August 12 is designated as the International Youth Day and theme of this year, 2019, is ‘Transforming Education.’  Rooted in Goal 4 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development- to ‘ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all- International Youth Day 2019 is to examine how young people, youth focused organizations and other stakeholders are …

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) which regulates technical education in India in all its sincerity wanted to help management institutes in the country and help develop their faculty members. For this two schemes were made. One was Margdarshan (Guidance) under which a good reputed institute in an area could handhold those desirous of expertise or mentor support. It …

Of the 3100 institutes offering management education in India, about 460 are standalone self-financing colleges meaning these only teach management discipline and can only award diplomas. Now with the draft National Education Policy being discussed for an eventual roll out soon, the standalone institutes have started worrying about their existence as the proposed new policy only provides for three type …

Delhi-based Amity Education Group, which runs some of the good private universities and a small chain of K-12 schools in India, has last month launched a new entity in online skilling domain and called it Amity Future Academy. The new platform will offer training programs designed to help young professionals gain in-demand skills. A statement from AEG claims that the …

National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) in collaboration with realestate company, CBRE South Asia Pvt. Ltd on July 29 announced the top 3 winners of India’s ‘BIGGEST PROPTECH CHALLENGE’ – DISRUPTECH. Touchwizard Technologies, XLSYS Technologies and WEGoT Utility Solutions were declared winners post three stages of evaluation by industry leaders from across sectors.  The three winners will get the opportunity to be mentored by CBRE along with other …

The University of Dayton located in community-based Dayton, Ohio in the United States is conducting a series of workshops in some select cities in India for prospective students who are interested in pursuing higher education abroad. In addition to what is expected to be a widely attended event in Hyderabad, the university will also be conducting workshops in Chennai, Bangalore, …