Go green workshop
AD The Design School recently organised a workshop on green interiors for the students of Happy School Daryaganj Delhi. Sanjay Saxena, interior design expert interacted with students to train them. The workshop aims to train students with human, artistic, technical, historical and sociological knowledge.
Saxena said that going green is all about the impact of what we do and the products we use, green interior design will assist you, eco-friendly re-modeler, to learn about indoor air quality, lighting efficiency to become your priority when planning a green interior design.
Minithon at ryan
In order to spread the vision of sports, leisure and recreation, a minithon with the theme Run for Health was organised by Ryan International School, Faridabad. The minithon was the vision of the chairman Ryan International Group of institutions Dr Agustine Francis Pinto and MD, Grace Pinto. More than 3,000 students from various branches of Ryan International School and 20 educational institutions of Faridabad participated in the event.
Shubham Sehrawat of Class IX stood first in the under 17 (boys) category and Ashana Tokas of Class XI secured the first position in under 17 (girls) category. The event was a stupendous success.
Inter-school competition
KIIT Group of Institutions organised an inter school competition Pratibimb 2014. MVV Prasada Rao director vocational education CBSE Delhi was the chief guest. The theme of the competition was Swachh Bharat.
Total of 137 students from six schools participated in this event. All the teams showed their creative work and mesmerised everyone with their innovative ideas. Maru Mal Public School Gurgaon won first prize in group song. Siksha Bharti Public School won the first prize in bulletin board presentation. Happy Model Senior Secondary School won first prize in best out of waste and Vivek Bharti Public School won the first prize in nukkad natak. Vivek Bharti Public School with three awards took the overall champions trophy.
Partnership for skill-based education
AISECT has partnered with the esteemed Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) as a vertical anchor ITES. Under this partnership, AISECT will provide assistance to TISS-School of vocational education to facilitate studies on vocational skill requirements in various geographies across India. Both the parties will create dignity of labour, promote academic and industry linkages and implement steps to create skills.
One of the main responsibilities under this partnership would be to identify potential hub partners, facilitate their registration and hand hold them in execution of the entire training implementation process with conduction of train the trainer courses. Commenting on this tie-up, AISECT’s director, Siddharth Chaturvedi said: “Supporting the TISS-School of vocational education through our skilling expertise comes as a prestigious and wonderful opportunity. This collaboration is an indication that we are going towards the right direction in achieving our target of skilling the rural youth.”
National alumni meet
International Management Institute (IMI) Delhi, held national alumni Meet 2014 at its campus. Speaking at the occasion, the IMI’s new director general, Dr Bakul Dholakia said: “Maintaining relations with the alumni is very important. The institute has a heritage and legacy of over 30 years. Therefore, it is essential to build on the existing legacy and help improve placements through alumni connection. For the alumnus, it would be an excellent opportunity to renew and make contacts with their friends and teachers.”
It also launched a magazine — Connexion 14. Through the magazine and the inception of the international chapters this year, they have successfully been able to reach out to their alumni, which has been very well received.
Workshop at gniot
A workshop on entrepreneurial skills was organised by GNIOT group of institutions. The workshop aimed at encouraging students towards entrepreneurship. The workshop was headed by Shankar Murlidharan- director, marketing head of Woxxen School of Business- Hyderabad
Kl Gupta, chairman of the college, faculty members from all the departments and more than 150 students participated in the event. Speaking at the workshop, Murlidharan said that by 2020, India will emerge as one of the youngest countries with work population with 64 per cent of its population. With this huge potential India can mark a benchmark in its growth. Students focusing on entrepreneurship are likely to start their own business and can earn 20-30 per cent more than students taking up jobs. But they also need to understand the pros and cons of entrepreneurship. This can happen with sound industrial exposure and guidance.
Gupta said that B-schools have a responsibility of nurturing entrepreneurship at an early stage. This can be achieved through regular workshops, training and development programmes.