ONlINE HISTORY COURSE
Macquarie University, Australia launched the Big History: Connecting Knowledge Massive Open Online Course available through the Coursera platform in 2015. The programme aims at addressing complex real-world challenges.
launched in December 2015, the course features 20 academics from Macquarie University. The six-week programme is a unique trans-disciplinary journey beginning 13.8 billion years ago with the Big Bang and traverses time to the present exploring how our universe and our world has evolved from incredible simplicity to ever-increasing complexity and discover the important links between past, current, and future events.
MBA SUMMIT
The MBA Summit is an annual MBA event conducted by CrackVerbal. Through this event, MBA aspirants are connected with industry experts and successful students with MBA admits, to help them build the relationships and expertise that they need to make it to top MBA schools around the globe.
The 2016 edition of the MBA summit was conducted on the April 10 in Bangalore.
The event kicked off with a panel discussion on post-MBA career opportunities. The panel comprised alumni of ISB and NUS representing all major post-MBA careers-consulting, product management, marketing and finance.
This was followed by a session on how to marry an MBA with technology thought-leadership.
NEW PROGRAMMES
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is set to launch the CII School of logistics, offering two specialised MBA programmes, in collaboration with Amity University: MBA in Supply Chain Management and MBA in logistics. Both programmes will have UGC recognised degrees.
Through this programme, students will have access to work on live cases to improve their employment opportunities. With industry-ready curriculum and teaching, students will have opportunities to join the best organisations and contribute in a right away. Students will also receive the invaluable opportunity to develop relationships with professionals around the globe.
The two-year course will commence tentatively from July 2016. There are 50 seats in each programme.
ADDRESSING ClIMATE CHANGE
The 2016 Green Talents competition will address the effects of climate change, pollution and overfishing on the earth’s biggest natural resources, the oceans, in line with the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research’s Science Year 2016/2017, which is devoted to seas and oceans.
The goal of sustainable development is to find a balance between the need for socio-economic development and the need to preserve the environment, and to meet the requirements of present and future generations.
Green Talents International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development was started in 2009 by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research to promote the international exchange of innovative green ideas from various fields of research. Every year, the ministry honours 25 young researchers with the Green Talents award. Till date, 157 young researchers and scientists from 46 different countries have been awarded for their outstanding achievements and contributions to making their communities, countries and societies more sustainable. The winners are selected by a jury of renowned German experts.
ARTIFICIAl INTEllIGENCE CENTRE
Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Infosys, has announced that it will provide a corpus grant worth Rs24 crore over the next three years to the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Delhi to establish the Infosys Center for Artificial Intelligence on its Okhla campus.
The center will facilitate work on both fundamental and applied aspects of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and focus on areas such as, robotics, machine learning, computer vision, AI for software systems, large-scale data analytics etc. Several faculty members of IIIT-Delhi will be associated with the center and research will be conducted by PhD scholars, post-docs, students, and visiting researchers.
Research will draw on real-time data to develop a deeper understanding of AI for societal benefits, and the application of AI in education and related areas. The Infosys Center for Artificial Intelligence will also start a specialised MTech course and IIIT-Delhi will publish research papers, develop tools, and conduct faculty and research development programs in AI and robotics.
BITS TO OFFER WIlP
SKF India associates with Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, to offer WIlP (work integrated learning programmes) to their employees. The first batch of WIlP candidates from SKF was awarded the Master of Science Degree in Design Engineering by BITS Pilani.
WIlP offers a unique opportunity to develop employees and build capability as an organisation. SKF’s strength lies in being a solution provider anchored by the knowledge of its talent.
WIlP offers a unique opportunity to SKF employed professionals to enhance their academic and technical qualification in various engineering domains while empowering them to gain significant professional experience at SKF India.
The curriculum is spread across three semesters of coursework through a set of 12 courses followed by a dissertation in the final semester. The instructions were given through online lectures and contact sessions at the industry premises.
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