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www.curriculum-magazine.com RNI No. UTTENG/2010/37634 Vol 8 No 8 magazineNEWS in BRIEF THE INDIA EDUCATION LANDSCAPE UPDATE June 16 2018. Online courses granted recognition Separate board for ITIsCentral Teacher Eligibility UGC (Online Courses) Regulations, 2018Test (CTET) on 16th Sep Approved being consideredThe Central Board of Higher Educational Institutions can now offer Certificate, A separate board on the lines of theSecondary Education will be Diploma and Degree Programmes in full-fledged online mode in ICSE and CBSE is likely to beconducting the 11th edition of line with their regular programs. established to carry out assessmentCentral Teacher Eligibility Test and certification of around 23 lakh(CTET) on 16/09/2018 In a landmark reform in the fieldof online learning shall have for all online interactions students passing out from industrial(Sunday). The test will be Higher Education, University minimum four quadrants: video including teaching-learning and training institutes (ITIs) across theconducted in 92 cities all over Grants Commission has approved lectures, e- content, self- examinations. country as a news report by Pressthe country. The detailed UGC (Online Courses) assessment and discussion forum The learners' engagement will be Trust of India.Information Bulletin Regulations, 2018 in its meeting to clarify doubts. monitored via participation in The move will enable the ITIcontaining details of held on 24th May, 2018. Higher The Higher Educational asynchronous / synchronous graduates to pursue regular courses inexamination, syllabus, Educational Institutions can offer Institutions will be eligible to discussions, assignment activity other schools and colleges, as theeligibility criteria, examination Certificate, Diploma and Degree offer Online Programmes if they and Programme involvement. The certificates awarded to them will befee, examination cities and Programmes in full-fledged have been in existence for at least analytics of Learning Management equivalent to the ones given to Indianimportant dates will be online mode in only those five years and are accredited by System shall be used for ensuring Certificate of Secondary Educationavailable on CTET official disciplines in which it has already the National Assessment and the learner's participation at least (ICSE) and Central Board ofwebsite www.ctet.nic.in w.e.f. been offering the same or similar Accreditation Council (NAAC) for 2 hours every fortnight. Secondary Education (CBSE) pass-12/06/2018 (Tuesday). The Programmes /Courses at with a valid minimum score of Overall Regulations provide outs. Top sources in the Ministry ofaspiring candidates are graduation level in regular mode 3.26 on a 4-point scale; and enabling provisions for maintain- Skill Development andrequested to download the (of classroom teaching) or in should be in the top-100 in overall ing sanctity of admissions, Entrepreneurship said a Cabinet noteInformation Bulletin from Open and Distance Learning category in the National teaching-learning, examination, for setting up the board is ready afterabove mentioned website only mode and from which at least one Institutional Ranking Framework authenticity of the learner and consultation with several departmentsand read the same carefully batch has been graduated and (NIRF) for at least two years in the mandatory disclosure of of the government and may be placedbefore applying. The aspiring approved by the statutory previous three years. However, Programme-wise information before the Union Cabinet seeking itscandidates have to apply councils, as applicable. Online NAAC and NIRF conditions shall such as duration, start & end dates, approval in a month's time.online only through CTET Programmes requiring Practical/ not be applicable to existing fee, number of students, name of The board will also subsume Sectorwebsite www.ctet.nic.in. The Laboratory Courses as a curricu- government Open Universities till students with identifier, results, on Skill Councils, industry-led bodies byonline application process will lar requirement shall not be NAAC or similar accreditation HEI website/public domain. NSDC which create Occupationalstart from 22/06/2018 (Friday) permitted. The Examinations system or NIRF are made These regulations will be made Standards and Qualification bodies,onwards. The last date for shall be conducted in proctored available. applicable from the academic develop competency framework,submitting online application mode and in conformity with any Aadhaar and Passport shall be session 2018-19. This initiative is a conduct train the trainer programmes,is 19/07/2018 (Thursday) and norms for such examinations used to authenticate the Indian big step towards attaining the conduct skill gap studies and assessfee can be paid upto 21-07- stipulated by the commission. The and foreign students respectively targeted GER of 30% by 2020. and certify trainees on the curriculum2018 (Saturday) before aligned to national occupational3.30.p.m. standards developed by them,. Proposal for the establishment of theEurokids reaches 1000 board has been reportedly accepted by the HRD Ministry.Pre-Schools mark College Board deepens India engagement INSIDE this issueEuroKids International chainhas achieved a major milestone The US-based College Board has announced a new India- India and abroad, in all 10 (six Essay: Drug addictionwith the opening of its 1000th (esb 1900), which administers specific initiative, the 'India from India) to begin with have detrimental to demographicPre-School in Thane the widely used standardized test Global Higher Education Alliance' joined hands to forge an alliance dividend P8(Maharashtra) in the bygone for colleges and universities (IGHEA), wherein several highly for tapping the growing Indianmonth of May admissions in USA and Canada ranked private universities from market. Spotlight: Education The formation of this alliance was Loans P 9'Cramped' NCERT announced in New Delhi by Linda Liu, vice president international at Classroom: Making bestsyllabus to be reduced the College Board in presence of timetable P6 several founding members on MayAccording to newspaper 22 coinciding with a two-day Careerwise :reports the government has symposium where several leaders Logistics is a sea of jobsdecided to reduce the NCERT and academicians from the P10syllabus by half as it is alliance partners participated in on“cramped”. Union HRD relevant theme on the current state Interview: SarveshMinister Prakash Javadekar of the Indian education system, an Shrivatava P13has said his ministry have overview on the higher educationreceived 37,00 suggestions on enrolment channel, challenges andclasses, lessons and subjects opportunities within the transitionfrom teachers and others and from secondary to higher“we are working on it.”This will effect a system Contd P3change where a student wouldget time for various activities Hospitality education is getting redefined as technology Grand Finale of ‘and not only for cramming and skills challenges mount Hardware’ Smartinformation, he said. Keeping India Hackathonthis in mind, each centrally- Travel and tourism is arguably the like no other and today the online there. from June 18-22aided school will get sports most ancient and yet all the way business and transactions in travelequipment. Primary schools the most important business bookings and other services has Fabienne Rollandin, Director Read on Page...3will get equipment worth Rs sector of modern world. It has almost completely outdone the5,000, Upper Primary Rs traveled with history and traditional way of doing these External Relations of10,000 and SSC and HSC level transformed at every juncture of business operations. In the sameschools Rs 25,000 to turn of history and advancement measure, it is true about presence Switzerland-based Sommetemphasise relevance of sports of human civilization. and application of all pervasivein the school curriculum. Hospitality sector has been swept social media as well and every Education, which runs twoSimilarly, every centrally- by technology transformations entity has to maintain presenceaided school will be given hospitality education institutionslibrary grant of Rs 5,000 to Rs20,000, he said. 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2 Curriculum June 16, 2018 News UpdatesCentral University in Andhra Pradesh for India today, to build foundational skills of literacy and numeracy as FICCI ARISE delega- well as transferable skills that gives children the basis for navigating theThe Union Cabinet has given its in-principle approval for establishing dynamic skills agenda for India's adolescents and youth,” said Dr. Haque. tion visits Newa Central University by the name of “Central University of Andhra Focusing on scaling up successful examples from the field, EuphratesPradesh” in Janthaluru Village of Ananthapur District, Andhra Gobina, Chief of Education, UNICEF India facilitated a panel discussion York and Boston:Pradesh. A provision of funds worth Rs. 450 crore has been approved on this occasion. The panelists discussed a few examples of scaling upfor meeting the first phase expenditure towards establishment of the with quality while highlighting the challenges and solutions for scaling A delegation of FICCI Alliancesaid University. up. Anil Swarup, Secretary, Department of School Education and for Re-imagining SchoolThe Cabinet also approved the proposal for operationalization of the Literacy, MHRD, while delivering his keynote address, emphasized on Education (FICCI-ARISE)Central University in the transit campus, initially by forming a society the need for digitisation in education. toured USA from May 14-18,under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 in order to give a legal 2018 to observe and understandstatus to it till the amendment to the Central Universities Act, 2009 is Children centric film Halkaa to be diverse models of schools that notenacted and to enable commencement of academic activities from the only mainstream vocationalAcademic Year 2018-19. The Central University would be mentored released on Aug 31st education and special needs butby an existing Central University till its governing structure is in place. also employ revolutionaryThe approval would increase access and quality of higher education Halkaa, a children film presented by Shiv Nadar Foundation and teaching methods, groundand help in minimizing the regional imbalances in education facilities, produced by Akshay Parija and Nila Madhab Panda, is set to release on breaking curricula that go beyondand give effect to theAndhra Pradesh ReorganizationAct, 2014. 31st August. Halkaa (Relief) is a unique take on a slum child's heroism, the four walls of a classroom. aspirations and dreams. The child protagonist, Pichku fights for the basic Anil Swarup, Secretary (SE&L),Setting up of National Sports University in problem that he faces every day; defecating in the open amongst others. It MHRD, Govt. of India led the is his dream to make a toilet of his own where he can enjoy his privacy delegation.Manipur one step more to reality and do the deed in peace. The Shiv Nadar Foundation partnered with Nila The purpose was not only to Madhab Panda for the movie as it mirrored the core of the Foundation's experience key aspects of K-12National Sports University Ordinance, 2018 has come into force as the belief that transformation begins with one person or one child addressing education at various innovativePresident of India has given his assent to the Union Cabinet's decision one issue at a time. With the movie, the Foundation hopes to inspire schools, especially in mattersto promulgate the said Ordinance. Earlier, the Union Cabinet, in its several others to reach for their dreams and achieve them. related to pastoral care, innova-meeting held on 23rd May, 2018, had decided to approve the proposal The light-hearted film, features child actor Tathastu as Pichku, and tive pedagogical practices andof the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to promulgate the National Ranvir Shorey and Paoli Dam essay the role of his parents. ICT integration, but alsoSports University Ordinance, 2018, by which the National Sports The film recently bagged a Grand Prix for the best film at the Kinolub showcase the best practices ofUniversity will be established with headquarters at Manipur. Festival for Children and Youth, Poland. Earlier it had won a Grand Prix Indian education system at aNational Sports University Ordinance, 2018 (“the Ordinance”) will be De Montreal at the 21st Montréal International Children's Film Festival global platform and exploreon the lines of the National Sports University Bill, 2017, introduced in where it had its World Premiere. meaningful academic partnershipLok Sabha on 10.08.2017. This will be a specialized University, first opportunities. More than 20of its kind, to promote sports education in the areas of sports sciences, Asia Pacific's Most Innovative Universities for leading educators and changesports technology, sports management and sports coaching besides makers were part of the delega-functioning as the national training centre for select sports disciplines 2018 tion.by adopting the best international practices. “The delegation was a greatThe proposal was formally announced by the Finance Minister in his KAIST, University of Tokyo and POSTECH (South Korea) top the opportunity to observe andBudget speech of 2014-15 on 10.07.2014. For setting up the Reuters 2018 ranking of Asia Pacific's Most Innovative Universities. understand diverse models ofUniversity, 325.90 acres of land has been made available by the Compiled in partnership with Clarivate Analytics, the ranking identifies schools that not only mainstreamGovernment of Manipur in Koutruk, West Imphal district of Manipur. and ranks educational institutions in the region doing the most to advance vocational education and specialThe University would provide a boost to sports activities in the science, invent new technologies, and power new markets and industries needs but also employ revolu-country, and also improve the country's sports performance at the is based on empirical data including patent filings from Derwent tionary teaching methods, groundnational and international levels. The proposed University has also Innovation and research paper citations from the Web of Science breaking curricula that go beyondconsiderable employment generation potential. The most innovative university in the region, for the third consecutive the four walls of a classroom. We year, is South Korea's KAIST. Formerly known as the Korea Advanced also interfaced with leaders doingAdventure Tourism Guidelines released Institute of Science and Technology, it is the nation's oldest research- phenomenal work in the field of oriented science and engineering university, with campuses in Daejeon, teacher education and develop-The Ministry of Tourism along with the Adventure Tour Operators Seoul and Busan. Recent KAIST research highlights include the ment'' said Swarup, SecretaryAssociation of India (ATOAI) have launched a set of guidelines on development of a highly durable platinum-based fuel cell catalyst that (SE&L), MHRD.'Safety and Quality Norms forAdventure Tourism in India'. These are removes particulate matter from the air while it is in operation, an The delegation visited variousfirst ever guidelines by government onAdventure Tourism. innovation that could lead to more efficient electric vehicles that reduce institutes in New York andThese guidelines cover land, air and waterbased activities which pollution when driven. KAIST once again earned its first-place rank Boston region that haveinclude mountaineering, trekking, bungee jumping, paragliding, among the APAC's most innovative universities by producing a high reconceptualised the idea of akayaking, scuba diving, snorkeling, river rafting and many other volume of influential inventions. Its researchers submit more patents school by creating an inspiringsports. The information given covers some major areas such as the role than any other university on the list, and those patents are frequently cited learning environment inof a guide, important equipment required, inspections and mainte- by outside researchers in their own patents and papers. unexpected places, and by usingnance process, operating instructions, risk mitigation, medical safety Japan's University of Tokyo takes the runner-up spot, moving up one the architectural design to guideetc. rank from 2017. Korea's POSTECH takes third, also moving up one, and learning. Some of the schools Seoul National University comes in fourth after dropping two. Tsinghua included Philips ExeterUNICEF India's Shiksha Mela (education fair) University (#5) is the highest-ranked university in China, up one from Academy, Brooklyn Technical last year. Osaka University (#6), Kyoto University (#7), Sungkyunkwan High, United Nationsdemonstrated powerful stories in Children's University (#8), Tohoku University (#9) and the National University of International School, Green Ivy Singapore (#10) round out the top 10. Schools, Avenues: The WorldEducation Only three new institutions appear on the list this year, all of them based School, MET High School etc. in China: The China University of Mining & Technology (#56), The delegation also had anUNICEF India in partnership with MHRD on May 24 organized a Shandong University (#67), and Xiamen University (#74). The region interactive session with the'Shiksha Mela – Education Open Day' to demonstrate case stories exhibits a remarkable consistency, unlike Europe and North America: In Indian American students atshowcasing holistic and equitable quality education achieved through contrast, Reuters' 2018 ranking of Europe's Most Innovative Universities Harvard Graduate School ofconvergent programming across 17 Indian states., featured 15 new entries. Education on the role of privateA powerful narrative was used to showcase cases from diverse part of and government sectors in thethe country and depicted how early childhood education for early EduTech Congress 2018 held in Mumbai future of the Indian Educationlearning and school readiness had been strengthened, how strategic system.initiatives through which out-of-school children were brought back to mUni, an end to end higher education solution and digital infra provider Manit Jain, Co-Chairman, FICCIschool and motivational programmes such as sports for Development successfully hosted EduTech Congress 2018 on May 12, 2018 at ARISE and Co-founder, Theand Meena Manches which helped children stay in school. Also, Mumbai. Simon Hunter, Executive Chairman, International Screen Heritage Group of Schools said,many cases highlighted how skills nurtured in children and young Academy and Sydney Film School was a keynote speaker at the congress “The growth of new schoolpeople, enabled their transition to secondary education. initait4ed Bhupesh Daheria, Founder, mUni. models in the US reflect a deepThe engagement of communities in the education of their children and While Hunter spoke of New Horizons in Hybrid Learning, Daheria spoke desire for personalized learninghow they were mobilized to demand and participate in education also on the future of Indian higher education under the backdrop of artificial and promoting 'student' agency,formed part of the event display. intelligence. Making academic partnership work in emerging trends was with greater possibility forDr. Yasmin Ali Haque, UNICEF Representative in India, while discussed by Sheetal Soni, Country Channel Manager – IBM Career efficiency and innovation. Hespeaking on this occasion, lauded the efforts of the Government of Education Software Group – India/SA, added, “through this studyIndia in speeding up its commitment to get all children into school and Dr P. D Jose, Chairman, Digital Learning IIM Bangalore, spoke on the mission, the Indian group oflearning. “Children are indeed performing reasonably well in the early 20th century learning model with intense faculty – student interactions in educators got a perspective on theclasses. Still there is a need to do more for translating these results for a brick and mortar class room model as well as future of classroom overall school administration,higher classes and assuring that the requisite skills are built for smooth education. reforms and innovation in thetransition to livelihood.” Prof. Bhavani Prasad Panda, Vice Chancellor, Maharashtra National country to understand the future Law University shared insights on the importance of creating quality of learning.” “The Samagra Scheme which institutions, creating space for classroom teaching and how industry need merges the three flagship to fulcrum the students by providing good courses, classroom environ- programmes-Sarva Shiksha ment and quality education. He also shared the role of a teacher as a Abhiyan, Rashtriya facilitator and as a skill trainer. Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan The event also saw a panel discussion, technology demo and use case on and Teacher Education aims to –Leveraging technology to engage, empower and improve learning provide equitable access and outcome, Skilling beyond University Curriculum, How technology can improve quality of learning and help improve admissions and placements etc governance. This step is critical

Curriculum June 16, 2018 3 News UpdateContd from P1 Grand Finale of ‘ Hardware’College Board enters India... Smart India Hackathoneducation in India, megatrends structural improvements in that is a fee-based standardized test to from June 18-22in global higher education and system, giving priority to how assess the college readiness ofinternational student mobility, students access and prepare for secondary education students and Winning team in each theme to get cash prizeand assessment in admission the rigors of postsecondary measures their literacy, numeracy of Rupees one lakhprocess. The founding and education. “The affiliate and writing skills on a scale ofaffiliate universities of the members have tackled the 1600 points. It is developed and The Ministry of HRD along with AICTE, Persistent Systems, i4C andnewly formed alliance include challenge of attracting diverse owned by College Board and IIT Kharagpur is all set to host the Grand Finale of Smart IndiaAshoka University (Sonipat, groups of students from their administered by Educational Hackathon 2018 – Hardware edition from Jun 18-22, 2018.Haryana), Azim Premji home countries, as well as Testing Service (ETS). Most According to Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister for HumanUniversity (Bengaluru), Manav increasing global recruitment. American colleges use SAT in Resource Development, the Smart India Hackathon 2018 is in lineRachna University (Faridabad), The goal of this Alliance is that combination with high school with the 'Make in India' initiative of the Prime Minister NarendraFLAME University (Pune), progressive Indian universities grade point average (GPA) to Modi and is proving to be an important vehicle for scouting new ideasAhmedabad University can learn from the best practices assess admission applications by and help them convert them into products and businesses.(Ahmedabad , Gujarat), shared by the affiliate members students and College BoardNMIMS University (Mumbai), and adapt those practices to the claims that its membership Giving more details at a recent presser, the Minister said that theBML Munjal University current context of higher association is made up of over SIH2018 – Hardware edition is the first of its kind innovative initiative(Gurgaon), SRM Institute of education in India,” said a 6,000 educational institutions. by Ministry of HRD to provide national platform to young technicalScience and Technology statement further. ACT or American College Testing minds of India to showcase their disruptive innovations and creative(Chennai) , Manipal University The alliance members are going is another similar exam used products which can bring out revolutionary changes in crucial sectors(Manipal, Karnataka)—all from to works with many schools alternatively in USA. It may be like agriculture, health, clean water, waste management, automotive,India and Columbia across the country to make them mentioned that SAT is also used smart communication, and education. The Hardware edition is the sub-University), Massachusetts aware of how to get into best by Government of India for its edition of SIH2018.Institute of Technology, Pomona higher education institutions in direct admission of students'University, University of India and abroad. The students abroad (DASA) program for NRIs He further informed that for Hardware Hackathon, 4362 team ideasCambridge Purdue University, will be educated on how to and PIOs. were received with participation from 50000+ students across 752+McGill University, University prepare and focus on their school While a number of students from technical institutions. After two internal rounds of evaluations withof Hong Kong, and Pomona fundamentals, understanding India applying for undergrad support from industry experts, 106 teams have been shortlisted toCollege from abroad. them and learning to use them for course programs abroad compete under the 10 themes in the SIH2018 Hardware edition Grand“The College Board, along with final application. Though not particularly in USA and Canada, Finale.its partners, are seeking to bridge confirmed the College Board write SAT on a routine basis, thethe gaps in the education system exam for such students under the new push by College Board is Grand Finale of the Hardware Hackathon will be a 5 days event and willby helping simplify entrance and alliance program may even be likely to increase awareness about take place simultaneously at 10 prestigious institutions (Nodal centers)admission processes, building subsidized. it and make it popular with Indian across India - IIT Kanpur (Drones theme), IIT Kharagpur (Agriculturethe critical thinking skills Manoj P, registrar from Azim educational institutions. theme), IIT Guwahati (Rural Technology theme), CEERI Pilani (Smartneeded for the future, facilitating Premji University, said, “We However, it is unlikely to replace Communication theme), CSIO Chandigarh (Healthcare theme), IIScmid- and low-income students' hope that this alliance will open national entrance tests like JEE or Bengaluru (Smart Vehicles theme), IIT Roorkee (Clean water theme),access to high quality up opportunities for diversifying NEET etc as legal framework is NIT Trichy (Waste Management theme), COEP Pune (Security theme),undergraduate experiences and the applicant pool and enable state-specific. and Forge Coimbatore (Import Substitution theme).helping Indian Universities to access and equity.” But even then, IGHEA could alsobetter recruit, admit and enrol Among the plans that were become a catalyst in attracting The judging during Grand Finale will be done by industry experts andstudents. The College Board announced was an offer of about more foreign students to India as it angel investors. The top 3 winning teams under each theme will stand toalso brings to India best 30-40 scholarships for may increase awareness about win cash prizes – Rs 1,00,000/- to Winning team, Rs 75,000/- to Firstpractices of its member meritorious students from Indian universities and study Runner up team and Rs 50,000/- to Second Runner up team. They mayinstitutions from around the economically weaker sections to programs. “As we go along work also get support from investors who are willing to invest in the productsworld that will focus on pursue higher education in best jointly with international and make them market ready. Ministry of HRD is working closely withsupporting students while universities. For this purpose, universities on this platform we Dept. of Science and Technology to explore the possibility offostering the development of Mumbai-based NGO, Magic expect even international students handholding the winning teams for creating startups with the supportIndian universities into world- Bus, working for the cause of to look at India and to know that from various Technology Business incubators (TBIs) across India.class institutions,” said a secondary education of children we also offer program at par with Attempts are also being made to explore new avenues of additionalstatement issued by the alliance. and youth in poverty, has been the best universities in the world, funding post Grand Finale for some of the most promising innovations.According to Prof B S entrusted with selection of such at an affordable cost in India,” Smart India Hackathon 2018 – Hardware edition is nationwideSatyanarayana, vice chancellor, students. According to Liu, adds Satyanarayana. hardware product development competition happening in India. TheBML Munjal University, the College Board and the alliance is The College Board's focus on Grand Finale for Software edition has already been successfullybroad objectives of the alliance in talks with people and India with this new alliance may completed on Mar 30 & 31, 2018 at 28 nodal centers and now winninginclude creating a platform for organizations for funding these well turn a game changer for a teams have started working on further enhancing their projects.linking and working together of scholarships and the exact higher education enrolment in SIH2018 has help India establish one of the biggest open innovationschools and HEIs in an number of scholarships and other India and take the study abroad model.innovative way to educate modalities will be known in options, till now a possession of astudents, have high aspirations coming a few months. “Taking few consultants in big cities UPSC appoints acting Chairmanand work towards the same so concrete actions to help ensure directly to schools and students inthat more students take up that all students, regardless of smaller cities. But at the same UPSC member Arvind Saxena has been appointed as the actinghigher education and aspire to be income, geography or class, can time, there is this danger of a Chairman of the commission from June 20, a government order said.in the best of institutes in India access excellent higher education different kind of coaching Saxena, a 1978-batch Indian Postal Service officer, will take over theand the world. is one of our focus areas,” she industry coming up at the expense charge from incumbent Vinay Mittal who completes his term at theThe College Board is convening added. of academic freedom and further Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on June 19.Indian universities in order to SAT which was earlier called as roasting the already stressedhelp them to refine and drive the Scholastic Assessment Test, student community.Maharashtra contributes to 23% of all sports jobs For attention of institutionsAccording to data from job site, Indeed, the maximum number of jobs in sports are available in the state of Admission Notices Beyond 200 words will beMaharashtra, which contributes 23% of all sports jobs in India. 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4 Curriculum June 16, 2018 Useful NewsJindal School of Art and Architecture launched BSE Institute IIT MadrasO.P. Jindal Global University interdisciplinary research cutting launch of the school in New Delhi to offer joint program in(JGU) has launched the Jindal across academic programs on May 17.School of Arts and Architecture allowing students and faculty to JSAA essentially offers two Business Analytics(JSAA). Professor (Dr) C. Raj actively engage in addressing the courses to the students- BAKumar, Founding Vice most pressing issues facing our (Hons.) in Built Environment BSE Institute Ltd, has signed aChancellor, JGU said, “I am world today. Studies, a three-year design Memorandum of Understandingproud to announce the launch of “The JSAA is not just another program which is unique to India (MoU) with IIT Madras to offer jointJindal School of Arts and school and its global faculty will and the professional five-year program in Business Analytics. 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Curriculum June 16, 2018 5 Campus NewsPullela Gopichand Badminton Academy KIIT Institute, signs MoUs with three UK at ITM UNIVERSITY, RAIPUR UniversitiesIn first of its kind in the state of can be trained. The Academy will international and Indian coaches. Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), an IET accreditedChhattisgarh, ITM University at also be a living laboratory for Dr. Raman Singh on the occasion institute, signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with threeNaya Raipur inaugurated the courses in Sports Kinesiology, said “We have tremendous sports leading UK universities - University of Kingston, Lancaster andPullela Gopichand Badminton Nutrition, Physiotherapy. Coach talent in our great State, and the Sheffield Hallam, in ceremonies that took place in respective campusesAcademy at ITM University Training programs are also academy will be an ideal platform. in the UK, in May 2018. The series of collaborations were facilitated byrecently which is supported by envisioned. I look forward to world-champion the Institution of Engineering and Technology, as part of its remit ofTata Trusts, with the vision of The Academy will be built to players emerging from the improving the quality of engineering education in India. Professordeveloping top-level players in international specifications, academy in a few years' time. By Sasmita Samanta, Registrar, KIIT inked the MoUs with Ron Tuninga,Chhattisgarh. featuring professional courts, a integrating academics and Pro Vice-Chancellor International at Kingston University, SteveChief Minister of Chhattisgarh full gymnasium, physiotherapy, coaching, ITM University is Bradley, Pro-Vice Chancellor, International at Lancaster University andDr. Raman Singh along with nutrition lab, bio-mechanics lab ensuring the overall development Prof Roger Eccleston, Pro Vice Chancellor at Sheffield HallamPullela Gopichand and Sanjay and more, along with residences of children in academics, sports, University.Mishra and world-renowned for coaches and trainees. Shri fitness and mental preparedness.” The partnerships will facilitate exchange of ideas, collaborativeIndian Badminton players Sanjay Mishra, Indian Junior research, dual degree programmes, and faculty/student exchangeSrikanth Kidambi and HS National coach will be heading p programmes between the universities. The collaborations mark thePrannoy attended the ceremony. the academy, supported by top beginning of new international relationships for KIIT with these leadingAnand Datla- Head – international universities and will help strengthen and promoteAssessment, Impact and educational cooperation as well as encourage cross-country learning.Monitoring Tata Trusts and KIIT gained IET accreditation for its engineering courses in 2017, andNeelam Babardesai – Head – these global collaborations are part of the long-term development plansSports Tata Trusts were also that the IET co-creates with its partner institutions.present at the ceremony alongwith Dr. P.V Ramana Chancellor, Middlesex University Dubai partnersand Dr. Sanjay Kumar ViceChancellor. The Bhoomi Pujan with GEMS Educationmarked the beginning of hailingthe initiative as a unique step in Middlesex University Dubai announced its partnership with GEMSpromoting the culture of sports Education which provides Scholarships and Grants for studentsand education among today's graduating from their high schools within the GEMS Global Network,youth. applicable from the academic year commencing on 23 September 2018.The Academy will integrate This partnership will see a minimum of 150 Scholarships being awardedacademics, sports sciences and to students and employees of GEMS Schools, each academic year.professional coaching to create These include Academic Excellence Scholarships, GEMS Schoolan ecosystem where champions Grants and GEMS Education Employee Grant. All GEMS students are also eligible for the Middlesex University Dubai Academic ExcellencePRIA International Academy and Scholarship which is awarded based on academic merit and eligibleManipal University, Jaipur (MUJ) sign MoU students could receive up toAED 90,000 towards their tuition fees. Within the GEMS School Grants, students from GEMS Global NetworkPRIA International Academy Professor Madhura Yadav, Institutions needs to be broken, to who are not eligible for the Academic Excellence Scholarship will be(PIA), New Delhi and Manipal Director, School of Architecture allow 'new' forms of knowledge to awarded an AED 20,000 School Partnership Grant by the University toUniversity, Jaipur have signed an and Design at MUJ and Dr Rajesh integrate with pure, academic enrol for the International Foundation Programme and theMoU for collaboration between Tandon, Dean, PIA will lead the knowledge taught at universities. Undergraduate Programmes. Students eligible for the Academicthe two institutions in the areas of collaboration at their respective Manipal University, Jaipur (MUJ) Excellence Scholarship will be given an additional AED 5,000 Schoolacademic teaching and research. institutions. Through their has taken a first step in this Partnership Grant over and above the scholarship awarded.This partnership paves way for partnership, MUJ and PIA have direction by entering into a MoU Bombay College of Pharmacy partners with Microsoftthree specific and important areas committed to fostering an with PRIA International Academyof cooperation and partnership: environment of engaged teaching, (PIA), the academic wing of Bombay College of Pharmacy (BCP), a pioneering institution in(1) Developing and offering joint collaborative research and holistic Participatory Research in Asia Pharmaceutical education in India, has partnered with Microsoft tocourses on participatory learning of students, in order to (PRIA), based in New Delhi,” said enhance faculty-student collaboration and data security, to in-turndevelopment, democracy, social make the teaching-learning the press statement issued by enhance course curriculum delivery, research and partnerships withjustice and gender issues process in higher education of PRIA International Academy, industry. BCP students and teachers had been using personal email(including a post graduate value not only to the students, but New Delhi. addresses, set up on different domains, for communication. This wasdiploma course on managing also to society at large. The MoU This mutually beneficial causing inefficiencies in document collaboration and frequent instancesparticipatory development was signed by Dr Rajesh Tandon, community-university research of data loss, apart from a diffused online identity for the college. Withprograms & accountable Dean, PIA and Dr Vandana Suhag, partnership grows out of the the partnership with Microsoft, the college has transformed its learninggovernance and participatory Registrar, MUJ. Knowledge for Change (K4C) environment and operations, with anytime, anywhere access todemocracy); (2) providing “It is increasingly being realized initiative, which is aimed at coursework and research materials for faculty and students, secureinternship opportunities to MUJ that universities need to think and addressingthe need for 'new access to these materials and automation of routine workflows.students in field based projects; act 'differently' in order to deal knowledge' creation throughand (3) joint teaching in various with the contemporary challenges novel/innovative means in order IIM Kozhikode becomes First IIM toacademic courses and developing of inequality and unsustainability. to achieve the United Nationscollaborative community- The glass bubble of learning in Sustainable Development Goals appoint its own Directoruniversity research partnerships. Indian Higher Education (SDGs) and UN 2030Agenda. IIM Kozhikode Board of Governors brings back Professor DebashisCentum Learning receives HR awards Chatterjee for a Second Term to helm IIM Kozhikode as its Director. IIM Kozhikode has been headless for several years after Prof. Centum Learning, a corporate training and skill development company, has been honored with two Chatterjee completed his tenure of five years from 2009-2014. Profprestigious awards at the coveted 'HR Excellence Awards 2018' held in Mumbai on May 25, 2018. Chatterjee was the architect of the very rapid growth IIMK from aThe company was awarded under two categories; 'Leading Practices under Diversity and Inclusion relatively obscure school to a globally accredited institution ofInitiative' for their work in the deaf community through Centum Foundation's Centum GRO Initiative. national impact. He was instrumental in admitting more than 50%Centum Foundation had established Centum GRO to skill the deaf youth in India. The second award is women in the Post Graduate Program---a trend setter among IIMs.for 'Leading Practices in Technology Deployment' which signifies Centum's growth from a classroomoriented instruction model to a blended technology driven training organization. Centum's practices to Registration opens for 2-day Executive Education Programdeploy technology for the best possible benefit of employees and clients struck a chord in the minds of ‘Building healthcare policy ecosystem in India’ on Junethe esteemed jury. 28-29 in DelhiThe Jury was especially impressed by Centum's journey from a human-led to a techno-led organizationand applauded the smart learning online platform – Centum LearnPro that was created providing anytime The School of Policy and Governance (SPG) has announced the opening ofanywhere access to both internal employees as well as for trainings conducted for the clients ensuring registrations for its third executive program that will be held in Delhi on 28thhigh level of engagement and learning outcome. and 29th June 2018 on 'Building a Healthcare Policy Ecosystem in India'.For the other award category, the Jury lauded Centum on its inclusivity and accessibility initiatives for the The exclusive program has been launched in partnership with the UniversityDeaf in India. Centum's attempts to bridge the gap between PwDs & the rest of the world by providing of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney. and aims to equip leaders in theskill training programs for the physically challenged and enhancing their employability quotient were also developing world with knowledge and skills related to policies andacknowledged. governance related challenges. It will see experts from the health community, representatives of government and the digital world come together.Applications will close at 11:59 pm (IST) on 22 June 2018 Ruchir Punjabi, Chair, School of Policy and Governance said, “We're creating India's leading graduation institution to prepare leaders to solve public problems. With these executive programs such as the current one on Healthcare policy we are aiming to create thinkers for developing sustainable communities across India.”

6 Curriculum June 16, 2018 Careerwise Indian Logistics Revolution - Big Bets, Big Jobs Logistics All Set to Become the Largest Infrastructure Jobs Engine For India– REPORT“Logistics sector is Infrastructure investment and create 40K incremental jobs. The story.” will be benefitted the maximumgoing through an GST implementation will help Courier Services sub-sector will Key government initiatives like through these initiatives therebyexciting phase with a Logistics industry grow at 10.5% see a growth of 60K incremental Bharatmala Pariyojana and creating the maximum number ofnumber of public CAGR states TeamLease report jobs over the next 4 years (2018 National Highway development jobs in Road freight, whileinvestments in line. titled 'Indian Logistics through 2022) Project (NHDP) will not only Allahabad, Ahmadabad, ChennaiThere will be an Revolution - Big Bets, Big Jobs'. tuparna Chakraborty, Co-founder focus on optimizing efficiency of and Guwahati will create theenormous shift in According to the report, public & EVP, TeamLease Services, freight across the country but it maximum jobs in water ways.demand manage- investment coupled with said, prove to be the catalyst in creatingment between consumption and industry “It is exciting times ahead for the the maximum number of jobs “E-commerce B2C has been atransportation modes evolution will drive the growth logistics industry. With the policy across road freight. Initiatives like sunshine segment for India for over 5– the overburdened of the INR 14,19,000 crore initiatives that the Government is Sagarmala Pariyojna and New years. With GST taking shape androad network is set to Logistics sector. The impact of driving, including according National Waterways conceptual- some large consolidation, the e-share significant each of these factors on the seven Infrastructure status to the ized by the government of India commerce industry is poised for newoncoming demand sub-sectors 1) Road Freight industry, implementation of GST aims to promote port-led matured growth by 35%-40% yearwith dedicated 2)Rail Freight 3)Warehousing and E Waybills etc, it has opened development in the country will on year from here on. Opportunitiesrailway freight 4)Waterways 5)Air Freight up the entire sector – both from be the key factors in creating jobs in tier 3 tier 4 cities would out beatcorridors that have 6)Packaging and 7)Courier and investment as well as job in water freight. Multimodal the growth in tier 1 and tier 2 citiessuperior freight Services is likely to result in 3 creation perspective. While this logistics park, Logistics clusters basis the smartphone and datahandling capacity. million new jobs, upping the provides for an immense business DMIC and DFC are other leverage. Grocery, B2B, ecommerceNew national employment numbers in the potential, it also poses the initiatives taken by the govern- is the next big thing ahead & wouldwaterways being sector from 10.9 million challenge of availability of skilled ment to create incremental job drive the markets ahead creatingbuilt, a plethora of (current) to 13.9 million by manpower across warehousing, growth across the seven sub- bundles of opportunities on newsophisticated 3PL and 2022. trucking and allied service. A PPP sectors in logistics. In fact, employment & logistics players”4PL players revolu- As per the 2018 budget, public model on creating the required ecommerce which is not being added Mr. Dilip Sharma, Sr. Vicetionizing the ware- investment of INR 6 Lakh crore infrastructure, the State's awarded the infrastructure status President & Country Head-housing sub-sector, has been promised to infrastruc- investment on upskilling people is also aiding in the formalization Operations, Ecom Expressincreasing consump- ture, of which 50%, .i.e. INR 3 and the private sector's invest- of logistics sector. Another interesting finding of thetion and consumer Lakh crore will be go into ment on Technology are going to Mumbai, Delhi- NCR, Pune, and survey is the challenges in sourcingmaturity is providing building world-class road, rail be the key drivers of this growth Ahmedabad are a few regions that the right talent for the right job.a big fillip to the freight, waterways infrastruc- Challenges in attracting andpackaging sub-sector. ture, and state-of-the-art KEY FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY retaining talent include perception ofAll of these changes multimodal logistics parks. This Logistics as a low-skilled sector,alongside the large scale investment is aimed The INR 14,19,000 crore Logistics sector in India is set to create availability of formally trained talentinterplay of sector at bringing down the logistics 3 million new jobs, over the next 4 years (2018 – 2022) and outdated work processes in thedemand – from costs from 14.4% of GDP by n Public investment of INR 6 lac crore is the primary factor sector. While hazardous and high-Manufacturing, about 2% over the next 4 years, stress working conditions, lowFMCG / FMCD Retail hence, stimulating the creation driving job growth compensation levels and inadequateand Ecommerce – of more jobs in logistics sector. n The second most important growth driver is the Infrastructure benefits, lack of learning andand technology will Economic growth, evolving development initiatives makenot only create regulation, rising outsourcing status accorded to the Logistics sector in 2017. This will improve employees leave the sector prema-innumerable jobs but and high infrastructure invest- access to low cost, long term credit turely.also metamorphose ment are expected to create 1.89 n GST implementation would formalize the sector and bring in The study further delves deep intothe skills landscape million incremental jobs in the operational efficiency the skill requirements in thefor logistics.” Road Freight whereas the Rail n Introduction of new players is upping the ease of doing business Logistics sector. Technology and the Freight sub-sectors will create bringing the sector to a more formalized and organized structure industry knowledge will transformPranay Prakash, 40K incremental jobs, over the with investments in technology potentially every role in a logisticsSenior Director, next 4 years (2018 through Macro-economic and regulatory factors will transform the organization. According to theHuman Resources, 2022). The report also high- Logistics sector and improve its global competitiveness, thereby survey there is a dearth of 950K jobsDelhivery lighted the fact that Air Freight reducing logistics costs from 14.4% of GDP by about 2% across 8 primary logistics sub will create 400K incremental n Public investments and private investments targeted at reducing sectors. The survey indicates severe jobs, and Waterways will create logistics costs short supply and lack of junior level 450K incremental jobs due to n India's ranking on the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) has talent in the sector. While in growth of cargo in ports and ease risen to 35 (up from 54 in 2014) Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Chennai of doing business which is junior levels comprise 50% or less of making India a leading emerging n the total skill gap, Bangalore, Delhi market. and Hyderabad have surplus senior IT adoption coupled with Each of the seven large, fast growing, logistics sub-sectors will talent. With the creation on 3 million packaging innovation, urbaniza- create significant number of jobs over the next 4 years jobs spread across the country, this tion, multimode transportation n Road Freight will account for 1.89 million new, potential, demand-supply ratio is likely to be model and a fast growing logistics jobs (63% of all potential jobs in the sector) met. customer segments and incomes n Rail Freight (40K incremental jobs), Waterways (450K Interestingly enough, the proportion will change the Packaging, incremental jobs), Air Freight (400K incremental jobs) and of women employees in this sector Warehousing and Courier Warehousing (120K incremental jobs) will contribute a million has risen to 21% (current) from 5% subsector. The Warehousing more jobs over the next 4 years in 2010. It is expected to more sub-sector will create 120K n Courier Services will create 60K incremental jobs and Packaging upwards to 26% by 2021. Employers incremental jobs while the will create 40K incremental jobs, over 2018 – 2022 are reorienting themselves for a Packaging sub-sector is set to relatively more egalitarian talent Developing and optimizing logistics infrastructure across the management era, encouraging country will result in a pan-India distribution of the 3 million gender diversity and embracing new new, incremental, jobs technologies. While unhygienic n Government initiatives are focused on better utilizing waterways, working conditions, incompatible life balance, harassment, bullying creating freight corridors, logistics hubs, multimodal logistics and violence were some of the parks and logistics cluster workplace inhibitors, preference for n Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore will generate 1.74 male candidates, biased selection million incremental andKolkata, Hyderabad and Pune, together, criteria in job role descriptions and will contribute 682K incremental jobs entrenched gender norms were a few Technology is having a profound impact on the logistics sector barriers that held active women making certain skills redundant, forcing the aggregation of participation in this sector. However, some other skills and eliminating certain jobs at the lower end the sector now shows promising of the hierarchy numbers for women participation n The impact of technology on jobs and skills will vary, primarily, and gender diversity. by hierarchy and depending upon the specific nature of disruption there could be skill redundancies or skill deficits and requirements for skill aggregation and re-skilling n Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Pune have the largest skill gaps (greater than 100K people).

Curriculum June 16, 2018 7 India Skills/entrepreneurshipsTrainer and Assessor CATC to establish Aviation Skill Medical Lab Technician, Operation Theatre Technician provided byAcademies to be set up Academies in Private Universities VIVO.across India With training centres in 35 cities across 18 states, VIVO provides skill National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), is collaborating based employability training for the healthcare industry. In addition,To meet the rising demand for with Czech Aviation Training Centre (CATC) to establish skill VIVO offers many community based healthcare training programs suchtrainers and assessors in India's academies in private universities and offer Aviation related courses for as life support, emergency response, and health & safety courses forskill development ecosystem, aspiring students. The training will help aspiring candidates in securing a schools, corporates, hospitals and government bodies.National Skill Development career in the aviation sector across various job roles i.e. Cabin Crew,ATCCorporation (NSDC) aims to pre-training andAviation Security. CIE @ IIIT H Turns 10establish state- of-the-art The agreement will facilitate Short Term Courses and Diploma/ DegreeTrainer and Assessor programs in Aviation sector for both Service and Maintenance segment Incubated 200 startups, touched 10,000+Academies in the country. To in a phased manner at Universities recommended by NSDC. The entrepreneurs all this whilecomplement this development, required training will be provided based on industry defined standardsSingapore Polytechnic (SP) under National Skills Qualification Framework, which will be further CIE (Centre of Innovation and Entrepreneurship) which is part of theand Temasek Foundation aligned to the EASA standards. Placements will be facilitated for all IIIT-Hyderabad Foundation completes a successful decade thisInternational are partnering students who successfully complete their training program, across both June. The DST approved incubator founded in 2008 witha vision ofNSDC on a Technical and national and international airlines. To run the Cabin Crew Training, commercializing the cutting edge technologies developed in itsVocational Education and CATC will invest approximately EUR 12,000 (Euros Twelve Thousand) research centres, till date, CIE has physically incubated 200+Training (TVET) programme to set-up a Lab in each of the university and will be further provide all the startups, invested INR 3 crores in 30 startups and engaged 17to build capabilities of 300 required equipment's for safety and service within the skill academy at startups with IIIT-Hyderabad research labs.education leaders and the university. CIE in its V2.0 now, since T-Hub, has pivoted to focusing on deep-specialists who will establish During the fiscal year, CATC will explore the possibility of installing tech startups, seeding startups coming directly out of research, andand manage these academies first of its kind in India, advanced equipment like CEET Simulator for actively connecting research with startups. It now houses 70+across India. This programme A320 cabin crew training and install it at a University recommended by startups, runs two structured technology based accelerators (one onis supported by Temasek NSDC with an expected investment of approximately INR 4.5 Crores. deep tech, and one on medtech) and is very actively engaged in theFoundation International with a Commenting on the partnership, Manish Kumar, MD & CEO, NSDC city startup ecosystem.grant of S$502,955. said, “The aviation sector has emerged as one of the fastest growing This year CIE has launched a MedTech accelerator program throughSingapore Polytechnic will industry in the country over the last three years. Our collaboration with Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) aswork closely with NSDC to CATC will help students acquire the right skill required to secure a career well as a Tech4Social incubator for technology based socialdevelop a TVET Guideline and in the aviation sector. The successful candidates trained under this enterprises approved by NITIAayog,AIM.Quality Assurance Framework partnership will pass the entry screening of an Allied Domestic or CIE's portfolio startups have raised funding of INR 50 crores fromfor Trainer and Assessor International airline. We will also provide employment linkages under external sources and have generated 1200+ jobs. It has touchedAcademies to be set up in India. this partnership which will help make skill training effective and 10,000+ entrepreneurs through its own and different eco-systemWith the guidelines and aspirational.” initiatives started from CIE's premise. T-Hub, now the largestframework, the participating incubator in the country, was seeded within IIIT-Hyderabad, withinstitutions will utilize them to TCS to boost Skill India Mission CIE's experience and knowledge being the building blocks. Theconceptualize the systems and thought leadership at IIIT-Hyderabad defined T-Hub's objectives,processes for the academies. NSDC will leverage the Learning and Assessment platform of TCS iON processes and metrics.When the trainer and assessor to provide speed and scale in skilling initiatives. NSDC and TCS have It's decennial celebrations included deeptech startup showcase ofacademies are in place, the signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance NSDC's 30+ startups incubated both at CIE and the Hyderabad startupjointly developed Quality skill development and capacity building initiatives such as National ecosystem,and gave an overview of its impact and CIE's futureAssurance Framework will Occupation Standards (NOS), Qualification Packs and Curriculum. plans.shape how these academies are With an objective to strengthen skilling outcomes through digitalreviewed in terms of technology, TCS iON, through its Learning and Assessment platform, Pearl Academy-SETU collaboration trains 23performance. will help in developing a framework and integrating these resources. TCS will bring iON platform - the 'Phygital' (Physical Assets integrated womenNIIT MoU with Pitney with Digital platforms) delivery model and its large partner ecosystem toBowes the engagement. With the aim to empower women and enhance their ability to earn Announcing the association, Manish Kumar, MD & CEO, NSDC said, better livelihood, Pearl Academy in collaboration with SETUNIIT Limited, a skills and talent “Today's skilling environment needs digital impetus to achieve volumedevelopment company has and speed. Our partnership with reputed organisations such as TCS is a Foundation completed its 3entered into a five year long-term step towards accelerating the Skill India Mission. TCS, with its proven month certificate program toLearning and Development expertise in creating growth and transformation by leveraging train 23 students in design,agreement with Pitney Bowes. technology, will support us to deliver impact at scale, which is directed pattern making and constructionPitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) is a towards making skilling progressive and inclusive for the country.” skills. A convocation ceremonyglobal technology company V. Ramaswamy, Global Head, TCS iON said, “We have heavily invested to award the winners andproviding commerce solutions in large-scale platforms, content, process and infrastructure to deliver certificates to all participantsthat power billions of value to the youth of this country in a unique 'Phygital' delivery model. was organized today at Pearltransactions.Under this We believe, this will help to redefine the country's skill mission for scale Academy's Noida campus.landmark agreement, NIIT will at speed.” As a part of its CSR initiative, Pearl joined hands with SETUtake over the majority of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), working under the Foundation, a Noida based NGO working for education andLearning and Development aegis of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, employability of under-privileged and disabled people. Pearl provided(L&D) activities at Pitney Bowes Government of India, has been driving the national skill development specialized and skill based training to two women trainers who in turnwith the exception of leadership mission – the Skill India Mission. NSDC is mandated to fulfil the operated on 'train the trainer' model to impart skills to 23 women fromand managerial development. growing need in India for skilled manpower across sectors and narrow SETU in three months course. The top 3 performing students - TabasumPer the agreement, NIIT will the existing gap between the demand and supply of skills. Salmani, Sunita Singh and Rambha were felicitated with trophies anddeliver a comprehensive L&D Over the last few years, TCS iON – a strategic business unit of TCS has certificates were awarded to all participants.portfolio of managed training invested in high scale robust learning, assessment and certification Kaveree Bamzai, Editor, India Today Group was the chief guest at theservices for Pitney Bowes platform along with a countrywide infrastructure to deliver learning and event. Students' creations which were displayed through ramp walkincluding learning consulting, computer-based tests at scale. A large partner eco-system with last mile were very well received and applauded by the audience.demand management, design training partners along with corporates from the industry provides a Nandita Abraham, CEO, Pearl Academy said: “it is a very satisfyingand development, learning unique ability to deliver skills in a “Phygital Model”. feeling to see women empowered with life skills through one of ourdelivery, administration, initiatives. Pearl has always believed in bringing lasting and impactfultechnology support, and vendor Kissht partners with VIVO Healthcare changes in the society. I am thrilled to be part of this noble cause that willmanagement. contribute to make life sustainable for these women. Today I take this Kissht, a fintech EMI payment and digital lending platforms has opportunity to thank SETU for partnering with us in imparting skill- partnered with VIVO Healthcare (“VIVO”), a healthcare education and based learning that promotes equality in society. My heartiest training company to provide easy finance options for short-term courses congratulations to all the students.” across all training centers in India. This agreement will help students Ravi Kaul, Director, SETU, said: “The experience of working with Pearl who want to pursue a career in paramedic and allied healthcare courses. Academy has been very satisfying. We are committed to empower the The uniqueness of this offering is that students will get easy finance underprivileged and promote skill development among them. I believe, without submitting any collateral. by empowering women we will be able to contribute towards the Through this easy finance loan options, students can opt for courses like upliftment of the economically weaker sections of the society. The Emergency Medical Technician, Dialysis Technician, Dental Assistant, certification course from Pearl Academy is a great opportunity for X-Ray Technician, Radiology Technician, Cardiac Care Technician, women to learn life skills. I thank Pearl Academy for this valuable collaboration.”

8 Curriculum June 16, 2018 VIEWS (Edit/Guest Column...)OPINION: Drug Addiction Detrimental to 4 Years of NDA Rule: Education Demographic Dividend, needs to be combatedfinally got some attention during lastone year Dr. Nitesh Dhawan, Public Servant and AuthorOn May 27, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance The Annual Report of There have been various theoretical counselling and drug de-addiction(NDA) government at the centre completed its four International Narcotics Control explanations to explain the peril of facilities.years in office. While like the last year fanfare and Board estimates around 10 million drug abuse and addiction. Mordones New scheme has been started asprogress reports by HRD ministry were missing perhaps drug users in India. They mainly and Silkworth express that people Assistance for Prevention ofdue to preoccupation of Prakash Javadekar, ministry's belong to the age group of 15-35 take drugs because of physiological Alcoholism and Substance (Drugs)boss with Karnataka assembly election campaign for his years, mostly coming from Punjab aberration and deficiencies or owing Abuse and Social Defense Servicesparty, nonetheless, this time around the ministry has a and North eastern States of Manipur, to bodily adaptation to chemical under which objective has beenfew things to toot its own trumpet. Nagaland and Mizoram using properties of the drug. While Wilker expanded from awareness andAll government schools have now got toilets. National cannabis, opium and heroin through believes that pleasurable sensations treatment to whole person's recoveryTesting Agency (NTA) for conducting entrance smoking and injections. Moreover, produced by drugs reinforce their consisting of rehabilitation and socialexamination is at an advanced stage of being notified. the recent study done by National use. The power theory given by integration of the addicts. TheAutonomy of IIMs has been established and highly Drug Dependence Treatment Center McClelland explains drug usage as rehabilitation centers would providerated colleges and universities have been freed from (NDDTC), AIIMS has revealed that an expression of person's need for both counseling and treatmentregulatory control. In fact, as per sources a draft bill for one in every three street children in power and dominance. Drugs look services. The treatment methodsHigher Education Regulatory Council is under Delhi is indulged in substance abuse, like a symbol for masculinity and frequently used for alcoholism andpreparation and will subsume UGC, AICTE and a few including tobacco, alcohol and power. On the other hand, Chein, drug addiction include- detoxificationother councils and address the difficulties voiced by cannabis. In a study conducted in Knight and Bales in their personality in hospitals, electro-convulsivepeople with current set of regulators. Delhi, it was found that 29 percent of theory propose that it is a dependent therapy, medical social workAnother significant and often overlooked measure has the respondents took to drugs under personality which compensates for intervention and social rehabilitationbeen the constitution of Higher Education Funding peer pressure, 19 percent out of certain psychological shortcomings of the client.Agency for lending money to institutions for curiosity, 16 percent to experience a by taking drugs. They require The alcoholic and an addict is usuallyinfrastructure development. It was a long time felt high and 9 percent to deal with various emotional support and attention, the diagnosed and provided treatment indemand. SWAYAM, the MOOC platform for online stresses and difficulties in life. This failure in which causes dug usage. de-addiction hospitals wherecourse material is another major achievement of this reflects the seriousness of the problem Similarly, Peele in his weakened self therapeutic methods are applied forgovernment in education. that has both personal and social theory points out that drug addiction detoxification of the client. ElectroA serious effort at breaking into global top 100 implications for a nation that is is a response to fear and insecurity to convulsive therapy or shockuniversities list is also underway by way of choosing 10 aspiring to build a New India mainly the conditions of modern life. In the treatment is also given along withpublic and 10 private HEIs for the tag of world class on the strength of rich young human words of Merton, strain caused by the medicinal supplements. In suchuniversities. In addition to receiving grants, these capital. In the words of Jullian, 'a drug discrepancy between the goals and settings, the role of a medical socialuniversities will have all the academic freedom to is any chemical substance which means and failure to achieve those worker becomes significant as hecharter their course to glory. affects bodily functions, mood, goals make a person frustrated due to facilitates the psycho-social diagnosisConduct of the first National Achievement Survey perception or consciousness which which he moves towards taking of the client and puts the whole new(NAS) was another achievement to assess the outcome has potential for misuse and which drugs. According to social bond perspective for bringing about desiredof school education in the country. This year marked the may be harmful to the individual or approach, the weakening of social changes in the behavior for attainingreturn of class X board examination after a gap of nine the society'. bond between individual and society personal-social balance and enhance-years. Also, for the first time NCERT has done ground The characteristic features of drug due to maladjustment in status, ment of social functioning abilities ofwork on pre-schooling or early education segment and addiction include-a) an overpowering unattachment towards social groups the client. The cognitive-behavioralformulated the much needed guidelines and model desire or need to continue taking the and non-commitment to social roles therapy is applied with use of specificcurriculum. It will have a revolutionary effect drug and to obtain it by any means, b) causes increase in drug addiction techniques to achieve the purpose. tendency to increase the dose, c) a incidences in the society. The social and psychological factorsNotwithstanding the above-listed performances and psychological and generally a The nature of drugs may vary of the client are taken into consider-achievements, the government largely ignored the right physical dependence on the effects of according to the mental state and ation to establish cause and effectto education implementation, overruled country's top the drugs, and e) an effect detrimental interest of an addict. The common relationship between differentacademicians and introduced a bill to end no detention to the individual and to the society. types of drugs taken include variables to induce effectivepolicy under the Right to Education Act. It reduced According to above study of AIIMS, sedatives or depressants which act behavioral patterns on one side, whileeducation budget in absolute terms including that of 64 percent respondents faced like tranquilizers; stimulants like creating positive changes in the socialhighly praised midday meal scheme. psychological problems, 53 percent amphetamines; narcotics like opium environment on the other. Since beingAttention on filling teacher vacancies across the school, got involved into fight, 13 percent got and cocaine which induce a pleasure an alcoholic or an addict has a socialskill development and higher education segments injured and suffered accidents while effect; hallucinogens like LSD and stigma attached with it in our society,remained far less than expected and teacher emergency 12 percent indulged in some kind of nicotine. The Narcotic Drugs and social rehabilitation in the postcontinues to prevail almost everywhere. sexual behavior. Psychotropic Substance Act, 1985 treatment scenario becomes essential.The deadlines for announcement of a new National The studies on drug addiction have was brought into effect to check drug The social case workers or medicalPolicy on Education kept extending and it is still revealed that in a good number of abuse. The enforcement of the Act social workers have a specialized jobunclear if it will be done anytime soon though it is cases, the families of drug users were has been a problem as results have defined for this. During and after theobvious that before the next year's Lok Sabha election, not normal and family relationships not been satisfactory. However, the treatment process, there are changesit will have to be announced, were not affectionate. The main government has come up with the in the mental state of a client like lowThe floundering skill India story has been made worse causes of drug abuse relate to family four point action plan that include self esteem, increased vulnerability,by ignoring ITI network over the years and there has environment, mental condition, social Community based action for and feeling of social unacceptabilitybeen no serious effort to rescue these potential and vital factors like oppressive social system identification, motivation, and and also loss of financial avenues,skill education centres. and power structure, subcultures like counselling and after care of drug which require intervention from slum areas, college, hostel etc., peer users; Creation of awareness about social work professionals for client'sSo, overall a mixed bag with another year to improve pressures, personality factors and the consequences of drug abuse; smooth social rehabilitation.upon for win over the most important demographic pursuit of pleasure and fun. An Training for service providers andsegments—youth, parents and teachers!! individual may find difficulty in Association of NGOs and voluntary June 26 is the International Day assuming masculine role, may organizations in the effective against Drug Abuse and Illicit develop a sense of futility, fear of implementation of programs and Trafficking failure, frustration and anxiety which provision of funds for establishing of drive him towards intake of drugs.Printed, Published and Owned by: Avtar Krishen Kaul, Saraswati Editor: Autar Nehru Associate Editor: Suneel Bhan W: www.curriculum-magazine.com REACH USColony, Smith Nagar, PO- Prem Nagar, Dehradun (Uttrakhand)- Editorial/Marketing :248001 and Printed at Microsoft Technoprint India Private Limited, Consulting Editors: Sudha Passi, M K Bhat, Ramanathan Iyer Circulation37 Old Cannaught Place, Dehradun (UttraKhand) and Published at [email protected] Dimple Nehru, GaneshSaraswati Colony, Smith Nagar, PO- Prem Nagar, Dehradun Advisory Board Members: Ashok Pandey. 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Curriculum June 16, 2018 9 Spotlight Education loan is a good option Education Loans--BENEFITS:for realizing your dream education S Most banks including SBI approve education loans within 15 days period. Government banks provide education loans at Rachit Jain lower interest rates than private banks. SBI is the only bank in Founder & CEO - Youth4work.com India that offers education loans up to Rs 1.5 Cr. Students should start to opt for education S There are no processing fees while applying for the loan. Only loans to ease off their parent's burden and to some financial institutes charge 1% processing fee which build good credit history early in their lives depends on the type of loan. for future prospects. S Banks provide “Moratorium Period”, a holiday period of sixWhen our forefathers laid with the costs of education today. In contemporary times, children's months to one and a half years after the course/degree is over to the foundation of this It is no secret how costly the higher education can become an search for jobs and paying back the loan amount only startscountry, they knew that private school education has uphill task for the parents. At after this period.education would be the key to become in recent years and it will times parents have to use up allunite India as a secular state. So, only rise in future. The admission their savings to support their S Loans below Rs. 4 lakhs can be availed without any marginto promote education, it was fee for pre-school costs more than child's future and there still costs, that is, all the money will be financed by the bank onlyembedded into the constitution the whole year tuition fee in Delhi remains a possibility that they without asking the borrower to contribute anything. Also, thereof India. According to the University and we have just might come up short. is no security collateral required if the loan amount is below Rs.Article 45, and now article 21 A started discussing costs of higher Consequently, the gravity of the 4 lakhs.it is the state's responsibility to education. situation makes the parentsprovide free and compulsory If statistics are to be observed then borrow money from friends or S Repayment of the loan amount can be done in 10 years and thateducation to all children from 6- the average cost of doing an MBA relatives. Is it heart breaking to see is after Moratorium Period. (The period of repayment of loan14 years of age. would cost between 50-60 lakhs that sometimes deserving students amount will vary depending upon the type of education loan.)The noble idea was to use (presently, it costs almost as much have to compromise with theireducation for the upliftment of abroad) in the year 2025 in India career goals due to shortages of S Education loan saves tax according to Section 80-E of thethe destitute sections of the which is a far cry considering the funds. But there is an alternative Income TaxAct, 1961.society, to bring equality among current average cost of and most people are resultant tothe masses, to banish stigmas of MBA/PGDM courses which is in consider it. he/she starts earning. Also, there is related expenses. Educationcaste and religion. Education the range of Rs 12-15 lakhs. It's comparatively easy to avail a great life lesson here, the child loans are offered in three slabs;still remains everyone's right to Similarly, engineering courses education loans at attractive rates will learn the value of money, below Rs. 4 lakhs, between Rs. 4have it but how many are able to would cost around 30 lakhs in the these days. Moreover, students opportunity and time. And not to lakhs and Rs. 7.5 lakhs and aboveexercise that right is a different year 2025 and by that time should start to opt for education mention the benefits of paying the Rs.7.5 lakhs. A student is eligiblequestion. The truth is that medical education fees would've loans to ease off their parent's loan amount before due time, it to apply for an education loan ifeducation is no longer a basic also increased significantly. This burden and to build good credit improves the child's credit score his/her admission has beenright for all but a privilege for is why many middle-class history early in their lives for and this helps in getting other confirmed for graduate or post-few. How disappointed do you families insist and, in some cases, future prospects. In fact, the future loans (home loans, etc.) graduate course/degree in Indiathink our forefathers would be pressurize their children to parents should encourage their easily. or abroad. Although there areabout the scenario of education outperform every other student by children to opt for an education Education loans are basically some banks which providein India today? achieving the highest marks, loan. Not only it's a huge burden taken to fund the expenditures of education loans regardless of thisIn reality education has become which in turn would ensure that off the parents' shoulders but it graduation and post-graduation criterion.a great business proposition. they make it to the cut offs of top also saves them from the courses that also include lodging So, it is better to go for anThe cost of education is on the government universities and embarrassment of asking for expenses, books, travel and other education loan!rise and it is predicted that after colleges where tuition fees are money outside family. An20 years or so it will increase at comparatively lesser than private education loan is the first loan in a CLAT 2018 unaffectedleast five folds in comparison institutes. child's life that has to be paid when The Supreme Court has refused to “outrightly” cancel the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2018 and interfere with the ongoing first round of counselling for admissions in 19 prestigious law universities across the country. The top court approved the normalisation formula suggested by a two-member grievance redressal committee (GRC) for compensating 4,690 students, who had suffered loss of time during the May 13 online test due to technical glitches. The bench directed National University of Advance Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi, and the core committee of CLAT-2018 to revise the scores of 4,690 candidates by June 15 after applying the normalisation formula suggested by the GRC.I am +, a first-of-its-kind 5 tips to master the English Languagedance theatre on HIV English is a language which is globally accepted. It is the only easily take a vocabulary tests available online and gradually work language which serves as an official language in over 90 towards improvement through constant steps.In a breakthrough effort to countries.Having a knack of the English language is a must 4. Making good use of a dictionarycommunicate science through for cracking a job opportunity in a multinational company or for A dictionary is a great resource for learning and mastering Englishthe creative arts, the studying and working abroad. Nowadays, students opt to study abroad language. Reading a dictionary on a regular basis helps in digestingInternational AIDS Vaccine and it becomes very essential for them to develop their skills in this certain new words and hence your language is bound toInitiative (IAVI) came together language.Going a step beyond the basic to grasp the language and improve.Students must try writing down the definition of any newwith Delhi Dance Theatre and becoming a proficient requires an investment of time and efforts. word along with sentences using the word, to help them stick in yourPULSE Ensemble to present ' I The learners need to begin with listening, reading, writing and then head along with the meanings.am +', a multimedia dance practice speaking. In this way one can build the flair of English 5. Participate in 'word games'theatre performance on HIV in language. Here are few simple tips: Today, with education going digital, one can easily learn new wordsthe capital, on May 21. The 1. 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10 Curriculum June 16, 2018 ClassroomMaking the best timetable for your school The problem and the available solutionsMarcos Gallego Llorente, PhD (Cantab.)Cr e a t i n g t h e w e e k l y solution expected by everybody. way, 8 million container ships full the day-to-day running of an product, taking into account the schedules fora school is The second reason, however, is of wheat! educational institution is to define academic, pedagogical andnot an easy task. This is a well- that the enormous set of possible the timetables: Each teacher has organizational requirements ofknown fact to those who have solutions makes an exhaustive The problem of creating school classes withseveral groups of the institution, as well as itsever faced this problem, and to a search impossible, even for the timetables also presents this students, as well as their human and material resources.greater extent, to those who fastest computer in the world. For paradox; while it looks like it will respective duty time. A good Valid for all types of levels andhave the responsibility to do it this, the legend of the wheat and be relatively easy to test all timetabling software must do all educational institutions, itevery year. This problem is akin chessboard problem is a very possible solutions with a this, while also planning the organizes the timetableto fitting a real puzzle: While it accurate comparison. The legend computer, it is in fact impossible. subjects for each yeargroup and objectively and by choosing ais difficult to find a solution that states that a Persian king who As the number of combinations the classroom distribution… all user profile. Thanks to itsmeets all the minimum liked playing chess decided to grows exponentially, it would take while taking into account every powerful calculation engine, it isrequirements, finding a solution reward the inventor with a present years of calculation, even with the teacher's preferences. This is the able to solve any problem to dothat incorporates everyone's of his choosing. The wise inventor most powerful computer, to go only way to make the optimal with teacher planning, spaces,preferencescould appear to be then asked: “I settle for 1 grain of through them all. The processes timetable for the entire school. sessions... It is possible to accessan impossible task. However, is wheat for the first square of the that solves this type of puzzles are This process can cause chaos if the software files through themaking the perfect board, 2 for the second, 4 for the studied through a mathematical not done with the proper care. Internet, export schedules toscheduleactually impossible? third, 8 for the fourth and so and computational discipline, This is one of the reasons why, in calendar managers (such asUnfortunately, indeed, finding on,until the 64thbox of the board.” which tries to give the best the last 20 years, many Office 365 or Google Calendar) orthe perfect schedule is That is, the sum of the series 1 + 2 possible solution in reasonable softwaresapplications specialised carry out the collection of teacherimpossible. There are several + 4 + 8 ... until completing 64 times to excessively complex in creating school timetables have preferences remotely. It is alsoreasons to confirm this terms in geometric progression. problems. The good news is that appeared. These programs are available in Microsoft Windowsstatement:The first and most The king thought that that this this type of problems that need now widely used throughout the Store.obvious reason is that any would be easy to arrange, and he exhaustive search processes, can world, and as many schools startmodel to represent something ordered for the requested prize to be easily solved to a large extent to use IT technologies, FETintangible will have be prepared. But during the using intelligent algorithms. timetabling programs will FET is a free software applicationimperfections. Effectively, a calculations, they realized that it Therefore, we can finally say, with become a key piece in the running that generates academicmathematical model that was impossible to fulfill the order, great satisfaction, and also relief of the schools at a national level. schedules through an algorithm. Itincorporates preferences from since the sum of the grains of the from all school principals and is able to define teaching sessions,teachers and requirements from 64 squares was nothing less than teachers, that the 'perfect' PEÑALARA times, subjects, teachers,specific student groups and 653 billion tons. More than a schedules, in practice, are Peñalara GHC lets the usercreate classrooms and create activities insubjects, will always be an thousand times today's worldwide possible. school timetables and schedules a maximum of 20 minutes. Onceapproximation to the ideal wheat production, or put another One of the most complex tasks for from scratch, into a finalised finished, it offers several schedule templates and generates an htmlEducating Generation Google document that can be posted on the institutional website.Rajita Kulkarni, President of Sri Sri University existence on the online world. Unlike before, our presence on the virtual world is maintained even while we are asleep. Mobile applications are KRONOWINMarvels of modern-day technology are astounding to say the least. being updated; there is a constant exchange of information and a steady Based on subjects, groups,They have brought the world closer, made life a lot easier for line of communication. One is compelled to maintain this presence on the teachers and classrooms, ithumans and most importantly have provided abundant platforms web, constantly consuming data online, something which generates an optimal schoolto access surfeit and hitherto inaccessible information, widely and neuroscientists like Kenneth Wright warn can severely damage our schedule for each institution. Ineasily. cognitive functions. addition, it includes theThis technological advancement has however, placed a challenge up This phenomenon is now being referred to as 'FOMO'- the Fear Of possibility of changing thethe sleeves of contemporary educators globally. We now face the task Missing Out in urban parlance. Many a times, students face this anxiety structure of the schedules,of trumping the handy Google search, as the entry of high-end mobile and undue stress abetted by excessive use of technology. To help students replicating the subject lines,phones and laptops in the humble classroom is fast changing deal with such anxieties and peer pressure, Sri Sri University teaches sending them to each departmentdynamics of how students learn. Though technology is fuelling the calming meditation practices along with a powerful breathing technique and filtering each schedule byinquisitive spirit in students and pushing them to learn more than called 'Sudarshan Kriya', to build a student's emotional and mental subjects, among others. Itwhat may be mandated in course textbooks, it does pose to be a strength for dealing with the challenges of the outside world. contains modifiable print headerschallenge for teachers, who have to impart knowledge readily Humane Development of Humans: Community Service such as the school logo, and alsoavailable on the web. It is for a fact, that in our near future, the interface between humans and offers constant updates to achievePractical Learning for Disruptors of Tomorrow machines will become seamless. The day is not far, when humans begin greater results.The solution seemingly lies within a holistic learning process, where to merge with machines even, a recent example being Google's new AIstudents are able to satisfy their curiosity as well as enrich their calling mechanism, which can engage in real-time human conversations. Please Note: Curriculum magazineeducation. As an emerging centre for world class education in India, This is a trend which will shape our future lifestyles. And with machines is not endorsing any product as aSri Sri University is a prime example for providing value-integrated becoming more sophisticated, humans will need their humanness a lot matter of policyeducation. Our University puts emphasis on making learning an more. As best-selling author Daniel H Pink puts it in his book, A Wholeexperiential and immersive process, a move away from rote learning New Mind- the future will demand more right brain oriented intelligence. We offer Bulkmethods, ensuring that students successfully acquire requisite Pink outlines essential human senses like empathy, design, story,professional skills in the process to thrive in their future careers. To symphony, play, meaning- all which place the brain's creative juices at Subscriptionsengage students with the real world situations, SSU also runs an the fore.incubation laboratory called 'Srinnovation', where students are Hence, it is crucial to inculcate these values in training the future toactively encouraged to cogitate and create unique start ups ideas, generations. While machines cans do formulae based work, what is left Schoolsespecially MBA graduates. In fact, in past 2-3 years alone, SSU for humans to do is bringing to more human values like empathy andstudents have come up with over 18 start-up ideas. service, and create avenues for students to engage in community call us atMultidisciplinary Curriculums outreach programs.Another way to ensure a smoother process of teaching is by creating On the part of the educators, what can be a critical turning point is the 8076071802avenues for multi-disciplinary learning for students. This method ability to go the extra mile for students. There should be a willingness tosignificantly improves the response stimuli in students, by activating explore new avenues, subjects and knowledge for the benefit of students.both the left and the right brains- a balance of intellect and emotion. It takes commitment, time and effort on the part of teachers to make thisAt SSU for instance, extra credits are awarded to students who opt for offering to students.versatile curriculum choices.Battling Peer Pressure andAnxietyA common peril of our present-day lifestyle is the 24*7, cyclic

Curriculum June 16, 2018 11 Campus BuzzThakur Polytechnic, Mumbai students provide him the opportunity to learn on the job by joining operations Hughes Global reviews, meetings with clients, discussions with management executives Education announceswin the TechGig Hackathon and gaining a bird's eye view of understanding the intricacies of Next-Gen Proctoring managing a complex multinational organization. platformMumbai-based Thakur Polytechnic team of students won the TechGig “The journey of two months finally comes to an end. And I guess the onlyHackathon and bagged a cash prize of Rs. 1,50,000 at the grand finale word I can use to sum up the multitude of thoughts in my head, would be Hughes Global Education, hasof the coding event – TechGig Code Gladiators 2018 on June 14. The exhilaration. I had never imagined while applying to the competition announced the launch of its fifthThakur Polytechnic team members were Khem Agarwal (19yrs), with trepidation in the last few days of the application process that I generation online assessmentPranay Lobo (19yrs) andAditya Khedekar (19 yrs). might end up here. I guess, it's almost like a heady rush and while I'm platform; for IOL platform inPranay Lobo, one of the team member for TechGig Hackathon and certain this extraordinary journey has just begun, I'm grateful to be here India. Aimed at ensuring a fair,final year student of Thakur Polytechnic Institute said, “TechGig Code “saidAnubhav Das, *CEO for one Month 2018,Adecco Group India. equal and standardizedGladiators is one of the leaders in the coding contest and being Since the scheme's introduction five years ago, The Adecco Group is opportunity for each student, theannounced a winner in this contest is a proud moment for us. This committed to tackling unemployment challenges through programmes new assessment platform comesplatform has given us the opportunity to learn, exchange, innovate and such as 'CEO for One Month' and Experience Work Day which come equipped with inbuilthone our skills.” from Adecco's Way to Work® initiative. This programme has provided monitoring and recordingTo reach the finale of this mega marathon contest the participants had more than 20,000 young people with vocational training since 2015 – features, developed to addressto go through three-rounds of selections: Aptitude Test which including over 140 candidates who have joined The Adecco Group 'CEO the growing need of proctoringconsisted of a MCQ round testing the coding knowledge about the for one month' global network. requirements across varioushackathon, Online Hackathon where participants had to submit their partner institutions.ideas regarding their project, and the final round required the contes- JGU Students group to train in conflict The assessment platform istants to create a project within 24 hours. intelligent enough equippedIn the first round, which witnessed participation from 8000 individu- resolution in Israel with semi AI features, it will notals, the participants had to score a minimum of 40 out of a total of 100 only capture data from audioto qualify for the next round. Depending on the marks obtained they A group of 10 students from Jindal Global University (JGU) will be and video feeds, but is alsowere given the option to either create a team or be a part of a team. joining International Summer Program: Identity-Based Conflict capable of detectingThe second round was an online hackathon where the teams Resolution at the prestigious Bar Ilan University, Israel from July 2. The movements/noise, backgroundshowcased their ideas using HERE maps. In this round 25 teams were month-long fully funded interdisciplinary program has a special distractions, and use of unfairselected by the TechGig organizers out of which 15 made it to the scholarship of $2720 (Rs 1,76,800) and covers tuition and housing means like collaborativefinals. including weekday suppers from the Israeli National Council for Higher cheating.These selected 15 had to create an android app using HERE sdk within Education. The system also couples with an24 hours and showcase it to the judges. The Israel-bound students include Neha Sirohi, Mansheetal Singh, advanced online assessmentThe main highlight of the day-long event, based on the theme 'Mobility Samarth Kavoori, Suraj Ranjan, Viswas Viswanath, Pragadish system. Students will be able toand Location Services', was the emphasis on 'safety'. Kirubakaran, Megha Gupta, Hima Bindu from JSIA; Keshav Mittal view answered, unanswered andThakur Polytechnic student created an app which indicated proper tail- Kumar and Rishabh Rao Yandamuri from JGLS. marked for review questions inlight direction though which they showcased how it is possible to Dr. Khinvraj Jangid, Assistant Professor & Faculty Coordinator, Jindal the grid while attempting thereduce human error and ensure drivers' safety while behind the wheels Centre for Israel Studies (JCIS) said “Jindal Centre for Israel Studies has examination. The program alsoboth efficiently and at reduced costs. successfully created an international opportunity for JGU students for aims at reducing accidentalNaming the project as 'Automatic Tail-light Navigation using HERE the fourth consecutive year. Four students from the university were closures by students asmaps', the team from Thakur Polytechnic created the android app using selected for the first time in 2015 followed by six students in 2016 and coordinator can only close theHERE sdk. They combined the tail-lights of the car with HERE maps nine students in 2017. Going to Israel will certainly enable the students to window through password.to reduce road accidents and the load of the driver during long rides. have first-hand experience of the place where conflict, war and violenceThis app can be used not only in vehicle navigation system but also in are often in the news. Conflicts such as Israel-Palestine or India-Pakistan Suncity School specially-the area of semi automation field as it fulfills the gap between fully are complex because of the centrality of identity (ethnic, religious) abled category studentautomatic cars and manual cars. questions\". tops CBSE Bo​ard Class 10 ExamSRM bagged 1st place on Angelhack Shiv Nadar University Convocation Anushka Panda, a student ofGlobal Hackathon 2018 Shiv Nadar University Greaer Noida celebrated its fourth convocation on Suncity School, Sector 54 May 19. The University awarded 16 PhDs, 85 Masters and 446 under- Gurgaon has topped the ClassTwo students; AnkurAgarwaland Krishna ManeeshaDendukuri from graduate degrees to its students. Together a total of 547 students from 10 CBSE Board ExaminationNext Tech Lab at t SRM Deemed to be University, Kattankulathur various streams including Engineering, Natural Sciences, Humanities & in the specially-abled categorybagged the 1st prize at Angelhackhackathon which was conducted as a Social Sciences, Business and Arts have graduated from the University, in India. Anushka scored 97.8part of Angelhack Global Hackathon series 2018 at the Microsoft making it the largest batch of graduating students till date. percent marks in the boardcampus in Hyderabad. The present year theme of “Seamless The Convocation began with a commencement address delivered by examination.Technology” was set with the intention of giving developers the Prof. Ronald J. Daniels, President, the Johns Hopkins University. Later, 14- year old Anushka suffersfreedom to use any technology without restrictions to solve pressing the students were addressed by Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, Inventor from spinal muscular atrophy.problems concerning them and developers across the world. Solutions of the World Wide Web (www) who attended the event as special guest. SMA (spinal muscularlike these would enable quicker prototyping and deployment, atrophy) is a genetic diseaseincreasing the already exponential rate of productivity of the technol- IIHMR University Holds Convocationogy industry. that robs people of physicalOver 200 students, experienced Professionals and Entrepreneurs 2018 strength by affecting the motorcompeted for this rare opportunity. After number of reviews and 2 nerve cells in the spinal cord,rounds of extensive pitching sessions, the results were finally declared Adding yet more numbers of healthcare, rural and pharmaceutical affecting the ability to walk.at the end of this 30 hrs long event. The Judging panel comprised of managers and public health researchers to an under-supplied industry, Being wheelchair- bound didprofessionals from Microsoft,Amazon and major startups. IIHMR University held its 4th annual convocation to award degrees to not hinder her from fightingThe opportunity of attending the Global HACKcelerator Program new graduates and post graduates on June 12 at its Jaipur campus. her way to success.2018 connected the students with thought-leaders and experienced Minister of Higher Education of Rajasthan, Kiran Maheshwari was the “She is determined and doesentrepreneurs to help themselves in becoming more versatile while chief guest. . Also present was Prof. Furqan Qamar, Secretary General, not allow any obstacle torefining their ideas to build their hackathon winning prototype into a Association of Indian Universities (AIU) who received several cheers for overpower her. She is veryfull-fledged start-up. his inspiring stories from graduating students. focused and her benchmarksThe team created an Artificial Intelligence based application which Maheshwari appealed to students to work toward the nation's progress are very high. She is anhelps resolve bottlenecks for machine learning practitioners. Selecting and peace. Four students were awarded gold medals by the minister. inspiration for all of us.” saidthe best algorithm to be applied on a given dataset in order to achieve Prof. Furqan Qamar exhorted students to avoid chasing riches lest they Rupa Chakravarty, Principal,the highest accuracy rates was the problem. This required intensive lose sight of their destination. That they should choose their “path Suncity School.data analysis and a lot of trial & error cycles of applying the models carefully and tread on it cautiously”. Once chosen the path should be metwhile consuming a lot of time and processing power for training. This with dedication and commitment.tedious process makes developers treat machine learning more like Dr. S.D. Gupta, Chairperson, IIHMR University, added, “IIHMRalchemy than an exact science. These students built a solution which University has constantly added value to its students by incorporating thecan predict the efficiency of 10 different algorithms without even most advanced practical and technical practices in curriculums any-running them, for a dataset given by the user and therefore, suggest the where. Our goal is to create excellent professionals who can bringbest one to be applied by saving the valuable resources like training positive change to the human condition.”time and GPU power and bagged the 1st place.'CEO for One Month' finalistAdecco Group (India), announced the India finalist of the *CEO forone month 2018 programme. Anubhav Das is one of the 47 aspiring*CEOs for one month who will take on this internship for the period ofJune-July, 2018. He was one of the 19,500+ hopefuls who had appliedto participate in this initiative.Anubhav Das, student of BITS Pilani, will receive a paid and highlyvaluable internship, working under the mentorship of PriyanshuSingh, Country Manager & MD, The Adecco Group India andalongside other members of the executive team. This initiative will

12 Curriculum June 16, 2018 Campus BuzzA PRESCHOOL MOVEMENT COMES OF AGE School. These Olympiads provide opportunities to our students to GuruQ platform allows compete with others, develop their own identity, to expand reasoningEurokids reaches 1000 Pre-Schools abilities for better career opportunities as they grow” convenience of homemark Discovery Montessori, USA pattern tutoringEuroKids International chain has achieved a major milestone with preschool in Gurgaon Don't want to spoil fun of yourthe opening of its 1000th Pre-School in Thane (Maharashtra) in the vacations? Plan your tuitions andbygone month of May . With a legacy of over 17 years in education Discovery Montessori, USA, has launched its branch in the Cyber study sessions with ease andspace, EuroKids International has empowered many an edupreneurs, city of Gurugram. Well equipped with the required Amenities,the flexibility. Actually, EdTechmostly women across the country. No wonder it has won over education system in this newly launched school is based on the platforms are changing the wayseveral awards, recognition and trust of parent community over the American learning pattern and seconded by the four Lab systems-- young students can balanceyears. In last year alone it added 250 schools across the country. Montessori Lab, Tab Lab, Play Area and Sporty Todz Gym—for the studies while making the most ofEuroKids International Co-founder and Group CEO Prajodh Rajan children. The focus will be from Physical Development, Literacy vacations, especially forsaid, \"The 1000th pre-school represents a major milestone that Development, Sensual Development, Cognitive Development, Moral milestone years like Class 10 andcommemorates our expertise of over 17 years in early childhood Development, Linguistic Development and along with the Social and 12.education. The 1000th pre-school is testament to the efforts that our Behavioral Development of the children. One such platform is GuruQ – acontent & academic teams have put in and the years dedicated P.K Samal, Managing Director of Discovery Montessori said, “The Delhi based start-up that has atowards understanding young children & their learning needs. These Pre- School and day care is one of its kind with practical way of unique digital integrated platformefforts have defined our progress and are the reason why we are teaching, learning methodology catering overall development of a where students and parents canamong one of India's most preferred pre-schools.\" child's growth. The basic aim is to provide the working parents a scout for tutors in their locality great deal of ease while they keep busy with their work, we will and make an informed choice'Coding' curriculum in Indian schools ensure the development of their children in the most moderate way based on past reviews and ratings possible.” for each tutor.Adani Foundation part of the Adani Group, a global integrated GuruQ addresses the need for ainfrastructure conglomerate, has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Kumar Sangakkara at Stonehill Super Splash single, simplified and cohesiveCambridge University Press, to introduce cutting edge curriculum ed-tech solution that providessuch as 'coding' in Indian schools and aim to transform the teaching- 2018 both online and offline tutoring.learning experiences in the education system. Students can leverage the freedomDr. Priti G. Adani, Chairperson, Adani Foundation and Peter Stonehill International School, Bengaluru hosted Stonehill Super of working on subjects at theirPhillips, Chief Executive at Cambridge University Press, jointly Splash, a two-day international swim meet that kick-started on 18-10 own time and line-up asinged the LOI in the presence of Ratnesh Jha, Managing Director, May 2018. The event, which was hosted in a six lane outdoor 25 comprehensive schedule. GuruQCambridge University Press, South Asia and George Thomas, Head meter swimming pool, saw a participation of over 185 students from also helps students manageof Education, Adani Foundation recently. various schools from the Asia Pacific region. timetables and assess progress.The 'Coding Sandpit' program being adopted by Adani Foundation Also participating in the meet were siblings Kavith and Swyree During vacations, this canhas been designed to offer a transformational experience of teaching Sangakkara, son and daughter of former Sri Lankan legendary especially be a boon allowingand learning of Computational Thinking and ICT in schools. The cricketer Kumar Sangakkara. The crowd was ecstatic in the presence students to spend quality timeobjective of this program is to make our youth develop flexible, of the legendary cricketer, who was seen supporting his kids. The with loved ones and manageaccurate, automatic execution of standard algorithms, and use these event was abuzz with the loud cheering of parents, coaches and study schedules too.competencies to solve problems and make them skill ready for the siblings, alike. Decathlon, the largest sporting retailer and other Minal Anand, CEO & Founder –digital wave leading towards a Digital India. vendors gave away goodies to encourage the participants. GuruQ India says, “GuruQ allowsAdani Foundation works in four core areas - Education; Community HakimuddinHabibulla Ex Olympian Swimmer (India) addressed the students as well as their parentsHealth, Sustainable Livelihood Development and Rural crowd during the opening ceremony. the convenience of home tutoringInfrastructure Development, “It's great to be here at Stonehill Super Splash 2018. My son Kavith without having to travel to a and daughter Swyree are taking part this year and so are the host of particular place. This especiallyInfogain partners with Deepalaya for other kids from various schools. My children go to the Overseas works for Class 10 and 12 school of Colombo, it's brilliant that Stonehill International is having students during their vacations'Ready to School” Initiative an event like this. The kids and the parents are having a great time because they can plan study and hopefully, if we have another one next year maybe we would be schedules even while they are on With a lead on innovating CSR activities, Infogain joins hands with back” , Kumar Sangakkara commented. vacation without the fear ofDeepalaya to inaugurate a new early childcare centre, “Ready for having to miss out on classes.School” in Noida. The event was organised in the presence of Cathy Blue Bells Model School's organizes They can line up classes inChandhok, Head of Marketing Infogain, A J Philip, Secretary & coordination with the tutors as perChief Executive of Deepalaya, Rajiv Naithani, HR head - India, 'Stage O Rama' their time which means they canInfogain among others. The centre has already enrolled 58 children get the best of both worlds:till now and aims to provide early childhood care and support to the The biggest inter house theatre festival- 'Stage O Rama' organised by academics as well as a little funneighbourhood families. Blue Bells Model School at its premises, over two days from May 17- during the holidays.”This association aims at providing customized developmental 18 was an amalgamation of English and Hindi theatre where students Parents too can rest assuredprograms backed by scientific research and based on an of class IX to XII showcased their talent. because GuruQ allows students tointerdisciplinary approach for children with varying developmental, Pratham Sharma and Abhimanyu were awarded best actor in Hindi choose if they want to take classespsychological, behavioural and academic concerns. This initiative category, Yashika was awarded as the best actress. Hardik Dhankar online or offline classes andalso enables employees from different business units to come was chosen as the best actor in an English play, while Manya Gupta create a customized packages astogether and participate in competitions, celebrations and outreach was awarded as the best actress in the same category. Pratham per their perfered tutors'events. Sharma won the best Director award in the Hindi play category. availability. So even if the student Mannat Arora was given the best Director award for his play in is out of town, it is easy toSeth Anandram Jaipuria School English. schedule classes since there is the Hema BishtSharma (NSD 2005) currently working with Jhumroo & convenience of any time,Principal honored Zangoora, who was aprt of jury pointed out some common errors of anywhere tutoring, managing and the participants and shared some tips with them. 'Taj Mahal ka scheduling classes and sendingManju Rana, Principal-cum Director, Seth Anandram Jaipuria Tender' was again a Hindi play had won the hearts of the audiences and receiving assignments & testsSchool, Vasundhara, has been awarded with “The Best Principal by their hilarious performance. “The acting skills of the students online.International Category” award for SOF National Science Olympiad generated a thunderous applause from the audience, which made me2017-18. PP Choudhary, Union Minister of State for Law and feel proud of my students. The active participation of each of theJustice and Ministry of Corporate Affairs gave away these awards a pupils also added a colour to the fest,” said Soumya Gulati, Deputyceremony held recently. Director Academic Development and Innovation.Principal Rana has been acknowledged for her leadership qualitiesand path-breaking initiatives that she took for the cause of educationand she received a citation, trophy and cash award. Under herleadership students of SAJS collectively performed very well in theSOF - NATIONAL SCIENCE OLYMPIAD exam, which wasconducted during the academic year 2017-18.Sonal Srivastava, also from the same school received “The BestInternational Teacher” Award for SOF NATIONAL SCIENCE OLYMPIAD for the year 2017- 18. She was awarded for her leadership and successful conduction of the Olympiads in the school as well as giving excellent results at the National and Regional levels. Manju Rana reacted saying, “It is a great honour to receive this award. Any recognition of me is the gratitude of our teachers and staff at Seth Anandram Jaipuria

Curriculum June16, 2018 13 InterviewINTERVIEW: Sarvesh Shrivastava, co-founder and Managing Director, Eupheus LearningWe have set a target of reaching to 10 million school children in next two years Sarvesh Shrivastava, an alumnus of University of Illinois at Chicago, has been associated with some of the renowned names in education & IT from Encyclopedia Britannica to NIIT LTd and Pearson Vue. Last year, he turned a digital school solutions evangelist along with Rohit Dhar, Ved Prakash Khatri and Amit Kapoor founded Eupheus Learning. Set up in May 2017 as EdTech company operating in K-12 space, Eupheus Learning. Is providing end to end digital and customized solutions. In a brief interview with Sarvesh Shrivastava, Autar Nehru attempted to know the excitement around this new and promising EdTech company.So, let's begin by knowing the mind and as an organization we We develop hybrid solutions India's oldest and reputed advantage of students. Some of theconceptualization and genesis ourselves are looking at the K12 including textbooks and digital publisher of academic textbooks names we have collaborated withof Eupheus Learning and also space with a fresh pair of eyes. material (in offline and online in the K12 space, Allied include World Book Inc. (USA),your interest in education Can you give us an idea of form) to seamlessly integrate in- Publishers. With this partnership, Sanako (Finland), Fiction Expresssector? investment both in terms of class and at-home learning so that we aim to reach over 3.5 Million (Spain), Cubetto (UK) WizefloorI have had the privilege to work finance and preparation (time, it is much easier for a student to students this year with over 350 (Denmark), RoboGarden (Alberta,with progressive organization(s) work) that has gone into this understand a concept. Offered on titles, including the acclaimed Canada) Allied Publishers,such as General Electric, Corning venture? a subscription basis, these series, Simplified ICSE International Society for Olympiadand Telecom Australia in the We started this company by the innovative solutions can be Chemistry by Dr.Viraf J. Dalal, (ISFO), TechB(Atal Tinkering Labs)leadership roles before shifting team investing our own money, bought as a bundle or as a critically reviewed by over 1000 Your interest in K-12 segment isgears and venturing into EdTech around Rs 6.5 Cr. and till February standalone service. Chemistry Teachers from all over obvious, but will be you confineddomain completely with NIIT, 2018, we were completely We are talking about O2O India, and the English Language to this segment only?Pearson and Encyclopaedia bootstrapped. Well, in terms of (Offline to Online) approach Learning (Phonetic) series, While our core focus will remain K-Britannica. preparing for this startup one can whereas most of the companies Radiant Reader. All the titles will 12 segment, we will keep addingAfter spending over 17 years in easily say that, the preparation has are doing the opposite. Our be co-branded and made available curated engaging and learningeducation and IT sectors, I have been going on since the past 17 strength is the relationships we in suitable formats for the new age solutions for knowledge seekers inwitnessed the changing paradigm years, we have been in this sector. have with decision makers in learners. all age categories.of the education sector in India. I Before starting this journey of schools Pan India; we want to Our scale up plan is to do add new Future plans?have always envisioned creating Entrepreneurship, the have their trust via offering in geographies – we shall be present To work towards making Eupheusan organization dedicated to management team, which is class solutions which will in turn Pan India this year, add solutions Learning as number one learningoffering pedagogically leading Eupheus Learning, did a transition into at home learning for higher classes (Grade IX – solutions provider. We have all thedifferentiated technology driven successful turnaround of the solutions. XII) and then move into the public ingredients to be that organization; asolutions that lead to critical Indian arm of a global education You call yourself a start-up, can school space with State specific team of best in industry editorialthinking and achievement of entity and made it profitable in a you illustrate, how do you solutions. Another growth avenue resources, dedicated sales andhigher learning outcomes in the short span of time. But we felt that intend to scale up? is to move into direct to consumer marketing professionals andK-12 space. there were some unresolved We are a start-up in terms of being space which shall happen over the credible partners offeringThe eureka moment for me comes ongoing challenges which we felt less than a year-old company but next couple of years. pedagogically differentiatedwhen I stumble across a gap or a we would be able to address only each of our 75 plus member team You have had several tie ups; technology driven solutions that leadpain point. The pain in this case is if we were doing the journey on has a minimum of ten years' can you briefly discuss these? to critical thinking.felt by many students, parents and our own. experience in the space. We have We offer solutions that are Your personal journey and 3educators alike when home Today, we are glad we made that over 10 global and reputed applicable at home as much as things that excite you currently?learning is supplemented with transition because now, in just a partners such as World Book Inc., they are in the classroom, so there My personal journey can betuition which may be at variance span of over 10 months that the Sanako, Primo Toys, Wizefloor, is no discontinuity in what is being summarized as always doingto the progression or pedagogy or company has been formed, we Fiction Express and Robogarden. learned. While many start-ups are something new and learning fromthe difficulty level being taught in have a reach to over 1 million We will keep on adding mainly focusing on maths and new challenges.class. Eupheus Learning was students and 1500 institutions innovative solutions to our science, we are concentrating on The three things that currently exciteborn to bridge this growing gap who subscribe to our various portfolio and provide the best promoting coding, reading and me are the innovative ways ofby offering an end-to-end solutions. We target reaching 10 curated solutions to foster critical learning languages as well. Given teaching with technology, games-solution which is non-existent in million kids in the next couple of thinking and motivate kids to our diverse portfolio, we have tied based learning and the untappedthe market today. years. move away from ROTE learning. up with several companies in potential of digital libraries for K-12At Eupheus, the endeavour is to And what is the Recently, we announced the India and abroad to make our education in India.ignite curiosity in young learner's business/revenue plan? strategic partnership with one of offerings effective and to thefrom page 1Hospitality education getting redefined... from one campus to another permitted during specialization puts students inin various hospitality education increase. “Soft skills, adopting to that almost 90% of our students more advantage position as he or she cultural diversity and showing get placed in good companies and can explore more cultures and add tocourses), was recently in India to sensitivity to this diversity, hotels, a good percentage take understanding of national and cultural besides top notch professional entrepreneurial route while others differences and encourages students toattend a Hospitality Education & skills are today much in demand pursue higher education and work together in a team to improve in hospitality sector. There are teaching,” she says. inter-personal skills.HR Summit is of the view that gaps everywhere including India Overall the two institutions Fabienne Rollandin says India is and there is need to prepare comprise of seven campuses important to the world and thereforethose joining hospitality students well,” Rollandin opines. around the world. Each campus students from India are more than Talking about her own has its unique identity and welcome to join their campuses andprofession must be both efficient institutions, she says the presence programme specialisations. Les experience a vigorous MBA in of so many nationalities, Roches provides instruction in hospitality management coursein use of modern technologies internships, industry linkages and English to students of any race, program with hands on experience and international campuses makes nationality, sex, color, religion or a rewarding career afterwards.and understand the way world is these learning places very creed who have successfully For more details: Please visit the group productive from student point of completed a full secondary school websites.doing is doing business online. view. “Our track record shows program. The student mobility“Now you have to managedigital markets, which were non-existent before, you need to keeptracking new trends to approachthe newer and emerging group ofclientele,” she adds. ship cruises to medical tourism,Travel and tourism have and the number of globalmanifested in newer ways from travellers everywhere is on

14 Curriculum June 16, 2018 Theme Special/Wordl Environment DayIndia hosts World Environment DayReflecting the “Beat Plastic were also highlighted. (ParyavaranRakshaks) and help World University of Design resorts toPollution” theme of this year's The keynote address on the vision the government and societyWorld Environment Day, for Sustainable Waste overcome the menace of plastic 'Seed Bombing' for green campusvarious thematic sessions and Management for the Mountain pollution. Addressing aother activities marked the States was given by Shri Prem gathering of more than 10, 000 Students and staff at World University of Design (WUD), Sonepat areofficial celebrations of the Das, Member of Parliament (Lok school children from nearly 200 collecting a variety of seeds from across the country seeds which willWED here in India. Sabha) Sikkim. schools of Delhi-NCR who had be rolled with mud and cow dung to make little balls and seed bombingEuropean Union (EU) Another session on “Air pollution assembled to participate in a designated area in the campus. The method helps to bring down theAmbassador to India, Tomasz in Indian cities – present status 'Envithon' – a mini-marathon, mortality rate of trees by 50%. The cow dung helps to keep animals andKozlowski praised India's and future action” was also held. organised in the run-up to the pests away. The Seed Bomb Jungle, WUD's own Vanrai will beleadership role on Speaking on the occasion, World Environment Day on June dedicated to planting seeds so that the culture of saving seeds remainsenvironmental issues. Secretary, Department of 5, Dr. Harsh Vardhan said that alive and a positive environment towards sustainability through thisHighlighting the concept of Agricultural Research & children have an immeasurable activity is created.“Plogging”, (combination of Education (DARE), Trilochan capacity to infuse vigour and Other activities at the campus include 'Sewage Water Disposal', 'Wastepicking up plastic waste and Mohapatra averred that due to enthusiasm into any activity they segregation Bins', 'Installation of Solar Panels', 'Paper Recycling viajogging) the EU Ambassador technological evolution over the indulge in and also inspire other Paper Machine' amongst others. The initiatives are an endeavor tosaid that this concept is popular past few decades, straw people support the green activities that are already in action in the lush greenin several European nations and redundancy has resulted in an Dr. Harsh Vardhan addressing the campus of WUD.can be used to reduce plastic abundance of crop residue, which gathering of school children atpollution. farmers find cheapest to burn, 'Envithon' VIBGYOR students felicitated for keepingThe thematic session on the causing serious air pollution and The Minister administered aHimalayan Ecosystem saw impacting the health of citizens. pledge to the children to beaches litter freesharing of experiences - Quoting statistics to support his undertake one Green Good Deedsuccess stories in the argument, he said that the every day, minimise the use of The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) the leadingHimalayan Region; National Government has spent Rs. 1200 plastic and contribute their mite to global environmental authority recently acknowledged and felicitatedMission for Sustaining the crore over two years to address air totally stop single use plastic in the unswerving efforts of VIBGYOR Group of Schools in helping toHimalayan Ecosystem pollution from crop residue our day-to-day life. Later, keep the beaches of Mumbai clean. Ishaan Aggarwal, grade IX student(NMSHE); National Mission burning. Mohapatra suggested Dr.Vardhanflagged off the and Manas Arora, grade VII student of VIBGYOR High, Goregaon andon Himalayan Studies (NMHS) that straw may also be used to 'Envithon'run at VinayMarg, Shim Mathew, Director - Academic Initiatives & Internationaland activities on waste generate bio-oil, bio-ethanol, Chanakyapuri. Soon after Partnerships were applauded for their passion, dedication andmanagement. compost, or energy in the form of flagging off the 'Envithon', Dr. commitment towards 'Action against marine litter & activism for cleanCase studies on waste pellets. He underlined that Harsh Vardhan rode a bicycle on beaches' with Afroz Shah.management in the core zone of aggregation and supply chain the occasion of World Bicycle The felicitation ceremony took place on May 27, 2018 along with aKailash landscape, along with challenges to create these Day. June 3 is also being beach clean-up drive in the presence of UNEP Executive Director, Erikthe waste warriors taming secondary value-chains from celebrated as World Bicycle Day Solheim, Leader and chairperson of the Shiv Sena, Aditya Thackeray,waste and more through forest waste remain a challenge that across the world for the first time UN Environment - India Head, Atul Bagai, Actor and activist, Diadwellers “Van Rajis” of Kailash needs attention. A cultural programme including a Mirza, and Eco-activist and Lawyer, Afroz Shah at the Versova beach.landscape were shared. The Underlining the crucial role of street play, songs and dance The students of VIBGYOR High were present in full strength tochallenges of solid waste, school children in any societal performances centred on the participate in the Versova beach clean-up drive and showed laudableincluding plastic in the endeavour, Union Minister for theme of plastic pollution and enthusiasm and commitment towards the environment.Himalayan landscape and some Environment, Forest and Climate river conservation was put up onof the innovative practices from Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan urged the occasion. Similar Every year the United Nations Environment Programme (UNthe region, which could provide school children to become “Envithons” have also been Environment) chooses one country to organise an annual event wherea way forward in Himalayas environment protectors organised in five other cities of they encourage and recognise efforts of the citizens towards caring and the country.. conserving the environment and for setting inspirational benchmarks.Plastic is the OxfordChildren's Word of the Year Dr Harshvardhan, India’s Experimental integrated sustainable mobility Environment Minister Following Oxford University Press (OUP's) analysis of the 134,790 “India reaffirms its commitment solution at Auroville short stories submitted to the 2018 BBC Radio 2 Chris Evans' to defeat plastic pollution. Breakfast Show's 500 Words competition, British children have once Governments, industries, and Mahindra Electric, part of the USD 20.7 billion Mahindra Group, has again shown themselves to be fabulously inventive, funny and individuals will all have to play a signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Auroville, an socially astute. major role in weaning society experimental township established in 1968 in Tamil Nadu, to pilot Plastic is the Oxford Children's Word of the Year because of its from its dependence on single- India's first integrated sustainable mobility ecosystem for a community. significant increase in use in 500 Words (a total rise of more than use plastic that continues to be This unique ecosystem will be an extension to Auroville's several e- 100% on the 2017 competition), the awareness and passion children an adversary to our natural mobility initiatives over the last few decades. This is aligned with its demonstrated for environmental issues, and the creative solutions to environment. There is a need to endeavour to encourage lifestyle choices in quiet mobility, optimal combat them that children invented in their stories. This raise consciousness about the sharing of resources and reduced carbon footprint, hop-on-hop-off demonstrated the huge impact the final episode of David impact plastics have on society shuttles and smart parking. Attenborough's Blue Planet II (screened on BBC1 in December and environment and to inform Under the aegis of the MoU, the two parties will work with IISc (Indian 2017) had on the nation's children. and educate people about Institute of Science), Puducherry Smart City Development Limited, Children use plastic in their stories in an emotive way to convey their alternate materials. I call upon all GoGreen BOV, and numerous initiatives at Auroville itself to develop a understanding of the damage pollution is causing to marine life, citizens and in particular, the civil holistic ecosystem encompassing Mahindra's electric vehicles, smart drawing on their creativity and imagination to deliver powerful society groups to be crusaders for parking systems, charging infrastructure and its software integration descriptive imagery in stories, with titles such as The Plastic Shore, realizing this goal. There is also an platform NEMO. It also aims to enable mobility models like ride The Mermaid's Plastic Mission andThe Evil Mr Plastic. onus on the industry, as part of sharing, ride hailing, self-drive rentals etc. The Town Planner, PSCDL, Children are also taking matters into their own hands to come up with their green corporate supported by the French Govt, will also play a key role in this initiative. inventive solutions to the plastic problem with, for instance: a responsibility to ensure that Minhaj Ameen, Coordinator, Integrated Transport Services, Auroville, 'Reverse-o-matic Pollutinator Ray Gun' for “zonking all the polluting plastics they make are added “After two decades of experimenting with-mobility solutions for machines around the world” (The Bookworm, boy aged 13); the degradable, recyclable or the community, technology and support from partners such as 'Fantastic-sewage-sooperpooper-suckerupper' to “stop sewage going reusable. I also make a fervent Mahindra Electric, IISC and Go Green will enable Auroville to start into the sea so people could swim in it without it being horrible” appeal to school and college prototyping end-to-end sustainable mobility solutions which can then (Professor Igotit and the Fantastic-sewage-sooperpooper- children to take up the leadership be replicated across other cities” suckerupper, boy aged 5); and 'The three plastic-eteers', “a team of the Beat Plastic Pollution fighting against plastic rubbish” (The Three Plastic-eteers, girl aged movement “ Magic Bus’s Plogging Party 8). Some stories are even told from the point of view of the plastic Magic Bus India Foundation organised a three-day Plogging Party to containers: “Reaching the surface I found it filled with my kind. clean up parts of Delhi and to instill in children a sense of responsibility Empty bottles bobbed on the surface like rubber ducks, bags of towards the environment. Led by Jacob Cherian, a renowned plogger different sizes and colours floating like jelly fish, killing and from Bangalore, the activity involved clearing litter in an organised collecting helpless sea life. A blanket of plastic suffocating the ocean. and hygienic manner while running, and bagging the litter in biode- None of us belong here.” (Misplaced, girl aged 8). gradable garbage bags. 500 Words is the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show's short story writing competition for children aged 5-13, launched by Chris Evans back in 2011. Earlier this year, children were invited to compose an original work of fiction, using no more than 500 words. The entries were marked by over 5,000 volunteer teachers and librarians from around the UK, before the Reading Agency drew up a shortlist of 50 stories for the judging panel.

Curriculum June 16, 2018 15 Potpourri/News ExtraNCERT textbooks to include identification of Birmingham and Haryana sign male and female genitalia agreement on clean cold for IndiaThe National Council of genitalia in Class X, said Savitri describe an assault. “They giveEducation Research and Devi, a final-year MBBS student, vague references to private parts. The University of Birmingham and the State Government ofTraining (NCERT) is likely to who was part of the MGIMS It is necessary to educate children Haryana have signed an agreement to advance the use of 'clean cold'consider a proposal to revise study. at an early age,” he said. “Teach- technology in India and help meet rising demand for coolingtextbooks for young children Apart from the NCERT, the report ing students about these body sustainably.to include identification of was submitted to Prime Minister parts may help increase reporting The agreement will see a collaboration to develop centres ofmale and female genitalia. The Narendra Modi, the union human of cases,” Khandekar added. excellence for clean cold chains that will help to map out a blueprintmove comes following a study, resource development minister Professor Saroj Yadav, Dean and delivery plan for sustainable cooling across the north Indianconducted by medical students and the Maharashtra education (Academics) at NCERT : “We state.of the Mahatma Gandhi minister. It also studied textbooks will place the proposal before the A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in a special ceremonyInstitute of Medical Sciences for Class I to VII of the NCERT, textbook development committee in London by Mr. T L Satya Prakash, Managing Director of Haryana(MGIMS) in Wardha, indicated the Central Board of Secondary whenever there is a revision. State Industrial & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limitedabsence of adequate school Education (CBSE), Delhi, and the Whatever the committee decides, on behalf of the State Government of Haryana, and Professor Andyeducation to raise awareness Council for the Indian School will be the final revision. So far, Schofield, Head of the College of Engineering and Physicalon child sexual abuse. In 2016, Certificate Examinations we have not decided which class Sciences at the University of Birmingham. The meeting and signingthe MGIMS study analysed (CISCE-ICSE) boards, as well as will need a revision.” ceremony was attended by the Haryana Chief Minister, HaryanaClass I and II textbooks of the various state boards. Except the According to Flavia Agnes, Manohar Lal Khattar.NCERT and found that the state board of Tamil Nadu, no director of legal centre Majlis, “We are looking forward to working closely with the Statesyllabus covered 'human body syllabus exclusively taught child victims of sexual abuse Government of Haryana in tackling the formidable challenges posedparts' but refrained from children about child sex abuse or sometimes manage to articulate by sustainable cooling. It's hard to overstate the importance of coldlabelling the genital organs. how to report it. phrases such as “bad touch”. “We chain in delivering Prime Minister Modi's target of doublingThe diagram of a naked boy Dr Indrajit Khandekar — attached need to go beyond good touch and farmers' income by 2022. A seamless 'cold chain' is needed to movelabelled parts including the with the forensic medicine bad touch. In western countries, food swiftly from farm to consumer.nose, knees and hands, but department at MGIMS that the education starts earlier. This “This will reduce food loss to raise farmers' income and give themkept the genital area covered. conducted the study — said a will also help in making a case bigger markets, whilst expanding their selling range. But at the sameNCERT textbooks introduce minor victim of sexual abuse is stronger against the accused,” time, it must be clean and sustainable cooling. Climate change andidentification of male genitalia unable to name body parts to said Agnes toxic air pollution must be tackled by reducing use of conventional,in Class VII and female highly polluting cooling technologies and adopting zero-emission technologies.”Ferrero Group's 8th CSR report in India released The agreement builds on the University's work with collaborators in India to understand how to deliver sustainable refrigeratedAmitabh Kant, CEO of Niti and would like to visit their plant commitment and gratitude to this distribution chains to help boost farmers' income.Ayog on May 24 released the at Baramati. Ferrero is a company wonderful country which has This work combines engineering and social sciences, for anFerrero's global 8thCSR report that goes beyond balance sheets welcomed us so warmly. We are integrated approach that includes the behaviour of individuals;on Sharing Values to Create to measure success.” positive and committed to doing technical solutions; and the business models to make those solutionsValue at an event hosted at by Stefano Pelle, Managing Director much more in the years to come.” viable.the Italian embassy and of Ferrero India , “Through the Ferrero has already investedatteneded by Lorenzo Michele Ferrero Entrepreneurial seven times the initial commit- Change Makers recognized on WorldAngeloni, Ambassador of Italy Project at the Baramati plant in ment in its 11 years in India andand Stephano Pelle, MD India, we have created jobs in the also provided employment to Hunger DayFerrero India. less developed areas and substantial number of people;Amitabh Kant said, “The provided training and skills much more than what it was The Akshaya Patra Foundation and United Nations Global Compact,association of the Ferrero thereby creating real sustainable mandated while it was setting up under the banner of Feed The Future Now, organised for the veryfamily with India has been for development within the commu- its facility in Baramati. 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Awardees includedinitiatives undertaken by them children living in the areas where India plant nearly 50% of the Anoop Khanna - for providing 5 rupee meals to urban poor throughhave turned Baramati into a the plant is set up.” collaborators are women. his DadikiRasoi, Cuddles Foundation – for ensuring nutritionflourishing industrial hub. “Ferrero's journey in India has The Ferrero 8th CSR report solutions for cancer affected children,Ferrero as a brand truly just begun,” Mr Pelle said, highlights the goals set by Ferrero Arushi Batra – for exemplary voluntary work being done by Robinsignifies quality and unique- adding, “In the last 11 years, we for 2020, the latest one pledging Hood Army, The Better India – for bringing to masses positiveness. 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