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Tripartite concordat the youth of our country,” said Sid- of government. Moreover, KSPP stu-
dharth Chaturvedi, executive vice dents will serve in internships and
MuMbai, june 29. Tata Electronics Pvt. president of RNTU. capstone projects with DAKSH to
Ltd (TEPL) signed an MoU (memo- Under this partnership, EduSkills research government and justice sys-
randum of understanding) with SAS- Foundation will provide experts to tems to recommend reforms.
TRA Deemed-to-be-University, Than- train and enhance students’ skills “India is at the cusp of economic
javur (Tamil Nadu) to develop deep to make them job-ready. Moreover, recovery and there is a need for a
domain expertise to enhance electron- RNTU and EduSkills Foundation tectonic shift in our justice system,
ics design and manufacturing skills will design a ‘Train the Trainers’ pro- for improved governance efficiency.
in collaboration with Asia University gramme, and offer internships and job Through our collaboration with KSPP,
and Yuan Ze University, Taiwan. opportunities to students. we are looking forward to gathering
Under this agreement, students ad- meaningful insights that will help
mitted to the two-year M.Tech degree Ashank Desai Centre at in course correction,” said Harish
programme in Very Large-Scale Inte- Narasappa, co-founder, DAKSH,
gration (VLSI) design at SASTRA Uni- IIM-A speaking on the occasion.
versity will study for one year on the Added Sridhar Pabbisetty,
varsity campus, for the second year in ahMedabad, june 18. The Indian In- founding-director, KSPP: “The MoU
either Asia/Yuan Ze campuses in Tai- stitute of Management, Ahmedabad with DAKSH is another step towards
wan. The second-year curriculum will (IIM-A) inaugurated its Ashank De- ensuring our students acquire practi-
include practical experience in major sai Centre for Leadership and Organ- cal knowledge to contribute towards
lab facilities, a six-month industry isational Development (ADCLOD). better governance causes. We believe,
internship programme in Taiwan’s The new centre is endowed by IIM-A with our combined expertise we will
advanced semiconductor manufac- alumnus Ashank Desai, founder and become the hub for groundbreaking
turing industry, and a basic Chinese former chairman of Mastek Ltd, a list- research and curate implementation
language skills programme. TEPL ed software technologies and services models for a better tomorrow.”
will work with SASTRA University company (estb.1982).
to design the course curriculum and “I always wanted to give back to Klaytopia online package
provide financial support if required. my alma mater, particularly because
“India has a critical role to play Mastek Ltd was incubated within IIM- bengaluru, june 15. KLAY Preschools
in global manufacturing, especially A. I would like the centre to organise and Daycare — a division of Found-
in areas like electronic manufactur- roundtables with leaders for a wide ing Years Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd
ing. Our collaboration with SASTRA variety of themes by way of seminars (estb.2012) — announced the launch
U is an endeavour to ensure the hu- on leadership issues, conduct cutting- of Klaytopia, a complete early child-
man capital is industry-ready for this edge research and create leadership hood learning package that includes
emerging opportunity,” said Ranjan paradigms that are global in terms this company’s decades-rich experi-
Bandyopadhyay, head of human of relevance yet deeply rooted in the ence in the form of a theme-based
resources at TEPL, speaking on the Indian context — our history, tradi- hands-on activity box, complete with
occasion. tions, and societal values,” said Desai, virtual lessons and expert support.
Application forms are available speaking on the occasion. This online learning programme is
online at www.sastra.edu from June designed for families with children
30, 2021. KSPP-DAKSH agreement aged 2-6 years. Klaytopia is priced at
Rs.1,999 per month.
“Millions of children around the
RNTU-EduSkills MoU hyderabad, june 7. The Kautilya world are at the risk of missing their
School of Public Policy (KSPP) of
new delhi, june 8. Bhopal-based Rabi- GITAM Deemed-to-be-University, schooling altogether due to the pan-
ndranath Tagore University (RNTU, Hyderabad, signed an MoU with the demic. Klaytopia is a big leap forward
estb.2010) signed a Memorandum Bengaluru-based DAKSH Society for us as educators to discharge our
of Understanding (MoU) with the (estb.2008) to research better gov- commitment to make world-class cur-
Bhubaneswar-based EduSkills Foun- ernance and improve India’s justice riculums accessible and inclusive. We
dation, a non-profit organisation de- system. Both institutions will conduct already have over 2,000 enrolments
veloping industry 4.0-ready digital mutually supportive and interdisci- for our online programme and ex-
professionals. plinary research on various facets of pect to see 4X growth in enrolments
“We are very happy to sign an MoU the justice system, and devise inclu- compared to last year,” said A.K. Sri-
with EduSkills Foundation to design sive, transparent mechanisms to en- kanth, CEO, KLAY Preschools and
skilling and upskilling courses for courage accountability in all branches Daycare, speaking on the occasion.

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