Education and Skill Training

Whiz kids in India are coming up with new technology to make the lives of the specially-abled smoother and more comfortable. From an electric wheelchair for rough Indian terrain, an AI-driven app for the autistic to digital braille for the visually impaired to a device that helps throat cancer patients get their voice back,...

Persons with disabilities often prove to be more than the sum of their parts. 29-year-old Premalata Behera, from a tribal community of Odisha, lives with her parents and three siblings. Her father is a small marginal farmer and supports the family with his meagre income. Due to economical reasons, he could not take care...

Hindustan Zinc Limited, a Vedanta Group company, today announced that 26 underprivileged students from the 2nd batch of ‘Unchi Udaan’ CSR project have registered 100% results in the 12th class board results and secured overall 100 distinctions across subjects like Hindi, English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. These meritorious students who are from the remote rural...

Edvizo, an IIT alumnus startup, has launched a free online crash course to help students give the final touch to their preparations for JEE and NEET 2020 exams during COVID-19 lockdown. The classes will be taken by IIT-JEE and AIIMS top rankers for 40 days commencing from July 15. Stating that the free programme made...

At this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating aftermath on the economy, India needs to protect its youth, to ensure that they do not lose opportunities to develop themselves professionally. As a contribution to this task, Nestlé India has launched a virtual internship programme, "Nesternship". The programme addresses applications from graduates in the...

NIIT Limited, a Skills and Talent Development firm, announced virtual 'FutureReady Fest', an initiative to encourage students to enhance their knowledge on new-age skills through future-ready programmes, together with their regular studies and academic curriculum. Under the initiative, NIIT is offering free Micro Programme on Digital Marketing & Branding, Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and...

Business has an important role to play in Nation Building, and the fact is not lost on the Indian government. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs formulated the CSR provisions in the Companies Act in a way that would make it most conducive for India Inc to be socially responsible. The Central government has actively...

While the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the shutdown of educational institutions and training centres across the nation, GMR Varalakshmi Foundation (GMRVF), the CSR arm of GMR Group has introduced an online solution to train school/ college dropout youth to enhance their employability during the lockdown. GMRVCEL (GMR Varalakshmi Centre for Empowerment and Livelihoods–Hyderabad) at...

The ‘Hamara Ghar, Hamara Vidyalaya’ initiative was launched by Jaishri Kiyavat (IAS), Commissioner, Department of Public Instructions (DPI) on 1st July 2020 for secondary school students. The online launch was witnessed by teachers, government officers and parents from across the state. Jaishri Kiyavat (IAS), Commissioner, Department of Public Instructions (DPI), MP Government says, “The Hamara...

Hero MotoCorp is one of those automobile doyens that could be mistaken for a much younger company because of its young workforce and fresh work ethic. Despite being the world’s largest manufacturer of two-wheels for the past two decades, the company is at the cutting edge of design and auto-innovation. It believes sustainability is...

Vedanta Limited’s, flagship project “Nand Ghar” has rolled out e-learning modules for home-schooling through WhatsApp groups across villages of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Odisha. The e-learning modules consists of stories, games, rhymes, home based activities, moral science lessons and more for children below six years of age. ICDS, Government of Rajasthan issued an order to...

WNS (Holdings) Limited, through its CSR arm WNS Cares Foundation (WCF) today announced the national launch of CyberSmart portal. Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), did the honours. CyberSmart is a holistic cybersafety learning ecosystem for education and empowerment of students, teachers, volunteers and parents, supported by NASSCOM. Shamini Murugesh,...