Education & Training
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Opportunity India Desk Nov 14, 2018 - 1 min readThe Union Human Resource Development Ministry will launch three new professional programmes imparting over 1,000 hours of industry-linked training for students from this academic year onwards. The move is aimed at enhancing the employability of graduates. Prakash Javadekar, HRD Minister, stated, "We are starting BA (Professional), BSc (Professional) and B Com (Professional) courses from this ...
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Opportunity India Desk Nov 13, 2018 - 1 min readThe Ministry of Human Resource Development has approved the process of setting up a new Board of Governors (BoG) for each Indian Institute of Management (IIM) under the new IIM Act. The ministry stated that each of the Boards has to be constituted afresh with the three ex-officio members, including the institute's current director, existing representatives ...
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Opportunity India Desk Nov 13, 2018 - 1 min readThe National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) and Syngenta Foundation India (SFI) have begun an Agri-Entrepreneurship (AE) model. This programme is started to tackle unemployment among rural youth and to focus on improving the plight of farmers in rural India. Presently, an AE model is active across seven states and, as of ...
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Opportunity India Desk Nov 12, 2018 - 1 min readThe Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved setting up of a Central Tribal University in Andhra Pradesh. "Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh" will be set up in Relli village of Vizianagaram District as provided under the Thirteenth Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (No. 6 of 2014). The ...
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Opportunity India Desk Nov 09, 2018 - 1 min readIndian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-D) will be establishing two new centres of research, namely the Centre for Electric Vehicles and the Centre for Cyber Physical System, and an innovation science park in its campus. The new centres will be supported by public and private industries. They both will focus on solving contemporary issues of ...
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Opportunity India Desk Nov 03, 2018 - 1 min readThe Robert Bosch Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, has organised the 'Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Conclave', in order to boost the sectors in Chennai. The conclave is focused on understanding cutting-edge technology and innovation in the field. The institute invited top technology firms and think tanks ...
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Opportunity India Desk Nov 03, 2018 - 1 min readResearchers at Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) have designed, developed and booted up India's first microprocessor, Shakti. The Shakti microprocessor could be used in mobile computing and other devices. It can further be used in low-power wireless systems and networking systems besides reducing reliance on imported microprocessors in communication and defence sectors. The microprocessor will reduce ...
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Opportunity India Desk Nov 02, 2018 - 1 min readMphasis, an IT services and solutions provider specializing in cloud and cognitive services, has partnered with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore's incubation centre NSRCEL to support early-stage social ventures. The initiative is the part of IIM Bangalore's Social Incubation Programme. The program is aiming to incubate and support 'for profit' social ventures and comprises ...
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Opportunity India Desk Nov 01, 2018 - 1 min readKAP Viswanatham Government Medical College in Trichy has introduced eight new paramedical BSc courses. The college has initiated BSc courses for the first time. These courses are launched looking at the job prospects for efficient technicians in various hospitals across Tamil Nadu. The new courses include BSc accident and emergency care technology, BSc cardiac technology, ...
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Opportunity India Desk Nov 01, 2018 - 1 min readLumenis, world's largest energy-based medical device company for surgical, aesthetic and ophthalmic applications, has appointed Bijal Shah as Country Manager, India & South Asia Bijal will spearhead Lumenis' Operations and lead the direct/ indirect business transformation in India & South Asia. Qiying Zhai, President, Lumenis Asia, said, "India is a strategic market for us and ...