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13 Apr
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How AICTE wants engineering, B-Schools to improve students’ job readiness

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From industry-prepared courses to mandatory shop floor training, AICTE is ready with a set of must haves for technical colleges to improve its students’ employability. As per the AICTE plan, every technical college will now be required to have an industry consultation committee to rework the curriculum of each subject taught there.   New Delhi: From industry-prepared courses to mandatory shop floor training to imparting managerial and entrepreneurial knowledge, India’s apex technical education regulator, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), is now ready with a set of must haves for technical colleges to improve their graduates’ employability.   For…

13 Apr
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Rejuvenating one of India’s leaders in technical education, via TEQIP

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Since its inclusion under TEQIP in 2003, the CoEP TEQIP audit score has shot up from 5 grade points in 2005 to 9.5 in 2009.   Established in 1854, the College of Engineering Pune (CoEP) is one of the oldest in Asia and one of the hallowed leaders in technical education, harnessing some of India’s best and the brightest.   While the CoEP has many firsts to its credit, its inclusion under the Technical Engineering Education Quality Improvement Project (TEQUIP) — supported by the World Bank and implemented by the Ministry of Human Resource Development — has triggered a transformation…

13 Apr
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This 12-year-old Indian girl is building robots to save honey bees

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New Delhi: Just like any other girl her age, 12-year-old Kavya Vignesh likes to have fun when she is not studying. But unlike many others, she likes to make those moments memorable by creating something that helps solve some real-world problems.   Yes, you read that right. These days, she is busy giving final touches to a robot that has the potential to save honey bees in residential areas — and for making a presentation of her bot at an international robotics event to be held in Denmark next month.   Vignesh, a Class 7 student of Delhi Public School, Vasant…

12 Apr
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COEP: changing itself and leading change

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Since its inclusion under the World Bank’s TEQIP programme in 2003, the 163-year-old college has reinvented itself   The College of Engineering Pune (CoEP) isn’t just one of the oldest in Asia — it was established in 1854 — it is also a leader in technical education, with some of India’s best and the brightest having passed through its doors.   In 2003, the college was chosen through a nationally competitive process to be one of the 127 engineering and technical institutes supported by the Technical Engineering Education Quality Improvement Project (TEQUIP, the World Bank’s longest-running project in the field…

04 Apr
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Open-Source Prototype Turns Any Room Into a 3D Printer

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Spring cleaning tip from Sweden: If you’re wondering what to do with that extra space in the garage or den, why not turn the room into a giant 3D printer?   That’s the Swedes for you — always thinking.   Swedish inventor Torbjørn Ludvigsen has spent the last three years developing a new kind of large-format 3D printer that can build furniture-sized objects in any room — surprisingly easily and relatively cheaply. Ludvigsen’s invention, the Hangprinter, employs a system of wires and computer-controlled pulleys anchored to the walls, floor, and ceiling. Once installed, the Hangprinter essentially uses the room itself…

31 Mar
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Education Revolution: #3 Industry Trends that Are Set to Make a Difference

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The Indian education sector is currently experiencing a wave of disruption. From e-learning platforms, to the influx of foreign universities – Indian schools and colleges have to amalgamate these latest changes into their curriculum.   However, what continues to remain a constant question is whether these changes are aimed at producing employable candidates. S Vaitheeswaran, CEO of Manipal Global Education, has been aggressively scouting new technology innovations into their system.   Here are some of the key trends that he believes will benefit employability in the near future –   Learning pedagogy is changing There is an exponential change in…

31 Mar
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India-based Global Education Institute CEO Bats for Edtech Startups & Smoother Govt Regulations

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While running an education empire today, one needs to keep tabs that the graduating students not only have the access to the latest curriculum assets but also ensure that they armed with skills to ensure employability post the education.   Six years into his post, S Vaitheeswaran is the driving force behind Manipal Global Education Services’ aggressive procurement of new technologies into their system. Vaitheeswaran is responsible for identifying and building future growth engines, including new campuses, investments and acquisitions. He has launched major initiatives to expand Manipal Global’s footprint in ASEAN countries with Malaysia as the hub, and in…

31 Mar
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40 per cent of engineering graduates get placements: Javadekar

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New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) Only 40 per cent of engineering graduates got placements after passing out of college.To improve this bleak scenario, the AICTE has decided to introduce summer internships for at least 75 percent of the students and introduce updated model curriculum, HRD minister Prakash Javadekar said in the Rajya Sabha today.   He said the government has set up a target of making at least 60 per cent of engineering graduates in the country employable in the next 5 years. During the Question Hour, members expressed concerns about the quality of education in engineering and teachers training…

30 Mar
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AICTE initiates various schemes related to Technical Education

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JAMMU, Mar 28: Prof Alok Prakash Mittal, Member Secretary, AICTE, today shared various schemes being initiated by AICTE for the involvement of students in Technical colleges for the development of various projects required by different Ministries of Government of India. He said that the selection process is already midway to award these projects to students with the condition that each group will have at least one female member in them.   Prof Mittal said this while speaking during a one-day seminar on “Role of Technical Education in Shaping New India”, wherein he was invited as chief guest and keynote speaker….

28 Mar
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A Gripping Tale

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2007-11-01: One of the keys to the advancement of robotics is the development of new and innovative grippers. Welcome to the future. Advancements in robotics are about doing more with less, and about copying human arm movements for maximum efficiency. But robots do more than human arms can – they lift more, faster and tirelessly. Greater flexibility, lighter weight materials, new technical advances in sensors, a finicky retail environment where purchasing managers are buying less but more variety (mixed palletizing), and a move into new industries like food processing (hygienic design) – these are some of the dominant trends in…

28 Mar
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Cost of higher education not sustainable

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AICTE Vice-Chairman Punia says students are unable to recover their investments BENGALURU, MARCH 26: AICTE Vice-Chairman MP Punia on Sunday raised concerns over the high cost of higher education in India wherein the investments made are so high students are not able to recover them their his entire life, even after qualifying as professionals.   “There is a mismatch between the investments made to seek higher education and the returns from it,” Punia said at the Guardians of Knowledge event organised by the Hindu, which included a gathering of teachers from private and public educational institutions.   Punia said higher education…

27 Mar
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Craze for engineering decreases, 48% seats vacant

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Firms hiring engineers have been complaining about the poor quality of graduates churned out by the colleges.   The craze of engineering is slowly declining, with 48% of the total engineering seats across the country staying vacant. According to the latest information provided by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, out of the approved total intake of 30.93 lakh seats, only 15.96 lakh students enrolled for different engineering courses in 2015-16. There are 6,431 All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)-approved engineering institutions in the country.   The number of students enrolling for engineering courses in 2015-16 is lower than…

26 Mar
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Rourkela girl invents ‘air bike’ – Bicycle without pedals can travel 60km on 10kg of compressed air

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Bhubaneswar, Nov. 1: A 14-year-old girl from the state, Tejaswani Priyadarshani, has come up with an innovative bicycle that propels on air. Without pedals, the “air bike” can run up to 60km on just 10kg of compressed air pumped into a cylinder mounted on the bicycle carrier. The innovation holds importance at a time when world leaders are coming together to cut down on the use of fossil fuels derived from natural resources such as coal, oil, gas, petrol and diesel.   “Fossil fuels are produced from old and dry plants and animal remains. They are used in vehicles, industries…

25 Mar
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Rapid prototyping & MVP development

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Rapid Prototyping Rapid prototyping is a design process used to create an early working, interactive, and visual model of your martech solution. It consists of many traditional design products (e.g. wireframes), but also some new features that take it from being just a design to an interactive model. A rapid prototype consists of the following: Screen flows Wireframes Low-fidelity prototype High-fidelity prototype (including interactive components, e.g., buttons and navigational features)   The Benefits Of Rapid Prototyping 1. Bring your ideas to life. While screen flows and wireframes allow you to see your martech platform, an interactive rapid prototype allows you…

25 Mar
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AICTE: Changes to be brought in engineering syllabi to meet industry requirements

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In order to fulfill the contemporary industry requirements, AICTE has set up a committee of subject experts which will help revise the existing engineering syllabi. The committee will review the existing syllabi, and suggest curricula changes at engineering and technical institutes.   In order to fulfill the contemporary industry requirements, the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) has set up a committee of subject experts which will help formulate and revise the existing engineering syllabi in India. The committee will review the existing syllabi, and suggest curricula changes at engineering and technical institutes.   As per an HT report,…

22 Mar
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Internships may soon be a must for technical degrees

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AICTE effort to make students more industry-ready Technical education institutions in India will soon have internships as a mandatory requirement for the award of degrees. The All-India Council for Technical Education — the regulator for maintaining norms and standards in technical education — has set the ball rolling to make internships a mandatory part of technical education in the country.   “For a beginning, we are asking institutions providing technical education to arrange for internships for 75% of their students. We will also help by trying to get industry bodies and MSMEs on board for this. The institutions can then…

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