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Griffith’s two coups I-IX across India. “We are very excited about the
The competition is tailored to spe- long-term positive impact that will be
Delhi, april 28. Griffith University, cific class groups: Level 1 (classes I- delivered at scale through the expan-
Australia signed MOUs with two of In- III): Children are required to design a sive network of Microsoft Philanthro-
dia’s top-ranked higher ed institutions new book jacket for an OUP book and pies, preparing young women and stu-
— Indian Institute of Science (IISc), write two sentences about the book. dents to take charge of their learning
Bangalore and Manipal Academy of Level 2 (classes IV-VI): Pupils are and livelihoods,” said Alison Barrett
Higher Education (MAHE) — when required to write “something interest- MBE, Director India of the British
its delegation led by Vice Chancellor ing” about a book, its title, author, type Council, speaking on the occasion.
Prof. Carolyn Evans visited India re- of story, setting, and main characters,
cently. indicating likes, dislikes and suggest Skill-Lync's renewed
The agreement with IISc will build story line changes. Level 3 (classes
on an existing collaboration between VII-IX): Children are obliged to write agreement
Griffith’s Australian Rivers Institute a critical review of an OUP book.
and the IISc’s Water Solutions Lab. Entries for the competition must be Chennai, may 31. Skill-Lync
The partnership will explore the po- submitted through schools. Deadline (estb.2015), which bills itself as one
tential for a dual postgraduate degree for submission entries in each cat- of India’s largest engineering ed-tech
program, which will enable eligible In- egory: October 5, 2023. Individual platforms, announced a renewed part-
dian students to complete their post- entries from parents/children will not nership with the Tamil Nadu govern-
doctoral degree at Griffith in Austra- be accepted. National-level winners ment under which it will train 10,000
lia, enabling students to be certified by will be announced on October 30, and students statewide. Thus far, it has
both institutions and acquire valuable global winners on November 30. The trained 3,640 students from 364 col-
international experience. submitted entries will be adjudged by leges under the state government’s
The MoU with MAHE, initiated an expert jury. ‘Naan Mudhalvan’ programme. This
in 2007 is being renewed to focus on new initiative will introduce students
health, allied health sciences, envi- BCI-Microsoft’s ESY to next generation industry-focused
ronmental engineering and student skills. Under its customised course
exchanges and recruitment. Under the New delhi, may 29. British Council titled Industry 4.0 it will upskill stu-
renewed agreement, the two institu- (India) and Microsoft India signed dents to optimise the manufacturing
tions will launch a jointly supervised a Memorandum of Understanding industry.
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph D) program (MoU) for a co-developed three-year Industry 4.0 contains 19 pro-
at Griffith, which will provide a tuition partnership programme titled English fessional courses which have been
scholarship as well as living stipends Skills for Youth (ESY). The programme “highly appreciated by many colleges
to two eligible MAHE doctoral candi- aims to enhance life opportunities for affiliated with Anna University”. It
dates per year. youth aged 18-25, particularly women provides embedded hardware kits to
“The fact that both these partners of socio-economically marginalised train students in ESP Node 32, Servo
have been recognised by the Indian communities across India. Motors and GHT sensor technologies.
government as Institutions of Emi- According to a BCI statement, the Skill-Lync with the help of industry
nence is proof of their reputation for prime objective of the ESY project is veterans has designed the course to
excellence. We are proud to be part- to enhance employability opportuni- open up new career opportunities for
nering with them,” said Prof. Caro- ties for youth. Microsoft and BCI have college students to learn new skills
lyn Evans, speaking on the occasion. co-developed this programme to teach and enhance current ones.
English language communication “Our Partnership with the Tamil
Oxford Big Read skills to students. Nadu government for the ‘Naan Mud-
The ESY solution will be integrated
halvan’ programme is a significant
competition into rural engineering colleges linked milestone. It allows us unprecedent-
to Microsoft’s existing NGO/partner ed scale to improve the employability
New delhi, may 9. Oxford University skilling projects for the underserved. of engineering students by providing
Press (OUP) India announced the Under this joint initiative, the project them applications-oriented learning
launch of the 5th edition of its Oxford will benefit 60,000 youth and 600 on latest industry-relevant technolo-
Big Read (OBR), a global annual read- teachers during its initial three-year gies. We would like to partner with
ing competition designed to promote pilot phase, with a long-term goal of more state governments on such pro-
good reading habits among primary- reaching 400,000 young people en- grammes,” said Krishna Bandaru,
secondary school students. OBR is gaged in Microsoft Philanthropies Chief Business Officer of Skill-Lync,
open to all school students of classes funded projects. speaking on the occasion.

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