www.curriculum-magazine.com RNI No. UTTENG/2010/37634 Vol 9 No 10 THE INDIA EDUCATION LANDSCAPE UPDATE magazine August 16 2019 IN BRIEF NCTE kick starts year-long silver jubilee celebration with an international conference; 27 more events scheduled ahead Top Haryana schools to provide JEE, NEET The National Council for education providers, NGOs and Finally, some welcome action on much neglected coaching Teacher Education (NCTE) foreign delegates. teacher training agenda in the country appears to be as a statutory body came into Rina Ray, Secretary Department in sight as the NCTE (National Council for Teacher Haryana Chief Minister existence in pursuance of the of School Education and Literacy, Education), the national regulator for teacher Manohar Lal Khattar has National Council for Teacher MHRD used the occasion to education and training in India moves to address announced that top 100 Education Act 1993 on August 17, announce teacher training project some of the vexed issues that have been the source government senior secondary 1995 with the objective of NISHTA (National Initiative on of mistrust between it and the private sector and higher secondary schools planned and coordinated School Teachers Head Holistic providers of teacher education who make up about in the state would be development of teacher education Advancement) under which about 98% of the all 18500+ teacher education colleges in developed as model schools on system in India with regulation 42 lakh teachers will be trained. the country. the basis of evaluation of their and maintenance of norms and The project will commence from results and infrastructure for standards thereof. And on August August 22. “This will be the Three sub-committees have been formed recently to specifically look the academic session 2019-20. 17, 2019, NCTE entered into its world's biggest project for teacher into the long pending demands of these providers. One subcommittee Besides, new 'Super 100 25th year with a commemorative training project,” she added. The has been constituted for curriculum review, second for fee uniformity Centres' would be opened for event spread over two days as an secretary also announced that all nationally and the third for looking into current system of student government school students international conference titled , the 19500 teacher training internships. As per sources, though there is no timeframe for these where top performing students 'Journey of Teacher institutes have been mapped with committees to submit their reprots, yet because of the ministry's action would be provided coaching in Education—Local to Global' in Google Earth and basic informa- plan 2022, the work may be taken to its logical end by end of this year. competitive examinations like New Delhi. The conference was tion about them will be available The degree programs in teacher education, B Ed and M Ed, are being JEE Mains, National attended by about 1300 people as report cards and there is also taught in accordance to a curriculum devised in 1996 and since then it Eligibility cum Entrance Test comprising teacher educators, provision for feedback. hasn't been updated even once. The sub-committee which among (NEET) and other competitive administrators, government other experts also includes some serving private school principals, will exams. officials, student teachers, Contd on... Page 4 review the current curriculum and make recommendations for relevant representative of teacher changes and updatations. NIT, Uttarakhand The issue of fee uniformity for teacher education courses is one of the campus in Sumari fundamental issues responsible for skewed growth of teacher training village colleges in states as also for its poor quality. The fee ranges from as less as Rs 12,000 a year in some states to Rs 80,000 in others. As such permanent campus of National aspirant students from various states move from one to another for Institute of Technology, cheaper options. According to Ashok Vyas, president of All India Uttarakhand will be Association of Private Colleges (AIAPAC), the genesis of this established in Sumari village problem lies in the NCTE resolution where states have been in Srinagar, Uttarakhand. The empowered to fix the fee. foundation stone of the permanent campus will be laid Contd on... Page 3 in the first week of September, this year. Private B Ed colleges: We're victims of The government sources system not the culprits.. Page 4 informed that out 309 acres of land, 203 acres has been Standalone institutions Diploma RTE, Children & identified for building the Management Institutes rattled by draft NEP permanent campus. Upcoming Teacher activists session of the N.I.T, Of the 3100 institutes offering Furqan Qamar, former VC of HP management has been mentioned Uttarakhand will be started in management education in India, central university and AIU general indirectly at a couple of places and oppose RTE Act 'dilu- the temporary campus itself about 460 are standalone self- secretary, who is now back to there is no expert on management and a high-level committee financing colleges meaning these teaching at Jamia, there will be education within the group of tion' in draft NEP will be made to transfer only teach management consolidation of higher education experts which has vetted the draft,” students from N.I.T, Jaipur discipline and can only award institutions within the country and he added. With stagnation in Stating that legislation should get campus and for the next diplomas. Now with the draft the number which currently is admissions already hitting a priority over policy, RTE Forum, session, the process of National Education Policy being about 50,000 may come down to number of these diploma institutes, Alliance for Right to Early Childhood admission will start from the discussed for an eventual roll out 12-15000 due to restructuring as they have also the level playing Development and All India Primary permanent campus NIT, soon, the standalone institutes proposed in the draft NEP and field after IIMs upgrade. Teachers Federation and others have Uttarakhand. have started worrying about their interdisciplinary requirements. “Management is neither wholly sent a list of dissenting suggestions on existence as the proposed new “The existential challenge for knowledge based, nor completely draft NEP to ministry of HRD. New Education Policy policy only provides for three many management colleges will skill-based, it has its own dynamics “The RTE Act represents the highest by Oct type of higher education remain as the future requirements of linkages and job market. I wish stage reached in the evolution of the institutions—all of them degree will force lot of realignment,” he there is a strategic thrust to each education policy in India. The Act After the July 31st deadline for dispensing. said while addressing the 10th stream of education in the policy to confers a legal right on children. The submission of suggestions was While the government sector Manage Conclave in Delhi on address its needs and ecosystem draft policy departs from the RTE Act moved by yet another 15 days, IIMs which until last year were August 2. development,” he said. and dilutes the timeframe of the Act. around two lakh suggestions also diploma awarding Dr Harivansh Chaturvedi, director Anil D Sahasrabudhe, AICTE Now the goal of universalization has have been received by the institutions of excellence have BIMTECH and alternate president chairman, however, allays much of been shifted to 2030…secondly, the ministry of HRD. been upgraded as universities EPSI, a lobby of private HEIs, these fears and feels while the policy document unjustifiably and Work is in progress to look at and their programs made into while setting the context of what bottom 20% -30% may disappear, without basis of facts, declares that the the public inputs. Dr Ramesh degree courses along with PhD, draft NEP holds for institutions like those doing good will be able to norms and standards of the Act give Pokhriyal while speaking at a the private institutes which were his own felt that management provide degrees and become part salience to quantity at the cost of conference recently while largely modeled on IIMs course education hasn't been given proper of change. “The emphasis is on quality. The fact is that the quantitative giving information on the program architecture, have stuck attention in the draft. “Within two lighter but tighter regulations,” he norms in RTE Act are the basic number of inputs said that a dead wall. According to Prof pages on technical education, quipped. minimum ,” says the list of 24 hopefully by October, the submission points. policy announcement could be expected. Contd P 3 According to experts, the policy may include many things to make people happy but the implementation is always tricky. Keep tuned!
2 Curriculum August 16, 2019 News Updates 20 Institutions recommended for compelling research findings and share insights on effective growth Advisory of HRD policies. By encouraging evidence-based public debate, I4I aims to status of 'Institutions of Eminence' make insights accessible to policy stakeholders and inform policy Ministry in respect of conversations. The UGC, in its 542ndmeeting held on 02nd August 2019 has “Both the TCD at the University of Chicago and the IGC share the a fake school board considered the reports of the Empowered Expert Committee (EEC) belief that evidence-based policymaking is the key to rapidly appointed by Government under the Chairmanship of Shri N advancing living standards. This requires a virtuous circle of idea The Ministry of Human Resource Gopalaswami recommending (15) Public institutions and (15) development, rigorous testing, robust communication and scale-up. and Development wishes to Private institutions for considering to give status of Institutions of This portal will strengthen a key link in this circle by facilitating critical inform the general public that it Eminence. collaborations between researchers and policymakers. We are just has come to the notice of Ministry Since the scheme has only provided for (10) Public and (10) Private absolutely honoured to work with the IGC to help take the very of HRD that one entity operating Institutions, the UGC has examined the list of (15) Public and (15) successful I4I to the next level,” said Michael Greenstone, TCD's in the name of “Board of Higher Private Institutions using transparent and verifiable criteria. faculty director, the Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor Secondary Education, Delhi” is Public Institutions: in Economics at the University of Chicago and Research Programme claiming to be a recognised UGC has ranked the list of (15) recommendations as per the QS- Director for the IGC's energy research programme. Board of Education by this 2020 World Rankings. Wherever there is a tie, used theQS-2019 “I4I was started as a platform for dissemination of original research Ministry vide letter No. India Rankings as a tie-breaker. IIT Bombay (INI), IIT Delhi (INI), IISC on India's economic issues generated by IGC and its network of 1812/2009/SKT-1 dated Bangalore (Deemed Univ), IIT Madras (INI), IIT Kharagpur (INI)Delhi professional economists for a non-technical audience. Over the years, 29/06/2009 and D.O. letter No. 3- University (Central Univ), University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad it has spread its wings to include a much wider set of contributions 5/2013/Sch.3 dated the 26th (Central Univ), Jadavpur University, Kolkata (State Univ), Anna over a more diverse set of issues. Today, it has established itself as April, 2013. On scrutiny of the University, Chennai (State Univ), BHU, Varanasi (Central Univ),--all one of the foremost portals for practically all issues relating to the relevant records of this Ministry, these 10 have been recommended subject to consultation with Indian economy. However, at its heart still lies a focus on research- it has been found that no such states in case of state universities, Savitribai Phule Pune University, based expositions. The collaboration with TCD will no doubt lead to a letters have ever been issued by Pune (State Univ), AMU, Aligarh (Central Univ), Tezpur University significant strengthening of this focus through the involvement of the this Ministry in favour of so (Central Univ), Panjab University, Chandigarh (State/Central Univ), networks of TCD and the University of Chicago,” said Dr. Pronab Sen, called Board of Higher Andhra University, Visakhapatnam (State Univ) Country Director for the India Programme, IGC. Secondary Education, Delhi. Private Institutions: “Unlike most areas of academic research, economics has the unique Both these letters are, therefore, UGC has ranked the list of the (15) private institutions distinction that everyone wants to know what answers experts are completely forged and fabricated. recommended by the EEC by taking their ranking in the QS India or proposing to the problems of everyday life. The promise of a sensible Further, it is abundantly clarified NIRF rankings, and NIRF ranking has been used as tie-breaker. In evidence-based policy regime lies in an informed electorate; that No letters, whatsoever, have case there is any vacant slot after considering all the ranked translating and explaining the most pertinent research findings on the ever been issued by this Ministry institutions, the same was used for 'yet to be set up (greenfield)' issues of Indian development is the mission that I4I has taken upon recognising the said entity i.e. institution. The 10 recommended universities are: itself. Our efforts will be hugely strengthened through the Board of Higher Secondary BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Jio collaboration with TCD. The value added through their expertise as Education, Delhi. Institute (Reliance Foundation, Maharashtra), Amrita Vishwa well as their financial support will no doubt enhance the quality and The said entity i.e. Board of Vidyapeetham, Bangalore, VIT Vellore,Tami Nadu, Jamia Hamdard, scope of our endeavours,” said Ashok Kotwal, Editor-in-Chief, I4I. Higher Secondary Education, New Delhi, Kalinga Instt. of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, As a part of this collaboration, TCD and IGC will communicate their Delhi stands dissolved w.e.f. O.P JINDAL University, Haryana, Shiv Nadar University, Uttar research in ways that drive policy impact and make a larger audience 01.07.1962 vide Directorate of Pradesh, Bharti (Satya Bharti Foundation), Delhi familiar with work in development economics and social Education Delhi Administration development. Both entities will jointly work towards encouraging Resolution's No. F.32(10)/62- Teach for India to Commemorates 10 collaboration between researchers and global, national, and local Edn. dated 30.06.1962. decision-makers to determine the obstacles that need to be Therefore, if any other docu- Years of Service confronted across several thematic areas, including but not limited to ment(s) is/are produced by the education, energy, environment, labour economics, public finance, Board of Higher Secondary Teach for India, a non-profit organisation working towards the water & sanitation, and urban development. Education, Delhi in relation to its vision of an excellent education for all children, announces the recognition, then the same may launch of its book, Grey Sunshine, alongside a stage musical on 4th National Assessment Survey (NAS)-2020 be deemed to be fake and the September, 2019, at the Opera House in Mumbai. The book and veracity of the documents may musical serve to acknowledge the stories of triumph and hardship prep first be got confirmed from the from students, as well as teachers over 10 years of exemplary concerned organisation/Ministry. service in the educational sector of the nation. The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has began The General Public, all students, The book launch is accompanied by a grand stage musical- “The preparations for the National Assessment Survey (NAS)-2020 to their parents and all other Greatest Show on Earth”- created and curated by the Children of evaluate the learning outcomes of all children at the elementary level. stakeholders are, therefore, Teach for India. It showcases the complexities of the Indian In this context, a school-based assessment (SBA) has been proposed to be advised to take note of the above Education System through the metaphor of a Circus- featuring conducted as pre-NAS intervention at all schools in December. The facts and act accordingly. students telling real stories of their experiences within an unjust purpose of the SBAis to empower the teachers for improving the learning system. The performers use various forms of art and expression to levels of the students. ISRO announces bring to life the challenges that must be overcome to help the Earlier, the National Council of Educational Research and Training children of India reach their fullest potential. (NCERT) had conducted NAS across the country on November 13, 2017, Vikram Sarabhai Leading the organisation through its decade long journey, Shaheen for Classes III, V and VIII in government and government-aided schools. Mistri, CEO, Teach for India said, “Our aim has been to transform The survey tools used were multiple test booklets in mathematics, Journalism Award India into a place where all children, irrespective of their language, environmental sciences, sciences and social sciences. background, have access to an education that unleashes their After a gap of two years now, a decentralised test has been proposed As part of centenary year maximum potential. Our movement of leaders has worked, and wherein the preparation of the test will be done at the district level for celebrations of Dr. Vikram continues to work ceaselessly to eliminate educational inequity in which, training will be given by the National Council of Educational Sarabhai, father of Indian space India. We can definitively see that the seeds we sowed ten years Research and Training. The test will be administered at the school level. programme, ISRO institutes two ago are starting to bear fruit now and just witnessing that is a For this, a framework to improve the quality of learning through the SBA categories of awards in journal- deeply emotional process.” in the schools is being prepared which would focus on bringing school ism. ISRO has announced its Today, the movement is 4000 Fellows strong, teaching over 38,000 leaders, teachers, officials at blocks, State Council of Educational “Vikram Sarabhai Journalism low-income children in a two-year fellowship programme spanning Research and Training (SCERT) and the Directorates of Education Award in Space Science, 7 cities. Post-fellowship, they join a growing movement of Alumni within its ambit. A non-standardised assessment would be used to link to Technology and Research” to who work at all levels within the educational sector. They work the individual learning styles of each child. Assessment of personal recognize and reward journalists passionately as teachers, school principals, advisors to government social qualities, along with cognitive competencies, will be encouraged. who have actively contributed or policymakers, in addition to becoming autonomously successful A sample checking by an external agency will be done to validate the data towards the field of space founders or employees at other non-profit organisations serving from the schools. science, applications, and underprivileged children. The emphasis will be laid on portfolio, self and peer assessment used in research. The nominations are conjunction with teacher assessment. A strong and relevant feedback open to all Indians who have a Leading economic institutes join hands mechanism will be inbuilt allowing a teacher to give immediate and good experience in journalism. constructive feedback to students. The articles published from 2019 to bridge research-policy gap The SBA would have an online reporting system of both school and to 2020 will be considered, says teacher-level performance which can be monitored at the district-level the Indian Space Research With the common mandate to promote growth through economic and guidelines, handbook, videos, e-books and e-learning materials will Organisation (ISRO). ideas, the Tata Centre for Development (TCD) at the University of be developed for the conduct of the SBAand shared with the UT. There are two categories of Chicago and the International Growth Centre (IGC) at the London In implementing the SBA, emphasis will be laid on on-site mentoring by awards, wherein the first category School of Economics & Political Science are formally collaborating the Cluster Resource Centre Coordinator (CRCC). holds a cash price of Rs 5,00,000, through the economics and policy portal 'Ideas for India' (I4I). The The CRCCs would nurture and support the teachers on a regular basis and a medal and citation and two ideologically-neutral portal is a platform for economists, other teachers would be encouraged to participate in quality circles within the journalists or freelancers of print social scientists, and development practitioners to disseminate clusters. media will be awarded. Nominated candidates will be judged on the basis of the articles or success stories published in Hindi, English, or Regional languages in popular Periodicals,
Curriculum July 16, 2019 3 News Feature CBSE announces a slew of measures Contd from P1 Board will decide on admission requests for classes 9 & 11 in affiliated schools; enforce attendance rule; come out with major changes in next year's 12th class papers; The Central Board of cases when students unnecessar- of the CBSE while Rule 14 of the NCTE sets on reform process Secondary Education ily try to change the schools in Examination Bye-laws states the (CBSE) will regulate class 9 and 11, citing that the percentage of attendance up to “As the states have to reimburse 60% through scholarships, they keep it low. admissions to classes 9 and 11 in other school is better. In such which it can be considered for We have independently got calculated the average cost of imparting training all its affiliated schools across circumstances, we have asked the condonation and the grounds for to a student, which comes to Rs 1, 92,000 per year per student. Now when the the country from next year. parents to prove that through the its consideration. disparity is to such an extent and again from state to state, how will, TET Standard Operating Procedures results of both the schools – “It was observed that students, colleges adhere to NCTE norms and become quality institutions? For the past (SOPs) have been formulated admitting and leaving— and the parents and schools are not six months we have had a dialogue with the NCTE on this and with constitu- for admissions in these classes quality of teachers working in following rules strictly. While tion of sub-committee on the matter, our hopes have raised for a change in this under which the board will itself them,” he said. students were not submitting rule,” he adds. approve the admission requests, Bhardwaj also said that the desired documents and certifi- The issue of 96-day mandatory internship as part of bachelors degree program it has been learnt. Currently, leaving school will have to cates of the competent authority is again something that has been a source of constant friction between schools conduct admission to cooperate with the parents. while seeking exemptions in providers and NCTE. As of now, student has the freedom to choose the place classes 9 and 11 on the basis of “Failing which action will be attendance, schools are not of internship and the TET college has no role either in allotment or supervi- their own rules. taken against them,” he said. sending all cases of shortage of sion. A lot of students do it in their leisure time near their homes and often take The board has described 11 The board has also asked the attendance to the CBSE. As per the whole academic session to get the completion certificate. This spillover of categories under which schools to fix the deadline for analysis of the result of 2019 of the students for the completion of the remaining class work and curriculum into admission can be sought in these admissions in these classes. “It students whose attendance had next academic year further burdens these colleges with unpaid cost. “B Ed two classes. These include has been observed that requests been condoned have performed students being supervised by untrained, non B Ed or diploma teachers is a transfer of parents, shifting of are made at the end of the poorly in the examinations,” a common practice whereas our trained faculties don't get to monitor their family, shifting of hostel, re- academic session for change of senior board official said. students is something which must change,” says Vyas adding that a sub- admission in other school after school. Last minute shifting of “The board has prepared SOPs for committee for this is indeed again a welcome move. failing in these two classes, school does not provide dealing with students having These newer developments come on close heels of the roll out of a new 4-year better education, long distance, conducive educational environ- attendance less than the pre- integrated B Ed course from this academic session. This new course is a dual medical condition, change of ment to students, as they are not scribed percentage of attendance degree BA/BSc/B Com program where the students will also study about education board, among others. well acquainted with new for the information and compli- teaching in addition to regular subjects. For these students there is no need of The CBSE has also added new classmates and teachers. That's ance by schools, students and undergoing the two-year B Ed course after their graduation. Several universi- clauses for admission under why deadlines are being set,” parents. Schools have been ties have started this offer from this year. these categories. For instance, if Bhardwaj said in the communica- requested to communicate According Dr. Satbir Bedi, Chairperson, NCTE, there is also a plan to a student wants to take admis- tion sent to the schools. information and rule position to establish a B ED college in each district. “We are hoping to have 700 such sion in any of these two classes The board has further asked the students and parents,” the official colleges in the country by 2022 which will add 70,000 trained teachers per in another school citing “better schools not to give admissions to said. annum to augment our pool.” While speaking at the inauguration ceremony education” facilities, the parents any student coming from any of a new NCTE office building in Dwarka sector 10 of Delhi built at a cost of will have to submit the results of unaffiliated school in these In a big announcement, CBSE has Rs 38 Cr, Bedi also informed that NCTE is moving to add internationalization last five years of both the schools classes. “There have been said it will introduce major to teacher education by adding overseas affiliated colleges and exchange (in which the ward is currently instances when unaffiliated changes in the paper pattern of programs on lines of CBSE. studying and the one in which schools have tie-up with some class 12 examinations and will As part of new office, NCTE will now house offices of all four regional admission is sought) along with CBSE affiliated schools and now give more importance to the committees and also issue e-certification for those graduates who have to the application. They will also make their students appear in the internal assessment of the obtain validation certificates as part of recruitment rules. have to submit the qualification CBSE's exams. That's why this students. “The internal assess- With NCTE entering into its silver jubilee year this year, the reforms initiative and teaching experience of the instruction was given,” ment will be of 20 per cent of the and a new office, will certainly put it into spotlight of expectations. Only hope staff members of both the Bhardwarj explained. total marks, and the science and is unlike its squandered past mostly spent in bureaucratic tussle and court schools with the CBSE. The All cases of short attendance of arts subjects will carry the same fights, which in any case were never able to improve standards and quality of clause drew criticism from students will now have to be weight,” the official mentioned. teacher students in India, this time, it sees the big picture and addresses the principals with many of them compulsorily reported to the The paper pattern will also be challenges squarely in spirit of a new India and ending teacher crisis. …Autar saying that why the schools will CBSE by schools along with changed, and the board will put Nehru give such information to the supporting documents and a final emphasise more on objective leaving students. call on the same will be taken by questions. To encourage fair Sanyam Bhardwaj, CBSE's the board in accordance with bye- practice, the practical examina- controller examinations, said the laws. tion for both class 10 and class 12 decision of formulating the Rule 13 of the Examination Bye- boards will be conducted at the SOPs was taken to “streamline” Laws of the Board specifies the external centres and not at the the process and to make sure that attendance requirements for a respective school. only “genuine students” get student to be eligible to appear for admissions. “There have been the Class X and XII examinations ELSA comes a much better chance of a path of exponential growth. It RTE Forum’s suggestions on Draft NEP employability. A recent report by claims to have made an impact to India KPMG stated that the e-learning by assisting a community of Further the activists voice stiff opposition to the recommendation contained in market in India, is expected grow more than 4 million English the document that teaching requirements of schools be met by peer tutoring, ELSA (English Language at 42% by 2021. learners enhance their educated members in the community and volunteers as it would reverse the Speech Assistant and not the “With the advent of Reliance jio, pronunciation. As a result, the recent progress made in eliminating informalization of school education. “We popular Disney character!) has increased smartphone and high learners were exposed to better are not in favor of a review of RTE Act to decide what amendments to launched in India to improve speed internet usage among the opportunities whether at school, introduce in it or replace it by a new comprehensive legislation. Most English speaking skills of the masses, there has been a sudden travel or work. provisions of the Act have remained unimplemented in spite of the fact five Indian Language learning explosion in demand for English “We are looking to repeat the year period prescribed for it was over by March 2015,” the statement says. community. Unlike other learning platforms. This is where growth story in India after major In its view, there have been hardly any public spirited private operators in applications, courses that focus ELSA is trying to fill the heavily success in Vietnam & Japan. India and philanthropy has virtually disappeared after CSR under which little primarily on teaching ignored but essential gap of India is one of the largest market has been invested in education. Therefore undue encouragement to commer- vocabulary and grammar, correct pronunciation and for English e-learning and we cialization to school education should be avoided. “Education is about nation ELSA uses speech recognition accent” quotes Ankit Raj, who is want to leave no stone unturned building and as such public education system and regular teachers must be the technology to help English looking after growth of ELSA in by going after online and offline mainstay. Common school system, which has been part of discourse for the learners with their India. channels to acquire customers”, last 50 years has been deliberately omitted in the draft NEP, needs to be kept pronunciation. ELSA has raised $7 million in says Vu Van, CEO of ELSA. alive,” saysAmbarish Rai, national convener of the RTE Forum. In India, the status of a person March, 2019 for its A.I. - assisted In a country with so many Centralization and politicization of education by way of Rashtriya Shiksha is often concluded by language learning platform that diverse languages -- 20 official Aayog is another objection that has been raised as it diminishes the role of knowledge and fluency of helps people with improving languages, English, is the only ministry of HRD and autonomous nature of such apex structure. English, and for millions, their english pronunciation. Over common language among native knowing fluent English means the past year, ELSA has been on speakers of all regions, and is
4 Curriculum August 16, 2019 Interview Ashok Vyas, President AIAPAC Private B Ed colleges: We're victims of system not the culprits Ashok Vyas, President, All India Association of Private Colleges (AIAPAC) who is also the founder-director of the Sh Rama Kant Vyas Mahila Shikshak Prashkshan Mahavidyalaya, Jhunjhunu Rajasthan spoke to Autar Nehru after he shared dais with union HRD minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishant at the inauguration func- tion of the newly consturcted state-of-the art 4-storeyed office building of National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) in Dwarka 10, New Delhi Your association will also get an hasn't been updated even once. either in allotment or supervision. teachers, then on a given time you us to become eligible to sit in this office space in the new building, The sub-committee which A lot of students do it in their will be needing some 1.5 Cr exam with our certificate. does that make you happy? among other experts also leisure time near their homes and teachers and given that the Otherwise, most of the time they are Of course, we have requested for includes some serving private often take the whole academic attrition rate is 20-25% due to preparing for it. TET has to reform if it and as the only apex association school principals, will review the session to get the completion retirement etc, you would be we want to help teacher education. of private teacher education current curriculum and make certificate. This spillover of needing 2 Cr teachers minimum. MHRD has started 4-year B Ed institutes, it will facilitate closer recommendations for relevant students for the completion of the There is a need of continuous course. Is it good and will it impact cooperation between two of us. changes and updatations. Now if remaining class work and cyclic recruitment process by the your colleges in anyway? You also talked about sub- curriculum is recent, the quality curriculum into next academic schools or the their departments In 2016, a similar move was made committees that have been will also be better. year further burdens our colleges and if that happens the demand but it didn't attract students. While I formed by NCTE. Is it part of The issue of fee uniformity for with unpaid cost. The third supply will not remain in conflict am appreciative of the government this already happening teacher education courses is one committee will investigate this as it is happening now. efforts at making teacher profession cooperation? of the fundamental issues that is issue. Low pass percentage in TET attractive for young people and Earlier we only used to meet in making our growth and Okay. That's optimism. But at exam has become another starting it as a career choice at par courts and through litigations. sustenance difficult. Different the same time, while all the time definition of the teacher with other professions, I still feel, But for the past six months or so states have different fee for the we keep hearing that teacher education graduates and it has unless you make the work life of a we have entered into a dialogue same course. The fee ranges vacancies upto 30-40% exist or contributed to low quality teacher aspirational, young people with the NCTE people and this from as less as Rs 12,000 a year there are para or guest teach- perception of private colleges? will not be attracted as it still among method of engagement has been in some states to Rs 80,000 in ers, and we don't get teachers, In order to understand my answer, the last options. But if as I said encouraging so far and it is in this others. As such aspirant students doesn't this also make a you have to look at the society. recruitment process becomes regular context we talk about these sub- from various states move from statement about you people as Parents want their children secure and good teachers become a fashion committees. Three sub- one to another for cheaper well? more than 90% in boards so that statement, things will certainly look committees have been formed options. As the states have to I think we need to understand that they get into best courses and different for a multidisciplinary recently to specifically look into reimburse 60% through there is no dearth of trained colleges afterwards. Instead of approach for teacher education. And our long pending demands. One scholarships, they keep it low. teacher candidates in this country. education, it is coaching which is our government also wants to export subcommittee has been consti- We have independently got Every year about 19.5 lakh preferred to get there. And what skilled teachers, for this it makes a tuted for curriculum review, calculated the average cost of students graduate from country's these coaching companies do is lot of sense. second for ensuring fee unifor- imparting training to a student, more than 18500 TEIs. The promise a 90% for a student who mity nationally and the third for which comes to Rs 1, 92,000 per problem is in the recruitment obtains 60% in their pre-testing. Lastly, there was an abortive looking into current system of year per student. Now when the process, which doesn't take place And the student who was getting move by NCTE through QCI to student internships. disparity is to such an extent and regularly. At times, the govern- 90% in class if he doesn't take accreditate TEIs. Do you think, it How will these sub-committees again from state to state, how ment recruitment of teachers coaching ends up below this 60% hadn't a place in strengthening help your cause? will, we work? takes place after five years. So, below eventually and loses trust. quality? We have been given a bad name The issue of 96-day mandatory again it is the system that So, I want to tell there is some- We will welcome a body like NAAC for no fault of ours. Nobody has internship as part of bachelors produces this shortage and not the thing fishy which subverts the anytime. But an entity which doesn't taken a look at the system which degree program is again supply. whole process. TET follows the have a legal sanctity in our scheme made us helpless. The degree something that has been a source But in real terms what is the same. The 3-hr exam places more looked out of place. The concept of programs in teacher education, B of our heartburn. As of now, extent of teacher jobs in India? value on general knowledge and its parameters and process wasn't Ed and M Ed, are being taught in student has the freedom to You see there are about 1.5 coaching material than what they acceptable. accordance to a curriculum choose the place of internship million schools in India and have learnt about teaching. So, devised in 1996 and since then it and the TET college has no role suppose each of them needs 10 most of the students just come to From Page 1 NCTE International Conference - Journey of Teacher Education- local to global .Dr Satbir Bedi, chairperson teacher profession as number one Learning, Evaluation, Inclusive strengthening teacher NCTE in her remarks said that choice for students and to this end, Education; Internationalization of educators, translating her organization is looking at our efforts must go on. She Teacher Education. material into regional twin goals of ceasing the informed that there are 27 more Indu Prasad, Director of School languages besides opportunity to improve teacher events planned in various parts of Education at Azim Premji integrating teacher education and open country during the year-long University in her remarks said that education fully into communication among various celebrations. The events will be among the positives of last 15 higher education to stakeholders. “Teacher is a hosted mostly by universities. years has been the realization that lift its status and concern, there needs to be a lot Earlier in his inaugural speech teaching is a serious business. It knowledge base. of sharing of this concern, we union HRD minister, Dr Ramesh has a body of knowledge and Prof Kuldip Chand will see what can be done at our Pokhriyal Nishant, dwelt on the needs processes. Pointing to Agnihotri, vice level but NCTE can’t solve all ancient leadership of India in the challenges she said that massive chancellor, central the problems, we have to field of education and teachers. shift to universalization of primary university Himachal empower people at each level so He said teachers are shapers of education has come with Pradesh made a strong plea to initiative of transforming government that our students get good nation’s destination and it is upto opportunities it provides. “All allow questioning in classrooms schools by Sri Aurbindo Society, the teachers. We have to keep them to act as powerhouse of new children are capable of learning, as the formative years of young innovations have been filmed and made meeting again and again and India. schools are inclusive spaces, minds are the most fertile years for into inspiring short films and teacher keep the discussion alive. We Over two days, six sessions took respect and other values are new ideas. He also said the innovators awarded as National have to do more research to place in which 26 speakers and involved in learning. All this country needs to research the TeacherAwardees by MHRD. improve constantly. We should panelists participated. The sub happened but for anything and ancient systems to take lessons. As discussion around teacher education look 50-100 years ahead and themes included Teacher everything teacher is blamed. A A welcome highlight of the continues to be a spotlight, NCTE has think about our future Education in India: Present teacher has been made the object conference was the award done well to start a renewed journey of generations, what kind of Scenario; Innovations in Teaching of experiment instead of creator. ceremony in which 65 teaching openness and interactions. teacher will be required,” she Practices: Curriculum, Pedagogy The support for teacher is missing, innovations from all over the said. and Assessment; Knowledge, she added. Recommending country were recognized. Bedi also stated that among her Traditions and Practices of India; revitalization of teacher training Searched under Rupantar priorities, remains making Integration of ICT in Teaching, institutions, Prasad emphasized on
Curriculum August 16, 2019 5 Useful News Masters program in in Polymer Science commences at RGCB launches MSc courses Somaiya Vidyavihar, Mumbai Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), a National institute Somaiya Vidyavihar launched university-level program for professionals in new areas of under the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India has announced India's first Industry- Academia polymer science in India. Science. At Somaiya Vidyavihar, its first-ever Master's programme that offers first-of-its-kind joint course in M.Sc. Polymer The two-year Master of Science this challenging interdisciplinary specialization in Disease Biology in the country with a huge career Science. A unique course, the polymer program has been jointly program benefits from the potential in academic and industry. only one in India, has been designed by scientists, industry proximity of autonomous science Dr. Renu Swarup, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), developed jointly by prominent and the faculty of Somaiya and engineering colleges in inaugurated the Master's programme in Disease Biology; Molecular polymer Industrial and Vidyavihar with the goal to Somaiya Vidyavihar, as also our Plant Sciences; and Molecular Diagnostics and DNA Profilingat M.R. academics/researchers from capacities in the field competitive deep relations with the industry. Das Convention Centre, RGCB, here. national labs. The research- with renowned polymer centres We believe that as educationists, The two-year programme is affiliated to Regional Centre for oriented course offers Polymer worldwide. Students will get the we have a responsibility of Biotechnology, Faridabad, established under the auspices of the United Chemistry, Polymer Physics opportunity to learn from contributing to the nation's Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Polymer Engineering renowned, experienced faculty as growth through education.\" and DBT. specialization. well as Scientists, Researchers Padmashri Prof. S. Sivaram. Ex- Observing that India has a major role to play in biotechnology, which is Polymer Science, an and industry professionals with Director of NCL Pune an growing in a big way globally, Dr. Renu said, “We have set the goal of interdisciplinary area, Doctoral and Post-doctoral internationally renowned achieving $100 billion in the sector by 2025.The Government of India comprising of chemical, qualifications. As part of the Polymer Scientist and an has introduced some wonderful policies in the last two years for research physical, engineering, course, for one semester, students institution builder is the Chair and development, human resources, and infrastructure in the sector. processing, and theoretical will work in industry and R&D. Professor for this Programme. These are also meant to give push to our startup and entrepreneurship aspects, is of increasing Prof. V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, a The course will equip students for ecosystem,” she explained. importance in developing distinguished Polymer Scientist, Work in industry and provides modern functional materials. 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6 Curriculum August 16, 2019 India Skills/entrepreneurships 48-member Indian contingent No Name Skill State for WorldSkills Competition 2019 Kazan, Russia 1 Nidhin Prem 3D Game Art Kerala 2 Sri Ganesha Ananda Aircraft Maintenance Karnataka The Indian team for WorldSkills WorldSkills 2019 began in January 3 Suraj Autobody Repair Uttarakhand International Competition 2019 2018, with the roll out of a scheme Maharashtra scheduled to take place in Kazan, on IndiaSkills Competitions. More 4 Tushar Phadatare Automobile Technology Russia from 22nd to 27th August than 22 states collaborated and Tripura 2019, will leave for the Russian organized close to 500 district and 5 Farukh Ahmed Bakery Uttarakhand city this weekend and will state level competitions between West Bengal participate in 44 skills including March and April 2018. The 6 Mahima Gandhi Beauty Therapy Rajasthan mobile robotics, prototype winners at these events, competed Uttar Pradesh modelling, hairdressing, baking, compete with the best in the world at four regional competitions 7 Md. Ramjan Momin Bricklaying Punjab confectionary & patisserie, in hairdressing,” he adds. organized at Jaipur, Lucknow, Tamil Nadu welding, brick laying, car Another hopeful Angad Singh Bangalore and Bhubaneswar. 8 Keshar Singh Rajput Cabinet Making Odisha painting, floristry among others. Rana from Delhi will try his hands The winners from the regional Telangana Referred to as the 'Olympics for on cooking. “I am preparing for competitions further competed at 9 Govind Sonkar Car Painting Uttar Pradesh Skills', the largest skill this nonstop for the past two and a the National Competition Delhi competition held biennially since half years. My institute (Pusa, organized from 2nd to 6th October 10 Soumyajit Dutta Cloud Computing Punjab 2011, will see more than 1,500 Delhi where he is pursing diploma 2018 at Aerocity Grounds in Delhi. 11 Ganesan. R CNC Milling Delhi competitors from 60 countries in Hotel Management) and my Since then, the selected candidates Maharashtra compete in 55 skill competitions. teachers are backing me. I also got have been undergoing rigorous 12 Abinash Swain CNC Turning Haryana The Team India includes landholding from NSDC and am training and have also participated Bihar participants from all over the training under expert chefs in international competitions in 13 Dharavat Naresh Concrete Construction Kerala country, including 6 from the rigorously,” he says. order to hone their skills and gain Maharashtra North-Eastern region. 77% of M Vishwanathan from Tamil the required experience. Most 14 Amit Yadav Uttar Pradesh these come from tier 2 and tier 3 Nadu, also a student will be competitors have also received Tamil Nadu cities and can speak 10 different competing in plastic die training at international centers 15 Angad Singh Rana Cooking Himachal Pradesh languages. Most of these engineering. “I am very excited as which has significantly enhanced competitors come from a very all my preparation will be put to their skills. 16 Shubham Singh Cyber Security humble background, with 35% test. I will have to use software and More than 100 corporates and have their parents either then actually put together the education institutes including 17 Swapnil Electrical Installations employed in the agriculture model. I am hopeful of winning,” Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra & 18 Vaibhav S. Raut sector or are working as daily he says. Mahindra, Toyota, Festo, VLCC, wage earners. Abhishek AN from Hasan is Godrej, Axalta, Apollo, Berger 19 Manoj Kumar Electronics For 20-year Utkarsh from UP, participating in prototye modeling Paints, Cisco, Caple, Saint Gobain, who was rusticated in class XI skill at Kazan. “I come from a Institute of Hotel Management 20 Medha Devgan Fashion Technology five years ago for defying school village from a farming family, so (IHM), Schneider, Pearl Academy, authorities on sporting hair styles mud and clay in in my blood NTTF, Daikin, L&T etc. have 21 Jibin Williams Floristry despite repeated reprimands, literally.” Trained in Bangalore come forward to support this Worldskills at Kazan offers a with a corporate foundation, he initiative. These corporates have 22 Shweta Ratanpura Graphic Design Tech lifetime opportunity to prove his will be using software to design also helped in identifying a master 23 Utkarsh Hairdressing passion as a skill is world class. the challenge that will be thrown trainer/expert who provides “One can participate only once at at the competition and then he will hands-on-training to each 24 Thasleem.Mohideen Health and Social Care this competition in life. I couldn't prepare a model using chemical competitor and monitor their make it beyond nationals two admixtures. progress on day to day basis. years ago but now I am thrilled to It may be mentioned that selection of Team India for 25 Abhinav Hotel Reception Nominations for National 26 Divya Umesh Godse Information Network Cabling Maharashtra CEDP Skill Institute Entrepreneurship Awards, 2019 open 27 Gursheesh Singh IT SSB Chandigarh celebrates “Kaushal The 4th edition of the National Entrepreneurship Awards, instituted in 28 Sanjoy Pramanik Jewellery West Bengal Pakhwada” a bid to recognize and encourage outstanding Indian Entrepreneurs CEDP Skill Institute, Mumbai and catalyse a cultural shift in youth for entrepreneurship by the 29 Vikash Kumar Naga Joinery Rajasthan recently participated in the “Kaushal Pakhwada” campaign Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has launched by the Ministry of Skill Development and opened for nominations. The National Entrepreneurship Awards 30 Xenophon Das M-CAD Odisha Entrepreneurship (MSDE) to raise awareness about the (NEA) 2019 aim to honour outstanding young first generation importance of skill development amongst the youth. All the entrepreneurs and ecosystem builders for their exceptional contribu- 31 Sumanth.S.C Mechatronics Karnataka members of the institute came together to show their commit- tion in entrepreneurship development. Karnataka ment to the avowed mission and With NEA, the Government of India will reward the most innovative, 32 Munjunatha. D organized Various kind of activities like Quick skill learning inspiring and accomplished micro entrepreneurs to scale up their Mobile Robotics Maharashtra Programmes, workshops for business. The objective of these awards is to recognize the businesses 33 Omkar Shivaling Gurav digital literacy, financial literacy, soft skills and entrepreneurial and businessmen, not only to improve their marketability, but also Maharashtra skills to give all the candidates a address discontinuity towards better business systems and enhanced 34 Rohan Ravidra Hanagi hands-on experience of learning new-age skills and techniques. products & services with the help of a prize money. The awards 35 Sahil Kapil Painting and Decorating Chandigarh As a part of the program, CEDP ceremony will be held in November this year. organizes a competition for auto car sketching, blood collection, There are a total of 45 specially designed awards to be bestowed – 39 36 Saurabh Baghel Patisserie and Confectionary Uttar Pradesh bed making, flower arrangement, Enterprise Awards and 6 Awards for Entrepreneurship Ecosystem linen art, mocktail making, makeup, and professional Builders. To be eligible for these awards, the nominee must be under Telangana hairstyle. A separate counseling the age of 40 years; they must be first-generation entrepreneurs; the 37 Raji Reddy Methuku Plastering & Drywall Systems session was also organized for the unemployed youth. nominee (entrepreneur) must hold 51% or more equity and ownership 38 M Vishwanathan Plastic Die Engineering Tamil Nadu CEO and Founder of CEDP, of the business; and women entrants must individually or collectively Shaheen Khan says, “CEDP has been providing quality skill own 75% or more of the enterprise. 39 Himanshu Vohra Plumbing and Heating Punjab education, employment and Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister for increasing the entrepreneurial spirit by empowering youth over Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, said, “It is heartening to know Print Media Technology Maharashtra the years. With the rise in that our initiatives to involve every part of the country, in our skilling 40 Shrenik J.Gugale government support and various programs like “Kaushal efforts, is bearing fruit. I look forward to the award ceremony on 41 Abhishek A N Prototype Modelling Karnataka November 9 where we will get the chance to recognize the biggest contributors and make their achievements a milestone event.” 42 Rahul Jangra Refrigeration& Air Conditioning Haryana Winners will be felicitated in a grand Award Ceremony and will be presented with a Trophy, Certificate and a Cash Prize of Rs 5 lakh 43 Vaidehi Pant Restaurant Service Uttarakhand (enterprises/ individuals) and Rs10 lakh (organizations/ institutes). The ceremony has been proposed to take place in November 2019. 44 Ankit Anand Visual Merchandising Bihar Candidates will be mobilised through Nomination/Self-nomination, and will undergo a three-level rigorous evaluation process, wherein, in 45 Mohammed Rabith K Wall and Floor Tilling Kerala the last step the National Jury of eminent persons drawn from academia/research, industry, social sector, banking etc., will select the 46 S. Aswatha Narayana Water Technology Odisha winners. To ensure excellence of the National Award, the Jury has the Web Technologies Karnataka power to not award any applicant in a given category, if applications 47 Pranav Nutalapati are found unsatisfactory. 48 Golipally Koteshwar Reddy Welding Telangana
Curriculum August 16, 2019 7 India Skills/entrepreneurships TIDES Business Incubator at IIT Roorkee Innovation level of Indian youth entrepreneurs celebrated entrepreneurship day by highest among Asia-Pacific: GEM Report showcasing 12 mentored startups Indian Youth Entrepreneurs in the age group of 18-34 years have innovation The Technology Incubation and Among these were Logy. Ai, Jaan innovating.” He insisted that level as high as 55% among nine countries surveyed in Asia-Pacific Region. Entrepreneurship Development Innovations, ElectreeFi, despite all problems and no Only Australian Youth in similar age group had innovation level as high as Society of IIT Roorkee Enerlytics Software, infrastructure India is one of the India. The fear of failure rate among Indian youth entrepreneurs was third celebrated 'Entrepreneurs Day' UniConverge Technologies, three innovation destinations in the lowest at 31.9%, behind Republic of Korea at 30.8% and Malaysia at 31.5%. by showcasing finalists of its Vidcare Innovations, Eminere world after USA and China. As per survey, around 55% of Total Early-stage Entrepreneurial Activity accelerator program in New Tech Solutions, SafexPay, Nova “However, we lack in having more (TEA) showed innovation-orientation for entering new markets or introduc- Delhi on August 7 and was a Intonew, Chargeit Technologies, entrepreneurs in addressing social ing new products, service or processes that are unique to market. Only youth culmination to the accelerator Power Zest and Humble Shit. The problems like basic hygiene and entrepreneurs from Australia had similar level of innovation-orientation program ran by TIDES problems tackled by these start- health.I am happy a few startups among total of nine countries studied by GEM consortium. Business Incubator at IIT ups ranged from Disease here are venturing into this space,” Innovation from the GEM perspective is often measured by examining R&D Roorkee for a period of 16 Diagnosis to Energy Generation. he added. investment, intellectual property generation, and STEM (science, technol- weeks. TIDES Accelerator TIDES and IIT Roorkee are The event was also graced by Tania ogy, engineering, and mathematics) education. The GEM survey adopts both Program (TAP) is collaborative emerging as an important Friederichs, Counsellor, Head of a self-assessment (compared to local competition) and a classification based initiative of Department of destination for young Research & Innovation Sector on the industry the entrepreneurs are active in. Science & Technology, Govt. of Entrepreneurs to develop their Delegation of the European Union According to survey, Indian youth entrepreneurs also had third lowest fear of India) & IIT Roorkee to support idea and grow into Successful to India and Dr Anita Gupta, failure at 31.9% behind Republic of Korea at 30.8% and Malaysia at 31.5%. Internet of Things (IoT) based companies. TAP, as an initiative Associate Head, NSTEDB, Dr Remarking on the readings of the survey, Dr. Sunil Shukla, GEM India Team startups. has helped startups from across Naveen Vasishta and Praveen Roy. Leader and Director, EDII-Ahmedabad said, “Over last few years, the start- 12 Internet of Things (IoT) India. The jury panel consisted of Vikram up ecosystem in India has strengthened considerably across value chain, based and tech-focused start- The event was addressed by Upadhyaya ,GHV Accelerator, thereby providing them an opportunity to innovate and offer products and ups accelerated by TIDES successful entrepreneurs Mohit Ravi Kaushik , Waterbridge services that are new and unique for their consumers. The influx of capital Business Incubator, IIT Saxena, Co-founder of InMobi Ventures, Amit Grover, founder from private equity and venture capital funds in Indian start-ups prove the Roorkee pitched their ideas to who inspired the students with Aha Taxis and Gulzar Azad, Google growth of start-up ecosystem. The innovation level among youth entrepre- the various stakeholders from their articulate key note speeches India. neurs in India is not surprising when you look at number of successful industry, start-up investor and addressed the need for more Post the pitching by the Start-ups, enterprises that have come up in healthtech, edutech, fintech and foodtech community, academia, entrepreneurs in today's day and awards were given out to the Start- using technology as key ingredient.” government agencies and age in India. He spoke on the ups with the best pitch. HumbleShit Dr.Amit Dwivedi, Member, GEM India and Faculty, EDII-Ahmedabad said, young entrepreneurs who had topic of 'Entrepreneurship: How won the first prize of 50 thousand “Innovation is a core driver of economic and business growth and job gathered to listen to their ideas. to fight a lonely battle”. He urged rupees, Safex Pay won the first creation and must be one of the main areas for new policy on youth entrepre- These start-ups were part of the the founders to take everyday as a runners-up prize of 30 thousand neurship. The findings of this report suggest that access to higher education Cohort 1 of TIDES Accelerator good day and that failures are rupees and Power Zest won the leads to higher entrepreneurial attitudes and greater entrepreneurial Program (TAP), supported by great teacher to learn from and second runners-up prize of 25 intentions, perception of skills, and perception of entrepreneurial opportuni- Department of Science and not be disappointed. “Personal thousand rupees. In addition, ties.” Technology, Govt. of India. belief is important. Keep TIDES is also offering Rs. 25 Lakh Rupees as seed funding money to ASDC organizes Annual Conclave 2019 each winner. Talking about the event Prof.Ajit K. Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC), the first Sector Skill Chaturvedi, Director IIT Roorkee Council of India, organised ASDC Annual Conclave 2019 today at New said “TAPS main objective is to Delhi. The conclave focused on bringing industry experts on-board to facilitate knowledge exchange, provide key insights for building a skilling ecosystem by partnering with the understand innovation and industry and making skills aspirational. The program consisted of knowledge requirements which can be bridged sharing panel discussions to provide credible and quality training opportuni- by the start-ups which have ties in the automotive sector. gathered here today. IIT Roorkee is The day-long event focused on various panel discussions on industry happy to be a part of such an expectations from the skilling ecosystem, vocational skills institutions and initiative where entrepreneurs can industry training centres' perspective on challenges and opportunities exchange ideas and lead the country associated with skilling, and thirdly, the role of the state to mobilize and make into the future”. skills aspirational in the automotive skilling ecosystem. DST is currently support 145 Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister for Skill Development & universities in India with entrepre- Entrepreneurship released Skill Gap Study Report, which highlighted the neurship residence program and skill gap which persists in the automotive industry at various levels. The TCS funding. After e-commerce boom, portal was also launched, which is step in the direction of digitising the IoT is the next big area where DST automotive skill learning and assessment processes to provide wider access. is playing catalyst role in initial The portal will help to enable outcome based skilling, provide job listings, handholding for startups. affiliation management and standardised learning delivery through Automotive Skill Hub. Phoolvari – a gardening startup by high school students gets global The first panel discussion elucidated on the expectations of automotive industry to get the desired skilled manpower and the current challenges recognition through TiE Delhi-NCR's TiE Young Entrepreneurs Program around it, which include aspirational, location and quality gaps. The panel comprised of various automotive associations like SIAM,ACMA and Phoolvari, an innovative gardening startup launched in May 2019 under the TYE initiative by a team of six FADA. high school students (Anoushka Chakraborty, Eshan Goel, Manvi Sidana, Stuti Saria, Shreyansh Jain, In the second panel discussion, representatives from the industry and Vanshaj Chhabra)with the support of TiE Delhi-NCR, is gaining global recognition through TiE's global vocational skills institutions presented their viewpoints on the challenges TYE program. and opportunities associated with the automotive industry. Members of the TiE Delhi-NCR organized a grand convocation ceremony at the American Center where Conrad Turner, panel were from Automotive Research Association of India, Hella India Counsellor for Cultural Affairs, U.S. Embassy, New Delhi was present as the guest of honor. The winning Lighting Ltd., Mahindra Rise,NTTF and Mangalam University. teams of the regional finals were felicitated along with other participants. The 1st Prize winner, Team The third and final panel discussion was attended by various secretaries and Phoolvari (; 2nd Prize winner Team Zap-E-Scrap (a startup aimed at effective management and safe disposal joint secretaries of various state skill development mission. During the of E-waste) included Anushka Bansal, Arjun Pajni, Pranay Ahuja, Prarthna Batra, satyam Mehta, Tarini dialogue, limelight was shed on the challenge of mobilization at various Kapoor, Vaibhav Sethi and 3rd Prize winner Senior Saathi (a tool to manage health of elderly and incapaci- levels when it comes to skilling and consecutively, suggestions were put tated population who are unable to move and need constant care) included Aditi Arora, akshara Agarwal, forward for making skills training aspirational through different state AviiAhuja, Idhant Sood, Manjeev Singh Sahni, Sarthak Gupta. initiatives. The overarching goal of TYE is to train driven high school students and foster entrepreneurial skills among them. It is encouraging young students to brainstorm ideas and turn them into lucrative business models. By Business leaders to help design skill development curricu- recognizing potential and offering support in terms of mentorship and finances, TYE is facilitating a vibrant startup ecosystem in India. lum in Uttar Pradesh Commenting on the initiative, Geetika Dayal, Executive Director, TiE Delhi-NCR, “Young minds are powerhouses of fresh ideas and can produce exponential value if given a chance. TYE is providing a window Top business leaders from companies such as Samsung, LG Electronics, for young minds to explore their creative side and create something disruptive. This initiative has been Yamaha Motors, Honda Motors, Dabur, Panasonic, Asian Paints today identifying simple yet powerful and impactful ideas, this year's being Phoolvari. We wish to inspire students participated in 'CXO Meet 2019', organized by the Uttar Pradesh Governmen to create more such startups, that can drive the startup ecosystem of the country.” on Aug 2t. Aim of the program was to seek industry inputs in improving courses at Skill Development Program being run in over 3100 ITIs in the state. The program was organized to get industry guidance in training the youth of the state. Having received inputs from business leaders, the state plans to introduce 62 new courses in its Skill Development Program currently being run in over 3100 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the state. Speaking on the occasion, Skill Development Minister Chetan Chauhan said, “The state government is focusing on improving the skills of youth so that they can be easily employed by the industry and contribute in strengthen- ing state's economy. We will introduce 62 new courses in the ITIs, and these courses will be designed with the help of industry inputs.”
8 Curriculum August 16, 2019 VIEWS (Edit/Guest Column...) OPINION: From Special status to mainstream, Achieving Zero Hunger through Food Security J&K is a litmus test for developmental remedy Dr. Nitesh Dhawan, Public Servant and Author For more than five years since NDA swept power According to nutritious meal free of cost through planning and execution is more due to first in 2014 and now again for a consecutive the 13th ICDS and MDM schemes. Pregnant human incompetence than other second term this year in 2019 at the centre, the edition of Global and lactating mothers are further external factors. This phenomenon is union government under Prime Minister Modi has Hunger Index entitled to receive cash maternity prevalent in most of the schemes that been unfriendly to Right to Education (RTE) Act, a 2018, despite a significant decline in benefit of not less than Rs. 6000 to lag behind their potential outcomes. landmark legislation passed during Congress led the proportion of the undernourished partly compensate for the wage loss There were some fruitful suggestions government in 2009. Except for a necessary population from 18.2 percent in 2000 during pregnancy and also to to improve the system from the amendment, RTE, was completely out of government to 14.8 percent in 2018, the position of supplement the nutrition. beneficiaries themselves. The discourse all this while and its implementation has India in Global Hunger Index is 103rd During the Financial Year 2018-19 functioning of Internet server wasn't been dismal with just 10% schools of the country among 119 nations which puts her in (upto 05.12.2018), Rs. 2575 crore smooth enough to support E-POS compliant as per some surveys. serious category along with Nigeria has been released to State machines which needed attention; However, early this month on August 5-6 and again on and below many neighboring Governments as Central assistance to similarly it was advised to facilitate August 8, when the union government moved bills to countries like China, Nepal, meet the expenditure incurred on the supply of food grains through end special status of Jammu & Kashmir by abrogating Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and intra-State movement & handling of doorstep delivery directly from two constitutional articles 370 and 35A in the Pakistan. The main reason was found foodgrains and fair price shop godown to the shops which would cut Parliament and then Prime Minister went on air to to be increasing level of under dealers' margins. Such an arrange- down the freight charges for explain this momentous national decision to the nourishment. The Food and ment has been made for the first time shopkeepers. The absence of country, absence of Right to Education Act in the state Agricultural Organization (FAO) under NFSA. Under erstwhile TPDS, departmental officials during social was one of the forceful arguments in favor of this defines hunger as a state lasting for at State Governments were required to audit is unacceptable, if an act is to be action. Under the previous constitutional scheme, only least one year, of inability to acquire either meet this expenditure on their implemented in letter and spirit. The after state legislature would pass the order, would the enough food, defined as a level of own or pass it on to beneficiaries laxity at human level should be central acts apply in the state under state constitution. food intake insufficient to meet (other than AAY beneficiaries). strictly checked and officials be made J&K didn't extend RTE to its children unlike rest of dietary energy requirements. The Persistent efforts has resulted in accountable. The vigilance commit- the country. fulfillment of such basic needs is universal implementation of the tees formed to monitor the fair price So, heartwarming towards RTE by the government is dependent on the adequate income of NFSA, 2013 in all 36 States & UTs, shops should be more proactive in indeed welcome. an individual and in a country where benefiting 80.72 crore persons in the their functioning. Most of the But coming to the question of Jammu & Kashmir, the one - fourth of the population is still country by providing them access to bottlenecks are local in nature relating Modi government has taken a big risk with abrogation below poverty line, providing food highly subsidized foodgrains at to day- to -day activities and human of the above said constitutional articles and has security is a huge challenge. The data Rs.1/2/3 per kg. for coarse inefficiencies. produced an extraordinary situation for everybody. A clearly illustrates that the pace of grains/wheat/rice respectively.( There is another aspect called as school of thought has been advocating this path for economic growth is not in consonance Source- Ministry of Consumer hidden hunger mentioned by World many years now and definitely holds a lot of merit in with the improvement in health and Affairs, Food and Public Bank and FAO in its reports to addressing the vexed issues of proxy war by Pakistan, dietary requirements. This demands Distribution) highlight the level of malnutrition in radicalization, terror, unrest, conflict and separatism. the country. It means that though the While for all legal and practical purposes the state has Most of the bottlenecks are local in nature relating to day- calorific needs of an individual is met been an integral part of India, the special provisions out through food intake; the nutrient were being misused by both local politicians as well as to -day activities and human inefficiencies. requirements remain unfulfilled Pakistan backed agents and groups to fan unrest in the which results in malnutrition and state. And this has been a vicious cycle going on for quantum jump in domestic production During one of my social audit weaken immunity severely affecting the past 70 years and only a decision of this nature as well as participation in global trade inspections of food security act it was the overall health of a person. In this could have only broken this cycle in the long run? for ensuring food security to a huge heartening to find the satisfied respect, several alternatives have Secondly the manner in which this decision or population on sustainable basis as section of community with large been looked after among which bio- amendment was made has been a subject of intense enshrined in the Sustainable number of beneficiaries relying on fortified foods have come up as a debate but again the other route was very long and Development Goal 2 of achieving fair price shops for cheaper food good option. Bio - fortified foods are unsure for no local politician or combination would zero hunger by 2030. grains including wheat at 2 Rs. per kg those foods which are artificially have risked to agree to something which they In 2013, the government enacted the and rice at 3 Rs. per kg to a single fortified with essential micronutrients themselves have been milking and therefore would food security act with the basic unit. Everything was found to be in obtained mainly from organic have been no less than blasphemy for them. objective of ensuring right to food to order with updated stock and sale sources. It has immense potential in A cost-benefit analysis would prima facie say that poor people and other weaker registers, entry in ration cards, the Indian context due to available taking away autonomy even if it was just notional sections. Under this rice, wheat and weight and measurement certificate, floral diversity which the industry means hurt sentiments and deep loss of pride. And coarse grains are given through fair quality of food grains and regular may leverage through its research when you have been bypassed, it hurts more. So, time price shops at Rs.3, Rs.2 and Rs.1 opening of the shop itself. This was a initiatives. as they say is the greatest healer and country will have respectively. Priority households are case in the main city. At a short to give the people time in the first place to cope with entitled to get 5 kg of food grains per distance from this place was another Thus increase in domestic this shock. Importantly the objectives for which this person per month and Antyodaya fair price shop which was entirely production along with effective risk was taken must be always the guiding principles households to 35 kg per household per contrary and was shut on the day of targeted public distribution system of a developmental healing touch. Kashmir has it all to month. The combined average of social audit with no presence of the are two key aspects to attain zero become one of the best destinations in the world priority and Antyodaya households officials. It actually puzzled me as to hunger by 2030. Use of digitization in perhaps like another Switzerland or a Dubai. called as eligible households shall how can a situation be so different real time monitoring could stimulate And all efforts including by the general public must be extend upto 75 percent of the rural within a periphery of few kilometers. service delivery system. Local issues towards this end. It shouldn't be about land but about population and upto 50 percent of the But then, it was a prime example of could be dealt with regular social its people, heritage, local culture, infrastructure, urban population. Special provisions how human factors control and audits and necessary follow up action special zones and investments. The education index of have been made for pregnant and predominate the situational and besides fixing accountability of the state is well above the national average and it has lactating mothers and children in the systemic variables. It actually concerned officials. an ecosystem which needs rejuvenation and age group of 6 months to 14 years. affirmed my view that gap in revitalization to come to life to partner in this new They have been entitled to receive journey. It will be easy to set up technology parks, incubations, residential education hubs, adventure sports & tourism, eco, pilgrimage and medical tourism besides marketing hubs for traditional handicrafts and special produce. Once people see the intent, they will merrily embrace the new order. 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Curriculum August 16, 2019 9 Spotlight Is our education system ready to produce SKILLED RESOURCES? By Rohan Parikh, (Director, The Green Acres Academy) THERE are fundamental issues in our education system that need urgent attention million elementary school that no learning whatsoever takes and course correction. India currently has the world's youngest population with teachers, and the central place. Teachers faced with this 330 million people still below the poverty line. As per the United Nations programme has trained only 19% difficulty are forced to make Sustainable Development Goals 2030 a quality education is no longer a privilege of them up until 2013-14 as per a children learn by rote so that they but a basic right in itself. Unfortunately in India we are still very far behind the recent study completed in 2015. can meet the syllabus require- curve and if urgent course correction is not done we will face a difficult future As far as prior education is ments, which opposes the natural with an underemployed and unqualified work force. concerned, the Ministry of method by which children Human Resource Development develop and learn as per the A global problem government's primary research the actual practices of teachers in (2014) has flagged inadequate Ministry of Human Resource but amplified in institution on education reports Indian classrooms. In fact, the subject-knowledge as a serious Developments 2014 report. In India. that a large percentage of students i m p r o v e m e n t o f t e a c h- concern and impediment to most cases the assessment of in rural and urban India are not ing–learning processes in Indian teacher quality in India at present. learning achievement continues A recent report by one of the able to display basic reading schools is a current challenge. A 500-page report by a special to focus on rote learning and most authoritative voices in comprehension and arithmetic Lecturing, along with the chalk commission appointed by the testing the students' ability to educational research – The skills. Similarly, reports from and talk method, continue to be Supreme Court of India in 2012 reproduce content knowledge. Brookings Universal Center for India's largest non-governmental the dominant instructional laments that, “the existing The 2016 HRD ministry report Education – has projected that survey of student academic strategies used. Teachers spend a institutional capacity for goes on to state that the whole by the year 2030 more than half performance show that half the large amount of classroom time in preparing teacher educators is assessment system needs to be of the world's 2 billion children children in Grade 5 could not read rote teaching and learning abysmally low”. The develop- revamped to ensure comprehen- will not be on track to achieve or perform basic arithmetic methods such as copying content ment of students into “reflective sive assessment of the students, basic skills at the secondary operations even at the Grade 2 from textbooks onto the chalk- teachers” is an explicit expecta- including learning outcomes level, including literacy, level, and this performance is board and then asking students to tion of the NCF 2005 policy. relating to both scholastic and co- numeracy, and problem solving. getting worse. copy the same into their note- However, lecture based work- scholastic domains. And this is not even considering books. This method of instruction shops with a one-size-fits-all non-academic skills like critical Need for a change in encourages passive individual approach to its content and The way forward thinking, collaboration, listening, writing and response as delivery is the typical in-service flexibility, etc. that are approach opposed to collaboration and professional development The problem is too large to solve becoming more and more discussion. There is too much engagement found in India. on a policy level and urgent relevant for work in the 21st The National Curricular focus in Indian schools on theory intervention is needed on the century. In fact, only 53% of Framework of India (NCF) states and encouraging rote learning Curriculum and Instruction is too ground level in schools. Schools industry leaders today are clear expectations for teachers to without basic understanding; heavily influenced by textbook must support and share knowl- confident in the potential and move away from teacher-centered reforms are therefore required to development, and thus subjects edge and skills with each other capacity of incoming employ- instructional approaches to relieve students from this tyranny that do not lend themselves to and must invest in the develop- ees as per the World Economic student-centered pedagogy that of rote memorization. textbooks are often disregarded ment of their teachers. Teachers Forums report in 2016 and so it involves children in “active from the curriculum. This should be given the confidence to is the case with India. The engagement through inquiry, Inputs are poor and need includes programs like visual or move away from rote learning and improvement of teaching- exploration, questioning, debates, performing arts, citizenship and actually focus on making their learning processes in Indian application and reflection, leading fixing service related programs, etc. students good learners. Schools schools is a current challenge. to theory building and the creation There has been a tendency to put must evolve to be high perform- Many students do not make it of new ideas”. Further, the Teacher shortage is an issue being age-inappropriate material in ing organisms that teach and learn past the upper-primary grade importance of facilitating peer faced in India at present as per the syllabus due to a desire to make at the same time. Schools of today levels because of repeated interactions to promote learning is Ministry of Human Resource learning more advanced, which need to constantly evolve to failure or retention in the same emphasized in the National Development. Also, a fifth of all makes the information difficult prepare students for the work- grade based on unsatisfactory Council for Educational Research elementary school teachers in for students to negotiate. Teachers place of tomorrow. performance. Additionally, and Training 2005 report. India lack the mandated qualifica- and textbooks focus on advanced studies conducted by the Indian However, there is a gap between tions to teach their students. topics that are of little use in Author has a BSc in Economics this reform policy expectation and Today, there are about half a helping struggling students. from Wharton Business School, These students then fall even an MBA from INSEAD,In 2013 he further behind—eventually so far founded The Green Acres Academy in Chembur Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Science Fair winners are Students changing the world Evangelist, Google healthcare, and accessibility. We saw impressive entries that used a Nachiketh—two young scientists from India who found an eco- When Google Science variety of STEM disciplines—from using AI to help detect disease in friendly way to coagulate rubber. Fair launched last plants to finding new ways to diagnose heart disease. And the Lego Education Builder Award: Daniel Kazanstev—a Russian student fall, we challenged winners are: who wanted to find a better way to help those with impaired students to channel their hearing communicate with the world around them. curiosity and ingenuity to Grand Prize: Fionn Ferreira—a West Cork, Ireland resident who invent, code or build a solution wants to help save the oceans by extracting harmful We were joined by a panel of judges, including our partners: Lego to a problem they're passionate microplastics from wastewater. Education, Scientific American, Virgin Galactic and National Geographic. about. Thousands of students Virgin Galactic Pioneer Award: Celestine Wenardy— a student Mariette DiChristina, Editor in Chief of Scientific American and the chief participated, and recetnly we from Indonesia who set out to find affordable, non-invasive judge for this year's competition praised Fionn for his “tenacity and welcomed our 24 ways for members of her community to test their blood dedication to solving an important environmental problem embodies the finalists—from 14 countries sugar levels spirit of exploration.” A big thanks to Mariette and the other judges for around the world—to explore Scientific American Innovator Award: Tuan Dolmen—a Turkish lending their expertise across science and engineering to help us to find Google's headquarters the science enthusiast who found a way to harness energy from the next generation of problem solvers. winners. tree vibrations. Behind every ambitious student are parents and teachers (hats off to These changemakers tackled you!) who cheer them on, and push them to keep learning. And to the issues across sustainability, National Geographic Explorer Award: Aman KA and AU
10 Curriculum August 16, 2019 Classroom Poker – A Game teaching Life Lessons Student invents security alert Mohit Agarwal, CEO &Co-Founder, Adda52.com solution against Bullying Poker is more than just an concealing these emotions when you are always improving your Naayaa, grade VIII student at The ordinary game; it is a mathemati- required. You cannot let your decision-making skills. Shri Ram School, Moulsari cal marvel. While many are still opponents read your face or (Gurgaon) has designed a mobile unaware of the positive impacts mind which otherwise gives 4. Increases your observation and web service to anonymously of poker, it is hard to ignore the away a clue to the cards that you skills report bullying and other immense popularity the game has may have. After all, keeping a Playing poker not only improves concerns. She designed a gained in the country. Thus, it is “poker face” on the table is a your memory but most impor- personal security SOS band with necessary to throw light on its virtue! Poker is a game that will tantly, helps you to observe people extremely loud audible alarm for unheard-of benefits. assess your emotional control and their moves in an efficient panic situations with flashing Poker is a mind game that puts an and help you acquire the skills to manner. This is possible because lights and facility to record audio individual's analytical, mathe- manage these emotions. during the game, you constantly as evidence of bullying. matical and interpersonal skills to observe the cards and also observe For this, she won the test besides challenging one's 3. Improves your Decision- the expressions and body move- Entrepreneurship award at Young own convictions. It is a game that making ability ments of your opponents to have an Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA) pushes one's mental and physical Poker trains your mind to make edge over them. and “Innovator of the Year” endurance to the limit. It is a better decisions. According to award at school. The project is game which indirectly teaches Annie Duke, oncea globally 5. Lets you play with the best contributing directly towards life lessons. Many people are not renowned poker player and now Online poker provides you a community, child safety and aware of the underlying facts a consultant and author, chance to interact with world- mental health. about poker. Here are a few. “Approaching decisions in a renowned poker players. Some of The idea and the mission to give children in India a voice against probabilistic way, getting help the online poker sites have a virtual Bullying came to Naayaa when she was in Grade 6. The CAIE 1. Improves your from people who offer different assistant platform that enables you curriculum and the teaching methodology gave her the confidence, the Concentration viewpoints, exercises to get to connect with some of the best exposure, ability to reflect upon a problem, to think outside the box, Poker requires concentration. ourselves to see decisions from poker players, providing you an be innovative and find a workable solution. Thus, when the Cards are not random; they are a other perspectives, learning the opportunity to consult and play opportunity to produce and present such a solution came by joining mathematical problem.To excel, right lessons from outcomes — with the best. This in turn helps you the YEA, she took it on successfully and excelled at it in 2017-18 in you need to pay attention not only these are all habits of mind that to learn, practice and improve your her Grade 7. to the cards, but also to your will improve our decision game. Naayaa said, “Bullies don't need a reason to bully you. They just do it. opponents. Notice the way they quality.” Poker is a game that Poker teaches you to focus on So many kids in India are victims of bullying. Their grades drop, they are dealing the cards and their constantly pushes you to make important subjects in life. It is a become quiet and withdrawn, almost depressed and don't want to go to body movements (if playing in a complex decisions, and mind game that enhances your school. They move from school to school, trying not to get noticed, physical environment).In irrespective of whether a mental skills; after all intelligence not be the bright new kid, trying not even to be seen. Hoping all this poker,it is important to not lose decision makes you win or lose, is the true measure of wealth of an while that the bullying would stop, but it doesn't. It just grows. focusbecause one miss can result individual. There are multiple Bullying in its many forms, affects the mental health of children and in a huge loss. Poker trains the online portals where you can play adults alike and thus needs to be curbed/ eradicated.” mind continuously enabling you poker. A personal pick would be By end of 2018, India will have more than 17 lakh schools with about to improve your concentration Adda52.com, India's leading 30 Crore children and 45000 plus colleges with approx. 3.2 crore levels. online poker site.It is an immersive students prone to bullying of many forms. The solution is also needed poker platform which provides an by Corporates to tackle harassment of all kinds, thus making its 2. Buildsemotional maturity entertaining and thrilling game applicability universal. Poker is a rollercoaster of format that constantly engages and emotions – stress, excitement and tests a person's mental agility. anxiety are some of the many emotions that you will experi- ence. The game is also about Cambridge English One year preparation is ideal for CLAT Exam Centre in Vel CLAT 2019 examinations were successfully conducted students that leads to demeaning the confidence of students appearing recently and provided the ambitious platform to many law for competitive entrance exams, hence it is very much important to start Tech, Chennai aspirants. Yet many of them, who were just short of the mark the preparation well on time before it's too late said Amandeep Rajgotra, to make it, should focus on their preparation strategy to come over National Product Head –LAW. Cambridge Assessment their previous mistakes. As the exams will be conducted next year to As an aspirant, students should know their pain points like Vocabulary. English, a department of the fulfil the dreams of many other aspirants, early preparation will help Vocabulary cannot be mastered overnight and requires a constant effort. University of Cambridge has them provide an upper hand in excelling CLAT 2020 examination. Current Affairs are also an ongoing process to make or break section in launched a new Cambridge Looking into the larger picture for the future and career aspects in any competitive examination.The mission is to equip every student with English Exam Centre at Vel law, it is not that simple as it may seem. Many aspirants lose the the ability to fulfill his/her dreams of getting admission in a reputed law Tech Rangarajan chances of fulfilling their dreams assuming the journey frivolously. college and make their dream into a reality. We all are aware of the Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute With a wide variety of opportunities, degree in law give huge scope proverb 'early bird catches the worm'; similarly earlier the students start of Science and Technology, of career in paralegal, detective, litigators, lawyers, judicial services, preparing for their entrance preparation better will be the result leading Chennai. social work and working as corporate lawyers in MNCs , banks and the students to have a brighter future. The launch ceremony on also starting one's own business respectively. Students and Parents Management of Time is very important for a student to focus on class August 8 was graced by Col. both need to understand how important the foundational step of 12th boards and to prepare for entrance examinations altogether. It Dr. Rangarajan, Founder clearing the entrance exam is and parents need to decide whether becomes essential for the student to maintain a balance between the two Chancellor & President, Vel they want their child to have fun now and struggle later when the exams and being attentive so that they can easily switch to the course to Tech ,Dr. Sagunthala focus shifts to board class in order to score a good percentage for a revise for their competitive exams when boards end. It is important for Rangarajan, Foundress good college. students to spare time to put their efforts in keeping pace with constant President, Vel Tech, Preparing for entrance exam of LAW is no rocket science and to practice. This include solving last year papers to get the idea of the Dr.V.S.S.Kumar, Vice understand how, it is always better to start the preparation a year format of the questions in the next exam and giving regular mock tests to Chancellor, Vel Tech. Along before than to have last minute stress and mistakes. Syllabus prepare yourself within time. with the guests, the faculties procrastinated to the last minute creates anxiety and confusion for and students of Vel Tech were also present for the launch event. T K Arunachalam, Regional Director - South Asia, Cambridge Assessment English expressed happinese at being associated with Vel Tech .
Curriculum August 16, 2019 11 Professional Development UNESCO MGIEP Global Citizenship Workshop for Teachers UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Citizenship Education (GCED) for creating a sustainable and peaceful Sustainable Development (MGIEP) conducted a second capacity future for all. To achieve this in the context of 21st century skills, research building workshop to impart social and emotional learning through its evidence strongly advocates, an urgent need to equip learners with social Global Citizenship and DICE curricula for middle school teachers from and emotional learning (SEL) skills.” August 7-9th at TERI Retreat Resort in Gurugram, India. In a one of its He further adds, “To ensure inclusivity of education for all learners, it is kind training, the workshop saw participation of 50 teachers from five necessary to develop content that has been designed in a manner that can be countries, including Japan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Maldives and easily accessed by these learners. The content might need to be the same but Srilanka. The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. Anantha Kumar the approach used in delivering the content can be different in order to fit the Duraiappah, Director, UNESCO MGIEP & Dr. Nandini Chatterjee medium most suitable for the learner. Some approaches are more visual, Singh, Senior National Programme Officer, UNESCO MGIEP and while some are more text-driven, while others are more audio led. The conducted by Aditi Pathak, National Program Officer, UNESCO digital medium allows this flexibility. It can provide a platform whereby MGIEP and Renuka Rautela, Social Emotional Learning Coordinator, curriculum developers can create specialised lesson plans with similar UNESCO MGIEP. learning outcomes by using very different material and tools such as digital games. We here at UNESCO MGIEP have already taken a lead in Over the three days, the teachers were trained in the implementation of developing an endogenousAI-driven digital learning platform.” the institute's two indigenously developed courses – Digital Intercultural The Global Citizenship curriculum is a self-paced, self-driven, digital- Exchange (DICE) and Global Citizenship (GC). Some contemporary interactive course on contemporary global issues with a focus on building educational discourses on the need for SEL in learning spaces, Social and Emotional Learning skills in early adolescents. Early technology in Education and education for pro-social behavior also adolescence is a developmental stage in life when young teens are faced with found a voice in the workshop. new cognitive and emotional demands in school and social life. The With an aim to transform education for humanity, mainstream Social and curriculum is established on the grounds of the Libre process- an Emotional Learning in education systems, innovate digital pedagogies indigenously developed pedagogical approach by UNESCO MGIEP that and to put youth as global citizens at the centre of the 2030 agenda for roots in neuroscientific evidence and is designed to integrate pedagogical Sustainable Development, UNESCO MGIEP conducted the first tools such as storytelling, inquiry, reflection, gamification and discussion. capacity building workshop on GC & DICE in April 2019, which was The course aims to develop social and emotional competencies such as attended by 36 teachers from India, SouthAfrica, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. Empathy, Mindfulness, Compassion, and Critical Inquiry (EMCC) through While the basic thrust of SDG 4 is to provide education for all, there has knowledge and understanding of global citizenship themes such as been little discussion on the design of an education system to ensure this. migration, nationalism, governance, citizenship rights and duties, identity To address this huge lacuna in the education system, and to ensure that and violence. The course intends to provide an engaging, interactive and that the SDG's are achieved, UNESCO MGIEP has proposed a new individualized learning experience for every learner. transformed approach to education systems. In this context, UNESCO Digital Intercultural Exchange (DICE) consists of a series of inquiry-based, MGIEP earlier launched two programmes, Global Citizenship & Digital thematic dialogic interactions, in which students are required to engage with Intercultural Exchange (DICE), where students and teachers can create contemporary, inter-curricular issues through our open source learning their own curriculums on UNESCO MGIEP's open source learning platform. The project, drawing upon the idea that culture plays a central role platform. Both the programs are in phase 3 now. in cognitive development, enables and encourages students of different Commenting on the need for social and emotional learning in schools, socioeconomic, geographical, and cultural backgrounds to interact with Dr. Anantha Duraiappah, Director, UNESCO MGIEP said, “In order to each other. By fostering collaborative learning and facilitating direct develop peaceful and sustainable societies, education systems need to be interactions amongst a culturally diverse group of learners, DICE intends to transformed. We believe that apart from catering to students' academic inculcate values of tolerance, respect for diversity and a sense of global needs, it is equally important to hone their social and emotional citizenship in students. capabilities to nurture rational, empathetic and compassionate citizens. These programs will focus on training teachers (approximately 50 per Through this training, our aim is to emphasize the importance of Global school). Prof. Ram Charan speaks at JIM, Lucknow Self-Confidence, Peer Learning important for success, stay for life Prof. Ram Charan, substitute for hard work and he should listen to the opinion of failures of organizations he said organizations fail not because of poor renowned and influential still remembers during his other person without interrupting right people for the right job is one strategy but because of poor consultant and author, internship period in engineering in between, once he has of the most fundamental and execution. He added that 80% of delivered a lecture on how he worked in 2 shifts to completed the counter points may most violated norm of business. energy of leaders should go into Digital Transformation learn maximum. He further be raised but first one has to For success of any organization it is execution and execution only. He also Strategies at Jaipuria added success and ensure that he has understood the crucially important that people provided a guideline for successful Institute of Management development is progressive and opinion in all respect. During with right kind of desired skills are execution which starts with a clearly on 26th July, 2019. This is a continuous journey so one discussions never let any negative assigned the right kind of job. defined goal, clarity of goal is most lecture is a part of Thought has to keep learning. He shared thing come to your mind. He Together people will design the critical here as choosing wrong goal Leadership Series a 3-point principle with the further added that self-confidence system and an efficient system will might lead to failure. Once the goal organized by Jaipuria student, select 3 focus area in holds the key to success and ensure success. He added that has been decided now come the Institute of Management. your life and put 2/3 of your time whenever you feel confused or in people are the biggest asset for strategy part wherein one has to in achieving the same. Focusing problem seek help for other. He any leader or an organization. define the critical tasks and each task a Talking about his journey from on the role of communication also focused on importance of Speaking on the role of internet Directly Responsible Individual (DRI) is Hapur to Harward University he for managers he added that for peer learning and its importance in and its impact on business he identified and accordingly the Key added that he still remembers achieving success in life one has life. added that new age organizations Performance Indicators are defined. In his initial days of learning at to be a very good listener and Speaking on the success and like Amazon, Netflix, Uber etc today's time another important factor Hapur on slate and chalk and have grown from nowhere to is transparency of systems within the considers it to be most learning fortunes in one decade only. Good organization wherein technology can and influential phase of his life. leader should be able to visualize be leveraged in for of Dash Boards to He still considers his childhood the future like Steve Jobs ensure free flow and ease of access to teachers to be the best one and visualized that every office desk information. added that the role of teacher is will have a computer or Uber The talk was attended by delegates to build the capability and visualized that how they can from various educational institutions, capacity of his student. During match driver with passengers with delegates from industry, many senior his discussion with the students min hassles. officers from Public Sector and other he added that there is no He further added that lot of renowned dignitaries from Lucknow.
12 Curriculum August 16, 2019 News Updates Every child will now get Rotavirus Vaccine Road Academy located at Bhopal, with a view to strengthen mutual Dr Aperna Volluru wins cooperation and collaboration in the area of road network planning, European Business “The Health Ministry has drawn an ambitious plan under the 100-days design, construction and operation. This collaboration will be a step Award 2019 agenda of the newly elected government, wherein it has been decided forward in the direction of academia - industry interaction. to provide Rotavirus vaccine to every child across all 36 states and UTs Madhya Pradesh Rural Road Academy (MPRRA), Bhopal, Madhya This is the first time in 70 years by September, 2019.” This was stated by Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Pradesh is an organisation under Panchayat and Rural Development of Indian History that an Indian Minister of Health and Family Welfare. Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh, with its office located on is declared as the best among Dr Harsh Vardhan further said that Diarrhoea is one of the biggest the right bank of Kaliasot Dam in Walmi Hills on Kolar Road, Bhopal. the 34 European countries. 'My killers in children and Rotavirus is one of the most common causes of The MPRRA is recognized as Centre of Excellence in Training and School ITALY' has been declared severe diarrhoea in children less than 2 years of age. “Rotavirus Research in Rural Roads through capacity building and human resources as the \"Ones to Watch\" vaccine along with proper sanitation, hand washing practices, ORS development in the state. The state has been successful in building company of Italy by European and zinc supplementation will go a long way in reducing the mortality capacities of different stakeholders such as Govt. Professionals, policy Business Awards this year. This and morbidity due to diarrhoea in children,” he mentioned. makers on issues related to Rural Road Construction, Maintenance and is a franchising preschool that Keeping in view the burden of disease which can be prevented through Road Safety. made a humble beginning in vaccination, National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization IITR and MPRRA agree to cooperate, through undertaking active Italy and is also franchising in (NTAGI), an expert committee, recommended introduction of collaboration in the following areas of mutual interest such as harmoni- India since 2016. The founder is rotavirus vaccine (RVV) in the Universal Immunization Programme zation of regional and national cooperation on Rural Road connectivity, Dr Aperna Volluru who is an (UIP).Three doses of rotavirus vaccine are provided along with other Construction, Maintenance, and Use of local material, Fly-ash in road Indian, has won this prestigious vaccines, free of cost under UIP at one and half month, two and half construction, Soil stabilization, Innovative Technologies and related Global Award. moth, and three and half month of age of child. areas. This collaboration will address the issues of environmental My School ITALY was chosen as concern that would mitigate the detrimental effects of infrastructural it demonstrates exceptional 'Samagra Shiksha-Jal Suraksha' Drive to development and operation; allow devising effective human resource achievement in one of the 18 development strategies and programmes to upgrade skills and introduc- European Business Awards' create awareness about water conservation ing professional certification to various stakeholders; formalise categories and reflects the development of national institutions and sub-centres, preferably with programme's core values of 'Samagra Shiksha-Jal Suraksha' drive was started on 9th August 2019 linkages to multilateral institutions such as ADB, World Bank. This innovation, success and ethics. to create awareness about Water Conservation among all school collaboration shall provide forums for both public and private sectors to students in the country. Inspired by Prime Minister's impetus to Jal share their views and experiences in strengthening IIT Roorkee and Laugh & Learn Sanchay, Government of India has launched the Jal Shakti Abhiyan MPRRApartnership in road transport development. (JSA). It is a time bound campaign with a mission mode approach. with Dr. Samir This concept of water conservation is essential for students so that they Bring back literature in education to fos- can understand the importance of water and how it is shaping their Parikh series by lives meaningfully, thereby enabling them to participate in water ter meaningful life: NBT Chairman conservation activities in their day to day lives. Rupa The Department of School Education & Literacy, MHRD has Prof Govind Prasad Sharma, Chairman, National Book Trust on Aug launched the 'Samagra Shiksha-Jal Suraksha' drive to promote water 10 said that vanishing literature from school education is clipping the The Department of Mental conservation activities for School Students, so that they can become wings of imagination and is robbing the child of a meaningful life Health and Behavioral Sciences, competent, conscientious and committed water citizens of our nation. despite having a successful career. Fortis Healthcare launched the The department has prepared a detailed outline to implement this Speaking at 'Scrapbook 2019 – Children's Publishing Conclave' with first book on study and exam programme in all the schools of the country. the theme 'Diversity of Content', organised by FICCI, Prof Sharma skills, as part of the comic series said that technology is transforming the society and impacting 'Laugh & Learn with Dr. Parikh' Five Major Objectives: children, which is a cause of concern. The kind of education you give conceptualized by Dr. Samir to the society, you get the same kind of people, he said. Parikh, Director of the 1.To educate students learn about conservation of water “Sahitya (literature) is vanishing from education and schools. There is Department. The book no language section in Class 11 and 12. And, the focus on science and published by Rupa Publications 2.To sensitize Students about the impact of scarcity of water technology may give the child a successful career and a job but uses a funny and engaging literature can build a sense of compassion, sympathy and cooperation narration and is a very useful 3.To empower Students to learn to protect the natural sources of water among the children,” he said. guide to help youngsters Prof Sharma urged the publishers of children's books to create content understand how to study, 4.To help every Student to save at least one litre of water per day that not only helps children lead aSafal Jiwan (successful life) but also prepare for exams and manage Sarthak Jiwan (meaningful life) that goes beyond working for self and stress during the exam time. 5.To encourage Students towards judicious use and minimum wastage family by contributing towards society. He said, “Literature gives the Commenting on the book Dr. wings of imagination even to a scientist for great works.” Samir Parikh, said, “Our team of water at home and school level Dr Hrushikesh Senapaty, Director, NCERT said that it is a matter of has been working with schools great concern whether the society is preparing a good human being, a across the country to empower Target good citizen despite most of the children scoring above 90 per cent in students and help them prepare studies. For this, he said that a complete change of mindset is required for important milestones in One Student - One Day - Save One Litre to destress the children and make them innovative. their lives. Our objective of “Knowledge construction will be done by the children themselves, but introducing this comic series Water we will have to create the conducive environment. We will have to and the characters of Addy and facilitate and encourage divergent thinking for innovation and Anayka, is to enable young One Student - One Year - Save 365 Litres creativity among the children,” Dr Senapaty said. readers to connect instantly and Ms Karthika V.K., Co-Chair, FICCI Publishing Committee and relate to them while also Water Publisher, Westland said, “We need a lot of diversity in the content we building the skills that are create, in world views and points of view amongst us that allows us to helpful in studying and taking SC upholds IIPM's right to impart MBA educa- engage with each other. We need many kinds of children, many kinds exams, helping to manage their of students, many kinds of books and I hope Scrapbook will allow us stress and pressure better. This tion to think further on all of these aspects.” is the first topic in our series, FICCI, in partnership with Grant Thornton, will be preparing a survey- and we would subsequently be After a long legal battle, finally there's a whiff of fresh air for IIPM based study on book buying behaviour with a chapter on children's looking at other important areas owners. The Supreme Court of India has clarified that IIPM is free to books. of social and emotional well- run its programs without any permission from AICTE in its jurisdic- being for students as well tion. Through the order dated 24th July 2019 on S.L.P. (C) No. 17765 Akshaya Patra and MUFG Collaborate through this comic. With this, of 2014 the apex court upheld IIPM's decades long contention that we will continue our efforts to management education does not come under AICTE (and doesn't need for Mid-Day Meal Feeding in Silvassa reach out to students, helping AICTE approval) by dismissing AICTE's case appeal against IIPM them streamline their efforts in and thus upholding the May 30, 2013 High Court judgment.. The Akshaya Patra Foundation has collaborated with the MUFJ Bank the best way possible.” Reacting to the news, Dr. Arindam Chaudhuri, IIPM's face and Ltd., the banking entity of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Honorary Director of IIPM Think Tank said, \"IIPM never believed in to commence mid-day meal feeding in Silvassa, the capital of the UT Advertise with us recognition of its programs, never applied for recognition and always of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. This is the Foundation's second kitchen to said the exceedingly corrupt AICTE is illegally trying to interfere in be constructed with the support of MUFG. It will serve hot, safe and To Book an ad the functioning of Business Schools. And the SC has accepted its nutritious meals for 51,000 children in 338 Government and stance. After all it doesn't take knowledge of rocket science to Government-aided schools in the UT Administrations of Dadra & call at 9811824444 understand that MBA education is not a \"technical education\". We are Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu. thankful to the Supreme Court of India to clarify this simple logic.” The occasion was graced by senior representatives of MUFG 8076071802 including Junsuke “John” Koike - Regional Executive for India and IIT Roorkee signs MoU with Rural Road Sri Lanka, and Renu Vijayanand - Managing Director & Head of Human Resources. Also present at the event were Shri Jaganmohan Academy, Bhopal Krishna Dasa - President, Akshaya Patra (Gujarat). Like all the other Akshaya Patra kitchens, the Silvassa kitchen will On July 26, IIT Roorkee signed an MoU with Madhya Pradesh Rural follow world-class manufacturing practices and the highest standards of hygiene, food safety, and quality to ensure that a diverse and nutritious school lunch, tailored to match the local palate is delivered to children every day.
Curriculum August 16, 2019 13 Campus News Workshops, contests, panels on innovation and talks BML Munjal University ties up with ELSA by biz leaders mark Vista 2019 at IIMB BML Munjal University (BMU), Hero Group's not-for-profit university, announced their association with ELSA, the Lady Shri Ram College Alumni Vista 2019, the three-day of hunger,” he said, describing was conducted by the Aravani Art Association, to strengthen their 'Women in Leadership' programme and also business fest organized from the misson of the foundation. Project, a trans-women art create bespoke programmes for LSR Alumni. BMU runs a special 'Women in July 26-28 by the two-year Kim Sharma, Vice-President of collective. The workshop focused Leadership' programme with the aim to prepare women for leadership MBA students of IIM ITW PlayWorx and a former on using art to realize the self. The positions by enabling them with knowledge, skills and abilities to identify Bangalore, had acclaimed model and actress, spoke on the workshop also had a narration of the their unique strengths and career potential while making a significant leaders from industry and future of the entertainment personal stories by trans-artists of contribution to their organizations. society engage with industry with a strong focus on Aravani. Anuj Gosalia, Founder Workshops are being jointly designed to support women at various stages of management students on a OTT platforms. Ajay Datta, Head and CEO of Terribly Tiny Tales their careers, including leadership workshops, workshops to upgrade their variety of subjects ranging from of Product, LinkedIn, India, (TTT), led a writing workshop, knowledge and skills portfolio, and peer group support. This also includes a building powerful social talked about changing dynamics which introduced participants to unique basic business workshop for women entrepreneurs and sessions on networks to the strategies that of social networks. “You can earn techniques and ways of writing different aspects of scaling women-led businesses such as legal compliances, start-ups must adopt in order to trust every day, but you can lose it compelling prose, from short [140] taxation, finances, and inventory management. The sessions will also cover scale. in one day,” he said. This was character stories to long, immersive the marketing and the digital aspect of businesses, discussing the latest trends The focus of the fest was on followed by a discussion on content. A workshop on Effective in the space. 'Command, Conquer, 'Journalism: In the Era of Fake Communication was facilitated by The ELSA Association aims to help women gain greater confidence in their Captivate', where industry News,' by B.V. Rao, Editor, Anusha Khurana, who spoke of the abilities and leadership styles. By the end of the programme, the participants executives spoke about the need Firstpost. “To avoid falling prey need to “strike a chord within will have attained new perspectives in dealing with organisational challenges for a leader to strategize and to fake news, we must stop oneself, before striking a chord with and will be able to craft their own success stories. find new methods that believing everything we see on someone else.” strengthen existing business. the 'Whatsapp University' and Competitions Ansal University collaborates with Medanta The three words, said the verify facts before showing Vista'19 also hosted events like organizing team of Vista 2019, symptoms of 'forward-it is',” he Data and Beyond, a three-level Gurgaon-based Ansal University on Aug 6 hosted Cardiovascular depict the different set of remarked. elimination round to sharpen Technology Conference in collaboration with Medanta-Medicity at hospital activities required at different A FICCI Young Leaders panel participants' analytical skills by premises, Gurugram. The event focused on cardiovascular-related concerns stages of a business and the discussion was conducted on bidding for data and subsequently such as imaging (i.e. CT angiography, ECG/TMT, and echocardiography), importance of leadership at 'Business Models: Innovations curating a solution; Optimus, a real- intervention, arrhythmias and pacing, prevention, and improving the trained each stage. Featuring an array and Implications' and moderated time simulation game where workforce to save lives. The conference served as a unique platform for of workshops and events by Tamanna Inamdar of ET Now. participants run their own cardiac technologists and novice researchers from various institutions to ranging from case studies and The panel members included company; Numero Uno, which share and exchange new clinical studies and advancements dealing with panel discussions to trading Amisha Jain, CEO of Zivame, tested the participants on various cardiac diseases. games and corporate strategy Abhishek Bansal, Co-founder managerial skills; MarkGuru, Prof Monica Chaudhry, Director, School of Health Sciences, Ansal simulations, Vista 2019 raised and CEO of Shadowfax, which tested participants' ability to University said “We are much enthusiastic and joyous to see Medanta willing the bar for B-School business Amuleek Singh Bijral, Co-Chair, understand the consumer market to contribute to the cause. We are delighted to build this association. The fests. FICCI Taskforce on Food and real-time business situations university believe passion is not all a student requires to strive for their On July 27, Devdutt Pattanaik, Services Retail and Founder- and Trojan Horse, a consulting ambitions. It has to gel with the right opportunities and facilities, only then it acclaimed author, talked about CEO, Chai Point, and Viren competition, where participants could serve as a ladder to success. And we, at AU, choose to be that ladder, Indian mythology and related it Shetty, Executive Director and have to come up with business offering them every stair they require to climb and build their success from. to the right business practice for Group COO, Narayana Health. strategy decisions. We let our students imbibe and experience real-life medical situations as we India and the world. Richard The panelists described the On Friday, July 26, Vista'19 was provide them with cardiovascular equipped labs. It further helps them in Lobo, Head of the HR journey of their startups, and inaugurated by Prof. Padmini becoming familiar with the profession they are about to step in”. department at Infosys, spoke on spoke about how they pivoted the Srinivasan, PGP Chair, IIMB, and Ansal University widened its approach and provided the students with hands- the human quotient and stated, products and models with the guests of honor, Kamalesh on practical experience along with the exposure to cardiovascular “The heart of the employee changing times and changing Kumar Sharma, VP and Chief equipment. should be linked to the consumer behavior. They also Communication Officer, Hindustan organization for the best use of discussed current business Coca Cola Beverages Giving a laboratory experience to students will promote a higher success rate the human resource.”Shridhar opportunities in India and how it (HCCB),Indrajeet Sengupta, Chief of the cardiovascular concerns, as the professionals entering the industry will Venkat, CEO of The Akshay is exciting as well as challenging Human Resources Officer, HCCB, be familiar with the equipment already. The awareness about cardiac care is Patra Foundation, talked about to be a start-up. and Suresh Narayanan, Chairman gradually increasing with time, and Ansal University aimed to promote the hunger and education in India. Workshops and MD of Nestlé India Limited. sector better through endeavours such as the conference. The university also “No child in India shall be A workshop on self-realization A panel discussion with Kamlesh offers courses in health sciences to construct a better future for the aspiring deprived of education because Sharma and Indrajeet Sengupta of students. Prof Nuggehalli appointed Research conference on Financial Distress, AIKYA Collaborates with PES University dean of new Law School at Bankruptcy, and Corporate Fin at IIMA BMU AIKYA, the volunteering arm of The Akshaya Patra Foundation, For two days (August 9-10, 2019) research conference on Financial collaborated with PES University to organise community engagement BML Munjal University Distress, Bankruptcy, and Corporate Finance (FDBCF 2019) at IIM activities during 'PES Bootstrap 2019'. Through this event, AIKYA sought to (BMU) announced the Ahmedabad facilitated interactions between policy makers, academia, foster a sense of community awareness and responsibility among the appointment of Professor lawyers, industry, international institutions, and other stakeholders. students. It is an annual event to welcome newly joined students. 'Bootstrap' Nigam Nuggehalli as the Dean The inauguration saw a very promising start with some of the most seeks to engage groups of students to accomplish practical tasks, thus of its newly commenced School distinguished guests supporting the conference. Mr. Peeyush Misra, inculcating in them, a realistic approach to problem-solving and helping of Law. Professor Nigam was a Former Partner/Managing Director, Goldman Sachs and Prof. Errol them get well versed with the skills to be acquired as an engineer. The event Visiting professor at the D'Souza, Director, IIMA presented valuable insights in their opening was held in Bengaluru from the 5th to 9thAugust 2019. National Law School of India remarks. While Dr. Krishnamurthy Subramanian, Chief Economic Over 250 students from PESU participated in the community engagement University, Bangalore before Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Government of India and Mr. U. K. programme. The participating students volunteered at Akshaya Patra joining BMU. Professor Sinha, Former Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India kitchens and beneficiary schools in the city for activities such as medicinal Nuggehalli has also taught as an delivered the special addresses. gardening, school painting, and art and craft activities. Besides these Associate Professor in the During his keynote speech, Dr. M.S. Sahoo, Chairperson, Insolvency activities, volunteering students also conducted awareness drives on topics School of Policy and and Bankruptcy Board of India quoted Hemingway - Indian companies such as nutrition, health, hygiene, etc. Governance at Azim Premji went bankrupt 'gradually, then suddenly'. Adding that the endeavor of AIKYA invests in the youth to help them grow into effective social leaders of University, during which he was every nation must be to provide economic freedom to every entrepre- society and tap into the power of youth to contribute towards the also the head of the university's neur. development of the nation. newly founded LL.M program. The inaugural addresses were followed by an expert panel discussion BMU has launched School of on the gaps between policy and implementation in light of the IBC. For attention of institutions Law from academic year 2019 Among other issues, the panel exchanged views on the practical and will be offering the problems encountered by banks in resolving the larger stressed Notices Beyond 200 words will be considered programs of B.A. LLB and accounts, and the role of the enabler that the IBC can play in the entire classified advertisements and therefore published B.B.A LLB. process. only against payments. Professor Nuggehalli holds a This is the first conference supported by the newly-established Misra DPhil from the University of Centre for Financial Markets and Economy at IIMA. The Centre is A dismounted rate of Rs 20 per centimetre column Oxford Faculty of Law, an LLM addressing emerging issues that are highly relevant for policy, will apply. in Taxation from New York including supporting the FDBCF 2019 on the Insolvency and University and a BA., LLB Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and its implications for the corporate sector, (Hons.) from the National Law School of India University. Before moving to India, Professor Nuggehalli was a Principal Lecturer teaching tax law and commercial law at BPP
14 Curriculum August 16, 2019 Campus Buzz Orientation sessions for fresh Amity University Maharashtra's its first Peer to Peer (P2P) Energy Trading platform and batches across institutions annual convocation ceremony Blockchain technology for Energy sector Top Designers inspire the new batch at Amity University Mumbai, the first private university to be established in the state of Maharashtra, hosted its first Annual Convocation Department of Science and WUD Ceremony on Aug 12 in Mumbai. A total of 1000 students graduated in Technology has awarded a project on the 2019 session. Swati Piramal, Indian scientist and Vice Chairperson of creating a Blockchain based platform World University of Design in early August organized interactive Piramal Enterprises Ltd.; Dilip Shanghvi, Chairman Sun Pharmaceuticals for enabling Peer to Peer electricity sessions with eminent leaders from the design fraternity at its and Dr. Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary of the Ministry of AYUSH were trading to an academia-industry orientation for the incoming batch. Over three days personalities bestowed with Honorary Doctorate in the ceremony. consortium led by IIM Ahmedabad, from the design industry were roped in to provide the fresh The UGC recognized Amity University Mumbai (AUM) was set up under under the Smart Grids innovation students with hands-on insights regarding the industry, gained the Maharashtra Act in 2014 over a sprawling campus and with Dr. D S challenge of the Mission Innovation from intensive experience.For their second academic year, WUD Rao as Vice Chancellor. (MI) initiative. Mission Innovation is has received admissions from more than 250 students from 22 a global initiative of 24 countries and states across the country. Ansal University conducts the European Commission to The interaction ensured that the students gets inspired about the reinvigorate and accelerate global journeys of industry stalwarts and gained practical knowledge TEDxAnsalUniversity clean energy innovation with the while also getting a chance to interact with the leaders in their objective to make clean energy chosen field. Among those who who joined interactions included TEDxAnsalUniversity, a one-day event on August 10th, 2019, was widely affordable. Chitra Chandrashekar, the leading content-concept designer and conducted at the Ansal University campus in Gurugram. The event The project aims to increase visual storyteller, Amit Krishn Gulati, NID alumni & Founding featured a pool of eloquent speakers, who shared their ideas on how to transparency and efficiency in Director of Incubis Consultants, Gaurav Jai Gupta the eminent shape this consistently changing world into a better place. transactions in the power sector Fashion Designer, Mukul Goyal, Product Designer and alumnus of Nine captivating speakers (ABHISHEK SHARMA, Founder and CEO, through application of Blockchain Domus Academy, Milan and NID, Ahmadabad and Parthiv Shah, Aameego; JACKIE HARLAND, Speech Therapist, Director of Services at concept in power trading at also an NID Alumnus, Photographer, Filmmaker and Graphic the London Children's Practice; MALLIKA DANG, Founder and CEO, consumer levels. This assumes Designer. GOFIT; SAURABH KIRPAL, Senior Advocate and LGBTQ Supporter; RAINU special significance due to large Speaking on the occasion Dr Sanjay Gupta, Vice Chancellor, World SINGH, Executive Director Disha- a Resource Centre for Persons with amount of distributed renewable University of Design said “As an institute, we have always followed Multiple Disabilities; ROHIT ANEJA, Deputy Zonal head — Branch power generation systems being an international standard of education and our students are Banking, IndusInd bank; SHALU MANAN, Culture, Performance and implemented as a national policy by witnesses to this. For the incoming batch, we decided to make their Talent Development Strategist; BHUVAN RASTOGI, Co-Founder &COO, the Government of India. The orientation inspiration-intensive by bringing in professionals who Lendbox; AKSHAY GOYAL, Architect and Founder, Design's Future's Blockchain use cases are being could enlighten the students about what to expect from the real Foundation) from different walks of life participated in the event and developed in consultation with world. While we ensure best-quality education, we understand delivered influential talks on ideas including Social Entrepreneurship, industry and academic partners. that experience trumps bookish knowledge. This made us reach Disability Inclusiveness, Empathy, LGBTQ, Design Thinking, Unlearn and Department of Science & Technology, out to industry leaders and invite them to conduct sessions and Relearn, and Urban Sketcher. Their ideas challenged the status quo and GOI has organized an interaction guide and mentor our students as they set out on this new provided new solutions for the changing times. meeting, attended by officials from educational voyage” ITE&C Dept, Govt. of Telangana, and Ms. Chitra Chandrashekar, the leading content-concept designer IIIT Hyderabad Celebrates 18th principal investigator for the project and visual storyteller conducted a workshop on the art & technique from IIM Ahmedabad. of 'Storytelling'- an important design attribute, on the first day of Convocation The Govt of Telangana has a the orientation. Blockchain District Initiative wherein World University of Design (WUD has been this year also awarded International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad such projectsare promoted, the prestigious Assocham Award for the 'Most Upcoming celebrated its 18th convocation ceremony on August 10 in which 477 incubated and nurtured across University' of the year, 2019 at the Edu Meet 2019 (Innovation and students graduated and a record number of 17 PhDs and 125 Masters various sectors. The Govt of Employment) and Education Excellence Awards held in Kolkata degrees were awarded. . Telangana and IIMA would recently. The award recognizes the University's significant Dr M.V.S Valiathan was the chief guest at the ceremony and delivered collaborate in developing the contribution towards promoting design education, through its the convocation address. Speaking on the occasion he said IT may be a blockchain platform for Peer to Peer efforts towards innovation, R&D and cutting-edge trans recent phenomena, but Technology is very old. Sushruta an ancient Energy Trading and deploy the pilot disciplinary programs Indian physician known as the main author of the treatise The solution in Telangana.The Compendium of Suśruta describes as many as 120 surgical instruments. collaboration would further enhance SBF welcomes batch of 2019 It shows that there was an industry. This primitive medical technology is the possibilities of demonstrating different from the modern information technology. IT which is about successful use cases for Blockchain Indian School of Business & Finance (ISBF), New Delhi on Aug 5 information and mathematical formulas is revolutionising, digitalising Technology in the power sector. welcomed its Batch of 2019 during the 14th Orientation Day in New medicine. Now sophisticated technologies reveal and analyse what is Delhi. ISBF is a pioneer in global collaborative education, with there inside. Now medical data is interpreted to gain insights into the Notebook launches English academic direction for its programmes coming from The London disease patterns, he observed. courses for West Bengal School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and every student Prof. Raj Reddy, Chairman, Governing Council of IIIT-Hyderabad Board enrolling as a student of University of London (UOL), which awards presided over the ceremony. Speaking on the occasion he said the the final undergraduate degree and postgraduate diploma. twenty years old IIIT Hyderabad is gifting quality education to the youth Notebook, a digital content portal Dr. Jitin Chadha, ISBF's Founder & Director, set the ball rolling for from all over India. that allows children and parents to the new academic session through his encouraging speech where Patel Chaitanya Pankajkumar, B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering learn topics from their respective he warmly welcomed the new cohort. Addressing the students, Dr. (CSE) was awarded the IIIT gold medal in recognition of his outstanding school syllabi through engaging Chadha said, “Everything that we do here is designed to match your academic performance. The B.Tech Best All-rounder awards were videos and notes, has announced the newly acquired state of life. The learning experience that you will presented to Sreya Mittal and Pranav Bhasin in CSE. Nine students launch of its courses for West Bengal undergo at ISBF will prepare you for 21st-century cognitive skills.” received programme gold medals. Board of Secondary Education (WB Dr. G. L. Tayal, Dean, Academics, also exhorted the incoming batch, State Board). Every topic in the state urging them to put their best foot forward in order to make the WWI celebrates Founders' Day board syllabus has been treated with most of the world-class LSE curricula in Economics, Management, a Bengali synopsis, followed by a Finance and Data Science that they have the opportunity to pursue. Whistling Woods International (WWI) celebrated its 13th anniversary detailed bilingual lesson video in The highlight of the day was the Panel Discussion on “How a college on July 23 , as the institute cemented its presence as an irreplaceable Bengali and English. This is followed education can signal one's ability and help optimise academic and part of India's media and entertainment landscape. by a short Recap video and Question professional opportunities” by Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director & Chief With a wide array of programmes, world-class infrastructure and and Answer videos. Every lesson also Executive, ICRIER, Sameer Mittal, Director, Ameriprise Financials industry professionals as the teaching faculty, Asia's premier Film, gets exhaustive written notes and and Rohan Sharma, Founder, ConneXTech and an ISBF alumnus. Communication and Creative Arts Institute has contributed immensely comprehensive Solved Question to the development of the nation's film & media industry. The WWI banks. Orientation Programme for new batch Founders' Day witnessed its tremendous impact, as successful alumni Objective is to ensure that the W.B. from diverse industries in the creative domains, gathered to celebrate Board students get round the clock at JIM Ghaziabad this joyous occasion. best-in-class support in terms of Following the conclusion of the panels, Rahul Puri, Head of Academics, engaging videos that simulates a Welcoming the new batch MBA 2019-21 to the two-year MBA WWI, engaged with the alumni for feedback and guidance. Amidst an personal mentorship experience, program, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Indirapuram, outpouring of positive sentiment, several pioneering suggestions were from the comfort of their homes Ghaziabad organized the formal session 'Shubharabh 2019' on 3rd without wasting any time or Aug 2019. The day witnessed the presence of top-notch delegates resources on traveling. from the industry. The delegates shared their views with the students and encouraged them to do well in life.
Curriculum August 16, 2019 15 Campus Buzz DPS RK Puram hosts its annual inter school theatre Chablani. Fortis's Psyche-Ed Quiz The event also saw students coming together to participate in slogan fest THEATRON 2019 writing and banner making competitions based on environmental competition concludes themes. All the participants took part in a silent Green March and took a Theatron, the Annual Inter school, Theatre Fest, organised by Delhi pledge to work together to build a community of citizens who are Psych-ED, the national level annual sensitive to the needs of the environment and aware of their responsibil- psychology quiz by for school students Public School R.K. Puram provided a platform for budding actors ity towards it. organized by Fortis Healthcare, saw a participation of more than 4000 teams from a plethora of schools to emblazon their passion for the stage. The Suncity School celebrates 159th Income from 694 schools in its 4th edition held on Aug 7. As the online round of Psych- Guest of Honour wasInderpal Singh, an eminent television anchor, Tax Day ED went live, more than 10,000 participants from 202 cities across India film actor and writer, with movies such as Vicky Donor, Khosla Ka On the occasion of 159th Income Tax Day on July 24, Suncity School, participated in the quiz simultaneously. Sector-54 hosted an awareness talk to orient the senior students towards The quiz was designed and executed Ghosla and Besharam in his repertoire. taxes. The event was initiated by the Income Tax Department, under the aegis of Dr Samir Parikh, There were nine distinct events: Nukkad Natak, Stage Play, Ads Act, Gurugram. Dr. Maninder Kaur, Deputy Commissioner Income tax, Director, Department of Mental Health Thespian Coliseum, Play-o-Poem, Bolt from the Blue (Surprise Gurugram and Dr. Dipin Goel, Assistant Commissioner of Income tax, & Behavioural Sciences, Fortis Event), Mime, Courtroom Drama and Movie-making. Over 25 Gurugram, graced the occasion with their presence. Healthcare Limited. schools participated in the event. The aim of the session was to generate awareness about taxes and their After the online round, the top 12 teams The Expressions Theatre Club of Delhi Public School RK Puram importance among the students. The highlight of the event was the from six zones across India will qualify showcased an imaginative Nukkad Natak portraying the plight of screening of a special video by the Income tax department to showcase for the zonal finals which will be held at Indian soldiers and a stage play titled 'In the Game Of Thrones you the tax structure and processes in the country. The event was followed Mohali, Jaipur, Mumbai, Bengaluru, either win or you die' at the Valedictory Function. They were appreci- by a Q&A session where the guests cleared the students' doubts related Kolkata and Gurugram between 16th to ated as the hall reverberated with thunderous applause. to the subject. 23rd August 2019. The winning team The Principal, Vanita Sehgal, in her address, commended the efforts of Addressing the students, Dr. Maninder Kaur, Deputy Commissioner from each zonal final will then face-off the Expressions Theatre Club in putting up a successful event of this Income Tax, Gurugram said “Pay your taxes and contribute towards the at the National Championships to be magnitude. She recounted her memorable experience with the Theatre development of this country. Taxes are ultimately the dues which we are held on 1st September 2019. At each Club's Alumni, and their effort in putting up the Greek tragedy paying to be privileged members of our society. We should not focus on stage of the quiz, students will get an 'ANTIGONE' last year. She also encouraged the Club members to the negativity and just focus on doing our part, our duty, and the rest opportunity to win lots of prizes, explore other Genres of Theatre other than the Nukkad Natak. everything will fall in place in the time to come.” participate in internships and scholar- “Nothing is above an actor's performance,'' she exclaimed while Talking about the importance of the session, Rupa Chakravarty, ships. speaking about the importance of committing oneself to Theatre. Director, Suncity School said, “It is a great initiative by the Government Psych-ED illustrates Fortis's endeavor to come to the school and catch the children young in their thoughts to make mental health a priority for TISC, Mumbai inaugurates AR, VR centre because many of them are not very clear about taxes. Many of them get India's youth. The quiz puts to test the disillusioned about what the Government does with their taxes because knowledge of students from Class XI & Show, don't tell - that's the best way to enable lifelong learning for a they've heard from their parents and other adults. So, it is a wonderful XII and seeks to cultivate their interest child and that's the fundamental tenet at the heart of the new educa- initiative by the Government to orient the students regarding income tax in the subject. The objective of the quiz tional approach at play at the Thakur International School Cambridge and other taxes like excise etc. It will also help them to know what their is to impart learning while ensuring that in Mumbai. The school has inaugurated the suburbs first-ever AR / VR duties are as an Indian.” the subject remains engaging and fun experience centre as part of its learning and education program. This is “It will ensure that our country develops further because these children for the students. The initiative is applicable across all classes (from Class I onwards) and the entire are aware that their tax is being used as the officials also said for the supported by GD Goenka University, chapters of Maths and a Science subject. Integrating virtual and betterment of the people and thus of the nation” she added. Project CACA, Gracia Raina augmented reality applications as learning techniques could signifi- Speaking about the occasion, Dr. Dipin Goel, Assistant Commissioner Foundation, Rupa Publications, Intex, cantly improve engagement and knowledge retention levels for Income Tax, Gurugram said, “Going to schools and interacting with Skybags and Gaana. students. young blood, is really exciting and we're glad that they are asking Inaugurated by renowned mathematician and educationist Anand questions because when you start asking questions as a society, you Aviation academy Kumar (best-known for his Super 30 program), the school's new AR / actually improve it and at Income Tax department, we are always VR experience centre begins operations from August 13 at its willing to change, we are always willing to listen to people.” activity for kids Kandivali campus. Karishmma V Mangal, Director and Trustee, Thakur International Delhi NCR Schools showcased their tal- Turkish Airlines and KidZania India School Cambridge championed the use of immersive technology in have come together to announce a school room teaching. \"The use of AR / VR experience centre brings ent at Behas 2019 partnership for the Kidzania Aviation students closer to concepts, living them and learning them through all Academy at their Indian theme parks in of their senses, rather than traditionally passive formats of learning. Blue Bells Model School, situated at sector-04 hosted the Gurgaon Mumbai & Delhi NCR. This layer of practical knowledge is what they will take along with regional round of India's largest debate competition Behas 2019. It was This is the first time that any airline in them in life, as they face the future that is powered by technology.” a two-day debate competition with a vision of building an all-India India has built an establishment in Congratulating the move, Anand Kumar likened the approach to his platform for young students to express themselves and debate some KidZania to stimulate fun learning own Super 30 program, where he used multimedia tools to explain engaging and relevant topics. about the aviation industry among kids. complex concepts to his students.\"Ïn my classroom, I use multimedia 250 debaters from renowned schools of Gurugram and Delhi like DPS, This one of its kind association is also slides to make a little story, with characters to explain maths concepts\". Indrapuram, Amity International School, G D Geonka Public School present in Kidzania Istanbul, where the Rohini etc showcased their talent by presenting their view in an aviation academy is supported by St Peter's International Residential School Hyderabad effective manner with a perfect modulation of voice and diction. These Turkish Airlines. introduces \"Happy Hour\" a special Class debaters contested in a uniquely designed team debate format for the At the Turkish Airlines Aviation title of Regional Champion and qualifying for National level. Academy, kids can role-play as aspiring Hyderabad city's St Peter's International Residential School located at Talking about the aim of the competition Alka Singh, Principal, Blue Turkish Airlines' “pilots” to understand Dhulapally has introduced \"Happy Hours\", between 3 pm to 3.30pm Bells Model School said “The sole aim of the event is to provide a the sequence of tasks a pilot completes every day for the 280 plus students in the school. Children sing, speak, platform to express effectively at the zonal level. This will be an apt before, during and after each flight. recite poetry, tell jokes, give amusing facts, information during that opportunity for them to deliberate, Collaborate and communicate. In the Kids can also role-play as Turkish hour on their School Radio. Students sit in their class and listen to largest interest of the nation. these debates will hone the skills of these Airlines' “cabin crew”, learning how to them. Thus they want to break the monotony of studies from 9 am to 4 future citizens to introspect which will further bring a constructive ensure the safety and comfort of their pm and refresh students. change” passengers onboard: from conducting a We have heard of a school in Delhi doing the same thing. And we are Behas is a non-profit initiative working to promote debate, public smooth meal service to demonstrating only following that small thought of their shares Saroja Reddy, speaking and reasoned expression in schools and colleges throughout those famous safety instructions which Director of St. Peter's International Residential School. India and beyond. It has so far travelled to Bhopal, Raipur, Jammu, children have always dreamt of. In Mayur, a student of the tenth class says, it is boring to have classes after Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Patna, Meerut, Guwahati, New Delhi and soon addition, the Turkish Airlines Crew will classes right from morning to evening. We look for a break. And the after the Gurugram round, the team will go to Pune, Kochi, Ranchi, also welcome visitors at theAirport. Happy Hour came as big sigh of relief from the mundane school Manali, Surat, etc Commenting on this association, schedule. It is also about a new piece of information, an amusing fact, a Tuncay Eminoglu, Vice President, Asia wow factor, playing with friends, being on their own for a while. UTS, Australia trip and Far East,Turkish Airlines said “We Student's life is full of stress. Getting ready, travel to school, doing have always taken care of our younger homework, performance, parents and peers pressure, lack of physical Two students from DPS International (DPSI), Gurugram, Ansh passengers' needs through creative activity, all these add up to our stress level. Aggarwal and Rishi Mohan, returned after a week-long study trip to methods like introducing eco-friendly “Happiness doesn't give you success. But, happy people are more University of Technology Sydney (UTS) following win of their video toys on flight and providing a vast range successful across many areas of life – marriage, friendship, income, entry in the Film Fly Experience Australia' schools video competition of in-flight entertainment options to work, charity, and health,” says TV Reddy, Secretary and organised by the Australian Government's trade, investment and make their flight experience enjoyable. Correspondent, St. Peter's Engineering College. education promotion agency (Austrade). invited students to create With this partnership with Kidzania, we short videos showcasing their innovative ideas. wish to incline the younger generation Paryavaran Utsav- 2019 at TSMS, The duo created a video which focused on 'Improving the lives of those towards building a career in the aviation living in smart cities and urban areas' which secured them the winning industry and get introduced to these Faridabad place from UTS. professions in UTS organised sessions for the students on entrepreneurship and start- The Shriram Millennium School, Faridabad organized the first edition ups, a science forensic laboratory workshop and a Leadership Program of Shri Paryavaran Utsav 2019 – a conclave based on the theme Masterclass on personal branding. UTS also made the students' 'Schools for a Better Tomorrow', on 9thAugust. Bikram Grewal, experience memorable with a city tour, showcasing a mix of popular leading ornithologist, was the keynote speaker tourist spots and iconic buildings, and a visit to the natural beauty of the The children put up a performance including a Nukkad Natak to spread Blue Mountains, a scenic lookout on the outskirts of Sydney. awareness. This was followed by a panel discussion with panelists Bikram Grewal, Bhavreen Kandhari, Dilpreet B. Chhabra and Shalini
16 Curriculum August 16, 2019 News Extra INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY 2019- 'Girls Innovate for Tomorrow' Theme: Transforming Education. Intel India and NASSCOM Foundation joined hands for the 'Girls UNESCO India running five initiatives in partnership with local partners Innovate For Tomorrow or GIFT' program for the Delhi-NCR region. The program encouraged and motivated girl students from underserved August 12 is designated as the exploring original ideas and much the 150 birth anniversary of communities to become solution providers, and get engaged in self- International Youth Day and more participation. Nevertheless, Mahatma Gandhi this year and learning which eventually led to discoveries, innovations and generating theme of this year, 2019, is we got very good number of under this youth can share their further interest in technology as a career choice. 'Transforming Education.' original essays and 25% were stories of kindness and other The program engaged with 742 girls from 12 schools and non-profits Rooted in Goal 4 of the 2030 bullying and 26% on sports experience on special hashtags through five separate hackathons. Out of these, 81 girls with 15 Agenda for Sustainable education. The insights from these created and social media innovative solutions to basic community problems were finally selected Development- to 'ensure essays will be helpful in knowing platforms. The purpose of for mentoring sessions. inclusive and equitable quality about the young minds firsthand,” campaign is to mobilize the These 81 young innovators showcased their solutions built on Arduino, education and promote lifelong said Shivani Kasturia, content world's youth to achieve the 17 Node MCU etc. at the NASSCOM Foundation headquarters in Noida learning opportunities for all- lead Takhte. SDGs through transformative acts where they were judged by some of the leading minds from the International Youth Day 2019 is PRIA's Youth and Democracy of kindness. Technology Industry. They also got to share the same space as some of to examine how young people, Campaign is another initiative https://mgiep.unesco.org/kindnes the best startups housed in the NASSCOM Start-up incubation centre. youth focused organizations and supported by UNESCO, which s Some of the innovations at showcase were: Monitoring and Control of other stakeholders are uses art and street theatre to household water utilization, Driver drowsiness detection, Weather transforming educational empower youth and engage them ASM forays into monitoring and alarm system, Elder/Disabled home monitoring system, practices, tools and services in in dialogue and expression. Automated river cleaning system, Gas cylinder management, monitoring order to achieve objectives of Another is Heritage Education for executive education and automated refill ordering, Farming automation: Ploughing and 2030 Agenda. Youth run by NGO Itihaas which seeding, Personal Women safety alarm system. Five initiatives by UNSESCO focuses on cultural awareness and ASM (Audyogik Shikshan Mandal, Winners : 1. Driver Drowsiness Detection; 2. Gas Load Cell ; 3. Water in India with local partners need transformative effect of heritage Mumbai )Group has forayed into Utilization Monitoring a special mention on this day. education on Indian youth. executive education by setting up a 'Millennial Indian Writers'—an The Ideosync UNESCO new vertical. Prakash Bakshi, ex- Samarthya, XLRI Career counseling for school essay contest in association with information Fellowship (IUIF) Chairman of NABARD, will head children local partner Takhte.com for Programme is being run in it. The ASM Executive Education children aged 13-15 and youth partnership with Ideosync Media Centre will operate out of its new Samarthya, XLRI recently organized a Career Counselling Fair for school aged 16-18 years is certainly Combine for helping youth from office in Mumbai which is already students in Jamshedpur. Steered by Ronald D'Costa, a founding member of one notable initiative. The communication stream to enter functional with talent being added Samarthya and an alumni of XLRI and Chief Mentor Fr. Francis Peter, S.J, contest launched in April this into developmental sector for gradually. Each of the 4 short term XLRI, the event witnessed participation by many professionals and year is in closing stages. Under social change. In its first year courses on offer initially (Finance, counsellors. Around 500 students and 50 parents of local schools took part this a book titled, 'Inside under the fellowship, six fellows Business Strategy, Negotiation & in the Career Counselling Fair. Millennial Mind: Essays by 100 were placed with grassroots Disruptive Strategy) will have Samarthya organised the Career Counselling Fair with the aim of providing Young Indians' will be released institutions, think tanks and media interactive online lessons with guidance to school students and their parents about various career options soon. The essays have been organizations like community weekly assignments complemented available to them from professionals having first-hand information of the submitted under five categories radio stations for a hand on by 5 hours in-class sessions every field. which include bullying, local experience. Saturday conducted by ASM's climate change, sports in National Alliance for Women's senior faculty. Enrolment for these curriculum, instant news, Football and SDG school along short-term courses spanning heritage and history by over 150 with HackaDev in Sri Lanka are between 3-8 weeks is now open. On schools. The essays are being another youth initiatives by successful course completion, reviewed by experts to choose UNESCO in this region. applicants will receive a certificate the final ones to go into the On August 9, UNESCO India at a from ASM Group of Institutes, book. “We had publicized the special event showcased these Harvard Business School online contest for the students in the initiatives before a group of youth (HBS OL) & IIM Bangalore online age groups but some schools in in New Delhi. The occasion was (IIMBx). their usual filtering practice also used to spread awareness on have tried to send the essay as a UNESCO MGIEP's the single school entry, which #Kindnessmatters Campaign. It is actually defeats the purpose of an initiative run by MGIEP during Tara Ali Baig Memorial Lecture by WE INVITE YOU TO BECOME PART OF SoS Children’s Villages INDIA'S EDUCATION STORY! SOS Children's Villages of India organized the 30th edition of 'Tara You can advertise in curriculum magazine or and also put an Ali Baig Memorial Lecture', at Vishwa Yuvak Kendra, in Delhi on the advertorial highlighting your company/services/campus/ products etc. theme of “Digital Shift & future of Children, Youth & Society” and This will greatly support your marketing effort and enhance your “Developing the Social skills in Children”. visibility and recall value with your current and potential clients The occasion marks the birth anniversary of Tara Ali Baig, (Ex president SOS India) a multifaceted personality with diverse interests, OUR FOCUS who was deeply committed to social issues especially women and child, is remembered for the pivotal role she played at the policy and — We cover latest news, product launches, current events and trends implementation level in furthering the country's social agenda. — News features, Guest Articles, Expert columns The event started with the annual tradition of paying a tribute to Late — Career counselling, Skill India, Entrepreneurships Tara Ali Baig by her son, followed by a welcome speech by S Sandilya, — School/College /university events President, SOS Children's Villages of India. — Achievements by students, faculty, institutions Osama Manzar, Founder and Director, Digital Empowerment — Education Technology — Study Abroad Foundation and Chief Guest at the event said, “The lives of children — Institution/people profiles and the youths living in the twenty-first century is different than the lives of children in any generation before. 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