SUMMER KIDS CARNIVAl
Ambience Malls, Gurgaon and Vasant Kunj, are organising the third edition of edutainment festival —We love Summer 2016 Kids Carnival till June 5, 2016. The festival will see non-stop fun and learning with an array of carefully designed activities for varied interests. The carnival intends to expand children’s creative thinking while offering them and their families a great time.
Activities include basketball and football workshops, kids robots activities, puppet workshop, paintball, bakery classes, theatre workshops, music and dance classes, ice skating, zumba-kickboxing, meditation through music.
FOR INTERNATIONAl RElATIONS
The Management Education & Research Institute collaborated with Unity International Foundation to give its international business students a chance to meet delegates, ambassadors and other delegation of neighbouring countries like China, Bhutan, Nepal and others. The basic aim of this collaboration is to foster international relations between India and neighbouring countries. Students from neighbouring countries will also visit India.
Unity International Foundation has been able to mark its presence across borders as an platform delivering international harmony and peace. The association is globally appreciated for its valuable attempts in lessening the movement of youth towards terrorism and drugs.
DIGITAl MARKETING CONTEST
Baidu’s India office has announced its participation in Baidu Inc’s first International University Marketing Competition. The competition, which aims to empower the next generation of marketers, will be open to university students in India, China and Indonesia.
The India portion of the campaign will encourage local university students to create short marketing videos for a chance to intern at Baidu’s New Delhi office, and visit the company headquarters in Beijing.
Speaking at the event, Zhang Gao, general manager of Baidu’s Educational Business Unit said: “The Internet is changing the world quickly, and there’s a huge need for digital marketing talent. The competition is a platform for students to put their best foot forward and showcase their creative ideas.”
DISTANCE lEARNING RANKING
IMT Ghaziabad’s Centre for Distance learning (IMT CDl) has been ranked No 1 in the Distance Education National Ranking Survey 2015-16. The survey, conducted by DNA and Daksha Skill Development Pvt ltd for PG programmes, evaluated distance education institutes on seven key parameters.
The seven parameters included — quality of study material, faculty and resources, examination and result process, interaction with students/alumni, online material, lear-
ning and information, teaching/mentoring and interaction/response. Student and employer satisfaction are also determinants.
Speaking on this achievement, Dr SR Musanna, Dean (Academics) said: “This ranking underlines our commitment to offer an exceptional academic experience for students. This recognition affirms that commitment and demonstrates the value of an IMT CDl qualification.”
SUPPORT FOR START-UP INDIA
Creation Infoways Pvt ltd, a fast growing single source internet and related service provider, has announced its support to the Prime Minister’s initiative — Start Up India, Stand Up India — following which it will help potential start-ups with technical as well as financial support.
The company will offer end to end web solutions to start-ups to help them drive operational efficiency as well as inflate their customer base.
Further more, Creation Infoways has also decided to provide high potential start-ups with financial support to spur the growth of entrepreneurship in the country.
“We are committed to help young businesses in the country with our state-of-the-art solutions as well as a highly experienced and proficient team. With youths forming the majority population, the potential in online and mobile space for start-ups is immense and Creation Infoways will strive to help them tap these booming opportunities, Satya Satapathy, director, Creation Infoways said.
TRAINING PROGRAMME AT RYAN
In an attempt to translate into reality the Ryan vision as envisaged by chairman Ryan Group of Institutions, Dr Augustine F Pinto, and managing director Grace Pinto, the students of Ryan International School, Vasant Kunj attended a summer course in journalism — Beyond Breaking News at Ryan International School, Malad in Mumbai.
Students learnt camera handling. editing, scripting, anchoring and recording.
They got the opportunity to make their own news bulletin along with advertisements. They also had the privilege to interact with many child artists. On termination of the course all participants received the title of Young Journalist. The Ryan Group of Institutions, once again guided students towards a new path of excellence.