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Sportz Village fitness laboration at scale. For example, soft Innovative Educator (MIE) pro-
webinar medical researchers and computer gramme for the Asia region. This is a
scientists may collaborate to discover
two-fold increase over the previous
Bengaluru, novemBer 6. The Ben- application advanced technologies year. In India, 2,669 experts joined
galuru-based Sportz Village and to research complex medical issues the ranks of certified MIE experts in
EducationWorld recently hosted a making actionable data available in the year ended March 31.
‘Maintaining fitness and good health the process,” said Dr. Y.P. Kosta, The MIEE programme, initiated
during the pandemic’ webinar moder- vice-chancellor of Marwadi Univer- in 2014, certifies educators who have
ated by Summiya Yasmeen, man- sity, speaking on the occasion. successfully completed online profes-
aging editor, EducationWorld. The Added Ketan Marwadi, found- sional development courses, accessed
eminent educators’ panelists included er-chairman of this new greenfield resources, and shared learnings with
Dr. Ashok Pandey, director, Ahlcon private university (estb.2016): “The training professionals in Microsoft In-
Group of Schools, Delhi; Dr. S. Bha- establishment of a supercomputer novative Educator Centres worldwide.
vanishankar Subramanian, senior centre is pivotal for government, in- Moreover, this year 49 schools
principal, Lalaji Memorial Omega In- dustry and academia to converge, signed up for Microsoft Showcase
ternational School, Chennai; Saumil and develop collaborative solutions Schools programme including Wel-
Majmudar, co-founder/CEO, Sportz to tackle some of the biggest issues ham Boys, Dehradun; Bluebells
Village, Bangalore; Venkat Raman, affecting society today.” School International, New Delhi; and
senior vice-principal, CHIREC Inter- Presidency School, Bangalore South.
national School and Praveen Raju, Pearson Classroom “These schools thoughtfully integrate
founder-director, Suchitra Academy, a variety of Microsoft solutions such
Hyderabad. new delhi, octoBer 7. In partnership as Windows, Office 365, OneNote,
Speaking during the webinar, with the Australia-based E2Language, Skype and more to enable anywhere,
Sportz Village’s Saumil Majmudar “the world’s most popular and trusted anytime learning for students,” says
warned that with schools shut down English Language test preparation Larry Nelson, regional general man-
for over six months and classes be- company,” Pearson India announced ager (education), Microsoft Asia.
ing held online, there is high risk of the launch of Pearson Classroom, a
a spurt in obesity and mental health fully online teacher-driven platform SNU’s Dassault Centre
problems of children. “Sportz Village for students to prepare for English
introduced an online once-a-week language exams. The platform is de- greater noida, octoBer 5. The multi-
health and fitness programme for pri- signed to support institutes, teachers, disciplinary research-focused Shiv
mary school children in June. Within students and administrators. Nadar University (SNU, estb.2011),
a short time we’ve witnessed a huge The Pearson Classroom pro- Dadri (UP), designated an Institution
improvement in the well-being of chil- gramme provides students with prac- of Eminence (IoE) by the government
dren and parents who participated in tice, assessments and mock tests and of India, has established a Shiv Nadar
our online classes. Fitness and good also enables teachers to overcome University-Dassault Systémes Centre
health doesn’t require equipment and the challenges of online delivery of Excellence (SDC) on its campus.
external devices. Whatever is available with quality teaching and learning Powered by the 3DEXPERIENCE
at home is good enough for children to content, proven methodologies, and platform of Dassault Systemes for re-
keep fit and going,” says Majumdar. skill-building. “We are confident search, innovation, design and entre-
(see www.educationworld.in) that Pearson Classroom, powered by preneurship, the centre will enhance
E2Language, will help students writ- the effectiveness of multidisciplinary
Super computer for ing PTE-A, IELTS-A, IELTS-G, & OET education at SNU.
“The SNU-Dassault Center under-
for nursing and medicine exams,” said
Marwadi University Ramananda S.G, vice president scores our determination to foster
(sales), Pearson India, speaking on research and innovation to develop
new delhi, octoBer 6. The state gov- the occasion. real-life, sustainable solutions suitable
ernment-promoted Gujarat Coun- for the 21st century. We’re delighted to
cil on Science and Technology has Microsoft Innovative partner with Dassault Systemes and
installed a unit of the indigenously collaborate with their great team to en-
developed Param Shavak supercom- Educators able our students to access mind-bog-
puting system at the Rajkot campus gling technologies and faculty. This is
of Marwadi University. india, octoBer 5. Microsoft welcomed a new high in academia-industry part-
“Setting up a supercomputer cen- 4,366 Microsoft Innovative Educator nership in India,” says Dr. Rupaman-
tre will stimulate cross-sectoral col- Experts (MIEE) on board its Micro- jari Ghosh, vice-chancellor, SNU.

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