Curriculum Mag Sep 2021

www.curriculum-magazine.com RNI No. UTTENG/2010/37634 Vol 11 No 11 THE INDIA EDUCATION LANDSCAPE UPDATE magazine September 16 2021 NIRF India Rankings 2021 for HEIs released; President Kovind confers National Awards on 44 Teachers IIT-Madras maintains overall No. 1 Ranking Ministry of Education released India Rankings under the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2021 on September 9. This year in its 6th edition, NIRF received a total of 6272 applications. Research institutions have been ranked for the first time in Key Highlights Union Education applications for ranking applications for ranking in The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind on India's ŸIIT Madras retains 1st Minister Dharmendra were made by these 4030 various categories have Teachers' Day (September 5, 2021) conferred National Position in Overall Pradhan on Sep 9 released unique applicant institutions increased from 3565 in Awards on 44 teachers at a virtual award ceremony. The Category as well as in the India Rankings 2021 under various categories / 2016, to 6272 in 2021i.e. President congratulated all the teachers who received the Engineering for the instituted by the National domains including1657 in total increase of 1604(66% award for their distinguished contributions. He said that third consecutive year. Institutional Ranking Overall Category, 1143in increase) in unique such teachers strengthen his belief that the future ŸIISc Bengaluru tops the Framework. He Engineering, 659in institutions and 2707(76% generation is safe in the hands of our well-qualified University as well as congratulated all the Management, 351 in increase) in total applicants. teachers. He said that teachers have a very important Research Institution premiere institutions from Pharmacy, 120in Law, 111in As a matter of practice, 200 place in everyone's life. People remember their teachers category introduced for across India who topped the Medical, 78in Architecture institutions are ranked in life-long. Teachers who nurture their students with the first time in India rankings in their respective and 1802in General Degree engineering discipline, 100 affection and devotion always get respect from their Rankings 2021. categories— overall, Colleges. A noticeable each in Overall, University students. The primary responsibility of combining the ŸIIM Ahmedabad tops in universities, engineering, increase in institutional and College categories, 75 inherent talents of the students lies with the teachers; a Management, AIIMS in management, college, participation in the rankings each in Management and good teacher is a personality-builder, a society-builder, Medical pharmacy, medical, exercise this year indicates Pharmacy, 50 each in and a nation-builder, the President said ŸJamia Hamdard tops architecture, law, dental its recognition amongst Medical and Research ARcakjnkouwmleadrgRinagntjhaant fSorinthgehlast one and a half years, the the list in Pharmacy and research institutions. institutions of higher Institutions, 40 in Dental, whole world is going through a crisis caused by the ŸMiranda College retains A total number of 4030 education in India as a fair 30 in Law, and 25 in Corona pandemic and when all the schools and colleges 1stposition amongst unique institutions offered and transparent ranking Architecture. were closed, teachers did not allow the education of the colleges themselves for ranking exercise. Number of unique children to stop. For this, the teachers learned to use ŸIIT Roorkee takes the under “Overall”, category- applicants to India Rankings Contd on P3 digital platforms in a very short time and continued the top slot for the first specific and / or domain- have increased from 2426 in education process. He noted that some teachers have time in Architecture specific rankings for India 2016 to 4030 in 2021 developed remarkable infrastructure in schools with their ŸNational Law School of Rankings 2021. In all, 6272 whereas total number of hard work and dedication. He appreciated such dedicated India University, teachers and expressed hope that the entire teacher Bangalore retains its cum first basis. Dharmendra Pradhan, INSIDE community would keep on changing their teaching first position in Law This decision was launched the Fit India Quiz, method according to the changing circumstances. ŸFive colleges out of first announced by Union which is the first-ever iNTERVIEW: Shekhar The President said that the National Education Policy, 10 colleges from Delhi. Minister of Youth Affairs nationwide quiz on sports Mehta, Rotary implemented last year, has set an ambitious objective of ŸManipal College of and Sports Anurag Singh and fitness, on September 1. International President establishing India as a global knowledge super-power. We Dental Sciences, Thakur to increase fitness The nation-wide quiz has a on his agenda.--- pg 5 have to provide such education to the students which Manipal, secure and sports awareness among whopping Rs 3.25 crore as would be helpful in building a just society based on 1stposition in “Dental” school children. “The Fit prize money with the PERSPECTIVE: Booming knowledge. Our education system should be such that category. India Quiz has been National round telecast on Careers in Creative students develop commitment to the constitutional values launched as part of the Fit Star Sports. Science POST a​ nd fundamental duties, strengthen patriotic feeling, and Free registra- India Movement envisioned The quiz will have represen- COVID—pg 10 make them aware of their role in the changing global tion for 2 lakh by Prime Minister which has tations from every State/UT scenario. school stu- played a significant role in in the country and will be a COUNSEL: How to The Union Minister for Education, Dharmendra Pradhan dents for Fit creating large scale mix of online and broadcast Develop Critical delivered the welcome address while the Minister of State India Quiz awareness about the rounds. The format has been Thinking Skills! --pg 9 for Education, Smt Annpurna Devi gave the Vote of importance of leading a fit designed in an inclusive Thanks. The Fit India Quiz, the first- life. To motivate more manner wherein school CAREERWISE: Job Earlier this morning, the President paid homage to Dr ever fitness and sports quiz students to join the Fit India students from across the opportunities for Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, former President of India on in India for school children Quiz, the participation fee country will get an opportu- medical stream his birth anniversary. The President and officials of has been made even more for the 2 lakh students from nity to test their fitness and students...PG 12 Rashtrapati Bhavan paid floral tributes to the portrait of attractive for participants. the first 1 lakh schools has sports knowledge against Dr Radhakrishnan at Rashtrapati Bhavan. In a major bonanza for been waived off”, Thakur their peers.. The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi greeted the teaching school students across said. fraternity on the occasion of Teachers' Day. The Prime India, the Ministry of Thakur, in the presence of Minister has also paid tributes to former President Dr. Youth Affairs and Sports Union Education Minister Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan on his Jayanti. In a series of has announced that the first tweets, the Prime Minister said; 2 lakh students nominated \"On Teachers' Day, greetings to the entire teaching by 1 lakh schools can now fraternity, which has always played a pivotal role in be registered free for the nurturing young minds. It is commendable how teachers nationwide India Quiz have innovated and ensured the education journey of .Every school can nominate students continues in the COVID-19 times.I pay my maximum 2 students for respects to Dr. S. Radhakrishnan on his Jayanti and recall free for the quiz on first his distinguished scholarship as well as contributions to our nation.\" Winners List on P6

2 Curriculum September 16, 2021 News Updates Indian Railways launches Rail Scholars. Ashoka University's existing campus design philosophy and Pradhan stated that this R&D fair will create an enabling unique brick and Jaali façade. The new campus will Kaushal Vikas Yojana environment for cutting-edge research across the areas incorporate solar roofs, sewage treatment plants, water envisaged in NEP. The collaborative initiative by 23 IITs treatment plants, rainwater harvesting, among others in an The 75 Indian with Indian industries on developing innovations for the endeavour to make it a net zero carbon campus. Railway training Indian and global markets would facilitate ease of living Ashish Dhawan, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Ashoka institutes as part of and augment the investment by alumni and industries in University said, “Ashoka University has established itself 75 years of Azadi ka futuristic research in emerging technologies. as the country's leading liberal arts and sciences University. Amrit Mahotsav, will The fact that we plan to double our campus size within a train over 50000 Khaitan World School Rajnagar, decade is a testimony to the excellence of our faculty and candidates oin next students that has made Ashoka a destination for the three years under a Ghaziabad launched brightest minds in the country. ” new scheme called Rail Kaushal Vikas Khaitan Family has launched another school - The Khaitan IIT Madras and IIT Kanpur Researchers Study Yojana, a program under the aegis of Pradhan Mantri World School in Rajnagar, Ghaziabad. The school aims to Policy Tools to Reduce Lead Pollution in India Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY). Initially, the training offers a broad and balanced mastery curriculum aligned will be provided to 1000 candidates. The training will be with the new the National Education Policy. Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Indian Institute provided in four trades viz. Electrician, Welder, Machinist Khaitan World School will have a capacity to of Technology Kanpur researchers are conducting a study to and Fitter and will comprise of initial basic training of 100 accommodate 2,000 students, and will be spread across find out the appropriate policy instruments that can help hours. Training programs in other trades will be added by approximately 3 acres with an additional 3 acres for sports India to reduce lead pollution. The research groups joined zonal railways and Production units based on regional activities. The student teacher ratio will be 1:14. forces to look collectively at the problem of lead recycling demands and needs assessment. Training shall be provided The school board members include former cricket captain in India as lead pollution can harm the mental and physical free of cost and participants will be selected from of India Kapil Dev, Manit Jain (Co-Founder, Heritage health of people and can contaminate the environment. applications received online, following a transparent Schools), Vinesh Menon (CEO, Ampersand Group), Ira The workers who recycle lead in an informal setting break mechanism on the basis of marks in matriculation. Trivedi (Yoga Acharya) and Keshar Mehra (Educationist). the lead-acid batteries in a fashion causing spillage of acid Candidates who are 10th passed and between 18-35 years The Khaitan World School, Rajnagar, Ghaziabad is starting and lead dust in the soil and surroundings. Also, the lead is shall be eligible to apply. Participants in the scheme shall its enrolling process from 6th September for students from melted in open furnaces due to which poisonous gases reach however have no claim to seek employment in Railways on Nursery to class for the academic session to commence on the air. This way of lead recycling is not only harmful to the the basis of this training. 1st April, 2022-2023 environment but also the health workers engaged in the 75 Railway training institutes spread across the country Announcing the launch of Khaitan World School, Anirudh recycling process. have been shortlisted to provide training in aforesaid Khaitan, Vice Chairman of Khaitan Education Center said However, the low operational cost of this manoeuvre makes trades, to cover youth from all over the country. The “We are excited to announce the launch of our new campus it still an attractive choice. The presence of the informal scheme will not only improve the employability of the in Rajnagar, Ghaziabad. We are a firm believer in sector and its undesirable consequences are more youth but also upgrade the skills of self employed and traditional gurukul value education immersed with modern predominant in developing countries where the costs and those who are working with contractors through re-skilling methodologies of teaching and learning, and we believe the lenient regulations and laws have helped the unregulated and up – skilling and contribute towards Skill India experience of an institution has a long, lasting impact on a sector to grow at a faster pace. Mission. student's life beyond their career”. The study suggested that the policy guidelines such as The program curriculum has been developed by Banaras reducing the tax on the regulated recycling sector and Locomotive Works, the nodal PU for this scheme, which JAIN (Deemed-to-be University) to host the providing subsidies to regulated recycling and will also standardize assessments and maintain centralized upcoming Khelo India University Games 2021 remanufacturing sectors reduce lead pollution from lead- database of participants. The scheme is being launched for acid battery recycling. Another important finding was that a 1000 participants initially and will be over and above the Preparations are in full swing at JAIN (Deemed-to-be very high subsidy to the formal remanufacturing sector can training provided to apprentices under the Apprentice Act University), Bangalore, the official host of the Khelo India lead to the shutting down of both regulated and unregulated 1961. A nodal website is being developed as the single University Games 2021. Dr. Chenraj Roychand, recycling sectors. source of information about programs offered, notification Chancellor JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), on The Research Team included Dr. R K Amit, Professor, inviting application, lists of selected candidates, results of September 5 met Anurag Thakur, the union Minister of Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras, Dr. B selection, final assessment, study material and other details. Youth Empowerment and Sports, and briefed him about the Vipin, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial & Currently, applicants may apply in response to the preparations that are underway. Director-General of Sports Management Engineering, IIT Kanpur, Dr. Janakarajan advertisements issued locally in the initial phase. Authority of India (SAI), Sandeep Pradhan, and. Ritu Ramkumar, Professor, Department of Mechanical Submission of online application shall be opened soon on a Pathik, Regional Director of SAI, were also present at the Engineering, IIT Kanpur, and Mr. Brahmesh Vinayak Joshi centralized website. meeting. from IIT Kanpur. The team published the results of their Trainees shall be required to undergo a standardized Dr. Chenraj Roychand expressed his gratitude to the Govt. work in the esteemed international research journal assessment and will be awarded certificate in the allotted of Karnataka and the Department of Youth Empowerment Resources, Conservation and Recycling. trade by the National Rail & Transportation Institute, upon and Sports for extending full support to the University to conclusion of their programme. They will also be provided ensure effective planning and preparation for KIUG 2021. Agri subjects in Maha schools Toolkits relevant to their trade which would help these Dr. Chenraj Roychand said, “I thank the Association of trainees utilize their learnings and enhance their capacity Indian Universities (AIU), National Sports Federations soon for self-employment as well as employability in various (NSFs) and the regional office of Sports Authority of India industries. for being the pillar of strength and guiding us every step of School students in Maharashtra may soon learn two Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, the way”. Adding on, he shared the University's vision to additional subjects linked to agriculture as part of their Communications, Electronics and Information Technology see increased participation of upcoming athletes in various syllabus. launched Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana on Vishwakarma sports categories at both national and international level The present curriculum offered at state-run schools will also jayanti, Sep 17. “The vision of skill development is an events and said the University is committed to making this offer Agriculture and Agronomy (agriculture economy), as integral part of the vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra dream come true. proposed during a recent meeting held between the Modi and 50 thousand youth will be trained under Rail The minister was delighted to know that Olympians Aditi Department of Agriculture and Department of School Kaushal Vikas Yojana. The aim of this initiative is to impart Ashok and Srihari Nataraj, who represented India in the Education. training skills to the youth in various trades to bring recently concluded Tokyo Olympics 2020, were JAIN “With over 50 per cent students studying at schools located qualitative improvement. He also emphasized that training (Deemed-to-be University) alumni and lauded the in the state's rural areas, and belonging to families involved in remote areas to be conducted under Rail Kaushal Vikas University for fostering sports talents and producing some in farming, the introduction of these subjects will be an Yojana. He stressed that youth should enjoy the training of the most celebrated sports personalities. opportunity for them to learn more about agriculture,” said process. ” School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad. R&D Fair of all 23 IITs is scheduled to Ashoka University lays foundation Treat CBSE's Applied Maths at par with be held in Nov 2021 stone for new 27- acre campus Maths for UG admission in humanities, R&D Fair of all 23 IITs is scheduled to be held in second Ashoka University, India's premier liberal arts and sciences commerce half of November, 2021 in commemoration of the 75th year Institution, earlier this month laid the foundation stone for of Indian independence under the aegis of the Azaadi ka a new 27-acre campus in Sonipat. Adjacent to the existing The University Grants Commission has released an Amirt Mahotsav initiative. According to Union Education campus, the new complex will have 6 academic buildings, advisory stating that the Applied Mathematics course Minister Dharmendra Pradhan the fair will lead to better 10 residential buildings, utility and services buildings and a offered by CBSE in classes 11 and 12 may be considered at understanding and create awareness among Indian industry sports field. On completion, the new campus will add par with Mathematics while calculating aggregate marks for on the capabilities and the high technology readiness levels another 3500 students to the Ashoka campus, taking the admission in courses of humanities and commerce, other in the IITs. He was chairing a virtual meeting with the total up to 6000 students. The new campus is expected to than pure sciences. Steering Committee constituted for organizing of the R&D be fully operational by 2027. The commission further urged the higher education fair of all Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). The campus will address Ashoka's increasing focus on the institutions to take appropriate action for recognition of this Ten themes have been identified in focused areas and 72 Sciences and research. There is already a growing demand new subject for the purpose of admission of students in projects brought out by 23 IITs on these themes will be for Science courses offered at the University, which has degree programs. shortlisted by the Committee. After due scrutiny, these been at the forefront on COVID-19 research as well. There Applied mathematics subject involves 80 per cent marks for projects will be presented before the audience in the 2-day will also be organic growth in the existing departments as theory and 20 per cent marks for practical work in the board mega event. The audience for the event shall include the student count increases, and new majors & minors can examination. This subject is offered under the academic partners from Indian Industry and global institutions, be introduced over time. stream and has curriculum specifications that are Faculties of various CFTIs, Scientists from DRDO, ISRO, The 1.80 million square feet of area in the new campus will compatible with the other major subjects. This subject is a CSIR and ICAR, Students and Youths and Research be integrated with the current facility and will follow regular academic subject.

Curriculum September 16, 2021 3 News Updates Odisha model schools upgrade outlined in the NEP. The Minister said that our higher contd from P1 education institutions are key catalysts for promoting The Odisha government has come up with an ambitious 10- socio-economic development and for realising aspirations NIRF India Rankings 2021 year plan for the state-run Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya and national goals. The Minister appealed that universities scheme (Odisha Model School scheme). should popularise and promote learning in Indian Additional rankings are suitably bunched in Rank Bands of The road map will focus on making model schools centres languages & cultural heritage of India. 101-150 and 151-200 in case of Overall, University and of excellence in studies so that students stop migrating to College and 201-250 and 251-300 in case of Engineering. English medium schools run by private bodies. 10-day Shikshak Parv deliberate on Speaking on the occasion, Pradhan said that a robust & a role Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on the occasion of Teacher's model ranking framework will serve as India's contribution to Day said, Odisha Adarsha Vidyalayas (OAVs) will be made “Quality and Sustainable Schools: the global learning landscape, so, we must ensure that our talent centres and will ensure that at least one student can ranking framework emerges as a benchmark not only in the crack one of the national entrance examinations each year. Learnings from Schools in India” country, but also globally, especially for the developing Over all the 8,000 government-run high schools will be economies. He also urged to develop regional ranking converted into model schools in a phased manner. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sep 7 addressed the frameworks. The Minister stressed that the NEP also provides inaugural conclave of Shikshak Parv and also launched us with an opportunity to internationalise our education Bharti Foundation and KATHA Indian Sign Language Dictionary (audio and text system. We must work collectively to bring more and more embedded sign language video for the hearing impaired, in institutions under our rankings framework and also establish India collaboration conformity with Universal Design of Learning), Talking India as a preferred global study destination Books (audiobooks for the visually impaired), School The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) works Bharti Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Quality Assurance and Assessment Framework of CBSE, on the following five broad parameters. Teaching, Learning & Enterprises, partnered with KATHA India to promote story NISHTHA teachers' training programme for NIPUN Resources (0.30% weightage), Research and Professional based learning in Grades 1 to 5, increasing reading and Bharat and Vidyanjali portal (for facilitating education Practice (0.30%), Graduation Outcomes (0.20%), Outreach comprehension competency in the formative years. This volunteers/ donors/ CSR contributors for school and Inclusivity(0.10%), Perception(0.10%). Each of these initiative addresses one of the urgent national mission development). five parameters have 2 to 5 sub-parameters. A total number of under NEP 2020 - attainment of 'Universal Foundational The theme of Shikshak Parv was identified keeping in 16 – 18 sub-parameters are used for ranking of HEIs in Literacy' as well as 'ART Integrated Pedagogy'. view three of the five pillars of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav different categories and subject domains. Ranks are assigned The first phase of 300 Million Alliance (KATHA's celebrations - Ideas@75, Actions@75 and based on total sum of marks assigned for each of these five objective to reach out to 300 million underprivileged Achievements@75 and looks at the practitioners of school broad groups of parameters. In addition to parameters used for children in India) was initiated this year in April. The education like Teachers, Principals, etc. to share their Overall category, the following two additional sub- collaboration aims to use Story Pedagogy, eBooks, experiences on webinars based on the current year's theme: parameters were included in methodology developed afresh activities and Teaching-Learning materials through the “Quality and Sustainable Schools: Learnings from Schools for ranking institutions under “Research Institutions”: i) 300M Portal: tadaa.katha.org / learn.katha.org. in India”. Research Papers published in journals covered in the First More than 33,000 students from underprivileged The Prime Minister praised students, teachers and the Quartile of Journal Citation Report (JCRQ1); and ii) H Index. background (Grades I to V) of 173 Satya Bharti Primary entire academic community for rising up to the challenge Besides, sourcing data on various parameters from applicant schools spread across five states of India will benefit from of pandemic and asked them to take forward the institutions, third party sources of data have also been used, this partnership. Over 100 stories both in audio and video capabilities developed to deal with that difficult time. “If wherever possible. Scopus (Elsevier Science) and Web of format in English, Hindi and Tamil will be used by the we are in the midst of a transformation period, fortunately, Science (Clarivate Analytics) were used for retrieving language teachers of Satya Bharti Schools. Learning from we also have modern and futuristic new National publications and citations data. Derwent Innovation was used these stories will be supplemented by various group Education Policy”, he said. for retrieving data on patents. Data retrieved from these activities and worksheets to develop the students' critical The Prime Minister praised the contribution of sources was shared with the institutions for transparency with and creative thinking, comprehension proficiency and academicians, experts, teachers, at every level of the a provision to give their inputs. decision making. Further on, all teachers will be trained to formulation of the National Education Policy and its take forward 'ART Integrated Pedagogy' by using KATHA implementation. He urged everyone to take this Pratham Books' StoryWeaver launches Resources in their respective subjects. participation to a new level and also to involve society in Foundational Literacy Programmes in it. These transformations in the education sector are not Marathi StayQrious launches science program just policy-based but also participation -based, he added. The Prime Minister said 'Vidyanjali 2.0' is like a platform StoryWeaver (www.storyweaver.org.in), an initiative of for middle school students for the country's resolve of 'Sabka Prayas' with 'Sabka Pratham Books, a not-for-profit publisher, on International Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas'. In this society, our Literacy Day launched two Foundational Literacy Edtech Neoschool, StayQrious, have launched their private sector has to come forward and contribute to Programmes in Marathi, and a special initiative for children in mastery-based Science foundation course focussing on increasing the quality of education in government schools. remote areas of Maharashtra in partnership with SCERT STEM foundations, well researched learning techniques The Prime Minister said that in the last few years, public (Maharashtra) and UNICEF. and 21st century skills. The course is specifically curated participation is again becoming the national character of The in-classroom Programme offers levelled storybooks, for young learners from class 6th to class 8th, and would India. In the last 6-7 years, due to the power of public with associated lesson plans, book discussion questions and dive deep into the core concepts necessary to develop a participation, many things have been done in India, which video training materials for educators. Keeping in mind the strong science foundation. The curriculum has been were difficult to imagine earlier. When society does requirements for remote learning resources, StoryWeaver has designed in collaboration with Dr. Brian Johnsrud, Founder something together, then the desired results are assured, he also created a Read@Home version of the Programme, which of Stanford's first digital learning research lab. said. The Prime Minister said that everyone, in whichever offers levelled storybooks in a suggested reading order and Level 1 of the course is 12 months long and priced at INR sphere of life, has a role in shaping the future of the youth. worksheets with language learning outcomes aligned to 2999 a month for 8 classes a month. The course, aimed at He recalled the stellar performance of our athletes in the NIPUN Bharat guidelines. The Programmes can be deployed all students from grades 6th to 8th, covers essential recently concluded olympics paralympics. He expressed in multiple ways while keeping in mind the child's context concepts that cut across all the boards to ensure that happiness that athletes have accepted his request that every (online or offline, at-home or in-classroom). The Programme students master age-appropriate fundamentals. Students player visit at least 75 schools during Azadi Ka Amrit resources are free to use online on StoryWeaver. The will be involved in active learning and will work as a team mahotsav. This will inspire the students and many talented Programmes can also be deployed via print. of six, to collaborate and learn science as a team. This students will get encouragement to go forward in the field A special Read@Home print pack has been created for team-work not only enhances their learning skills and of sports, he said. children in Grades 1 and 2, curated with the help of SCERT motivation to learn, but also strengthens their critical 21st He added that National Digital Architecture i.e. N-DEAR and UNICEF, using resources from StoryWeaver's century skills, such as collaboration and communication. is likely to play a major role in eradicating inequality in Foundational Literacy Programme. The pack consists of Talking about the course Dr. Brian Johnsrud, founder of education and its modernization. N-DEAR will act as a storybooks, associated worksheets, links to audio-visual Stanford's first digital learning research lab said “Students 'super-connect' between various academic activities in the books and supplementary materials. 25,000 packs will be learn best when they get access to deep and meaningful same way as UPI interface revolutionized the banking distributed to children in the remote districts of Gadchiroli learning experiences that stem from evidence-based sector. The country is making technology like Talking and Nandurbar. pedagogical practices. They develop the essential social- Books and Audiobooks a part of education. He said School emotional skills that are critical for the 21st century when Quality Assessment and Assurance Framework Interns/ they learn in a social setting, teaching each other. This (S.Q.A.A.F), which was operationalized today, would mastery-based and social-learning approach to STEM address the deficiency of the absence of a common University Students education that is grounded in learning-science research is scientific framework for dimensions like curricula, what makes StayQrious have something truly unique and pedagogy, assessment, infrastructure, inclusive practices interested in PR/Marketing valuable to offer to students and parents who would like to and governance process. SQAAF will help in bridging this Education Research ensure meaningful learning outcomes for their children. inequality. Journalism Speaking on the occasion Union Minister Dharmendra Fill-up 6,000 vacant posts in central Pradhan said that the celebration of Shikshak Parv will Apply at encourage innovative practices to ensure not only spread of universities by Oct 2021: MoE education at all levels but also to improve quality, [email protected] institutionalise inclusive practices and enhance Union Education and Skill Development Minister sustainability in the schools. Dharmendra Pradhan in a meeting with Vice Chancellors of Till 17th September, webinars, discussions, presentations Central Universities through video conferencing were scheduled in which the educational practitioners from encouraged Central Universities to work on mission-mode various schools of the country have been invited to share to fill-up the 6,000 vacant posts by October, 2021 their experience, learnings and the roadmap ahead. He said that our universities are cradles of creativity, innovation and opportunities. The New Education Policy- ” 2020 will play a crucial role in placing India at the top of the emerging new world order and, as custodians of India's destiny, our universities should fulfil their responsibilities

4 Curriculum September 16, 2021 News Reports Repeated school closures due to COVID-19 leading to learning loss and widening inequities in South Asia, UNICEF research shows Limited access to family has access to by UNICEF using data social interaction and To ensure that children keep learning, devices, low technology, children are not from household surveys playtime which are UNICEF is calling on: connectivity, and always able to access it. As commissioned by UNICEF essential to their overall limited teacher contact are a result, children have in India, Pakistan, and Sri development and well Ÿ Governments to prioritize the safe reopening of all severely constraining suffered enormous setbacks Lanka, and by the Ministry being.Safe and gradual remote learning in the in their learning journey.” of Education in the reopening of schools in the schools, while also ensuring that children are able to region Despite significant efforts Maldives. These surveys states of India is a welcome School closures have led from governments, low were conducted between moveas children learn best pursue quality learning remotely if necessary to alarming inequities in connectivity and access to 2020-21 using UNICEF in person and this will help Ÿ Teachers to assess children's learning levels and ensure learning opportunities for digital devices have South Asia's Monitoring prevent further learning children in South Asia, severely hampered efforts to Guidance. The aim of the loss and alleviate some of catch up is enabled through a “learning recovery” despite significant efforts roll out remote learning. In research is to better the pscychological stress by governments and India, 42 per cent of understand and improve the they are facing. The safety period partners to expand remote children between 6-13 years reach and effectiveness of element is critical, Ÿ Governments to prioritize the vaccination of teachers learning, according to reported not using any type distance learning during Teachers, parents, children UNICEF research of remote learning during school closures. and communities can work to support the safe reopening of schools conducted in India, the school closures. In Pakistan In India, Computer together along with the Ÿ Governments to train and equip teachers to better reach Maldives, Pakistan and Sri 23 per cent of younger Assisted Telephonic Government, to put in Lanka. children didn't have access Interviewing was used to place the protocols needed children and adolescents with limited or no access to School closures in South to any device that could survey over 5,800 parents for children to return to Asia due to the COVID-19 support remote learning. of children aged 5-13 years, schools and learn in a safe technology through a combination of pandemic have interrupted Poor and disadvantaged and students ages 14-18 environment.” the learning of 434 million households have been the years, as well as “We need to focus on modalitiesincluding mobile devices, TV, radio, and children. According to worst hit, with many government school rapidly building capacities UNICEF's research, a families struggling to afford teachers, across six states: of teachers who can printed materials substantial proportion of even a single device. Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, support learning both in the Ÿ Governments and donors to protect and expand students and their parents Even when devices are Kerala, Madhya Pradesh classroom as well as at reported that students available, UNICEF's and Uttar Pradesh. To home more effectively. We investments in education, including critical pre- learnt significantly less research indicates that they ensure representation of have examples from states compared to pre-pandemic are often underutilized and marginalized groups – like Bihar, where several primary and foundational literacy and numeracy levels. In India, 80 per cent that children's access to parents from migrant devices are being Ÿ Private sector and civil society organizations to work of children aged 14-18 them is often limited. For families, and from tribal purchased for students to years reported lower levels example, in Pakistan, and remote locations were support learning. Now is with governments in improving connectivity and of learning than when among children with access included. In the Maldives, the time to plan and put the physically at school. to devices, only about 24 online surveys of teachers, structures in place to creating high-quality, multilingual remote learning Similarly, in Sri Lanka, 69 per cent could use them students, and parents were transitionchildren back into per cent of parents of when they wanted to. conducted. In Pakistan, learning. We need to build content tailored to students' needs primary school children The research found that teachers, parents, and back better and stronger,” Ÿ School administrators and education officials to reported that their children student-teacher students (ages 14-17 years) she added. were learning “less” or “a engagement, when regular were surveyed through “The safe reopening of provide more guidance to teachers to engage with their lot less.” Girls, children and reciprocal, is a strong Interactive Voice Response schools must be considered from the most predictor of success in calls. In Sri Lanka, face to an utmost priority for all students and use different types of learning techniques disadvantaged households children's learning, face interviews was governments. Parallelly, Ÿ Parents and caregivers to receive adequate support and and children with especially for younger conducted with parents of investing in teachers will disabilities faced the students. However, the primary school children ensure that teachers and guidance to continue home-based learning biggest challenges while surveys found that most (grades 1-4) and focus schools can adapt to all learning remotely. students had little or no group discussions with situations. The more Ÿ “School closures in South contact with their teachers teachers. teachers are trained, Asia have forced hundreds after schools closed. In Sri Speaking on school equipped and supported on waves of COVID-19. We cent of children in South of millions of children and Lankan private primary reopening, Dr Yasmin Ali distance and blended need to build systems which Asia were unable to read their teachers to transition schools, 52 per cent of Haque, Representative, learning, the better they can weather any storm and and understand a simple to remote learning in a teachers reported contacting UNICEF India said, will be able to reach all keep children learning, no text by the time they are 10 region with low their students five days a “Going to school is a their students,” added matter the circumstances.” years old. In addition, 12.5 connectivity and device week, but this number central part of children's George Laryea-Adjei. School closures in South million children at the affordability,” said George dropped to only 8 per cent life. The prolonged school “This is a critical Asia have compounded a primary level and 16.5 Laryea-Adjei, UNICEF for teachers from public closure due to COVID-19 investment we need to situation which was already million children at the Regional Director for primary schools. has caused many children make for children as the precarious. Even before the lower secondary level were South Asia. “Even when a The research was conducted to miss out on learning, region gears up for future pandemic, almost 60 per out of school. School closures: 8% studying regularly online and 37% not studying at all in rural areas: study The pandemic-induced school closures have resulted in hamlets and urban bastis “inhabited by underprivileged studying in private schools when schools started closing in “catastrophic consequences” for students, especially for families – the sort of families that send their children to March last year. A quarter in this sample, among those those in rural areas, with a mere 8% studying regularly government schools”. initially enrolled in private schools, had migrated to online and 37% not studying at all, according to a new “About 60% of the sample households reside in rural areas, government schools by August 2021, the survey report survey. and close to 60% belong to Dalit or Adivasi communities,” states. This number could have been much higher since Plus, the financial stress caused by the pandemic has the report states. several parents are currently struggling to meet private resulted in an exodus from private schools. Over a quarter The survey makes it clear that the reach of online education schools' condition to clear all dues before taking a “transfer of those enrolled in private schools switched to is “very limited”. The urban-rural divide is stark, with 24% certificate”. government schools during the 17-month-long school of urban students studying regularly online while this figure Though the Union government had ordered states to lockdown either due to depressed family earnings or for rural students was a mere 8%. provide midday meal substitutes in the form of foodgrain because online education did not work well for their The biggest reason behind the limited reach of online and money, a ground assessment by the surveyors showed children. education is that many sample households (about half in that the distribution was “quite sporadic and haphazard”. The survey, supervised by economists Jean Dreze, Reetika rural areas) have no smartphones. Even among households Twenty per cent of urban students and 14% of rural Khera and researcher Vipul Paikra, covers 1,400 students with a smartphone, the proportion of children accessing students in government schools had received neither. enrolled in Classes 1 to 8 across 15 states and Union online learning resources is just 31% in urban areas and As learning outcomes surveys in the past have already Territories, namely Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, 15% in rural areas. This is mainly because “smartphones shown, only half the students in Class 5 are able to read Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, are often used by working adults, and may or may not be texts meant for Class 2. The report says “most parents feel Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh available to school children, especially the younger their child's reading and writing abilities have gone down and West Bengal. Delhi, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Uttar siblings”. Another problem, especially in villages, was that during the lockdown”. The pre-lockout learning gap, Pradesh account for more than half the sample. schools were not sending online study material or parents coupled with a decline in reading and writing abilities and The results of the survey, conducted in August this year, were not aware of it. mass promotions, are a “recipe for disaster”, the report are based on interviews of 1,400 households in rural Of the 1,400 children surveyed, about one-fifth were states.

Curriculum September 16, 2021 5 Interview 'This year, our focus will be on empowering girls by prioritizing girls-centric projects ': Shekhar Mehta, Rotary International President Shekhar Mehta, business leader and girls across the globe. That plants, oxygen concentrator much work to done. during COVID-19. What philanthropist who is the Chairman and means supporting them to banks and arranging for pro- To support the education of are your views on Rotary founder Skyline Group, on June 30 ensure that their basic needs bono doctors to offer free- girls, I'd like to see clubs volunteerism and assumed the office of Rotary are met while working to of-cost consultation. prioritize projects that supply voluntary sector in India? International President for a period of transform the structures and Since its formation in 2014, menstrual health and hygiene Today, there are more than one year. A member of the Rotary Club institutions that reinforce RILM has made resources; provide access to three million NGOs working of Calcutta-Mahanagar, he is the 111th and perpetuate gender considerable progress in basic education, skills towards social development president of the 116-year-old service discrimination and teachers training and adult training, and technology; in India, and Rotary is proud organization with 1.2 million Rotary inequality. To that end, I'm literacy. The Asha Kiran prevent or raise awareness to be part of this growing and members globally and for record is also encouraging our members to programme has helped about child labor and child vital sector. the 4th Indian to hold this chair. prioritize projects that enroll 40,000 children back marriage, and offer We know that volunteer Curriculum Magazine did an email support girls' access to to formal schooling; 20,000 opportunities for girls to service is more than just a interview with him to know his priorities health care and nutrition; schools have been converted elevate their voices and feel-good calling. Rotary's water, sanitation, and into Happy Schools and articulate their views, ideas, goal-oriented, business How does it feel to be across communities. hygiene resources; and that 4,000 libraries have been and opinions. model approach emphasizes heading one of the premier Disease prevention has been prevent their exploitation, created in government The success of any project the need for community neglect, and physical and schools across India, with will be determined by involvement, measurable global humanitarian service one of Rotary's key focus emotional violence and support from the central and systemic, cultural, and goals, and maximum impact more. state governments. behavioral changes that result and sustainability. organizations at a time, areas for decades. As a In 2016, Rotary in greater gender equality and Rotary combines global Apart from Polio International developed a better lives for girls. reach, local resources, and when Covid-19 pandemic, founding partner of the vaccination, can you tell pilot program called 'WASH Tell us if you plan to highly skilled volunteers us, what are some known in Schools Target Challenge' prioritize engagement with with a funding structure that climate change and conflicts Global Polio Eradication engagements' of Rotary to encourage clubs to education? distributes more than $200 International in India? develop sustainable WASH, As one of our areas of focus, million annually in support in various parts of the Initiative (GPEI), Rotary has We are proud to reflect on and education projects in Rotary supports education of projects that address a the positive impact we've schools. The pilot was and literacy for all children range of high priority world world—all are posing been a key driver behind created in last 100 years in launched in five countries and adults. Our members needs. India and will continue to including India. In the last support projects that provide To help us better understand formidable challenges to efforts to eradicate polio support the Govt. in its four years, Rotary has teacher training, vocational the vast contributions of our efforts to achieve the United implemented WASH in training teams, integration of volunteers, a special report humankind? worldwide for more than 30 Nations Sustainable Schools project in over technology into classroom was prepared for Rotary Development Goals on 30,000 schools with the curriculum, and adult literacy International by the Johns It's a privilege for me to lead years. One of the most healthcare, literacy, support of state education programs to communities. Hopkins Center for Civil environment, and water and departments and their The Rotary India Literacy Society Studies in 2019, Rotary's global network of 1.2 successful public-private sanitation. district level officials Mission provides a which found that Rotary million volunteers – women partnerships for global While ending polio benefiting over 1 million comprehensive program members had volunteered a globally—and maintaining families. The target is to called “T-E-A-C-H” – a total of 5.8 million hours India's polio-free cover 1.5 lakh schools by holistic literacy program that within a four-week survey status–remains our top 2025. has reached more than 50,000 period. priority,weare working to Being an education and schools and 15 million Extrapolating those results prevent and treat diseases; youth platform, would like children. We're working with over an entire year, the report improve maternal and child to narrow down this the Central Government and gave a conservative estimate health; provide access to discussion to India specific many State Governments to of nearly 47 million hours of clean water and sanitation; initiatives like education incorporate this program, volunteer effort generated by protect the environment, and youth empowerment. which has also been Rotary members in a typical support education, grow While India has made replicated in Nepal and year. The report then local economies and reduce significant progress in Pakistan. analysed the economic poverty and conflict improving literacy over the This year, ourfocus will be on impact of all those hours and worldwide. years, we continue to be empowering girls by estimated the value Currently, Rotary clubs in home to 313 million improving age-grade conservatively at $850 states like Tamil Nadu, illiterate people; with 59 appropriate learning inside million a year, if Kerala and Maharashtra are percent of them being the classroom, teachers' communities had to pay for helping local authorities in women. training, e-learning and skill the services that Rotary setting up centres for With an estimated 750 development and by volunteers provide. immunization, thereby million people over the age enhancing the overall school With that report, Rotary providing preventive care. of 15 considered illiterate – infrastructure and services. became the first global The other aspect is of which two-thirds are Across India, Rotary has service organization to providing palliative care for women – and 250 million helped set up hundreds of conduct such an empirical those who have suffered or children worldwide without schools – many of which are analysis, using an are suffering from Covid- basic reading, writing and now catering to children internationally sanctioned 19, by setting up oxygen numeracy skills – there is who've lost their families definition of volunteer work. a n d m e n d e d i c a t e d health to date, the GPEI has to improving lives and reduced polio cases bringing positive, lasting worldwide by 99.9 percent, “To children I’ll say: You must prioritize education. It is the key to your future. It will enable and empower you to change to communities and Rotary has contributed take informed decisions and make a difference where it matters. To youth: You should always strife for excellence. Be motivated, driven and determined to achieve your dreams. around the world. more than US$2.2 billion to Never get disheartened by the challenges, take them up as opportunities. Life can be difficult at times but always keep moving W h i l e a n e w R o t a r y fight polio. To parents: You can be the biggest motivators and teachers for their kids. Most importantly, they must listen to them and encourage them to pursue their dreams. International president is Besides helping to bring an To teachers: You can inspire children to think and achieve to their maximum potential. Children today must be taught how to think, rather than what to think.” elected every year, our core end to the pandemic, one of values remain constant. My my main priorities this year vision for Rotary is to support is to focus on improving the projects and initiatives that health, education, wellbeing, leave a long-lasting impact and economic security of

6 Curriculum September 16, 2021 Teachers Day Teachers Day Roundup National Teachers' Award 2021: CEQUE the Foundation to celebrate Day. being a teacher to the world List of awardees and honor the teachers for Sampark Foundation's through their videos. The celebrates their hard work and “#MissYouTeacher” 'Kyunki Mein Ek Teacher CONGRATUALTIONS contribution to the society campaign ai at reviving Hoon' campaign will teachers with in nation building. the teacher-student bond narrate the proud stories of Mamta Paliwal, Lecturer, GGSSS Bhiwani, Haryana Vodafone Idea Foundation and infuse new energy and the teachers of the country Kamal Kishore Sharma, Principal, Government Senior Secondary launching “In felicitated some of the life into the age-old guru- through videos on various School Kalhog, Kandaghat, Himachal Pradesh winners of the Vodafone shishya tradition of India. social media platform Jagtar Singh Teacher, Government Primary School, Manela, Crises, We Idea Teachers Scholarship The campaign intends to starting Teachers Day on Khamano, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab Programme 2021 wherein salute the never-dying spirit 5th September. Vipin Kumar, Vice Principal, Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Persist” book the Foundation distributed of teachers and their efforts Speaking about the Vidyalaya,Rohini, Delhi scholarships of Rs. 1 Lakh and sacrifices in offering campaign, Naman Jain, Deepak Joshi, Teacher, Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Dandusar, Bikaner, CEQUE has launched a each to 110 teachers across seamless learning to their Education Policy Rajasthan book dedicated to the 22 states in India. The students amid the COVID- Specialist, and Director, Jai Singh, Senior Physical Teacher, Govt. Ser. Sec. School Devroad, experiences of our heroes teachers also shared their 19 pandemic. So far, more Silver Line Prestige Surajgarh, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan during these challenging experience and an than 5,000 Students have School, Ghaziabad said, “It Vanita Dayabhai Rathod, Principal, Vinoba Bhave School No 93 times, \"In Crises, We emotional message on participated in the is not only an important Nana Mava, West Zone, Rajkot, Gujarat Persist\". The book winning this scholarship campaign writing heartfelt moral duty to respect our Ashok Kumar, Mohanlal Parmar, Teacher, Hiten Dholakiya Vidyalay illustrates the perseverance and how it will help them letters to their teachers. teachers, but is also crucial Bhuj, Kachchh, Gujarat and grit shown by the upskill in today's digital Sharing his thoughts on the for the successful Shakti Patel, Madhyamik Shikshak Govt. High School Mand, teachers, all through the learning environment. idea of “#MissYouTeacher” implementation of the Bichhiya, Mandla, Madhya Pradesh pandemic year and On this special occasion, campaign, Mr. Vineet prestigious NEP 2020 and Haridas Sharma, Acting Head Teacher, R.K.M.S. Dahrak, Ramgarh, continued to teach their Vodafone Idea Foundation Nayar, Founder-Chairman setting new benchmarks for Bhabua, Bihar students, through unique unveiled a book “Teachers' Sampark Foundation and India's learning outcomes Chandana Dutta, Teacher, M.S. Ranti Government School Rajnagar, methods. Diary”- a symbol of former CEO of HCL on the global stage. Our Madhubani, Bihar \"On Teacher's Day, we gratitude towards all Technologies, said, “I have 'Kyunki Mein Ek Teacher Ashok Kumar Satpathy, Teacher, Zilla Government School, recognize teachers as teachers who we have always had a people-first Hoon' campaign is a small Bhadrak, Odisha COVID Warriors. During worked with and who are philosophy, at HCL we initiative in this direction Ajit Kumar Sethy, Acting Head Teacher, Govt UPS Kanamana the last year, CEQUE now working towards called it 'Employees First', that strives to restore the Chatrapyr Ganjam, Odisha worked with 300 plus building a brighter future and at Sampark we call it highest dignity of the Hariswami Das, Head Teacher, Sovanagar High School Sovanagar, teachers in Thane, Nashik, for the nation by 'Teachers First'. Now more teacher's profession. The English Bazar, Malda, West Bengal Palghar, Mumbai, empowering students. than ever, teachers, who conductor of Indian culture, Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Teacher, Government Primary School, Gadchiroli and Chandrapur “Teachers' Diary” is a have been running a the eminent educationist, Ikhani, Sungal, Pouni, Reasi, Jammu & Kashmir to reach over 5000 students journal that captures real marathon for over a year, and great philosopher Sri Tripti Mahaur, Teacher, Government Girls Inter College, Chamruya, in far flung rural areas. In a impact stories on the power need a greater appreciation Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Sadar, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh challenging pandemic year, of technology in enabling for their efforts to provide once said that “Teachers Manish Kumar, Teacher, Junior High School, Shivganj, Sahar where the digital divide teachers to reach continuous learning amid should be the best minds in Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh was threatening to leave Present at the event were: the challenges brought the country”. We hope that Suruchi Gandhi, Principal, Bal Bharati Public School, Sector 12, marginalised students out Sarvendra Vikram Bahadur about by the pandemic. Our every citizen and teacher of Dwarka, Delhi of the fold of learning, we Singh, Director - SCERT campaign is a small effort the country will join this Achala Verma, Teacher, Birla Balika Vidyapeeth, Pilani, Surajgarh, were able to bring 91% of and Basic Education – Uttar in this direction to revive campaign and revive the Jhunjhunun, Rajasthan these children back into the Pradesh; O L Mandloi, the age-old guru-shishya dream of making India a Mathew K Thomas, Teacher Sainik School, Kazhakootam, process of learning,” said Additional Director - RSK, parampara and strengthen world leader in the true Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Uma Kogekar, CEO of Madhya Pradesh; Dr. the student-teacher bond in sense.” Pramod Kumar Shukla, Lecturer, Eklavya Model Residential School, CEQUE. Devang Vipin Khakhar, these unprecedented Karpawand, Bakawand, Bastar, Chhattisgarh CEQUE roped in five Former Director - Indian times.” On this teacher's day I Faisal S L, TGT (Librarian), Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom (Shift - I) illustrious authors to write Institute of Technology – The students miss their urge people to learn Ernakulam, Kerala an inspirational book, “In Mumbai, P Balaji, Chief teachers and the connection more, upgrade their Duda Sora, Head Teacher, Government Upper Primary, APP Crises, We Persist”, which Regulatory & Corporate that went beyond Guru and energies, teach more, Complex, Aalo East, West Siang, Arunachal Pradesh is a compilation of real-life Affairs Officer, VIL and Shishya; to engage students give more, spread Swedesunuo Zao, Head Teacher, G Jakhama Viswema, Kohima, stories of teachers. Ashish Director, Vodafone in a way where they not consciousness and be an Nagaland Kelshikar, Chatura Rao, Foundation amongst others. just learn but also grow to instrument of Ningmareo Shimray, Lecturer, Ukhrul Higher Secondary School, Deepa Deostalee, The dignitaries shared their become the best versions of transformation even if it's Ukhrul, Manipur Harshavardhan Dange and views on the significance of the elves. Hence, Sampark to a handful of people. Prem Das Chhetri, Teacher, Sir T N Sr Sec School, Development Rachna Bisht Rawat have this day and the importance Foundation has launched a When you do that you Area, Gangtok, Sikkim contributed to fifteen of a teacher's role in social media campaign, see a divine providence Mingma Sherpa, Head Teacher, Lum Primary School, Passingdong, motivating stories of shaping the youth of our “#MissYouTeacher”, and that has your back and North Sikkim, Sikkim teachers. These teachers country to be a good citizen invited students from all flows through you. Jacinta Vanlalengzami, Head Teacher, A and M Grandchild School, showed perseverance and across the country to We have been taught and North Vanlaiphai, East Lungdar, Serchhip, Mizoram grit, all through the Teacher's Day participate and share their it's been ingrained in our Sib Sankar Pal, Head Teacher, Pandabpur High School, Pandabpur, pandemic year and most heartfelt experiences mind that we have to D ukli R.D. Block, West Tripura, Tripura continued to teach their with a Heartfelt with their teachers. compromise in Kangkan Kishor Dutta, Teacher, Bamunpukhuri High School students, through unique relationships to find Bamunpukhuri, East Jorhat, Kaliapani, Jorhat, Assam methods. The book is #MissYouTeacher Silver Line happiness. My role as a Binanda Swargiary, Teacher, K. B. Deulkuchi H. S. School, edited by Ankita Shah, teacher is to debunk Deulkuchi, Tamulpur, Baksa, Assam illustrated by Ananya Letter Prestige School these teachings or points Manoj Kumar Singh, Teacher, Hindustan Mitra Mandal Middle Broker Parekh and the of view that society has School 10 No., Basti Golmuri, Ja hedpur, East Singhbum, Jharkhand book design is by Soumya The Coronavirus pandemic introduces implanted us with. Prasad Manapparambil Bhaskaran, Head Teacher, G.L.P.S. Jain. has played a significant role The meaning of guru is in changing the course of 'Kyunki mein ek dispeller of darkness and I Varavoor Wadakanchery, Thrissur, Kerala Vodafone Idea how education is imparted play that role for a lot of Konathala Phani Bhushan Sridhar, Teacher, Zilla Parishad High over the last 18 months. teacher hoon' people. Teachers Day and Foundation From learning while Gurupurnima feel more School, Lingarajupalem, S Rayavaram, Visakhapatnam, Andhra playing games with teachers Silver Line Prestige like my birthday than just Felicitates at school to learning via School, Ghaziabad has any other day. Pradesh online classes, the students introduced a unique online Sheelaa M Bajaj, S Muni Reddy, Teacher, Z P High School, M. Paipalli, Irala, Chittoor, Teachers have never felt any more campaign 'Kyunki mein ek Numerologist and distant from education and teacher hoon' on the motivational speaker Andhra Pradesh On the occasion of teachers than ever before. occasion of Teacher's Day Rangaiah Kaderla, Acting Head Master, MPPS Sawarkheda Teachers' Day, Vodafone To re-build the connection across social media Idea Foundation hosted an between students and their platform . Kerameri, Kumuram Bheem, Asifabad, Telangana enriching event - Gurus and keep the spark The 'Kyunki Mein Ek Ramaswamy Payyavula, Head Teacher, ZP High School, Indiranagar “Vodafone Idea Teacher's alive, Sampark Foundation Teacher Hoon' campaign Day Conclave 2021” – to has introduced a unique appeals to all the teachers Siddipet (U), Telangana felicitate the beneficiaries campaign encouraging of the country to present Nagaraja C M, Teacher, Govt High School, Doddabanahalli, of its Teachers Scholarship thousands of students across the challenges of their programme. The conclave the country to write a profession as well as the Bangalore South-04, Karnataka had eminent speakers from heartfelt letter to make their sacrifices made to transport Asha Devi K, Head Teacher, Panchayath Union Middle School the Government, favourite teacher feel even their duty and the pride of Educational Institutes and more special on Teacher's Piratiyur, Manikandam, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu Lalitha D, Headmistress, Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Modakkurichi, Erode, Tamil Nadu Khurshid Kutubuddin Sheikh, Teacher, Z.P. Upper Primary School, Asaralli, Sironcha, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra Umesh Raghunath Khose, Teacher, Z.P.P.S. Jagdambanagar Kaddora, Omerga, Osmanabad, Maharashtra Jayasundhar V, Teacher, Government Middle School, Manapet, BRC 2, Puducherry Muhammad Ali, Acting Head Teacher, Govt Middle School, Karith Shargole, Kargil, Ladakh

Curriculum September 16, 2021 7 School Buzz Jasudben ML School & Bloomingdales cities and grades, were collected across 6 metros: Delhi, Podar International School Celebrated Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai, and Hyderabad, Nutrition Week Pre-Primary host creative online for Grades from 1 to 12. Podar International Schoolsi celebrated Nutrition week sessions ISBF collaborates with Lancers from 7th September to 14th September to coincide with the National Nutrition Day which is observed in the country on In an effort to promote social development of the children International School Gurugram 7th September every year. Podar International Schools in as online learning has become the norm, Jasudben ML Ambegaon and Indore had organised informative School & Bloomingdales Pre-primary - one of the finest Indian School of Business & Finance (ISBF) has webinars, activities and educational programs in an effort ICSE schools in Khar, Mumbai organised a variety of collaborated with the Gurugram-based Lancers to impart knowledge about nutrition & its importance to activities that encouraged students to be creative and International School for its growing EMF Club initiative, the students. socially interactive. Social interaction is a crucial making it the first-ever in the Delhi NCR region. As part of National Nutrition Week, students at Podar component of a child's holistic growth but has been on the The EMF Club is a student-led body aimed at facilitating International School Indore Khandwa Road created fruit back burner ever since scholastic learning shifted to the and igniting the enthusiasm & passion for innovation in and vegetable baskets and healthy food platters. The online space. For this very purpose, the school envisaged the fields of Economics, Management & Finance (EMF). students also learned about the role of proper nutrition and and endeavoured creating a balance between virtual This is ISBF's fifth such venture in the country after its impact in their bodies. education and social learning using a series of stimulating, similar partnerships in Mumbai, Chennai, and Anagha Gholap, principal, Podar International School, educational activities. Hyderabad, earlier this year. Ambegaon said, “Good nutrition is important not only for The Principal and Teachers of Bloomingdales Pre-primary Speaking at the launch event, organized virtually, Arpit children but also for everyone. At Podar International school held a pyjama party for nursery students and their Sharma, Diploma Programme Coordinator, Lancers School, we have focussed on children's physical as well as families. This party included several fun games that International School, Gurugram, said, “When we initially mental health. We are celebrating Nutrition Week starting brought along a lot of laughter and cheers. With the support discussed that we should go into such a partnership, the from 7th September because we believe that children of parents, senior kg students made their own home in a idea was to help our students imbibe the knowledge of should understand the importance of nutrition and living a corner using umbrellas, cushions, mattresses, bedsheets, skills and expertise from their seniors in higher education healthy lifestyle. Nutritional balance and regular physical and other items. With their toys, a few students also created institutions. Also, we feel that a connect between high activity are linked to improved health, self-esteem and miniature kitchens. All through the party, teachers school students and Professors of Higher Education academic performance. However, with the rise of interacted with students about what they were doing and Institutions, will be highly beneficial for them. It's a step urbanisation and changing lifestyles, as well as the how they built their home. Teachers encouraged students in the right direction, and with a lot of effort from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, our children's lifestyles to make phone calls to each other in order to engage in ISBF Team, we are so happy that this club has taken off.” and eating habits are changing a lot. As a result of the imaginary conversations with their classmates. Close to 55 learners from Classes 10th, 11th and 12th of shutdown of schools, children have turned to online With the help of its senior kg students, JML school the school led by founder member Mokshika learning and are now confined to their homes. Still our commemorated Guru Poornima by creating a video of Maheshwari, attended the launch and were treated to an teachers educate the children about the importance of Guru Poornima prayers. The school believes that recalling engaging and interactive EMF quiz conducted by Mr nutrition and ensure that they follow it regularly.” a prayer and its meaningful words will sharpen the minds Aryapriya Ganguly, Associate Professor, ISBF & a Yogendra Singh , principal, Podar International School of students and also make them increasingly mindful. For University of London Worldwide Recognised Tutor. Indore Khandwa added, “At Podar International School, Junior kg students, there was a unique under-the-table art Among the activities of the EMF Club, Lancers we focus strongly on our students' physical and mental activity. In this fun session, students painted upside down International School, Gurugram, as outlined by health and a proper nutritious diet plays an important role under chairs and tables to emulate how certain famous Mokshika, will be a focus on the enhancement of in the overall wellbeing. Since the pandemic wreaked ceilings could have been painted. collaboration and critical analysis of real-life situations havoc, awareness of healthy eating habits has begun to Furthermore, teachers instructed senior kg students to and business problems, feasibility check on ideas, spread across the globe. We've all known for a long time create a tricolour assemblage object using items such as internship opportunities, sessions by industry leaders, that eating right, among other things, is the key to good clothes, toys, clay, and other materials on the 15th of think tank competitions, and the like. health. Cereals, pulses, vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, August, Independence Day. Students created lovely items dairy, and other foods from all food groups should be out of it and explained to their teachers the thought process School Owners celebrated by edtech Co included in a well-rounded meal plan.” behind what they created and how they did it. As we all know, imagination is the most powerful tool, and LEAD through film on Teachers Day RYANITES Interact with Olympian 'DM tiny children possess it at all times. They don't think in a Noida' Suhas L.y. certain way, but they are constantly looking to make things LEAD's latest digital film Out of Syllabus celebrates the more colourful. Teachers prompted senior kg students to unsung efforts of 'Future Line Workers' - school owners Gautam Buddh Nagar (Noida) District Magistrate and listen to a story with their eyes closed during an online who acted as a mentor to teachers & an educator to shuttler Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj made India proud by session and then asked them to sketch whatever came to students. On the occasion of Teacher's Day, it turned the winning a silver medal at Paralympics - 2021, held in mind. The outcome was breathtaking! spotlight on the challenges faced by school owners in Tokyo. He recently interacted with students of Ryan these testing times as they continue to empower teachers, International School Greater Noida. Math learning deteriorated due to reassure parents and find innovative ways to help students He was delighted to meet the students accompanied by the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cuemath adjust to their new learning environment. Sudha Singh, principal, as Ryan Group was the first Report School owners often miss out on the reverence reserved school to visit him to congratulate and appreciate the for teachers. This film underlines the valiant work of champion for his feat at the Paralympic Games. The Cuemath, an edtech that offers after-school classes in math school owners who placed the academic future of our students asked him how he was able to balance his and coding commissioned a study with market research children above everything, ensuring uninterrupted administrative work along with his passion for firm AC Nielsen to highlight the learning challenges faced learning as far as possible. badminton, to which he said, “Being the DM of Noida, it by students during the pandemic. They have put the issues of others above their own - was a very challenging time during the pandemic. But I The study found high learning loss amongst children parents questioning school fees, teachers worried about never gave up on my training and devoted a lot of time across grades, especially in mathematics. According to the their next salaries, students dealing with the glitches of to it. I was very confident about clinching a medal at survey, 1 in every 4 parents of students up to Grade 5 online education. And managed to hold the entire Tokyo 2021”. believes learning loss to be severe in math in the past 18 ecosystem together to ensure uninterrupted online He gave tips to the students on hard work, meticulous months. 5 out of 10 parents feel that learning loss leads to learning for millions of children, despite the changed planning, and time management for being successful in forgetting basic concepts and the inability to grasp circumstances caused due to the pandemic. one's endeavors. He briefed the students about how they fundamentals between Grade 1 and Grade 5. They helped teachers resolve transitioning issues and can balance their academics and other activities and be 4 out of 10 parents of these kids also feel that important managed the financial challenges of running a school. All achievers and all-rounders. Inspired by his achievements, foundational topics such as Numbers and Operations have this in the face of life's toughest exam where everything dedication, grit, and hard work, the students asked him become increasingly difficult to grasp for their children. was out of syllabus, school owners have shouldered the about his mantra of life to which he said \"Give your best While 1/5 parents of higher grades feel Geometry and burden of their new responsibilities with a smile and always in everything you do”. mensuration have become difficult to comprehend during emerged as real heroes worthy of applause. covid, indicating a weaker foundational understanding of LEAD's film thanks these Future Line Workers for all that math. they have done and in doing so disrupts the The study also highlights 44% of parents have reported communication category just as it has disrupted ed fear of math as a prominent factor for learning loss. This is tech. one of the reasons why 1 in every 3 parents of children from Grade 1 to Grade 3 feel additional pressure while Felicitating school owners as Future Line teaching their kids. Furthermore, 6 out of 10 parents feel Workers rings true in the light of their that enhanced classroom teaching methods such as commitment to the future of our country. The film interactive videos, game-based learning, and DIY gives us a peek into the emotional journey of activities by either schools or EdTech platforms are someone fighting an uphill battle during the lucrative solutions to address this learning loss. This lockdown of 18 months. finding is supported by the fact that online learning The film also addresses the issue of over 15 lakh platforms are preferred over offline neighbourhood schools all over India shutting down due to the tuitions by a whopping 150% pandemic, affecting the academic future of The study was conducted to understand parent perceptions millions of students. and concerns in their child's learning, measuring their learning gap in learning. 1200 samples, split equally across FILM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGiMnXcX UcQ

8 Curriculum September 16, 2021 News U can Use IIM Kozhikode Initiates Supernumerary IIFT & TPCI jointly launches certificate Blue Nudge - a learning program on sustainability launched MBA Seats for International Candidates programme in agri import & export Blue Planet Environmental Solutions Pte. Ltd. (“Blue After an impressive global debut for Indian Institute of management Planet”) announced the launch of Blue Nudge - a learning Management Kozhikode's MBA (Post Graduate Programme) program on sustainability in the presence of Alok Sharma and EMBA(Executive) at 101+ Rank in QS World University Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) and Trade Promotion President COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in a Rankings 2020, the Institute has announced 50 Council of India (TPCI) have collaborated to offer an Online ceremony recently held at the British High Commission. supernumerary seats for international students in three Certificate Program in Agri Import & Export Management. Blue Nudge is designed to help participants develop an leading full time MBA programmes at one of the foremost B- The six month online course offers practical insights for understanding of sustainability and the curriculum provides a Schools in India. The seats have been announced for the exporters on diverse aspects of agri trade; starting from tailored approach and workflow to help both children and flagship MBA – Post graduate Programme (PGP) and two product and market identification to procedural formalities youth begin their sustainable journey to inspire change within other latest offerings - Post Graduate Programme in Finance for exports and imports, exim finance, regulatory clearances, the community. Topics covered under the program include (PGP-F) and Post Graduate Programme in Liberal Studies logistics to settlement of safe and secure payment from tackling food waste, green energy, water conservation, and Management (PGP LSM). The word International international buyers. sustainability awareness, recycling, waste management, Candidates refer to Indian nationals residing outside India or Speaking on the programme launch Prof. Manoj Pant, Vice plastic consumption reduction, green transportation, foreign nationals with valid passport or travel document Chancellor, IIFT said, “To address some of the structural sustainable diet, community leadership, and engagement residing outside India. challenges and to tap available opportunities in marketing of amongst others. This wide variety of courses will help Announcing the decision, Prof. Debashis Chatterjee, agricultural products, lIFT is pleased to join hands with TPCI develop the key skillset to form an informed perspective on Director IIM Kozhikode said “Diversity has always been the in offering this Certificate Program in Agricultural Exports these issues and start inculcating incremental changes in the pivot around which IIMK has successfully reshaped and Imports.” learner's life. management education in the country, over the past decade. Further, Prof Pant said, “The program is uniquely designed to Blue Nudge is a simple, yet effective way for learners to learn Management has also been India's most successful soft improve the skillsets of existing and prospective agricultural how to use resources efficiently and in the process earn a power. Our Institute mission of 'Globalizing Indian Thought' traders to equip them with information, knowledge and skills Planet Warrior Certification for their efforts. For easy closely aligns with the Government of India's thrust towards aimed at building their capacity, capability and competence understanding, the lessons are also delivered through simple 'Study in India' programme, which in turn, has received a to engage in international trade of agricultural products.” videos that can be accessed on the web currently. massive boost since the introduction of National Education TPCI food and beverage sectoral committee Chairman, On the launch of the program, Prashant Singh, CEO, Blue Policy 2020 and its focus on providing premium education at Vivek Agrawal, stated that, “This Online Certificate Program Planet Environmental Solutions said, “Blue Planet is affordable costs thereby helping to restore India's role as a in Agri Import & Export Management will benefit of current committed to creating an ecosystem for sustainable waste Vishwa Guru.” and budding agri entrepreneurs and managers in the spirit of management in Asia. We are thrilled to be able to able to India has an enviable legacy attracting foreign students for visionary government initiatives like the Agri Export Policy launch a program that introduces the concept of 3 important over 2000 years during the era of Takshashila University, and Aatmanirbhar Bharat. The programme will benefit the 'R's i.e. Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, a part of the program Vikramashila University due to its advanced education industry in tapping fit to job skill sets and help leverage our which we believe will tremendously help bring about system and rich cultural heritage and geographic location. inherent strengths in the agri and food sector.” sustainable behaviour change among citizens and society.” IIM Kozhikode has further endeavored to assimilate foreign ”This is a promising sector and despite the pandemic, the candidates through this initiative and add to it rich academic country's agricultural exports increased by 17.34% YoY, to Edumpus announces INR One Crore and cultural landscape by introducing a special Scholarship reach US$ 41.25 billion in 2020-21. Notably, exports have Scholarship Programme Scheme which earmarks 03 grants for every 10 students, begun to take place from several clusters for the first time, enrolled through this drive. Admission to the supernumerary and several states have made plans to implement the agri Edumpus, an educational social platform, has announced the seats will be for candidates with a Graduate degree or export policy,” Vivek added. launch of an INR One Crore Scholarship Programme, one of equivalent in any discipline (with at least 50% marks or Expressing optimism, VC IIFT, Prof Manoj Pant said, “With India's largest study abroad scholarships till date. The equivalent CGPA) and will be through valid the pandemic hitting us hard, the agricultural sector remained scholarship is available to Indian students who are planning to CAT/GRE/GMAT scores along with TOEFL. The process for robust and ever-growing unlike the recession in many other study overseas in the upcoming academic intakes. Each admission will be completed in two academic cycles closing areas of economic activities. It is interesting to note that the student will be eligible for the scholarship amount ranging on: 15 September, 2021 and 15 March, 2022. The application share of agriculture in GDP has increased by 19.9 per cent between INR 50,000 to INR 5,00,000, decided on a case to fee is $10 and will be waived for all those who have Study-in- and in total employment shot up by 15.9% in 2020-21. case basis. India registration. Further, India has registered an excellent growth in agri The digital-first higher education platform aims to cross exports during 2020-21. In spite of the pandemic, the 11,500 applications for student intakes in 2021, a 5x Y-o-Y IBM & IIT Madras collaborate to balance of trade in agriculture has improved by 42.16%.” growth from last year, as vaccination drives in India and The sector has huge scope of further improvement with value globally gain momentum and colleges abroad open their augment NPTEL courses addition, proper packing, labeling, marketing and logistics of campuses to international students. The scholarship will these time-sensitive crops. Indian economy and society has cover tuition fees or living expenses or both which will be Indian Institute of Technology Madras is going to to gain a lot from reducing the food losses and waste, supply decided on a case to case basis. collaborate with IBM (NYSE: IBM) on the Institute's Online chain losses and tapping the right opportunities in the To participate in the programme, students from anywhere in BSc Degree program and augment select courses on the international markets, Prof Pant added. India can submit an application detailing why they should National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning receive the scholarship. A special in-house jury will evaluate (NPTEL) platform. Jaro Education and Swiss School of each application and assign scores based on the student's IBM experts will be co-offering a Quantum Computing merit, financial background and overall quality of course on the NPTEL Platform and augment select NPTEL Management launch DBA Program submission. courses such as Data Science andAI with technical inputs that The scholarship has a rolling application and winners will be will help provide students with a current industry perspective. Jaro Education announced its partnership with the Swiss announced by the platform on a monthly basis with the They will also conduct technical sessions for NPTEL partner School of Management (SSM), headquartered in Bellinzona, amount being disbursed only after successful enrolment of the colleges through their local chapters and for the IIT M's Switzerland to exclusively launch a globally renowned students at their preferred university. The scholarship is Online BSc Degree program. These sessions will be free of Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Program. This currently open to every student applying for higher education cost and made available on the NPTEL and IIT Madras' program is designed for working professionals who aspire to abroad through the Edumpus platform, until 15th December online platforms. The engagement will further strengthen pursue a rewarding doctoral degree with international 2021. IBM's and NPTEL's commitment on various initiatives to standards. Moreover, learners can also pursue PhD after bring top-tier courses & new-collar employability skills to completing this program by extending a year. Xebia Academy specialized courses at Bennett any student from a rural or non-urban area in India. SSM has certified accreditation of International University Mona Bharadwaj, Global University Programs Leader, IBM Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) and Xebia, through its Academic Alliance program, collaborated India said, “Technology has emerged as a key business is also certified by EduQua, a Swiss quality label for further with Bennett University in July this year. The academy will enabler and Indian enterprises have been accelerating education institutions. The institute is also accredited by introduce specializations in DevOps and Full Stack adoption of new-age technologies like Hybrid Cloud, AI, Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and is a Development to Bennett University students, as well as work Analytics, Quantum Computing and IoT. At the same time, UNESCO approved institution, through the International on niche technologies with them. The curriculum has been the skills gap of India's student community continues to Association of Universities. The DBA Program offered by specially designed to suit the needs of Bennett students, will widen. IBM has been working with various government and SSM is aligned with international standards of fulfilling PhD include extensive study materials on the subjects and access to academic institutions to improve the technical education Education. This 2-year program comprises 4 semesters and Xebia's vast repository of e-books, case studies, reports and avenues and the engagement with IIT Madras and NPTEL is a requires the acquisition of 120 ECTS-Credits. It includes five presentations, among others. Students will also be mentored significant milestone in this journey. The collaboration will taught research methods modules delivered in two blocks. by CXO-level experts and IT maestros. They will be able to help equip students with 21st-century skill sets that can build The learning objectives and module contents of this program track their progress and review their evaluation on Xebia's new career paths.” are further closely related to the Six Principles of the PRME Learning Management System. Xebia Academy will work Prof. Andrew Thangaraj, Coordinator, NPTEL, IIT Madras, Framework of the United Nations. with the faculty in including modern technological subjects said, “IITs and IISc are able to reach out to a large number of The DBA Program is a rigorous research-based program that into students' curriculum, build study material and real-time learners through the NPTEL platform. NPTEL currently will prepare business professionals to expand their breadth of works with more than 4,000 colleges in engineering, arts, knowledge and skills in the modern business world. Due to To place your advertisement in commerce, science, and management disciplines across the the adoption of the highest standards of higher education, this our ezine and portals country. Many students are taking NPTEL certification program of studies is considered relevant, rich and exams as it helps them in improving their employability. academically valid. Embedded in the realities of global please email us at NPTEL has been working towards bringing in an industry business, the DBA Program provides knowledge, real-world [email protected] perspective to its technically rich courses and is partnering skills, and business and management practice to enhance with companies to co-offer the courses. Experts and senior career opportunities and expand professional networks. This leaders from companies are contributing through their LIVE program will also enable the ambitious professionals to stand sessions on various technologies and are giving career apart from the MBAs/ master's degree Holders to reach the C- guidance to the NPTEL learners. We are very happy to partner Suite level in their organization. with IBM in this outreach initiative.”

Curriculum September 16, 2021 9 Skills/Edtech News Honeywell and Ict Academy to Develop courses are designed in such a way that they will help build a NSE Academy partners with AFP pool of skilled talent base.” 50 Centres of Excellence for Skilling The courses are designed as per the industry requirements, The NSE Academy Limited (NAL), a wholly-owned and technical specialists with 8-12 years of industry subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), and the Honeywell Hometown Solutions India Foundation (HHSIF), experience will impart the best of skill sets to students and Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), have the philanthropic arm of Honeywell, a Fortune 100 company, help them in their overall career development. For the Data announced a formal partnership to provide AFP education and has entered into a three-year partnership with ICT Academy Analytics program, specialists with experience working at resources on the NSE Knowledge Hub, a unique artificial to create centres of excellence for skill development in 50 Michelin India, Axtria India, PwC, and Cognizant have been intelligence (AI) powered-learning experience platform colleges across the country. brought on board. For the Embedded Systems for EV specially created for financial learning. This partnership will As part of the company's corporate social responsibility Applications program, specialists with experience working allow financial practitioners in India to have access to the (CSR) efforts, Honeywell has committed INR 10 crore (INR at KPIT, Renault Nissan, Robert BOSCH, Continental most relevant corporate treasury, financial planning and 100M) in the first year to develop these centres, which will Automotive, and UCAM have been recruited. analysis content. offer certifications in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Big Data Analytics, and Nano technology. TSSC and BetterPlace partner for XBLS to skill youth in Himachal This upskilling program will empower 15,000 students – half of whom are women – through the project cycle and provide telecom placement X Billion Skills Lab (XBLS), a skills development enterprise, job placements. ICT Academy, an initiative of the has partnered with AT Skills Hub, a platform to bridge the gap Government of India, collaborates with state governments The Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) and BetterPlace - between youth and the industry, and is set to introduce 21st and industries to equip teachers and students with skills that tech platform in hiring the Blue-collared workforce have century skills to lakhs of youth across Himachal Pradesh. To match industry requirements and generate employment in signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) towards launch this initiative, a dialogue on “21st Century Skills: Your tier-2 and tier-3 cities and rural areas. bridging the skill gap by facilitating the hiring of workers on Key to Success” was hosted with participation from over 1 The program offers a globally recognized certificate that will the go. lakh youth from across the state. The keynote address was benefit bright students from marginalized sections of society The MoU is aimed at facilitating the placements of delivered by Anurag Thakur in conversation with the CEO who are enrolled in engineering, arts, and science colleges in candidates for various job roles in the ICT domain, with and Co-Founder of Dream Sports (Dream11) India's first tier-1 and tier-2 cities across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and targeted placements in upcoming job roles like 5G, drone sports tech unicorn. Harsh Jain. The dialogue was hosted by Maharashtra. HHSIF is also establishing centers for women technology, etc. as well as job roles to bridge the industry Samyak Chakrabarty, Founder , X Billion Skills Lab, who is students, demonstrating Honeywell's commitment to skill gap. listed in Forbes Asia as one of the most influential young promoting inclusion and diversity in the country's workforce. “We need to employ concerted efforts to help youngsters in entrepreneurs. our country get employment. The scope of this partnership In an environment where rote-tasks are gradually being Talentedge collaborates with SHRM and will go beyond government skill development programs and automated and companies are chasing exponential growth, paid programs by TSSC. We plan to place candidates from employers are now demanding smart generalists who can IIM-Shillong for a new Certificate course various locations and educational backgrounds through the deliver outcomes outside of their technical or theoretical BetterPlace database. Our combined aim is to organize job competence. Whether the candidate is a coder or an in HR fairs targeting various skill requirements within the industry accountant - proficiency in skills such as creative problem and tackle geographical segments in our country. The next solving, critical thinking, storytelling, entrepreneurship, Talentedge has partnered with the Society for Human wave of telecom will require an additional frontline collaboration and remote communication is becoming Resource Management (SHRM) and the Indian Institute of workforce and we hope to fulfil this demand,” commented essential. In fact, the World Economic Forum ranks these Management (IIM) Shillong to launch an innovative HR Arvind Bali, CEO, TSSC. amongst the top 10 job skills of the future and the Government learning Certificate Program – “Post Graduate Certificate in The partnership details a joint analysis of the industry trends of India's new national education policy lays special emphasis Human Resource Management\" to prepare professionals for including job roles in high demand, best performing training on them. a new world post-pandemic. Interestingly, this is the first time programs, candidate interview performance, that any IIM has partnered with SHRM. The online, one-year selection/rejection criteria and upcoming skill trends within Scaler Academy launches \"Forever\" - a lifelong course has been specifically designed to prepare learners for the telecom sector. This comprehensive undertaking will career accelerator program the faster-moving post-pandemic world. coalesce in a high-functioning mapping and placement The course will enhance the leadership and communication model which will help enable counselling sessions for Scaler, an upskilling platform, has announced the launch of skills of the aspirers while offering greater flexibility to candidates in the future. \"Forever\", a subscription-based upskilling program for tech professionals to specialize in HR from anywhere. BetterPlace will conduct placement drives on behalf of TSSC professionals.. Through the unique collaboration, Talentedge aims to fulfill via its online portal for community building of trained Arnav Gupta, Product and Strategy Lead, Scaler, said, \" The its commitment to provide an edge to the careers of aspirers workforce professionals. This will provide the necessary Forever program is an amalgamation of industry-focused and young professionals. The unique online program is networking opportunities with fellow workers leveraging learnings, community, and mentoring designed exclusively designed to help management students gain both knowledge BetterPlace's all-in-one lifecycle management platform that for working tech professionals who want to continue and application of knowledge across the HR function. It focuses on the B2C market opportunity. TSSC will leverage advancing in their careers. From short-term courses to focuses on critical knowledge, skills, and competencies the BetterPlace database of candidates to create awareness hackathons, masterclasses to workshops, mentoring sessions needed by HR professionals to scale the next level of success about the telecom sector job roles and government skill to networking opportunities, all the elements required to in the new normal. programs. progress in one's career are bundled under this program and comes as a single subscription. With our unique initiatives like Engineering EdTech Skill-Lync to Set-up Simplilearn Partners with IIIT Bangalore this to enable limitless learning and collective career growth, Scaler is all set to become a metaverse for technology 14 Skill Centers across India and NPCI on Cybersecurity skilling learning.\" To address the existing upskilling gap in the industry, Skill- Simplilearn, a digital skills training provider has announced Hero Vired placement assurance Lync, India's leading engineering education startup has its partnership with IIIT Bangalore and National Payments announced that it will open 14 skill centers by the end of fiscal Corporation of India (NPCI) to offer an Advanced Executive Hero Vired, has announced Placement Assurance for all 2021. In the first phase, centers will open at Pune, Bengaluru, Program in Cybersecurity. The program has been designed to aspirants enrolling in the full-time Integrated Program in Data Hyderabad, and Chennai. Post that, in the next step, Delhi meet the skills requirement of mid-level management Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. The NCR, Ahmedabad, and a few other cities in the south of India professionals working in banking, cybersecurity, and finance program, developed in collaboration with the Massachusetts will benefit from such centers. The centers aim to provide domains who come with prior technical knowledge on the Institute of Technology (MIT), is full-time online program in 1400+ students with practical experiences in the course basics of cybersecurity. With 90+ hours of learning, the Data Science, ML and AI. Learners are placed across start-ups offered in a real-world simulation. program consists of a comprehensive curriculum co-created and/or established firms in the specific domain according to Students can enroll in Data Analytics & Data Science and by IIIT Bangalore and Simplilearn that focuses on industry- the logical career progression of the learner. Hero Vired's Embedded Systems for EV Applications. Other programs relevant skills in cybersecurity. Learners will also be offered placement assurance program takes the stress out of include Design for Crashworthiness and Analysis, Hybrid a virtual internship with NPCI along with 3-4 mentoring committing to a full-time program for 11 months without Electric Vehicle Design & Design Automation, Full Stack sessions by NPCI experts. Upon completing the program, worrying about finding employment at the end of it. As a part Web Development, and Construction Project Management. learners will receive a completion certificate from IIIT of placement assurance program, Hero Vired will offer Classes will be imparted in full-time classroom training mode Bangalore, along with an internship completion letter jointly placement training and assistance for three months post the during weekdays. The duration for all of these courses will be offered by NPCI, Simplilearn and IIIT Bangalore. completion of the program and financial support for the same six months, with intake of 100 students per batch. The price Delivered via Simplilearn's high-engagement bootcamp- period. Program Fees - INR 6,50,000+ Applicable Taxes (0% ranges from Rs1.5 Lakh to 2 Lakh with a limited period style learning model, this technically intense program in EMIs available) discount for the first batch. cybersecurity is designed to provide learners with a Today students, especially from engineering backgrounds, competitive advantage via an ideal blend of conceptual First batch of Certificate Program in Global need to be more skilled than ever. Many young engineers training and applied learning opportunities. The key domains Regulatory Affairs by Biocon Academy have a strong theoretical base, but yet, when it comes to real covered in the program include data integrity, data recovery, world problem solving, they struggle to cope up with it. One disaster recovery, systems planning, and risk management. - Biocon Academy, a CSR initiative of Biocon, a leading of the basic problems that still persists is that students are Learners will also have access to self-paced videos, live global biotechnology company, has kickstarted the first batch taught with outdated teaching methods and have no practical virtual classes conducted by industry experts, and of its new and first-of-its-kind 16-week full-time certificate industry exposure to equip themselves with the required Masterclasses by faculty from IIIT Bangalore and experts at program in Global Regulatory Affairs in partnership with JSS skills. As a result, students face difficulty in getting a good NPCI. Program graduates will also be enrolled in Academy of Higher Education and Research. job. Simplilearn's Job Assistance Service to explore potential job Dr. Arun Chandavarkar said, “We are seeing an increase in SuryaNarayanan PaneerSelvam, Co-Founder of Skill-Lync opportunities like Security Infrastructure Specialist, public awareness on matters related to regulatory approvals said, “There is a big skill gap that exists between students' Consultant Network Security, Security Analyst, and Analyst through media stories on vaccines getting emergency use perception of the skills and traits critical for employment and Application Security. authorization to combat the pandemic. I believe this is the best the actual industry requirement. To plug in the gaps, our skill time to study regulatory affairs.” centers are a vital step towards addressing the issue. Our

10 Curriculum September 16, 2021 Opinion/Perspective Education permeating into Booming Careers in Creative Science electoral politics in the Post COVID Era The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) having put the By Dr. Shantikumar V Nair much publicized education reforms in Delhi to its politicking advantage is now selling it Dean Research. AVV & one goes below 100 such using light through Nano computers use beyond the territory (Delhi state) that it governs. The Director, Amrita Center nanometers in size lasers to detect cancers and channels less than 100 developments in Punjab where Congress removed its for Nanosciences and extraordinary properties light also to treat diseases nanometers in length, chief minister, Captain Amarinder Singh, barely a few Molecular Medicine begin to manifest – because of unique quantum computers work months into assembly elections, are as much to do with unexpected biological, interactions of light with at the molecular and the rebellion of cricketer turned politician and PCC ALTHOUGH we are electrical, magnetic and living cells. quantum scales and chief Navjot Singh Sidhu against Captain as much with still not quite in the mechanical properties Forensic molecular change the way algorithms the threat posed by growing popularity of the AAP in post COVID era one of which can be harnessed sciences are a powerful are performed. Beyond Punjab. the remarkable outcomes for the good of society in area providing many career these, computational AAP which rose on the plank of anti-corruption and of the COVID era is the a variety of fields that opportunities. This is not methods are central to transparency in governance in the past less than a tremendous investment affect the common person just understanding why applications of many decade made smart moves that have moved perceptions and growth in creative in a positive manner. death occurred. Forensics nanomaterials in energy indeed. With corruption issue losing much of steam and sciences. In the span of a Furthermore, at these represent detection of and medicine. This has interest in public, AAP has been countering BJP's few months so many small scales, materials causes and mechanisms, sometimes been termed development tag line by inclusive and real development, distinct types of vaccines become “intelligent”, and whether it be illness, the the field of bio-nano-info which is empowerment of masses. Education and were developed, including can, for example, seek out failure of a product, sciences. healthcare are therefore part of development for AAP a nano vaccine, from diseased cells (such as climate change, initiation National security needs and it has articulated this position well. companies such as Pfizer, cancer cells) or pathogens and growth of pandemics now rely heavily on With 25.2% of state budget being spent on education Johnson and Johnson and in a targeted fashion and to understanding the origin molecular sciences. and 15.9% on health, both much above the national Moderna from the USA; kill them. Such small and death of stars. It also Applications include averages, Delhi's AAP government is clearly thinking Covishield from England particles are sometimes includes crime and stronger armors, explosive about quality of education and giving competition to and Covovax and Covaxin called nanobots, which fingerprint and facial detectors, transportation, other states. from India. Today more stands for nano robots, to identification and use of smart sensors for detection Taking a cue from AAP government in the past five than 3.4 billion people indicate their inherent wearable nano trackers to of biological agents and years, several states in their own way have embarked have been vaccinated intelligence. Sometimes monitor health of people long-distance high- upon improving education and orienting policies and already, a phenomenal they are also called real-time. resolution vision, programs towards pubic appeasement. And Delhi hasn't accomplishment when nanomedicines when used Energy and environment including night vision, done it yet in giving competition to others. In the past a normally a vaccine takes for treating diseases. extensively use molecular from several tens of few months Delhi government set out on a new major 5 – 10 years to develop. Let us explore some of sciences. Clean energy meters away using lasers. experimentation in school education in Delhi. To further This truly is the power of these disciplines where production for renewable In addition to all the above perception on its education improvement, it has creative molecular and creative sciences are resources requires areas are new emerging announced a new set of 100 model schools called nanosciences which is taking over. A basic aspect nanomaterials for increased areas involving intellectual Schools of Specialized Excellence (SoSE) and a new expected to play a huge of the new sciences is that efficiency. Energy storage or thought contributions. state education board—the Delhi Board of School role in a multitude of they are fundamentally using nanomaterials for This includes intellectual Education (DBSE). In August with DBSE receiving fields. Careers in India interdisciplinary. Biology, high power batteries and property management, authorization from Council of Boards of School was heavily weighted in physics, chemistry, and recycled batteries can think tanks, journalism Education (COBSE) and its strategic tie-up with highly engineering and medicine computational sciences transform the use and and scientific writing. reputed Geneva-based International Baccalaureate (IB which are applied and merge to create disposal of energy. Also Career opportunities in with 5000 affiliated schools across the globe) as the service fields, but today technological important is energy from molecular and knowledge partner, Delhi government made its more and more science- breakthroughs in a biowaste using nano nanosciences would intentions clear that it wants to walk the talk on quality based careers, particularly multitude of application catalysts. Clean water has embrace the pharma education and better outcomes. molecular and areas. become a major global industry, biotech industry, Was there a need for both these decisions is debatable nanosciences are getting Inhealthcare, molecular need because of increasing IT sector, materials and given the small number of schools that Delhi have are increasingly important in medicine, medicines and more polluted water manufacturing sector, already affiliated to quality national boards but the next almost every segment of designed at the molecular sources. Nano-based water atmospheric, climate and perception battle weaponry has been readied. With societal importance. level, provide purification and nano- environmental sectors, several state elections coming up next year, AAP has set Nano and molecular personalized therapy, based clean water from electronic devices sector, in motion its intent of going into most of these elections sciences represent the nanomedicines that are seawater are becoming a agriculture and from Punjab to Uttarakhand, UP and Gujarat. And along power of the small. When intelligent can overcome reality. India has a very geosciences sectors. This with power subsidy the most appealing attraction will be drug resistance, molecular successful nano product for is the post COVID era and its education model from Delhi. and nano-enabled high water purification that has we are almost there. What It may be a fringe player outside Punjab but political resolution medical reached millions of people. is needed are students who parties across the spectrum are likely to take into imaging can detect Sustainable buildings need are interested and account education as a vote fetching issue. In a way, it is diseases at a very early to use innovative smart courageous enough to seek evolving into a healthy trend and one hopes, at the stage and smart medical materials for energy innovative new national level also, education receives the attention it implants can recognize conservation to keep the opportunities which will deserves. Nobody is addressing the issues straight and when healing has inside spaces warm in become the mainstream of so decisions and allocations are often not in alignment occurred and can degrade winter and cool in summer. the future and that future is with ground realities. With pressure building from away to be replaced by Computational sciences are not too far away. This is parties like AAP, education in India is likely to turn into natural tissue. These are also exploding into the the time to start to prepare a hot electoral issue in coming years. real-life examples of nano and molecular scales. for it. remarkable applications in healthcare. 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Curriculum September 16, 2021 11 Spotlight Four Online Learning Programs For Teachers To Adapt To The New Normal The COVID-19 pandemic threw the entire educational change classroom settings to encourage a positive learning brings together the best of academia and industry expertise. landscape into uncharted territory. While it has been environment. extremely difficult for students to learn from home, it Foundations of Teaching for Learning: Being a has been even harder for teachers. Teachers, in particular, Inspiring Faculty Program by Harrapa: Teacher by Coursera were subjected to significant disruption, forcing them to adapt to an entirely new medium of instruction overnight, A great institution isn't built on state-of-the-art Foundations of the Teaching for Learning program is for without the necessary training, support, or resources. infrastructure, innovative curriculum, or certifications. anyone who is teaching or might want to take up teaching as a Teachers have also been first-hand witnesses to the Inspiring teachers are crucial to an institution's impact, profession. With enriching lessons being taught by esteemed challenges the pandemic has posed for their students, even in times of disruption and crises. However, after more professionals from across the commonwealth, these eight themselves, and their jobs. Their extraordinary dedication, than 16 months of online education, remote learning has courses will help one thrive and build up one's skills in expertise, and judgment remained critical in addressing the dramatically affected the teacher's traditional role in teaching, professionalism, assessment, and more. pandemic's challenges. engaging with and enriching learning for students. Throughout the course, one will find themselves not only Given the evolving needs of the education landscape today, it The program seamlessly combines the best of a rich, nourishing their skills but their connection with colleagues is necessary that teachers go beyond traditional teaching blended, and integrated online-first learning journey that across the globe. methods, become more tech-savvy, and incorporate delivers transformative behavior shifts. It pivots on 7 This course will enable teachers to reflect on their personal innovative methods to engage their students. crucial outcomes that allow learners to raise the bar. These and professional development as well. Through reflection and include creating outcome-oriented pedagogical portfolio development you will enhance your knowledge and Here are four online learning programs that all teachers can frameworks for best-in-class learning, understanding understanding of how to promote learning. take to seamlessly integrate technology and innovation into student preferences, embracing technology and innovative their evergreen teaching styles: teaching methods, fostering coaching-led, trust-based, and Leading Educational Innovation and goals-driven dialog with students, mastering storytelling Improvement by EdX: Teaching with Google Classroom by Udemy: to make interactions memorable, catalyze learning as an enabler, and evangelizing curiosity and the power of being Leading Educational Innovation and Improvement aims to Google Classroom has been an essential tool of teaching- a lifelong learner. envisage new possibilities for the work of students and learning platforms after the onset of the global pandemic. The program curriculum is mapped to 15 must-have Thrive teachers in classrooms. It will guide one to understand out of With Google Classroom, teachers can create zestful lessons Skills — an essential set of cognitive, social, and ordinary logic and strategies for organizing the practice of that are student-centered, synergetic, and memorable. This behavioral skills to enable individuals to continuously educational alteration, and also to scrutinize the application of course by Udemy will help educators to understand how succeed, at every stage of their career. Some of these the emerging field of developmental science to the practice of Google Classroom impacts teaching and learning. It will Thrive Skills are Instructional Design, Online Learning, educational reorganization. train the learner to create a classroom, enroll students, create Coaching, and Mentoring, Openness to Feedback, This course will train one to enhance one's own practice as an assignments and announcements. It will also upskill an Impactful Resources, etc. The Inspiring Faculty Program educator, innovator, and/or reformer. It will also guide one to educator to create quizzes and tests that grade themselves and employ disciplined, evidence-based methods of educational shift and revamp one to supervise collaborations among schools and systems. Esports In India: A Rapidly Growing Industry & A New Career Field By Tarun Gupta, Founder, Ultimate Battle, online esports platform Esports in India is in its infancy. However, its growth Game Developer:If you're good at coding, you can join Gaming, and YouTube to earn recognition and money. prospects are promising. If trends are to be believed, the Esports industry as a game developer. You will be esports in India has massive potential to beat the traditional responsible for carrying out the programming involved in Team Coach : Leagues employ coaches to motivate players sports in terms of popularity, reach and earning potential, producing a video game. As a developer, you have to turn and help them perform better. The coaches identify players' etc. concepts into an actual, playable product. As a game strengths and weaknesses to hone their performance. A The sudden surge of Esports as a hobby and a career option developer, you should be familiar with user interface coach is responsible for honing the individual skill of the happened due to cheap data availability for game design, scenery design, character design, and different players and creating in-game strategies. downloads, 5G rollout, and investments coming in the gameplay scenarios, etc. gaming sector to push the industry growth. Where to Start? A report published in a FICCI-EY report revealed that the Product Manager: Product managers play a decisive role The Esports industry is quite versatile. It's now far beyond number of online gamers in India touched 65 million in in the Esports industry. They are responsible for managing just gamers and games. The industry is now turning into a 2019 that is expected to reach 440 million by 2022. The several things about Esports. They are the professionals platform where other professionals as well can showcase industry has also witnessed a remarkable surge in that design social media strategies, monitor PR marketing their talent and earn money. investments by capital ventures and noted investors. campaigns, and manage Esports events. Moreover, they Explore all the possible venues to find fresh opportunities in Reports suggest that investment in the Esports sector also find brand sponsors and hunt for new business the Esports industry. Connect with tournament providers increased 78% to $173 million in CY2020 from $97.1 collaborations. and broadcasters to discover opportunities where you can million in CY2019. These are two among the many reasons gather relevant work experience. that indicate that this is the right time to consider Esports as QA Tester: If you have an incessant quest for finding bugs You can also join as a volunteer such as an event manager a career option in India. to make apps bug-free, you can choose a game tester as or technical support staff to get hands-on experience in Like other sports, running an esports tournament involves your career. Game testers or QA (Quality Assurance) Esports. Volunteering is a great way to start your career in the collective efforts of several professionals behind the testers are tech geeks who make sure that games are bug- Esports. Teams and leagues keep looking for people to work scene. The teams may include editors, photographers, free. They detect bugs and notify the same to game for them for free. It's a good opportunity to grab for hosts, analysts, and production crew to name just a few. designers. learning new things. The esports industry is quite a versatile venue with great Their task is to monitor the game from the very beginning scope for professionals like casters, commentators, and of its launch to make sure all the levels are glitch-free. A Conclusion: Esports is a fast-moving industry in India that other support staff. QA tester needs to have good analytical and technical has the potential to offer great career options and job Big brands and top tech conglomerates are now investing knowledge of the game and understand all documentation opportunities. However, the Esports ecosystem in India is heavily in long-term projects to help develop the esports requirements. still under-equipped and lacking proper infrastructure as ecosystem. Not only it's attracting aspiring teams and compared to the global Esports scenario. players but also creating more job opportunities around Game Streamer: Game streaming is an integral part of It's an utmost requirement therefore to create a perception esports. the Esports ecosystem. You can be a game streamer shift towards professional gaming in the country. It will streaming esports matches via your desktop, laptop, encourage new gaming talents and enthusiasts to actively Listed here are some of the career options you can smartphone, or tablet. Being a streamer you can stream join Esports as a sustainable career option. choose as an Esports Professional: your favorite games on platforms like Twitch, Facebook Gamer: You can take up Esports professionally to become a pro-gamer. This is the most lucrative and exciting job profile in the esports industry. They are the gamers with the best skillset and highest efficiency. They are the masters in their respective games. Esports companies and team leagues have several pro-gamers playing on behalf of them. Pro gamer is required to work in close coordination with their coaches and team members.

12 Curriculum September 16, 2021 Careerwise Job opportunities for medical stream students amid the pandemic situation Dr. Rana Singh, Vice- Chancellor, Sanskriti University Mathura There are a lot of The pandemic students of medical science field of medicine which residential homes, and sports Technicians, MRI opportunities situation closes the of MBBS, BSC. And deals with the study of associations, etc, with a Technicians, X-RAY existing in the world opportunities in GNM- qualified nurses health and chemical good package at an initial Technicians, Operation of Medical Science, many job sectors due to the deployed for COVID science. During this 4- year level of their career. Theatre Technicians, one must know their crisis in generating the new duties. There is also extra- of undergraduate program Pathology Technicians, field in depth and vacancy for the fresh facility providence for last students become aware of Bachelor of Orthopedic Technicians/ grab the jobs graduates but the medical year students who complete various medicines and Naturopathy and Yogic Plaster Technicians in available in the field has given a 100 days of COVID duties drugs, their usage and their Sciences (BNYS) : Hospitals, Medical testing market tremendous new path for will be given forthcoming side effects. The different Labs, and Forensic Science students. The career opted regular government job opportunities for The course in naturopathy Laboratory. in this field has been a recruitments. The global pharmacy students are involves the theory of the blessing in the pandemic crisis has brought focus on Pharmacist, Drug Inspector, body's healing ability, The above-mentioned situation for saving people's the healthcare Pharmaceutical Marketing, immune hormonal, nervous, medical science streams life; it's just the hand of a professionals, as they Quality control and and detoxification of the will clear the concept of medical who became continue to fight on the production, Medical body. BNYS graduates work different types of COVID warriors boon to frontlines to protect Underwriting, Own for the patients giving advice employment for the fresh infected persons' lives. The everyone. The various business or Self- on alternatives to medicines graduates in medical different courses include opportunities for the employment. The such as Reiki, homeopathy, science looking for new MBBS- Bachelor of medical science students pharmacy graduates are acupuncture, exercise. The opportunities. We generally Medicine and Bachelor of looking forward to making also known for advising the qualified in the 4-year see the new generation find Surgery, B. Pharma- a career in 2021 are as patients and guidance for degree of BNYS students it difficult in deciding their Bachelor of Pharmacy, follows: their ill- effects. can make their career in future after passing out from BPT- Bachelor of Ministry of AYUSH, college if knowing the Physiotherapy, BNYS- Bachelor of Medicines Bachelor of National Institute of clarity in every field's Bachelor of Naturopathy and Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT) : Naturopathy, Retail employment and direction and Yogic Sciences, and Science (MBBS): Ayurvedic Pharmacy, Yoga can help them to make a BMLT- Bachelor of Medical It is the study that includes Shiromani, Naturopathy better future. Medical Laboratory is much in The admission in MBBS is diagnosis, treatment, Marketing are some of the science is a boon in this demand during COVID 19. obtained through the advice, and instruction jobs produced for this unprecedented situation of Therefore, a fresh graduate National level entrance provided to the patients medical program. COVID where every 3rd in such courses of exam conducted by NTA; with health-related person is requiring the medication is placed sooner this course duration problems like movement Bachelor of Medical demand of health sector than any other courses in comprises a 5.5 year UG dysfunction, bodily Laboratory (BMLT) : people, utilizing the this crisis of pandemic. degree program. The malfunction, physical acquired knowledge and In a recent news report, the MBBS graduates get placed disability, healing, trauma The study of Medical education in college Prime Minister of India in a Hospital as a Doctor pain, etc. The work of Laboratory Technology programs will be beneficial seeks help from last year's after doing an internship physiotherapists is to make (BMLT) is a three-year for the nation in the for 1 year. One can go for patient life back to normal undergraduate program of pandemic. There are a lot of higher studies i.e. PG without medicine usage but paramedical science which opportunities existing in the degree after MBBS for through their technique includes sample tests, world of Medical Science, M.D (Doctor of Medicine) involving the method of analyzing, preparing one must know their field in or M.S (Master of Surgery) exercise, manual therapy, solutions, examining cells, depth and grab the jobs for enhancement in the job rehabilitation techniques, handling equipment, making available in the market profile. and physical activity. The reports, and documenting. which is looking for your graduates in BPT can do The fresh graduates as a path. Bachelor of Pharmacy the job in various places Medical Laboratory (B.Pharma): like consultant Technologist can look for physiotherapists in the opportunity in CT Scan Pharmacy studies are the Hospitals, NGOs, old age Technicians, Anesthesia Why MBA Development Management Different From Contemporary MBA Degree Dr. Rahul Ghai, Dean School of Development Studies Not a cliché but a niche. COVID-19 has created volatility and ŸBecome engaged in the accountable governance of The Master Degree course in Development Management is of uncertainty where sustainable development has become a development transformation two years and after its fulfilment, students can go in different matter of concern. The entire globe has been seeing a ŸContribute to Facilitating citizen engagement for fields for occupations including lessons relevant to the 21st paradigm shift in all sectors and all directions calling for a accountable governance century with the essence of a praising career. The course need for a more autonomous and purpose-driven workforce. ŸGain skills in evidence-based planning, implementation tenure is for two years with an average fee beginning from a Changes in the entire ecosystem have been noticed where the and management of rurban and urban development range of 5.25 lakhs. Candidates graduating from MBA DM boundaries between the Rural and the Urban are slowly transformation receive an average pay package of Rs. 5-7 lac p.a. as a disappearing. The National Commission on Population ŸLearn to lead development management of CSR initiative beginner, and it grows if one with the opportunities gets (NCP) in India, 38.6% of Indians i.e about 600 million are ŸLearn to manage flagship development programs of promoted as a Research Analysts / Sustainability Manager, predicted to live in urban areas by 2036 which is in the next ŸGovernment of India he/she shall certainly draw a salary package of Rs. 12 lakh p.a. 15 years. It indicates that there would be more opportunities ŸJoin and contribute in domestic and international for professionals to build an eco-system for the Rurban organizations by emphasizing clarity on poverty Job opportunities population. alleviation and community development Students with a degree in Development Management would MBA Development Management unlike other MBA ŸDevelopment Management of CSR initiatives and small be equipped to deal with those with knowledge in analytics, programs opens a specialised arena of career opportunities. enterprise creation financial and human resource systems, and sustainable Development Management offers a more focused approach development approach and will be offered the opportunities to the person to work in a very niche yet specialised area Who can apply? to the candidates explore profiles in distinguished sectors like which calls for attention towards making strategic decisions. Candidates graduated from any recognized university in Banking Sector, Trade Centres, Marketing Sector, Investment any discipline with min. 50% marks. Candidates must have Sector, Financial fields personnel Business Development What can you do after MBADevelopment Management? a CAT/ XAT/ NMAT/ MAT/ CMAT/ ATMA/ GMAT/ Companies, Urban and Rural Development Areas, Business While a degree in Development Management does not lead IIHMR UMAT Score Card, or Certificate(s) of work Development Executive, Evidence-based policy and program to a specific career in the way that, medicine or engineering experience. planning, Management of Rurban and Urban or accounting does, you can choose to: Salary and program objectives transformations, Colleges and Universities, etc.

Curriculum September 16, 2021 13 Student Centric FLAME University's undergrad students explore Lucknow's food culture in their research project A group of 15 traditional and authentic With a purposive sampling business approaches, ambience, body language systems that guided and undergraduate street food cuisine for over and ethical guidelines in Lucknow's street food and other additional factors influenced these street food students—Maany five centuries became the mind, the team set out to culture was an played a huge role in the joints as well as the a Monnanda, Aman Jude centre of their project. obtain authentic and amalgamation of all this findings and facilitated this traditional cooking Alexander, Chirag In the process of going into credible information which and more. The same can be small-scale ethnographic techniques that continue to Bopaiah, Divyata the depths of Lucknowi could further be critically said about the various research. Throughout the be practised. The findings of Muralidharan, Gaurav food and through analysed. While studying cooking techniques that course of the research the research project were Achaiah, Ivanka Irani, interactions with the joint the history and origin of followed. project, the team's findings guided by a research Kavan Modi, Mehak Neel, owners and food scholars, dishes, it was clear that the went beyond the content methodology that the team Mohak Kukreja, Nikhil the team gained a popular joints as well as the While some recipes and research aspect of the laid out beforehand. Majorly Raghuveer, Tarana metahistorical perspective. food items spanned across remained intact over the experience. An interesting qualitative, and involving Ponappa, Tejas Nair, Apart from being exposed a large timeline. Dishes years, other vendors kept thing to note here is that both primary as well as Utkarsh Maharishi, to a variety of ideologies such as the Biryani, theirs a secret. Adaptation none of the team members secondary sources, the tools Varnika Hathi and Vibha and beliefs, credits to the Galawati Kebabs, and continuation of had ever been to the city of of data collection aimed to Mohan—whose skills lie in research project, they also Sheermal, etc. are original traditional cooking Lucknow and more than contribute towards a various areas, finalised on learnt to respect the to this city of Nawabs. techniques that use copper half of the group belonged structured research design. studying the street food of difference of opinions While dishes such as Chaat, vessels, tandoors, and to the southern parts of The primary sources Lucknow as their research within the group. Ironically, Kulfi and Makkhan Malai homemade equipment were India, making the included tools like online project. the attempt to explore 'food' travelled to Lucknow and observed on-field and Lucknowi culture an pre-field surveys, interviews The team thought of a through a daedal lens was integrated into its identity. credibility was analysed by unfamiliar one to all. and oral histories. The common interest, a binding also an attempt at creating Several other newer joints referring to scholarly The team's on-field secondary sources on the factor that connected the an amalgamated identity for only opened in the last archives. While experience in this city other hand, focused on the 15 of them, and the answer it. Not only did the team decade or so. With regards acknowledging such began in the month of books, journals, archives and was simple, 'food'. When it discover the authentic food to the deep-rooted beliefs aspects of cooking methods February, 2020. They articles that the team referred comes to studying food in gem of India, the city of that guided the street food and historical tracing were decided to adapt a to, throughout the course of India, cross-cultural factors Nawabs, Kebabs and vendors of such a culturally rather tangible and visible historical, socio-cultural as their research journey. play a huge role. The teams Aadab, but also discovered and religiously rich city, a to the naked eye, the well as a philosophical The Discover India Program, aim, however, was to themselves in the context of variety of ideologies were philosophical dimension of perspective while by FLAME University, a explore a city where the a different culture. discovered. From their research was conducting the research, pioneer of liberal education food culture has remained vegetarianism and relatively implicit. The both, off-field and on-field. in India provided a relatively untouched, The project is available for environmentalism, direct interactions only The study focused on wonderful opportunity to its throughout centuries. One viewing here: religious value systems, gave the team a limited asking questions pertaining undergraduate students to of the oldest cities in India, https://www.youtube.com/ innovative cooking styles, view of the beliefs to the origin of popular study a topic of great Lucknow, known for watch?v=vWdUiqM67kM secret recipes and specific followed, but drawing Lucknowi dishes. It also potential interest. having retained its &t=2s inferences from the emphasized on the belief How to Develop Critical Thinking Skills! Dr Nitesh Dhawan, Public Servant, Author and Educator The demands of cognitive elements are ever increasing Similarly in group situations, the choices. Rather evidence based analysis should be made to in this era of knowledge society. Moreover, the phenomenon of group think is also assess situations or issues. predominance of social media in forming our common in which individual tends to Human intellect has immense potential irrespective of opinions based on falsehoods and polarized flow of conform to the decisions taken by individual differences in terms of cognitive abilities which information has necessitated to apply our minds in actually majority and compromises his own need to be nurtured at different stages through learning and unfolding the truth. logical views about the issue. There is a experience. Education is one of the effective ways to develop In this age of information revolution, as sources of human tendency to get influenced by the critical thinking skills in youth. Educators can act as catalysts dissemination has increased manifold, so is the overload on persuasive skills of the communicator in instilling analytical skills through various techniques. human brain to organize, process and respond clearly and and the manner in which views are Think loud : Students could be asked to speak their mind rationally to dynamic situations. Critical thinking is one of presented without too much examination of the facts or while pondering over an issue. They should be encouraged to those attributes that is required in this context. content. These are flaws which cause faulty thinking not share their thoughts and viewpoints so as to know their pattern Critical thinking is considered as one of the four Cs of 21st grounded on facts. of thinking and organize it in a more logical way. century which are vital for growth of any organization which The critical thinking is a systematized approach based on Ask questions: Educators must tell their students to ask also include-communication, collaboration and creative objective analysis and rational thinking to reach a more and more questions and that they should never feel thinking. In psycho-social terms man is called as a thinking judgement in a given situation. In today's scenario, when afraid of being incorrect. It will help their understanding animal with a need for cognition to gain knowledge about there is so much of information flowing through various and improve their reasoning abilities. various subjects. So, we can say that it is an important mediums, it becomes so important to organize the content Group work: Students must be given some group projects to psycho-social need for personal as well as social in a systematic manner. Based on the facts, the reasoning be able to learn and understand in group situations by development. Constitutionally also, it is one of the eleven should be applied keeping in mind the evidences that are observing others and their own ways of thinking. fundamental duties to develop scientific temper and the spirit available. It will lead to certain assumptions on the basis of Time for reflection: Students must be given time to reflect on of inquiry and reform in the citizens of the country. In these which rational decisions could be made. S their activities and examine themselves as to how they have times when coding is emphasized for children and o, in order to exercise critical thinking, one should ask performed and what they could have done better artificial intelligence and internet of things are being questions pertaining to- Problem solving tasks: Problem solving tasks should be advocated as part of fourth industrial revolution, the What is the issue in the given context? given to inculcate analytical skills and develop mental onus lies on us to develop our mental faculties. What are the available facts? abilities in students. Usually what happens during thought process is that we tend What are the reasons available? Brainstorming : The brainstorming sessions should be to follow the pattern guided by our beliefs, biased opinions What are the assumptions? organized to find innovative solutions with creative thinking and prejudiced way of thinking. We are reluctant to Any fallacies present in the reasoning? in students. accommodate ideas that challenge our faith and set How strong are the evidences to support the decision or Insight learning: The teachers should use clues as tools to ideologies. We take sides first and then gather arguments in reaching a conclusion? facilitate insight learning in students. favor of those standpoints. These are the serious weaknesses For improvisation, one needs to make attitudinal and Human excellence relies on actual transformation of ideas in our thinking process which hamper our rationality in mindset changes first. The critical thinking depends on into reality and potentiality of thoughts depend on the clarity critically evaluating the issue in context. Our experiences and neutral, objective and factual aspects of cognitive and rationality of our thought process. Therefore, developing emotions also play an important role in influencing in the way functions. It demands that one should not be subjective or our mental faculties in order to think critically is our prime we think in new situations. emotionally inclined in making decisions or personal duty to ourselves.

14 Curriculum September 16, 2021 Higher Edu Updates IIT Guwahati to collaborate with Parliament two-time Rajya Sabha MP, Shri. Moturi in hospitality management and culinary education to India”. Satyanarayana. Together, Sommet Education and Indian School of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham on R Dr Mahesh Rangarajan, Vice Chancellor of Krea University Hospitality target strong developments for the two brands. explained that, “While aligned with and integral to Krea's &D larger vision and mission, Moturi Satyanarayana Centre for .Shiv Nadar Univ enters into exchange Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences aims program with Mondragon University Ink Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati is collaborating to create a centre of academic excellence. The scholarship, with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (AVV), a private, exchange and dialogue within and by the centre will help Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR, and Mondragon deemed-university based in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu in promote a vibrant intellectual milieu both within and beyond University, Spain, have signed a Memorandum of Education and Research activities. This will help in enriching Krea. Research is vital to our future and the work done here Understanding (MoU), by which the two institutions will academic programmes and promote exchange of students will help think about the past and present in preparation for a pursue symbiotic opportunities in study, exchange, and between two institutions. better future.\" collaborative programs, involving students, faculty, and A MoU towards this collaboration was signed by Prof. T.G. Speaking at the inauguration, TheVice President said, research. Sitharam, Director, IIT Guwahati, and Prof. Venkata Rangan, “Today I commend the management, staff and all those Among the multiple areas of collaboration, 'industry Vice-Chancellor, AVV, recently in the presence of Prof. A. S. associated with this momentous milestone in Krea's journey exchange' will allow students of both institutions to take up Achalkumar, Dean (Outreach Education Programme), synonymous with quality education in Humanities and internship opportunities in India and Spain. Some of the other Department of Chemistry, IIT Guwahati, Prof. S. Social Studies. Named after the eminent son of India, Shri. areas include: exchange of students and faculty, joint research Senthilvelan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Moturi Satyanarayana, I am certain this centre with its in science & technology, participation in short programs, Guwahati, Prof. K.S.R.K. Krishna Murthy, Head, academic rigor and quality will be a transformative and seminars, conferences, etc. Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Prof. engaging hub of teaching and learning.” Dr. Partha Chatterjee, Professor & Head, Department of S. Thirumalini, Head, Mechanical Engineering, AVV and Economics, who led the initiative from Shiv Nadar Prof. Sasangan Ramanathan, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, DST funds Cognitive Computing University, Delhi-NCR, said: “Creating international AVV. opportunities for students within their program of study is Highlighting the unique aspects of this collaboration, Prof. T. and Social Sensing Hub at IIIT-Delhi important as it provides them exposure to diverse G. Sitharam, Director, IIT Guwahati said, “AVV has many perspectives, ideas, pedagogy as well as culture. Through this similarities in terms of vast and beautiful campus along with a iHUB Anubhuti at IIIT-Delhi has been funded by the collaboration with Mondragon University we aim to not only team of highly dedicated team of faculty and students. With Department of Science and Technology, Government of do that, but go a step further in enabling students to interact the emergence of many new interdisciplinary research and India, to the tune of about INR 100 crore for a period of 5 with the industry in another country through international academic centres equipped with state-of-the-art equipment at years. Formed under Section 8, the company has been created internships. This will give students invaluable insights into IIT Guwahati, the institute is destined serve the country with under National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical working life elsewhere and make them better global citizens.” extra vigour. This mutual collaboration will help both the Systems (NM-ICPS) of the GOI. The National Mission on institutes scale new heights in research and academics.” Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) being NYU Abu Dhabi and ICCR sign agreement IIT Guwahati and AVV will encourage cooperation between implemented by the Department of Science & Technology to establish Visiting Professorship their faculty members, departments, and research centres (DST) is creating a seamless ecosystem for CPS technologies including visits of faculty members to deliver lectures, including basic and applied knowledge generation, human NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) and the Indian Council for conduct seminars, discussions, research and supervise resources, technologies, startups and industry connect. Cultural Relations (ICCR) have signed a historic Agreement student studies. Students visits to attend courses and jointly iHUB Anubhuti at IIIT-Delhi will build a strong tripartite to establish a Visiting Professorship in Social Science at NYU develop teaching programmes would also be encouraged collaboration between industries, academia and government Abu Dhabi. Through the partnership, NYUAD and ICCR along with collaboration in research projects. agencies and become both an aggregator as well as a will collaboratively appoint faculty members from Indian Speaking about the collaboration, Dr. Venkat Rangan, Vice custodian of the roadmap in its areas of Cognitive universities to the ICCR Visiting Professorship. The visiting Chancellor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, said, “This is a Computing & Social Sensing. \"IIIT-Delhi has always faculty member will spend between 6 to 10 months historical moment for both the Institutions, which strive for believed in creating and nurturing the spirit of innovation undertaking research and teaching in the Division of Social excellence in Teaching and Research, to come together in a among its faculty and students, and playing a leadership role Sciences at NYU Abu Dhabi. The agreement aims to promote perfect Public-Private Partnership. I am sure we will leverage in the region. The Institute has set up iHub Anubhuti, a broader engagement with India, a country that is strategically our strengths and work for a sustainable world to the Technology Innovation Hub (TiH), under the National significant to the UAE. Indians represent the largest expatriate betterment of humanity as our Chancellor Amma has always Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems population in the UAE and India is one of the UAE's largest envisaged.” supported by DST. The TiH intends to establish itself as a trade partners. hub of research, innovation, and entrepreneurship in the area The agreement was signed at NYUAD by NYUAD Vice 'Partner Incubator' at Salem of Cognitive Computing and Social Sensing and also build a Chancellor Mariët Westermann and Indian Ambassador to the nationwide shared facility for public research and UAE Pavan Kapoor. NYUAD Provost Arlie Petters, Deputy between IIT Madras Incubation commercialization.”, said Prof. Ranjan Bose, Director IIIT- Chief of Mission to the UAE Sandeep Kumar Bayyapu, and Delhi and Principal Investigator at iHub Anubhuti-IIITD Second Secretary (Press, Information & Culture) Sandeep Cell, SIF Foundation. Kaushik also attended the signing ceremony. The hub will also nurture start-ups that were born out of TIH IIT Madras Incubation Cell (IITMIC) and Sona Incubation projects for furthering their entrepreneurial efforts. These Somaiya Vidyavihar announces Foundation (SIF) located at Salem, signed a Memorandum of entrepreneurial initiatives will be driven through the Understanding (MOU) at IITM Research Park, Chennai. advancement of research and development. With focuses Darwin 2021 Through this MoU, IITMIC extends holistic support to approach on driving research and innovation, the project strengthen the incubation ecosystem at SIF and provide co- aims to encourage entrepreneurship and in turn yield results Darwin, an International Conference and One of India's incubation support to select SIF incubatees to scale and make on a national scale. Biggest Evolutionary Movements in Biology, introduces its national impact. IITMIC will provide training, mentoring, TIH will be spearheaded by CEO Mr. Mukesh Malhotra who third edition with a lineup of various events. An initiative of enable networking and amplify the reach of the startups to brings with him a rich experience of over 2 decades spanning Somaiya Vidyavihar, the international conference is investors, industry and potential market. various functions such as Finance, Corporate Strategy, P&L organised by Bioriidl, an extension of Research Innovation Management, Marketing, M&A and Commercials. He has Incubation Design Laboratory (riidl), a not for profit “The Sona College of Technology and Thiagarajar been instrumental in starting various businesses from scratch organisation under Somaiya Trust. The virtual conference will Polytechnic College together have been preparing and scaling them up in various multinationals and Indian be held from 2nd December 2021 to 5th December 2021. All engineering talent for nearly 65 years with a key focus on companies. the bio-enthusiasts can register to be a part of the R&D and Industry-Academia partnership. We now look revolutionary conference at thedarwin.in. This year's theme is forward to exceptional ideas from students and alumni, Sommet Education ties up with ISH 'Cutting Edge Biology'. The last date for registration is 20th diverse in areas like electric mobility and wearable November 2021. technology for use in healthcare,” says Mr Chocko Valliappa, Sommet Education and Indian School of Hospitality Darwin, an international conference, aims to promote Open Vice Chairman of Sona Group of Institutions. (ISH)have entered into a strategic alliance with ISH. With Science by bridging the gap between researchers and DIY Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala, President, IITMIC and IIT this alliance, École Ducasse will offer programmes in Bio-enthusiasts. The conference is conducted at no costs to culinary and pastry arts aimed at young students and sensitize and financially support the Bio-community by Madras Research Park said, “ In an effort to support professionals. This marks the debut of École Ducasse in India providing scholarships and project funds to sustain Biolabs as as the two partners intend to develop a network of culinary well as Biohackers while promoting research culture globally. entrepreneurs in the interiors of Tamil Nadu we started our schools in the region over the next three years. Darwin facilitated publishing of 9 research papers among the search for institutions engaged in R&D, industry With this, Sommet Education supports the development of its 43 paper presentations amidst the pandemic in 2020 in collaborations and active student participation. At Sona two prestigious institutions in India: École Ducasse, African Journal of Biological Sciences. Over the past 2 years, Group of institutions, we found a deep commitment both to worldwide education reference in Culinary and Pastry Arts, Darwin has created an impact by training over 2000 bio- research and entrepreneurship and Les Roches, one of the world's leading hospitality enthusiasts on a range of hands-on workshops participating business schools. from across 29 countries while funding 5 research projects Moturi Satyanarayana Centre for ISH will be able to further strengthen its portfolio of among the 47 Biohacking presentations and building an programmes with opportunities for students to study online community of over 10,000 bio-enthusiasts with a Advanced Study in the Humanities and semesters abroad, start their studies in India and finish them network of collaborating with over 35 DIY Biolabs and in another institution of the network, join new programmes research based organizations across the globe. Social Sciences at Krea University including an MBAat Les Roches, Switzerland. Covering a wide range of biological interests, in 2020, Darwin Dilip Puri, Founder & CEO of ISH commented: “Partnering hosted its first virtual conference with renowned scientists, a Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu, inaugurated the with Sommet Education will enable us to strengthen our panel of industry experts sharing on global research topics, Moturi Satyanarayana Centre for Advanced Study in the offerings, expand our presence pan India and in neighbouring virtual workshops, virtual tours of various labs and Research Humanities and Social Sciences at Krea University on Sep 8 countries, and be part of Sommet's prestigious network of 18 Symposium - a paper presentation competition. The four-day at an event hosted at Raj Bhavan in Chennai. campuses across 8 countries, and 60,000 influential alumni. Moturi Satyanarayana Centre for Advanced Study in the We will also be able to further support industry demand for Humanities and Social Sciences aims to promote scholarship hospitality leaders by bringing two of the world's best brands in the humanities and social sciences. The centre commemorates the life and legacy of veteran freedom fighter, Member of the Constituent Assembly, the Provisional

Curriculum September 16, 2021 15 Higher Edu Updates FLAME University hosts its convocation ISBF's Orientation Ceremony for education that is grounded in tradition, while directed at the future. Design & Innovation amalgamation aspires to virtually for the Class of 2020 and 2021 the new Academic Session integrate education, industry and tradition by engaging with artisans, exploring crafts transformation through FLAME University, Pune, virtually hosted its convocation The Indian School of Business & Finance (ISBF) conducted technological and design interventions and promoting ceremony on 4th September, 2021 for the graduating Class of its 16th Orientation Ceremony on August 28. In keeping with livelihood sustenance through marketing, while preserving 2020 and 2021. Owing to the COVID-19 restrictions, the the times, the Ceremony was held virtually and Lecturer of the cultural identity. Convocation was held virtually, where students, parents and Statistics, LSE, Dr James Abdey, graced the occasion as the other guests attended the ceremony online. Guest of Honour. Also present was Amogh Agarwal, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham inks MoU Prasoon Joshi - Poet, Writer and Chairperson of Central Manager FX and Derivative Sales, ICICI Bank, and an with IMD Board of Film Certification was the Chief Guest for the alumnus of ISBF, who joined the ceremony as a Special Convocation. He said, “Even today I feel like a student, as Guest. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, ranked the 4th Best Overall learning never stops. Life is teaching you lessons every time The purpose of the Orientation Ceremony was to introduce University in India in the 2020 NIRF Ranking, has signed a and you have to be open and receptive to new learnings. It is and welcome new students and their families to the ISBF Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the India important that you know your intent and keep seeking, and community. The event was also a means to familiarize the Meteorological Department (IMD), Ministry of Earth never stop learning. As you live, you learn. Authenticity, incoming class with the ethos of being an ISBF student and Sciences on Climate Change Risk Assessment Modeling and comes from your first-hand experience, the more you the role that LSE and University of London play in this Multi-hazard Management. This MoU addresses this very experience in life, the wiser you become. This is what I call ecosystem. need of developing theories and solutions for dynamic multi experienced truth.” With over 100+ participants, the Orientation Ceremony hazard based risk modeling, assessment, and early warning. Dr. Dishan Kamdar, Vice-Chancellor, FLAME University, featured students, their parents and guardians, all of whom This collaborative MoU is intended to unveil the said, “I would like to congratulate all the students who will be stayed glued to their devices throughout the ceremony, along interrelationships of multi hazards with extreme weather graduating today. As you get ready to step into the real world, with senior ISBF stakeholders, faculty and staff including the scenarios and long term climate change impacts with a I would like you to understand that you need to have patience Chairperson, Director, Dean Academics and the Chief specific focus on bringing together experts and students alike and persistence to achieve success in life. The difference Operating Officer, who were also present. to leverage technology along with academic frameworks to between a successful person and others is the insatiable solve the pressing challenges in these areas. hunger and curiosity to know and learn more. Continue to be a Sanskriti University: The MoU, on behalf of Amrita School for Sustainable knowledge-seeker and a life-long learner. As you grow in Development, UNESCO Chair on Experiential Learning for life, be benevolent to people around you. It would make life International Conference organized by Sustainable Innovation and Development, Amrita Centre for more meaningful and fulfilling. Invest in continuing the Wireless Networks and Application, was jointly signed by Dr. friendships you have built with your fellow students, faculty on “Innovations in Learning Experience Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, DGM, IMD, PR of India with World and alumni, which will help you to leverage the successful Meteorological Organization (WMO) & Member of FLAME University network in the future.” & Opportunities” Executive Council (EC) WMO and Dr. Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh, Dean, School for Sustainable Development, Amrita Anant National University Sanskriti University's School of Education conducted a Two- Vishwa Vidyapeetham. day International Conference on \"Innovations in Learning conducts orientation program Experiences & Opportunities\". Prof Sajid Jamal (DOE, Elaborating further on the MoU and the benefits, Dr. AMU, Aligarh), Prof Mohd Muzammil (Former VC of Dr Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh, said: “Through this partnership, Ahmedabad, 06th September 2021: Anant National BR Ambedkar University, Agra), Dr Chandra Pal Singh Amrita and IMD will work towards developing a framework University, Ahmedabad conducted the three-day-long online Chauhan (former Dean, AMU, Aligarh) were present as key for optimized community based disaster resilience using orientation programme for the new foundation batch 2021-22 speakers of the Conference. The conference was designed for emerging technologies and integration of interdisciplinary of Design students. The programme included around 185+ Research Scholars, Indian and foreign delegates from domains. We plan to work together to develop impact based students for both undergraduate and Post Graduate students various Academic Institutions and Universities. Large early warning of landslides by heterogeneous data integration of Design. It was open to both students & parents. The number of faculty members, researchers, and students and analysis, and develop an ecosystem that will provide the Orientation programme is envisaged to help students participated in the conference from different colleges and opportunity to share weather forecasts, early warnings and transition into their new academic environment & role and universities. alerts, and devise a crowdsourced mobile application for align expectations to the values that AnantU upholds as a Addressing the conference, Prof Mohd Muzammil (Former multi-hazard event management and early warning. University and community together. VC of Dr BR Ambedkar University, Agra), said \"Educators Dr Anunaya Chaubey, Provost, AnantU, gave the inaugural around the world are using the power of technology to drive Prof. Rajesh Khanna appointed as speech & spoke on the topic of climate change, embracing greater student-teacher engagement, promoting newer ways diversity and gaining multidisciplinary perspectives in the of learning, and transforming the learning experience for NIIT University President journey of becoming Solutionaries to real world problems. students. Innovation in learning informs everything we do, in Prof. Chaubey boosted confidence in the students by the classroom and beyond. Faculty members shared their Prof Rajesh Khanna, former discussing a varsity of opportunities lined up for the Design expertise in teaching, business and industry to deliver faculty and Dean of Students at students at AnantU. He shared AnantU's journey & how it has impactful learning experiences. Without innovation, we will IIT Delhi, will take as the established itself as one of the forerunners in Design always be stuck in the same old frame of learning. It is the president of NIIT University education by rethinking the pedagogy and the curriculum and need of hour to innovate to move on. We should try to (NU). Prof Khanna, former bringing together renowned practitioners and faculty from innovate the new learning methods, or ways so that we can IITian, earned his B.Tech, around the world in one campus. The guest of Honor at the also move forward with time.” M.Tech, and PhD in Chemical programme was Prof. Neelkant Chayya, who addressed the The theme of the conference was divided into 8 sub-theme as Engineering from IIT Kanpur. students on Design Thinking. He was there to encourage innovation in learning, virtual learning. learning through He did post-doctoral research at students by talking about the importance of Design thinking shadow education, web-based learning, project-based Institut de Chimie des Surfaces in tackling creative challenges – How it gives many learning, cooperative learning, socio-economic development et Interfaces – CNRS opportunities to take a look at problems from a completely through innovations in learning, any other sub-theme related Mulhouse, France, and was an different perspective. to the main theme. Honorary Visiting Research Prof Seema Anand and Prof Prashant Dhawan threw some Prof. Dr. Rana Singh, Vice-Chancellor of the University Fellow, University of New South Wales, Sydney. Prof Khanna light on 'Biomimicry – Nature integrated design thinking', addressed the important issue of outcome based approach, has held numerous faculty and administrative positions at IIT which has recently become a part of the curriculum. Followed effectiveness and necessity of experiential learning in today's Delhi over the course of his 23-year career, including Head of by each department related to the academia and co-curricular time and said \" this conference aimed to focus on providing Department of Chemical Engineering, Dean of Students, life of a student presented their department's work, world class education with focus on research and innovation Faculty-in-Charge of Sports, Faculty Advisor for Students background and services in detail. in the educational system with a blended mode of delivery Society, and a mentor to countless students. He has also held using digital solutions to bring a paradigm shift'. the position of Vice-Chairman of the Joint Entrance The students also attended a specialized workshop on Examination. communication and interpersonal skills, designed to help Webinar on “Indian Crafts as a Future of them adapt to the Hybrid learning model given the COVID- Prof. Prem Vrat conferred with 'The Great 19 situation. There were sessions on time management for Design with research and innovation” Indian Teacher Award' at LEAD Global Conclave students to balance the time management behaviour for 2021 superior student performance. The well-being warriors from Sanskriti University's School of Fashion Designing hosted an the Centre of Wellbeing and the Office of Student Services insightful Webinar for Fashion Designing students on Prof. Prem Vrat, Pro-Chancellor; Professor of Eminence and also held a session on mental health issues to build awareness \"Indian Crafts as a Future of Design with research and Chief Mentor, The NorthCap University, Gurugram, has been of the importance of creating a supportive and stigma-free innovation\". The purpose of Webinar was to sensitize the awarded the prestigious 'The Great Indian Teacher Award' or environment on campus. It emphasized how students of students about our heritage and how it can be a lucrative #GITAAward at LEAD Global Conclave 2021. He was also a AnantU will be extended support by an online counselling career option for the design Students. Dr. Rena Mehta, Guest of Honour on the occasion. platform, an on-campus infirmary, and in-person Associate Professor at IICD, Jaipur was the Key Speaker of While celebrating Teachers' Day 2021, GSRC, in association counselling. the webinar. During the webinar Sanskriti University with the Indian Observer Post organized 'LEAD Global Professor Jasmine Gohil & Ms Roshini Nair introduced the Chancellor Sachin Gupta, Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Rana Conclave2021' on Saturday, Sept 4, 2021, at India students to the management and faculty members with the Singh were also present along with several faculty members. International Centre, New Delhi. The theme of the conclave commitment to extend support to the students during their While interacting with students, Dr. Rena Mehta, Associate was 'India@75 - Preparing for New Education Policy: academic journey at AnantU, as they make the transition. The Professor at IICD Jaipur said “Craft tradition is definitely an Roadmap for Vision toAction'. orientation programme was recorded and shared with the encouraging sign for the crafts sector which needs further During the event, the #GITA award was conferred on Dr. students, especially for those who missed attending the diversification for its progress. Identifying new avenues for Murali Manohar Joshi, Prof. Dr. K Kasturirangan, Prof. R.A. programme. Along with the virtual discussion, the offline the craft sector is thus crucial if India needs to nurture its Mashelkar, Prof. K.K Aggarwal, Chairman, NBA, Dr. Shyam integration of the orientation was the Student Docket – a soft traditional designs but there are more avenues for interested Singh Shashi, Prof. Ranbir Singh, Founder Vice-Chancellor, copy booklet, which is shared with the students individuals to learn about art and appreciate the creativity.\" NLU, Delhi to name a few. encompassing the critical elements of their upcoming Further she said “Digital experience in designing, Human journey atAnantU. and/or Computer interactions have modified the language and approach to design. There is a need for redefined

16 Curriculum September 16, 2021 Potpouri/Extra News 14-Year-Old builds personalised News App Students and educators find ways Fourteen-year-old, to read. I wanted to give electronics to build his experiment more. Like me, to cope with tech support, but Prajwal NH, a Grade 9 people the option to have a own motor-based toys. they too can come up with student of BGS National personalised news feeds The first time Prajwal exciting solutions to solve distraction, engagement and Public School, Bengaluru, based on their taste and realized the level of his big problems. We do not has built a news app called interests. I am happy I got coding skills and his real need any high-level isolation are barriers Neorkee that allows users an opportunity to build this potential was when he calculus or knowledge of to curate and customise app under Atal Innovation attended a hackathon for physics to code, you just Physical distance did not deter students or teachers from their newsfeed. Prajwal Mission and I hope more school kids that was hosted need the desire to learn and getting the technical support they needed while e-learning; was able to bring his and more people will start by Codingal. create. Learning to code although many school technical support teams were unable dream project to fruition using the app.” Prajwal says he was drawn helped me develop logical to cope with the volatile demand, students and educators after attending a Prajwal was interested in to coding once he and analytical thinking and found alternative sources of support. Students were more competition organised by electronics and robotics discovered the immense I now use that to create likely (33%) to ask a classmate, friend, or younger Atal Innovation Mission from a very young age. power that coding gave solutions to the problems I household member for help than they were to go to school with the guidance of his When he was in grade 6, he him to create anything and see around me.” tech support staff (15%). Similarly, 47% of educators mentor Bhavesh joined a robotics class everything that he could The first time Prajwal addressed their concerns to the school tech support team, Goswami, founder & CEO which required him to learn imagine. “Learning to code realized the level of his but 32% simply tried to find an answer themselves, 31% of CloudThat. The project C and C++ programming helped me realize one of coding skills and his real asked another teacher, and at least 11% consulted with a helped kickstart Prajwal's languages. He says he also my dream projects. I urge potential was when he nearby teenager. These are part of findings in a new study journey as a 'social enjoyed dismantling his fellow coders to start attended a hackathon for from Lenovo and Microsoft that shows enormous entrepreneur' and he toys and using the creating applications and school kids that was hosted opportunities in e-learning, but limited adoption of full recently co-founded by Codingal. range of solutions. Cloud Attack, a cloud Around 14% of educators had embraced device-as-a- computing solutions and service (DaaS). DaaS offers a subscription-based model consulting company. including laptops, desktops, tablets, tech support, software A technology enthusiast and management services. and a budding social Students and educators found the most profound barriers to entrepreneur, Prajwal has online learning in the social sphere. More than 60% of been learning coding for students and educators indicated that they experienced three years and has a keen weakened social relationships during the period of online interest in building learning. The top four factors listed as challenges by applications that have students and their parents were distractions at home (54%), social implications and less motivation to attend online classes at home (48%), solve issues people face lack of immediate feedback and interaction with daily. He learnt coding teachers/classmates (46%) and social isolation or difficulty from popular online code in meeting people (41%). learning platform While video conferencing applications provide many Codingal. avenues for real-time interaction, attending all their classes Speaking about his through a screen proved to be challenging for students. application Neorkee, 75% of educators listed “students get distracted or lose Prajwal says, “I saw the concentration during live sessions” as one of the major gap between how most barriers to e-learning. people around me Conducted by specialist firms YouGov and Terrapin across consumed news and the 12 markets in Asia Pacific during May 2021, the study news they actually wanted examined nearly 3,400 students, parents and educators to understand their assessment of e-learning since the pandemic began, including 232 students in India, and explored how technology can further engage students and support learning. The study says new subscription models, smarter collaboration platforms, AI-enabled devices, and virtual reality can unlock future potential as schools cross the one- year mark since the rapid shift to virtual classrooms. ABEA awards 28 School Leaders as WE INVITE YOU TO BECOME PART OF 'Changemakers' INDIA'S EDUCATION STORY! 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Over 28 school leaders from Indian and abroad were paid Tracing FICCI Flo Kolkata's association with Samaritan a tribute and were recognised as 'Changemakers' under Help Mission, Mrs Chamaria, said, “Our association with various categories namely 'Promoting inclusion & school Samaritan Help Mission began last year when we had an wide student enrichment', 'Integration of 21st-century skills and new practices', 'Creating a culture of continuous OUR FOCUSopportunity to help provide entrepreneurial training to professional development', 'Nurturing a culture of school some ladies from the local community. The work, the wide professional development to improve the total vision, and the passion with which Mr. Mamoon Akhtar school quality', 'Creating a culture of learning leading to (founder of Samaritan Mission School) has gone about better student development and outcomes', 'Creating a this landmark transformation, touching hundreds of lives collaborative learning culture in the Unaided Schools Forum', 'Pioneering teacher learning programs' and — We cover latest news, producatnldauhenlpchbueislt,acbuertrteernctomevmeunittsy, atonudchterdeunsd, asnd we 'Focusing on the continuous professional development of — News features, Guest Articles,tdhEeacxtidpheederitstodchooeilnlpgu.smtIrtennissgtthoetnhahtisenhdantdhsatinthteheocncoubpleatwioonrakl staff', 'Promoting a culture of lifelong learning', and many — Career counselling, Skill Indiath,eEranptyrecpernetrneeuforrshsippescially-abled children was others.' — School/College /university evevnistusalised.” Pehlay Akshar Foundation celebrated 5,000 BMC — Achievements by students, faculty, institutions teachers, it trained — Education Technology — Study Abroad The Pehlay Akshar Foundation, part of the RPG Group, — Institution/people profiles felicitated 5,000 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) teachers for completing two years of the Teacher Development Program on 04th September. 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