Teacher Training Programmes
Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences (JIBS), a research institute of OP Jindal Global University recently organised Teachers’ Training Programmes to equip teachers with effective and innovative teaching methodologies.
The programmes also empowered them with techniques and tools to enhance and encourage active involvement of the teachers and students in the learning process.
With an aim to offer value addition to the country’s school education system, JIBS is actively working with teachers across the country and offering short term courses to help them better customise their teaching mechanisms to meet the needs of different children.
Series a-funding
Sheroes, the career platform for women, has raised Series A-funding, led by lumis Partners, along with participation from The HR fund and angel investor Rajul Garg. Existing investor, Raghav Bahl led-Quintillion Media also participated in this round.
Talking about the latest round of funding, Sheroes founder Sairee Chahal says: “Sheroes is uniquely placed to solve a hard problem and has invested in building the entire ecosystem supporting women and their aspirations. With a large mission, a fast growing organisation and an innovator’s mindset, getting the right kind of investment support is crucial. With this capital raise, we will further strengthen our investment in technology, resources and grow the Sheroes footprint.”
Case Study By Iim-C
Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) released a business case study in collaboration with Mytrah Energy, an independent power producer in renewable energy with the largest wind bank data in India.
The study, developed through detailed interviews with the leadership team at Mytrah Energy, is set against the background of the renewable energy market in India. It captures critical business decisions taken by Ravi Kailas, founder of Mytrah Energy, and outlines the company’s journey since its inception. Several aspects, such as the processes deployed by the company’s founders to select the wind sector as their focus area, the initial fund raising process, the challenges faced in this effort and methods used to resolve them and steps taken to diversify have been discussed at length in the case-study.
largest Employability Test
With an aim to enhance employability and address the issue of mismatch between what is being taught and the skill-sets that the industry needs, one of the largest employability tests is being held by Wheebox Global Talent Assessment Company. It is reaching out to 5,000 educational campuses and assessing across 29 States and UTs.
This is being done in association with Confederation of Indian Industry, linkedIn, PeopleStrong, Association of Indian Universities and United Nations Development Program.
The test is conducted for graduates, PG with diplomas, ITIs, engineers, polytechnic, and management schools all over India. It is the only pre-screening test in the country that is endorsed by both industry bodies and academia.
The employability test measures candidate’s abilities in numerical and problem solving skills along with English, basics of IT and behavioural traits in 70 minutes. The test is available in Hindi and English and attempts to make a meaningful matchmaking between talent demand and supply for the job.
The test can be accessed through the web link — wheebox.com/west.
Offline App For Jobs
AasaanJobs.com has upgraded its mobile web version so that it now works without Internet connectivity. It will now be able to intercept requests with the integration of service worker. The service worker script is run by the browser in the background and has the capability to intercept requests.
Through this script, AasaanJobs can intercept and cache requests prior to firing them towards its servers. Doing so enables the platform to serve requests directly through the cache, when the query is repeated. Touted to be the future of web development, service workers can let users access certain features of an online platform with limited connectivity.
Siddharth Gupta, head, marketing & PR, AasaanJobs said: “The advent of web browsers has revolutionised everything. Trends have shifted towards browser-based products or web applications. Therefore, we have launched the upgraded AasaanJob’s mobile web version to suit the needs of those users who have limited internet connectivity. This development will help increase user penetration within the realm of mobile Internet manifold.”
Mou For Business Practices
The Management Development Institute (MDI) has signed an MoU with the Confederation of Indian Industry-Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CII-CESD) to promote transparency in decision-making in the private sector as well as increase public participation.
MDI’s collaboration with CII-CESD incorporates cooperation and mutual assistance in raising awareness for responsible business practices by corporates in India. The assigned project, Promotion and Adoption of Responsible Business Practices by Corporates in India, under Siemens Integrity Initiative (it is a global project undertaken by the Siemens AG aimed at increasing awareness of responsible business ethics and values) will entail preparation and documentation of case studies on business ethics, organising conferences/workshops/seminars on business ethics.
CP Shrimali, acting director, MDI-Gurgaon said: “Through this MoU, we intend to reach out to a greater number of people. It also aims to facilitate superior research studies in the realm of transparency and accountability in industrial governance.”