Pune, 27th January 2023: Students from across the globe will compete with each other at the 1st round of the Young Chef Olympiad 2023 at the Pune campus of the International Institute of Hotel Management. For the competition, an esteemed panel of judges from the industry will be seen evaluating the students on different parameters. With this 9th IIHM Young Chef Olympiad 2023, the International Institute of Hotel Management aims at creating a platform for budding chefs to showcase their culinary skills.

About IIHM

IIHM (International Institute of Hotel Management) is one of the largest chains of premier hospitality and hotel management schools across India that started its journey in 1994 in Kolkata. IIHM is a part of Indismart Group, the conglomerate that operates Indismart Hotels. IIHM campuses are located across eleven National and International cities with the associate institute IAM-IHM located in Kolkata, and Guwahati. Students passing out of IIHM are armed with an international degree from the University of West London and equipped with global hospitality skills that enable easy placements in any hospitality brand across the world. IIHM is dedicated to its pursuit of excellence in teaching and placements. Real-time experience is the key to success in hospitality and that makes the institute popular. In recent years, IIHM has been instrumental in organizing the world’s biggest Culinary Olympiad Young Chef Olympiad, with the participation of over 50 countries, a unique idea, and an initiative inviting young culinary talents across the world. It has MoUs with over 50 countries for student and faculty exchange bringing the best of education to its students from around the World. The institute has bagged several prestigious awards in the past 29 years. The list includes the Best Education Brand Award from Economic Times consecutively in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. It was also featured in Forbes Magazine as Great Indian Institute and Great Place to Study consecutively in the year 2018 – 2019 and 2019 – 2020. IIHM was also awarded as one of the World’s Greatest Brands & Leaders 2015-16 by URS International (IMEA – Process Reviewer PriceWaterhouseCoopers PL) and also received the Best Institute in Hospitality Education 2017 Award by Assocham from Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Hon’ble Minister of State for HRD (Higher Education), Govt. of India.

• Where: International Institute of Hotel Management, Plot No. 16, S. No. 206/3, Kalptaru Arcade, Viman Nagar Rd, near Neco Gardens & Rosary School, Viman Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra 411014
• When: 31st January 2023
• Time: 10.00 am to 2.00 pm

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Prof.Dr. Shashikala Gurpur, Fulbright Scholar, Director, Symbiosis Law School, Pune, Dean, Faculty of Law, SIU, Jean Monnet Chair Professor (EUC-LAMP co-funded by EU) delivered the welcome address. She gave a brief overview of the theme and discussed the Role of Gender Justice and Securing Human Rights while stressing the importance of living justice. She shed light on the significance of the event, which coincides with the core purpose of SLS, Pune, which is to make difference in people’s lives. Subsequently, she put forward her expectations from the discussion, which would result in a holistic contribution to the cause and committing to the truth with deep compassion. Dr.Gurpur enumerated the three-fold objective of the round table discussion: comprehending the letter of law, preliminary assessment, and overcoming the challenges. Dr.Gurpur discussed the Principle of Best Interest and the Right to Privacy of Juveniles. She highlighted the role of privacy the Juvenile development and emphasized the need to make efforts to protect the children, based on the aforementioned principles. She further discussed the Individual Coaching and Restorative Justice models which are in the best interest of Juveniles. Dr. (Mrs.) Justice Shalini Phansalkar Joshi, Former Judge, of Bombay High Court elaborated on the delicate nature of preliminary assessment dealing with a special class of citizens. She gave a brief review of Section 15 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, and discussed the General principles of presumption of innocence, and participation, in relation to the right of the child to be heard. She pointed out the absence of the principles in the Guidelines for the Juvenile Justice Board. She also deliberated upon the Principles of Natural Justice and Principle of Safety suggesting incorporating Positive Measures and Non-Waiver of Rights. Dr. Asha Bajpai, Former Professor of Law and Founding Dean, of the School of Law, Tata Institute of Social Sciences shed light on the shift in focus from the child to the nature of the offense post the Nirbhaya incident. She highlighted the loopholes in the decision-making process of the Juvenile Justice Act and suggested that accountability and sensitization to the rights of children and Supreme Court and High Court Judgments should be incorporated into the framework of guidelines. Dr. Sheila Ramaswamy, Technical&Operational Lead at SAMVAD ( Support, Advocacy Mental Health interventions for children in Vulnerable circumstances and Distress) brought to light SAMVAD& position on Juvenile Transfer. Further, she discussed Preliminary Assessment Methodology and how it is interpreted and evaluated under Section 15 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015. Dr. Ramaswamy recommended treatment and rehabilitation interventions for the child, based on the interests of the child. Dr. Harish Shetty, Psychiatrist, Member of NTA, and Founder of ‘Maitri’shared his insights and role of experts in the Preliminary Assessment of the Juvenile. He pointed out that, “Nine out of Ten preliminary assessment reports do not stand the test of time and are not written with a thorough investigation.”He addressed the issues raised by other dignitaries on the impact of abuse and trauma and the tendency to commit crimes as a result of it. Dr. Jaya Sagade, Professor and Scholar in Child Rightsemphasized on the dire need for solutions to the questions posed. She encouraged students to challenge the constitutional validity of Section 15 of the Act. Further, she pointed out the need for qualitative analysis for the transfer of cases and addressing the cases with sensitivity. Adv. Shirin Merchant, Senior Advocate, Pune discussed the ground reality of assessing the mental capacity of adolescents by sharing her personal anecdotes. She emphasized putting the onus on the parents, instead of assessing the child and suggested incorporating psychology in the curriculum of law to felicitate the understanding of human behavior. Mr. Harish Awachar, a Representative of Maher brought forth the challenges faced in juvenile care from an NGOs point of view by sharing his personal anecdotes. Dr. Swarupa Narayan Dholam, Registrar of, the State Human Rights Commission clarified the difference between Social Investigation Report and Preliminary Report and shed light on its purpose which is Personality assessment at the preliminary stage of the trial. Adv. Chaitra Deshmukh, Journalist, and Ph.D. Scholars in Child Rights highlighted the various Issue and challenges faced while categorizing Juvenile Conflict with Law in the age group of 16-18 years as an adult. She highlighted on lack of availability of adequate experts, especially psychologists or psychaitrics. Further, she discussed the issues with the legal aid counsel and their training and emphasized the need for an individual care plan for juveniles who are tried as adult offenders. Dr. Dhanawade, Member of the Juvenile Justice Board, Puneconcluded by emphasizing working on the root cause of crime and taking necessary support from NGOs for the protection of children. The vote of thanks was delivered by Dr. Aprajita Mohanty, Deputy Director (Academics), SLS Pune. Lamp Lighting at Round Table Conference on ‘Draft Guidelines for Conducting Preliminary Assessment under Section 15 of the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act, 2015 Round Table Discussion on ‘Draft Guidelines for Conducting Preliminary Assessment under Section 15 of the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act, 2015’ Esteemed Resource Persons for Round Table Discussion on ‘Draft Guidelines for Conducting Preliminary Assessment under Section 15 of the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act, 2015’.

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Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) has risen from the 591–600 bracket to the 541-550 rank bracket in the ‘QS World University Ranking 2023’, a ranking of world-class educational institutions.

The QS World University Ranking is a very prestigious ranking system providing insight into the global higher education sector. In the last few years, Savitribai Phule Pune University has been steadily rising as one of the leading Indian universities in this ranking.

This year’s rankings were announced on Wednesday, June 8. The ranking evaluated 1422 institutes from all over the world including 41 from India like the IITs and IISc. The Times Higher Education Asia ranking 2022 announced a special award in THE Datapoint Research Category this year.

Amongst 8 finalists selected from more than 500 Asian educational institutions, SPPU emerged as the winner.

“In the last few years, the University has risen up steadily and has earned a position of honor as one of the prestigious universities in the nation. This advancement in the ranking was made our claim for the ‘Institute of Eminence’ even stronger”, said

Prof. Prafulla Pawar, Registrar, SPPU.

“We eagerly look forward to announcements of this ranking every year. This year we have improved our rank by 50 numbers. This definitely gives us tremendous happiness. I am very sure that we possess greater potential taking us to an even higher position in the world. We are adopting and rebuilding several concepts in accordance with the National Education Policy. Implementation of ‘multidisciplinary programs and research will help us achieve even greater heights. I am delighted to have received this rank. Congratulations to all my colleagues at SPPU who have contributed”.

Dr. Karbhari Kale, is in charge of Vice-Chancellor, Savitribai Phule Pune University.

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Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was speaking at the inauguration of the Pavilion Building and state-of-the-art synthetic track at Khashaba Jadhav Sports Complex. During the inauguration, Pawar stated that a fund of Rs 10 crore will be provided for the memorial of Savitribai Phule and the swimming pool on Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) premises.

Minister for Higher and Technical Education Uday Samant, SPPU in-charge Vice-Chancellor Dr. Karbhari Kale, Registrar Dr. Praful Pawar, Director of Technical Education Abhay Wagh, Director of Sports and Physical Education of the University, Dr. Deepak Mane, President of Sports Complex Committee Rajesh Pande, etc. were present during the inauguration.

Pawar said that the government is trying to provide better sports facilities in the Balewadi area. Similarly, the university will also be assisted in creating up-to-date sports facilities. The government will stand firmly behind any part of the state for the benefit of society and for educational progress. Cooperation will also be provided for Deccan College and Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve’s memorial.

Upon the need to provide infrastructure and encouragement to the players:

“We should all work together to build a university that the next generation will be proud of. Our young generation has great potential. There is a need to provide training and encouragement to the players by creating infrastructure while expanding their potential. The university will be assisted in resolving any issues. Proper planning is required to maintain the sports complex without burdening the players. In the case of the university, everyone should work with a sense of belonging, with a sense of responsibility, and every student should show a sense of belonging to the officers, professors, and staff, appealed  Pawar.

He further said that Khashaba Jadhav inspired everyone by achieving success in adverse conditions. He gave the country its first bronze medal in wrestling. Swami Vivekananda influenced the world with his thoughts and deeds. He said that the statues erected at the university would inspire the students to work for humanity and success. Pawar appealed to the citizens to be careful as corona infection is on the rise in some cities.

On the occasion of Environment Day, he said that while global warming is affecting the world, it is time for all to work together for the protection of the environment.

Education minister Samant said that an attempt is being made to make Pune world-famous by completing the halted education projects in Pune’s education sector. The university and the government will have to work together to ensure that state-of-the-art education is available in the university. Maharashtra is the first state in the country to have reserved seats for the children of Kashmiri Pandits. He informed that Rs 13 crore 33 lakhs are being sanctioned for National Higher Education Mission. He said that the university would make efforts to erect a swimming pool and a memorial of Savitribai Phule in the sports complex.

Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Kale said that Savitribai Phule University has received many honors for its valuable achievements in the field of education. The University has expanded its reach through a number of international agreements. The university is ranked 18th in the country. He expressed confidence that the 27-acre sports complex would make the university famous in the field of sports at the national level.

The youths of Shahu Lakshmi Kala Krida Academy performed a demonstration of men’s sports Dandpatta, Lathi Kathi, and Fencing. Mallakhamb players representing the state in the Khelo India tournament gave a demonstration of Mallakhamb.

The new sports facilities of the university have an indoor auditorium for multi-purpose sports. There will be various sports like Badminton, Basketball, Volleyball, Handball, Judo, Karate, Netball, Table Tennis, Wrestling, Weightlifting, Boxing, and Gymnastics.

The sports complex has an international standard 400-meter synthetic track and pavilion building. A football stadium has been set up in the center of it, for which a grant of Rs.4 crore has been received under the National Higher Education Mission (RUSA) and the rest has been spent by the university. Players will benefit from this updated synthetic path.

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Editor’s Synopsis:

• IIM Udaipur’s One-Year Full-Time MBA in Digital Enterprise Management batch continued 100% placements in its second year too.
• A total of 128 roles were floated to the batch and a total of 47 companies participated in the placement season

January 25^th, 2022; Udaipur:  Indian Institute of Management Udaipur concluded Campus Recruitment Program 2021-2022 for its One-Year Full-Time MBA in Digital Enterprise Management batch with a 100% placement record for the second consecutive year. The Program was started in 2020 and is India’s only One-Year Full-Time MBA in Digital Domain, and as such is a unique offering in the new digital world of business. A total of 128 roles were floated to the students and a total of 47 companies participated in the placement season. The Institute shared Topline findings. IIM Udaipur is only the 4^th IIM that is part of IPRS and will be sharing externally audited placement reports after completion of the audit.

The premier B-school announced that the size of this year’s batch was significantly increased over the inaugural batch last year. It consists of 26 students with 3-5 years of work experience, and 11 students with 5+ years of work experience. The average work experience of the cohort is 55 months. The minimum work experience mandatory for doing the course is 3 years.

On this achievement, Prof. Janat Shah, Director, IIM Udaipur, said, “I congratulate the graduating One-Year MBA Batch in Digital Enterprise Management (DEM) for being 100% placed with sought-after roles. The increase in the batch size and the outstanding response by recruiters shows the shift in business paradigms and the rapidly-growing importance of digital learning in the management ecosystem We are happy to see our initiatives in setting up a Centre of Excellence in Digital Enterprise and the 1-year full-time MBA have been so well received.”

The students bagged some of the most sought-after roles in highly relevant domains like Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Digital Experience, and Cloud.

Majors Tech companies such as Accenture Technology, Cognizant, EXL, Innover Digital, Conga, and other companies in the IT Services and IT consulting domain offered sector-specific roles. TransWorld Group of Companies offered international roles in Digital Marketing, Analytics, and Corporate Strategy roles.

Companies including Accenture Strategy, IBM, Cognizant, Thoucentric, TheMathCompany, and Lumiq offered both Technology and Management consulting roles. Retail and eCommerce companies like Reliance Digital and Flipkart, and enterprise analytics companies like LatentView Analytics offered analytics roles. Companies including Publicis Sapient, Digite, Accolite Digital, and Decimal Technologies offered product roles. IT Services and IT consulting majors including Thoughtworks, Mphasis, Infosys Consulting also participated in the recruitment drive

Increase in Package:

About DEM Course:

IIM Udaipur’s Digital Enterprise Management (DEM) is the first-ever Year full-time MBA program in Digital Domain and introduces candidates with work experience to management concepts and leadership styles in the emerging digital business enterprises.

About IIM Udaipur: –

IIM Udaipur is well on its way to becoming a globally recognized B-School. It has broken new ground by focusing on world-class research and transforming students into tomorrow’s managers and leaders. The Institute arrived on the global education stage by securing accreditation from the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) in merely eight years of its establishment. With this accreditation, IIM Udaipur is counted in the same league of global institutes such as Harvard Business School, Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and the MIT Sloan School. IIMU has been listed on the Financial Times (FT) Global MIM Ranking 2020 as well as the QS Global MIM Ranking 2020, only the 4th IIM, along with IIMs Ahmedabad, Calcutta, and Bangalore, to be in the FT Global MIM Ranking and only the 7th IIM in the QS 2021 Global MIM Rankings. In both Rankings, IIM Udaipur is the youngest B-School in the world! IIMU is also currently ranked 4th in India, after ISB, IIM Ahmd, and IIM Bgl, for research in management according to the methodology used by UT Dallas, which tracks publications in the leading global journals.

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Mumbai, 20^th April 2021: upGrad, South Asia’s largest higher edtech makes yet another promising move in 2021 – celebrates its accomplishment of 1,000 successful job placements in a single month in March’21, through Rekrut India, a 100% subsidiary of upGrad. The leading recruitment and staffing solutions company was acquired by upGrad in December 2020 and within a short period of time, the two forces have combined and delivered 2500 successful career transitions in the last quarter – Q4 (January-February-March) at an average salary hike of 50%.

With learners placed across major corporates from India and abroad like Deloitte, Publicis Media, Ugam solutions, Citiustech, Airtel Payments Bank, NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India), Flipkart, HDFC Life, Naukri, Ernst & Young, Ola, etc., the quarter has also witnessed the highest salary hike of 400% with a learner bagging an opportunity at the highest salary package of INR 73 Lacs per annum.

Commenting on the results, Mayank Kumar, Co-founder, and MD, upGrad said, “We have always aimed at delivering powerful content pedagogy and employment-driven education backed by technology that can foster meaningful career growth for our learners who spend months/years to attain new skillsets and remain relevant in this challenging and ever-evolving market setup. Therefore, our partnership with Rekrut India is further reinforcing our goal and is also strengthening our stature as a global edtech leader who not only drives content but also delivers impactful career outcomes for its learners.”

After delivering a blockbuster quarter, upGrad and Rekrut India now target to deliver 20,000 career transitions, which shall further solidify their position as one of the largest career powerhouses for working professionals in the country.

“We are thrilled to see our learners bag some great job opportunities across the board which marks the onset of a positive recognition online learning is witnessing amongst the employers. 2500 transitions in 3 months, highlights the positive hiring outlook of India Inc and more corporates encouraging upskilled talent, this reaffirms our vision to achieve 20000+ transitions in FY22. upGrad has been producing skilled learners with their excellent course structure and we are further unlocking job opportunities with a wider corporate base to assist our learners to achieve desired career goals. We are happy to be a part of upGrad’s journey and drive successful ROI of education for thousands of youths across the country,” concluded Ajay Shah, Managing Founder, and Husain Tinwala, Co-Founder & Head Placements at Rekrut India, in a joint statement.

In a most recent move, the edtech leader has announced its partnership with EyeWay Vision Ltd, an Israeli company to develop and bring one-of-a-kind immersive augmented reality (AR) for its learners. This shall, further strengthen upGrad’s position as a global higher edtech leader emerging out of the Indian territories.

About upGrad:

upGrad is South Asia’s largest online higher edtech company offering 100+ courses in collaboration with top-notch global universities like Deakin Business School (Australia), Duke CE (US), Michigan State University (US), Liverpool Business School (UK), IIT Madras (India), IIM Kozhikode (India) and others. The international edtech leader has impacted over 1 million total registered learners in over 50+ countries across the world.

upGrad has ranked No.1 in the LinkedIn Top Startups India 2020 list. This is the third time in a row that upGrad has been featured in the LinkedIn Top Startup list after 2018 and 2019. It is also amongst GSV Global EdTech 50 and has ranked amongst the Top 50 in the FT Asia-Pacific High-Growth Companies 2021 List.

To know more, visit: www.upgrad.com

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Pune, India – December 3, 2020– Kalpesh Patil, Abhishek Chaudhari of Team Technovus from Pimpri Chinchwad College Of Engineering, Pune was adjudged the winner of Aakruti 2020, the nationwide product design contest in India. Team Technovus showcased their futuristic Plant Residue Pullovator as part of the theme of ‘Design Product for Rural Entrepreneurship’.The winning team will receive cash prizes, SOLIDWORKS Certification vouchers, and student licenses, alongside a job opportunity at Dassault Systemes. The jury comprised of industry experts like Manish Kumar, Vice President, R&D, SOLIDWORKS, Dassault Systemes, Thierry Chevrot – Learning Experience Director User Empowerment, Dassault Systemes, Suchit Jain, Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, SOLIDWORKS, Dassault Systèmes. Team ZeHorsemen from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, Punjab, and Team Prakshepan from Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu showcasing products like Regenerative Electric Exhaust and Vision-Box was announced as the first runner up and the second runner up respectively.

In its 10th year, Aakruti 2020 had participation from 2820 students, from 385 colleges from 25 states of India. 11 teams were selected from three zonal rounds by an eminent jury panel basis their design submissions based on four diverse themes: ‘Small is Big’, ‘Medical Devices with Innovation’, ‘Stop Pollution at Source’, ‘Design Product for Rural Entrepreneurship’ and ‘Re-engineer Products for Contactless Operation because of COVID-19’.The selected teams were chosen basis adherence to their theme and product design feasibility. The teams designed innovative solutions with the potential to address the challenges of the present and the future – both technological and social. Overcoming the challenges induced by the pandemic, the participants were able to work seamlessly with respective team members virtually on the cloud by leveraging the SOLIDWORKS applications based on the 3D EXPERIENCE platform.

(Regenerative Electric Exhaust design Team ZeHorsemen from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, Punjab &Vision Box from team Prakshepan from Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu)

Launched in 2011, Aakruti over the years has had a tremendous response from students across India. This competition is an innovation-driven platform to shape student’s imagination and bring their innovative designs to life using Dassault Systèmes product design applications encouraging students to showcase their design skills, creativity, and innate talent.

For more information on AAKRUTI 2020:https://academy.3ds.com/en/challenges/aakruti2020

Dassault Systèmes Press Contacts

Santanu Bhattacharya: +91 97179 72875 /  santanu.bhattacharya@3ds.com

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Pune,  24^th November 2020:  Vascon Engineers, one of Pune’s leading real estate players in association with one of Pune’s premier institutes, College of Engineering Pune (COEP), have collaborated for setting up a Research and Development Centre to provide future engineers with the latest knowledge required in the field of construction.

The proposed R Vasudevan Centre of R&D, housed in the Vascon Civil EngineeringBuilding, shall aim to bridge the gap between what civil engineers’ study in classroom academics and the kind of expertise that is actually required in the real-world, in turn reducing gestation periods of professionals entering the industry.

The Vascon-COEP association is the need of the hour, as the recent report by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that there is a demand-supply gap ranging between 82% and 86% of skilled civil engineers, architects and others. This means our country needs 4 million skilled civil engineers until next year. Such an understanding between a leading private player and an institute of repute will help companies save on the cost of training manpower as the graduates are deployment-ready.

The latest industry know-how shall be imparted by top practitioners in the field of construction and academia, carefully selected by the management of Vascon and COEP. The centre shall provide such training on the basis of various live projects keeping in mind each project’s final objective and shall be supervised directly by the head of the centre to successfully meet these objectives. One of the main objectives is also to work on innovative yet practical solutions to benefit the industry at large. The Centre will also focus on promoting training the latest technologies and equipment needed by the industry.

All students of COEP in the civil engineering department shall be eligible to work on such projects.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Siddharth Vasudevan – Managing Director, Vascon Engineers Ltd said, “We, at Vascon are proud to be associated with a premier institute like COEP and the bright minds associated with it. Infrastructure and Construction is a crucial sector for the Indian economy. Over the years, we have witnessed that transformational changes are built on the foundation of innovation and academic linkages. Our partnership with COEP and setting up of the R Vasudevan Centre of R&D aims to provide a robust platform for academia and industry to interact and innovate and co-create newer technologies for the construction industry. As we all know professionals, across sectors, who join the industry fresh out of colleges require additional exposure and training to become industry-ready. Hence, one of the main objectives of R&D Centre is to reduce this gestation period and equip students with the latest and industry-ready knowledge that they will be able to use as soon as they are out of college.”  

 Dr. B B Ahuja, Director, College of Engineering Pune said, “We are pleased to be associated with one of Pune’s leading real estate players, setting up of the R Vasudevan Centre of R&D is a one of kind partnership to equip our students to be industry-ready and have an edge over others. We are focused on creating an industry-relevant curriculum in a fast-evolving ecosystem, this partnership with Vascon is a significant step in this direction.”.

About Vascon Engineers :
Vascon Engineers is one of the foremost listed real estate companies headquartered in Pune with over 30 years of experience delivering 200+ projects spanning over 50 million sq. ft. of landmark developments across residential, industrial, IT parks, malls and multiplexes, hospitality and community welfare centres in 30+ cities across India with EPC and its own Real Estate projects. Going forward the vision is to have a focused business approach on EPC and Affordable Housing segment.

About COEP :
Formerly, The Poona Engineering Class & Mechanical School was established in July 1854, with an aim to provide suitable learning to subordinate officers in the Public Works Department. The foundation stone of the new college was laid by His Excellency the Governor, Sir Bartle Frere, on the 5th August 1865. The College was affiliated to the University of Bombay in 1866 and later on to the University of Pune. Credit for a lot of the civil infrastructure in India goes to the successful alumni of this college, starting from none other than the most towering and illustrious engineers, Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvarayya, in whose honour “Engineers Day” is celebrated. The school became “Poona Civil Engineering College”, and subsequently in the year 1911, the nomenclature was changed to the “College of Engineering, Poona”.  In 2003, the college received autonomous status. Today, COEP offers nine UG and twenty-four PG programmes and has more than 3200 students enrolled in its various courses.

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Mr. Navin Thakur / VASCON Engineers / M- navin@vascon.com

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Bangalore, 17 November 2020:  Azim Premji University released its Field Study on ‘Myths of Online Education’s Bangalore today. The report is available online at the University’s website.

The study was undertaken in 5 states across 26 districts covering 1,522schools. These public schools have more than 80,000 students. The objective of the study was to understand the experience of children and teachers with online education.

The study finds an overwhelming majority of the teachers and parents stating that the online mode is inadequate and ineffective for education. The study also reveals that most parents are eager to send their children to schools with necessary health safeguards and do not think that the health of their children would be affected in such an event.

‘Online education is ineffective because of the basic character of education, and not merely because of the lack of access to the net and online resources, especially for school-age children. Education requires physical presence, attention, thought, and emotions, all to be sewn towards learning goals, step-by-step, often back-and-forth, and differently for each student. This requires intense verbal and non-verbal interactions amongst teachers and students, which is possible only in actual classes.’ said Anurag Behar, Vice-Chancellor, Azim Premji University.

Rahul Mukhopadhyay and Aanchal Choral, from the research team that conducted the study, noted that “the study revealed the ineffectiveness of remote learning solutions in providing meaningful learning opportunities, exclusion of the majority of children due to poor access, and the professional frustration of teachers.”

The key findings of the study are:

1. Online education is ineffective: Teachers shared their professional frustration of conducting online classes. More than 80% of teachers expressed the impossibility of maintaining an emotional connection with children during such classes, thus eliminating the very basis of education, and more than 90% of teachers felt that no meaningful assessment of children’s learning was possible during online classes. Parents have echoed this sentiment with almost 70% being of the opinion that online classes are not effective for the learning of their children.
2. Inadequate access: More than 60% of children cannot access online education opportunities; reasons for this include non-availability of or an inadequate number of smartphones for dedicated use or sharing, and difficulty in using the apps for online learning. The issue of access is further exacerbated for children with disabilities; 90% of teachers with children with disabilities in their regular classes found them unable to participate in online classes.
3. Parents’ overwhelming support to reopen schools: Almost 90% of parents are willing to send their children to school if the health of their children is taken care of when schools reopen.

The report underlines the urgent need to reopen schools in a phased manner with appropriate precautions for the health and well-being of both children and teachers. In the interim period, teachers could be encouraged to facilitate community-based solutions for direct interactions with children with all necessary precautions.

About Azim Premji University

Azim Premji University was established as a not-for-profit, private university under the Azim Premji University Act 2010. The University has a clear social purpose of working towards a just, equitable, humane, and sustainable society. Azim Premji University plays a critical role in developing new talent, building capacity in existing functionaries, and creating domain knowledge in the fields of education and in development. The Azim Premji Foundation is the sponsor of the University. The roots of Azim Premji University lie in the learning and experience of two decades of work in school education by the Azim Premji Foundation. The University is one of the Foundation’s key responses to the challenges confronting the education and development sectors in India.

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September17th, 2020; Udaipur:  IIM Udaipur’s Incubation Center announced launch-n-Zoom 3.0,’ a 3-month accelerator cohort program designed to provide startups with the resources and support they need to grow quickly, test the market, and become viable. Startups who have their prototype/MVP ready and are in the process of scaling/marketing their products in the Education, Healthcare, and Fintech Sector stands eligible for this program.

“Designed with the idea of “Improving human well-being through entrepreneurship” the program will aim to scale up various startups profitably, and comes with mentor driven coaching, networking, and virtual classroom sessions.”

A small number of high potential startups will be selected to take part in the 12-week program beginning from November 1^st. Through three-months of interactive and intensive  learning,mentoring, and networking, startups will undergo a lot of DIY exercises to develop and refine the product/service offerings. At the end of these three months, selected startups shall be very well prepared and be ready to pitch their validated growth story to investors and industry participants as part of demo day.

The program shall also provide upto ₹ 1 lakh Rapid Prototyping Support to selected startups, and $10,000 Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud credits to all participating startups for free.

 “Mr. Kannan Soundararajan CEO, IIM Udaipur Incubation Center said, “The third edition of Launch-n-Zoom will deep dive into Education, Healthcare and Fintech Sector, building a strong and effective network with other leaders and entrepreneurs in the industry to enable meaningful partnerships with startups. I offer my heartiest congratulations and warmly invite young leaders to this cohort.”

The mentors and partners of this accelerator program have extensive experience in the local and international startup ecosystem, specialists in their domains, professionals from corporates having scaled and grown their businesses. A major distinction as part of this program is to offer a tailored mentoring based on each venture’s unique needs. Also, this program will have some founders from startups that passed the first round of investment, so they know what it is about and ready to share their experience.

Earlier this year, IIM Udaipur’s Incubation Center hosted its second successful cohort with 27 startups, and its first cohort in 2019 where 18 startups were selected out of 275 applicants following a thorough process of selection.

“through Launch-n-Zoom 2.0, we have gained a great network of both industry experts and other fantastic startups. The program enabled a collaborative environment and contributed to our future wins,” said Vignesh MS, Director at Statlogic.

The accelerator program is going to take place in a virtual mode due to the current COVID-19 situation. For more details on the program, please visit- https://iimuic.org/launch-n-zoom-3.0

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