IIT Admission Exam in nine foreign countries from next Academic Year
New Delhi: Now, JEE (Advanced) exam will be conducted in nine foreign countries and eligible foreign students would be given opportunity to take the exam for admission into Indian Institute of Technology (IITs). It is expected that the new initiative, IIT Admission Exam in foreign countries, will become operational from academic year 2017-18. To improve the […]
Read More →CII’s Twelfth India Innovation Summit 2016 on 28-29 July 2016 in Bangalore
Bangalore: CII is organizing its annual flagship event – the “12th India Innovation Summit 2016” on 28-29 July 2016 in Bangalore. The theme of the 12th innovation summit is “The Spirit of Innovation – Celebrating the Entrepreneur” and it reflects the current mood and context of the younger population in the country. The event will […]
Read More →The government is planning to launch 7 startup research parks, 16 TBIs and 13 startup centers
New Delhi: To improve ease of business, especially for startups, the government of India has relaxed procedural laws where startups working in areas covered under the list of 36 “white” category industries have been exempted from all the applicable compliances under 3 Environment Laws viz. the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974; the […]
Read More →Government earmarks Rs.600 crore under Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS) for 2016-17
New Delhi: The government has earmarked Rs.600 crore for Financial Year 2016-17 under Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS). As a Fund of Funds, FFS would not invest directly in Startups, but would participate in the capital of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) registered Alternate Investment Funds (AIF). Earlier, the government had approved […]
Read More →#SkillDeficit TweetChat unplugs skill gaps and finds some solutions
Mumbai/Bangalore: In India only 7% of MBA pass out students from Tier II and III B-Schools are employable, as per recent ASSOCHAM report. Nearly 8% engineers are employable in core engineering roles, says Aspiring Minds Skills report. Skill gaps exist across industries which is damaging the business ecosystem especially HR world. On this backdrop, Skill […]
Read More →Government of India sponsored Startup India States’ Conference on 23 July 2016
New Delhi: India is the third largest startup ecosystem in the world. The government of India is on a mission to promote and nurture startup culture. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) is organising a day-long Startup India States’ Conference on Saturday (23 July 2016) at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. In the conference, the […]
Read More →Union Cabinet approves a MoU signed between India and the Swiss Confederation for cooperation in skill development
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi has approved today (20 July 2016) a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation of the Swiss Confederation for cooperation in skill development. The MoU was signed on 22 June 2016 during the […]
Read More →Chennai boy Advay Ramesh wins Google Community Impact Award- Asia
Mumbai: Google has announced the winner of the Community Impact Award winner from Asia during its Google Science Fair Regional – Asia programme. The winner was Advay Ramesh, who is from Chennai, used science and engineering to make his community better by creating a mobile GPS to keep fishermen safe from invisible maritime boundary lines. […]
Read More →Prime Minister meets team of students involved in building satellite “Sathyabamasat”
New Delhi: Team of students from Sathyabama University, Chennai, who were involved in building satellite “Sathyabama-sat”, calls on the Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi in New Delhi today (July 19, 2016). The students were accompanied by Vice-Chancellor of Sathyabama University, Dr. B. Sheela Rani. The Prime Minister appreciated the efforts of the team in building […]
Read More →SAP and ISB collaborate to nurture five social enterprise startups in India
Hyderabad: India is the third largest startup ecosystem in India. Social enterprise startups have a significant role in social and national innovation for empowering citizens. Now, SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) and the Indian School of Business (ISB) have joined hands to nurture the social entrepreneurship ecosystem with relevance to national priorities. The ISB-SAP Social Enterprise […]
Read More →Now Incubation Cell at IIFT Delhi to nurture MSME startups engaged in foreign trade
New Delhi: Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Mr Kalraj Misra, today (18 July 2016) inaugurated Incubation Cell at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Delhi. The initiative is named as “KITTES (Knowledge for Innovation in Trade & Technology for Entrepreneurial Start-ups), a dynamic business incubation cell dedicated to startups in the […]
Read More →Transport and Shipping Minister woos Indian origin Silicon Valley professionals via India’s Start-up package
San Francisco/New Delhi: Union Minister of Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Mr Nitin Gadkari has played the reverse brain drain card to woo Silicon Valley professionals of Indian origin by inviting them to participate in the Start-ups India movement. The minister said that Silicon Valley professionals of Indian origin should take advantage of India’s current […]
Read More →India’s first Women’s Entrepreneurs Park located in Uttarakhand launched
New Delhi: Uttarakhand has become the first state in India to launch an Entrepreneurs Park exclusively for women businessmen. Mr Harish Rawat, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, launched the Women’s Entrepreneurs Park of Uttarakhand, at a meeting organized by FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) at Federation House on 15 July 2016. The first industrial park in the […]
Read More →National Career Service presents Mega Job Fair in Noida on 20 July 2016
Noida: The National Career Service (NCS), a project by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, is hosting a Mega Job Fair at its National Institute for Career Services (NICS) Campus in Noida on 20 July 2016 (Wednesday). Companies such as Dominos, Eureka Forbes, Uber, Muthoot Group, Holiday Inn, Manpower and many more will offer employment […]
Read More →President inaugurates three-day mega event India Skills-2016 on World Youth Skills Day
New Delhi: The President of India Mr Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the India Skills Competition -‘India Skills-2016’ today (July 15, 2016) in New Delhi on the occasion of the World Youth Skills Day. He also launched an International Skill Centre, a PMKVY 2.0, a Labour Market Information System and Skills Online. Addressing the public, the President […]
Read More →Union Skill Development Minister flags off Skillathon to mark World Youth skills Day
New Delhi: On occasion of World Youth Skills Day, Union Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (I/C) Mr Rajiv Pratap Rudy flagged off Skillathon, a marathon run to raise awareness about importance of skills and to celebrate Skill India mission’s its first anniversary. Skillathon 2016 begins with Ganesh Vandana. Mr Rajiv Pratap Rudy will host […]
Read More →The world including India celebrates UN World Youth Skills Day
By Rudra Narayan Sahoo, Mumbai: July 15 is World Youth Skills Day, and a host of programmes and events have been lined up. First, the United Nations is observing the day with a special event on the theme of “Skills Development to Improve Youth Employment.” The event will be facilitated by the UN Envoy on […]
Read More →Union Cabinet approves Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) version 2.0
New Delhi: Now, financial support to trainees under Skill India campaign will be given in the form of travel allowance, boarding and lodging costs. Post placement support would be given directly to the beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). Disbursement of training cost to training partners will be linked to Aadhaar and biometrics for better […]
Read More →UNESCO – UNEVOC will celebrate UN World Youth Skills Day on 15 July 2016 in a big way
Mumbai: To raise awareness about the importance of youth skills development, UNESCO – UNEVOC will celebrate the United Nations World Youth Skills Day on 15 July 2016 (Friday) and has lined up a host of programmes this day. On World Youth Skills Day 2016, UNESCO will launch a new mission Strategy TVET 2016-2021 (TVET stands […]
Read More →Google launches Android skilling program for India to push mobile app development ecosystem
By Rudra Narayan Sahoo, Mumbai: India is emerging to become a global leader in mobile app development. As per Evans report 2015, India will have four million software developers by 2018, becoming the largest population of developers in the world. But today, less than 25% of these developers are trained to develop and build for […]
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