Scholarship eligibility & admission test
The myClassroom has launched mySEAT 2021 — a scholarship eligibility-admission test for students in Classes VIII, IX and X. It provides young aspirants an opportunity to prepare and secure a guaranteed seat in IIT, AIIMS, and top 100 engineering and medical colleges of India. It gives to access to India’s top faculty, quality education, and academic rigor for every aspirant, through state-of-the-art technology and digital classrooms right in your city.
Prashant Sharma, co-founder-director, myClassroom said: “By participating in this test, students will get a chance to assess their readiness for upcoming competitive exams, get personalised career counseling from our expert teachers, and also stand a chance to win scholarships and exciting rewards.”
The scholarship exams will be held in two stages for each class. For stage I, candidates may take the exam online from December 15 and 25, 2021 or offline on December 19 and 25, 2021 in our smart classrooms across 16 cities. Stage II will consist of a personal interview. Final results will be announced on January 5, 2022. To register: https://myseat.myclassroom.digital/.
New opportunities in literary translation
The Ahmedabad University has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Delhi-based JCB Literature Foundation (JCBLF) to groom and mentor interested students in the fast-growing literary translation segment.
The MoU was signed by BM Shah, Registrar, Ahmedabad University and Meghna Verma, Head of Operations, JCBLF.
As part of this, a diploma in Literary Translation will be offered by the Centre for Learning Futures at Ahmedabad University from 2022-23. Tejaswini Niranjana, Professor of Humanities and Languages, School of Arts and Sciences, Ahmedabad University, will be responsible for designing and implementing the course.
This course will focus on enhancing the skills of existing translators to better prepare them for publishing, advertising and editorial industries through workshops, mentored bilingual engagements, and courses covering the history and theory of translation; and through facilitating opportunities for interaction with publishers. This new initiative has generous support from JCBLF through 10 full scholarships for those taking the course.
IAF and IIT Delhi sign an mou
The Indian Air Force (IAF) and IIT Delhi have signed an MoU for various developmental projects to support the requirements of the IAF.
The MoU was signed by Air Vice Marshal Samir V Borade VSM, Deputy Senior Maintenance Staff Officer (Dy SMSO), Headquarters Maintenance Command, IAF and Professor MR Ravi, head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi.
Edtech Firm Launches Internship drive programme
The Mindler has launched internship programme for Class XII students across India and the Middle-east. With over 25,000 students expected to participate in the programme. It is the World’s Largest Student Internship Drive. The free of cost, student-first initiative will see students from over 1,000 schools in India and over 70 schools from the Middle-east. They will go through a five-week long virtual internship that will give them the experience of interning with a fast paced growing organisation.
Students will get offer letters, certificates of completion, letters of recommendation, and be eligible to win scholarships worth over `25 crore from leading universities during their internship programme.
Sunstone Eduversity shows growth
Amidst the ongoing pandemic, while the education industry is raging with an edtech boom, Sunstone Eduversity (offline) showed a stellar growth. While It stood at eight campus partnerships till February 2021. It has gone on to add 16 new campuses in merely six months — expanding its footprint to a total of 24 campuses as on October 2021. During the pandemic alone, it has launched 20 new campuses and shaped the careers of more than 250 students from its MBA batch of 2019-21.
Third Delhi Digital Conclave organized
The Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIIT-Delhi) hosted its Third Delhi Digital Conclave (DDC) with the theme of Climate Action for a Sustainable Urban Future.
The intent behind DDC is to provide a public platform to think about new technologies, sustainability and climate action to reach our Sustainable Development Goals.
In the inaugural session Professor Ranjan Bose, Director IIIT-Delhi emphasized the role of technology institutions in the climate change adaptation policies.
Jasmine Shah, vice-chairperson, Delhi Dialogue Commission, Delhi Government spoke about the challenges that Delhi is facing concerning climate change and related policy formulations.
Shah claimed that 70% of pollution in Delhi is due to outstation sources. He also highlighted the Delhi Government’s policies on climate policies and actions. The electric vehicle policy 2020 and the solar project are few of the interventions. Apart from the online event, an art exhibition on the theme of climate change and the future of the planet was also organised.