The Indian Plumbing Skills Council (IPSC) aligned to Skill India program, under the aegis of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), has prepared a database of over 900 plumbers who are ready to provide their services during the lockdown period, across the country. Keeping in mind the need for stringent health and safety norms, the IPSC has also …

By Benoit-Etienne Domenget – CEO Sommet Education, Glion-Les Roches-Ecole Ducasse, Switzerland A massive 75 million are jobs at risk as per the UN World Tourism Organization, a 20 to 30% expected drop in international tourist arrivals, 2.1 Trillion $ of GDP loss with 80% of small and medium-sized companies endangered. But hospitality is one of the most resilient industries and …

Ashoka University and ThoughtWorks have announced a research collaboration to develop the first ultra-large-scale agent-based simulation model for the spread of COVID-19 in India. The model, called BharatSim, builds on EpiRust, an open source framework developed and released recently by ThoughtWorks.  In BharatSim each individual is simulated as an “agent” on a computer. The properties of agents are chosen to match those known …

The launch comes amidst the need for technical expertise to tackle the global slowdown In an endeavour to upskill the youth and promote e-learning during the COVID-19 lockdown, IIT Roorkee has launched an Advanced Certification Course on Deep Learning at Cloudxlab.com. It follows the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between IIT Roorkee and Cloudxlab.com, a US-based ed-tech company, …

By: Shobha Mishra Ghosh, Asst. Secretary General, FICCI In the current scenario, India has become the second largest market for e-learning after the US. Users of online education in India are expected to reach 9.5 million by 2021 from 1.9 million in 2017-18. With the current outbreak these estimates will overpass all such estimates. On its part, FICCI, under the …

On the UN World Creativity and Innovation Day (#WCID) April 21, the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, announced the launch of an online platform for innovators and entrepreneurs to creatively share their innovations and engage with other interested stakeholders. The blogging platform, called ‘LiveBuzz -Startup Digital Diaries’, is conceived and managed by the institute’s business incubator and entrepreneurship development center …