October 2017 - egoodnews

Hackathons Making Education more Accessible for Girls in India

Posted on October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 by team pojo

While India takes pride in its IITs and IIMs, a large number of girls quietly drop out from education school-level onwards. ‘Hack4Her’ aims to change this scenario. It is a unique hackathon organised by Women’s Education Project India, in association with TechGig and Random Hacks of Kindness, India. You swell with pride when your child bids you ‘bye’ happily at her school gate. Her education is her passport to an independent life and a confident future. But are all girls…

MIT School of Distance Education Launches its Flagship Post Graduate Diploma Course

Posted on October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 by team pojo

MIT School of Distance Education Launches its Flagship Post Graduate Diploma Course in Project Management Digitally In continuation to its endeavour to bridge the gap between the demand and supply of skilled management professionals, reputed Pune-based MIT School of Distance Education (MITSDE) – the distance learning wing of MAEER’s MIT Group of Institutions – recently announced the launch of its unique one-year Post Graduate Diploma Course in Project Management (PGDPM) to equip fresh graduates and working professionals…

Project Activities Update – 3 Course Outlines

Posted on October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 by team pojo

I. Case Study in Data Sciences: Three experiments, 3 techniques, 10 missing values to be found out.. Readings from five sensors (F1, F2, F3, F4, F5) will be made available to you (for 100 different tests, in a csv file). The readings are not arranged according to any order. There are some records, though, where there are a few missing readings that are marked NA. You should find out if there are any ideas that can be…

3 New QEEE Minors Certificate Program Open

Posted on October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 by team pojo

QEEE Minors is a certificate program offered to QEEE registered colleges. The current semester “QEEE Aug-Nov 2017” offered 3 Minors: Minor IIT Faculty Data Sciences Prof. Raghu Signals Systems and Communications Prof. Radha Krishna Ganti Networking and Security Prof. G. Venkatesh Components of Minors: A single session to explain the Project Activity is scheduled. The details on the problem statement, experiment procedure, auto evaluation process will be explained. Please note that all students can attempt…

Capgemini Launches Tech Challenge 4.0

Posted on October 12, 2017October 12, 2017 by team pojo

Capgemini, a universal leader in consulting, technology and outsourcing services, has publicized the unveiling of Tech Challenge 4.0 – the fourth season of a unique online hackathon designed to recognize the best programmers and tech enthusiasts from across India. This hackathon goals to position young techies to the skills required in the age of digital disruption and offer them with the occasion to explain real world business and human challenges by means of emerging technologies….

Government to Develop IISERs into Eminent Institutes

Posted on October 11, 2017 by team pojo

Next to Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), the central government has aimed to brand a comparatively new set of institutions, Indian Institutes of Science and Education Research (IISERs), as one of their institutes of reputation. The ministry have asked IISERs, which are scarcely 10-year- old institutions, working mostly in the field of research to focus mainly on industry partnerships for research and generate funds in collaborative projects. IISERs handled…

UC Berkeley Launches Smart City Lab to Co-opt Citizens for Innovative Solutions

Posted on October 11, 2017 by team pojo

With the intention of forming up of smart cities in India, in joint venture with citizens, the University of California, Berkeley, has publicized the launch of a Smart City Co-Innovation lab to offer a stage to large, medium companies, new start-ups and the local government to revolutionize with citizens for generating justifiable smart-city solutions and last-mile business models. An official release said, “The programme will invite young people between the ages of 18 and 29…

XLRI Announces Admissions to Virtual Interactive Learning (VIL) Programmes in Business Management (PGCBM) & Human Resource Management (PGCHRM)

Posted on October 11, 2017October 11, 2017 by team pojo

Xavier School of Management, one of India’s premier B-Schools, announces admission to the Virtual Interactive Learning (VIL) Postgraduate Certificate Programs for Business Management and Human Resource Management courses. It is being organized through VCNow’s Video Conference based Virtual Classroom platform in 40 study centers through India. The duration of VIL program is one year with 5 days of campus stay at XLRI Jamshedpur. On line registration is to conclude on 30th October 2017. The applicant…

Why India Must Ride the Electric Vehicle Wave, Forget Job Losses, Impact on GDP

Posted on October 5, 2017October 31, 2017 by team pojo

by Ashok Jhunjhunwalla, Professor, IIT Madras Recently, there has been a lot of talk about how electric vehicles (EVs) will adversely impact India’s GDP and cause large job losses. It is now increasingly understood that in a decade-and-a-half, EVs will replace the present internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles using petrol/diesel or CNG. EVs have about five times higher energy efficiency and much higher reliability as compared to ICE vehicles. In the coming years, the cost of…