Curriculum magazine Jan 2019

www.curriculum-magazine.com RNI No. UTTENG/2010/37634 Vol 9 No 3 magazine THE INDIA EDUCATION LANDSCAPE UPDATE January 16 2019 CBSE to introduce AI Efforts by Children & RTE 25% more seats to implement new courses Activists prove inadequate EWS 10% reservation in higher Aiming to make school as No detention clause students well-versed in amended in the RTE Act educational institutions technologies shaping the future, the Central Board of Secondary The Right of Children to Free and Class V student did not know the The HRD ministry is working out the number of seats that need to be Education (CBSE) has decided Compulsory Education (Amend- mathematics lessons meant for increased in the educational institutions to implement 10 per cent to introduce artificial ment) Bill, which was passed by Class III. reservation for the “economically weaker” sections in higher intelligence as an elective the Lok Sabha in July 2018 was The Bill will pave way for regular educational institutions, after the Constitution (124th Amendment) subject. finally passed by the Rajya Sabha. examinations for classes V to Bill for 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections in “The decision to introduce With this the no-detention policy, VIII, and if a child fails, they will the general category became a law. All the universities and artificial intelligence as a skill which prohibits schools from be given another opportunity to educational institutions recognized by the University Grants subject was taken at a recent detaining students up to class VIII appear for the examination in two Commission whether government run or private will have to meeting of the board's is now reversed. Union Human months' time. implement the quota. governing body. It has been Resource Development Minister Senior CPI leader D Raja asked As per the All-India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE), 2017-18, decided that the subject would Prakash Javadekar said the Centre Javadekar to defer the Bill for the country has a total of 903 universities, over 39,000 colleges and over be introduced in classes 8, 9 had to amend the Bill because at wider consultation. RJD's Manoj 10,000 stand-alone institutions. Initial estimates reflect that around 10 and 10 as a skill subject. least 25 states were demanding Jha also opposed the Bill, saying lakh seats will have to be added in institutions across the country, the right to change the no- children were being made to pay including central universities IITs and IIMs, among other prestigious Himachal Preschools detention policy. for the education system's higher educational institutions. regulation law Javadekar said that the Bill will inefficiencies. “You have taken a The proposed reservation will be over and above the existing 50 per give states the power to decide if regressive decision,” he said. cent reservation enjoyed by the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and Himachal Pradesh Early the no detention rule needs to Mean while, Delhi which was one the other backward classes, and will take the total reservation to 60 per Childhood Care and Education continue or not. He said that of the states in favor of killing no cent. The bill is likely to introduce criteria like an annual income below Centers (Registration and comprehensive evaluation of detention clause will implement it Rs 8 lakh and not owning more than five acres of agricultural land for Regulation) Bill 2017 has students was not taking place and in a staggered fashion, that is, those seeking quota benefits. received Presidential assent. the amendment will not result in once a child has passed Class III, The new law is to ensure an increase in school dropout he cannot be failed in Class IV. Maths Exams for class X to have quality education to children by rates. Justifying the need to bring Similarly, after passing Class V, providing all basic facilities. in the amendment, he said it was no one will be held back in a basic version from 2020 The Himachal Pradesh often said that in some cases, a Classes VI and VII. legislation will bring early In a bid to relieve pressure on students, the Central Board of Secondary childhood care and education India's first AI augmented Education (CBSE) has announced that students who do not wish to centers in the state under Career Mentoring launched pursue mathematics at the senior secondary level will be able to opt for government monitoring. All a simpler question paper in the Class X board examinations from 2020 trusts, societies, religious IIMK LIVE, the Business program that aims at providing onward. groups etc will come under it Incubator and Entrepreneurship career guidance to young aspirants In a circular issued recently, the board announced that two levels of ambit.. Development Centre of IIM building on their individual passion mathematics examinations will be held for the Class X boards — Kozhikode incubated startup, and performance. Traditional Mathematics Standard, which will be equivalent to the existing Two more indices on 'Wudi', has launched India's first career counseling has largely been examination, and Mathematics Basic, which will be an easier paper. education quality AI augmented career advisory based on generalizations, which The change will only be in the board examination question paper—the program - 'Career Mentor'. Wudi now has more limitations with syllabus, classroom teaching and internal assessment for both levels Niti Aayog is working on is an AI based talent and skill wider choices of careers. Further, it will remain the same.“The only difference will be in the framing of the School Education Quality Index discovery platform. The program is important to recognize that all question paper; the topics tested will be the same. The questions in the and Digital Transformation is in collaboration with Career individuals have a unique standard paper will require more application, analysis and conceptual Index – to highlight best Guru, a leading career guidance combination of skill-set and that understanding. The basic paper will be oriented more towards practices of states and may be service provider in Kerala and their own behavior can better understanding and will require less high order thinking skills,” said announced soon. The School the Middle Eastern countries. predict the skill-interest-career fit Director (Examination) Dr Joseph Emmanuel. Contd P4 Education Quality Index Career Mentor is an rather than any other thumb-rules. (SEQI), SDG India Index and amalgamation of career Wudi's AI-based skill-discovery School board for vedic education Digital Transformation Index counseling expertise of Career algorithm combines profile and (DTI) which will measure Guru and Wudi's AI platform. behavioral data from multiple Paving the way for the country's first national school board for Vedic states' progress in respective This program is first of its kind in sources to provide more education, the governing council of the Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya sectors are in the works. India where an AI platform meaningful recommendations to Vedavidya Pratishthan (MSRVP) has given its in-principle approval to augments human driven the students enabling them to make set up a Bhartiya Shiksha Board (BSB). Contd P4 Entrepreneurship sessions, workshops, training more appropriate career choices.\" curriculum in Delhi camps and field visits with a host ”Career Mentor's objective is to 4 Important trends in education sector to expect in schools of mentors, psychologists, enable children to unravel the true 2019! ..Pg 8 trainers and industry experts as potential within and help them HR Trends 2019...Pg 10 Starting from this academic stakeholders. Targeted at make the right career decisions. Career in Cosmetology...Pg 11 year, Delhi government students in the age group of 13-18 Our learning is that consistent BSDU, Jaipur presents a revolutionary & aspirational schools will introduce an years, Career Mentor performs a human interaction augmented by skills education model...Pg 9 entrepreneurship curriculum in holistic assessment of children an AI system can provide its schools from class 9 onward using a mix of conventional and phenomenal accuracy in skill 'Android Apps targeting Children are not Privacy on lines of happuness non-conventional methods. The discovery and career mentoring”; curriculum. Expression of underlying technology of Career Arjun Hari, CEO, Wudi said. Friendly' interest for partners has been Mentor is powered by Wudi. Wudi is co-founded by siblings floated. Speaking about Wudi, Professor Arjun Hari, an IIMK alumnus and Children's Apps are not Privacy-friendly and do not adhere to many basic Keyoor Purani, Executive Nikita Hari, a scientist at Oxford Four year B.Ed. Director, IIMK LIVE said, University with a doctorate from Privacy Principles &Practices says a study done by ArrkaInfosec Pvt. integrated course “Wudi has launched a unique the University of Cambridge. Ltd (Arrka), a niche player specializing in Data Privacy & Info Security.. A four year B.Ed integrated course to bring about It was also concluded that factors like lack of consent, excessive qualitative improvement in teacher education programmes permissions and needless privacy-intrusive features like in-App ads and in India has been conceptualised and regulations in-App purchase options are some of the reasons making children's Apps for this course has been published in official gazette on vulnerable and at-risk. Contd P 15 22nd November, 2018.

2 Curriculum January 16, 2018 News Updates Additional 5000 seats in Navodaya IIT Madras and Thales to design proces- Modalities to implement 10% reservation in Vidyalayas sors higher educational institutions The union ministry of Human Resource Development has approval an Indian Institute of Technology Madras is partnering with Thales to design increase of 5000 seats in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) for the a SHAKTI RISC-V processor compatible with the highest Safety Critical The HRD ministry is working out Academic Year 2019-20. At present the number of seats in JNVs, standards. The collaboration will result in defining and prototyping a the number of seats that need to residential schools for talented rural children, are 46600. The addition SHAKTI RISC-V based processor suitable for mix-criticality applica- be increased in the educational of 5000 seats will mean availability of 51000 seats fromAY 2019-20. tions, including Safety Critical applications. institutions to implement 10 per In the last four years there had been an addition of 9000 seats and with As a result of this tie up, a fault-tolerant SHAKTI framework would be cent reservation for the “econom- the addition of 5000 seats the total number of seats added to JNVs by developed and will undergo evaluation by the world's top experts in ically weaker” sections in higher the government in five years, under the leadership of Prime Minister Safety Critical Standards. Pursuant to their approval, it can be used in educational institutions, after the Narendra Modi, will be 14000 seats. In the next four years, the sensitive equipment used in defence, aerospace, space, and transporta- Constitution (124th Amendment) government is likely to add 32000 more seats. tion sectors. Bill for 10 per cent reservation for “This is a step in the right direction. This is the biggest-ever expansion Thales and IIT Madras are going to take up joint research programs in economically weaker sections in of quality education for rural students. This unprecedented expansion many areas including aerospace, space, transportation, security and the general category became a of JNVs, nearly free of cost residential schools, will provide more defence. law. All the universities and opportunity for talented children from rural areas to get quality Thales, an international group, designs and builds electronic systems for educational institutions recog- education,' HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said. aerospace, space, transportation, security and defence. The ultimate nised by the University Grants Navodaya is the only education system in the country where students objective is to improve the security and dependability of Internet of Commission whether govern- give entrance examination for admission into Class 6. In 2001, 5.50 Things (IoT) devices, embedded systems and machine learning ment run or private will have to lakh aspirants appeared for the entrance examination for Class 6. Over implementations. implement the quota. the years the number of aspirants appearing for the entrance examina- IIT Madras Researchers had recently designed, fabricated and booted up As per the All-India Survey on tion has increased considerably. For the 2019 entrance test, 31.10 lakh India's first Indigenously-developed RISC V Microprocessor - 'Shakti'. Higher Education (AISHE), students have registered for the entrance examination. The Shakti family of processors are targeted for mobile computing 2017-18, the country has a total of “This reflects the growing aspirations of rural children for acquiring devices, embedded low power wireless systems and networking systems 903 universities, over 39,000 quality education and the Government's consistent effort to meet this besides reducing reliance on imported microprocessors in colleges and over 10,000 stand- aspiration, under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Communications and Defence Sectors. The Microprocessor can be used alone institutions. Initial Modi,” the HRD Minister said adding that the government is also by others as it is on par with International Standards. estimates reflect that around 10 actively considering setting up of a Navodaya Vidyalaya each in the Speaking about the significance of this development, Lead Researcher lakh seats will have to be added in newly carved out districts in various States. Prof. Kamakoti Veezhinathan, Reconfigurable Intelligent Systems institutions across the country, Engineering (RISE) Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and including central universities IITs NCPCR ready with guidelines on play Engineering, IIT Madras, said, “After the two successful fabrication and and IIMs, among other presti- booting of SHAKTI with two technology nodes, 22nm (Intel Fab, gious higher educational schools regulations Orgeon USA) and 180nm (SCL Chandigarh fab, India), this tie-up with institutions. Thales is very exciting and certainly is a big step towards taking SHAKTI The proposed reservation will be Government is planning to come out with a set of guidelines to family to the global technology ecosystem.” over and above the existing 50 per regulate pre-schools that are part of Anganwadi centres as also those Further, Prof Kamakoti added, “With the advent of more and more safety cent reservation enjoyed by the run by private agencies in the wake of complaints about violation of critical systems adopting electronics hardware for intricate control and scheduled castes, scheduled child rights. monitoring, fault-tolerance and security features are of prime importance tribes and the other backward According to the PTI report the National Commission for Protection in next generation processors. This tie-up with Thales, I am sure, will classes, and will take the total of Child Rights (NCPCR) has recommended regulatory guidelines result in a detailed analysis of these features resulting in a framework that reservation to 60 per cent. The bill which will decide on various issues such as teacher-student ratio, could be adopted for designing the next generation Shakti-based safety- is likely to introduce criteria like curriculum, infrastructure and the age of admission apart from the critical systems.” an annual income below Rs 8 lakh safety and security aspects. and not owning more than five NCPCR member Priyanka Kanoongo said that the guidelines have tGELF ethical leadership module in 5,441 ATL acres of agricultural land for been developed to regulate the private play schools for children in the those seeking quota benefits. age group of 3-6 years to bring inclusiveness and uniformity in all schools private educational institutions imparting pre-school education and Parents' corner/ counter prevent violation of child rights. ​ Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), an initiative of the Government of India in UP schools So children below 3 years won't be enrolled to any playschools. All the to promote a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation across the institutions have to face consequences as per as law. country and to 'Cultivate one Million children in India as Neoteric Soon, there will be a parents' The crucial role of quality pre-school education was recognized Innovators', through Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATLs) is shouldered corner/ counter in all government through 86th Constitutional Amendment, which introduced Article 45 by 5,441 schools across India. primary schools in Uttar Pradesh. that states, “The State shall endeavor to provide early childhood care Now NITI Aayog, which drives this mission in collaboration with The The idea is to inform parents and and education for all children until they complete the age of six years.” Global Education and Leadership Foundation (tGELF) has created the community members about Consequently, the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Ethical Leadership in Tinkering and Innovation (ELTI) module to various government welfare Education (RTE) Act, 2009 recommended that – “With a view to inculcate the ethics and values that form the bedrock of innovation for schemes. The initiative stems prepare children above the age of three years for elementary education social good in young minds of the Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) network. from a successful experiment and to provide early childhood care and education for all children until An experiential programme, the Ethical Leadership in Tinkering and undertaken at a government they complete the age of six years, the appropriate Government shall Innovation module, includes hands-on activities that are both challeng- primary school in Gonda district. make necessary arrangement for providing free pre-school education ing and thought-provoking, aiming at reigniting conversations on the for such children.” code of conduct and ethics in innovation, and taking decisive action to 100-year-old books to be NSPCR also stated “The aim is to prevent violation of child rights and combat challenges in a sustained manner. The module is primarily aimed digitized in Maha any kind of abuse against children in the age group of 3 to 6 years by at ATL In-charges/teachers/mentors who would follow it to teach the regulating preschools education.” students about ethical leadership skills. The module has been created in The Maharashtra State Council of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mode so that students can themselves conduct the Education Research and Training IIIT-Delhi research scholars working on activities and self-learn. (MSCERT) will digitize 100- year-old books and educational edtech platforms for sex education NCC should be made compulsory in all reports in a bid to preserve the invaluable texts. Included in the The PhD students at IIIT-D are doing research on various sensitive educational institutions: VP council's digitization process are health topics such as mental health, menstruation health, and sexually- old books, journals, reports and transmitted diseases with the aim to develop technology-based The Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu has said that a stint of documents on education. The educational platforms. These platforms will provide a complete health service in National Cadet Corps (NCC) has to be made compulsory in all books and reports are in guide to everyone in the society, especially school children. educational institutions. He was addressing the cadets of the National MSCERT's library. The digitized Be it school or home, children do not have access to authentic Cadet Corps at the inaugural ceremony of the Republic Day camp in New texts will be made available to information on some of these sensitive personal health-related topics, Delhi on Jan 7. public free of charge. which leads to the formation of taboos and misconceptions regarding Naidu said that the training provided by NCC since its inception has The library at MSCERT's them. At school, teachers lack the proper teaching material for creating played a vital role in inculcating the qualities of discipline, leadership, Sadashiv Peth campus has state awareness among the students and thus students rely on their parents camaraderie, team spirit, adventure and national integration, thereby recognition and houses close to for the same. On the other hand, parents consider it a responsibility of leading to the holistic development of the Nation's youth and assuring a 25,000 books. Some of the teachers in schools and institutes to impart the health awareness and better future. reports are 100 years old and deal knowledge about certain hush-hush topics to the children. In such Highlighting the timeless values of universal brotherhood, national in different topics like education, cases, children remain ambivalent to the most important health integration and secularism for which NCC stood for, Shri. Naidu science, and literature, among subjects. applauded the selfless service undertaken by the cadets of NCC in times others. The technological tools and applications once designed by the of crisis and natural disasters like earthquakes, cyclones, floods, etc. students of IIIT-D will support the schools as well as parents to rightly The Vice President also appreciated the crucial role played by NCC educate the children about the sensitive and most important health Cadets in educating the masses about Government driven Social topics at the appropriate age. As of now, students of IIIT-D are Programmes like the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, AIDS Awareness, Adult aggressively working to design interactive mobile based applications Education, Anti Dowry, Anti Leprosy and Anti corruption campaigns etc. that will serve as a useful medium for teenagers concerned with health Expressing complete faith in the hard work done by the cadets of NCC, care and education. They also brought to limelight their long-term Shri. Naidu said that their efforts would definitely strengthen our social objectives to develop ICT based educational aid (s) for such health fabric. concerns which will encourage the schools, parents, and children to Congratulating the cadets for excelling in all walks of life, the Vice come together and openly challenge the taboos and stigmas attached to President applauded the exceptional performance that the NCC Cadets the mental, menstruation, and sexual health. have displayed in the field of sports, especially shooting.



4 Curriculum January 16, 2018 News Update 106th Session of Indian Science Congress Indian publishers invited to use free held in Jalandhar publishing zone in Sharjah The 106th session of Indian bound solutions through wherein 150 organisations Ahmed Al Ameri, Chairman, Sharjah Book Authority, who was in Delhi Science Congress (ISC), 2019 research, in these areas. He also including DRDO, DST, Min/o recently invited Indian publishers to take advantage of the low logistical hosted by Lovely Professional called for research, which is a Earth Sciences, CSIR, ICAR, costs offered by Sharjah publishing city. Sharjah, he said, was the first University, Jalandhar from Jan fusion of Arts and Humanities, ICMR, NPCIL, and various other free zone in the world for publishing and is a gateway to reach out to 3-7 included significant lectures Social Science, Science and scientific departments and third countries. from three Nobel Laureates; 20 Technology. universities participated. The Addressing the 'CEO Speak 2019 - Over Chairman's Breakfast', Plenary Sessions & several Noting that our strengths in major attractions of the exhibition organised jointly byFICCI and the National Book Trust (NBT), Ameri sectional symposia with top research and development are were the replicas of Akash said that while shipping of goods from India to the Arab world took 60 authorities from DRDO, ISRO, built on the backbone of our Missiles, Brahmos missiles, days, the time taken from Sharjah was a mere two weeks. DST, ICAR, CSIR, ICMR, national laboratories, central GSLV-MK III, Astrosat satellite, Ali Al Shaali, Vice President, Emirates Publishers Association & CEO AICTE, NAAC, UGC, ISCA, universities, IITs, IISC, TIFR and INSAT-4A, IRNSS Satellite. Alhudhud Publishing House, said that with its focus on publishing, the USA, UK Universities. The IISERs, the Prime Minister said The major attractions were the 55- Sharjah has emerged as a leading city in realising the UAE's vision of Congress, even though marred feet, 25-ton massive robot 'Metal becoming a global hub for the creative industries. He said the Indian by criticism of 'unscientific' by a that a strong research ecosystem Magna' installed at the entrance publishing industry could benefit from strengthened cooperation with few speakers was attended by must be developed in the State gate. A giant microscope and a the UAE andArab World. nearly 30,000 participants. More Universities and Colleges, as trainer plane were also displayed. Dilip Chenoy, Secretary General, FICCI, said that in addition to the than 15000 delegates partici- well. During the ISC, a solar-powered efforts of Government, FICCI would be happy to take the co-operation pated at this scientific meet. The Speaking on the occasion, Union driverless bus designed and in publishing on a Track II level. “We propose to institute Indo – Emirati Congress was inaugurated by Minister for Science & created by the students of Lovely Publishing Forum with co-chairs from FICCI and Emirati Publishing the Prime Minister Narendra Technology Dr. Harsh Vardhan Professional University was also Association with the aim of increasing trade between two regions, Modi. He recalled the great thanked the scientific community inaugurated. A Time Capsule with firming cultural ties, strengthening library moments and creating Indian scientists of the past, of India, for taking India amongst items representing today's knowledge economies”, he added. including Acharya J.C. Bose, the top ten in the world in the field technology and India's scientific He said that India was the second-largest English language print book C.V. Raman, MeghnadSaha, and of Science and Technology. prowess was buried by Nobel publisher in the world. The Indian book market is $4.6 billion, growing S.N. Bose, and said that they He urged the scientific commu- Laureates Avram Hershko from at the rate of 20%. UAE was India's third largest trading partner and served the people through nity to focus themselves in Israel and F.Duncan M. Haldane bilateral total trade between the two countries was close to US$ 50 \"minimum resources\" and ensuring that we are able to use from USA at Lovely Professional million. The UAE accounts for 37% of India's total books exports to the \"maximum struggle.\" PM said our scientific knowledge for University, Jalandhar. It will be Arab World. India's books & printed products exports to the Arab World that now the time has come to transforming the life of the opened after 100 years. grew 13% annually (CAGR) from 2000 to 2015. take a step further, by adding poorest of the poor; to create During concluding ceremony, 37 \"Jai Anusandhan.\" cheap technologies for rural, awardees in the categories of Two more indices on education quality The Prime Minister urged that solving issues pertaining to water Young Scientists, Best Poster \"Our Scientists must commit pollution, providing new presentation and Pride of India- Niti Aayog is working on School Education Quality Index and Digital themselves to addressing vaccines, drugs and innovate in Science Exhibition were Transformation Index – to highlight best practices of states and may be problems of affordable the area of clean energy. honoured. announced soon. The School Education Quality Index (SEQI), SDG healthcare, housing, clean air, While invoking ISC 2019, the In the end 'VigyanJyot', was India Index and Digital Transformation Index (DTI) which will measure water and energy, agricultural General President, Indian handed over to Prof K S Rangappa states' progress in respective sectors are in the works. productivity and food process- Science Congress Association former Vice-Chancellor of ing. While Science is universal, Dr. Manoj Kr. Chakrabarti said Karnataka State Open University Contd from P1 technology must be local for that more innovative and out-of- and University of Mysore,for providing solutions relevant to the-box measures have to be 107th ISC next year in Bangalore. Maths Exams for class X to have a local needs and conditions.\" undertaken to come up with As a part of the Indian Science basic version from 2020 Modi urged the scientists to smaller, smarter and cheaper Congress, Women's Science work towards ease of living for technology that will be able to Congress was held which was Students who opt for the Mathematics Basic paper will not be the people. In this context, he reach every Indian. inaugurated by Union Minister for allowed to opt for mathematics as a subject at the senior secondary mentioned issues such as An exhibition 'Pride of India' was Textiles & Industry Smriti Irani. level. According to the CBSE circular, a student will be able to drought management in low also held during the event Science Communicators' Meet choose their level of examination when the affiliated school submits rainfall areas; early disaster was inaugurated by Minister for the 'list of candidates' to the board, a few months before the examina- warning systems; tackling Electronics & IT Ravi Shankar tion. However, if a student who chooses Mathematics Basic changes malnutrition; tackling diseases Prasad. The Children's Science his mind later and wishes to pursue mathematics at the senior among children such as Congress was inaugurated by the secondary level, he will be given the option to take the Mathematics encephalitis; clean energy; clean Nobel Laureates AvramHershko Standard examination during the compartment exams. drinking water; and cyber from Israel and F.Duncan In introducing this initiative, the board cited the Position Paper on security. He called for time- M.Haldane from USA. Examination Reform by the National Focus Group, which is part of the National Curriculum Framework, 2005 and emphasises on the need for flexibility in assessment of different kinds of learners. Gujarat state tops in Start-up Ranking 2018 School board for vedic education Gujarat has emerged as the Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, allowance, product development The proposal was accepted in a meeting of the MSRVP governing “BEST PERFORMER” with a Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil assistance and marketing council, – a fully-funded autonomous body under the HRD Ministry score of 100 percentile in the Nadu, and Uttarakhand find a assistance. The Government of working on promotion of 'ved vidya' – which has now been asked to newly launched State Start-up mention. Chandigarh, Manipur, Gujarat has also recognised 34 prepare the Board's bylaws according to a report by the Indian Rankings 2018 assessment by Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, nodal institutes for supporting Express. the Department of Industrial Sikkim, and Tripura are listed as start-ups. Apart from offering The Bhartiya Shiksha Board, sources said, will be established with Policy and Promotion (DIPP), beginners. assistance, the Government of the objective of standardising Vedic education. Like any school which were released on Dec 20. Gujarat's reputation as a fast Gujarat also gives preference to board, it will draft syllabus, conduct examinations and issue The aim of the rankings is to growing hub for technology & Start-ups in public procurement. certificates. help bring notice to the progress services-based Start-ups reflects Gujarat has been particularly Apart from affiliating traditional pathshalas, BSB will also be that various States have made in the new rankings. The recognized for seed funding assigned the responsibility of evolving new kinds of schools that for promoting Start-ups, and at Government of Gujarat has taken support, policy formulation and offer a blend of Vedic and modern education – those with the Vedas the same time foster a spirit of proactive steps in key areas such implementation, incubation and Sanskrit as major subjects and modern subjects as minor; competition among them. as incubation support, seed hubs,outreach events ofnational modern subjects as major subjects and the Vedas as a minor; schools After Gujarat, top performers funding support, simplified and international level,venture that teach general education in Sanskrit; evening Vedas and Sanskrit listed states are Karnataka, regulations, and easing public funding, public procurement etc. schools. Kerala, Odisha, and Rajasthan. procurement. Gujarat also scored Chief Minister Vijay Rupanisaid Once established, this Board is likely to benefit educational The category of leaders has exceedingly well on the “It is the youth that will find the institutions such as Acharyakulam, Vidya Bharati schools (run by Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, awareness and outreach solutions for our development the RSS) and gurukuls run by the Arya Samaj, because it will allow Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, parameters,an example of which goals through innovative ideas them to sustain their model of education up to Class XII, which and Telangana on the roll while is the Vibrant Gujarat Start-Up and thinking. The Gujarat State school boards like the CBSE currently does not permit. as aspiring leaders place went to and Technology Summit Government currently supports Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, organized earlier this year. 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4 Curriculum January 16, 2018 Useful News Prime Minister's ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha 2.0’ on Jan 29 Aviation Mentorship Program Launched Prime Minister Narendra Modi Last year Prime Minister on www.mygov.inwebsite. Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI), Mumbai Chapter recently will be interacting with a cross Narendra Modi had presented his Unlike last year, Pariksha Pe launched the Aviation Mentorship Programme at Vivekananda section of Students, Teachers book 'Exam Warriors'. This year Charcha 2018, entry to this Education Society Institute of Management (VESIM). The program and Parents for another too best entries from an online year's edition will be for only the aims at mentoring and advising budding aviation professionals like exciting edition - Pariksha Pe contest for students of classes 9 selected students , parents and Pilots, Flight Attendants, Air traffic Controllers, Flight Dispatchers, Charcha 2.0 at Talkatora to 12, graduate and teachers who have won the Aircraft Maintenance Engineers, Safety and Security Personnel and Stadium, New Delhi on 29th undergraduate college students, contest. The event will be prospective students who are looking for guidance in their professional January'19. The PM will their parents and their teachers telecast live and an audience of growth and to achieve success in their respective aviation streams. interact with students, parents, may find a way in session. The 2000 students, parents and Speaking at the launch, Dr. Satish Modh, Director, VESIM Business teachers discuss issues relating online competition which started teachers from all over India are School and Former Chairman of AeSI (Mumbai), said, “VESIM's to exam life and stress from 7th January will go on till expected to attend AICTE-approved Executive PGDM Program is the only management connected with that. 17th January, 2019 is available program in Mumbai that offers aviation management as a specialization. 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This India will have the opportunity abc+ of Physics for Grades XI & Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT interdisciplinary programme which is focussed on Big Data in Life to win a student experience to a XII authored by Uttam Narayan Madras is hosting a competition Sciences will help explore the opportunities and challenges of leading Australian university by Tripathi, an IIT-Kanpur alumnus 'Tata Steel MaterialNEXT' that handling big data in health care and imaging and will impart participating in the annual “Film during World Book Fair 2019 in offers a chance to the budding engineering approaches to problem solving in this emerging area. The Fly Experience Delhi. This book features researcher, technology developer programme was launched at the IBAB campus by Mr. Kris Australia”schools video detailed solutions of NCERT, and enthusiasts in the field of Gopalakrishnan, Chairman, Axilor Ventures. A one-day symposium competition. NCERT Exemplar, solved advanced materials, to propose, on 'Big Data in Biology and Healthcare' with eminent speakers in the Organised by The Australian examples and practice problems, produce and present their solution areas of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Medical Trade and Investment thought-provoking HOTS model to the existing industrial Imaging, Genomics and Personal Medicine was organised as part of Commission, Australian questions, very short answer challenges and breakthrough the launch. Government, the competition is questions, short answer innovations to experts. Speaking at the launch, Dr. Sadagopan, Director IIITB said, “Recent open to students between grades questions, long answer questions Participants selected in phase #1 advances in diverse areas of life sciences such as high-throughput 9 to 12 from schools across and numerical problems, and of 'Tata Steel MaterialNEXT' will genomics, computational neuroscience, biopharma, medical and India. The Film Fly Experience previous years' questions from be invited for one-on-one cellular imaging have led to the generation of massive data. The Australia schools video CBSE exams, various state interaction with assigned mentors advent of big data has impacted personalised medicine and health care competition will run from 21 boards, AIPMT/NEET, during a conference to be held on services significantly. Efficient computing platforms and tools, December 2018 to 29 March AIEEE/JEE Main (online and January 19, 2019. In the second sophisticated measurement technologies, Cloud Computing and 2019. offline), IIT JEE/JEE Advanced phase, teams will be given eight Artificial Intelligence have transformed life sciences and health care, of last 10 years, which will be weeks to work on their proposals enabling unprecedented interpretation of data and novel outcomes. 'INDIA'S FUTURE helpful for students in their and present their solutions in a Traditional education has focused on building expertise in a single preparation for the board and competitive evaluation by panels area. However, to solve real world problems faster, the need of the TYCOONS' contest final entrance exams. of eminent judges on March 16, hour is to build inter-disciplinary skills. The joint program announced 2019. The top five teams by IBAB and IIITB is a big step in that direction”. on Feb 10 Dell launches 'Student selected at the end of phase two will move to the third and final SU PG Diploma in Plant Protection India's first ever entrepreneurial Entrepreneurship phase - the grand finale that will competition for high school be held on April 13, 2019. The Sharda University, Greater Noida and Dhanuka Agritech Limited students, India's Future Program' signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 20 December, Tycoons, conceptualized and AVOCADO APP to 2018 to launch a one year Post Graduate Diploma in Plant Protection organized by Mumbai-based NITI Aayog's Atal Innovation (PGDPP). The students will be taught the theory, practical and Enlearning Skill Development Mission (AIM), in partnership demystify tough subjects business aspects of pests, diseases and weed problems of field and Private Limited now branded as with Dell and Learning Links horticultural crops and their management at Sharda University. They ENpower is holding a bootcamp Foundation, launched the Eupheus Learning, a Delhi based will also be given a two month field training by Dhanuka who will also for 100 ideas at WE school ( “NayeeDishayen, NayeNirman” Ed Tech company has tied up pay a stipend and allowances to the students. The 15 students, after Academic Partner) campus in program on Jan 11 under the with Perfectice, a US based completion of course and evaluation process, will be placed on Mumbai on 19th / 20th Jan and Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL) analytics platform to launch the permanent roll of the company as Frontline staff in BD or sales 26th / 27th Jan 2019. Of these initiative. The Student 'AVOCADO APP', with the tag department as per the band and compensation structure of Dhanuka 12 teams will go into finals to Entrepreneurship Program line Practice to Perfection. Agritech Limited. The PGDPP is a unique collaborative program be held on February 10, 2019. offered by Dell will serve as a Currently, the App hosts Maths depicting an Institute-Industry interface directed towards the growth The competition received over catalyst and help accelerate the and Science practice questions of the agribusiness sector and at the same time addressing the 3200 student registrations (now entrepreneurial journey of the but gradually other subjects will unemployment problem in relation to the agricultural science closed) from about 250 schools young innovators in creating a also be added on the platform. graduates. This specially trained manpower will take the much needed covering more than 50 cities. New Innovative India. AVOCADO is an App to practice best plant protection technology for the benefit of the farmers and the India's Future Tycoons, is a Over 3500 children from the questions from your Maths country. competition for students different partsof the country and Science textbook. The App initiated by ENpower to present came together to develop over identifies the gaps and helps in British Council launches Primary Plus course the first ever business and 650 product ideas to solve understanding the intervention entrepreneurship platform for everyday problems using latest required from a teacher or parent. British Council, UK's international organisation for educational early teens (13-17 years of age). technologies and their out of box It provides active tracking of the opportunities and cultural relations has launched Primary Plus – its Sushil Mungekar, founder CEO thinking. These Top Six identified areas and provides new course to improve English learning for children aged 6-11 years. of the company said, “Children innovations arein key social analytics on the improvement The course is priced at INR 11,500. The experiential program aims to from 11 – 18 years are at the sectors of Agritech, Healthcare, achieved over a period, thereby enhance communication, creativity and leadership skills, helping formative stage of their lives Clean Energy, Smart Mobility, getting a clear picture on speed as children become more confident in all walks of life. and it is necessary to let their Waste Management and Water well as accuracy. minds explore numerous Resourcesand hail from Sarvesh Shrivastava of Eupheus Primary Plus will provide children with a chance to interact opportunities instead of asking Hyderabad (Telangana), Pune Learning said, “Most kids do not confidently in English, through speaking, reading, and writing and them to confine their ideas. (Maharashtra), Changlang relate to mathematical and participating in storytelling, singing, rhyming, games, craft, While working on various (Arunachal Pradesh), Goa, Satna science problems, as they are movement and drama. workshops on like skills with (Madhya Pradesh) and Delhi. abstract most of the times and British Council has exclusively partnered with Aardman Animations, students, we realized that kids All six teams are being awarded may not have an immediate to bring these lessons to life with stories of Shaun the Sheep and have entrepreneurial minds that a 10-month ATL Student application, hence lack Friends. The characters are created to capture children's imagination just need direction. The proof to Entrepreneurship Program with motivation to learn the subjects. and deepen their engagement thereby enriching the learning which is the overwhelming DELL which will help them However, through proper practice experience. Shaun's stories will allow children to encounter and learn response at the registration stage transform their innovative and fun projects with real-world English in an age appropriate context. An online portal for Primary and we are glad that top prototypes into fully functioning application we can create and Plus has also been designed to facilitate learning English at home, personalities have come on products and Go to Market. even increase the interest of with grammar and vocabulary activities, songs and video content that board to sharpen the students' students in the subject. ” are unlocked when 'homework' is completed. This will help parents minds.” track their child's progress at home.

Curriculum January 16, 2018 7 India Skills/entrepreneurships Zonal Alumni Meets by Centre for Skill Development & Rs. 2.2 cr to 11 start-ups under IIM IIHMR Entrepreneurship opened by leading Kozhikode LIVE With efforts towards continuous engagement with nonprofit IIMK LIVE, the Business Incubator and Entrepreneurship passed out students, IIHMR Development Centre of IIM Kozhikode has announced that eleven start- University has planned a series Bangalore-based The/Nudge Foundation, a non-profit focused on ups incubated at IIMK Live have been sanctioned Rs. 2.2 crores of zonal alumni meets. The poverty alleviation, recently announced the launch of “Centre for Skill funding by Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd. The selection Jaipur-based healthcare Development & Entrepreneurship” (CSDE), in partnership with of the start-ups based on the pitch organized on November 09, 2018 by research institution, IIHMR National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) . MRPL in association with IIMK LIVE was announced this week. This University, organized its India is adding 1 million people into the workforce every month and this was the first investment pitch organized after MRPL and the institute Mumbai Alumni Meet on institutional approach to work on deeper issues affecting skilling signed a MoU to fund and support start-ups in October 2018. December 22nd 2018, which ecosystem is critical and timely. The Centre will aim to become an Prof. Debashis Chatterjee, Director, IIM Kozhikode said, “As the start- witnessed the participation of eminent, global institution that addresses the pressing problems of youth up ecosystem in the country rapidly evolves, it demands careful over 50 alumni members based unemployability and unemployment. adaptation and not just adoption of models from Silicon Valley and other in the West Zone of the country, CSDE will focus on research, innovations, technology, consulting, and mature ecosystems. IIM Kozhikode, through its centre LIVE, attempts who relived the memories of programs to support the skill development ecosystem and stakeholders to leverage its intellectual and network capital to bring non-traditional the days spend in the university. including government, academia, industry and service providers. CSDE players to the eco-system and develop newer models that are more “The zonal Alumni Meets not will also partner with NSDC to jointly work on research, pilots and new practical in current Indian context. We see our association with MRPL only provide avenues to touch innovative models in skilling. quite strategic towards supporting both professional and entrepreneurial base with the students who are Atul Satija, Founder & CEO, The/Nudge said, “Our Gurukul model has management”. today experts in their been scaled up to aid 3500 students to graduate annually, with 100% respective fields from the placements into top employers, which has helped us understand the UNFPA ties up with IIHMR University for hospital and health industry, to deeper challenges and opportunities that skill development presents. the pharmaceutical industry, to With CSDE, we are expanding our mandate to support the skilling training needs the development sector, but ecosystem at large, given the magnitude of the problem India is facing also provides an opportunity to today, and dedicate this Centre to the youth of the nation.” The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has entered into a exchange developing stories of In 2015, The/Nudge Foundation started the Gurukul program, a 90-day partnership with the Indian Institute of Health &Management Research the former students with that of fully residential training program for underprivileged youth, aimed at University (IIHMR U) to impart evidence led data collection training the university's. We believe the job and life-readiness. The Gurukuls are located in Bangalore and Delhi, modules in reproductive health practices to former's officers. growth of our students and their running at an annual student rate of 3500+, serving students from across The UNFPA's stated objective is to secure health calibers of pregnant successes is the success of our more than 10 states specializing in livelihoods such as BPO, Retail, women and new born children thereby aiding in voluntary family investment in them. It is always Plumbing, Electrician, Beauty and achieving 100% placements. planning through a rights based approach. To that end, it engages a pleasure to see the budding stakeholders such as national regulatory authorities, health equipment flowers that IIHMR University National Entrepreneurship Awards 2018 and drug manufacturers, quality control laboratories and similar bodies once watered to blossom in the in capacity building activities through regional workshops and on-site outside world.”, said Dr. Pankaj The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) on trainings. At the initial stage, health officials and district and block level Gupta, President, IIHMR Jan 4 honoured 30 outstanding young entrepreneurs and three data managers from 10 high priority districts will be sensitized on the University. entrepreneurship ecosystem builders for their exceptional contribution importance of data use and in planning and monitoring health programs in entrepreneurship development at the third edition of the National at their respective levels. Atrangi' – Medha Entrepreneurship Awards (NEA) held in New Delhi. The awards The program will consist of consultation workshops on current practices ceremony was graced by union ministers Suresh Prabhu and of data use and gaps that exist in knowledge and skills, training modules Alumni Youth Festival Anantkumar Hegde. for health officials and data managers, mentoring and hand-holding Among the winners and models of excellence included Roshan Kahtoon, mechanisms through web-based applications, tools, checklists and held at Lucknow 23, from Bihar, who is an inspiration to many. Despite her physical report card formats. This will help increase knowledge among data users disability, she has beaten all odds and has set up a small bangle on data quality and analysis. Lucknow-based non-profit manufacturing unit. Shruthi Reddy Sethi, 33, of Kolkata, who started Medha, providing skills Anthyesti Funeral Services to provide end-to-end funeral management “Let's Colour” program launched in SOS training, career counseling and service, Tana Sumpaaged, 35, of the Nyishi tribe, Arunachal Pradesh, workplace exposure, and who is successfully running piggery farms and fisheries and also helping Children's Villages of India placement support to students, local people, women, housewives and unemployed youth with quality organized its first Alumni training and livelihood support. Among others felicitated were Mahipal AkzoNobel, a paints and coats MNC and makers of Dulux Paints in Youth Fest 'Atrangi', to Chary Kadivendi, 38, of Telangana, who has developed a self-propelled India, announced on Jan 11 its partnership with SOS Children's Villages recognize the power of youth as weeder-cum-cultivator that can be used for a number of agricultural of India with the objective of helping the latter's skill development today's changemakers and processes such as hoeing, weeding, tilling, sowing and also for applying initiatives withAkzoNobel's “Let's Colour” program. problem solvers. Over 1,000 fertilizer or insecticides. At international level, partnership between AkzoNobel and SOS participants came together Congratulating the winners, skills minister Dharmendra Pradhan said, Children's Villages International has been already launched in 2017. In from different parts of Uttar \"Adopting an inclusive approach, this year new categories were 2018, Let's Colour SOS Children's Villages programs were activated Pradesh and Haryana to introduced for grassroot entrepreneurs with special focus on women, across 10 countries and up to 14 countries is expected to be included in unleash their creativity, explore persons with disabilities, SC/STs and entrepreneurs from difficult areas. the program in 2019. Through its Let's Colour programs and their entrepreneurial spirits, Our endeavour has been to incubate entrepreneurial spirit to build self- professional painters academies it trained nearly 1,000 young people on and display their unique skills sustainable livelihood. National Entrepreneurship Awards not only painting, entrepreneurship- and soft skills across countries.. to the world. An attempt to recognises small and medium entrepreneurs, but creates aspirations for As part of the Indian leg, the partnership had a symbolic start where build a stronger community of all those who are willing to innovate, and are determined to create their employees of AkzoNobel India came together to paint the community young and spirited Medha own enterprise. India is emerging as the fastest growing economy in the hall as well as ten family homes of SOS Children's Village Greenfield in Alumni, the festival concluded world and we are committed to promote entrepreneurship to fuel Faridabad. on Dec 16 at Lucknow amidst growth” much zeal and enthusiasm. Shireen, a Medha Alumna and part of the organizing committee of Atrangi, said, “This is our first attempt to gather the entire alum base at one place. It makes us happy to see a good representation of our alumni from outside of Lucknow as well. They've come not just to display their talents but also to connect with each other and build their network.”

8 Curriculum January 16, 2018 VIEWS (Edit/Guest Column...) OPINION: 4 Important trends in education sector More Reservation in higher education: to expect in 2019! affirmative or negative? The swiftness with which the present NDA Sivaramakrishnan Venkateswaran government made Constitution (124th Managing Director, Oxford University Press India Amendment) Bill for 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections in the general category a The value of education in any numberhas yet to experience its Learning through Regional law, underscores the age-old saying 'where there is will, society is uncontested - in fact, benefits owing to connectivity and Languages: Ours is a nation of there is a way' in some sense. The effect and impact on its relevance in today's world is infrastructure issues, and therefore varied languages, and hence jobs is comparatively straight arithmetic but same possibly far greater compared to rely on the traditional 'chalk and rendering anything via one doesn't hold up true for higher education. most aspects of human life. It is talk' model of education. India language alone will be rather The vast and diverse Higher Education landscape in the probably for this reason that the needs bespoke education solutions ineffective in terms of reach. Earlier country even after seven decades of independence and if World Development Report 2018 that align with its socio-economic- this year, Google announced we add 150 years of British colonial rule to it, isn't published by the World Bank, in a technological landscape. support to seven Indian languages aligned with socio-economic developmental goals or if first, focussed solely on education. Integrated learning solutions that through Google Translate. Regional studies to be believed with industry needs and job In his foreword, Jim Yong Kim, seamlessly combine print books language publishing is itself on the market as well. The quality of education in 903 President of the World Bank Group, with digital learning aids appear to rise given the demand from universities, over 39,000 colleges and over 10,000 writes “For individuals, education be a great fit for India, and their vernacular learners, and we expect stand-alone institutions in the country is not anywhere promotes employment, earnings, demand is expected to surge this trend to continue. Learning close to best in the world. and health. It raises pride and opens significantly in the coming years. through regional language Keeping aside the experts suggestion that the new horizons. For societies, it drives Clearly, it is impractical for schools contentand/or bilingual content will reservation announced may well not stand the long-term economic growth, to wait for a 100% digital transfor- only grow as a trend in the coming constitutionality and judicial scrutiny, still reduces poverty, spurs innovation, mation, and therefore solutions year, ensuring coverage of a wider hypothetically to implement it will need a lot of strengthens institutions, and fosters with text books as base with learner base. homework and backend scientific statistical exploration. social cohesion.” optimumdigital infrastructure It will also remain to be seen as to how campus politics It is a very gratifying experience for requirements are a more practical Increased demand for Teacher reacts and evolves to it once the actual roll out starts. anyone associated with education to idea! Professional Development:The The government has announced that it is working out go through this reportas it delves Adoption of Formative teacher is the principal pivot in the the modalities and not 10% but 25% additional seats into systemic issues that impact Assessment solutions: The last learning eco-system. It is important will be created to absorb this reservation without education,and areas of future focus. few years have rightly witnessed a to familiarize teachers with 21st disturbing the present distribution. In the Indian context, the report is lot of debate on the importance of century competencies and skills, An institution of higher education is a breathing entity, extremely relevant given the strides learning outcomes. As a result, new teaching-learningpedagogies it has a characteristic, it has a purpose and it shapes we have made as a nation in the there has been increased focus on and augmentingtheir lateral lives. For this, it has to have an organic growth and lot space of education. Yet there remain assessment as a theme. The catch thinking abilities through profes- of life to mature. Now here comes the problem. Without issues that need to be addressed, however lies in choosing the right sional development programmes. In corresponding increase in infrastructure, number of making education quite fundamen- assessment solution. The routine 2014-15, the Government launched teachers, how do you justify cramming classrooms, tal to our nation's future growth assessment solutionsadopt a cookie the Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya reduce time for practical/experiments in sciences as agenda. cutter approach by just testing for National Mission onTeachers and more students will mean more equipment, lack of hostel basic recall, that tooat the end of the Teaching (PMMMNMTT) as a facilities etc. We expect 2019 to be an interest- term. On the other hand, formative central scheme with All- India Had the ruling class a clear vision, the autonomy of ing year for education in India – assessment solutions are designed coverage. Initiatives like these have universities would have become a norm than exception several trends of previous yearswill to analysesocial and personal spurred interest in teacher training in the country. The government is interfering in pan out strongly and hopefully competencies and test the learners' and there should be several more appointments of VCs and other key positions wherever accelerate India's march towards progress alongside curriculum offers in the coming year, both it can with mindset that it applies to its junior becoming a 'knowledge economy'. delivery, and hence are more suited public and private, to help educators bureaucrats. The quality of leadership in HEIs is Below are four key trends to watch to ensuring that learning makes an become more proficient. mediocre and that reflects in poor campus cultures be it out for in the coming year: impact.Formative assessments are governance or otherwise. The priority of making more also adaptive, giving the learner a 2019 promises to be an financial available to HEIs sector is another glaring Growth of Integrated Learning personalised feel of outcomes. interesting year for educa- deficiency on its part. solutions: While on one hand it is Learning institutions are increas- tion, where we expect the Whatever miniscule institutional capability in research fascinating to see schools, mainly in ingly adopting formative assess- above mentioned trends to and excellence the country had managed after a lot of urban centres, adopt technology ment solutions. amplify, all of which augur hard work by academics is being systematically eroded. with alacrity, a very large well for the holistic develop- Americanization is the new password. From Niti Ayog ment of education in India. to large non-profits, the diligence in research papers has been extinguished and evidence-based intervention is IIT BHU Centenary Celebration taken up by choices backed by corporations. The Prathams of the country in order to raise their own IIT BHU one of the premier engineering Institutes of the country is celebrating its centenary year in 2019. The yearlong resources and profiles are making children of the centenary celebrations will commence with a 4 day event at its sprawling campus in the holy city of Varanasi from Feb 9 country as an unhappy lot. to Feb 12 and will be flagged off by none other than the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Students, alumni, dignitaries The reservation that comes as a political exigency does from India and abroad will arrive to celebrate the occasion and give back to their alma mater. Professor RK Misra and have a place in the country. Poverty is a curse and Board member Nitin Malhotra jointly chair the Centenary Celebration committee indeed mars potential of millions of individuals, thrusts “The Institute has an exemplary rich tradition of nation building” says its Director Dr. P.K Jain “and has been identified wrong choices and pulls down the societal for making R&D contributions towards development of defence corridor by UP Government as a project of national advancement. And education indeed is the most importance.” appropriate tool to fight poverty but then this tool has to be most potent, most workable and desirable as well. Let's hope, the debate and implementation will in a way help higher education agenda in the country. 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Curriculum January 16, 2018 9 Spotlight BSDU, Jaipur presents a revolutionary & aspirational skills education model Changing narrative in favor of a skilled society Your neighborhood carpenter, plumber, car mechanic and other technicians won't look the same ordinary fellows any more in coming years. They will sound more like engineers, proficient problem solvers and businesslike educated guys. Chances are, you will confront a Ph D carpenter, who will change your worldview completely about skilled human capital. By Autar Nehru On the outskirts of Jaipur in momentous shift in India's skills he had experienced for years while time to payback time for home convinced Dr Joshi to go for the Mahindra Worldcity education. A retired brigadier working in Switzerland. He country. university even though a prototype (a commercial township from the Indian Army's mechani- wanted me to take it forward as I Being part and parcel of industry of skills university didn't exist of 4500 acres developed by cal core and a doctorate in understood what he was saying in Switzerland, the highly anywhere in the world. After this Mahindra group), world's first mechanical engineering from IIT was indeed a big thing in our accomplished couple deeply the matter was taken to the then skills university is taking a 'model' Bombay, he entered the world of context. So, I suggested him that analyzed and compared the skill Chief Minister of Rajasthan shape that will redefine skills academics in mid 2000 post skills university will be a better development system in both India Vasundhara Raje, who enthusiasti- education not only in skills retirement to pursue his love for answer than a junior level and Switzerland. The dual system cally backed the idea and set the parched India but perhaps the academics. After a few years with architecture for such a concept to of weekend learning theory in ball rolling. Leadership institute whole world. Bhartiya Skill Manipal Group first as director which he agreed,” says Brig Pabla. school and hands on training on got involved and an MoU was Development University (BSDU), then as vice-chancellor of Sikkim Dr Rajendra Kumar Joshi, an actual job, made the difference to signed with the Rajasthan govern- which started operations in 2017 Manipal University, Jaipur, he did alumnus of BITS Pilani and a popularity and effectiveness of ment for a university jointly with in a 5-acre campus in the town- a stint with JECRC University native of Jhunjhunu, after European skill development the state government. However, ship, will be moving to its lavish again in Jaipur as VC and then competing his doctorate in system. So, Dr Joshi, convinced certain legalities and formalities of 50 acre campus by the next went to serve as VC at pharmacy from University of that this dual system is needed to the government system was academic session within the Mangalaytan University, Komensky, Slovakia taught at make India a manufacturing hub, holding up the work, which in turn special economic zone, which will Federal Institute of Switzerland began to explore options. He convinced the government of herald a new chapter in India's skill Mathura. and has been since living there. discussed with various people in stopping there and facilitate development story. BSDU's Brig Pabla, who had created a Married to a Swiss national, Jaipur including the government establishment of BSDU through an inception and disruptive concept is name for himself in social circles Ursula, Dr Joshi was also and after a lot of persuasions and ordinance in December 2016. already adding to a discourse that of Jaipur as vice-chancellor of foundering partner of the highly legwork , a state of the art institute, Finally the required Act was passed future disruption is not only about two universities, was the man successful pharma company, a poly mechanical school, was in the state assembly and formally artificial intelligence or machine whom Dr Rajendra Kumar Joshi Fumapharam AG Switzerland that inaugurated in 2016 at a cost of Rs the university notification came on learning, but also about cutting pursued adamantly to make his he sold in 2006. From the 100 crore. One student, one March 30, 2017. edge skilling. dream of skilling Indian youth proceeds of the sale Dr Joshi and machine concept was brought to The same year, BSDU under the Indian industry, which has been come true. “Dr Joshi was finding his wife Ms Ursula Joshi formed India for the first time for churning aegis of Rajendra and Ursula Joshi grappling with the problem of it very hard to persuade people to Rajendera and Ursula Joshi world-class skilled professionals. Charitable Trust (RUJCT) stared its underserved skilled manpower buy his concept of dual system of Foundation in the same year and it Brig Pabla, who by now was first batch in some select courses from country's education system, education system whose success is then that Dr Joshi thought it is actively involved in the process and some of the 350 enrolled even though enthusiastically students have completed their third welcomed 'Make in India' mission semesters both in B Voc and M Voc. announced a couple of years ago A few students are even pursuing but it knew deep inside their Ph D. As per the scheme adopted conscious minds how difficult it by BSDU under the dual education would be to do a China type or concept, students study one full Germany type manufacturing here semester at the campus and go to in India in absence of nurseries of industry for the next and come back skilled human capital supply as for the third. Like this, the skilling well as wide gap in societal is a cyclic learning process aspirations for skills education. In importantly with exits at all levels. this backdrop, BSDU model, even though still at a formative stage, Contd on Pg 10 perhaps holds the key. BSDU, itself an intensive ecosystem of all serious skills development stakeholders within India, has identified potential economy sectors where require- ment of skilled people is high and likely higher. The university has worked hard to make use of all available resources and expertise to devise B Voc curriculum for most of these identified streams. Post-graduation and doctorate programs have also been initiated to offer students progression in educational aspirations and importantly make skills education at par with mainstream education besides ensuring mobility and entry into formal education system and jobs based on degrees. Brig (Dr)Surjit Singh Pabla is an interesting man to know. He is the man whom future history will judge as the architect of a

10 Curriculum January 16, 2018 Spotlight/Classroom from P9 Changing Skilling narrative: BSDU, Jaipur presents a revolutionary & aspirational skills education model A person after six months of BSDU programs are in compli- skills. ance with UGC instructions for The intake for BSDU is twice a training gets a certificate, after vocational programs, National year—July and December on Skills Qualification Framework basis of an entrance test. Students two semesters a diploma, after (NSQF), AICTE instructions for with 10+2 with certain technical vocational programs, NSQF courses needing science at that two years, advanced diploma recognition of previous learning level, Two year ITI diploma (RPL), guidelines of respective holders and Polytechnic diploma and after three years B Voc. B skill sector councils (SSC), holders for lateral entry are National Occupational Standards eligible for B Voc courses. For M Voc corresponds to level 7 of the (NOS) and Skills Qualification Voc any graduate with level 7 Packs (QPs). B Voc curriculum certificate under NSQF are NSQF. “Now a skills student has 60% skills and 40% general eligible to apply for admission. education component. BSDU has a 65 strong member can also aspire and apply for any Currently the university is advisory council and includes the offering programs through 18 whole spectrum from government job like IAS as any degree schools that include schools for representatives to industry and Automotive skills, Carpenter academics, skills education holder does. We have given that skills, Construction skills, experts, which is helping it roll Electrical skills, Renewable courses with due diligence and equality in thought for making Energy Technology skills, IT & vetting. In five years time, the economy. these universities. “We have Networking skills, Machine & AI university is looking at housing a It is not that with BSDU roll out shown a way, changed bureau- skills degree as normal and skills, Office Administrative population of 10, 000 students. that the solution has finally cratic fixations and proved skills, HVAC & R skills, However, what is more important arrived fully but a promising start unfounded perceptions wrong. A acceptable,” adds Brig Pabla. It Agriculture skills, Garment is that a prototype skills university of a change. According to Brig skills university is possible is our Making & Fabric Printing skills, is beckoning the whole country, Pabla, who is also the founding message,” he adds. has also opened much needed Logistics skills, Plumbing skills, which since 2009 is trying its best president of the Association of For a student engineer who was Entrepreneurship skills, to find an answer to the huge skills (five) skills universities in India, a challenged in his own village for opportunity for fresh engineer- Environment Health & Safety education challenge faced by it in lot of states have shown keen repairing an irrigation pump to an skills, Hospitality & Tourism view of both a youth population interest in our model and people army officer where he had to start ing graduates who can take up a skills, Healthcare & Paramedic bulge and competitive world are trying to replicate it but the himself a hospital generator for effort needed is to be a big one. his senior most officer's wife's certificate course and polish Ideally, we should have between ventilator, Brig (Dr)Surjit Singh 100-150 skills universities to Pabla has known all along how their skills to make themselves serve the society which includes important hands on skills and industry. The equipment and culture are, which as a reality are acceptable to the industry. inventories in addition to missing generally in our case. infrastructure cost is very huge for Changing narrative in favor of a Conversely, the industry people setting up of a skills university skilled society starts from here and it is only the governments, and all kudos to his vision. can get their people trained here which can boost that number of and cope with employee stress and productivity. “Labor disgruntlement is there because of advancement handicaps due to lack of advanced skills. By adding to qualifications, we can address their aspirations and turn the situation into a win win one for both management as well as the employee,” he adds. HR Trends 2019 : Achal Khanna A New Year approaches and we present once again what we feel are world, attracting and retaining talent will become crucial. Indian CEO, SHRM India HR practices that will be trending in 2019. Some of the projections companies recognize that and are putting more and more emphasis on for 2018 such as personalized employee engagement, more intense upskilling and developing their employees. They are using unique use of AI, etc., will continue to gain momentum next year, but some approaches to arrive at this goal – providing portals that enable self- new trends are likely to take centerstage because of defining events learning and development, including development in their performance that took place in the past year. management systems, partnering with well-known academic institutions to build skills and develop leaders, etc. Recognize and reduce Unconscious Bias Homegrown HR Solutions Providers As the call for equal opportunity and equal pay for equal work done gains steam, Indian companies and MNCs alike are trying to put in There's been a spike in companies that provide locally developed HR place policies that are more inclusive. Diversity and inclusion is no solutions specific for the Indian economy. So while SAP and Oracle have a longer a catchphrase but very much an important agenda for the significant presence, smaller vendors with indigenously developed Indian corporate world. This includes using technology for blind software are finding their place in the burgeoning HR technology market. hiring, sensitizing all employees, more inclusive onboarding And if the data protection legislation comes into force in India, it will only processes, etc. Much more effort will be directed towards improving fuel this growth further. diversity in the workplace, maybe even setting diversity goals as part The field of HR Management is experiencing a wave of innovations which of their Talent Acquisition process. will transform the way we practice it in the coming year. Employee Wellness made more comprehensive Indian job seekers prefer Canada & UK: study Corporates have begun to realize how much employee wellness According to a recent report from job site, Indeed, Canada and UK have contributes towards the bottom line. When employees are stress free gained in popularity amongst international job seekers, including Indians. and happy they are much more productive. Companies will need to While there has been a substantial fall in the share of searches for jobs in the put in place creative strategies to ensure that the wellbeing of their United States, presumably owing to its immigration policies, a major workforce is holistic. The definition of wellness needs to expand to portion of international job seeker interest has been picked up by Canada include not just physical well-being, but also mental, financial and and the UK. The searches are primarily for high paying roles in technology, spiritual wellness. Tracking wellness on phones, wearable devices, research and finance. Between the periods of August 2016 – July 2018, the customizing wellness experiences, introducing stress regulation US share of job searches from India fell from 60% to 50%, while there was a training, mindfulness and meditation, offering programs that help rise in searches for Canada from 6% to 13%. employees with investments to reduce debt or maintain a certain While looking for employment abroad, there is greater demand for jobs in lifestyle post retirement will become some of the focus areas of the STEM sector, especially for niche roles. Given the rate at which Canada employee wellness. is booming in terms of technology, the number of foreign applications the country is receiving has been massive, not just due to the immigration A relook at implementing PoSH in the workplace policy, but also the growth potential offered by the technology industry. The most ranked jobs to Canada were Business Analyst, Mechanical Engineer, In the light of the #Metoo movement companies will want to Software Developer, Project Manager, Web Developer, Data Scientist, Java sensitize and train employees to be fully compliant with the Developer, Civil Engineer, Software Engineer, DataAnalyst. requirements of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act of 2013. When it comes to the UK, data indicates that jobs which involve technology, Organizations will want to have their PoSH policy in place – from finance and language skills are popular with foreign job seekers. Popular creating awareness about the meaning of sexual harassment, to searches were for Research fellow, SAP Consultant, iOS Developer, forming the internal complaints committee, and promoting a safe Android Developer, Investment Banking Analyst, Research Associate, Java working environment. Developer, Physician,Architect. Greater emphasis on Employee Development As India continues to be among the fastest growing economies in the

Curriculum January 16, 2018 11 Careerwsie Career in Cosmetology Job opportunities in millions Arpita Das cian, masseur, aesthetician and associated with beauty or any upgrading their knowledge to stay This career is one of the lucrative career Founder, \"Beauness\" various other beauty therapies other skin/ hair related queries. in line with the latest trends. options, where the income is directly for face, hair and body. Some of them need to be highly It is very important to acquire proportionate to the experience and Therefore, a cosmetologist is an trained to administer therapeutic practical skills while understand- reputation in the industry. The demand expert in makeup, skin care and medication for chronic condi- ing the human structure and for aesthetic care is estimated to beauty therapies. tions. learning the important tools of increase exponentially in the near cosmetology. In addition, one future. A well trained cosmetologist, In today's time, Array of Job Profile Qualifications Required must possess soft skills like can easily find a well-paid job in high- everyone's primary speaking and listening skills, end salons or in five stars hotels and focus is to look good The cosmetology sector Those who are interested to creativity, excellent customer resorts. A good make-up professional and attractive. The prior- comprises of various occupa- pursue a career in cosmetology service and better time manage- can make its way to television industry, ity of personal grooming tions like hairstylist, beautician, need to have certain educational ment skills. And to top all these, a film industry as well as in the fashion and beauty consciousness skin care specialist, aesthetician, and licensing requirements. polite and a friendly personality industry. Being an image consultant is is becoming a trend. In our nail technician, to name a few. Interested students can research goes without saying. also an option to look for. country, cosmetology is on Their job duties vary from hair and find that there are various In India, a fresher can start at work with the verge of becoming a styling, colouring, pedicure, diplomas and brief courses with Scope & Opportunities a decent income per annum, ranging multi-billion industry with manicure, facial treatment to the option of further specializa- between 1.5 to 2 lakhs. With a profes- a lot of scope for thousands other spa treatments. Apart from tion in diverse field that may help The scope for the career in the sional degree in hand, they can expect of employment opportuni- these, there are many other skin in getting an associate degree. cosmetology industry is endless. an income of 6 lakh per annum. But the ties. and hair treatments which are There are many polytechnics and This beauty industry offers a wide package majorly depends on the done through equipment and vocational institutes that offer range of career options for the specific segment chosen by the Cosmetology is the study of tools like a vacuum, galvanic recognized courses in beauty care professionals to excel and grow. professional. beauty treatment, a science of machine etc. to enhance the or cosmetology. By obtaining the making people look good. It appearance. right education, training and consists of various segments like The Cosmetologists help their license, one can work in several skin care, hair care, nail techni clients to identify their skin/hair segments of Cosmetology type and accordingly give them industry and may also be self- tips to care for them. They act as employed. Those who are already a guide to resolve any issues in this field are constantly Calum Macpherson, Vice Provost for International Program Development, St. George's University St. George's University seeks intelligent, dedicated, passionate students from India St. George's University based in Grenada Island (Caribbean) and set up in 1976 is a big name in medical education in the United States—as well as Grenada, Botswana, Trinidad and Tobago, and other countries around the world. As a reputed medical school, the international students on the campus have been increasing for several years now. Calum Macpherson, PhD, Vice Provost for International Program Development, St. George's University and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, Director of Research, was in New Delhi in connection with promoting SGU in India, Curriculum Magazine interacted with him, some excerpts Please tell us, which SGU schedule of classes, and all small to gain a breadth of knowledge intelligent, dedicated, passionate a center for global education but also programs are popular among group work will be centered with different patient populations students who will succeed in their where students from all corners of international students? And around the Colleges in a variety of environments and professional objectives and the world, from all walks of life, why? With an emphasis in clinical gain valuable international become successful practitioners come together for a common cause – SGU offers medical and instruction and case-based experience. A student who makes who add value to their communi- to make an impact on the commu- veterinary medical degrees in the teaching, SGU's DVM degree full use of all of the clinical ties and to global health as a nity. The University offers an array Schools of Medicine and program combines three years of opportunities at SGU will whole. To that end, the scholar- of enriching extracurricular Veterinary Medicine, and lecture and hands-on laboratory graduate having experienced ship program at SGU is robust, activities that strengthen the bond independent and dual graduate sessions in Grenada with one medicine as it is practiced and offering partial scholarships to between students, by which life degrees in the sciences, public year of clinical training at one of taught in Grenada, the United students in need and to those who changing experiences occur. health, and business. The four our 29 affiliated universities and States, and the United Kingdom. have demonstrated academic Tracing back the history of SGU, it is year MD program is divided into clinics in the US, UK, Canada, Most of the SGU Graduates excellence. really overwhelming to see students nine Colleges – and has added Ireland,Australia, and Grenada. obtain US Post Graduate You can also let us know about from more than 140 countries, more than 16,000 physicians to Residency Positions with the student assistance services creating a campus that provides an the global workforce. How many Indian students are programs across the US. and your admission process? international education even outside The MD program is divided into currently studying at SGU? St. George's University has Adjusting to life as a medical the classroom. Their cultural nine Colleges – and has added 2-3% of the student population at trained more than 15,000 doctors student is difficult, but a support- immersion begins during more than 16,000 physicians to St. George's University are from who have practiced in over 50 ive learning environment will go a Orientation Week with the popular the global workforce. India. countries and in all 50 US states. long way toward keeping the Bazaar, which allows students to Admitted students are assigned to Your comment on advantage Since 1999, we have trained students healthy, happy, and on sample food available at local an individual college. Each that SGU has mobility and nearly 1,000 veterinarians in our track. We at St. George's restaurants, and to watch Grenadian college has its own director and recognition for professional now AVMA-accredited Doctor of University (SGU) provide top- cultural performances, helping them associate director, as well as practice or jobs Veterinary Medicine program notch support services that do just find their own comfort zone. dedicated personnel for student St. George's University School who have practiced in 29 that. In addition, the students can find out support, including academic of Medicine isn't just a top countries. about and meet representatives of advisors, faculty, learning Caribbean medical university: Coming to your India plans, can Give us a feel of the environ- SGU in more than 50 student strategists, advisors, and other we have developed long- you tell us if you have such a ment at your university in terms organizations, which capture all support staff. standing relationships with plan and what kind of incen- of diversity, internationalism, aspects of student life: cultural, The colleges are a learning many hospitals and clinical tives in terms of scholarships opportunities and living/job religious, social, academic, community, with each College center partners in the US, UK, etc available? environment? professional, and community having a dedicated master and Canada. These trusted St. George's University seeks St. George's University is not only service. connections allow our students

12 Curriculum January 16, 2018 Campus News Research and Innovation conference ICAI reforms focus on emerging areas hosted by CEGR Today, the world is focusing on specialization. The new age successful Centre for Education Growth country. AAFT and Marwah Studio, Dr. professionals are the ones who are delivering qualitative services in one area and Research (CEGR) Prof. Rajive Kumar, Advisor Davish Jain, Chairman, PIMR rather than knowing little in every area. To this effect, Electives in the organized Research and (Planning and Academic), Indore, Prof. Prabhat Ranjan, Vice emerging areas of Risk Management, International Taxation, Financial and Innovation Summit on 21st AICTE, Prof. Hari Haran, Chancellor, D. Y. Patil International Capital Markets, Global Financial Reporting Standards, have been intro- December, 2018 in New Delhi Advisor, AICTE, Lt. Col. Kailash University, Prof. (Dr.) N. K. Sinha, duced in New CA course which will prepare the coming generation of CAs as in which a number Bansal, Director (Skill President, CEGR and Vice experts, specializing in their chosen respective areas. academicians from all over the Development), AICTE, Dr. Chancellor, Himalayan Garhwal Accordingly Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has recently country presented their views Ramesh Unnikrishnan, Director, University and Sanjiv Goswami, initiated several reforms to reflect this transformation. A pilot project of Live on the topic. Among those who AICTE, Mohit Soni, COO, Managing Director, Springer Virtual Classes (LVC) for May and November, 2019 examinations was addressed the summit included MESC and National Skill Nature and Senior Vice President, initiated in August, 2018 for Intermediate and Final levels courses with the Ravindra Kumar Ray and Development Corporation, CEGR were among who took part participation of 500 students across the country. Through this initiative, Ravindra Kushwaha, members Kunwar Shekhar Vijendra, in deliberations. students do not have to travel long distances within the city or to other city for of Parliament besides Shazia Chancellor, Shobhit University, coaching needs. Considering the encouraging response from student's, it has Ilmi, Vice President, BJP Delhi Dr. Ashwani Lochan, Chairman, been decided to organize the classes at mass level and also to reduce the fee state. Arunachal University of Studies, by 50%. Prof. A.P. Mittal, President, Sandeep Marwah, Chairman , Also, too strengthen conceptual clarity and sharpen the analytical skills of CEGR and Member Secretary students and in line with the best International practices. ICAI has introduced AICTE talked about various Qualified Learning Facilitator (QLF) tag objective assessment for selected papers at the Intermediate and final levels, initiatives by CEGR and wherein 30% of the questions will be MCQs based carrying 1 or 2 marks from AICTE on Research and The entire faculty at Indian School of Hospitality (ISH) in Gurgaon, May, 2019 Examination. The Board of Studies has already started uploading Innovation. He also quoted including founder & CEO Dilip Puri, recently successfully completed the MCQs based questions for these subjects for students to practice. “CEGR is only Education think the Qualified Learning Facilitator training programme delivered at On the technology front, “Virtual ICAI” is being created for benefit of the tank in India which is credited their academic certification institute, École hôtelière de Lausanne students in the form of Students' Life Cycle Portal. Using the portal, students with four Innovation in India” (EHL), Switzerland. would be able to fill all the forms digitally for all purposes and check the Dr. Pankaj Mittal, Additional This certification will enable the ISH faculty to better impart an status online. The portal has been developed and will be launched shortly. Secretary, UGC, presented andragogical model of education to students and enhance their learning This platform can also be used to make changes in email, phone number, various initiatives by UGC for experience holistically. The unique curriculum of this course provides address etc. of the students. Once the platform is fully operational, there will universities and academic knowledge on principles, advantages and critical issues in adult be no need for students to visit any DCO, Branch or Regional Office for any institutions. Dr. Biswajit Saha, learning, instructional design and strategies, as well as assessment of queries. Director, CBSE, threw light on adult education along with traditional teaching methods. Faculty CA. Naveen N. D. Gupta, President, ICAI said, “Reforms are a continuous various initiatives for schools members are equipped with various techniques to understand the need process and ICAI is in seize of problems and is continuously working and spoke on “ Atal Tinkering of young adults and to motivate them to share their professional towards resolving issues of the students. The students & CA fraternity is Lab” in detail. experiences. This further reinforces the institute's approach to working together for a common objective i.e. to enhance the glory and During Inaugural Session education and aim to create an effective learning environment for dignity of the Institute and CAprofession. “ Ravindra Kumar Ray today's students and introduce them to a learning environment that appreciated the efforts of CEGR treats them as adult students and young professionals. For attention of institutions in the field of Research and Innovation. He also emphasised Notices Beyond 200 words will be considered that government has created classified advertisements and therefore published positive Research and only against payments. innovation environment in the A dismounted rate of Rs 20 per centimetre column will apply. Kashiyatra is the annual social-cultural festival of IIT (BHU) Varanasi. The three- day fiesta will commence its 17th January with the opening ceremony followed by intense competition between nore than 3000 participants from 600 different colleges of India in the disciplines of music, dance, literature, quiz and arts over the next three days. While the events promise to leave an everlasting impression on the viewers, the 4 nights making up the fest are sure to make the experience stupendous. With the opening night on 17th witnessing poets of international fame like Rahat Indore, Gauri Mishra and Roopesh Saxena ravishing their mastery, the following night will be electrified by divine and award winning rapper and hip hop artist from Mumbai. The last night on 20th will also mark an end to the fest, will witness an enormous crowd tapping and shaking head and feet to the melodious voice of KK, one of the best composers in the music industry. Informal games, food stalls and fillers by internationally famed artists will only add up to the calibre of the fest. For any additional information regarding the fest, feel free to contact us through Rishab Agarwal 89799 71447

Curriculum January 16, 2018 13 Campus Buzz Study by NHRD and IFIM reveals the gaps donors. Ivory Education to bring Cdr. Mohan Kumar and Sqn. Ldr. Sumedha Chopra, students in AFP and Philippines programs to between industry and academia members of the organizing team expressed their sincere gratitude to the India entire IIM Ahmedabad community for making this event a huge A report titled “Curricula 4.0 - Creating Future Managers” by IFIM success.Commenting on the event, they said “We were really charged up Wesleyan University, one of the top- Business School, Bangalore and National HRD Network, says that to take on this event and make it a grand success. But it wouldn't have ranked universities in the Philippines, management graduates, today, face a gap between what the been possible without the immense support from the whole IIM is slated to set its footprint in India academia trains them for and how the industry expects them to Community. Many first time donors were extremely excited to come through Wyith Institute in Hong Kong perform. The conclusion is based on the findings of their six-month forward and contribute. We thank the whole IIM Community and the programs. long AACSB-supported study for developing a graduate manage- Indian Red Cross society for having given us this opportunity and With Wesleyan University programs, ment curriculum for the Industry 4.0. making this event a grand success. ” Indian students will be able to do The study was conducted, involving about around 300 senior doctorate programs with minimal managers across 13 industries such as IT, Consulting, Education and IMB hosts public lecture by Varun Gandhi on travel and time commitment. This Manufacturing, who shared their opinions on what according to would be more appropriate for working them should be the right skill set for future leaders. This was 'Role of Youth in Nation Building' professionals to enhance their followed by a series of roundtable discussions, across the country, m a n a g e m e n t s k i l l s . Ve r y f e w comprising heterogeneity of CXOs and the academia to further The Centre for Public Policy (CPP) at IIMB and the student-driven universities have doctorates in understand the unmet needs - present and future. The findings will Public Policy Club and Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cell of the education and Wesleyan is one of them. be implemented into a 'next-gen' MBAcurriculum. country's premier B-school hosted a public lecture on 'The Role of Youth Programs offered by Wesleyan The survey focused on identifying the relevance of the required in Nation Building' by Varun Gandhi, Member of Parliament, on University are MBA (Masters of skills mentioned in World Economic Forum's “Future of Jobs December 19. Business Administration), PhD in Report 2018”. The survey also compared the gaps in the Indian Addressing the audience, comprising students of IIMB and a host of Business Administration and EdD in industry the unmet needs as identified in the Harvard Business colleges from Bangalore as it was a public lecture, Varun Gandhi, quoted Educational Management will be School's Prof Srikant Datar's book 'Rethinking the MBA: Business liberally from his book, 'A Rural Manifesto' to highlight challenges faced administered by India by Delhi-based Education at a Crossroads by farmers, labourers, students and teachers in villages across the Ivory Education which announced a Sharing his views on the survey, Dr. Atish Chattopadhyay, Director, country. partnership to bring Wesleyan IFIM Business School said, “This is the first time that a Business “Rising farmer suicides in India has become a matter of deep concern. programs in to India. Kapil Rampal, School, in India, has taken the initiative to reach out to industry Another concern is unemployment which should be worked upon, not Managing Director, Ivory Education executives to find out the skills required for industry 4.0 and bridge only through skill-based education but also across different variants and Private Limited, says “We have worked the gap between industry and academia. It is encouraging that the models. Reaching out to a maximum number of people in India can only with Wesleyan to develop the program. senior level industry practitioners involved themselves deeply in be done by changing policies,” he said. The participants can get the knowledge sharing their perspectives to enrich the B School Curriculum. The Sharing statistics on all the issues he touched upon – be it the reach of and expertise to enhance their ten needs identified for industry 4.0 along with the insights, will go a schemes such as MNREGA or the number of schools across the country, management skills.” long way in aligning the future of business education with the future he lamented: “We have data on billionaires, but there is no data on the of work. We thank NHRDN for being our partners and Dr. Tom poorest of poor. These last men, be they the marginal farmers in SRM Sonepat, Chitkara Robinson, President & CEO of AACSB for his support and Vidarbha, or the daily-wage labourers in Marathwada, are who my book encouragement.” is all about and who we must focus on.” universities Affiliate to Dhananjay Singh, Director General, NHRD, commented on the Dwelling on the travails of marginal farmers, he stressed upon the need to survey, “India is in dire need of an upgrade in its management come up with innovative solutions and policies that could make the rural the IET curricula to keep up with the rapid transformations across industries economy robust and self-reliant. globally. The country's youth are considered one of the most Using anecdotes to make his point, he said: “A teacher who sent a cheque SRM University, Sonepat and Chitkara talented resources across the world. The survey will b e a platform to the PMO, requesting that the poorest person in the country get the University, Chandigarh are among the for corporates in the country to share their views on the skills money, was shocked when his cheque was returned as no data exists on first universities in the North of India to required for the future workforce. It will guide management the poorest person in this country”. join the Institution of Engineering and institutions to adopt these practices in today's curriculum to create To his young audience, he asked: “Are we in a state where privilege Technology's (IET) list of Academic job-ready and continuously employable professionals. This will perpetuates privilege?” and urged them to live a life of purpose. “Such a Affiliates. The affiliation provides the keep India 's academia and industry aligned, which has seen a phase life is beyond being rich and famous; it's about earning the blessings and colleges with a rich portfolio of of disconnect in the past.” goodwill of people.” offerings from the IET, where the universities gain opportunities and QED Group, Hansraj College collabora- Conference on Machine Learning and avenues to network and collaborate with the IET's international partners tion Data Science MEC from both the academia and the industry. The affiliation is part of the QED Group, LLC (QED) announced on Jan 3 it will be working The 2nd International Conference on Machine Learning and Data IET's remit to help Indian universities with Hansraj College, University of Delhi under the umbrella of the Science (ICMLDS 2018) technically co-sponsored by IEEE was attain international benchmarks of Center for Global Data Visualization (CGDV), an initiative led by organized by Mahindra Ecole Centrale (MEC), Hyderabad, on the 21st quality in engineering education. The QED Group, LLC designed to build data visualization capacity and 22nd December to bring together researchers working in the fields of Dr Madhu Chitkara - Vice Chancellor, and strengthen a culture of data use in international development. Machine Learning and Big Data under one roof to discuss about the Chitkara University said “In a short “Data visualization software technologies such as Tableau have current trends and future scope of data sciences. span of a decade, Chitkara has gained been transformative, revealing insights we never could have The conference was inaugurated by Dr. Anil Sahasrabuddhe, Chairman, recognition in the region as a quality otherwise understood or appreciated in the data,” said Neelima AICTE in presence of the Director of MEC, Prof. Yajula Medury, and the focused institution. Our team of Grover, President and CEO, who founded QED 20 years ago with General Co-chairs of the conference, Prof SartajSahni, Distinguished passionate academicians work with a the vision to transform lives through knowledge-based solutions. Professor of Computer Science, University of Florida, and Prof. Prafulla sharp focus of making every graduate Kalapatapu from the Computer Science department at MEC. 'industry ready'. The IET Academic “This initiative represents a tremendous opportunity for our Dr. Sahasrabudhe emphasized the need for interdisciplinary education, Affiliate programme is a critical step students to develop their skills in data visualization and establish a and to continually evolve the AICTE to help students of all parts of the for Chitkara University towards this professional network in the critically important and exciting areas of country and different strata of society get the best education that the goal.” international development viz. health, education, economic country can offer. He also stressed on the use of machine learning to development, agriculture, environment etc. The acquired skills and address the problems plaguing our country today and encouraged GMAC expansion network, both, will make our students more marketable and help students to participate in the Smart India Hackathon. them bridge the gap between getting a degree and employability The highlight of the conference were the 9 keynote and plenary speakers The Graduate Management Admission when they graduate” Said,Alka Kacker, associate professor, of international repute, who enthralled the participants with the work Council (GMAC), a global association Department of Economics, Hansraj College, University of Delhi. done in their research labs. The keynote speakers were Dr. Sanguthevar of graduate business schools, with Rajasekaran, Director of Booth Engineering Center for Advanced addition of Xavier University AFP students at IIM-A donate blood for Technologies (BECAT), University of Connecticut, and Dr. Chandrajit Bhubaneswar, ESCP Europe and WHU Bajaj, from the Center for Computational Visualization at University of – Otto Beisheim School of Thalassemia affected children Texas -Austin. Management have taken GMAC's total Out of 69 research papers submitted to the conference, 31 papers were membership to 225. Student officers of the Armed Forces Programme (AFP), at Indian chosen to be presented at the conference after a stringent technical review Sangeet Chowfla, president and CEO Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), organized a process. The best paper of the conference was awarded to “Pradeep of GMAC says, “Each of these three Voluntary Blood Donation Camp in the heritagecampus on January Chowriappa & Girish Rentala” for his work on “A Semi-supervised schools brings a unique approach from 6, 2019. The camp was conducted in association with the Feature Engineering Approach for Mixed Data Outlier Detection”. The its area of the world. The perspectives Ahmedabad chapter of Indian Red Cross Society and the donated next edition of the conference will be held on 16th and 17th of December they collectively bring to the Council blood will be utilised for the treatment of more than 800 children of 2019. will help further our mission and work Ahmedabad suffering from Thalassemia. to identify the opportunities and The theme of the drive was “Donate Blood & Find the Hero in You”. JDIFT announces theme for 'The Fashion challenges faced by our industry. 252 people from the IIMA community including faculty, students, staff and their families came forward to donate blood. Out of these, Awards 2019' 205people successfullydonated inaneight-hour long session, some even marking their birthdays by the noble deed. Mr. Kalpesh JD Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi has decided to have Makwana, one of the security guards on the campus, who celebrated his 44th birthday today, said, 'I have been donating blood on every 'SWITCH' as the theme for their Annual Fashion Awards 2019. birthday for the last six years. I am extremely happy to do it today in the institution where I am employed'. 'SWITCH' signifies a shift from the existing perceptions and moving The numbers set a new record among blood donation camps held on the campus. The initiative was generously supported by grocery e- beyond what is visible, traditional, usual or a set norm and exploring the retailer, Big Basket, which provided sumptuous nourishments to all world of unknown and unexplored. It is to evoke a sense of freshness among the designers pushing them to create something extraordinary. The theme is a result of rigorous research and brainstorming sessions

14 Curriculum January 16, 2018 Campus Buzz GIIS Noida celebrates Christmas with a North India Regional Finals-1 of 'F1 in Schools' held at Suncity School Homework refuses to go recently. The winning team has qualified for the National finals of the Carnival competition, scheduled to be held inApril 2019. away The students developed a 3D model replica of an actual F1 race. The Global Indian International School (GIIS), Noida celebrated the spirit model was created using CAD/CAM software. These miniature cars are Despite several efforts by the govern- of Christmas with fun, food, and games galore in the campus on Dec propelled by compressed Co2 along the 24 metre long race track. The ment and schools to lessen the burden 26. It was a grand event that witnessed around 700 parents and children winning team's car finished the round in 1.217 seconds at a maximum of homework, over 74.3% of Indian coming in for the celebrations and contributing towards “Goonj” speed of 70.99 kmph. The current world record stands at 0.916 seconds, teachers still use “home assignments” which works to enhance the dignity of the underprivileged in the with a speed of 78.6 kmph (48.8mph), set by an Australian team at the as a top tool to assess students in every world. The carnival was a perfect amalgamation of fun, entertainment 2016 World Finals. lesson, says the latest National and education. “This whole journey started two months ago when we heard of the Achievement Survey report for Classes Rajiv Bansal, Director Operations, GIIS India said,“The occasion of opportunity to participate in one of the greatest STEM challenges in the 3, 5, and 8. festivities gives us an opportunity to get all the parents and students world. The four of us have always been passionate about cars and it was Only 24.3% of teachers depend on under one roof and bond over food, games and other recreational this passion that drove our desire to win. It boosted our morale and project-based or experiential learning activities. We believe in holistic development of our students and helped us keep our heads high in spite of all the obstacles in our way. to assess students, the survey, which hence it is extremely important for us to teach the students the right Fast forward till now, we are extremely ecstatic to see all our hard work covered government and private balance between studying and having a fun time. These activities also and effort pay off. We aim to bring the same amount of dedication to the schools across the country, found.. help the parents to understand their children better and as partners, we nationals and steam our way through it.”, said Aryan Sholapure, Rajasthan (93%), Himachal Pradesh aim to make them the leaders of tomorrow.” Manager- Orion Racing, Scottish High International School. (92%), Haryana (92%) and GIIS also used this opportunity to highlight the concept of STEM The two-day event culminated successfully with the participation of Uttarakhand (91%) led the list of states activities like the Rocket launching by 'Juana Technologies' and Robot over 250 students from 13 prestigious schools across North India where teachers almost entirely assess making by 'Makebot'. Activities under this segment showcased how to Region such as Last year's National Champion Genesis Global School, students on the basis of homework. build a robot for Children, Rocket Car Race that demonstrated how to Jodhamal Public School- Jammu, Heritage Xperiential Learning In Karnataka, 83% of teachers used build a car that can speed up like a real car using a Rocket and also School, Suncity School, Scottish High International School, and Delhi home assignment as a tool to assess showcased car racing by putting tracks and Lego Robots (these are Public School- Ghaziabad. students' abilities while 39% gave Lego building blocks robots for education purposes). The idea behind Each team brought along a pit display, their cars and two written importance to project work. States like this was to show parents how technology can be introduced in students portfolios- enterprise and engineering documenting the business Tamil Nadu (67%), Puducherry (53), life at an early age, and how this can enable students to foster creativity strategy and construction of car. They also prepared a verbal presenta- Andhra Pradesh (45), Odisha (40) and and innovation and also improve their analytical, critical and logical tion for the judges. The final scores were compiled after the evaluation Tripura (42) attached more importance thinking. of the models built as per detailed rules and regulations. to project work, says the survey. Overall, the Christmas Carnival was a mega event where the students “F1 is the most multi dimensional learning platform provided thus far to The survey findings are worrying, said had a gala time as they played games like ring the reindeer, lucky a student. It is a learning process which raises awareness about STEM Nirajan Aaradhya VP, fellow at Centre frosty, lucky seven, Ho Ho Santa, treasure hunt, throw ball on target through which the students are exposed to science, maths, technology for Child and Law at the National Law and match the colour. and designing with the help of CAD-CAM in a fun and exciting way in School of India University (NLSIU). a fruitful learning environment. They hone their skills in marketing, “This is because there is no proper plan Skill-O-Fest for Children at KIIT World fund raising, and other entrepreneurial skills to emerge with experiences to implement the National Curriculum which many adults lack. The mantra is to 'catch em young'. We are Framework which talks about the School Gurgaon immensely grateful to F1 for this exposure to our students.” said Rupa conception of knowledge in different Chakravarty, Principal, Suncity School. ways. We need more experiential KIIT World School Junior recently organized a Skill-O-Fest for the Total 9 teams out of 53 participating teams have qualified for National learning, with the already available children of age from 2 to 10 years. The fest was organized to showcase Finals of 'F1 in Schools'. Later, qualifying teams from Nationals will knowledge with children and method- a variety of skills like dance, theatre, art, culinary, gardening, scientific compete for the spot at Global Finals. ology of teaching.” language, and mathematical activity. Students mesmerized the audience with a great cultural how with their Vidyamandir Classes organizes a seminar at 'Laugh 'n' Learn' comic beautiful performances. Science- Magica brought them a unique science show and kids marveled at amazing Dry- ice and Big- Bubble Indus Valley School, Noida strip series from FSMHP Show. They made glow jars, wishing bottles, fancy soaps and slime play. Pottery and gardening were a big attraction and they had fun Vidyamandir Classes, IITJEE and medical test prep network, organized The Fortis School Mental Health making pots and planting saplings. They learned blow painting, a seminar titled 'Move Beyond' for the young aspirants seeking to Program headed by Dr. Samir Parikh, mandala art, origami, puppet making, mask making etc. Imagica establish themselves in the aforementioned fields at Indus Valley has initiated a series of comic strips brought alive the dories through a puppet show and story narration School, Noida On Dec 26, 18. Saurabh Kumar, Director- Academic of “Laugh 'n' Learn” to help the students through acts, videos, and story-telling. Vidyamandir Classes addressed a gathering of approximately 500 as well as parents learn the techniques Principal, Rashmi Srivastava made special efforts to include the students, along with their parents. of effective studying and busting underprivileged girls of Kasturba India Vision School and gave them During the interactive seminar, Kumar shared useful insights on holistic exam related stress, as an endeavor to the stage to perform a beautiful presentation for Beti Padhao, Beti approach towards higher education. He also shared key tips and gave make study and exam skills a fun- Bachao, which brought tears to every person sitting in the audience. guidance on IIT JEE preparation and how Vidyamandir Classes help the based learning experience. This students to achieve their dream of getting into the best engineering and comic strip incorporates elements of BBPS cricket team levels series with “Sri medical colleges across the country. effective study skills in a fun and enjoyable format to help students Lanka'! EuroKids' new curriculum for pre- connect with them, as well as the context of parental role to help both The two-match international friendly cricket series between Blue Bell schoolers the students as well as parents to be Public School in Sector 10, Gurugram and Sri Lanka Junior Cricket able to implement these tips effec- Academy ended at BBPS ended with both teams winning a match EuroKids International, the preschool chain in India has tively. This series is conceptualized each. In the second under-16 players match between Blue Bells and launched its new curriculum 'EUNOIA', which is by Dr. Samir Parikh, Director, Fortis SLJCA opting to bat first after winning the toss in the 25-over match, designed to help children exercise mindful practices. National Mental Health Program. Blue Bells scored a competitive 183 runs in their allotted 25 overs. Sri Adapting to these Mindful practices – like Attention, The 'Laugh n'' Learn' comic strip is Lankan batsmen could not stand against the bowlers of Blue Bell and Resilience, and Kindness will form the basis of learning interactive in nature. It is designed to the entire team was out on 109 in 21 overs. in the early years helping build a strong foundation to address the concerns of the child in an This was the second year of Sri Lankan players at Blue Bells School. imbibe 21st-century skills. animated form, making it engaging Karan Bhambo, Captain of Blue Bells Public School who scored the Prajodh Rajan, Co-founder and Group CEO, EuroKids for all the stakeholders involved – the maximum runs score in the series, was given the Man of the Series International said, “ EuroKids new curriculum 'Eunoia' students, teachers and the parents. award while the highest wicket taker Achin, Captain of Junior Cricket is a structured program where children learn through The dialogue in the comic strip Academy, Sri Lanka was chosen as the best bowler. Karan Yadav, for experiencing, embodying and embedding principals of consists of enabling and positive his all round performance was chosen man of the match. Mindfulness into their everyday learning environment.” messages, allowing for effective Dr. Saroj Suman Gulati, Director of Blue Bells Group of Schools, communication and the inculcation distributed the prizes to the all the players. MLSL organises Principals' Symposiums of resilience and coping mechanisms in children to help them deal with Scottish High International School qualifies MindChampion Learning Systems Limited (MLSL), study and exam stress. The topics that NIIT's wholly owned subsidiary for its K-12 school are touched upon include effective for F1 in Schools National Finals learning initiative, organised Principals' Symposiums in classroom management, life - skill Hisar, Jodhpur, Tirunelveli & Nagpur to highlight the training, understanding and handling 'Orion Racing' team from Scottish High International School won the importance of 21st century learning skills in school examination stress. curriculum. Fortis has also been running the Renowned educationists Archana Thakar, Jyoti Kathju Fortis Exam Stress Helpline & Sita Umamaheswaran conducted interactive talk number 8376804102, a 24X7 sessions and some hands-on exercises with principals to helpline for students as well as their highlight the importance of modern techniques in education. parents.

Curriculum January 16, 2018 15 News Extra DAV United Festival: Arya Vidya Mandir Society, Mumbai Turns 50, Confluence of DAV alumni evokes sweet Commorates Milestone With Postal Stamp campus memories, renews bonding and To commemorate 50 years of excellence in education since its inception in 1967, Arya Vidya Mandir, one of the most eminent and ICSE affiliated brings generations together school based in Mumbai, is collaborating with the Indian postal department to design their very own stamp. The stamp cover will be a memento of half a The first ever DAV alumni meet and a Padam Shri awardee, while fun as the loving audience burst century of quality education and holistic learning. by way of a three-day national inaugurating the DAV United into peals of laughter. festival of country's oldest and Festival underlined the strength of The AVM society has made a noteworthy contribution in enhancing and biggest chain of educational DAV family, its contribution in Himani Kapoor Singer and a elevating the level of education of students in Mumbai in the past 50 years. institutions in New Delhi national building and excellence finalist in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, who Honorary Secretary General A I Malhotra says, “It is a matter of immense between December 21 and in various fields of knowledge, also performed said that DAV has pride for all of us at the AVM Society to witness this monumental milestone December 23, 2018, evoked an arts, sports and industry. “This taught her values which are of completing 50 years in education. This is a celebration of half a decade of enthusiastic response with a family get together was due for a helping her progress in life well. unparalleled service and achievements in the field of school education. All footfall of over 30,000 alumni, long time, but I am happy, it has “I am very happy to be part of this of our 4300 existing students receive modern education steeped in values students, teachers and other finally taken off and I must Maha Kumbh. A proud DAVian!,” and principles with an aim to shape them into well-rounded individuals. A guests. Very aptly titled as the congregate each and every one of she added. The way DAV system fine example of the same is our alumni (which includes including DAV United Festival, the mega our lakhs of students who have provides an amalgamation of Aishwarya Rai, Sonam Kapoor, and Arjun Kapoor), who are living in event was a package and blend passed out from annals of our Indian cultural ethos and modern different parts of the globe today holding eminent and responsible positions of some of the finest institutions,” he said. education came for special across many vocations.” The revealing of this stamp cover will be a major performances, cultural events, mention and praise from its landmark for the school and the education industry as a whole. discussions and importantly Among those who showed up at former students. According to home coming of proud the festival were union ministers Industrialist and MP Naveen Workshop on 'Design Interventions in achievers in various walks of Dharmender Pradhan, Dr Mahesh Jindal who studied in Delhi life. Sharma and Hardeep Puri, University's Hans Raj College Public Policy' held parliamentarians and politicians 1987 batch managed by DAV, said The Dayanand Anglo-Vedic such as Ajay Maken, Naveen that he always cherishes the The Indian School of Public Policy (ISPP), an upcoming school to prepare (DAV) education system Jindal, Anurag Thakur, cine learning and support he got from policy professionals of the future, on Dec 21 hosted its first workshop on founded in 1886 on the ideals of personalities Abhinav Kashyap, his college, “I am really happy to 'Design Interventions in Public Policy' in New Delhi. Designed and Swami Dayanand Saraswati, a Pavan Malhotra, Mita Vashisht. be part of DAV family, so big that conceptualised for public policy students, future policy leaders and foremost religious and social The presence of inspiring national crores of Indians are part of it and working professionals, the event was flagged off with opening remarks reformer of 19th century and hero and cricket legend Kapil Dev I am proud of being part of it and from Dr. Parth J Shah, Member of the Governing Council, ISPP, and was administered under DAV made the event very special. having benefited like millions of followed by a workshop which was facilitated by Sukanto Roy, a leading College Managing Committee students from DAV system,” he design strategist. today runs a variety of As the Indira Gandhi Centre for added. Following the workshop, industry thought leaders got together for a panel educational institutions all over Art & Culture (IGNCA), campus discussion on 'Design Thinking in Public Policy'. Speaking at the event, Dr. the country which include 900 where the event was held turned For DAV College Management Parth J Shah, Member of the Governing Council, ISPP, said, “While policy schools, 75 colleges and a into a fun street with fun filled Committee, this event apart from development is a design activity, we rarely speak about it. Thus, our university in Jalandhar activities like street plays, dance, a show of unity for this diverse objective with this session was to help students and young leaders identify (Punjab). Therefore, no music, drama, standup comedy and big family was also a platform new approaches to understand policy problems, developing solutions and surprises in that the tens of sessions, poetic recitation panels, to showcase its strengths, improve decision making. After today's session, we are confident that thousands of alumni who have film shows, and live achievements and social impact. ISPP will incorporate the principles of design thinking throughout the graduated from these performances from some of the Perhaps the bigger message was course that will assist students to come up with different approaches and institutions in all these 132 years sensations in the field of pop and that that material knowledge and investigative techniques to solve context specific problems. We are are spread in every field of Indi music. The top of the chart emotional quotient or spirituality delighted with the success and interest that we witnessed today amongst society. From the present performances by Doorbeen, Ink present in DAV's DNAhas not lost the participants and look forward to conduct similar thought-provoking President of India Ram Nath Band, Hardy Sandhu, and any relevance with changing time sessions in the future.” Kovind, cricket legend Kapil Zulfikar kept the young ones on but has become a proud brand of According to Dr. Aditya Dev Sood, Founder, Vihara Innovation Network, Dev and Bollywood superstar their feet and drooling to their India's inherent good and a bright “The idea of design thinking should not be confined to senior officials only. Shah Rukh Khan to former songs. Similarly comedians future. The frontline workers are equally responsible for setting up the founda- Prime Ministers Atal Behari Milind Gaba, Arun Gemini and tion of policies. Hence, it is crucial for them to understand the application Vajpayee and I K Gujral, the list Arun Tandon provided loads of of design thinking into our day-to-day work.” o f D AV a l u m n i w h o distinguished in their lives is a ‘ very long. Contd from P1 Therefore, the grandeur and scale of the first ever coming Android Apps targeting Children are not together of DAVians was nothing less than a kumbh in its Privacy Friendly' own way. Mr Punam Suri, president of DAV College The study also highlighted that 71% of the Apps were found to contain In- Managing Committee and App ads, and, further, the Ads were not found to be child-safe. For eg., Ads c h a n c e l l o r o f t h e D AV shown were for shopping, part-time studies, women entrepreneurs, real University, a veteran journalist estate, physiotherapy and healthcare. Ads were also found redirecting the user to other websites without any consent. According to the findings of the study, 43% Apps offered In-app purchase options. No consent or verification of an adult was found required to make the purchases, 29% of Apps did not have a Notice addressing children under age 13. In 86% Apps, consent was not being taken. Even when consent was being taken, there was no verification to check if the person was an adult. Commenting on the study, Shivangi Nadkarni, CEO – Arrka, added, “Children are a particularly vulnerable category of online users. Hence, this year, as part of our study on the 'State of Privacy of Indian Apps and Websites-2018', we decided to bring special focus on children's Android Apps. Though it was heartening to see that 29% Apps took NO Permissions at all,100% of the Apps tested had links to other Appsand71% of the Apps had access to Storage. It was also found out that 56% of the permissions accessed were not required at all. “ “The Institute has an exemplary rich tradition of nation building” says its Director Dr. P.K Jain “and has been identified for making R&D contribu- tions towards development of defence corridor by UP Government as a project of national importance.” “Institute is also expanding its horizons by setting facilities to give impetus to research on health care systems, clean technologies, clean Ganga, IoT, 5G andAI and machine learning.

alcherinea The annual cultural festival of IIT Guwahati, Alcheringa, in its 23rd incarnation has been scheduled in the fine winter season of January and February, from 31st January to 3rd February. This latest edition of Alcheringa is showing a promising start to grow more and more. Along with the entertainment and events, Alcheringa takes pride in showcasing it's social responsibility by launching a range of campaigns from “Udaan” for underprivileged people to “North-East Unveiled” with the aim of spreading the culture, tradition and Beauty of North-east countrywide. Besides the awesome Pronites line up which have seen the likes of Sonu Nigam, Mohit Chauhan, Mika, Vishal-Shekhar at this cultural festival, it conducts a plethora of events which consists of dance, drama, fashion, sports, literary, fine arts and some fine music events. The events have seen participation from colleges across all over India. The quality of teams and judges makes the event a national level competition for the participants. The events withhold prize money worth 28 lakhs to be won by the participants. Alcheringa has started taking registrations for the various events from mid-October. As the slots of every events are fixed, so register your college or team as early as possible at www.alcheringa.in/registrations to grab a chance to showcase your talent at a national level stage and also to get submerged in the euphoria of 4 days of Alcheringa. For any details regarding registrations, Contact :Priyanshu Kumar Sinha (+91-8486771512) Kunal Gaurav (+91-9101787914)