This Computer Literacy programme aims at bringing students in Jaitpur at par with their peers from cities by providing them necessary exposure to computers. These classes will work towards teaching the students the basics of computers.

To begin with, a system has been installed at the house of the Gram Pradhan. To cover the length and breadth of the village, a local person has been identified as the project leader. The Social Responsibility team comprising of JRE teachers and students will be training the project leader along with the interested students. The students will be divided into three batches of around fifteen students each and each batch will have a healthy student-teacher ratio of 1:5. JRE students will be carrying their laptops with them to ensure that students from the village learn not just the theory but are also able to use computers confidently.

Prof. Stephen Rawlinson, Academic President- JRE Group of Institutions; Manoj Gupta, Software Engineer & Social Activist and Pramod Kumar, Gram Pradhan inaugurated the programme by cutting the ribbon. Gracing the occasion as Chief Guests were Manoj Gupta, Former Senior Engineer, Wipro; Dr. K.V. Rao, Dean JRE-SOE; Maj. Gen. R.N. Tikku, Senior Advisor, JRE and Dr. Sushi Singh, Senior Consultant, Educomp Foundation. Chief Guests encouraged the students to make the most of these classes and lauded the students of JRE for doing their bit for a noble cause.

Talking about the programme, Harpreet Singh, President- JRE Group of Institutions, said, “Through this computer literacy drive, we at JRE are not only implementing a social responsibility but also opening up avenues for local students here by getting to them the best possible resources and faculty. The IT and ITES (Information Technology Enabled Services) sector in India has been growing at a remarkable pace and has been the most consistent growth driver for India’s economy and knowledge of basic computer functions is crucial for every field today. This programme will prepare the students of Jaitpur better for their future careers.”

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A large delegation of AISFM students present at the ongoing festival will produce videos of all events and activities throughout the festival and share them through the festival’s social media channels dynamically.

While several international film festivals have previously worked with film schools to run master classes and workshops, this will be the first time that a major festival has partnered with a film school in a production capacity.

The aim of the partnership is to extend the festival experience through digital media for the attendees as well as to create a permanent documentary record of the festival for future reference. Cinema fans around the world will be able to track each day’s events through channels such as Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Pinterest and other channels.

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CD follows the launch of the ‘Bol India English Bol’ Program that offers 24/ 7 telephonic tutoring to complement the company’s core online tutoring program.

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This is more significant in view of the fact that whereas tribal population in the country is 8.2 percent of the total population, enrolment is 9.47 percent.

The enrolment percentage of tribal students is significantly higher in north eastern states like Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and union territories like Lakshadweep and Dadra & Nagar Haveli where it varies between 97 and 65 percent of the total school enrolment .

To encourage enrolment of more and more tribal students, Government has allocated Rs 4282.22 crore from 2010-11 till 2013-14 under ten education promotion schemes to supplement the efforts of the Ministry of Human Resource Development to promote education amongst ST population.

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A panel of expert and eminent educationists, according to the IDA awards’ evaluation criteria mentioned above, has marked each nomination based on the evidence provided by the nominee. The evaluation and assessment process was strict and the judgment was made in all fairness with no scope of bias towards exhibitors.

The award night was a perfect blend of the corporate and entertainment world. The event commenced with a performance by a German band – Honkey Tonk who were then joined in by the host of the event, for a fusion performance, with a Hindi version of the same song. This was followed by a performance of Deva Shree Ganesha from Agneepath by NJ Dance Group(Mumbai) and a stand- up comedy act by Schitzengiggles. Overall, it was a night full of surprises, celebration and excitement. The fact that not even the presenters knew who were winning the awards till they actually announced it set a great tone for the entire night.

The awards in total had eleven categories under which four categories had an added special award for those nominees who deserved a special mention. The eminent people who presented the awards include Dr. Rajesh Shenoy, Senate Member, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science, Beat Jost, Director General, Worlddidac Association (Switzerland), ReinhardKoslitz, Managing Director, Didacta International ( Germany), Dominic Savage, Director General, BESA (UK), Prof. Dr. MultWassilios .E. Fthenakis, President, Worlddidac Association (Switzerland), and last but not the least, Aditya Gupta, CEO, India Didactics Association.

Some of the award winners include, VLCC Healthcare Ltd, Pearson Education Services, Oxford University Press, India, CHRISTIANI SHARPLINE Technical Training, MEXUS Education Pvt.Ltd among others.

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The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal, Karunya University – Coimbatore, and the Shiv Nadar University (SNU) have selected IBM High Performance Computing (HPC) solutions, IBM System x iDataPlex servers, IBM PureSystems, IBM Power servers and storage solutions, virtualization equipment and software to aid high end research, refine processes and elevate the IT infrastructure in the universities.

“With education being high on the public agenda, and with students, professors and the society calling out for new ideas and solutions for better and new skills, the agreement between IBM and these leading universities in India, recognizes the increasing relevance of smarter computing as an approach to IT,” says Tobby Kakkamthottil, Midmarket and Inside Sales Leader, IBM India/South Asia. “IBM’s smarter computing approach helps clients address increasingly more sophisticated workloads and applications, efficiently. It enables organizations of any size – from midmarket clients to large enterprises, leading universities or the state administration – to optimize their business processes and gain competitive advantage, spurring growth.”

The education sector in India is at the brink of IT enabled transformation. IBM Research is also working on technologies for intelligent, interactive content, learning content management and delivery, as well as personalized education, which, once mature can plug gaps that result from challenges in reach and scale, engaging content and lack of personalization.

Towards knowledge based economy

Supercomputing can be used for everything from weather forecasting to searching for a cancer cure. With data starting to flow, we are quickly approaching the exascale* barrier. However, today an exascale computer would require approximately 100 MW power – an equivalent to that used by more than 100 000 homes in India, In order to reap the economic and scientific benefits from the super computing, capabilities that offer highest computing capacity per watt, become instrumental. In that space IBM’s Smarter Computing approach to IT becomes increasingly relevant.

Advancing scientific industrial and life sciences research, the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras, the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Bhopal (IISER Bhopal) and Shiv Nadar University all turned to HPC (High Performance Computing), implementing the country’s largest supercomputing clusters within the education sector. These three universities are playing an important role in shaping India’s national research agenda.

“In high-energy physics and bio-medical research, for example, simulation has become an integral part of science alongside theory and experimentation. Trial run for years, generating enormous volumes of data to process, and complex modeling that integrates mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology with advanced, high performance computing and engineering.” says Prof. Sunil Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. “If universities are to produce highly qualified students in the various branches of science, they need to focus on integrating science education and research with advanced information technologies – i.e. they need to consider adding supercomputing capacity.”

As part of today’s news, IBM is also announcing that Karunya University, one of India’s top engineering universities has selected IBM PureSystems solutions to improve online student services by more effectively processing applications, such as handling online enrolment, exam scheduling, virtual campus management, etc.

Getting ready for new curricula

IBM also offers a wide range of products and solutions that enhances the curriculum of the educational institutes ranging from teaching computer science, information technology, and business and marketing courses. It enables students to develop competitive skills on the latest industry-standard software, systems, and tools. IBM also collaborates with Business Schools across India to help and enable business managers of tomorrow, address the need for skills in Big Data and Analytics. So far, over 10 institutions in India, like Sharda University and Galgotias University, have setup an IBM Business Analytics Lab, where participants are offered a two year full time MBA in Business Analytics in association with IBM.

IBM India also runs ‘Project Praviin’, aimed at bridging the gap between what is taught as part of curriculum in campuses and the real life situations business organizations encounter. Under this project, IBM has trained more than 150,000 students and helped certify more than 90,000 students as well as set up incubation centres across India. Today, there are over 150 IBM Software Centers of Excellence across 100 Indian cities through Project Praviin backed by industry-ready curriculum, professional certification and incubation programs.

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Selected young IAF officers in customised Gypsies, along with support staff, was ‘flagged off’ by Air Marshal PR Sharma AVSM, Air Officer-in-charge Personnel. The team would cover six cities – Gwalior, Indore, Nasik, Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad, before being ‘flagged in’ at Nagpur on 05 Oct 13, after covering over 3000 kms. Enroute, ‘Guardians of the Sky’ would meet young men and women at nine premier educational institutes in these cities, including the IITs at Mumbai, Hyderabad and Indore. At each location, a multidisciplinary group of IAF officers would be on hand to interact with the students, to provide details on career opportunities in the IAF and to answer queries. A few interesting events are also planned to encourage participation by students.

Guardians of the sky – A student interaction drive by the Indian Air Force

The drive would provide a great opportunity for students to experience glimpses of the adventurous life that IAF offers and of avenues available as an IAF officer. For the IAF, this novel effort is a way of reaching out to the youth by offering opportunities in aero sports at their doorstep; to make them more ‘air minded’ and aware of the uniqueness of ‘Brand IAF’.

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Ind-Ra expects competition to intensify, albeit not in the short term. Nearly 0.2 million students travel abroad annually to benefit from foreign education. These students could be a potential target group for FUs. Some students preferring top Indian institutes may also opt for FUs’ courses depending on brand, course fee and other incentives.

Ind-Ra believes that the government of India (GoI), to counter the current account deficit, has allowed FUs entry into India in line with similar measures in other sectors to open foreign direct investment floodgates. Instead of passing the Foreign Education Providers’ Bill 2010 in the Parliament, GoI took an alternate arrow from the quiver – through the powers bestowed on University Grants Commission Act – to allow FUs into India.

Ind-Ra believes that proposed stipulations for FUs to set up shop in India will not only let pre-eminent universities to enter but also instil confidence to stakeholders about their quality. The proposed rules stipulate that FUs with minimum 20 years of operational track record and international or local accreditation will only be eligible for operations in India. FUs should also figure in the list of top 400 universities of the world compiled by Times Higher Education, Quacquarelli Symonds or the Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

The existing norms allow the creation of educational institutes only as ‘not-for-profit’ entities. The FU proposal retains this clause and permits FUs to operate under the Section 25 of Companies Act, thereby prohibiting profits repatriation. This may dampen some FUs from opening campuses.

FUs could encounter infrastructural challenges particularly land at economical rates and at strategic locations. However, other factors like large market, demographic advantage and low cost of providing other facilities will be lucrative.

Ind-Ra believes that various conditions set out in the proposal will not deter FUs from opening a campus. Many FUs may find India an attractive destination due to strong market potential. FUs will have to invest minimum INR250m before setting up a campus as against the earlier proposal of INR 500m. The degrees conferred by FUs will be foreign degrees and students are required to obtain an equivalence certificate from Association of Indian Universities.

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Text’s he refereed to was “in the modern era, there has been much degradation in the value system, leading to all round problems” (Section 1.1 Introduction); “We can say that there are uniform (Universal) values inbuilt in each one of us. They flow out of the highest of our own self, our ultimate holistic potential. ” (Section 1.3 Values); and Values for administration based on Sattwik, Rajo and Tamoshik Guna – Guna and Karma Theory (Section 2 and 3).

“The module shows a shocking bias. There are disparaging remarks on Sikhism and Islam which in any case are not relevant to the subject matter – what constitutes values in administration. Neither is there any mention made of the Constitution of India, the various guarantees given under it to the Indian people and what it enjoins on the government personnel.’

“The text also denigrates various political parties and identifies itself with the values intrinsic to erstwhile princely rulers of states. In the case of Kerala, it makes the astounding claim that all advances in Kerala have taken place due to the enlightened rule of the former Maharaja of Travancore and makes disparaging remarks about the Communists and the Communist government in Kerala(Section 3.9)!

“Values in administration cannot be derived from some so-called inner universal values based on a Hindu outlook but the values that have been enshrined in the Indian Constitution. Any document developed for administrative personnel of the government must show how the values in the Indian Constitution must reflect in its practice and to strengthen a secular democratic Republic. Not only does the above volume not fulfill this purpose, it actually harks back to medieval values that have little to do with modern administrative values and could even be harmful to it,” he wrote.

The politician has asked for the module to be removed from the ministry’s website.

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Destination MBA guides the B-school aspirant on all the critical steps towards admissions and shows how to portray each individual’s uniqueness and potential for management and leadership. Every aspirant is different, and requires different guidance to confidently showcase their diversity. Mansie specializes in customized applications, which is well reflected in the book.

Priced at Rs 135, this book contains different segments which guides the students from choosing their colleges, preparing applications and resumes to never before published essays. Additionally, it also includes suggestions and guidelines for attempting most types of admissions essays, recommendation letters and other key documents.

“I always wanted to reach out to more MBA aspirants and share the simple secrets and steps that can ensure them a seat at reputed business schools,” said Mansie Dewan. “It is a great experience to be able to guide an aspirant into their
dream B-school.”

Mansie Dewan is a professional Admissions Coach who has trained hundreds of MBA aspirants. She has created winning applications for admissions to Ivy League and other eminent business schools. Over the course of her professional journey, has worked with some of the leaders in the field like Manya Abroad- The Princeton Review and Jamboree. With a rich seven years of experience , she is an intuitive and insightful mentor who possesses the rare ability to help candidates introspect into their lives, self reflect and present themselves positively to the admission committees , thus winning an admit.

Destination MBA: Coaching you to get there! is a remarkably easy to follow step by step guide for future MBA aspirants. People from all kinds of diverse educational and professional backgrounds strive to get admission into top business programs- nationally and internationally (like IIMs, ISB, NUS, HKUST, Wharton, Duke etc) and are often clueless about the practical aspects of the application process. Most of the self help tools suggested in this book are the very kind which Mansie uses to counsel her students. A careful reading will empower all MBA aspirants to confidently ‘tell their stories’ and win successes in the MBA admissions process.

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