IIMK’s executive course
The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) is all set to expand higher education system to areas which remain neglected. With an objective to make premium executive management education accessible to working executives of J&K, IIMK has opened two classroom centres for their executive post graduate programmes (EPGP); one in Jammu and the second in Kashmir.
The course is flagship programme for working professionals, which are offered through in-campus classes and interactive learning platform conducted during evenings and weekends.
new cricket academy
Global Indian International School (GIIS) announced the launch of its Chandu Borde Global Cricket Academy (CBGCA) at its Noida campus.
GIIS lays strong emphasis in holistic method of learning along with academic excellence for the complete personality development. The academy lays focus on all dimensions of co-curricular activities through structured programmes. The cricket academy is one such initiative for students to achieve sports excellence. The students from the Singapore campuses have been representing cricket at national level and playing for under-15 team for Singapore.
The academy was launched by Chandu Borde, VP, Global Schools Foundation.
Admission alert
APG Shimla University invites applications for legal studies. Students can apply for the law in BA & BBA for five years and llB & llM accordingly three and two-year programme.
Interested candidates should have completed their Class XII in any stream with a minimum 50 per cent overall aggregate.
For llM, graduates with 50 per cent aggregate can apply. Application forms can be downloaded from our website or can be obtained from the institute’s corporate office at New Delhi and Shimla. The last date to submit applications is August 30.
For more information, visit www.apg.edu.in.
Skills huddle organized
The Apparel Training & Design Centre announces national-level release of curriculum approved by AICTE for NVEQF system for fashion/apparel sectors. The ATDC Skills Conclave, 2013, was organised by the Apparel Training & Design Centre.
Speaking at the conclave Minister of Textile Dr KS Rao, said: “The ATDC conclave witnessed a major landmark in the area of skill development for apparels sector with release of key course curricula documents under the two major regulatory bodies of India guiding the entire education and training sector.”
Skill centre launched
DlF Foundation, the philanthropic arm of DlF limited launched the DlF labournet Skill Centre in Indore to bridge the skill gap by imparting skill based training to the youth in the informal sector and provide them sustainable benefits and generate employment.
The centre was inaugurated by Mahesh Srivastava, Indore head, DlF limited in the presence of Anand N, regional manager, West, labourNet and Nitin Seth, DGM, placements.
portal for students
Concept Global Educates, an education based IT services arm of Concept ventures, launched an interactive portal — www.globaleducates.com. The portal was launched by Shanta Kumar, Member of Parliament, chairman parliamentary committee on commerce and former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. The aim of the portal is to ease the way for students aspiring to pursue education overseas and across India.
The portal provides all-inclusive information that any student can look for while selecting a college whether in India or abroad. The USP is its ability to provide customised search engine and illustrative tools for comparative study of colleges with set of features selected. The portal also has features on alumni collaboration and community development. This seems to be just the beginning.
Vaibhav Sinha, CEO, Concept Global Educates Pvt. ltd said that it’s his attempt to rescue students from unnecessary and hurdles that he had to undergo before stepping into University of leeds. The portal provides students with VISA assistance, financial assistance, scholarship assistance, pre-admission and pre-departure assistance.
toefl dates announced
New testing dates for the TOEFl iBT test have been declared. These dates are available for August 10, 16 and 31 and September 7, 13 and 27 in various cities across the country. Students can view availability and register for the test by visiting the registration page on the ETS website: www.ets.org/toefl/register.
The August 10 test date is very close to the seven-day deadline that will normally require a late fee. We are offering to waive that late fee, for the August 10 test date only, if interested students register by phone through the India Call Center at 91-124-4147700. The center is open Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5:30 pm.
The fee waiver is only available via the call center, not online. The ETS will monitor capacity and will add new testing seats to accommodate the record-breaking numbers of students in India who are interested in taking the test.
Interested students are requested to register for the test as soon as possible. For details visit: www.TOEFlGo Anywhere.org.
report on Indian HR influencers
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has published a second and detailed edition of its report on Top 20 Indian HR Influencers on Social Media. last year, it had identified influencers who had great following, tweeted regularly and conversed with people on HR. This year, SHRM has taken it a step further by also paying attention to the content of the conversations on HR in social media.
The present Gen Y, is more social than ever and believes in both sharing experiences and learning from others’ experiences through social media as they start their career. The SHRM report on Indian HR influencers on social media will thus be useful for both head hunters as well as job seekers to source solutions in various specialized areas of HR by connecting with senior practitioners and thought leaders in the HR space.
Some of the experts identified and mentioned in SHRM India’s report are Gautam Ghosh GM, HR Strategy & Projects, Philips India; Abhijit Bhaduri, chief learning officer (ClO) of the Wipro Group; Anand Pillai, senior executive VP and ClO at Reliance Industries limited; Aadil Bandukwala, recruitment product consultant at linkedIn; Vineet Nayar, vice-chairman and joint MD of HCl Technologies ltd.; NS Rajan, group executive council and group chief Human Resources officer, TATA Sons. These thought leaders share their views on latest trends and developments across human resource domain regularly on the social media.
Achal Khanna, CEO, SHRM India Operations, said: “To understand, influence and harness the potential of the younger generation, HR needs to leverage the power of social media to recruit, collaborate and engage with this future talent pool. Hence, SHRM looked at the influencers from learning and development, social media, talent management and leadership domains and captured their influence on Twitter. The outcome is a fresh list of Indian mavens who are leading and influencing the conversations about HR on social media in 2013.”
ryan international in germany
Ryan International School, Vasant Kunj under the able guidance of its chairman Dr Augustine Francis Pinto and Managing Director Grace Pinto provided a platform to Kanika Sahni (German Educator) who got selected to visit Germany for a 15 days intensive study on German culture.
During her visit she exchanged ides with teachers from different countries on different teaching methodologies. Her experience and knowledge outcome will greatly benefit the students for further enhancing their German language skills. The students have shown keen interest in the language German and have also participated at various events. This learning experience has provided her a unique learning platform of German Culture and an effort to enhance her teaching aptitude.