FOR SKIll DEVElOPMENT
The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) signed a MoU with Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt ltd (HCCB). The project will aim to train the women in the community and show them a path to economic empowerment through training in retail. It also helps to create entrepreneurial opportunities through FlO Seller.
Dilip Chenoy, MD and CEO, NSDC and Shukla Wassan, executive director, legal & Company Secretary, HCCB signed the MoU for five years. The project will be under two models: Community skill building and pragati.
FREE All-INDIA MOCK CAT TEST
The Triumphant Institute of Management Education Pvt. ltd (TIME) is conducting a Free All India Mock CAT on June 21, 2015. This test is a pencil-paper based test, replicating the exact test content of the actual CAT. The test will be conducted at numerous locations across the country and will be written by a very wide cross-section of students.
Based on the performance in the free mock CAT, a student can get attractive discounts from TIME. on their test series (AIMCATs), and classroom programs for CAT 2015. These discounts will depend on the student's overall performance in the paper, subject to the attainment of a certain minimum percentile score in each section.
Every one of these tests is designed, with question combinations that cover all the test areas and various question types that have appeared in the CAT over the years. Each test series is a complete test that gives the student a true-to-CAT experience in most of the aspects, including difficulty level and time-management.
GOING GlOBAl WITH lANGUAGES
As part of Manav Rachna Educational Institution’s commitment to quality education, the institution has ushered in a pan-cultural linguistic set-up— The Manav Rachna Centre of Foreign languages (MRCFl) — keeping in mind the cultural connectivity across the foreign shores. The aim of the language Institute would be to create awareness about linguistic and cultural sensitivities so as to prepare students to become industry ready and a global citizen. “With French, German, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese and Mandarin (Chinese) as the focus languages, we are geared-up to take on the increasingly blurring geographical boundaries of nations and nationalities,” Dr Prashant Bhalla, president, MREI said.
OlYMPIAD WINNERS FElICITATED
Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) organised a felicitation function at Chinmaya Mission Auditorium to recognise and award the international winning students, teachers and principals of Olympiad exams held during the Academic year 2014-15. During the function, the top three international rank holders (141 students from Classes I to XII) for the four Olympiad exams conducted by SOF were awarded. About 40 lakh students, over 31,500 schools from 1,400 cities across India and 19 countries participated in exam.
The awards included: International rank one 47 awards — each winner awarded Rs50,000, a gold medal, merit certificate, international rank two 47 awards — each winner awarded Rs25,000, a silver medal, merit certificate, international rank three 47 awards — each winner awarded Rs10,000/, a bronze medal, merit certificate and gifts worth Rs1,000 each.
INNOVATIVE COURSES lAUNCHED
EdX had announced its association with IIM Bangalore. As a result of this partnership, IIM-B has now launched a range of courses aimed at leveraging new technologies and delivering education via MOOCs. Speaking about the tie-up Anant Agarwal, CEO, edX said: “We are excited to announce the launch of these innovative courses. India is an important market for us. We are pleased that IIM-B has launched their courses on our platform. We aim to expand the learning horizon for our learners in India and across the globe as well.”
Students who register for these courses, will have the option to either pursue an honor code for free (access to all course material, tests, and online discussion), or pursue a verified certificate of achievement for about Rs1,500.
NIElIT AND TSSC SIGN MOU
With a view to promote the ESDM ecosystem and support the digital India and make in India campaigns, the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIElIT) and the Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) have signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The training will be carried out across centers engaged in skilling in the area of electronic systems design and manufacturing (ESDM). The MoU was signed by Dr Ashwini Kumar Sharma, Managing Director, NIElIT and lt Gen (retd) Dr SP Kochhar, CEO, Telecom Sector Skill Council.
The MoU will help compliment each other’s technical capabilities and industry reach, to achieve a common goal of skilling India in the telecom domain. The training partners will synergise their efforts and conduct both, NIElIT as well as TSSC approved courses, resulting in improved proliferation of ESDM courses in India. The MoU is path breaking and unique in consolidating the efforts and resources of two major entities — NIElIT and TSSC in bringing the benefits of IECT training to the youth, with a view to increase their employability prospects.