The Tata Trusts and Social Alpha announced the launch of their flagship fellowship program, the Social Alpha Entrepreneurs for Impact (E4i) Program, on Nov 14. The E4i program is a 12-month immersive fellowship that equips passionate ‘entrepreneurs-in-the-making’ to leverage India’s deep science, innovation and entrepreneurship environment. The first cohort of eight fellows of the E4i program will focus on finding …
To inspire and gather support of India’s 253 million adolescents towards the cause of children and young people, UNICEF India has appointed Asian Games Gold medalist Hima Das as the country’s first ever Youth Ambassador. Hima’s appointment made on the Children’s Day on Nov 14 as a youth ambassador is part of a series of initiatives and events to advocate …
Young people can judge which health-related apps are relevant to their age and bodies, source appropriate digital content and dismiss app content that might be harmful to them – a new study reveals. Researchers at the University of Birmingham found that many young people are ‘critical participants’ of digital health technologies and, as apps and devices are highly accessible, they can offer …
Xpressions 2018, the management cultural fest of XIMB, spread over three days is scheduled from 16th to 18th November 2018. It will see a bunch of multi-faceted business competitions. Alongside these, Xpressions will host a variety of classical and contemporary cultural events. Day 1 XIMB-MUN, which is conducted by SpeakUp, the oratory club of XIMB, Vriddhi, a CSR Action Plan …
Gaurang Shetty is the Chief Innovation Catalyst &CEO, RiiDL (research Innovation Incubation Design Laboratory) at Somaiya Vidyavihar campus in Mumbai. RiiDL is the Innovation centre and the Technology Business Incubator (TBI) of the Somaiya campus (38000 students and 1800 faculty). Curriculum magazine reached out to him in view of RiiDL being one of the 16 facilities which have been …
FICCI Higher Education Summit, which is a flagship annual higher education conference of Federation of Indian Industries and commerce (FICCI), one of the largest business chambers in India, began on October 29 on the theme of ‘Universities of the Future’. The conference is spread over three days and is being attended by delegates from more than 26 foreign countries in …
