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Dec 18, 2022

Harvard University Appoints First Black President, Claudine Gay

Harvard University named Claudine Gay, a dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, as its new president, the first African American to hold the post at the prestigious university.
Gay is just the second woman to be elected to head the school in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Gay will take over as the university's 30th president on July 1, 2023.
Gay took the helm of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 2018, steering it through the difficult period of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dec 17, 2022

NASSCOM Foundation Launches 'Aspirational Districts Programme'

NASSCOM Foundation announced the launch of its "Aspirational Districts Programme" with the objective of digitally enabling and skilling more than 3.5 million lives by March 2024, thus empowering the marginalised in remote and backward sectors of India.
The event was graced by the presence of Rakesh Ranjan, Mission Director - Aspirational Districts Programme, NITI Aayog who emphasised how the programme is a promising step towards accelerating the country's progress in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals.

Dec 16, 2022

IIT Ropar, Army Training Command sign MoU to set up Centre of Excellence

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar and the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) of the Indian Army signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up a centre of excellence for studies and applied research in defence and security at the premier institute.
The MoU was signed by Rajeev Ahuja, director, IIT Ropar and Lt Gen SS Mahal, General Officer Commanding –in-Chief of the ARTRAC.
IIT Ropar will also curate training programmes as exchange of information on educational programmes for security practitioners of the armed forces, Central Armed Police Forces, intelligence agencies and state police forces run by it as part of its on-campus and off-campus programmes on research and innovation.

Dec 15, 2022

BTech Third most Employable Degree; MBA, BCom Set to Become most Popular Courses

BCom and MBA courses are set to become the most popular courses in 2023, with the most employable talent at 60.62 per cent and 60.1 per cent respectively, according to the Wheebox India Skills Report 2023. In addition to this, BE/ BTech domain candidates are the third most employable, in the domain-wise employability category, with employability being 57.44 per cent.
According to the report, India will be hiring most in the automotive, engineering and internet business. Companies across India show a hiring intent of 36.08 per cent for the demand forecast of 2023.
When it comes to the skills market, according to the study, the demand for skilled labour is being driven by the BFSI, pharmaceutical, e-commerce, and IT/ ITES sectors. Freshmen hiring in these fields is projected to increase by 20 per cent in 2023 compared to 2022.

Dec 14, 2022

India Secures 11th Position at WorldSkills Competition

India secured 11th position in WorldSkills Competition 2022 (WSC 2022), with two silver medals, three bronze medals and 13 Medallions of Excellence. WorldSkills Competition is a global hunt known for raising the profile and recognition of skilled people.
The competition was conducted this year (2022) in a decentralised mode across Europe, North America and East Asia. In India, candidates were selected by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) through IndiaSkills Competition.
This year, the competition witnessed an overwhelming participation from India in 50 skills with over 56 competitors, 50 experts, 11 interpreters and seven team leaders displaying their talents across industries, such as hotel receptionist, mechatronics, bakery, web technologies and more. The participation ranged across 50 skills wherein six skills comprised a team of two competitors each. Among the 56 competitors, 11 were women and 12 candidates were qualified from Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs).
This year (2022), India performed much better than the last time when the competition was held in 2019. In 2019, India had secured 13th position in the competition.

IIT Madras Launches New Interdisciplinary Dual Degree on Quantitative Finance

A new Interdisciplinary Dual Degree (IDDD) programme in quantitative finance was introduced by IIT Madras. It is open for BTech dual degree students, and will be jointly given by the management studies, computer science and engineering, and mathematics departments.
All undergraduate engineering students at IIT Madras are eligible to enrol in the IDDD in Quantitative Finance course. Students already enrolled have the option to start the IDDD in Quantitative Finance in the sixth semester.
The goal of the course is to bridge the gap between the application of contemporary product and process technologies and cutting-edge finance, allowing students to more readily adapt to new advancements in the field of finance.

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