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AU-SoME venture ture curriculums as good plumbing is cation has empanelled Jaro to pro-
a priority health issue. IPA and AICTE vide digital marketing services for
BENGALURU, APRIL 28. Ahmedabad Uni- have jointly designed a 50-hour study SRMIST’s online bachelor’s and Mas-
versity and the School of Meaning- course that is 80 percent theory and ters degree programmes. Jaro Educa-
ful Experiences (SoME, estb. 2018), 20 percent practice,” said Prof. tion will promote SRMIST’s online
Bengaluru, signed a collaboration Anil D. Sahasrabudhe, chairman, MBA, MCA, M.Com, BBA in digital
agreement to provide management AICTE, speaking on the occasion. marketing, and BCA in data science
development programmes (MDPs) to “This is a tremendous opportunity programmes.
corporate professionals, middle man- for plumbing industry stakeholders “This collaboration underscores
agers, and senior executives country- since the majority of plumbers who our dedication and commitment to
wide. The content of MDPs will be de- learn by doing will become more or- developing the next generation of pro-
signed and delivered jointly by SoME ganised and structured after formal fessional talent. These programmes
and Ahmedabad University faculty. study of the vocation,” added Gurmit will equip learners with opportunity
“These courses have been designed Singh Arora, president of IPA. to obtain in-depth and hands-on ex-
after assessing the gaps in MDPs of- perience by familiarising themselves
fered by various business schools and Unacademy Scholarships with digitalised projects along with
online edtech companies. We believe their jobs,” said Ranjita Raman,
the courses offered by these entities programme CEO of Jaro Education, speaking on
are of very short duration and lack the occasion.
depth and focus for upskilling busi- BENGALURU, APRIL 5. The Bengaluru-
ness professionals because of insuffi- based Unacademy, which bills itself Amrita-Africa
cient attention to development of soft as India’s largest learning platform,
skills. Through the courses offered signed a Memorandum of Under- Collaboration Meet
jointly by SoME and Ahmedabad Uni- standing (MoU) with the Backward
versity, we intend to address deficits Classes Welfare Department (BCWD) NEW DELHI, APRIL 22. Amrita Vishwa
in the continuous learning space for of the Telangana state government Vidyapeetham (AVV) conducted a
senior and middle level managers,” to identify and empower meritorious Amrita-Africa Collaboration Meet
said Dr. Rakesh Godhwani, found- students from the state to prepare for 2022 for strengthening Indo-Africa
er of SoME, corporate coach and com- competitive exams. relations in academics, research, and
munication professional, speaking on During the next three years, Un- healthcare. V. Muraleedharan,
the occasion. academy will conduct a series of ap- minister of state for external affairs,
titude tests in three phases to identify was the chief guest.
Structured plumbing meritorious BCWD students in Telan- AVV’s teaching and research capa-
The event focused on showcasing
gana to prepare them for UPSC and
courses college entrance exams. Under this bilities to delegates from 18 African
MoU, 4,500 selected students will be countries to explore collaboration
DELHI, APRIL 14. The All India Council of awarded study scholarships plus exam opportunities in education, research,
Technical Education (AICTE) signed fees by Unacademy. and healthcare and AVV’s scholar-
a Memorandum of Understanding According to a Unacademy state- ship programmes for undergraduate,
(MoU) with the Indian Plumbing As- ment, all BCWD students of classes postgraduate, and doctoral study pro-
sociation (IPA, estb.1993) to intro- X-XII and in undergraduate and post- grammes. The event also announced
duce plumbing education courses in graduate programmes are eligible to 100 fully funded E4Life Ph D seats for
engineering and architecture higher write these tests and apply for schol- highly promising students.
education institutions. arships. “Our long-standing relation-
Under terms of the MoU, students ship with African countries will be
enrolled in engineering, architecture Jaro-SRMIST concordat strengthened through education as I
and interior design programmes and have been told Amrita Vishwa Vidyap-
graduates with majors in civil, envi- BENGALURU, APRIL 28. The Mumbai- eetham will be providing 100 percent
ronmental, and mechanical engineer- based Jaro Education, which offers tuition waiver on chancellor’s schol-
ing, architecture and interior design executive education programmes, arships for 350 students from Africa
are eligible to sign up for a four credit signed a partnership agreement with enrolled in undergraduate/graduate
course in ‘plumbing (water and sani- the Chennai-based SRM Institute of courses. I would like to request your
tation)’. Science and Technology (SRMIST). excellences to utilise the offer that
“There is urgent need to include Under terms of the agreement, the has been made,” said Muraleedharan,
plumbing in engineering and architec- institute’s directorate of online edu- speaking on the occasion.

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