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AM/NS–NSDC pact University by several faculty of Har- counselled to apply for higher studies
vard Business School. in world-class universities.
New delhi, december 14. ArcelorMittal “Through its several educational The last date to apply for Global
Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) — initiatives, the Hinduja Founda- Citizen Scholarships is March 18. For
a joint venture of ArcelorMittal (UK) tion has improved the lives of nearly further information, visit globalindi-
and Nippon Steel (Japan) — signed an 500,000 children and youth of India. anschool.org.
MoU (memorandum of understand- This partnership with Aspire Institute
ing) with the National Skill Develop- will enable us to transform the lives Inventure-GSE Conclave
ment Corporation (NSDC) to provide of educationally under-served youth
digital skills training to youth country- through a fully funded leadership de- Bengaluru, december 15. A two-day In-
wide. Under terms of the agreement, velopment programme that will en- novation and Entrepreneurship Con-
AM/NS India will fund the training of able them to make a positive impact clave for School Leaders 2022-2023
1,600 youth of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, in their communities. The education was hosted by Bengaluru’s top ranked
Gujarat, and Maharashtra by NSDC to programmes and partnerships of the Inventure Academy, in collaboration
qualify as IT helpdesk attendants and foundation are aligned with the Na- with University of Pennsylvania’s
data entry operators. tional Education Policy 2020,’’ said Graduate School of Education (GSE).
“We are pleased to extend our part- Namrata Hinduja, trustee of Hin- The conclave attracted school lead-
nership with NSDC on this important duja Foundation, after signing the ers, subject matter and curriculum
initiative to equip young people across partnership agreement. development experts from across the
the country with skills that will help country.
them secure employment and a path Global Citizen Scholarships The objective of the conclave was
to economic prosperity,” said Shingo to generate awareness about the eight-
Nakamura, deputy director (HR & 2023-24 month Penn GSE Entrepreneurship
Admin) of AM/NS, speaking on the & Innovation Certificate Program for
occasion. Noida, december 15. Global Indian principals and teachers in K-12 educa-
“This partnership with AM/NS In- International School (GIIS) invites tion, completed by 36 Inventure Acad-
dia will provide inspiration for large- applications for its Global Citizen emy teachers.
scale participation by corporates in Scholarships 2023-24 programme — During the two-day conclave, Dr.
skill development. With promised an initiative that enables meritorious Barbara Kurshan, senior innovation
resources in the second phase, NSDC secondary school students to complete advisor and Dr. Jenny Zapf, senior
will conduct digital learning sessions higher secondary education in Sin- Fellow and founding-director of GSE’s
to train 1,600 bright students from gapore. Students certified as class X Ed-MBA Masters program in Educa-
various backgrounds to enable them graduates by any authorised examina- tion Entrepreneurship, detailed the
to become valuable members of the tion board are eligible to apply. features of this teacher-enrichment
country’s workforce,” added Ved “GCS is an initiative to help merito- program. In addition, stimulating
Mani Tiwari, chief operating officer rious students in India to pursue high- sessions were conducted by Dr. Sum-
of NSDC. er education abroad,” said Pramod er Singh, president, Boarding Schools
Tripathi, Director (Academic) of Association of India, and Nooraine
Hinduja Foundation GIIS Singapore. “Last year, 17 stu- Fazal, co-founder, Inventure Acad-
emy.
dents were awarded GIIS Singapore
initiative scholarships and during the past four “At Inventure, we believe that cri-
years, more than 100 Indian students ses generate opportunity. During the
Mumbai, december 12. Hinduja Foun- have been awarded Global Citizen prolonged Covid-19 closure of schools,
dation (regstd.1968), the philanthro- Scholarships.” we availed the opportunity to hit the
py subsidiary of the London-Geneva- Awardees of the scholarships are reset button and redefine the role of
Mumbai-based Hinduja Group, has entitled to pursue CBSE or IB-Geneva schools in enabling every student to
partnered with Aspire Institute, USA, curriculum at GIIS Singapore with full learn life skills, and work collabora-
to provide leadership skills training to waiver of tuition and residential ac- tively to solve problems confronting
young adults (18-26 years) in India. commodation fees. Moreover, Global communities and societies. In col-
The Aspire Leaders Program is a Citizen Scholarship awardees are also laboration with U Penn GSE, we are
fully funded leadership skills devel- entitled to travel expenses and pocket building an ecosystem of innovation
opment programme delivered on- money. The value of the scholarship and entrepreneurship in Indian edu-
line through self-paced courses and amounts to approximately S$90,000 cation,” said Nooraine Fazal, man-
virtual classrooms. Aspire Institute (Rs.55 lakh) per student. At the end aging trustee, Inventure Academy,
(estb.2017) was founded at Harvard of two years, the students will also be speaking on the occasion.

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