Dr. Ajantha Subramanian, Professor of Anthropology and of South Asian Studies, Chair, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University on August 19 in a virtual lecture The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India’ to IIMB students hosted by she Centre for Public Policy (CPP) at IIM Bangalore opined that  in post-independence India, new patterns of caste stratification have emerged from the …

Masters’ Union School of Business,  Gurugram, the tech-focussed new  B-school  has announced the composition and profile of its first batch which includes a diverse mix of lawyers, chartered accountants, entrepreneurs, social workers, artists and engineers. With an average age of around 26, the batch represents some of the finest global corporates and top Indian educational institutions including the IITs, SRCC, …

With umpteen focus laid on skilling and building quality manpower in the shipping sector and address the increasing need for skilled workforce in the ports and maritime sector, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and The Ministry of Shipping (MoS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for creating a robust framework driven by the concerted efforts of …

  Harappa Education, an online learning platform, has released a new report “The State of Behavioral Learning 2020” in association with People Matters. Rooted in first-of-its-kind research, Harappa Education’s aim is to understand strategic priorities and opportunities in the area of behavioral skilling. Data from 350 organizations: understanding the priorities, challenges, and opportunity areas for companies on behavioral skills was …

Association of National Board Accredited Institutions (ANBAI), a collaborative network of NBA healthcare institutions on matters of common interest, has welcomed the Gazette notification issued on August 6 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare introduced post-graduate diploma courses in eight medical specialties under the National Board of Examinations.  In a virtual press briefing ANBAI today (Aug 20), said the …

The Akshaya Patra Foundation’s AVSAR Scholarship Programme that serves to address the concern of school dropouts due to financial constraints by bridging the gap between the students and scholarships benefited over 1,547 students across the country in 2019-20 and Rs 2,33,02,871 were distributed under the programme. Akshaya Patra essentially plays the role of the facilitator and sources scholarship opportunities for …