Education & Training
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readOne leading players in core education, Zee Learn Limited, and its brand ‘Kidzee’, has been bestowed with National Awards for Marketing Excellence 2016. Zee Learn won ‘Marketing Excellence in Education Sector’ award, whereas, Kidzee was entitled with ‘Marketing Communication Business to Business’ award.National Awards for Marketing Excellence is driven by CMO Asia and presented to ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readUnited Kingdom has offered technical support and cooperation to Haryana to set up medical colleges, training of paramedics and other supporting staff posted in government hospitals.Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar held a meeting with British High Commissioner Sir Dominic Asquith where latter showed keen interest in mutual collaboration in other key areas of Smart ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readCareer Point Ltd., a renowned tutoring services firm has received Rs. 2.4 cr from National Skill Development Corporation in order to provide youth with skill training in diverse trades.The Rajasthan-based company will be utilising the funds to train 4.5 lakh youth in 36 diverse trades in multiple sectors over a 10-year period, company stated. This ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readThe University Grants Commission (UGC) has ordered Pearl Academy, a fashion and management institute to stop awarding degrees. The Delhi based institute has its centres in Noida, Jaipur and Mumbai.The institute awards joint degrees with Nottingham Trent University (NTU) of Britain, which is against the Indian law stating that no private institute can tie-up with ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readGyanDhan, an education financing marketplace, has raised an undisclosed amount in its seed funding round from Stanford Angels and Entrepreneurs with participation from Harvard Angels, and other individual investors including Pravin Gandhi, Partner- Seedfund Advisors in his personal capacity. GyanDhan had earlier received angel funding from Satyen Kothari, Founder of Cube and Citrus Pay, to ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readIn a bid to gain insight on cardiovascular risk reduction and chronic diseases in South Asians, Apollo hospitals signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Stanford University for the Stanford South Asian Translational Heart Initiative (SAATHI).Analyzing the overall objective to reduce cardiovascular mortality in South Asians, the study will capture data on prediabetes and insulin ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readRenowned hair designer and make-up artist, Samantha Kochhar, has been appointed the Deputy Chief Expert Hairdressing by World Skills International. It is for the first time that the Hair Dressing Category India Skills has secured this title amongst 67 countries. This inclusion in the world body will see Samantha Kochhar being a part of the ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readMaple Bear pre- school chain plans for aggressive expansion in south, east and central India via the franchise route. In India Maple Bear is a joint venture between Modi Eductech and Global Schools, Canada that combines the best of Canadian educational practices with a child-focused system in order to bring Canadian early childhood and elementary ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readNIIT, skills and talent development brand announced the launch of GNIIT Digital Transformation (DT) - a path-breaking GNIIT program that equips college students to ride the wave of digital transformation - the process of shifting from a traditional approach to new ways of working and thinking using digital, social, mobile and emerging technologies.The new GNIIT–DT ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readSeth Anandram Jaipuria School, Lucknow was inaugurated by Chief Minister, UP, Akhilesh Yadav earlier this month. The inaugural ceremony was earnestly graced by eminent Ministers of State, deemed educationists and other distinguished guests from Seth Anandram Jaipuria Education Society.During the event, Shishir Jaipuria, Chairman, Seth Anandram Jaipuria Education Society welcomed the Chief Guest and the ...