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Korea tourism invitation in online mode free-of-charge through one postgrad integrated degrees pro-
IIT-M’s Pravartak Technologies Foun- gramme, students begin their academ-
Bengaluru, june 23. Korea Tourism dation, a s.8 company which will issue ic journey at Jindal School of Banking
Organisation (KTO), India, an agency grade certification for students who and Finance where they learn for two
of the Republic of Korea (RoK, South take examinations at a nominal fee. years in the Global B.Com (Hons.)
Korea) under its ministry of culture, The final proctored examination will programme. On completion of this
sports and tourism, organised a webi- be conducted at centres in select cit- course, students are inducted into
nar in collaboration with Education- ies countrywide. The first batch of the the third year Bachelor of Business
World to invite schools across India to course commenced on July 1. (B.Business) programme of Deakin
visit Korea for education tours. University, Australia. Moreover, stu-
“South Korea is an educationally Unique MentorKart dents have the option to acquire a
advanced country which spends over 5 Masters degree by signing up for an
percent of annual GDP on education,” programme 18-month programme to graduate
said Summiya Yasmeen, managing with an MBA (International) in ad-
editor of EducationWorld. “It is also new delhi, june 2. MentorKart, a tech- dition to two undergraduate degrees.
an emerging education hub of Asia nology-based platform of the Noida- Deakin Business School is interna-
with a highly developed kindergarten based Tracxn Technologies Pvt. Ltd tionally accredited and ranked among
to university education system,” she announced the launch of its Industry the Top 1 percent of B-schools glob-
added. Mentorship Model Campus (IMMC). ally. “We are one of only 150 schools
Speaking on the occasion, Young According to a company media re- worldwide awarded AACSB and EQ-
Geul Choi, director, KTO, said the lease, IMMC is designed to train uni- UIS accreditation. Indian students
agency facilitates elementary, middle, versity/college students for myriad will specially benefit from The Global
high school and university students industry job roles based on their quali- B.Com (Hons.) + B. Business + MBA
visiting Korea. “K-pop, food, cuisine fications. MentorKart has already (International) integrated programme
and fashion have been attracting signed up with 50 universities coun- by way of international exposure,
young tourists in recent years. RoK trywide for students to participate in industry-relevant curriculum, skill-
offers a safe and clean environment, the IMMC programme. It intends to based learning, global research, and
four dedicated seasons, long history, achieve its goal of reaching over 200 work opportunities,” says Prof. Co-
rich cultural heritage and global peace universities in the next few quarters. lin Higgins, associate dean, Deakin
tradition, and excellent tourism infra- With more than 1,000 highly experi- University.
structure,” said Choi. enced mentors, coaches, content cre-
ators, IMMC offers an e-learning and Data Tech’s AI programme
IIT-M’s unique course career acceleration ecosystem. delhi, june 6. The Pune-based Data
“This initiative does not only pro-
Chennai, june 6. The high-ranked In- vide or enhance college/university Tech Labs Inc has devised an ‘AI for
dian Institute of Technology Madras students’ technical and soft skills but India’ national campaign. This initia-
(IIT-M, estb.1959) has launched an also provides them guidance from tive was launched by Union education
‘Out of the Box Thinking’ programme our highly experienced mentors. It is minister Dharmendra Pradhan on
in mathematics. “Out of the box think- a win-win programme for higher edu- June 6. The campaign is supported
ing is solving math problems through cation institutions, students as well as by the Union government and AICTE
indirect and creative approaches, us- industry,” says Vijay Sethi, chairman (All India Council for Technical Edu-
ing reasoning not immediately obvi- of the advisory board and chief men- cation) and aims to evaluate, train,
ous and involving ideas quite different tor, MentorKart. practice, provide internship, allocate
from traditional step-by-step logic. projects, certify and employ 2.5 mil-
In this unique course, such thinking Deakin-JGU tie-up lion citizens.
is provoked by rediscovering known “It was our privilege to conceptu-
and unknown facts of mathematics new delhi, june 8. Deakin University, alise this campaign and contribute to
logically, with an interesting broader Australia and O.P. Jindal Global Uni- skilling India’s youth. AI for India wel-
perception of the manner of doing it,” versity (JGU), Sonipat (Haryana) in- comes the age of blended and hybrid
says Prof. V. Kamakoti, director vite applications for their joint Global learning in which intelligent technol-
of IIT-M. The institute is targeting to B.Com (Hons.) + B. Business + MBA ogies and citizens will collaborate to
enrol 1 million school and college stu- (International) integrated degree pro- drive business success for accelerating
dents, and working professionals and gramme — the first in finance-cum- development of the Indian economy,”
researchers. business education in India. says Dr. Amit Andre, CEO of DataT-
Learning modules will be offered Under this two undergrad and ech Labs.

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