AUTOMATION COMPETITION
Mitsubishi Electric India has launched its second edition of national-level automation competition for students in India. The competition invites participation from technical institutions across the country. The second edition of the competition invites participation from technical institutions across the country.
The last date for registration and submission of proposal is September 1, 2016. The top 35 teams selected will be announced on September 15, 2016. These teams will have to submit their reports by December 15, 2016. All the participants will be get participation certificates. The winning team will get Rs1 lakh. Students can register at http://www.mitsubishielectric.in/fa/mecup.
WHIZ ClASSICAl
Clone Futura – an onsite technology training institute dedicated to children, women and seniors citizens has introduced Whiz Classical — a global online hunt for the best Indian classical performers to promote excellence in classical dance, vocal and instrumental.
It will provide students from across the country a platform to showcase their talent in classical dance, vocal and instrumental. The competition will be conducted in a systematic and phased manner. The process of checking and elimination by the expert panel over several rounds ensures that only the best performers come out as winners.
The award show will be conducted at NCPA, Mumbai on October 10, 2016 where winners from each category will get an opportunity to perform amidst a large audience.
RYANITES AT NASA
The students of Ryan International School Vasant Kunj had the unique opportunity to visit NASA. The chairmen of Ryan International Group of Institutions Dr AF Pinto and MD Grace Pinto have always provided a platform for students to participate in various international experiences and widen their horizons.
The Astronaut Hall Of Fame and the Kennedy SpaceCentre Complex in Florida were the main highlights of their visit.
They were exposed to the fields of space, science and technology with the ability to experience, imagine and interact through hands on activities.
Students also had the opportunity to meet and interact with Samuel T Durrance, NASA payload specialist who has been a member of the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia and Space Shuttle Endeavour.
M TECH PROGRAMME IN CYBER SECURITY
Paladion Networks, a global cyber security provider, has partnered with MS Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences (MSRUAS) to launch an M Tech programme in Cyber Security and Information Assurance. The course is a first-of-its-kind in India and aims to fill the talent crunch in the information security space.
The curriculum is co-designed and co-administered by MSRUAS and Paladion Networks. It will bring select experts from Paladion as visiting faculties to impart the most up-to-date knowledge in information security. The course will also give students access to Paladion labs and cyber security intelligence amassed from its various cyber security centers. On successful completion of the course, students would be absorbed into Paladion Networks and placed in any of its global offices. An aptitude test and interview will be part of the selection process.
Speaking on the association, Dr Jagan Vaman, executive VP-corporate development & strategy, from Paladion Networks said: “The course is designed in such a way that the students would have hands-on exposure to unique and up-to-date cyber security software.”
ONlINE STEM RESOURCE TRAINING FOR TEACHERS
IBM along with National Council for Science and Technology Communication are hosting a three-day Science, Technology Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) summit and hands-on teacher training programme, bringing together stakeholders from Government and non-Government segments, apex science organisations and educators in the fields of STEM.
A free online resource for teachers (www.teacherstryscience.org) includes high-quality lesson plans with teaching resources and support that will help them spark students’ interest in STEM disciplines.
Michaela labriole, manager of special projects at the New York Hall of Science, a global partner for Teachers TryScience, will conduct in-depth training for teachers on the digital resource, including how to adapt these lessons and build interactive activities for their classrooms.
Speaking about the summit, Mamtha Sharma, head-corporate citizenship & corporate affairs, IBM India Private limited said: “IBM through the Teachers TryScience is directly involved in the education arena to inspire and enable tomorrow’s innovators.”
GUIDE TO FUll-TIME MBA RANKINGS
The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) unveiled its user’s guide to full-time MBA rankings, a comprehensive online tool designed to help prospective graduate business students better understand the ranking methodologies established by five well-known publications.
Housed on mba.com — the council’s student facing website viewed by more than eight million unique visitors yearly — this guide clearly summarizes and compares the content included in each of the five ranking methodologies.
The interactive guide highlights each of the five major rankings — Bloomberg Businessweek, The Economist, The Financial Times, Forbes and US News & World Report — by breaking down their methodologies across standardised weighting categories, identifying distinctive aspects of each ranking, and presenting a compilation of other useful ranking and analysis.
Rankings are appealing to applicants because they provide some level of clarity and order to a marketplace of business schools that is highly complex. They curate diverse data points from a variety of sources into simple measures.