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DLF Foundation Launches 26th Skill centre in Indore

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DLF Foundation, the philanthropic arm of DLF Limited, has launched the DLF Labournet Skill Centre in Indore to bridge the skill gap in India by imparting skill based training to the youth in the informal sector and provide them sustainable benefits and generate employment.

The centre was inaugurated by Mahesh Srivastava, Indore Head, DLF Limited in the presence of Anand N, Regional Manager – West, LabourNet and Nitin Seth, DGM – Placements.

Situated at Mangal Nagar, the DLF LabourNet Skill Training Centre offers courses in hair and beauty care, marketing, electrical and computer training. The centre imparts industry relevant vocational skills training through unique training models evenly spread across the curriculum and includes on-site earn and learn platforms. The training modules are simple to understand and are taught to enable students get industry-appropriate jobs.

The rising need of skilled workers has coerced the Indian government to make a provision and allocate budgets to support various institutions including National Skill Development Corporation to impart skill training. In the wake of recent Union Budget 2013-14 and the Economic survey, the Government has allocated INR 1,000 crore for the skill development for the youth. As a part of the agenda, the National Skill Development Corporation has decided to train 5 crore people in the current plan. The government has also set a target to skill approximately 500 million people in the next 10 years and has devised a monetary reward worth INR 10,000 on the successful completion of vocational course in order to encourage more and more individuals to enroll and benefit themselves to earn a livelihood and in turn lessen the skill gap. The Indore centre is an effort by DLF Foundation and LabourNet in the same direction to contribute their bit to bridge the skill gap and in turn helping the economy grow and prosper.
DLF Foundation’s major flagship initiative ‘Skill a million’ programme specifically caters to the bottom end of the pyramid by providing them technical education at a very nominal and affordable cost. It undertakes its philanthropic causes on a serious note by empowering individuals to bridge the socio?economic divide.

While inaugurating the centre, Mahesh Srivastava, Indore Head, DLF Limited said, “I am delighted to inaugurate this centre and be able to reach out to the youth through this program. After analyzing the skill gap in our country, this is an excellent move to train our youth in the much needed industry skills. Ours is a service-oriented economy and we no longer can afford to just rely on our formal system of education. There is a dire need to weave vocational training in the mainstream education but by the time that happens we are training the youth with basic skills for them to make a decent living. Our courses are employment linked and the training and certifications are such that all our students land a job even before the completion of the courses. This is our 26th centre and we plan to set up 250 skill training centres in the next decade to train one million youth under our coveted ‘Skill a million’ programme.”

Present at the launch, Anand N, Regional Manager–West, LabourNet said, “Our association with DLF Foundation has been fruitful till date and we are positive that we would be able to replicate our past centre success at Indore centre as well. The programmes offered by us analyze new skill requirements in the labour market and contribute to nurturing skills and promoting employment, as well as help to set standards, develop curriculum and certification, improve the social status of workers and promote lifelong learning.”

Tech Mahindra Announces Industry – Academia Program for IT Infrastructure Management Services

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Tech Mahindra Ltd, a specialist provider of connected solutions to the connected world and enabling future digital enterprises, has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with select Indian universities to impart industry ready skills in IT Infrastructure Management Services (IMS). The programme aims at creating a pool of resources to meet the demand across various facets of the IMS segment.

“Recognising the need for a veritable talent pool for the infrastructure managed services globally, Tech Mahindra and select Indian universities come together to develop future ready talent for a connected world of great opportunities,” said Vineet Nayyar, Executive Vice Chairman, Tech Mahindra.

The Academy at Chandigarh leverages ‘Megh’ – Tech Mahindra’s Cloud content delivery platform. The courses under this initiative cover the entire spectrum of IT Operations, Network Operations and Cyber security. ‘Megh’ has a designed capacity to train over 5000 associates.

In the first phase of this program, Tech Mahindra has tied-up with select five Indian Universities. This tie-up facilitates students to be fully prepared to meet industry requirements with the right level of skills and aptitude.

“Through this partnership, Tech Mahindra aims to establish a strong academic connect and help create skilled resources to meet the requirements of tomorrow’s Digital Enterprise. The IMS Academy has successfully graduated several students since its inception in 2011 in Hyderabad and with this MOU, we now take a giant leap by collaborating with the Universities through the launch of our second Cloud based Academy,” said Shrikant Vaze, Senior Vice President, Tech Mahindra.

The global infrastructure management services segment is expected to grow exponentially, and in order to ensure India maintains its edge in helping meet this requirement, it is imperative to have a ready pool of skilled resources. As a step in this direction, Tech Mahindra is supporting universities in the country by providing training material, faculty from the industry and simulation lab exercises. The course curriculum is created with a focus on developing expertise in various domains of IT Infrastructure Management Services.

TOEFL Adds New Test Dates for August and September in India

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New testing dates for the TOEFL iBTtest are now available for August 10, 16 and 31 and September 7, 13 and 27 in numerous cities in India. Students can view availability and register for the test by visiting the TOEFL registration page on the ETS website.

The August 10 test date is very close to the seven-day deadline that would normally require a late fee. There is waiver on the late fee, for the August 10 test date only, if you register by phone through the India Call Center. The India Call Center is open Monday–Friday from 9 am–5:30 pm. The fee waiver is only available via the call center, not online.

ETS will continue to monitor capacity and will add new testing seats to accommodate the record-breaking numbers of students in India who are interested in taking the TOEFL iBT test.

ICT Initiative in Education

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Edmos Edmatix
Organisation: Information Systems Pvt Ltd
Implementing Agency: Sri Prakash Group of Institutions
Website: www.edmatix.com

Objective: Good education makes a better world.
Description: Edmatix is helping education industry achieve their academic goals worldover. We are committed to help education community reinvent the education system. It helps management to easily manage various entities of their institutes in 360 degree view using MIS reports, teacher analysis, student analysis and many canned reports.

Target Group: Educational Institutions.
Achievements
• 65+ satisfied customer groups with a volume of 1,00,000+ Users
• ITIL Process based customer service support
• Supports international and local curricullum pattern (State, CBSE,ICSE,IB, etc)
• User friendly and Microsoft Certified User Interface (UI) design
• Integrated with various Fincancial Accounting ERPs such as Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Tally

Organisation: Kushal CREDAI Pune Metro
Website: www.kushal.org
Objective: Through project Kushal, a serious attempt has been made to empower construction workers with skills that will help them move ahead on their career path and earn a better livelihood.
Description: Kushal is a partnership project between CREDAI Pune Metro and NSDC (National Skill Development Corporation), Ministry of Finance, Goverment of India to help upgrade skills of construction workers in six trades – shuttering, bar bending, plumbing, tiling, masonry, and painting. The project target is to train 20, 000 workers in three years. A total of 8155 workers have been trained so far.
Target Group: Construction labourers
Achievements
• Won various awards such as UKISF Award 2011, CIDC Vishwakarma Awards 2012, Construction Week India Awards2012
• Registered Trainees: 13972
• Social Upliftment: the labourer can get the opportunity to earn while they learn
• Productivity at site and reduction of wastage

Partners in Learning – Saksham
Organisation: Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd
Website: www.saksham-ms.in
Objective: To further IT adoption for teaching and learning in the higher education space.
Description: Saksham was started to give impetus to the National Mission on Education from the MHRD as a capacity building exercise through ICT in the higher education space. Since 2011, Project Saksham has aimed to enable university faculty from the non-IT domain in ICT skills to enhance current enrollment rates and to bridge the digital divide.
Target Group: University faculty
Achievements
• There are 28 universities under the programme that have adopted ICT tools for teaching
• Microsoft has made training available to 1522 faculty members since March 2011
• The innovative teacher training programme has been recognised by the MHRD
• Trained teachers have been proactive in galvanising their peers to adopt IT and digital content
• It has helped increase students’ general awareness, and has made classes engaging

STIR Education launches second search for Innovative Teachers

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STIR Education (Schools and Teachers Innovating for Results), an NGO who works with teachers and principals in affordable private and government schools to identify innovative educational practice, and then to take them to scale has launched its 2013 campaign in India after a successful pilot programme in 2012. STIR was founded with the sole purpose to improve educational outcomes for the world’s poorest children by seeking out innovative practice and taking them to scale through partner organisations such as National and State Government and NGOs.

Recently STIR Education conducted its first Teacher Innovative Conference for 2013-14 in Yamuna Vihar, East Delhi. The conference was attended by over 170 teachers and principals from over 45 affordable private schools. The teachers were taken through a range of activities and workshops to identify their own creative and innovative ideas that are improving the quality of educational activities in their schools. STIR has planned additional conferences scheduled from August-October ’13 throughout East and South Delhi for the academic year 2013-14.

The campaign along with visits to 1200 schools by the STIR Team will include 8 ‘super conferences’ in Delhi where teachers and principals will have the opportunity to share good practice and apply to be a STIR Innovator. A pilot conference early this year saw 300 teachers attend a conference with inspiring outcomes. The conferences will also result in the formation of STIR Networks where teachers will meet each month to continue to share practice and innovate for the benefit of their students. This years innovations will be selected on 15th October. The search will be pan India as partner organisations will be conducting searches in several other Indian states.

Siddharth Singh, India Programme Director said, “Our pilot programme gave us real confidence in the appetite among teachers to be members of STIRs teacher innovation network. These networks involve regular meetings where teachers can discuss problems which they are facing, adapt and implement these micro-innovations to solve problems, and see tangible results on educational outcomes for their children. By ensuring that the best micro-innovations from within local communities are uncovered, this approach ensures that local problems are met with the best locally relevant, teacher-driven solutions.”

He further said, “Over the next three years in India we aim to impact 12,000 teachers in STIR and partner-supported networks across the country. We also hope to touch a further 28,000 teachers through the scale-up of the micro-innovations identified. Overall, STIR therefore seeks to impact over a million children and create India’s largest network of committed and innovative teachers.”

Linc Academy to Empower Students Through e-Learning

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Linc Academy (LA), A LINC initiative, is an effort towards empowering students through e-learning. Education at the Linc Academy will be imparted through a two way virtual live class by renowned professors from IIM and other institutes.

The courses offered are PGPM (Industry Ready Program); UGC/AICTE recognised PGDM, MBA with nine months classes and 15-18 Months of Internship and placement assistance in big corporate houses, along with FAQ sessions with the professors. The Linc academy also offers a programme called ‘Graduate Plus’ where students can get a “Triple A” advantage with a cost recovery option in 24 months. The Qualification for the same is a Graduate or Diploma holder.

The courses would combine e-books, assignments, videos, multimedia, and personalized tips with lesson plans.All the courses are available online and can be accessed from anywhere.In case a student misses a class, a recorded version of the class will be available to them.Based on the flexible study model, it provides the convenience of flexi time and location convenience. With an affordable fee structure and installment facility, these courses are targeted towards fresh graduates & working executives.

Aimed towards working professionals and students who cannot afford to travel to regular college for their education; this program by LincAcademyis expected to go a long way in assisting students through an easy course structure and engaging program module. Special Soft Skill development classes, Mentoring and career counseling are also a part of this diverse curriculum. Also attached to the portfolio are the customised training programmes for the corporates in their required fields. The employees of LA scrutinize in detail the conditions of the corporate and provide customised training solutions as desired by them.

“ Higher education is becoming a basic requirement for good job opportunities and education in the online mode is the future. We expect Linc Academy to be a beacon of knowledge for people looking for flexible learning environment. Such platform reaches a diverse population and provides open learning environments 24 hours a day 7 days a week,” said Rohit Jalan, Director, Linc Academy.

HCL to offer break-fix support to Educomp

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HCL Infosystems Ltd has announced business collaboration partnership with Educomp. As per the agreement, HCL Infosystems will provide life cycle services for existing and new Educomp classrooms across India. This will include providing break-fix support and field repair services along with managing new installations of Educomp Classrooms. The service and support to Educomp classrooms would be provided by HCL Infosystems through a nation-wide network of field engineers, regional repair centres and a centralised repair factory.

Another aspect to the engagement between HCLI and Educomp is HCL Learning, the education and learning division of HCL Infosystems Ltd., sourcing Educomp’s smartclass Digital Teaching Systems (DTS) boards for its own IT Solutions for educational institutions. Educomp Smartclass today reaches close to fifteen thousand schools and seven million students. HCL Infosystems had earlier announced the creation of HCL Learning as a separate subsidiary, which is presently under process of being formed. HCL Learning will continue to focus on growing its business of providing IT solutions and content to the Indian education segment. HCL Learning currently has over 12000 classrooms, over 60 career development centres and offers content as well as innovative products such as DigiSchool and Xcelerate.

Speaking on the occasion Harsh Chitale, CEO and Whole Time Director, HCL Infosystems Ltd said, “We are extremely glad to associate with Educomp on this partnership. With the rapid foray of digital imprints on education across the country, we envisage this association getting off to a very successful start and growing manifold into the future. The partnership will draw on HCL Infosystems’ strength in providing best in class lifecycle services.”

“Providing timely and quality service and support to any IT Infrastructure is a critical component of the success of such implementations. This is true of any sector and the Education segment is no different. And I would say that since it is early days for the usage of IT in education in India on a mass scale, it is important to ensure that such Innovative IT solutions function at their optimum level always. Only then we will see greater adoption and support for such IT solutions amongst all stakeholders like students, teachers and even parents. In this context this association between HCL Infosystems and Educomp is a very important development,” Chitale added.

HCLI’s Lifecycle Services is backed by 720 support touch points, 10,000 service engineers, a reach in more than 5000 towns and Remote Infrastructure Management (RIM) centres across the nation which will strengthen Educomp’s service and support operations and add significant value to Educomp’s business. Commenting on the occasion Shantanu Prakash, CMD, Educomp Solutions Ltd. said, “Our partnership with HCL is a complimentary agreement playing to the strengths of both partners. The field service support from HCL at new and existing deployment levels will free Educomp to focus on its core competence, while ensuring better efficiencies in service areas. The agreement to promote Educomp’s proprietary Smartclass DTS boards through the HCL Learning platform also strengthens the relationship in an integrated arrangement. ”

Explaining the rationale in the context of expected growth in the education sector, Prakash said, “The digital education market is due for exponential growth over the next few years as demand from schools grows. Managing this growth will require substantial investments in product development, innovation, design, delivery and deployment. The market will demand specialisation at every level from here onward. It makes eminent sense for collaborations of the type we are embarking on to ensure that scaling up is handled efficiently, seamlessly and by distribution of competencies”

IIM-K’s Big Leap: Opens classroom centres in J&K

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IM_Kozhikode_Logo.svgThe Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode (IIM-K) has opened two classroom centres — one in Jammu and the other in Srinagar. Through these centres IIM-K will make its premium executive management education accessible to working executives of the hill state.

In a recently released press release, the Institute said that the initiative would provide an opportunity to enhance managerial and leadership skills for the locals who are forced to move to metropolitan cities to pursue higher education.

Those looking to enroll will have to apply by August 25. Executives serving in the Indian Army would also be benefited as they would now have access to formal learning of management functions which they can apply in their professional life, the release said.

IIMK’s flagship Executive programme for working professionals is offered through in-campus classes and Interactive Learning Platform classes conducted during evenings and weekends. The institute offers this programme with technology partner Hughes Education.

(Source: PTI)

Global Indian International School Launches Global Cricket Academy in Noida

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Global Indian International School (GIIS) announced the launch of its Chandu Borde Global Cricket Academy (CBGCA) at its NOIDA campus.

 The proprietary 9 Gems focuses on all dimensions of co-curricular activities through structured programmes. This cricket academy is one such initiative for students to achieve Sports Excellence. In fact, GIIS students from the Singapore campuses have been representing Cricket at national levels and playing for under-15 team for Singapore.

The academy was launched by Chandu Borde, a renowned cricketer, is the Vice- President, Global Schools Foundation. He was the ex-captain of Indian National Cricket team.  Borde has been the Chairman of the Selection Committee of BCCI for two terms. In July 2007, he was appointed as the Manager of the Indian National Team. He has received various awards including Arjuna award, Maharashtra Bhushan and Padma Bhushan in 2002.

Chandu Borde Global Cricket Academy has customised cricket pitches for intense practice under the guidance of professional coaches. GIIS believes that education is not just about academics but about holistic development of an individual. The progress of children being trained at the CBGCA will be monitored by Borde himself, who will make periodic visits to mentor and guide the team to become one of the leading cricket teams in the future.

Chandu Borde on the occasion said, “GIIS is making a lot of effort in making children all-round individuals who can perform well in any career or field they choose. The academy is going to be an integral part of the children’s growth. I am honoured to be a part of it and I will always be available for these children in whatever way I can. Education builds technical competencies, whereas sports develop a spirit of sportsmanship which teaches the child to accept both winning and losing.”

Rajeev katyal, Country Director GIIS India said, “We are a global school and we are constantly striving to deliver the best of opportunity to our students. Chandu Borde Global Cricket Academy is one such endeavour to bring in this game to the school under the leadership of a cricket legend, who will not only ensure the techniques of the game but also the values of true sportsmanship.”

MP to make Yoga education compulsory in schools

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Yoga1The Madhya Pradesh Government is planning to make Yoga education compulsory from class I to V in schools across the state. The Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed the school education department to prepare course for practical and theory for Yoga education within a month.

The Minister said it is important to raise master Yoga trainers who will then train teachers. Yoga education is already being imparted to students of class VI to VIII in the state. It entails teaching and reading material has been provided for introduction to Yoga, various Yogic postures or asanas, pranayama, mudras and meditation.

Yoga for kids is widely applied for stimulating the physical, mental and emotional abilities of a child. It also helps in improving students’ concentration thereby helping them in their studies.

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