A report titled, ‘Future Of Work & Human Challenges: Technology & Beyond (FOW)’ based on a survey commissioned by Gurgaon-based BML Munjal University (BMU) and released on Nov 19, 2022 says that the existing skills gap especially with soft skills and the role of higher education institutions remains critical to prepare a future, more employable workforce. In an interesting finding …
Thirty-nine schools were given the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar (SVP) for the year 2021-22 at a ceremony held in New Delhi. This is the 3rd edition of these school awards instituted in 2016-17 under Swatch Vidyalaya Initiative and is given to promote behavioral change towards longterm sustainability. Dr. Subhas Sarkar, MoS Education gave away the awards. Out of 39 selected schools, …
By Autar Nehru As part of their calling, Shivani Mehta and Harnehmat Kaur, both co-founders and organisers of Daakroom are organizing a big Letter Writing Carnival in Delhi on December 4 Written letters in various forms have been the most respected and potent communicative tool for more than 2000 years for mankind until Internet based instant messages, emails and snap …
Around 5 million students go abroad every year in the world. Out of these, about one million are Indian students and around fifty thousand students come to India. As the demand for higher education rises, Government of India is looking at ways to make Indian Higher Education attractive and relevant. The Ministry of Commerce is trying to help domestic education …
World University of Design (WUD) on Nov 16 felicitated Prof. Archana Shastri as Design Guru at its campus in Sonepat as part of commemoration of the National Design Guru Day. Prof Shastri is an acclaimed academic who has helped create many generations of young designers & artists as a professor in NIFT and later as Principal of Government College of Art, Chandigarh …
Total applications to graduate business schools dipped from the pandemic-level spikes, slipping 3.4 percent year-on-year among a matched sample of programs, according to a survey report released on Nov 15 by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). This comes after application volumes increased 2.4 percent year-on-year in 2020 amid the start of the pandemic and sustained that level of demand in …
