Prof. Anil Dattatraya Sahasrabudhe is the new AICTE chairman: Prof. Anil Dattatraya Sahasrabudhe, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati has taken over the charge as the Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Prof. Sahasrabudhe, an alumnus of BVB College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli is a Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He …
ON JULY 1, PRIME MINISTER LAUNCHED HIS PET and very ambitious ‘Digital India’ initiative formally though it has been operational incrementally in some forms like ‘MyGov’ and others in past several months. Befitting to the occasion, Prime Minister Modi eloquently worded his dream about this initiative. “I dream of a DIGITAL INDIA where: High-speed Digital Highways unite the Nation… 1.2 …
On July 15 coinciding with the first ever World Youth Skills Day, India relaunched a repackaged Skill Development initiative first brought into existence in 2009. The new initiative comprises of a National Skill Development Mission, a new National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) scheme, the Skill Loan scheme and a national skill …
Maruti Suzuki, India’s leading car manufacturer and Society of Automotive Engineers India (SAEINDIA) on July 8 announced the finale of SUPRA SAEINDIA 2015. SUPRA 2015 is a platform that encourages engineering students across the country to conceptualize, design, fabricate and run a Formula prototype car, end-to-end. The finale of the fourth edition SUPRA SAEINDIA 2015 contest will be held at Chennai …
An MBA from University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business, Jatin Bhandari, worked with Accenture before starting PythaGURUS (esb 2009) offering creative solutions for students. Curriculum magazine spoke with him about the current trend in MBA education and how aspiring students should negotiate the choice myriad Do you think MBA as a career choice still commands the same mad …
Two verticalsDDG (training) and DDG (apprenticeship training) of Directorate General of Employment & Training (DGET) under the union ministry of Labor & employment have been transferred to ministry of skill development & entrepreneurship (MSDE) along with all its officers and staff on April 2015 under an order with immediate effect. Staff of field institutes of training, apprenticeship training and woman …
