mou signed
The Directorate General of Training, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Centurion University of Technology & Management (CUTM), facilitating the engagement of more than one lakh apprentices over the next three years.
The partnership will also ensure employers pay stipends at least equal to prescribed under the Apprentices Act, 1961 as amended from time to time for a particular state or more. There will be efforts put in to expand the scheme and include over 500 employers by March 2018.
sel programme
MindOn, India’s first comprehensive in-curriculum Social and Emotional learning (SEl) programme, is making its presence felt across the school-going children’s population in Delhi and NCR.
A unique programme that is concerned with both the social as well as emotional well-being for holistic development, deftly combines standard teaching techniques and positive psychology to ensure that students not only excel in academics but also develop sound communication skills, empathy and leadership acumen.
Behaviour change and personal development are areas that have been let down by the typical ‘one-off workshop’ model. These are competencies that require sustained and systematic support.
newage learners
Talentedge projects rapid enrollments and robust growth for domain oriented executive certificate and degree programmes, as the newage learners aspire for career progression in 2016.
The learning solutions provider is gearing up to launch executive certificate programmes and industry certification programmes across diverse domains such as fashion, business management, entrepreneurship, sports management and event management to name a few.
The programmes have been developed keeping in mind the dynamic corporate environment and are aimed at addressing specific and niche industry needs. They are tailor-made to help the candidates develop the requisite skill set that will equip them for a successful career in the chosen field while collaborating with industry bigwigs.
test-prep packages on offer
Thinkcell learning Solutions Pvt ltd (formerly Gateforum Educational Services Pvt ltd) has recently acquired e-learning company Enabilon learning Pvt ltd which offers its test-prep packages through Testfunda.com.
Mohit Goel, CEO and MD, Thinkcell said, “The acquisition is a strategic move on our part. TestFunda’s robust technology platform will now be used to create synergies for our existing divisions in the online space and provide scale. At the same time, it enables us to diversify our domain to include MBA entrance, bank entrance and UPSC.”
TestFunda.com is an online aptitude test prep focusing on MBA and bank test prep market. It has a strong technology focus — online, android app and analytics backed by 6 lakh-plus registered users and 250-plus institutional partners.
The comprehensive courseware helps students get into IIMs and other top B-schools, apart from the PO, clerical and bank jobs.
The reach spans the country with students and institutional partners from J&K to Chennai and from Gurdaspur to Jorhat. It was founded by IIT-IIM alumni in 2008 and prepares students for CAT, XAT, IIFT, CMAT, NMAT, SNAP where lakhs of students appear each year for a management career post an MBA from leading B-schools in the country.
convocation at JD institute of fashion
The convocation of JD Institute of Fashion Technology was recently held at their New Delhi campus. An atmosphere of pride enveloped the institute when students gathered at their alma mater for the annual convocation ceremony with a deep sense of fulfillment and achievement on having successfully completed their crucial educational journey.
Students cheered to be back in the familiar settings, meeting their friends and faculties and recalling the days they spent in the varsity.
The chief guest at the event were Chandrakant Dalal, president of JD Institute of Fashion Technology, Rina Dhaka, founder Board member of Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) and Radhika Viswanathan,chairperson, International Institute for Information Design (IIID) who congratulated all the graduates and gave the best wishes for their career ahead.
Young chef Olympiad
Food is the biggest unifier of students of the world and this will be manifested at the global student cook-off. The second edition of the Young Chef Olympiad (YCO) organised by International Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM) and supported by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, will be held from January 27, 2016 to February 1, 2016 across New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata.
The YCO is a platform to connect young chefs globally and build bridges for talent in this field across borders. It also aims at blending culinary cultures and making it an integral part of the participant’s lives.
Supporting this thought, Dr Suborno Bose, chairman of the YCO & CEO-IIHM said: “The intention is to scale-up every year and globally reach out to as many countries as possible for the event. Food has always been the biggest unifier and continues to be so in today’s day and age. YCO has connected talent across borders from the best culinary colleges under one roof making it a truly global event.”