Korea tourism invitation
Bengaluru, June 23. Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO), India, an agency of the Republic of Korea (RoK, South Korea) under its ministry of culture, sports and tourism, organised a webinar in collaboration with EducationWorld to invite schools across India to visit Korea for education tours.

“South Korea is an educationally advanced country which spends over 5 percent of annual GDP on education,” said Summiya Yasmeen, managing editor of EducationWorld. “It is also an emerging education hub of Asia with a highly developed kindergarten to university education system,” she added.

Speaking on the occasion, Young Geul Choi, director, KTO, said the agency facilitates elementary, middle, high school and university students visiting Korea. “K-pop, food, cuisine and fashion have been attracting young tourists in recent years. RoK offers a safe and clean environment, four dedicated seasons, long history, rich cultural heritage and global peace tradition, and excellent tourism infrastructure,” said Choi.

IIT-M’s unique course
Chennai, June 6. The high-ranked Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M, estb.1959) has launched an ‘Out of the Box Thinking’ programme in mathematics. “Out of the box thinking is solving math problems through indirect and creative approaches, using reasoning not immediately obvious and involving ideas quite different from traditional step-by-step logic. In this unique course, such thinking is provoked by rediscovering known and unknown facts of mathematics logically, with an interesting broader perception of the manner of doing it,” says Prof. V. Kamakoti, director of IIT-M. The institute is targeting to enrol 1 million school and college students, and working professionals and researchers.

Learning modules will be offered in online mode free-of-charge through IIT-M’s Pravartak Technologies Foundation, a s.8 company which will issue grade certification for students who take examinations at a nominal fee. The final proctored examination will be conducted at centres in select cities countrywide. The first batch of the course commenced on July 1.

Unique MentorKart programme
New Delhi, June 2. MentorKart, a technology-based platform of the Noida-based Tracxn Technologies Pvt. Ltd announced the launch of its Industry Mentorship Model Campus (IMMC).

According to a company media release, IMMC is designed to train university/college students for myriad industry job roles based on their qualifications. MentorKart has already signed up with 50 universities countrywide for students to participate in the IMMC programme. It intends to achieve its goal of reaching over 200 universities in the next few quarters. With more than 1,000 highly experienced mentors, coaches, content creators, IMMC offers an e-learning and career acceleration ecosystem.

“This initiative does not only provide or enhance college/university students’ technical and soft skills but also provides them guidance from our highly experienced mentors. It is a win-win programme for higher education institutions, students as well as industry,” says Vijay Sethi, chairman of the advisory board and chief mentor, MentorKart.

Deakin-JGU tie-up
New Delhi, June 8. Deakin University, Australia and O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), Sonipat (Haryana) invite applications for their joint Global B.Com (Hons.) + B. Business + MBA (International) integrated degree programme — the first in finance-cum-business education in India.

Under this two undergrad and one postgrad integrated degrees programme, students begin their academic journey at Jindal School of Banking and Finance where they learn for two years in the Global B.Com (Hons.) programme. On completion of this course, students are inducted into the third year Bachelor of Business (B.Business) programme of Deakin University, Australia. Moreover, students have the option to acquire a Masters degree by signing up for an 18-month programme to graduate with an MBA (International) in addition to two undergraduate degrees.

Deakin Business School is internationally accredited and ranked among the Top 1 percent of B-schools globally. “We are one of only 150 schools worldwide awarded AACSB and EQUIS accreditation. Indian students will specially benefit from The Global B.Com (Hons.) + B. Business + MBA (International) integrated programme by way of international exposure, industry-relevant curriculum, skill-based learning, global research, and work opportunities,” says Prof. Colin Higgins, associate dean, Deakin University.

Data Tech’s AI programme
Delhi, June 6. The Pune-based Data Tech Labs Inc has devised an ‘AI for India’ national campaign. This initiative was launched by Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on June 6. The campaign is supported by the Union government and AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) and aims to evaluate, train, practice, provide internship, allocate projects, certify and employ 2.5 million citizens.
“It was our privilege to conceptualise this campaign and contribute to skilling India’s youth. AI for India welcomes the age of blended and hybrid learning in which intelligent technologies and citizens will collaborate to drive business success for accelerating development of the Indian economy,” says Dr. Amit Andre, CEO of DataTech Labs.