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Jain U-Maldives agreement and CEO of Sustain Labs, Paris, education and technology sectors.
speaking on the occasion. “The Covid-19 pandemic has pro-
BENGALURU, JULY 12. The Bengaluru- pelled the adoption of technology
based Jain (deemed-to-be) Univer- 3M Inspire Challenge in classrooms worldwide. Although
sity and government of the Republic edtech offers tremendous potential,
of Maldives signed an MoU under BENGALURU, JULY 15. The US-based our new Centre of Excellence within
which a Chancellor’s Scholarship and global science company 3M launched TCS will help educators become more
JGI Aid Fund scholarships will be of- the first edition of its 3M Inspire aware of the latest technologies to
fered to Maldivian students. Challenge in India. Previously held make a difference in the lives of young
Under the terms of the MoU, min- in Southeast Asian countries, the case people,” says K rishnan G op i, CEO
istry of higher education, Maldives competition is now open for under- of TMRW, who believes that TCS is an
will identify and select deserving stu- graduate college students country- ideal partner for TMRW’s platform.
dents based on predetermined criteria wide. To help shortlisted teams fine-
set by Jain University for the latter to tune their ideas in preparation for the The Governance
provide five fully-funded scholar- challenge finals, professionals from
ships for its B.Tech programme; one 3M will mentor shortlisted partici- Challenge
scholarship for the Ph D programme pating teams from September 2022
(public policy and governance); 250 onwards. NEW DELHI, JULY 13. Samagra Trans-
Chancellor’s Scholarships for under- Kicking off with the country-level forming Governance (STG), a Delhi-
grad and postgrad programmes; and semi-finals, three shortlisted teams based mission-driven governance
250 aided scholarships for miscella- will compete with local peers in a live consulting firm, launched The Gover-
neous courses. judging panel in October this year. nance Challenge (TGC) 2022 — India’s
“This MoU doesn’t merely provide The winning team will be awarded a first national governance case com-
opportunities for Maldivian students cash prize of US $2,000 and secure petition. The competition has been
to acquire higher education qualifica- internships at the 3M Innovation rolled out for students of 25 premier
tions. It also strengthens the partner- Centre in Bengaluru. In November, business and public policy schools
ship between Jain U and the Repub- each country champion will proceed countrywide. The top three teams will
lic of Maldives,” said D r. Che nraj to the regional finals where the win- win cash prizes of Rs.9 lakh, certifi-
Roy c hand, Chancellor of Jain Uni- ning team will receive a US $5,000 cates, and individual pre-placement
versity speaking on the occasion. cash prize. interview opportunities with STG.
Every year, TGC will focus on a
Anant School of Climate TCS-GEMS project case study based on one governance
domain in one state of India. In its in-
Change NEW DELHI, JULY 19. TMRW, an educa- augural year, TGC is being supported

tion technology company promoted by by the government of Haryana, with
AHMEDABAD, JULY 19. Anant National the Dubai-based GEMS — “the largest STG as the organising partner and
University announced the launch of private K-12 education provider in the Unstop as platform partner. Final-
Anant School for Climate Action, a world” — announced that the Mum- ist teams will get the opportunity to
first-of-its-genre institution in India. bai-based IT major Tata Consultancy pitch their solutions to the Haryana
The school will begin with two founda- Services will support its all-in-one in- chief minister, interact with a panel
tional courses in the Anant School for tegrated platform. of marquee impact investors, and re-
Climate Action (ASCA) viz , a four-year Through this partnership, TMRW ceive mentoring from IAS officers and
B.Tech programme specialising in cli- will leverage its Learning Operating industry leaders.
mate change, and a 12-month Anant System (LearnOS) to provide the en- “There is a strong need to get the
postgrad fellowship programme for tire spectrum of education and insti- best minds to engage with the most
climate action. tution management services under complex challenges facing our coun-
“Measuring, predicting, mitigating a unified umbrella. On its part, TCS try. While corporate case studies are
and adapting to climate change needs will provide consulting, implementa- ubiquitous in business schools, we
an influx of new technologies as well tion, managed services, and system sensed the need for creating a gover-
as people skilled in the use of existing integration capabilities to schools nance case competition that gives stu-
and new technologies. ASCA’s objec- throughout the world. The agreement dents in business and policy schools
tive is to equip students with the lat- includes establishment of a Center of an opportunity to solve very real gov-
est knowledge to mitigate and adapt Excellence within TCS, which will be ernance problems. TGC is a step in
to climate change,” said D r. Miniy a a bridge between TMRW and TCS, that direction,” said G au rav G oe l ,
Chat t e rji, founding-director, ASCA utilising each company’s legacy in CEO & founder, STG.

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