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Education Briefs

Bayer Fellowship associate with DJTA to usher in a new final round of the 2023 competition

Programme era of tennis excellence in India. Our was staged on January 14-15 at Mum-
vision is to equip students not only
bai University.
Mumbai, january 23. In collaboration with skill training but also to guide School teams declared Infinity
with Bhubaneswar City Knowledge In- them to attain peak mental and physi- Champions of the Year 2023 were
novation Cluster Foundation (BCKIC), cal fitness through planned nutrition,” ABWA (senior category); Oberoi In-
the Thane-based Bayer Cropscience he added. ternational, Mumbai (advanced cat-
Ltd, a subsidiary of Bayer AG, Ger- egory). The Mathematician of the Year
many has launched the Medha Fel- IIM-U-Communeeti 2023 trophy was awarded to Naman
lowship Programme, exclusively for Jain of The International School, Ban-
students from economically weaker agreement galore and Suhaan Mobani of ABWA
sections. Under this programme, in the senior category. Lakshay Bansal
Bayer will fund the education of 125 Udaipur, january 3. The Centre for of Neerja Modi School, Jaipur and
scholars engaged in agriculture and Development Policy and Manage- Ayaan Khan of Indian School, Oman
life sciences research. The company ment (CDPM) of the Indian Institute were also felicitated.
will provide financial assistance of of Management-Udaipur (IIM-U) “The key take away has been that
Rs.20,000-40,000 per month to Mas- signed a memorandum of understand- participants learned to fearlessly
ters and Ph D students for a period of ing (MoU) with Communeeti, a Del- dream about applying maths to real
two and three years. The company hi-based public policy think-tank and life problems of social importance,”
has pledged Rs.10 crore for this pro- research organisation. Prof. Ashok said Dr. Sudhirkumar Barai, di-
gramme. Banerjee, director, IIM-Udaipur rector of BITS Pilani, speaking on the
“At Bayer, we are committed to and Pratyush Prabhakar, founder- occasion.
supporting education, research, in- director of Communeeti, signed the
novation, and providing inclusive op- MoU under which the two parties will Masters Union’s TBM
portunities for all sections of society. engage in collaborative research and
Through the Medha Fellowship Pro- consultancy projects. programme
gramme, we are extending our sup- “This MoU will enable us to build a
port to students from economically foundation and drive focused research New delhi, january 4. The Gurg-
weaker sections and women scholars, and policy-making related to the pub- aon-based Masters’ Union (MU,
encouraging and supporting them to lic policy and development sector. We estb.2020), a new age B-school,
play an active role in nation-building,” will disrupt industries, the nation, and launched its experiential undergrad-
says D. Narain, president of Bayer society towards a better future, and we uate programme in technology and
Cropscience. will continue to collaborate in other business management (TBM). Under
areas of mutual interests in future,” this programme, MU has budgeted
DPS-Jaipur Tennis Academy said Banerjee, speaking on the occa- $10 million (Rs.81.9 crore) to mentor
students. The four-year undergradu-
sion.
Jaipur, january 10. Delhi Public School, ate programme offers visiting faculty
Jaipur (DPS-Jaipur) announced the Infinity 2023 Math from the world’s top-ranked universi-
launch of the Devyani Jaipuria Ten- ties including Oxford and Harvard,
nis Academy (DJTA). Spread over 15 Championship as also CEOs of blue-chip companies
acres, DJTA was launched with the such as Amazon, Apple, and IBM.
commencement of the Devyani Jai- Mumbai, january 17. In association “In India, business education at
puria Under-14 and Under-16 Tennis with the top-ranked Birla Institute of the bachelor’s level is largely a for-
Championships staged between Janu- Technology and Science (BITS Pilani, mality prior to students enrolling
ary 9-16. “This world-class training fa- estb.1964) and University of Water- for postgrad MBA programmes at
cility will equip young boys and girls loo (Canada), the Mumbai-based home or abroad. Our objective is to
from across the country with the skills Aditya Birla World Academy (ABWA, add genuine value to the four-year
required to compete in state, national estb.2009) successfully conducted undergrad programme. The new-age
and international tennis tourna- Infinity 2023 — The Ultimate Math TBM programme based on experien-
ments,” said Devyani Jaipuria, pro Championship. This annual transna- tial learning and global exposure will
vice chairperson of DPS-Jaipur. tional championship which attracts produce business leaders prepared to
The academy will be spearheaded students from UAE, Oman, Singapore, promote successful enterprises or run
by India’s Davis Cup coach Zeeshan Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, encour- large organisations immediately after
Ali, former national tennis champion ages students to demonstrate their graduation,” says Pratham Mittal,
and Davis Cup player. “I am thrilled to math capabilities and creativity. The founder-director of MU.

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