Airbus-IIM-Mumbai concordat
Delhi, march 6. The Paris-based Airbus Group signed a contract with the Indian Institute of Management in Mumbai (IIM-Mumbai) to provide aviation education to professionals and empower them with industry-ready skills under the company’s Airbus Beyond programme.
Under this contract, IIM-Mumbai will offer short-term aviation courses to aspiring and working civil aviation professionals to harness […]
BITS-Pilani design school
Mumbai, february 15. Certified as an Institution of Eminence by the Government of India, the multi-campus Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani, launched its BITS Design School (BITSDES), Mumbai. BITSDES combines technology, business, and entrepreneurship with the creative arts to nurture a new generation of future-ready design professionals.
“Design is shaping […]
Mahindra-La Trobe concordat
Delhi ncr/hyderabad, january 23. Mahindra University and La Trobe University, Australia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), for upgrading the education of civil engineering students. This strategic collaboration includes a four-year programme, a cohesive student exchange initiative, and faculty exchange programmes. It will offer Mahindra University students opportunity to complete the […]
HPS centenary celebrations
Hyderabad, December 6. Hyderabad Public School (HPS), Begumpet officially unveiled plans of its highly successful year-long centenary celebrations at a Grand Finale event in Hyderabad.
At the four-day Grand Finale held between December 24-27 a monumental fundraising drive was staged to raise Rs.17.5 crore for a state-of-the-art greenfield Multi-Utility Sports Center designed […]
Samsung digital skilling initiative
Gurugram, November 23. Under its flagship programme — Samsung Innovation Campus — Samsung India Electronics, one of India’s largest consumer electronics companies, has upskilled 3,000 under-privileged students from eight cities countrywide. This programme trains them in future tech domains such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data and […]
NYAF 2023
Singapore/New Delhi, October 6. BriBooks, billed as the world’s largest creative writing platform for school students, launched the 2023 edition of the National Young Authors’ Fair (NYAF) in India in partnership with EducationWorld.
NYAF 2023 anticipates participation from over 1 million students in 10,000 schools. They will be writing, publishing, and promoting their […]
JGU scholarships
Sonipat (haryana), september 4. To commemorate its 15th anniversary year, the Sonipat (Haryana)-based privately promoted O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU, estb.2009) announced the award of 2,000 scholarships to deserving students for the forthcoming academic year 2024-25. This initiative is for providing outstanding school-leavers with equal opportunities to access high-quality education.
“We are delighted to announce […]
Haryana-Magic Bus partnership
Gurugram, August 9. Haryana School Shiksha Pariyojna Parishad, implementing agency for Samagra Shiksha (secondary school programme) of the government of Haryana, has partnered with Magic Bus India Foundation to empower government school teachers to deliver life skills education for fostering holistic development of adolescents in Panchkula, Gurugram, and Yamuna Nagar districts.
Under its teacher-led […]
India Today Best Colleges super portal
New delhi, june 23. The India Today Group has launched a brand-new online portal for its Best Colleges Survey — “the most credible and exhaustive ranking of institutions of higher learning in India for over a quarter century” — featuring six years of ranking data as well as a […]
Griffith’s two coups
Delhi, april 28. Griffith University, Australia signed MOUs with two of India’s top-ranked higher ed institutions — Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) — when its delegation led by Vice Chancellor Prof. Carolyn Evans visited India recently.
The agreement with IISc will build on an existing […]
Duolingo & Next Genius initiative
Mumbai, april 26. The US-based Duolingo Inc, which has designed the global Duolingo English Test (DET), a modern English proficiency assessment for international students and institutions, and its India partner, Next Genius Foundation, are embarking on an Inspiring India Tour to visit 1,000 high schools across 50 cities in India […]
NIFCO-NSDC initiative
Delhi, march 29. The Yokosuka City (Japan)-based NIFCO (Nippon Industrial Fastener Corporation) Inc, a global manufacturing company and an IoT (Internet of Things) solutions provider with battery-less devices, and the Delhi-based NSDC (National Skills Development Corporation) International, a company engaged in building global job opportunities for Indians, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
Under the […]
MIT MoU signing spree
Manipal (udupi), february 27. The Manipal Academy of Higher Education’s Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) has signed MoUs with Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Japan, and Institute of Defence Scientists and Technologists (IDST) and Elcom Innovation — both based in Bengaluru.
The partnerships with UMP (Malaysia) […]
Bayer Fellowship Programme
Mumbai, January 23. In collaboration with Bhubaneswar City Knowledge Innovation Cluster Foundation (BCKIC), the Thane-based Bayer Cropscience Ltd, a subsidiary of Bayer AG, Germany has launched the Medha Fellowship Programme, exclusively for students from economically weaker sections. Under this programme, Bayer will fund the education of 125 scholars engaged in agriculture and […]
AM/NS–NSDC pact
New delhi, december 14. ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) — a joint venture of ArcelorMittal (UK) and Nippon Steel (Japan) — signed an MoU (memorandum of understanding) with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to provide digital skills training to youth countrywide. Under terms of the agreement, AM/NS India will fund the […]
St. Gobain-IIM-A concordat
Ahmedabad, november 16. Saint- Gobain India — a subsidiary of the Paris-based St. Gobain — has signed an MoU with IIM-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) to conduct a study titled ‘Creating Biodiversity Habitat at the IIM-A campus’. The MoU has been facilitated with the support of the IIM-A Endowment Fund, a dedicated philanthropic and fund […]
IITMIC-SSN iFound agreement
Chennai, November 1. The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras Incubation Cell (IITMIC) signed a partnership agreement with SSN Incubation Foundation (SSN iFound), Chennai, the incubation and innovation wing of the city-based SSN College of Engineering. Under the agreement, IITMIC will support SSN iFound to develop an ecosystem “that nurtures a culture of building things […]
IIT-M’s new programme
Chennai, August 1. The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) announced that its three-year B.Sc degree course in programming and data science can be converted into a fouryear BS degree in data science and applications. Moreover while reading for the BS degree, students have the option of doing an eight-month apprenticeship or […]
Jain U-Maldives agreement
Bengaluru, July 12. The Bengaluru-based Jain (deemed-to-be) University and government of the Republic of Maldives signed an MoU under which a Chancellor’s Scholarship and JGI Aid Fund scholarships will be offered to Maldivian students.
Under the terms of the MoU, ministry of higher education, Maldives will identify and select deserving students based on […]
Korea tourism invitation
Bengaluru, June 23. Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO), India, an agency of the Republic of Korea (RoK, South Korea) under its ministry of culture, sports and tourism, organised a webinar in collaboration with EducationWorld to invite schools across India to visit Korea for education tours.
“South Korea is an educationally advanced country which spends […]
Jindal law school scholarships
Sonipat, June 3.
The Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) of O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), Sonipat will award 500 scholarships to students joining the school in the new academic year 2022-23. “JGLS has decided to award 500 scholarships to meritorious students who join JGLS with high merit in the entrance exam and […]
AU-SoME venture
Bengaluru, April 28.
Ahmedabad University and the School of Meaningful Experiences (SoME, estb. 2018), Bengaluru, signed a collaboration agreement to provide management development programmes (MDPs) to corporate professionals, middle managers, and senior executives countrywide. The content of MDPs will be designed and delivered jointly by SoME and Ahmedabad University faculty.
“These courses have been designed […]
CEO for month programme
Mumbai, March 22. The Bengaluru-based Adecco Group (India), a workforce solutions company, invites applications for its ‘CEO for One Month’ mentorship programme for the year 2022. Under this initiative, currently in its seventh year, the India winner gets an opportunity to be mentored by Vidya Sagar Gannamani, chairman and managing director […]
GHI Presents L’Atelier
Bengaluru, February 26. M. Venkaiah Naidu, vice president of India, and Thaawarchand Gehlot, governor of Karnataka, inaugurated the state-of-the-art L’Atelier — ensemble of fine arts and indoor sports arena — of the top-ranked Greenwood High International School, Bengaluru (GHI).
Addressing students and parents of GHI, the vice president said: “A healthy body is […]
New Delhi, January 5. The Union ministry of education has started registrations for its Vidyanjali Higher Education Volunteer Programme (VHEVP). The programme intends to build a robust team of volunteers to positively impact the nation’s higher education system by contributing with academic, training, and infrastructure support.
To participate in this programme, volunteers and institutions can sign […]
Fliplearn contest awards
Gurugram, December 29.
Gurugram-based Fliplearn Education Pvt. Ltd, the highly reputed e-learning platform which offers supplementary K-12 education to 550 schools and 500,000 students countrywide, announced winners of its FlipAheadWithFliplearn contest.
Response was overwhelming and more than 50,000 students and around 2,500 teachers participated in the online contest. Winners were selected on the basis […]
Mindler acquires Immrse
New Delhi, November 16. Delhi-based edtech startup Mindler, a career guidance platform for students and educators, announced acquisition of Immrse, a virtual career internship and simulation platform, in a cash and stock deal. Mindler expects to close the acquisition within three months.
Promoted by Pratham Sutaria, an alumnus of Indian School of Business, […]
IIT-K-JKCL partnership
Kanpur, october 26. IIT-Kanpur and JK Cement Ltd (JKCL, estb.1975), signed an MoU (memorandum of understanding) to collaborate in the construction of a super specialty hospital on the IIT-K campus. JKCL has consented to support the initiative with CSR (corporate social responsibility) funding of Rs.60 crore.
The MoU is part of the IIT-K’s […]
Shycocan-EW webinar
Bengaluru, August 27.
Shycocan Corporation, a Bengaluru-based start-up engaged in the business of manufacturing, sales and marketing of the Shycocan a viral defence technology that provides safety and protection from the coronavirus with an efficacy up to 99.9% in enclosed spaces. Shycocan Corporation in collaboration with EducationWorld, hosted a webinar titled: ‘Empowering Education Institutions to […]
IIT-G-Mizoram U concordat
Guwahati, july 29. The Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT-G, estb.1994) has signed an agreement with Mizoram University to jointly develop academic programmes. The two institutions will also cooperate in pedagogy development and R&D activities, and promote exchange of students.
Under terms of the agreement, IIT-G and Mizoram U will encourage contact and […]
Mumbai, June 29. Tata Electronics Pvt. Ltd (TEPL) signed an MoU (memorandum of understanding) with SASTRA Deemed-to-be-University, Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu) to develop deep domain expertise to enhance electronics design and manufacturing skills in collaboration with Asia University and Yuan Ze University, Taiwan.
Under this agreement, students admitted to the two-year M.Tech degree programme in Very Large-Scale […]
Mumbai, May 12. iSchoolConnect Inc, a US and India based AI (artificial intelligence) company, launched a series of products for education institutions to assist them in their battle against the Covid-19 pandemic.
“After almost three years of effort, we have developed a suite of tools categorised under four primary verticals, viz, recruitment, sales/marketing, assessment, and engagement. […]
Manipal, May 7. Akshatha Kamath, a computer science and engineering student, and Dhruv Suri, studying aeronautical engineering at the Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), have been awarded the prestigious Knight-Hennessy scholarship at Stanford University, USA for pursuing Masters’ programmes. This scholarship is awarded to emerging leaders from around the world to enable them to develop […]
Bengaluru, March 4. Simplilearn — a San Francisco-based global digital skills training provider, announced a partnership with IIT-Kanpur to offer an exclusive Professional Certificate Program in Blockchain Technology. Delivered via Simplilearn’s learning model, this intensive program is designed to provide learners with a clear competitive advantage through an ideal blend of conceptual training and applied […]
Mumbai, February 9. The Aditya Birla Education Academy (ABEA) has signed a collaboration agreement with the US-based Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) to offer scholarships in India for CTY’s online programs for advanced learners.
Under terms of the agreement, ABEA and CTY will identify and support bright young learners in India through these online […]
New Delhi, January 12. CyberPeace Foundation, a think tank and NGO promoted by cyber security and policy experts, launched a cyber security training programme in collaboration with the Union ministry of education and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for the benefit of industry, academia, government and civil society. The objective of the programme […]
Bengaluru, December 17. Cambridge Assessment English, a department of Cambridge University (UK), has teamed up with the Bengaluru-based Enguru Live English Learning to launch Upskill, a new smartphone-based test of English. Upskill will enhance the employability of graduates aspiring for entry level jobs in corporate organisations and covers four skills — speaking, listening, reading and […]
Bengaluru, November 17. Kara4Kids, a group of premium preschools and daycares in Bengaluru, signed an academic collaboration agreement with The Pennsylvania Global and Education Hub (Penn Hub), a joint initiative of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education, a consortium of independent universities and public community colleges. This agreement for early education will equip Kara4Kids teachers […]
Bengaluru, November 6. The Bengaluru-based Sportz Village and EducationWorld recently hosted a ‘Maintaining fitness and good health during the pandemic’ webinar moderated by Summiya Yasmeen, managing editor, EducationWorld. The eminent educators’ panelists included Dr. Ashok Pandey, director, Ahlcon Group of Schools, Delhi; Dr. S. Bhavanishankar Subramanian, senior principal, Lalaji Memorial Omega International School, Chennai; Saumil […]
New Delhi, September 8. The Coimbatore-based Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University (AVVU) has been awarded a Unesco chair for Experiential Learning for Sustainable Innovation & Development. Through this chair, the university will design a curriculum based on experiential learning which will enable the academic community to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to implement […]
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