: Pallam Raju

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August 26, 2013

The Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD), MM Pallam Raju has said that the government has begun efforts to enhance gross enrolment ratio (GER) in higher education to 30 per cent by 2020 from the current level of around 19 per cent.

As compared to the global average GER of 26 percent, India’s gross enrolment ratio is close to 19 per cent. Mr Raju expressed confidence and added that with the sustained efforts that began in 11th five-year Plan India will be able to take our GER to 30 per cent by 2020.

He stated this while addressing the fifth convocation of Hyderabad-based Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU). He further stressed on the need to better the level of education right from schools to higher institutes.

He added that it is crucial for the universities to become centres of revolution by focusing on quality of education.

(Source: PTI)

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