Industry-Academia Collaboration to bridge skills gap ANI | Updated: Apr 06, 2021 11:52 IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI/SRV Media): Household names of the past like the Ambassador Car, Bajaj Scooter, Dynora Television, and HMT Watches were some of the most sought after brands at one time, however, they are not at the prime anymore.
The reason lies in the famous saying Change is the only thing that is constant. Those who can cope with changing times are the ones who will emerge successfully.
Academia and industry are two different worlds operating on different pedestals. Both have different purposes and different ideologies. However, the gap in the industry requirements and the job readiness in the students is compelling these two different worlds to come together to address and solve some of the real-world challenges.
The Ventilator Project: IIT Kanpur Group s 90-Day Saga Shows The Way For Aatmanirbhar Startup Success
by Karan Kamble - Apr 3, 2021 12:30 AM
Nocca Robotics founders Nikhil Kurele (left) and Harshit Rathore (right) with their ventilator V310
Snapshot
The Ventilator Project tells the story of how a young startup, with the help of a sharp and seasoned task force, were able to manufacture a world-class ventilator in a mere 90 days during the pandemic.
Swarajya spoke to four key members of the task force to learn more about how they pulled off this astonishing feat and what lessons they have to offer for business and entrepreneurship in post-Covid, aatmanirbhar India.
JAL signs partnership deal with Russian university Japan Airlines has concluded a partnership agreement with a university in Russia s Far East in a bid to promote academic and cultural exchanges between the countries.
JAL and Far Eastern Federal University signed an Industry-Academia Collaboration agreement on Friday. The university in Vladivostok is known for its oriental studies.
It s the first time the airline has partnered with a Russian school. Under the agreement, JAL will offer courses about the airline industry and customer service for the students. It will also provide internship programs at its office in Vladivostok.
In February last year, JAL launched direct flights from Narita Airport to the Russian city, which has become known as the closest point in Europe from Japan. It was forced to suspend the flights a short time later due to the coronavirus pandemic, and as yet there is still no prospect of resuming them.
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 16 (ANI/NewsVoir): Galgotias University, Greater Noida organising a two days National level Seminar on National Education Policy 2020: A Gateway to Academic Excellence on 17th and 18th February 2021 is being organised to implement the NEP 2020 - A vision of our Hon ble Prime Minister to make India Atma Nirbhar Bharat and also to take the oath to implement NEP 2020 and make Galgotias University be the first campus to implement 100 per cent NEP 2020 in true sense.
With less than 10 years of presence in the country, the Galgotias University has a slogan, Student First , The University has 18 schools with 73 UG programs, 49 PG programs and 22 PhD programs. Suneel Galgotia, Chancellor, Dhruv Galgotia, CEO and Dr Preeti Bajaj, Vice-Chancellor, Galgotias University has been always proactive for academic Excellence initiatives. The University has been awarded QS-I GAUGE E-LEAD (E-Learning Excellence for Academic Digitisation). 3 Programmes
Principal secretary, education, Anju Sharma addressing the event in Surat on Monday
Surat: Entrepreneurs and business representatives scorched authorities of higher education institutes for cold-shouldering their offers to employ talented students and an indifferent attitude towards research and development projects.
The burning issues were brought to fore in the first-of-its-kind meeting between the state education department and industry representatives organized at Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) on Monday. The meeting was called to discuss issues related to employment generation and promoting start-ups.
Principal secretary, education, Anju Sharma, vice-chancellor of Gujarat University, Himanshu Pandya and other top officials of the department were pounded with concerns by business representatives who slammed the education institutes for their cold approach.