CBSE-shOObh Art Competition
The annual shOObh art competition was held by shOObh Group Welfare Society in association with CBSE and NIOS. Thousands of schools from across the country participated in the competition by sending two entries in each category from each school. Winners in each category were declared by a jury of Nupur Kundu, Shruti Chandra, Asit Patnayak, Mukesh Sharma, and Goldie Malhotra. The jury members were delighted to see the beautiful work of the young artists. The students will receive a medal and certificate from their respective schools.
Best-Out-of-Waste workshop
AD The Design School organised Kabaad-se-Jugaad at their campus recently. It was held to present an unparalleled forum for the students to display their intellectual and artistic prowess while simultaneously opening venues for sharing mutual experience, skills and talent on a common platform.. The initiative aimed at intriguing the participants and bringing out their creative and innovative elements. In this workshop, students went through a series of processes of working form. The contestants displayed brilliant zest and came up with some fascinating ideas. The event witnessed the participation of a copious number of curious students who attended to discover their creative bent of mind. Students used bottles, cardboard boxes, paper, plastic cups and many other objects considered as trash for the competition.
Session on entrepreneurship
Dr Subhash Chandra, chairman, Essel Group and Zee Media enlightened the students of IMT Ghaziabad through his practical and balanced approach towards achieving excellence in entrepreneurship at their institute while addressing a session on Entrepreneurship. During the show he engaged with the youth and shared his highly valuable tips with the young and budding management students. He also shared his knowledge of establishing a venture and various issues associated with the procedure. Speaking at the occasion, Dr Chandra said: “I wish to share with the entrepreneurs and motivated management students some of the secrets and success mantras that I have obtained.”
MOOC for budding entrepreneurs
Budding entrepreneurs across the globe looking to grow their ideas are beinggiven the keys to a virtual shed where their entrepreneurial passion can bloom into reality. Starting on March 30, 2015 and hosted on Futurelearn’s social learning platform, The Enterprise Shed: Making Ideas Happen is Newcastle University’s latest free online course.
At present, open for registration, the course is aimed at people who want to set up a social enterprise, initiate a community project, or start a new business venture. Available to anyone, anywhere in the world with an Internet connection, the programme will offer four weeks packed with a range of interactive resources, including video tutorials, discussion sessions, and online meet-ups. Katie Wray, lecturer in Enterprise at Newcastle University, lead educator said: “This course provides inspiration for innovation. We’ll consider where ideas come from, help learners switch on their creativity and encourage them to think more - and do more - to problem solve in their world.”
International conference
The Department of Chemistry, Manav Rachna College of Engineering held a one-day international conference on Green Initiatives in Science and Technology. More than 100 delegates from different universities, IITs, MNITs of India and abroad attended the conference. leading educationists and green chemistry experts gathered to discuss the research in the field of green technology and its role in achieving a sustainable future worldwide. The conference was held in association with Green Chemistry Network Centre, New Delhi and Intellectuals Society for Socio–Techno Welfare, Ghaziabad , sponsored by Royal Society of Chemistry, london and North India Section and Indian oil R&D, Faridabad.
Community application app for learning
Next Education India Private limited recently launched the most comprehensive and user-friendly school community application, learnNext. This app enables its users to enjoy a convenient and immersive on-the-go learning experience. Now, one can avail its advanced features like asking a question with voice, or a photo, or in text. High quality content like lesson summaries and references, knowledge world — videos, articles, interviews, project ideas are available on mobiles and tablets. The best part is, the app is free of cost.
Beas Dev Ralhan, CEO, Next Education India Pvt ltd said: “The newly-launched application is an extension that is developed with the sole objective of making the arduous process of learning easier for students. Owing to the fact that smart phone technology has penetrated deeply into the lives of students, we decided to develop the app to get learnNext’s most useful features onto the Android platform. Owing to this platform’s popularity, we wish that manyusers can access it through their mobile anywhere anytime.”