26 brave and bright girls of Khunti conquer English US Consulate awards certificates for success in two-year scholarship programme
As many as 26 girls, most of them survivors of child marriage and human trafficking, were conferred with certificates by the US Consulate General in Khunti on Saturday for successfully completing a two-year foundation course in speaking and learing English.
The English Access Microscholarship programme, funded by the Regional English Language Office of the U.S. Embassy New Delhi and the U.S. Consulate General Calcutta, is a two-year programme which provides a foundation of English language skills to bright, economically disadvantaged 13-20-year-old girls through after school instruction and intensive sessions.
(MENAFN - KNN India)
US, India cyber dialogues to help mitigate cyber threats for Indian MSMEs: CUTS International New Delhi, Feb 20 (KNN) CUTS International on Friday organised a webinar themed ‘Cyber Safety Best Practices for MSMEs which was a part of CUTS International s ongoing project - Cyber Safe East, and being implemented in partnership with the US Consulate.
Speaking on the occasion, Bipul Chatterjee, Executive Director, CUTS International emphasised on the importance of building cybersecurity awareness for MSMEs, scope of enhancing support to the businesses and linking them to relevant network of cybersecurity experts to provide them with appropriate approach and expertise.