Bhubaneswar-based educationist and social entrepreneur Dr. Achyuta Samanta is among 15 laureates selected for the prestigious Gusi Peace Prize 2014. The list was announced recently by Gusi Peace Prize International, the Philippines-based awarding foundation. He was selected for the award for his efforts and achievements in “poverty alleviation through education and humanitarianism”, said the announcement.
CRICKET ICON Sachin Tendulkar launched the Kaspersky Kids internet safety programme of Kaspersky Lab India — a subsidiary of the Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab — at the Ryan International Group of Institutions (RIGI) campus in Mumbai on July 23.
Under a RIGI-Kaspersky agreement, Kaspersky Lab will deliver online safety education through various touch points, including a daily […]
PEAESON INDIA has launched GlobalEnglish, a cloud-based, on-demand English language learning programme of ETEN, the test preparation education venture of the company. Hitherto GlobalEnglish was available only to subscriber education institutions. With this development, any student keen on signing up for the study programme can visit the nearest Pearson ETEN centre and purchase an individual […]
THE SANSKAAR VALLEY SCHOOL, ranked among India’s Top 50 (#32) day-cum-boarding schools (EW India School Rankings 2013), is the 10,000th school worldwide to offer Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) qualifications. The Bhopal-based school was registered as a CIE-affiliate institution on January 10.
In 2013, 27 schools across India registered with CIE bringing the total number of the […]
Eight students of the top-ranked Gyan Ganga International School, Jabalpur — Isha Goyal, Umeed Chandel, Nitik Jain, Amartya Tiwari, Swapnil Gupta, Sakshi Patel, Raja Kaurav and Soudamini Tiwari — were invited to Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi by President Pranab Mukherjee on the occasion of Children’s Day (November 14). The students were accompanied by principal Dr. Rajesh […]
The University of Chicago (UoC) is set to inaugurate a new academic centre in the central business district of Connaught Place, Delhi, next spring (March-April). The varsity’s Delhi centre will be a base for research and education for UoC faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates working in India and South Asia.
The well-known Mumbai-based Vardhman Group has signed up with Good Life Education, a start-up, to introduce certificate study programmes in real estate.
According to a company spokesperson, the initial programme has a dual structure comprising basic and advance level streams. The basic programme is designed for individuals with no previous experience of this industry, and teaches […]
The Symbiosis Institute of International Studies, a constituent school of Symbiosis International University, Pune, has scheduled an international relations conference titled ‘India and Development Partnerships in Asia and Africa: Towards a New Paradigm’ on December 14-15 at Symbiosis’ Lavale campus in Pune.
“The conference will provide a platform for academicians, researchers, corporates and policy makers to […]
The Bangalore/Manipal-based Manipal University invites admission to its international engineering twinning programme known as ICAS (International Centre for Applied Sciences). In this programme, students study for the first two years in the engineering faculty of Manipal University (Manipal campus) and for the next two years in one of 74 universities in six countries with whom […]
Six students aged 15-17 of the Lawrence School, Sanawar — Prithvi Singh Chahal, Fateh Singh Brar, Guribadat Singh Somal, Ajay Sohal, Shubham Kaushik and Raghav Joneja — scaled the summit of Mt. Everest, the world’s tallest mountain, on May 21.
The team reached camp 4 on the southern face of the massif on the evening of […]
The Hyderabad-based next education India pvt. ltd, one of the premier e-learning companies in India, was awarded the prestigious Corporate Innovation in Teaching Pedagogy award at the World Education Summit 2013 convened in Delhi, for its MathsLab.
Based on LAB (learn, analyse, build) ideology, MathsLab offers children an innovative platform for various activities, projects and simulations […]
King’s College, London, launched its International Summer Schools Programme (ISSP) 2013, in Mumbai on April 1. The event, held at the city’s Jai Hind College, was attended by King’s College faculty and principals of the city’s leading undergraduate colleges.
Under ISSP, King’s offers a range of popular short courses in India for students who aspire to […]
The Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)-based NGO Kanthari (formerly the International Institute for Social Entrepreneurs) invites enrolment applications for the 2013 Kanthari International Leadership Course. Now in its fifth year, the leadership programme has been a platform for social entrepreneurs and change makers from around the world. The seven-month residential programme starts in May with the intake restricted […]
Three well-known education not-for-profits — Central Square Foundation, Akanksha Foundation and Teach For India — launched the India School Leadership Institute (ISLI) with support from the US-based KIPP Foundation, on January 16. The prime objective of the Delhi-based ISLI is to train school leaders to deliver high quality education to children of disadvantaged communities.
In association with the government of Assam, Pearson Group — the world’s largest and most diversified education and publishing conglomerate — has launched a unique programme to deliver vocational education and training (VET) to schools in the state. Pearson has established vocational skills centres in ten selected government-run schools in Guwahati, initially offering training in two streams […]
Winners of the second edition of Best Chemistry Teachers Awards organised by Tata Chemicals Ltd in association with the Association of Chemistry Teachers and Confederation of Indian Industry were felicitated in Delhi on November 15 by Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Union minister of state for higher education and Bharat Wakhlu, resident director, Tata Sons.
Two students of the Global Public School, Cochin have been selected to represent India in the Biathle World Championships, Dubai 2012 scheduled for November 1-4. Chiranthan Chinchalkar (11) and Nikhil Martin (15), coached by LeapStart swimming specialist, Nihar Kulkarni, will compete in the Biathle event in separate age categories.
The city of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which host more than 150 schools of higher education, inaugurated a ‘connect centre’ at the Narsee Monjee Educational Trust, Mumbai on September 22. Christened the American Education Center (AEC), it is housed in the Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai and will operate under the aegis of the […]
Novozymes — a constituent company of the Denmark-based Novo Group, a major transnational engaged in production of enzymes, micro-organisms and biopharmaceuticals — and the Holck-Larsen Foundation (India), have joined with Danish universities to establish a scientists exchange programme, the first of its type, between India and Denmark.
“With many excellent universities, India has a large population […]
NIIT Mindchampions Academy (MCA, estb.2002) — a not-for-profit initiative of Grand Master Viswanathan Anand and NIIT Ltd, the transnational IT skills development and certification corporation, to promote the mind stimulating game of chess in schools across India — celebrated its 10th anniversary on July 20. Over the past few decades, the academy has promoted 16,600 […]
Twelve class IV-IX children were adjudged Student Icons of India at the national finals of iKen Scientifica 2011-12, organised by Mexus Education in Mumbai between Feb-April. They will represent India at the international finale where they will compete with students from ten participating countries. Based on the premise that “every child is a born genius”, […]
The Mumbai-based Early Childhood Association (ECA, estb. 2010) organised its first annual national conference on the theme ‘ECE — 21st Century, Transformations and Challenges, What we Know, What we Show and How we Grow’, at the Sea Princess Hotel, Mumbai on February 25-26. Over 150 delegates from across the country attended the sessions, panel meets and […]
Pearson PLC — the world’s largest education company — launched the Stanford Achievement Test Series, Tenth Edition (India) aka Stanford 10 India in April. According to Pearson Education (India) sources, Stanford 10 India is an adaptation and standardisation of the Stanford gold standard for achievement testing, adapted to suit the needs of the Indian education […]
Mumbai-based Mexus Education Pvt. Ltd, the well-known education technology solutions provider, has partnered with the 45-schools strong St. Xavier’s Group in Uttar Pradesh (UP) to complement the learning environment and philosophy of the group. These schools have opted for technology integration to leverage the creativity of students through enabling learning environments transcending textbooks education.
Microsoft Corp (India) Pvt. Ltd and Sify Technologies Ltd (a leader in consumer internet and enterprise services in India with global delivery capabilities) have joined forces to enhance digital literacy skills in India. As per a partnership agreement announced in February, 2000 Sify e-Port cyber cafes across the country will offer two specific courses in […]
Following a generous endowment made by Dubai-based entrepreneur Krishna Pathak, Exeter College, Oxford (UK), has instituted the SKP Clarendon Scholarship (linked to the Clarendon Award) for Indian graduates, to read for a Masters degree at Exeter College.
The scholarship, which will be awarded for the academic year beginning October 1, 2009, is for one year, renewable […]
Cambridge University (UK) has announced a new scholarship programme for Indian students in honour of India’s prime minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh. The scholarships were detailed by Prof. Alison Richard, vice-chancellor of Cambridge University, in New Delhi on January 12.
According to Prof. Richard, the Manmohan Singh Undergraduate Scholarship programme will provide full funding, covering tuition fees […]
The Bangalore-based Mindlogicx Infotech Ltd, a R&D-based technology company, in association with Dun & Bradstreet India, one of the world’s leading companies for global business information, launched Universities of India 2008 in Bangalore on January 24. Smt. D. Purandareswari, Union minister of state for human resource development, released the publication at a coterminous knowledge conclave. […]
The Mumbai-based Core projects & Technologies Ltd — a pioneer distance education provider in India — has been awarded a contract to implement FAIM, its admissions and examinations management software system, by the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU). FAIM is Core’s flagship product in the examinations management segment and is currently being successfully used in […]
The International Society for Technology Education (ISTE) India Foundation announced India’s first Presidential Academic Awards for Excellence in education on April 5. Inspired by His Excellency APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India, the award brings urban and rural schools onto a single platform for assessment of excellence. ISTE India Foundation also announced that chapters will […]
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