Mou signed
SVKM’S Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) has signed a MoU with Stevens Institute of Technology, USA. The two world-class universities will work closely in the field of student exchange, faculty exchange and research programmes.
Speaking at the event Dr Rajan Saxena, vice-chancellor, NMIMS said: “The objective of this agreement is to promote the exchange of academics and innovation between the two institutes. Efforts will be made to encourage direct contact and research cooperation and exchange between our students, faculty members and expertise of the department.”
Teachers training course
EuroKids, the preschool specialist and largest education service provider in the preschool segment, launched EuroVarsity, a virtual university aimed at providing programmes to develop teaching skill sets.
The first course offered is a certified teacher training course with a diploma in early childhood care and education. The course currently will only be available for EuroKids teachers but with its success it will open for all gradually.
Amit Singh, SBU, head EuroKids, said: “This course aims to provide early childhood professionals an understanding about the uniqueness of early childhood, innovative teaching and learning processes.”The programme has been designed keeping in mind the evolving and challenging times in pre-school education.
Orientation day at JRN
One-day orientation programme was held at the campus of JRN Institute of Aviation Technology. The students were given warm welcome by the chief instructor Vinod Kumar Sharma. Students along with their parents and faculty members witnessed the occasion.
Sharma welcomed the students and said that students have just entered a new life which along with fun, excitement has responsibilities and a great future to make. He advised students to focus on their aim and not live in the world of fantasy and dreams.
Free Webinar series
Sunstone Business School announced industry webinar series as a part of open courses. This will not only integrate open courses with industry and make it more relevant by building on industry knowledge, but also enable open course participants to network with lot of senior professionals.
The first webinar series Understanding opportunities in Internet businesses was held on September 14 hosted by Anupam Rastogi, principal at Nokia growth partners.
Annual hr conference
Great lakes Institute of Management founded by Prof Bala V Balachandran, hosted the sixth annual HR Conference at their Chennai campus.
The theme for the event this year, Strategic HR — Impacting Business Results was set up considering that the businesses are going through turbulent times, economy instability and markets remaining highly competitive.
These factors are forcing organisations to evolve with aligned and agile strategic responses.
Teachers day at ryan
Students at Ryan International School Vasant Kunj celebrated teachers day as an occasion to pay gratitude, love and respect to the teachers for shaping their careers, moulding their personalities and providing an enriching academic environment.
The special assembly organised for different sections of the school added enthusiasm and fervor to the day with the students and teachers enjoying and appreciating every moment.
The chairman of Ryan International Group of Schools, Dr Augustine F Pinto and MD Grace Pinto greeted the faculty.Class XII students conducted the schedule of the day as they assumed the challenging role of the ‘student teacher’.
The teachers have always been looked upon for their intelligent instruction, sympathetic and empathy based guidance and a wholesome discipline that leads Ryanites, to soar high and scale greater heights.
New fddi campus in jodhpur
Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI) inaugurated its Jodhpur branch. The newly constructed building was inaugurated by Minister of Commerce & Industry, Anand Sharma and Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot in the presence of Minister of Culture Chandresh Kumari Katoch on September 1, 2013.
The state-of-the-art campus of FDDI is located at National Highway 65, Mandore, Jodhpur-Nagore Road, Jodhpur having a capacity to train 700-800 students and ensures international standards of training and high end support services to the industry in the domain of footwear & leather products design technology, retail management and fashion merchandising.
In his address, Mukhtarul Amin, chairman, FDDI said: We are a growing organisation which has developed itself as a niche service provider in the footwear, leather & leather product industries and contributing significantly in improving the performance of the sector.”
School Rankings 2013
EducationWorld in association with C fore, Delhi conducted its annual survey in 21 cities and education hubs across India to rate 725 schools. The country’s top day, boarding and international schools will be felicitated in New Delhi on September 14, 2013
A total of 5,779 fees-paying parents, teachers, principals and educationists across the country were interviewed by field researchers of the well-reputed market research and opinion polls company Centre for Forecasting Pvt ltd (C fore), Delhi to rate and rank 593 of the country’s most well-known day, 75 boarding and 57 international primary-secondary schools.
“Respondents were asked to rate schools of whom they were aware on a 10-point scale except for the vital parameter of competence of faculty which is given double weightage — against 14 parameters of education excellence. The scores by respondents to schools under each parameter were multiplied by ten, rounded off and totalled for ranking schools in each sub-category,” Premchand Palety, chief executive of C fore, explaining the rating and ranking methodology of the Educationworld India School Rankings 2013 said.
Career counseling workshop
CareerCo, with its scientifically designed online psychometrics assessments followed by counseling provide valuable insights about the skills, knowledge, aptitude and personality required for a career choice, recently organised a series of workshops to help children realise where their aptitude lies.
“Today in a fast moving and dynamically changing world, early planning for a career gives you an advantage over your peers. At the same time, parents also need to shed the traditional approach towards choosing a career and be more open to the emerging unconventional yet promising fields,” says Alok Jain, founder and head, CareerCo, emphasizing on chalking out all options in career that are available today instead of just focusing on the traditional ones like engineering or medical sciences.
The workshops were aimed to create awareness amongst parents and children about the availability of multiple career choices and the need to start looking for options early in life. The experts interacted one-on-one with students as well as their parents, and advised them on prospective career options.
The interactive sessions turned out to be extremely beneficial for the students as they not only got an opportunity to gauge their strength and aptitude but also received guidance and advice on their future strategies.
“Parents should not stop their children from venturing into fields like journalism or photography if they have a flair for them, just because they want them to be a doctor or lawyer. It is an open field where every child should be given the right to find her own path and blossom,” said Jain.
As soon as children complete their matriculation, their home becomes a powerhouse of activities - discussions on what subjects to choose, which career would be more viable and lucrative, coaching, tuitions, and many other academic pursuits. It is always better to seek guidance from an expert.