Education & Training

Byju’s, India’s largest e-learning platform, and US-based conglomerate The Walt Disney Co are planning to launch a co-branded learning app, named Early Learn. This app will be targeting students from kindergarten to third grade. A standalone app will feature characters from Disney brands such as Toy Story, Cars and Frozen among others for a blended learning ...

University of Essex, a gold rated institution in UK’s Teaching Excellence Framework and University of the Year 2018, has announced scholarships worth £100,000 for Essex Business School’s MBA program commencing October 2019. Essex Business School (EBS) is currently ranked in the UK's top 20 (Chartered Association of Business Schools). With both undergraduate and postgraduate courses ...

Edureka, a global e-learning platform for niche technologies, plans to expand its operations. It has more than 7,50,000 learners from all over the globe. The Bengaluru-based company is eyeing to provide 2-3 new courses every 2-3 months and is evaluating other non-technology domains as well. At present, Edureka offers online courses in the field of ...

SPARSH Hospital, known for its extensive experience in dealing with complicated orthopaedic surgeries, has appointed the eminent Dr. Saraswati Viswanathan as a Consultant in its PaediatricOrthopaedics Unit. Dr. Saraswati Viswanathan specialises in pediatric orthopaedics and pain management. She has rich experience in dealing with trauma, chronic bone and joint pains in adults and children. She ...

To bridge the gnawing gap in India’s healthcare education, UPES, a specialization-focused, multi-disciplinary university, has introduced the School of Health Sciences with graduate level courses. On the sidelines of the announcement, UPES also hosted a Conclave on ‘The Science of Well Being’ with industry specialists to discuss the science and management of the health and ...

Japan's Toyota Motor Corp is establishing a research institute in Beijing, China, in partnership with Tsinghua University for studying car technology using hydrogen power and other green technologies, which will ease environmental problems in China. The move is in line with Toyota’s efforts to share more technology with China as it seeks to expand its business in the ...

Pamoja Education, the UK-based online learning provider, has received approval by Cambridge Assessment International Education, formed by Cambridge University, to offer 482 schools across India the chance to use a wider new range of online courses. Pamoja Education said in a statement, "UK-based online learning provider Pamoja Education has been approved by Cambridge Assessment International Education, the world's largest provider of international education programmes and qualifications for 5 to 19-year olds, to ...

Eruditus, the online education startup, grew its revenue nearly three times to around $69 million in the just concluded financial year. In comparison, Byju’s, India’s largest ed-tech startup, announced that it would plan to close FY19 with revenues of about $200 million. Byju's is operating largely in the K-12 education segment with millions of users, while Eruditus' ...

Ivory Education, one of the companies focused on transforming education, has launched a Certificate Programme in Business Analytics from IIT in Amravati. The program will commence in July 2019. This program has been designed for building state-of-the-art skills in the area of Business Analytics. It covers all the modules required to excel in this area. ...

Emory University, in collaboration with The Dalai Lama Trust and the Vana Foundation of India, has launched Emory's international SEE Learning (Social, Emotional and Ethical Learning) program in New Delhi.  The program is available in 12 languages including English and 6 UN languages. It is part of Emory's newly established Center for Contemplative Science and ...