Convocation ceremony
The Indian School of Business and Finance (ISBF) recently held its convocation ceremony at India International Centre for UG students batches 2014-15 and 2015-2016 and diploma graduates of 2015-2016. The chief guest was John Ferrá, deputy director of University of london International Programs. The guest of honor was Joanne Harris, associate director for Student Experience, University of london, International Academy. Founder-director of ISBF Jitin Chadha was also present.
Speaking at the event John Ferrá said: “Through our affiliated centres we provide intellectual abilities in the students. We also foster a sense of creative thinking, subject discipline and problem solving skills among the students as well as in the faculties so that there would be healthy discussion in between the students and teachers.”
The convocation was also attended by faculty members and students.
— Anchal Sharma
priority teaching programme
Oxford University Press, has introduced Epigeum in India in presence of Tim Barton, MD, Global Academic Division and Bryan Fletcher, publishing director, Epigeum which provides online courses designed to help universities and colleges transform.
The courses are developed through global collaboration of experts and partner universities and shared by subscription. They are produced by in-house editorial team and online professionals.
Congratulating India, Nigel Portwood chief executive, Oxford University Press said: “We are very pleased to launch Epigeum in India, an innovative and collaborative approach to supporting university priorities of teaching.”
skilling india
In order to deal with the ever remaining challenge of finding the right trade person for your regular household chores and at the same time generate more employability for the trained and Government certified skilled workforce, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has signed an agreement with UrbanClap Technologies India ltd.
The targeted job roles are plumbers, electricians, carpenters, and roles in the beauty sector. The NSDC has a database of 60,000 candidates trained in such job roles, at present.
Senior bureaucrats share tips on UPSC exam
Several retired bureaucrats from the IAS, IPS, IRS and IFS shared tips and gave motivational support to a gathering of 150-odd civil services aspirants at a seminar — Changing Pattern of the IAS Exam: Predictive Analysis for 2017 at a convention hall in Ghitorni on MG Road.
The event held by a non-profit Civil Services training institute Mission Possible IAS Study Circle, featured an analysis of the preliminary examination of this year’s Civil Services Exam conducted by UPSC last month by the institute’s faculty, who dwelt at length on how the exam was designed to level the playing field for students from all kinds of academic backgrounds.
Speaking on the occasion, Gautam Kaul, IPS (retd), who held several important positions in Delhi Police before retiring as DG, ITBP, exhorted IAS aspirants to go in for this career option only if they had a desire for public service in mind. “In today’s scenario, a sincere civil servant may get perturbed by falling standards of integrity in society, but he should only be concerned with staying honest herself, and not be distracted by all that,” he said.
Kaul also took questions from students who were curious about his own career in the IPS, quipping in the process that an IPS officer spends most of his time either reassuring aggrieved people or fielding calls from politicians.
Ashok Pandey, IAS, who retired as Secretary, lok Sabha, spoke at length about Bhagwat Gita’s message relating to putting in as much hard work as possible in any endeavour, and leaving the final result to the Higher Power. “If you work truly hard, with determination, and get the right guidance considering the complex nature of the CSE, you will certainly succeed,” he said.
Anil Kumar, IAS, who served as Secretary to Government of India in various departments like Fertiliser and Telecom, and as secretary to the Vice-President post-retirement, advised aspirants to constantly keep in mind the example of Arjun, the Pandava prince in Mahabharta, who was able to lift, string, and fire Pinakin – the Shiva dhanush – to pierce the eye of a golden fish whilst only looking at its reflection to be able to win Draupadi’s hand in marriage. “If you can do that, you will succeed in your endeavour,” he said.
The seminar concluded with the institute’s faculty some pertinent current affairs topics linked to their respective subjects, which include history, art and culture, geography, economics, science and technology, and taking questions from the students to clear their doubts and queries.
mentorship for digital campus programme
Twitter India launches a new mentorship series — Ask The Mentor, as part of its ongoing digital campus programme which is focused on bringing Campus life alive life on Twitter.
The mentorship series will give students a chance to interact in real time with mentors and leaders in Indian society on Twitter, and to learn from the mentor’s life experiences.
The series kickstarted on September 30, 2016 at 4 pm and the first mentor on the series is Venky Mysore, CEO, Red Chillies and Kolkata Knight Riders, who will answer questions from students across the country via Twitter’s question and answer video app. Students can Tweet their questions to Venky Mysore using the hashtag #AskTheMentor.
As a part of its overall initiative Twitter India is also partnering with top education institutes in the country. Through this programme, the aim is to help onboard them on the platform, making their accounts more easily discoverable, aiding them in chronicling all the campus fun and important announcements in real-time, use videos to produce special interest-driven campus shows and more.