UpGrad collaborates with HubSpot Academy and Unmetric to launch Digital Marketing program
Mumbai: UpGrad, an online higher education platform, has tied up with HubSpot Academy, training division of the renowned inbound marketing and sales platform, and Unmetric, a social media analytics and intelligence platform developer, to generate learnings-based content for their Digital Marketing program. Targeted at both young professionals starting their marketing careers as well as seasoned marketers […]
Read More →Beauty Industry should standardize beauty therapy education in India, says India’s largest CIDESCO patron LTA School of Beauty
New Delhi: LTA School of Beauty, India’s largest international beauty academy, launched its operations in New Delhi with the opening of its centre in the capital. LTA School of Beauty, which has been instrumental in standardization of beauty therapy education in India, is the largest producer of CIDESCO qualified professionals in India. During the launch […]
Read More →Pearl Academy announces evening diploma courses in fashion design, interior decoration, creative design
New Delhi: Pearl Academy, India’s leading private institution in design, fashion and creative business, has announced that admissions are open for its evening diploma courses. Presenting a whole new array of possibilities in a short span of one year, these courses not only explore and hone one’s talent, but also are power-packed capsules that impart […]
Read More →The President lays the foundation stone of Nalanda University’s permanent campus in Rajgir
Rajgir: Nalanda University celebrated its first convocation ceremony yesterday (27 August 2016) in Rajgir. The President of India Mr Pranab Mukherjee delivered the convocation address and laid the foundations stone of the university’s new campus at Rajgir, Nalanda. Speaking on the occasion, the President said as Visitor to Nalanda University, “It is his hope that […]
Read More →Disrupters don’t compete with their peers, rather create a different market altogether: XIMB Conclaves
Bhubaneswar: Disruptive innovation is future and will take centre stage in business decisions. Disruptive innovation is a mindset where the companies are transforming themselves to adopt this change. Broadly, disruptive innovation will drive social and economic conditions. The business leaders and experts who delivered talks on XIMB’s two conclaves – Envision 2016 and Stratonomics 2016 […]
Read More →Indian aerospace startup TeamIndus announces Lab2Moon, global challenge for youth to send a science experiment to the Moon
By Rudra Narayan Sahoo, Bengaluru: TeamIndus, an Indian aerospace startup and one of the front-runners for the Google Lunar XPRIZE, yesterday (26 August 2016) announced an international jury for Lab2Moon, a competition to challenge the brightest young minds globally to think beyond our planet and create an experiment to fly on board the TeamIndus spacecraft […]
Read More →Faculty members from XLRI and IMI Bhubaneswar win the ISB-Ivey Global Case Competition 2016
Hyderabad: Indian School of Business (ISB) and Ivey Business School have announced the ISB-Ivey Global Case Competition 2016 results. Pitabas Mohanty, XLRI, Jamshedpur and Supriti Mishra, International Management Institute, Bhubaneswar have won 1st prize in the overall category where as Sunita Mehta, Hyderabad Business School, GITAM University and Surya Kant Sharma, XLRI, Jamshedpur bagged the […]
Read More →IIM Lucknow and NIIT Imperia announce fresh batch for Executive Management Program in Sales and Marketing
New Delhi: NIIT Imperia Centre for Advanced Learning Institute along with IIM Lucknow has announced a fresh batch for Executive Management Program in Sales and Marketing. This is a unique program specially designed for professionals to hone their corporate career in sales and marketing. In a statement NIIT Imperia informed that the program is exclusively […]
Read More →SPJIMR concludes Autumns placements with jump in new companies on campus
Mumbai: SPJIMR announced that it has expanded corporate partnerships for its Autumns Placements process with 29 new companies coming on-board for campus placements this year. SPJIMR said that 35 per cent of the offers for the 2016 season were made by these new companies, reflecting diversification in the portfolio of recruiters. The institute released the […]
Read More →Two XLRI students win 3M’s Invent a New Future Challenge 2016, a global competition
Jamshedpur: Kudos to students of XLRI – Xavier School of Management. Two students of XLRI – Jagruti Vojjala and Anunay Arora – have won the Invent a New Future Challenge (INF) organized by Global Innovation Company – 3M. The XLRI student team emerged as winner among competing B-School students from 13 other countries including Canada, […]
Read More →MIT Pune launches India’s first design university – Avantika University in Ujjain
Ujjain: Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) Pune has launched Avantika University, India’s first design university recently. Beginning 2017, Avantika will offer bachelor and master programs in design. Spread over 50-acre state-of-art green campus at Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, Avantika will provide the much-needed excellence push in higher education. Avantika University will foster design thinking mindset by […]
Read More →Pratham satellite developed by IIT Bombay students is ready to be launched by ISRO next month
Mumbai: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has added another feature in its cap on the research and development field. Pratham, a microsatellite developed by students of IIT Bombay will be launched by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota in September 2016. After a wait of nine years, now […]
Read More →XLRI announces admissions to Executive Diploma in Human Resource Management for Working Executives Batch 2017-18
Jamshedpur: XLRI- Xavier School of Management has announced admission to the Executive Diploma in Human Resource Management for Working Executives (EDHRM: 2017-18). This special programme has been especially designed for working executives to enhance their professional prospects and skills that are essential for HR professionals amid the dynamic and fast-growing corporate world and earn an […]
Read More →EdTech Startup Notesgen achieves milestones by crossing 400k users and raising $100k Angel Funds
New Delhi: Notesgen , the fastest growing peer-to-peer notes eXchange platform for students to learn and earn in the world, raised $100k in angel funds and enhanced its product to become the first platform to offer personalized notes feed for each student based on their preferences, keywords and field of study. The platform has achieved […]
Read More →IBM and OpenPOWER collaborate to launch high performance computing research facility at IIT Bombay
Bengaluru: Tech giant IBM and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay announced the opening of the first OpenPOWER Research Facility (OPRF) at IIT Bombay. The OPRF will help drive the country’s National Knowledge Network initiative to interconnect all institutions of higher learning and research with a high-speed data communication network, facilitating knowledge sharing and collaborative […]
Read More →Ashoka University opens admissions for the 300 seats of Young India Fellowship, Batch of 2017-2018
New Delhi: The Young India Fellowship, a one-year postgraduate programme in Liberal Studies at Ashoka University, announced that applications for the seventh batch of the Fellowship will be accepted from 22 August, 2016. Some of the disciplines offered under Young India Fellowship include Economics, Statistics, Philosophy, Art and Culture, History, Literature, Business and Management, Leadership […]
Read More →XLRI receives prestigious AACSB international business accreditation
Jamshedpur: XLRI – Xavier School of Management, one of India’s premier B-Schools, has bagged accreditation for its flagship management and doctoral programs by AACSB International-The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. This is the second coveted International Accreditation for XLRI after Association of MBAs (AMBA), which XLRI had received in 2015. Now, XLRI joins […]
Read More →Nearly 20 lakh vacancies of teachers at various levels from primary schools to IITs
Mumbai: Teachers are backbone of education system for ensuring quality learning environment. Unfortunately, there were 20 lakh vacancies of teachers at various levels from primary schools to Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Expressing concern over this trend, Union Minister for Human Resources Development Mr Prakash Javadekar urged students to consider teaching as an honorable career […]
Read More →Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences signs an MoU with University of Latvia
New Delhi: the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with University of Latvia on establishment of an academic chair in Ayurveda yesterday (20 August 2016) at AYUSH Bhawan, New Delhi. The MoU was signed by Vaidya K.S. Dhiman, Director General, CCRAS and Dr. Valdis Pirags, Vice-Dean […]
Read More →NIIT’s Dublin Office inaugurated by Ireland’s minister for education & skills
Dublin/New Delhi: NIIT has inaugurated the European delivery centre of NIIT Limited in Dublin, Ireland today (19 August 2016). Minister for Education and Skills, Ireland, Richard Bruton TD, was the chief guest on the inaugural ceremony. NIIT is a global company headquartered in India which provides multi-disciplinary learning management and training delivery solutions to corporations, […]
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