career-tech mentorship platform
It is essential for students to make informed decisions today. For a company that is looking at hiring immediately, browsing through thousands of resumes can be taxing and time consuming and to find an employee that matches the requirements perfectly in a time crunch is a challenge. Enter Grad limited is a one stop platform for students, employers and course providers.
Founded by Abhishek Mehta and Avinash Rogye, it was launched with a mission to augment the way fresher’s and industries interact with one another. It is a mentorship platform that provides students with a data driven system to assess what career is best suited for their personality. The website educates students about each step that goes into building their career. It works with a robust algorithm backed by a validated assessment framework that helps students identify the career avenues that are most apt for them. The platform has tied up with the Psychometric Centre, Cambridge University for the digital footprint assessments of the students.
It assists students and employers alike. The portal facilitates a selection process that helps companies understand a prospective employee’s competencies, behaviors, and attitudes as well as future aptitude.
MoU for one-year Insurance Training course
Tata AIG General Insurance Company limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Manipal Global Education Services (MaGE) to offer a customised General Insurance Training Program for participants at the Manipal Academy of Banking and Insurance in Bangalore.
The training programme is a customised residential one-year full time training program comprising of four months on-campus residential training and two months of internship followed by six months of on-the-job training at Tata AIG General Insurance Company limited branch.
It is designed to skill learners on various areas to equip participants with the necessary domain knowledge in general insurance and also to enhance their competency and business development skills.
On the successful completion, students will be awarded a PGD in General Insurance. The aim of the programme is to mould officers of high calibre in the field of general insurance and create productive workforce.
The first part of the programme will commence on March 2017 in Bengaluru. Speaking on the occasion, Neelesh Garg, CEO and managing director, Tata AIG General Insurance Company limited said: “This is a proud moment for us to be pioneers in the general insurance space, in initiating a partnership of such nature with MaGE.”
Two new and unique courses at IIIT-D
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (IIIT-D) is coming up with its new B Tech Courses in the next academic year 2017-18 — BTech in Computer Science and Design and BTech in IT and Social Science. These courses are going to be very innovative and have never been provided by any other institution in India.
Speaking about the courses, Prof Dheeraj Sanghi, Dean of Academics and External Relations said: “We are excited to launch these unique programmes. We are the first institution in the country to provide such innovative courses. Both are four-year courses.”
The admission criteria is UCEED rank. UCEED is an entrance exam through which IIT Bombay, Jabalpur, Guwahati take students for their design courses. Students who take the exam can now apply for Computer Science and Design in IIIT-D from the next academic session.
For BTech programme in IT and Social Science students can apply on the basis of their JEE Main rank and Class XII marks. Any student who has acquired pass marks in Mathematics in Class XII Board examination can apply for the course.
career-tech mentorship platform
It is essential for students to make informed decisions today. For a company that is looking at hiring immediately, browsing through thousands of resumes can be taxing and time consuming and to find an employee that matches the requirements perfectly in a time crunch is a challenge. Enter Grad limited is a one stop platform for students, employers and course providers.
Founded by Abhishek Mehta and Avinash Rogye, it was launched with a mission to augment the way fresher’s and industries interact with one another. It is a mentorship platform that provides students with a data driven system to assess what career is best suited for their personality. The website educates students about each step that goes into building their career. It works with a robust algorithm backed by a validated assessment framework that helps students identify the career avenues that are most apt for them. The platform has tied up with the Psychometric Centre, Cambridge University for the digital footprint assessments of the students.
It assists students and employers alike. The portal facilitates a selection process that helps companies understand a prospective employee’s competencies, behaviors, and attitudes as well as future aptitude.
MoU for one-year Insurance Training course
Tata AIG General Insurance Company limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Manipal Global Education Services (MaGE) to offer a customised General Insurance Training Program for participants at the Manipal Academy of Banking and Insurance in Bangalore.
The training programme is a customised residential one-year full time training program comprising of four months on-campus residential training and two months of internship followed by six months of on-the-job training at Tata AIG General Insurance Company limited branch.
It is designed to skill learners on various areas to equip participants with the necessary domain knowledge in general insurance and also to enhance their competency and business development skills.
On the successful completion, students will be awarded a PGD in General Insurance. The aim of the programme is to mould officers of high calibre in the field of general insurance and create productive workforce.
The first part of the programme will commence on March 2017 in Bengaluru. Speaking on the occasion, Neelesh Garg, CEO and managing director, Tata AIG General Insurance Company limited said: “This is a proud moment for us to be pioneers in the general insurance space, in initiating a partnership of such nature with MaGE.”
Two new and unique courses at IIIT-D
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (IIIT-D) is coming up with its new B Tech Courses in the next academic year 2017-18 — BTech in Computer Science and Design and BTech in IT and Social Science. These courses are going to be very innovative and have never been provided by any other institution in India.
Speaking about the courses, Prof Dheeraj Sanghi, Dean of Academics and External Relations said: “We are excited to launch these unique programmes. We are the first institution in the country to provide such innovative courses. Both are four-year courses.”
The admission criteria is UCEED rank. UCEED is an entrance exam through which IIT Bombay, Jabalpur, Guwahati take students for their design courses. Students who take the exam can now apply for Computer Science and Design in IIIT-D from the next academic session.
For BTech programme in IT and Social Science students can apply on the basis of their JEE Main rank and Class XII marks. Any student who has acquired pass marks in Mathematics in Class XII Board examination can apply for the course.