Tata Sons along with American Express, PepsiCo India, PwC India, Microsoft India join Reach Out 2.0, a unique women leadership programme
New Delhi: Leading organisations across the industry such as American Express, PepsiCo India, PwC India, Microsoft India and Tata Sons celebrated the successful culmination of the second edition of its women leadership program ‘Reach Out 2.0’ on 26 November 2016 during a formal graduation ceremony. ‘Reach Out 2.0-Learning Summit’ event marked the completion of the […]
Read More →UGC will be revamped, NITI Aayog to recommend steps
New Delhi: NITI Aayog has been assigned to recommend measures for improvement in the regulatory framework of the University Grants Commission (UGC). The objectives of this task are to examine and improve the existing Higher Education regulatory framework in line with contemporary national and global requirements and to enhance the quality of Higher Education in […]
Read More →Leaders of tomorrow will have to possess digital skills with domain expertise: IILM HR Conference 2016
New Delhi: IILM Institute for Higher Education organised an HR Conference on ‘Transforming Human Resources through Technology’ at its Lodhi Road campus to deliberate on the role of technology in ‘Human Resources’ function, focusing on using a data driven approach to talent management. The conference served as a useful platform to bring together students, industry […]
Read More →More than 20% rise in student intake capacity of IITs, which will touch one lakh by 2020
New Delhi: The great Indian IIT dream will be realised by more students in the coming years, at least by 2020. This is good news for students aspiring to study in any IITs. Now the government is gearing to hike the student intake capacity by more than 20% by 2020. The current student strength in […]
Read More →Indian Coast Guard recruitment drive, Assistant Commandant 02/2017 Batch
Mumbai: The Indian Coast Guard, an Armed Force of the Union, invites job applications from young and dynamic Indian candidates for various branches as an Assistant Commandant (Group A Gazetted Officers). The submission of online application has commenced today (24 November) for GD/TECH Branches while the application window will close on 10 December 2016. For […]
Read More →Wage threshold limit for coverage under ESIC increased to Rs 21,000
New Delhi: The Government, in principle, decided to enhance the threshold limit of wage for coverage under the Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) Act, 1948 from existing Rs.15,000/- pm to Rs. 21,000/- pm. For this purpose, a Notification had been issued in October 2016 inviting suggestion/objections from all stakeholders. As on 31.03.3016, the number of Insured […]
Read More →IIT Hyderabad invites applications for PhD programmes; Last date 30 Nov 2016
Hyderabad: Indian Institute for Technology (IIT) Hyderabad has invited applications for admission to PhD programmes in its 13 Departments. The various disciplines available for admission into PhD are as followed: Bio Medical Engineering, Bio Technology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Design, Electrical Engineering, Liberal Arts, Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, Mathematics, […]
Read More →Cabinet approves opening of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in 62 uncovered districts of the country
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi has approved opening of one Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in each of the 62 uncovered districts with an outlay of Rs.2,871 crore. These JNVs will provide good quality modern education to the talented children prominently from rural areas. […]
Read More →UGC asks universities to facilitate the implementation of NAD, an online store house of academic certificates
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed all universities, higher education institutions, boards and eligibility assessment bodies to facilitate the implementation of National Academic Depository (NAD), an online store house of academic awards (degrees, diplomas, certificates, mark-sheets, etc.). As a first step, the academic institutions/boards/eligibility assessment bodies will have to select either of […]
Read More →Simplilearn and Microsoft partner to train over 1 Lakh professionals on Microsoft Cloud by 2020
Bangalore: Simplilearn, the global professional training company today (23 November 2016), announced a collaboration with Microsoft to build a talent pool of over one lakh next generation cloud professionals by 2020. Simplilearn has been appointed as Microsoft’s silver learning partner for its suite of Microsoft Azure certification courses and will train IT professionals on Azure […]
Read More →FLAME University and USA-based Wellesley College commence academic association
Pune: FLAME University, the pioneer in Liberal Arts Education in India will begin its association with Wellesley College, Massachusetts, United States with a pilot study abroad program. Three female students from FLAME will attend Wellesley for a semester in Spring 2017. Wellesley College is a private, women’s liberal arts college, ranked the fourth best liberal […]
Read More →Recruitment of Specialist Officers in Bank of Baroda –Project 2016-17, Last date extended to 02 Dec 2016
Mumbai: The dates last for submission of online applications for Recruitment of Specialist Officers in Bank of Baroda –Project 2016-17 has been extended to 02 December 2016 (Friday). Earlier the last date was 29 November 2016. The bank also has made minor changes in educational qualification criteria for some posts and also uploaded the Corrigendum […]
Read More →Creativity Pays: Creative helps make people better workers, leaders, parents and students
New Delhi: Creativity’s benefits are unlimited as businesses perform better from prioritizing creativity and good design. As Adobe’s State of Create: 2016 report, most U.S. respondents believe businesses that invest in creativity are more likely to foster innovation (88 percent), be competitive (88 percent), provide better customer experience (88 percent), have satisfied customers (89 percent) […]
Read More →USA dominates, UK, China & Australia stand out in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2016-17
London: USA based Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) grab the rank first and second, respectively in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings, a new ranking designed to improve the quality of analyses about the links between university practices and graduate employability. China’s Tsinghua University takes third place while Australia’s The University of Sydney […]
Read More →IIT Kharagpur crowned as India’s best university for graduate employability, five others feature at QS Rankings
By Rudra Narayan Sahoo, London/Mumbai: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur is India’s highest-ranked institution for nurturing graduate employability, features in the Top 100 QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2016-17. IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, and IIT Delhi are placed in the 101-150 rankings band. Also, University of Delhi and IIT Kanpur are in the 201 plus […]
Read More →Panel on Yoga Education in Universities has submitted the report
New Delhi: The Ministry of Human Resource Development constituted a Committee on Yoga Education in Universities in January 2016. The Committee has already submitted its report to Ministry of Human Resource Development on 19 April 2016. The Committee has prescribed the curriculum for the following five courses: (i) Bachelors of Science(yoga), Masters of Science(Yoga), Doctor […]
Read More →New course PGPM for Working Executives in their early careers from IMT Ghaziabad
New Delhi: IMT Ghaziabad, India’s premier management school with a distinct focus on innovation, execution and social responsibility, today (22 November 2016) launched an alternate weekend on-campus Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) considering the emerging requirements of the industry professionals who are in the early stage of their careers. The PGPM has been carefully […]
Read More →Hunarr launches Job Role based educational program search services
New Delhi: Hunarr.co.in, an online training aggregator connecting training seekers to training providers, has launched its latest service in Job role based training program for candidates. Optimizing its educational program search, the new feature enables students to pick courses based on the Key Result Area of a job, i.e. the main activities and responsibilities involved […]
Read More →QuikrHomes acquires Grabhouse and debuts cashless managed rentals
Bangalore: QuikrHomes, India’s leading digital real estate business, today (22 November 2016) announced the launch of its cashless managed rentals solution with the acquisition of Grabhouse, India’s leading digitally-driven home rental solutions provider. This strategic move will help the company address an acute pain point in India’s real estate market with a solution that does […]
Read More →Two-thirds of all parents don’t know what are job roles of their children
Calif I Mumbai: LinkedIn Corporation, the world’s largest professional network on the Internet, released recently a new global study that examines the relationship between professionals and their parents and found several trends indicating a generational gap at work, including a lack of understanding about their children’s jobs and a lack of communication about how proud […]
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