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Direct talk. “Dubai is an attractive choosing to enrol in artificial intel- Institutional Licensure by the UAE
higher education destination for ligence, data sciences and digital Ministry of Education through the
students from India for a variety of marketing programmes. Currently, Commission for Academic Accredita-
reasons. The quality of education is with renewable energy and sustain- tion (CAA), which acknowledges high
good. This cosmopolitan city is only ability goals jumping to the top of quality academic provision, HWU-
a short flight from India, student global agendas, our programmes in Dubai is in the process of upgrad-
accommodation costs are much sustainable engineering have also ing all its undergrad and postgrad
lower compared to other parts of become very popular. Moreover, programmes. “Although we are based
the world, cultural assimilation is our average undergraduate tuition in Dubai, our study programmes
easy, and the low crime rate and fee at $18,200 (Rs.14.92 lakh) per and curricula are on a par with our
strong commitment to law and order year, is comparatively lower than the parent university in the UK, which is
makes students, especially women, $26,000-40,000 in the US. Through ranked among the Top 40 in the UK
feel safe. HWU’s business, engineer- our strong industry-academia part- and in the Top 250 globally by QS
ing, and IT-related programmes nerships in Dubai, we are committed World University Rankings 2024,”
have always been popular among to our parent HWU’s philosophy of says McGregor.
Indian students. However, with the producing industry-ready gradu- A higher education option worthy
pace of digital and technological ates,” says Dame Heather. of serious consideration.
transformation, more students are Future plans. Recently granted Initial Paromita Sengupta (Bengaluru)

Committed ECCE educator lege and certificate courses from the Harvard Graduate
School of Education. Earlier this year in March, she
was awarded a doctorate in early childhood education
R. AMRITA RAJPAL is founder of Edu Learrn Grow by the Theophany University, Haiti.
(ELG, estb.2019), a Mumbai-based education con- Direct talk. “After a successful 12-year stint with
Dsultancy which provides well-researched curricu- Kangaroo Kids, I knew the time was right to start my
lums, teacher development programmes, schools promo- own enterprise and share my expertise with the larger
tion and franchising solutions for the early childhood care community of ECCE educators, in particular, edupre-
and education (ECCE) sector. She is also neurs who wanted to venture into this
co-founder of The ABCD Show, an online sector. Since then, ELG has enabled
platform where experts share best ECCE establishment of over 200 preschools
practices, and Territory Head (Mumbai) countrywide, providing them aid,
of the Early Childhood Association of advice and well-researched ECCE cur-
India. Over the past 25 years, this com- riculums and innovative pedagogies
mitted ECCE professional has enabled to create engaging learning environ-
the promotion of over 200 preschools ments for youngest children. In 2020,
countrywide. I also co-founded the online ABCD
Newspeg. In April, Rajpal led a successful Show to share best ECCE practices.
workshop on ‘Conducting observations A greater part of my career as an
and assessments for the early years’ for educationist has been spent in dis-
teachers of the Children’s Academy Group seminating best practices to develop
of three schools in Mumbai, followed by children’s thinking and inquiry skills
workshops for the Pawar and Symbiosis Rajpal: committed ECCE professional from youngest age,” she says.
groups of schools in May-June. Future plans. Rajpal has recently
History. Married young at 19, Rajpal became a mother at signed up as consultant with Taabur, a startup. “I
21 years. A graduate of Mumbai University, her foray into plan to share my learning to make Taabur the go-to
education started with a part-time job at a local preschool. online platform for parents to access meaningful early
“While working there, my interest in child development development activities for children as well as provide
grew to the extent that I was motivated to start studying parenting sessions. I have a busy calendar in the new
again and I enrolled in a course in early childhood educa- academic year for conducting professional develop-
tion,” recalls Rajpal, who began her career with Kangaroo ment workshops for teachers,” says Rajpal, who is also
Kids Education. half-way through writing a book for educators which
Driven by “a strong desire to continuously learn and up- she hopes to publish by year-end.
skill,” Rajpal completed a post-graduate diploma in early Wind in your sails!
childhood education from the New Zealand Tertiary Col- Aartie Rau (Mumbai)

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