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Oxford Educate wins IDA Award 2013

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OUP India’s digital aid OXFORD EDUCATE wins IDA AWARDS 2013 for Digital Content and Software in Education

Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced that its new digital aid- Oxford Educate, has won the IDA Award 2013 in the category “Digital Content and Software in Education”.

The winner was announced at the Asian Summit on Education & Skills (ASES) 2013 on September 12, 2013 in Mumbai in the presence of over 500 industry leaders and education innovators.

Ranjan Kaul, Managing Director, OUP India says: “It is overwhelming to learn that Oxford Educate has won the IDA Award 2013 for Digital Content and Software in Education. Providing teachers with a breadth of high quality materials and support is central to our educational work at Oxford University Press. Oxford Educate is an exciting digital teaching aid integrating interactive e-books which include animations, audio and video clips, slideshows and other multimedia content for all keyOxford University Press school courses. As a department of the University of Oxford, we create world-class resources and make them available as widely as possible in pursuit of the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship and education.”

Mahindra Group Enters into Engineering Education

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The Mahindra Group has marked its entry into the Higher Education sector with the inauguration of an Engineering institution – ‘Mahindra École Centrale’ (MEC). This is in collaboration with École Centrale Paris, one of the oldest engineering institutions in France, and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) Hyderabad.Mahindra École Centrale is the maiden venture of Tech Mahindra’s 100% subsidiary Mahindra Educational Institutions.

The Honorable Governor Andhra Pradesh, ESL Narasimhan unveiled the ceremonial plaque along with Vineet Nayyar, Chairman – Board, Mahindra École Centrale, C P Gurnani, Board Member, Mahindra École Centrale at the newly built campus at Hyderabad, in presence of École Centrale’s representatives and the Consul General of France in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and Dr Rameshwar Rao, Vice Chancellor, JNTU(H).

Vineet Nayyar, Executive Vice Chairman, Tech Mahindra said, “It is a proud moment for us to have launched Mahindra École Centrale today. Tech Mahindra enjoys a leadership position and operates in various industry segments. We recognize the critical need to transform engineering talent into business leadership, in a globalized world. Mahindra École Centrale will provide apprenticeship with collaboration from the Industry, focus on humanities, international exposure and allied education to develop a ‘whole-brain-approach’ to business.”

Speaking on this occasion Dr Rameshwar Rao, Vice Chancellor, JNT University Hyderabad said, “The emphasis on modern education and strong support by Andhra Pradesh government will help develop a large and talent-rich pool of technology professionals. This initiative by the Mahindra Group will not only help us impart quality education of global standards but also help Andhra Pradesh to become India’s advanced technology corridor.”

The institution is aiming to provide world-class infrastructure to support a strong research vision in the thrust areas such as Energy, Environment, Communications, Infrastructure, Transportation, Materials, and Defense.

Dr Sanjay Dhande, Founder Director, Mahindra École Centrale said: “The industry experts predict a shortfall of approximately 2.5 million employable engineers in India by 2020. That’s a mammoth task for both public and private institutions. Mahindra École Centrale will strive to bridge this gap and be a worldwide leader in engineering education and research. It intends to have top-class practitioners from India and overseas and offer students cutting-edge facilities in emerging technologies such as Manufacturing, knowledge based services.”

The Institution has multidisciplinary approach and helps students develop ability to adapt to change, to master the complexity of organizations, and to understand and adapt new technologies that are still in their infancy or as yet unknown.

Hervé Biausser, President, École Centrale Paris said, “École Centrale Paris strongly believes that Higher Education and Research is the key for ensuring a future that is sustainable. École’s pedagogy, knowledge & experience earned over 200 years will enable us to shape the innovation ecosystem of the next century — École Centrale Paris is very proud to be associated with Mahindra for this impactful initiative.”

Mahindra École Centrale shall employ national and international faculty who work at the frontiers of academic enquiry and follow the developments of the real world in order to educate students to become experts in their disciplines. More information on this important academic project will be announced in due course of time.

Khan Academy Extends beyond English

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Khan Academy has launched Spanish Website to provide access to the half billion Spanish speakers worldwide. The new website offers the complete Khan Academy website in Spanish. This is the first language other than English, Khan Academy has done this for.

Spanish-speaking learners can now grow with their personalised math experience by using the new learning dashboard (launched in August), learners receive personalised recommendations on what to work on next, have access to over 100,000 math practice problems, and can track their progress. They can explore tutorials in other topics. Spanish tutorials cover a range of subject areas, including physics, chemistry, biology, art history and more. Also, they can learn with a mentor by signing up a parent, mentor, or teacher to help guide their path. These coaches can access real-time dashboards to identify where learners are and where they need help.

 

What do you think about Khan Academy’s initiative for Education sector?

eBay to Recruit 700 Engineers by 2016

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eBay is looking to recruit around 700 engineers in India by 2016. Recently, eBay has established a new global development centre (GDC) in Bangalore, which contains  centre of excellence for both eBay and PayPal – the secure online payment company owned by the same firm.

This 1.5 lakh square feet centre is the second development centre by eBay in India after the company had set-up a even bigger centre in Chennai back in 2007. The Chennai centre currently has a team of 2000 people working there and the company plans to raise the number of people working in the Bangalore centre to a total of 1000 from the current number of 300. The company is looking to hire technologists with product development experience across functions like platform and application development, architecture, quality engineering, product management, marketing and product analytics, user experience and design and information security over the next few years.

Aptech in association with Microsoft announces National level App Development Competition

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Aptech Computer Education in association with Microsoft has announced ‘Power Your Future’, a national level App development competition to unearth the creative potential of students across India. The competition is organized with an aim to identify, train and certify 25,000 students for next generation technologies by May 2014.The competition is open to all engineering and degree colleges and schools in the country.

Through this event, Aptech intends to reach out to more than 1, 00,000 students from over seven hundred educational institutions in next twelve months. Aptech last year launched comprehensive training programs in App development for Window 8 platform and since then, more than one thousand apps have been developed and uploaded in the Windows App Store by Aptech students and trainers.

Participating in the competition will help students leverage the Microsoft platform, Learning, Tools and Technologies and develop Apps for the Windows 8 and Windows Phone platforms. Students could also become a part of Windows App Builders Club and publish their Apps on Windows App Store. Further, working on Cloud computing projects will help them prepare for a career in Information Technology, mapped to emerging Cloud technologies and job requirements.

Students from schools and colleges would be identified through aptitude tests and then trained and mentored by Aptech and Microsoft to develop socially relevant Apps. These students would then compete at various levels enhancing their knowledge and skills by showcasing their creative ideas, development capabilities by competing at District, State and Zonal levels before reaching the National level competition on 23rd May, 2014. Shortlisted students will qualify for the finale based on quality and ranking of their Apps. The winner would be awarded with a scholarship of Rs. 1, 00,000 from Aptech. To encourage maximum participation, wild card entries would be allowed at all levels of the competition and various exciting gifts and prizes will be awarded to the participants.

Pratima Amonkar, Director Strategic Audience Marketing, Microsoft Corporation India said, “This collaboration presents an opportunity to develop a skills-ready workforce in India. We are committed to help every individual realize their full potential.”

Ninad Karpe, MD & CEO, Aptech Ltd said, “Consumerization of IT and the ever changing technology landscape, the change from PCs to Tablets, Mobile phones to Smart phones and Cloud computing the way business is done is rapidly changing. An average Indian today spends maximum time using some kind of application on his / her mobile. With rising mobile phone companies looking forward to attract users through applications, the demand for App developers is sure to grow. We believe this initiative would not only fuel the need for next generation technologies in the student community, but also help create a pool of certified professionals as needed by the industry.”

Mexus Education wins the IDA Award 2013

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Mexus Education has announced that its innovative solution, Iken Design & Technology Lab has won the IDA (India Didactics Association) Awards – 2013 for ‘Integration of Holistic Development in Education’.

Mexus’s Iken Scientifica ‘Design & Technology’ Lab is a space for young students of class 4th to class 9th standard. At this Lab, they get an opportunity to think beyond textbooks and develop their creative thinking with application of academic concepts. In other words, it’s a lab where toys are textbooks and friends are teachers!

While speaking on the occasion, Anil Goyal, Director & CEO, Mexus Education Pvt. Ltd. said, “This award serves as an excellent recognition of our persistent efforts to provide the most engaging innovative education solutions to schools across India. Our aim is to stay ahead of the curve by innovating and investing in our D&T Lab, backed up by our capable team and partners.” He added, “This recognition has ensured that we are meeting our commitment of providing unmatched experiential learning platform to students in more than 5000 schools in India.”

BenQ expands its offerings for the Indian Education Sector

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BenQ expands its offerings for the Indian Education Sector with the launch of next generation Interactive Touch display solutions at World DIDAC 2013. BenQ aims to create a versatile learning environment with its latest offerings of Interactive Touch Displays, 10000 Lamp Hour Projectors and Classroom IQ Solutions

In FY 2012 BenQ installed over 50,000 projectors in the Education sector enabling more than 20 lac students to use the latest technology of delivering education in classrooms. The company has already established its leadership in the Projector business and with the introduction of new technologies over the years; BenQ aims to lead the increasing growth in demand for IT products in the education sector.

Rajeev Singh, Country Head & GM at BenQ India Pvt. Ltd said, “The education sector across the globe has transformed itself by adopting new and advanced technology that has re-defined how the information is imparted among students at different level. Being the number 1 player in the Indian education sector it has been our constant endeavor to provide world class solutions for traditional as well as modern digital classrooms that makes content simpler for students to learn new things with high level of retention. At present BenQ has 40 SKUs in the projector segment out of which 10 models are purely for education, Seeing the growth in tier 2 and 3 cities we are working towards increasing the penetration of projectors in these markets by strengthening our partner networks from 150 direct partners to 200, and active resellers from the present 600 to 800 by 2013-end.”

He further added “Keeping in mind the rise in demand for projectors from the education sector in India, this year at the World DIDAC India 2013 we are announcing the launch of our two new short throw projectors with 10,000 hours of lamp life and Interactive flat panels with large screen sizes upto 65inches”

BenQ has announced the launch of its RP & RM series Interactive Flat Panels in 55” & 65” screen sizes. These come with 5 point touch, 4 pen interactive display system with 2 way wireless transfer for amazing classroom. These Interactive Flat panel will keep students, customers or employees informed with the large- format interactive tool of communications, enabling users to access the latest information proactively means less staff effort, better perception and higher satisfaction.

In addition, BenQ has also lunched MX819ST and MW820ST short-throw projectors in India. Both projectors comes with XGA and WXGA resolutions, contrast ratios up to 13000:1, and more than 3,000 ANSI lumens of brightness and enhanced SmartEco energy-savings modes capable of extending lamp life up to 10,000 hours of pure brilliance.

Govt of India and Japan Sign MoU to Launch Joint Research Initiatives

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The Ministry of Science & Technology (DBT & DST), Government of India and RIKEN, Japan’s largest research organisation have signed MoUs for launching joint research programs in the fields of Biology, Life sciences and Material Sciences. (Genome–related research including systems Biology, Computational science including development of Bioinformatics tools, Detection tools for security and other areas of mutual interest)

The Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) were signed by Prof Noyori, President of RIKEN and Dr T Ramasami, Secretary, Department of Science& Technology (DST) and Dr K VijayRaghavan, Secretary, Department of Bio-Technology (DBT). This will formally launch the RIKEN- DBT&DST Joint Research activities.

The cooperation will facilitate exchange and foster collaborations between Japan and India, in these fields. They extend a long history of collaboration between India and Japan, two powerhouses of Asian research and innovation.

Speaking on the occasion Dr K Vijay Raghwan, Secretary DBT said this MoU will usher in a new era of cooperation in the area of innovations and techniques for the agricultural and pharmacological industries in India.

Dr T Ramasami, Secretary DST hoped recognising the importance of science and technology and the high potential of further cooperation in various areas of research between the DST and RIKEN will further the scope of new inventions.

The Ambassador of Japan to India, Takeshi Yagi said mutual cooperation between the two prominent Asian countries in the fields of Biology, Life sciences and material sciences is an important phenomena and such steps need further strengthening.

Huawei Announces Maitree Scholars of 2013

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As a part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, Huawei, a global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has announced results of current year’s ‘Maitree’ scholars marking the third successful year of its education based social initiative in India. Open to aspiring Indian students who have already secured admission to institutions of higher education in China, the Maitree Scholarships aim to build a platform for exchange of ideas between the two nations, fostering a closer understanding of each other’s culture and society.

Since its inception in 2011, the scholarship program has significantly helped in promoting scientific education and academic research of students and in the process has also expanded career opportunities available to Indian students. This year, Huawei has handed over 20 scholarships to outstanding as well as needy students to cover their tuition fees to pursue academic courses in China.

Yao Weimin, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Huawei India commented, “At Huawei, we are focused on providing social, environmental and economic benefits for the communities and geographies where we operate. In the third year of Maitree Scholars, we have announced scholarships for Indian students to follow their dream of higher studies in China. Huawei extends its best wishes to the of ‘Maitree’ Scholars of 2013”.

“I won Huawei Maitree Scholarship in year 2013 that has allowed me to pursue my Masters in Business Administration from one of the most renowned business institutions in China i.e. China Europe International Business School. Being born and brought up in a farmers’ family, this scholarship has now eased my career path that I am now more confident to complete my course with full vigor and further contribute to the well-being of both the countries. I am happy to be associated with such a responsible and respected global organization that lets nurture young talent. I am sure that more students would understand and appreciate the value of this unique education program to head towards their bright and remarkable future”, said, Upendra Pratap Singh, a winner of 2013 Huawei Maitree Scholarship.

India ready to finally opens the gates for foreign varsities; riders attached

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FEForeign universities can soon set up independent campuses in India and offer degrees without the need to collaborate with Indian institutes. Under the proposed rules, Foreign Educational Institutions (FEI) that want to set up a campus in India, can do so through an association to be registered as a company under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956.

As per the powers vested with the Central government to make rules under the UGC Act, the MHRD is finalising the UGC (Established and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Educational Institutions) rules by which foreign varsities can set up campus in India and issue foreign degrees.

MHRD recently sent proposals to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion and Department of Economic Affairs to permit foreign universities open campuses in the country as companies, as provided under the Companies Act and both departments have given their approval.

The degrees awarded to the students need to get an equivalence certificate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), the MHRD said in its statement. These universities will also function under the UGC rules.

While to the foreign universities this is an opportunity to tap a country with a population of 1.2 billion, to Indians provides a chance to receive quality education without leaving the country or to pay in dollars. For India, it also turns out an good opportunity to lure significant foreign direct investment.

As per MHRD officials over a dozen foreign universities mainly from the US, followed by Australia and Canada have expressed their desire to enter the market.

MHRD is working on the details and an official notification is expected to published soon. Once it is notified , it will render irrelevant the Foreign Educational Institutions (Regulation of Entry and Operations) Bill 2010, which the government was unable to get passed in the parliament.

However, there are riders attached in the new rules that may prove to be a deterrent in attracting the foreign players.

For the starts, the FEI must be among the top 400 universities of the world as per the ranking published by Times Higher Education, Quacquarelli Symonds or the Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

They would have to be a not-for-profit entity that has been in existence for at least 20 years and accredited by an agency of the country of origin or by an internationally accepted system of accreditation.

In addition to this, they will be required to maintain a corpus of not less than Rs 25 crore (brought down from Rs 50 crore suggested earlier).

The courses offered are to be of quality comparable to those in their main campus.

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