For close to 30 years, Indian Parliament has never spent a full day discussing country’s education system and now most discerning people are forgetting that public education is a core social contract of democracy and a basic objective of for which welfare state of India has committed constitutionally. That ideology has been completely overturned in favor of a cost efficiency …
The first on-line NISHTHA programme for 1200 Key Resources Persons of Andhra Pradesh was launched by Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriya ‘Nishank’ and Minister of State for HRD Sanjay Dhotre virtually in New Delhi on July 16. The Minister said that due to COVID-19 pandemic situation, sudden lockdown has affected the conduct of this programme in face-to-face mode. Therefore, for …
The Coursera’s latest Global Skills Index along with accompanying report released on July 16 says India lags in data science skills, especially in data management. Within the data science domain,India ranks #51 globally (lagging) and #12 among APAC countries in data science overall. Within the data management competency, India ranks #58 globally [only slightly better than Nigeria (0%) and Philippines (2%)] …
Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida (ranked at 56 in the ‘University’ category in India Rankings 2020) celebrated its sixth graduation ceremony virtually on July 15, owing to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It was hosted on the University’s social media channels – Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. University awarded degrees to 601 graduating students, including 24 PhDs, from various streams of Engineering, Natural Sciences, Humanities & …
Jaipuria School of Business, Ghaziabad, foraying into teacher training launched Saamarthya Teachers Training Academy of Research (STTAR) on July 15 in a virtual inauguration ceremony wherein Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Dr Dinesh Sharma digitally launched the STTAR platform. Shishir Jaipuria – Chairman, Seth Anandram Jaipuria Group of Educational Institutions; Anil Swaroop, former secretary, department of School Education & Literacy, Anurag …
Nazara Technologies Limited, a gaming and sports media company has completed its majority stake acquisition of 51% in Paper Boat Apps by issuing Nazara shares worth INR 43 crores as part of its final tranche of the transaction. Paper Boat Apps are developers of the popular ‘Made in India’ app Kiddopia catering to young children in the age bracket of 2 to 7 …
