Education & Training
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 11, 2018 - 1 min readFunfinity Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd, which runs a startup called Magic Crate that offers activity-based learning kits for children, has raised an undisclosed amount in its pre-Series A round led by Fireside Ventures, an early-stage consumer-focused firm. 3One4 Capital, one of the Bengaluru-based firm’s early investors, also participated in this round.Magic Crate was launched ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 10, 2018 - 2 min readA war of words has erupted between Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar Shaw and Kannada Development Authority after she called the KDA "an insignificant group of naysayers" for opposing the state government's proposal to introduce English medium classes in 1,000 primary schools. "Media always portrays a small & insignificant group of naysayers as 'activists' - these ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 10, 2018 - 1 min readThe Maharashtra government has formulated a scheme for electrification of schools in the state, Education Minister Vinod Tawde said today. Under the scheme, state-run schools will be provided electricity at government rates and the bill amount will be directly deposited in their accounts, he told the assembly. Tawde's statement came after Shashikant Shinde (NCP) raised ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 09, 2018 - 1 min readIn a bid to improve the rankings of the Indian institutes globally, the Human Resource Development Ministry on Monday announced the name of six universities which have been selected for the Institute of Eminence status. Out of six, three are in the public sector and the remaining in the private sector. HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 09, 2018 - 3 min readVice President M Venkaiah Naidu today batted for "opening up" the private sector in medical education, but stressed the need for regulation to ensure transparency, accountability and quality. He said while the system was expanding and the government as well as the private sector was focusing on increasing the number of medical colleges, "the essential ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 06, 2018 - 1 min readDipak Jain, a prominent Indian professor in the US, has been appointed as the new head of a top global business school in China, according to a media report. Jain, 61, will take over as the European president of the Shanghai-based China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), replacing Pedro Nueno who held the position for ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 05, 2018 - 1 min readIndian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) on Wednesday initiated a ‘Digital Wellbeing Alliance’ with the objective of making Chennai a global ‘Digital Wellbeing Capital’. Inaugurated by Ram D Sriram, a renowned Aritificial Intelligence and healthcare expert, the alliance is intended to improve quality of life for healthcare providers and seekers; and to leverage India’s strength ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 04, 2018 - 1 min readThe Maharashtra government has directed all government-run as well as aided educational institutes in the state to reserve five per cent of the seats for students with disabilities. The quota will come into effect from this academic year (2018-19), said a Government Resolution (GR) issued by the Higher and Technical Education ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 04, 2018 - 3 min readFICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Women Development Cell (WDC) of Shivaji College, University of Delhi today at Federation House, New Delhi. The primary objective of the MoU is to empower women and youth, which plays a crucial role in the development of the society ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 03, 2018 - 2 min readMumbai-based mobile games developer Nazara Technologies Ltd has acquired a 27.42% minority stake in digital entertainment company Crimzon Code, the company said in a statement. With this acquisition, Nazara will offer real money quizzes, where users can win money by answering questions on a live quiz, the statement added. As part ...