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Kara4Kids-Penn Hub torious students for award of schol- arship support to more than 10,000
agreement arships,” says Prateek Bhargava, school and college students in the past
two months.
promoter-CEO of Mindler Education.
Bengaluru, novemBer 17. Kara4Kids, “This initiative of Mindler will be The platform offers new scholar-
a group of premium preschools and a tremendous boost for students and ships under corporate social respon-
daycares in Bengaluru, signed an aca- will create opportunities for over sibility (CSR) initiatives of its existing
demic collaboration agreement with 100,000 students to continue their ed- and new corporate clients. The next
The Pennsylvania Global and Educa- ucation. I am sure students in need of set of scholarships are scheduled to
tion Hub (Penn Hub), a joint initia- financial assistance will come forward be launched soon in partnership with
tive of Pennsylvania’s State System and leverage this amazing opportuni- Tata Capital, Acuity Knowledge Part-
of Higher Education, a consortium of ty,” said Gerry Arathoon, CEO and ners among others.
independent universities and public secretary-general of the CISCE exams “We are very proud to initiate so
community colleges. This agreement board, while inaugurating this merit many scholarships in quick succes-
for early education will equip Kara- scholarship programme. sion. I believe that scholarships are
4Kids teachers with cutting-edge skills needed by students from economically
and modern tools to enhance their ca- JAGSOM’s LFH programme weaker sections who are at high risk of
pabilities and modes of teaching. dropping out of the formal education
“We are aware that Penn Hub of- Bengaluru, novemBer 17. The Jagdish system, especially after outbreak of
fers excellent teacher training and Sheth School of Management (JAG- the Covid-19 pandemic,” says Man-
our children will benefit immensely SOM, hitherto IFIM Business School), jeet Singh, CEO, Buddy4Study.
through this initiative,” said Prachi a globally-ranked AACSB-accredited
Mehrotra, executive director, Kara B-school, launched an exclusive Learn Fliplearn’s generous offer
Learning, speaking on the occasion. from home PGDM (LFH PGDM) pro-
gramme. This AICTE approved pro- new delhi, novemBer 19. Fliplearn
Mindler Scholarships Hunt gramme is India’s first online MBA, Education Pvt. Ltd announced free
access to Fliplearn Edge, its pioneer
providing over 500 hours of live fac-
new delhi, decemBer 2. Mindler Edu- ulty teaching, tutorial support and e-learning platform, for all schools
cation Pvt. Ltd, the well-reputed Del- one-on-one office hours with faculty. across the country until March 2022
hi-based career guidance and mentor- It also provides hands-on industry because of disruption caused by the
ship company, announced the launch experience through industry mentor prevailing pandemic. Teachers will
of its Mindler Scholarships Hunt. This sessions, placement support and a also have uninterrupted free access
pioneer initiative will enable an esti- range of professional certifications. to all study material, tests and assign-
mated 100,000 class XII school-leav- The total fee for the programme is ments for online classes until March
ers from over 1,000 schools in India Rs.4 lakh with financing options start- 2022.
and the Middle East to win scholar- ing at Rs.8,000 per month. Fliplearn Edge, Fliplearn’s awards-
ships valued at Rs.25 crore from In- “The PGDM programme of JAG- winning e-learning platform, supple-
dia’s top-ranked universities. SOM, recently listed in the QS World ments children’s learning with enjoy-
Under this Scholarship Hunt pro- Rankings, is a testimony to the able and interactive digital content
gramme, applicants will be tested for strength of our curriculum and its mapped with all education boards in
aptitude, leadership and emotional alignment to groom professionals for India.
quotient, personality traits, working Industry 4.0. We have designed this “Considering widespread disrup-
style etc, by Mindler and toppers will online programme to impart futur- tion of the education system caused by
be recommended for scholarships. istic knowledge and skills,” said Dr. the current pandemic, we want to help
Some of the private universities Atish Chattopadhyay, director, out by providing schools free access to
who have signed up with Mindler to JAGSOM. Fliplearn Edge so that learning never
award scholarships under their pro- stops. We launched the platform in
gramme are O.P. Jindal Global Uni- B4S scholarship drive March 2020 with the objective of pro-
versity, NMIMS, Shoolini University, viding complete academic solutions.
Jagran Lakecity University, Vijayb- new delhi, novemBer 4. Buddy4Study The suddenly deep need for our prod-
hoomi University, Shiv Nadar Univer- (B4S) which bills itself as India’s larg- uct in schools and among students
sity, Jain University, and the Manipal est scholarship platform and student makes us more determined to become
Academy of Higher Education, among empowerment network, has partnered the platform of choice for education-
others. with several new corporates including ists, educators, students, teachers and
“The objective of the Scholarships Tata Capital, Xiaomi, Piaggio, Vivo, parents,” says Divya Lal, founder-
Hunt programme is to select meri- and Shriram Capital to provide schol- managing director of Fliplearn.

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