Education & Training
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 05, 2019 - 2 min readThe ongoing digitizations of new-age technologies are creating a massive skill gap in the IT-ITES industry. According to an estimate, out of the 4.5 million professionals employed in the industry today, around 1.5 to 2 million professionals will require reskilling in the coming four to five years. This is over and above the increasing demand ...
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Opportunity India Desk Aug 14, 2019 - 1 min readAvasara Leadership Institute has announced the launch of the Honeywell Center for Advancing Girls in Science, a transformative science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program for bright, young girls in middle and high school. Funded by Honeywell Hometown Solutions India Foundation (HHSIF), the program will empower 500 Avasara students with an experiential, project-based science curriculum. ...
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Opportunity India Desk Aug 06, 2019 - 2 min readThe Board of Directors at Medlife have announced that Ananth Narayanan (former CEO of Myntra and Jabong and ex McKinsey Senior Partner) will be joining the company as Co-Founder and CEO. In this capacity, Ananth will be responsible for driving the next S curve of growth, continue to strengthen the team, lead M&A’s, and help ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 25, 2019 - 1 min readUS-based coding franchise Code Ninjas will be opening its first coding centre in the UK. Prasad Prabhakaran, Srinivasa Rao, Sridhar Bhat and Sharath Iyer will operate the Code Ninjas Pinner & Harrow centre. The team will be operating the business together, combining their experience in technology, finance, telecoms, operations and education. Former technology executive Prasad ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 24, 2019 - 2 min readThe test-prep platform Pariksha has raised Rs 4 crore in its ongoing pre-Series A round from incubator and accelerator Venture Catalysts. The Pune-based startup is an online vernacular competitive examination preparatory platform focused on enabling candidates optimize their preparations for various government examinations. The fresh capital will be used by the company to strengthen its ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 24, 2019 - 1 min readFlintoClass is looking to expand the reach of its early learning model in Hyderabad. The Chennai-based startup has spent around $3 million in research and development centre, for researching, testing and categorising on this product. Once the pilot project begins running successfully in Hyderabad, FlintoClass will spread its comprehensive, low-cost preschool system to other cities of Telangana. With ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jun 24, 2019 - 1 min readBML Munjal University (BMU), the Hero Group’s not-for-profit university, has launched the short-term international immersion programs for its undergraduate students joining in the academic year 2019-2020. For these immersion programs, BMU has partnered with top-ranked international universities including Imperial College London, London School of Economics and Political Science and the University of Warwick. Students will ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jun 21, 2019 - 1 min readCoolpad, a leading Indian smartphone brand established by Coolpad Technologies India Pvt Ltd, has announced the appointment of Fisher Yuan as its new India CEO. As the CEO, Fisher will be driving the mission and vision of the company while overseeing its day-to-day operations. As Coolpad further strengthens its presence in India, Fisher will create ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jun 21, 2019 - 1 min readIndian Institute of Management Calcutta, the first Indian business school crowned with triple international accreditations, has inducted 62 students in the 5th batch to its prestigious Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics Programme offered jointly with Indian Statistical Institute and Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. The Freshers’ programme commenced with the Chairperson PGDBA, Prof Sahadeb ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jun 19, 2019 - 1 min readIFMR Graduate School of Business (IFMR GSB) at Krea University has launched MBA & PhD Programmes for the academic year 2019-20. The full-time MBA and PhD programmes have been inaugurated at IFMR GSB’s Sri City campus. The MBA batch consists of 175 students with diverse backgrounds, geographic, academics, work experience, as well as gender, with ...