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Contents

ISSN 0973-4139

volume 08 issue 10 October 2012

leader speak

Digital Roadmap for Education Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi

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Jyotsna Brar Present Principal, Welham Girls’ School

Dr Padmavathy Principal, Fusion International School

Pramod Sharma Director cum Principal, Genesis Global School

Shanthi Menon Principal, Deens Academy

company profile 10 32 34 36 38 46

Ceeco Technologies Pvt Ltd Pearson Education Services (PES) HeyMath! (Sankhyaa Learning Pvt Ltd) BBC Motion Gallery Education Waterford Institute India IL&FS Education & Technology Services Limited 48 NComputing Inc 50 Hitachi 52 Wishtel Pvt Ltd 54 MicroWorld Software Services Pvt Ltd 60 SoftTech Engineers Pvt Ltd 62 Words Worth English Language Lab 66 Pearson Clinical and Talent Assessment 68 Edaxis Systems India Pvt Ltd 78 Mosaic Network (India) Pvt Ltd 80 Station-e Info Services Pvt Ltd 86 Cybernetyx Interaktiv UG 91 EnglishEdge (LIQVID eLearning Services Pvt. Ltd.) 92 American Institute of Enrichment 96 Knowledge Horizon E-Learning Pvt Ltd 100 NIIT Limited

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102 Shyam Agrawal Principal, Billabong High International School

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105 Niyas Chirakkara Principal, Progressive English School

104 Inopen Technologies Pvt Ltd. 108 Mexus Education Private Limited 114 BenQ India Private Limited 114 Panasonic India RYAN Group 16

Dr Augustine F Pinto, Founder Chairman, Ryan International Group of Institutions 17 Green Contributor - Global Point of View 18 Grace Pinto, Managing Director, Ryan Group of Institutions 19 Ryan Pinto, CEO, Ryan Group of Institutions 22 Awards Gallery 26 Academics & Beyond policy matters 69 Dr Veera Gupta, Secretary, Central Board of Secondary Education higher education 72

A Digital Paradigm for Higher Education The Way Ahead

academia speak 88 Prof G Tulasi Ram Das, Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada (JNTUK)

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President: Dr M P Narayanan

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Prof. V N Rajasekharan Pillai Executive Vice President, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment

Prof S S Mantha, Chai rman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)

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EDITORIAL

The Key Challenges in ICT Integration with Education Today everyone is talking about enhancing the scope of modern education through the use of ICT, but it is also true that ICT is by itself a quite recent phenomenon.

Most of the landmark developments in ICT that we see around us have been popularised during the last five or ten years. Even something of as much proven value as the Interactive Whiteboards was relatively rare in our educational institutions till about five years ago.

We at digitalLEARNING know about the struggle that the education entrepreneurs had to wage for having their ICT solutions accepted by the broader education establishment. The magazine has been in print for last 8 years; 8 years ago, it was only the avant-garde thinkers and the intrepid entrepreneurs who could visualise the magnificent role that ICT could play in education.

Now it is an established fact that ICTs greatly facilitate the acquisition and absorption of knowledge, offering developing countries like India unprecedented opportunities to enhance educational systems, and promote literacy in all sections of the society. However, it is not as if all the hurdles in the path of digital education have been overcome. For instance, when students are using the digital tools and the Internet to access educational material, they can be confused due to the multiplicity of resources from which they can gain information. So the role of teachers becomes important. It is teacher who can guide the student to the best possible repositories of education.

The current issue of digitalLEARNING is the Annual Resource Guide. The focus of this issue is to celebrate the rise of ICT in education space. We have endeavoured to cover entire array of ICT entrepreneurs who are playing a stellar role in the education space. You will find their profiles and learn about their key achievements.

Any talk of ICT in education cannot be complete without having the opinion of the leaders of our schools and higher education institutions. We carry a range of interviews and write-ups that shed light on the progress and also the lack of progress in the implementation of ICT in education. The coverage of Ryan Group of Institutions might be of particular interest to you. We have covered this institution from different angles and we have managed to distil some amazing perspectives on education in general.

A key highlight of the issue is the exclusive interview with the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit. The provisioning of quality education to all the youngsters in the nation’s capital is a key priority of the Sheila Dikshit government.

She has presented a range of ideas through which her government is planning to make the concept of “education for all” a reality.

Let me also remind you that the eINDIA, India’s most prestigious ICT event, is scheduled for 15th and 16th November 2012 in Hyderabad. One of the key attractions of the event will be eINDIA education summit, where all the leading stakeholders in the education space will gather to discuss and debate the value proposition that ICT is bringing to the education space. You can even think of the Annual Resource Guide as a precursor to the prestigious eINDIA 2012 event. We hope to see you there rubbing shoulders and exchanging ideas with other thought leaders.

Dr. Ravi Gupta Editor-in-Chief Ravi.Gupta@elets.in

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Company profile

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Multi Media/3D Content, AV Equipments, Interactive Whiteboards, Training Equipments.

Intelliclass allow schools to deliver educational concepts to students with greater ease. The quality of educational content across all classes and subjects enables students to grasp the concepts and improve subject retention. The in-built features improve teacher student interaction -specially in the Kindergarten sections with large number of Animated Rhymes & Fun Activities.

Intelliclass has launched HOME GURU for the home segment. HOME GURU facilitates better understanding and retention in the students and give them a competent and interactive environment. A large number of students are already benefitting from this product. It is pre-loaded with educational content for one class, available for classes KG-XII covering all subjects. It can be used with any PC/Laptop (Windows 7 / XP / Vista)

Target Vertical(s) K-12

Leader Speak

Digital Roadmap for Education Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi, spoke to Dr Ravi Gupta, Manjushree Reddy and Rozelle Laha, on the major initiatives taken by the Delhi Government to enable children from every section of the society to gain access to quality education

During the past few years many new initiatives have been taken by the government to bring about an improvement in the quality of education that is being offered in our institutions. Please tell us about the nature of the initiatives that have been taken by the Delhi government. Please also shed light on the way you see the actual impact of these initiatives.

We have taken several steps. The right to education has served as a big boost to the education. It is enabling many youngsters from financially weaker sections of society to access quality education. We have also made a study of why government schools are doing badly.

The pass percentage of students is fairly low, even though we are spending reasonable sums of money on the education of every child. We have setup the Vidyalaya Kalyan Samiti (VKS), a School Welfare Committee, which caters to the needs of the children in the neighbourhood who are going to government run schools. The Committee ensures that the teachers are present in the classrooms and the students have access to quality reading material like textbooks, and that their uniforms are clean. The Committee also receives funds from the government to take care of minor renovations of the classroom infrastructure like repairing of windows, toilets etc. We are also having schemes for providing children with free uniforms, free books. There is also a scheme for providing scholarships to students of SC/ST background.

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You midday meals scheme is also leading to many positive outcomes, please tell us about it?

The midday scheme is a great success as it has resulted in lot of poor students joining our schools. Midday meals are given to children up to a particular class after that they are not given. However, in a city like Delhi, the fact that our schools teach English and provide new avenues for the students to get good jobs, once they become adults, is the major force attracting students.

Tell us about the schemes that Delhi Government has started for girl children.

We found that the girl children were not coming to schools as often as the boys. The government of Delhi has launched the new scheme for protection of the girl child. It is called the ‘Delhi Ladli Scheme.’ The scheme aims to enhance the social status of girl child in the society as well as in the family, ensuring proper education to make the girls self-reliant, ensuring

Leader Speak

The Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit, received her primary education at Delhi’s convent of Jesus and Mary School and graduated from Miranda House, Delhi University and went on to obtain the post-graduation degree in history.

“Delhi Government is Funding the Deployment of ICT in Schools” digitalLEARNING / october 2012

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Dr Ravi Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, digitalLEARNING magazine (L), in conversation with Sheila Dikshit (R)

her economic security and protecting them from discrimination and deprivation. The Ladli scheme has resulted in lot of girls coming to the schools. We have also started the Kishori Shakti Yojna to encourage and facilitate personal hygiene and other qualities in girl children. The Yojna is now serving more than 7 lakh girls in the National Capital Region, and I am glad to say that the number of girl students in our schools is on the rise.

Many children from poor families depend on the government run institutions for all their educational needs? What steps are you taking to bring about an improvement in the quality of education being offered in such institutions?

We have several monitoring mechanisms in place to ensure that the quality of education in our government aided or run institutions is up to the mark. It is not necessary that the poor students should depend only on the government schools. We have arrangements in place to ensure that even the best schools have to have certain number of children from poor families. The government is also giving aid to some schools to enable them to cater to the needs of poor children.

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Can you enumerate the reasons due to which the ICT infrastructure in government schools is not quite up to the mark?

I agree that the infrastructure can be made much better. The Delhi government is funding the deployment of ICT in schools, but we are not able to achieve the best possible results as the teachers are not well trained. So we are now trying our best to educate the teachers in the usage of new technologies. We are working hard on this issue, and we are going to succeed in creating the best possible ICT infrastructure for our children. The Delhi government is also trying to rope in private companies through PPP models for the installation of ICT in our institutions.

It is a good thing that the number of students in our schools has gone up. However, after passing 12th, the same students start aspiring for higher education. But the country continues to face a great crunch of higher education seats. How are you planning to solve this problem?

Also when it comes to teaching vocation skills to the students, what is your strategy?

The government is focused on enabling many more higher education institu-

tions to come up. It is also true that not every student wants to go to the university. Many of them want to do courses like Hotel Management, Tailoring, Electrician training, and much else, so vocational education is also the need of the hour. We already have lot of universities and vocational training centres in the city, but they are clearly not proving to be enough, because as you have said in the question, the demand for quality education is rising all the time.

Many States like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have opened their gates for private universities. Is there any strategy for doing the same?

We are definitely trying to encourage private investments in education. We already have Amity University. Lot of private schools are also there. The Delhi Government is totally dedicated to fulfilling the educational needs of all the boys and girls who live in the national capital region. If private investments can lead to the creation of quality institutions for learning, then such institutions have to be encouraged. Our major agenda is to reform the system of education so that our students are able to reap the full benefits of latest technologies, courses and teaching techniques.

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Education and Social Responsibility

Dr Augustine F Pinto Founder - Chairman, Ryan International Group of Institutions

“A nation will be known by its people and the people will be known by their education and culture.”

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lobalisation has brought sweeping economic and technological changes in society. This has had seminal impact on the education system around the world. Over the years education has undergone tremendous changes, however today there is a growing demand for quality Holistic Education. Every educator therefore has a great responsibility to integrate the internationally recognised and well researched concepts and trends in curriculum to equip students for the future that is unexplored. Educators must understand that there is a need to develop global citizens for more humane and sustainable world. Education should not merely prepare the young generation for employment, it should also equip them for life. Students must learn the art of becoming lifelong learners and to be catalysts of change in the world. The educational experiences must provide young generation the information and tools to understand what is happening in the world and how it affects lives.

Education should develop students with global consciousness needed to support human rights and ecological sustainability. There are numerous issues such as

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global warming, environmental degradation, war, conflicts, terrorism, racism and so forth in the world today. Education therefore at all levels has a significant role to play in preparing young minds to promote peace, to prevent conflict and to bring about human development. Educators and policymakers have to find ways and means to translate these aspects into curriculum to provide the students competence and skills to understand the global issues and be the agents of peace and harmony in society and world at large.

The scope for growth is tremendous.

However, the progress of our nation will largely depend on the quality of education, which must be of global standards to bring about economic and social development. India is one of the biggest human resource suppliers in the world and if we as educators want to create world class global organisations to produce application-career oriented world class citizens, we first need to create an environment that encourages strong emphasis on hands-on-projects, experiential learning, problem solving, and critical thinking through collaborative and cooperative learning. Collaborative approach that includes academic rigour combined with strong experiential learning is the key and integration of ICT is deemed necessary for future employability and successful careers. Our generation of children should be helped to grow intellectually, emotionally, physically, spiritually and socially.

The Biblical proverb rightly states, “Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he shall not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6). As educators we need to make every possible endeavour for developing responsible and employable global citizens for a better world.

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Green Contributor Global Point of View

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tudents of Ryan International School, Greater Noida participated in the Global Point Of View Project organised by Green Contributor and University of Erlangen, Nuernberg. The project was on the topic climate change in your region with participants from three countries i.e India, Germany and U.S.A. The project was conducted in three phases: 1. Getting to know each other- Students from the different countries prepared introductory videos and interacted on Facebook.

2. Working on the problem- Students identified the climatic problems in their region and figured out the causes for the problem and put the matter in a power-point presentation.

3. Discussing the problem worldwide- After preparing the presentation, the students exchanged their presentation and discussed the problems over the online discussion portal ‘Lo-Net2.de’ 4. Planning concrete actions- Students from the different countries after going through the Climatic problems of all regions together formulated some steps to be implemented to eradicate the problems.

The students of Ryan International School, Greater Noida always had a realisation about the deteriorating condition of the Global environment and they enthusiastically participated in the project with a desire to make a small positive change in the environment. The key idea was to sensitise students to look at global problems from various perspectives. The project involved studying issues, discussing/debating them, understanding differing perspectives/concepts of cooperation and brainstorming for solutions.

Living in the National Capital Region, Ryan students found that the most prominent climatic problem was the flooding of the river Yamuna and shared their presentation with the students of other participating countries like Zambia and together formulated some measures to eradicate the problem. They realized that the main cause was increasing global warming. As an extension to this project the students also participated in a project called the ‘Marine Project’ with a motive to save the water bio-diversity.

Shrishti Gupta of Ryan International School, Greater Noida got the opportunity to visit the Algalita Marine Center, California, USA as a part of this project. Aman Pandey of Ryan International School, Greater Noida got the opportunity to participate in the 32nd International Geographical Congress held at

Participants from USA, India and Germany at the summit

Tackling Global issues together

Cologne, Germany from 25th August’12- 30th August’12 as he was invited by a leading European Publishing house.

Globalisation is a reality and models of this nature would definitely encourage cooperation amongst nations as Ryan Students had hands on experience in collaborating across time-zones.

Global Point of View provided a platform for students to have an Intercontinental Exchange of ideas and perspectives to arrive at practical solutions towards a sustainable peaceful world.

The project involved studying climate change and its practical impact. It has won accolades and been recognized with the prestigious award – Innovation in Global Collaborative Learning at an international front – World Education Summit 2012. digitalLEARNING / october 2012

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Grace Pinto Managing Director Ryan Group of Institutions

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Creating Socially Responsible Leaders At Ryan, we follow a very simple, profound philosophy – excellence in education and all-round development. We manage to make a ‘difference,’ because besides being spiritual, and value-based, we also have a commitment to ensuring child-centred pedagogy. We believe in providing holistic development to the child...

Please tell us about the growth story of Ryan Group of Schools.

What motivated the Founder Chairman, Dr Augustine F Pinto, to start this venture?

Nearly three decades ago, our Founder Chairman, Dr A F Pinto, was motivated to begin a school. He was pas-

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sionate about enabling every child in the country to have access to quality education. He was also inspired by the fact that there was a growing demand for schools in the northern suburbs of Mumbai. The whole idea was to equip children with life skills, which enable them to face challenges of a chang-

ing world and empower them to be socially responsible leaders, who stay focused in spite of the many trials on various fronts. Joining him on this learning journey was a natural progression considering it is hardly possible to be untouched by his visionary leadership.

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Future plans of Ryan Group • Integrate technology appropriately to facilitate the teaching learning process. Invest in leadership and teacher development and training.

• Focus on pedagogical leadership in our schools for better learning outcomes.

• Support the cause of sports, social service and love for the nation.

• Be the prime choice for parents who aspire for better education for their students.

and act ahead to enable preventive action as far as possible.

Like all segments, education also has its positives and areas of concern. Today as the education sector has been privatised, there is a whole lot of competition. It is becoming increasingly important to stay ahead in this segment of education and innovate and be progressive in approach. The approach has to be fine tuned with the changing trends in global education and leadership.

The last three decades, the Ryan Group has grown to be a large network of over 120 K-12 institutions in 15 states of India and overseas. We began our first CBSE School in Delhi region in 1991. While we acknowledge our LORD, we are also grateful for the people He blessed us with – the various stakeholders both within and outside of our school community, starting with our dear students, the staff, our parent community, those behind the scenes, and our well-wishers. We are a testimony of His grace being sufficient, as we have sought doing our best in offering quality holistic education to the children of our nation.

What were the key challenges that you faced while setting up the brand?

Challenges are meant to strengthen character and as such the nature of the challenges we have faced have only caused us to stay grounded and rooted in values and our faith. The challenges were varied and complex in nature and largely a result of misperception. It has been a good and humbling experience to be in the lifelong learning mode- “learning from and for life” while in leadership. Apart from that the key for us to succeed has not just been to learn from our experiences, but also to anticipate

What are the opportunities that you found and what are your strengths?

We have learnt firsthand that every challenge presents an opportunity to learn and grow, and learn again. Every experience whether good, bad or ugly has posed as an opportunity for us to learn anew and march forth. Since the vision is clear to us, we aspire for our efforts to be aligned with the vision of encouraging “all round development.” Thankfully perception about what truly constitutes education is evolving and we are grateful to our parent community for embracing change over time and being more receptive to arts being integrated in the educational process. Our activities reflect the understanding that the key task in imparting quality education also involves pursuing sustainable development in the economy, ecology and social well being of all. Although an incredibly challenging journey, the opportunity of meeting the educational needs of the nation has been humbling experience. However, we can say that we have achieved a lot within a short span of time as we now cover a large part of the country and have also spread our wings globally.

Our strength is Christ and the hope He offers each day to enliven and make a difference to every person, thus investing long term in the nation’s wealth (our students).

What distinguishes Ryan from the other group of schools?

At Ryan, we follow a very simple, profound philosophy – excellence in education and all-round development. We manage to make a ‘difference,’ because besides being spiritual, and value-based, we also have a commitment to ensuring child-centred pedagogy. We believe in providing holistic development to the child.

Our objective is to nurture children, so that they not only excel academically, but become empowered citizens with life skills to thrive. Being in the field of education for the past three decades, we have attempted to develop best practices for our digitalLEARNING / october 2012

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schools, encouraging sports and extracurricular activities at the state, national and international levels. Ryan Group has been recorded more than 8 times in the Limca Book of Records in various academic and extra-curricular activities. We have launched world-level events like Indian Model United Nations (INMUN), International Children’s Festival of Performing Arts (ICFPA) and IAFA (Iceplex Ad Film Awards) amongst many others which provide international exposure to our students.

Since our approach is also to provide hands-on learning experience for children, especially in sports we have collaborated with the best in the industry like Mahesh Bhupathy for tennis, Baichung Bhutia for football and Vishwanathan Anand for chess to bring world-class coaching to our children.

Transcending the territorial limits, Ryan has opened wide the doors for exchange of ideas and multicultural learning experiences to our future citizens to explore the potentials of an international interface. Values with sound knowledge and the wisdom to use it constructively provide the differential factor to our students at Ryan.

The Indian government has come up with the policies like Right to Education (RTE) & Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE).

What are your perspectives on this?

While there is reasonable focus on higher education, there is dire need for systemic reform in the area of secondary and primary level education. Moreover, teacher and leadership training and development deserve attention if the lives of our future leaders and global citizens are going to be shaped by them. The well being of millions of children who are waiting to be brought under the influence of education largely depends upon the easy access to their Right to Education (RTE) while studying the most feasible way to do so.

Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation, which has been introduced in recent past is getting implemented across all streams of School Education, and it covers all aspects of student’s development with both Formative and Summative Assessment. CCE helps in improving

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Transcending the territorial limits, Ryan has opened wide the doors for exchange of ideas on multicultural learning experiences.

The idea is to enable our future citizens to explore the potentials of an international interface

student’s performance by identifying his/ her learning difficulties at regular time intervals right from the beginning of the academic session and employing suitable remedial measures for enhancing their learning performance. CCE has already been implemented in all our schools. Introduction of ERP in the school will definitely improve the CCE system at large.

This also empowers students with selfassessment. Our schools have been at the forefront of adopting innovations and modern practices to ensure that there is a continuous enhancement in the overall quality of teaching and learning.

Over the last three decades Ryan has been serving the cause of providing quality education and it will continue to spread quality education in all corners of the country.

The traditional system of education is undergoing a change by introducing digital methods of teaching. So how proactive has the school been in accommodating such methods of teaching?

ICT has in fact attracted attention of academia, business, government and communities to use it for innovative profitable propositions. 21st century is characterised by the emergence of knowledge based society wherein ICT plays a pivotal role.

As the importance of digital pedagogy in school education is being highlighted, and being aware that children are very comfortable with modern tech-

nology, we have already incorporated the ICT tools to enhance the learning experience amongst our students. Most of our schools are affiliated to ICSE, CBSE and IB-IGCSE and understandably ICT is part of the academia. Besides ICT being one of the regular subjects, we have facilitated and partnered in the creation of various technology platforms like myschool.in.com to enhance communication and learning experience. We are in the process of working with some leading entities in this space to enhance the usage of digital methodology in our schools.

Ryan was among the first group of schools to include computer education in the curriculum, way back in the early 1990’s. We in the process of understanding the feasibility of digital books for our staff and students and believe in embracing change, using it to make education more engaging and meaningful. Our schools are established to develop academic and overall development of the students and encourage any effort that helps us do this effectively.

What is your vision for the Ryan Group of Institutions?

Ryan has been at the forefront of changing the paradigm of education. We are now gearing ourselves up for the next level of growth. We hope to leverage technology in offering quality education to inaccessible parts of India and enable the children to benefit from high quality English medium education.

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Ryan Pinto CEO, Ryan Group of Institutions

he Indian education system is one of the largest systems in the world.

It caters to the need of more than 190 million students of different socioeconomic backgrounds in pre-primary to primary, upper primary, secondary and higher secondary to college and university level. Though rapidly improving, India still has a long way to go. To provide our students with the talents necessary to compete in this marketplace, we must recognise and accept the challenges before us today.

Ryan way is defined as KASSM — Knowledge, Attitude, Skills, Social and Morals. Values with sound knowledge and the wisdom to use it constructively is what provides the differential factor to our students at Ryan.

Teachers are no longer the only source of knowledge. We have moved on from teaching to facilitating. Teaching today in India is not what it used to be. There is a fundamental change in the way teaching works today. Teaching is about enabling learning from a conceptual point and its application in real life. The methods of imparting knowledge are no longer confined to a chalk and board but have extended to advanced technology and virtual learning.

The gap between students and teachers has narrowed giving learning a totally new perspective.

The need of the hour is to build the social infrastructure of the country, hence people should give more importance to academia, healthcare, education while other career options could be mass media, finance, legal and compliance and arts.

There is a wide gap between what is taught in schools or colleges and what is actually required in the real world. This gap needs to be closed and institutes should only focus on imparting relevant education. In other words pedagogy and the tools for pedagogy both have to be reviewed from time to time. digitalLEARNING / october 2012

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Highlights 2012 200 Ryanites visited NASA in 2012 Students from various Ryan Schools went on a mission to design and launch their own satellite payload. This is very close to what NASA engineers do in real industry.

Ryanites with Chess Champion Vishwanathan Anand

Ryan students at the NASA Space Center Vishwanathan Anand Interacts with Ryanites

Vishwanathan Anand with students from various Ryan International Schools during the event that celebrated 10 years of the setting up of Mind Champions Academy under the guidance of the chess champion.

Giants International Award 2012 Dr Augustine F. Pinto was awarded the prestigious Giants International Award 2012 for his outstanding contribution in the field of education. The award ceremony was hosted at the Trident Hotel in Mumbai on the 17th of September, 2012.

Ryanites at Bangkok World Scholar Cup The students of Ryan International School Greater Noida, once again brought laurels to their school and the country at the Global Round of the World Scholars Cup, held at Bangkok, Thailand, from 22nd June till the 24th June 2012. Ryan International School, Greater

Mr. Ryan Pinto (CEO, Ryan International Group of Institutions) with the students from Ryan International School, Greater Noida.

Noida was the only Indian school to qualify at the Regional round held at Singapore, earlier this year in April 2012.

Country’s Finest Tennis Turf’s at Ryan Global School, Andheri Mumbai This state-of-the-art tennis court was inau-

Dr. Augustine F. Pinto receiving the Giants Award 2012 for his outstanding contribution in the field of education. gurated by ace tennis star Mahesh Bhupati at Ryan Global School, Andheri recently. The addition of this top-end sporting facility will ensure that the students get access to the best in the sporting world for an all round development

Mahesh Bhupathi Inaugurates Top-End Tennis Court at Ryan Global School, Mumbai

Madam Grace Pinto, MD, RIGI with eminent educationist Prof. M.M. Pant at INMUN 2012

President with the ICFPA participants

INMUN The INMUN 2012 organized by the RIGI Group was a roaring success. With close to a thousand delegates and over 120 participating schools, the three day INMUN 2012 concluded on a high note with delegates suggesting ways to tackle contemporary socio-economic issues as well as ways to address the conflict that is taking a toll on the human rights in many countries. Some highlights from the concluding ceremony.

International Children’s Festival of Performing Arts

International Childrens Festival of Performing Arts

This festival witnesses performances by over 11000 children from nations like, Brazil, Finland, Germany, Russia, Indonesia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Switzerland, Turkey, Malaysia, Bangladesh Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Romania, Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe besides India and is one of the biggest creative events in the country.

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Several National & International events like the Indian Model United Nations (INMUN), International Children’s Festival of Performing Arts (ICFPA) and IAFA (Indian Ad Film Awards) amongst many others are regularly organized at Ryan to provide opportunities for leadership and all round development

Indian Model United Nations Fast facts: Inception: 2001 Participants: Over 800 student delegates from about 120 schools from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia

The level of debate and hard work, exhibited by other student delegates, is very high. The entire experience is highly encouraging and memorable

Sampurna Basnet, Ritambhara Parcyuli & Garima Golcha (Students), Rato Bangala School, Nepal, Kathmandu

The Concept of Indian Model United Nations was initiated by the Founding Chairman, Dr. Augustine F. Pinto and Managing Director, Madam Grace Pinto, Ryan International Group of Institutions through their sustained efforts and commitment towards rich quality education.

Their vision has provided a platform to the young citizens to debate on various issues that plague the world.

The MUN concept is a student run simulation of the United Nations. Students delegates representing various UN member nations address specific issues of importance in the global arena. Through debate and negotiations, student delegates attempt to resolve regional and international problems.

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They are expected to do this in a conciliatory manner to the fullest of their nation’s interest. They learn to embrace the spirit of the UN charter. MUN conferences provide students with the opportunity of playing the role of diplomats involved in decision making and conflict resolution at the UN. Students not only learn about the UN system, but also find out about economic, social and environmental issues pertinent in today’s world. Students learn to resolve these problems through negotiations and compromise. In order to do this they are expected to develop skills of independent research, oration, resolution writing and collaboration.

As students take on the role of inter-

national diplomats, they have to put their own views on one side and embrace the foreign policy of the nation which has been assigned to them. It gives the students an opportunity to develop critical thinking and to know the current state of the world, and also of future possibilities and solutions. Students also learn about the conduct of foreign meetings and the use of parliamentary procedure.

The Ryan International Group also encourages its students to attend such conferences organized by other countries. Ryan Students have been attending Colombo Model United Nations, Sri Lanka, Model United Nations of the Far West San Francisco, USA, Iberian Model United Nations, Portugal & National Model United Nations, New York, USA. Students have attended MUN sessions at New International School of Thailand, Bangkok, Garden International School, Malaysia and The International School of The Hague, Holland.

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International Children’s Festival of Performing Arts Inception: 2000 Participating Countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, India, Israel, Iran, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, South Africa, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Thailand, United Kingdom, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Venezuela so forth...

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yan believes that performing arts is a sensitive, creative and liberal medium of expression for children and it helps to establish a bond of friendship and cooperation among nations. Politics and religion divide people, but art and culture unite them – the truth of the statement is brought home through varied theatrical performances. Irrespective of language, performing arts has a universal understanding through body language and facial expressions through which actors express various human emotions like indignation, ecstasy, envy and excitement.

The main aim of International Children’s Festival of Performing Arts (ICFPA) is to create an international platform for young people to perform, unite, exchange ideas and explore the medium of dance, drama, puppetry and various other genres of performing Arts. The focus is interaction, improvisation, play and discussion among the participants.

The festival spread its roots far and wide, with more Asian, African and European countries joining us year after year. In the year 2004, there were more than 280 performances and 4000 children participating in the festival. Over the years, ICFPA has traveled through the path of popularity to the interiors of India.

There have been smaller festivals in Nagpur, Nasik, Raipur, Aurangabad, Jaipur, Ludhiana, Surat Amritsar and Chandigarh.

“I would like to congratulate the organizers for creating, through this festival, an opportunity of facilitating interactions between cultures and young children from various countries” Mrs. Sonia Gandhi Congress President and Chairperson UPA

“Festivals like 6th International Youth Folk Festival are a good example of how to live in this world with peace and harmony. It helps to promote peace and agreement.”

Rustam Minnikhanov (President of the Republic of Tatarstan) digitalLEARNING / october 2012

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“This unique endeavor, pioneered by the Ryan Foundation and Indian Council of Cultural Relations, is helping to create lasting bonds of friendship and cooperation amongst children hailing from different cultures and linguistic regions.”

“Such events provide unique opportunities for our children to discover new things and explore wider avenues.”

Kapil Sibal Minister of HRD and Information Technology

Jyotiraditya M Scindia MoS, Commerce & Industry

“This event by the Ryan International Group of Institutions provides a unique opportunity to our children by facilitating interaction with children from various nations.”

Sheila Dixit Govt. Of National Capital Territory Of Delhi

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“I am proud that Ryan Foundation invited again a group of artists from Romania and I thank the organizers for this honor.”

Valerica Epure Ambassador of Romania to India

Objective of the Festival International Festival of Performing Arts is one of the biggest opportunities in India for the children of the world to unite and perform. The motto of the festival – Lets get the young hearts together to tie the knot of camaraderie, unity and tranquility through dance, drama and workshops.

• To bring forward performances by children which broaden the horizons of understanding of different cultures.

• Giving an opportunity to children from the backward class to view and be a part of the festival.

• Harmonizing strained relations between countries through young performers.

• To educate, entertain and bring awareness of issues that concern the world today.

• To keep creative experience alive.

• To showcase a broad range and variety of performances to children.

“The idea of getting together children from all over the world on to one single platform is a feat in itself and I wish to congratulate your esteemed institution for being able to achieve it for numerous years now.”

Prof. Piotr Klodkowski Ambassador of Poland to India

• To Stress upon the importance of dance, drama and music in upbringing of children.

• To promote the image of India as a country, rich in culture as well as a nation, open and eager to learn about the traditions and arts of other countries.

In the years to come, Ryan looks forward to hosting many more festivals with the objective of making this world a more creative place to live in.

International Folk Dance Festival was held in Tatarstan for the 6th time.

The participants had an opportunity to demonstrate the culture of its people, enjoy creative communication and plunge into the atmosphere of understanding. The concert performance was held in the Tatar State Philharmonic Society. Participatants came from different countries including Argentina, Columbia, south Korea, Malaysia, Canada, Poland, Russia, Latvia, Taiwan, Croatia, Mexico, Netherlands and Turkey.

Ryanites posing with the organizers at the Handicraft Fair at Buinsk City, Tatarstan

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Ryanites have also participated in various festivals all around the World. Details: Year 2002 • 5th FEITAT in Tangler Morocco, January 2002 Year 2003 • Visha School of Dance, Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 2003 • BALLETSCHULE Indian Bavarian Cultural Exchange Munich, Germany, November 2003 Year 2004 • Maison des jeunes et de la Cultural Festival, Monistrol Sur Loire, France, June 2004 • Asia – Pacific Festival of Children’s Theatre in Toyama, Japan 2004 • HUM Indo-Pak Friendship Bond, Pakistan, May 2004

Year 2005 • 45th International Children’s Festival, Croatia, June 2005 • 20th International Children’s Theatre Festival Herbre, Switzerland, June 2005 • Performance at TPZ Theatrepadogogisches Zentrum der Emslanddischen • Landschaft e.V, Germany, June 2005 • World Festival of Performing Arts 2005, Pakistan, November 2005 Year 2006 • 9th World Festival of Children’s Theatre, Lingen, Germany, July 2006 • Performance at Indian Embassy, Berlin, Germany, July 2006 • Performance at Indo – Polish Cultural Committee, Krakow and

Myslenice, Poland, July 2006 • La-Luna Youth Arts Festival, Australia, December 2006 Year 2008 • 10th World Festival of Children’s Theatre, Moscow • The World Festival of Children’s Performing Arts, Toyama Year 2009 • International Culture Art and Performance Festival, Istanbul , Turkey Year 2010 • Performed in Voices for a Better World, the first performance of the World Children’s Theatre Ensemble on September 26, 2010 at Royal Albert Hall in London.

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YJ Kriti Saini & Zinay Patel from RIS Faridabad & RIS Bardoli during BBN Training at Mumbai

Madam Grace Pinto, Managing Director of Ryan International Group of Institutions and Chief Guest Boney Kapoor at Iceplex Ad Film Awards felicitating Youngest Indian to scale Mt. Everest Arjun Vajpai

The concept of Education Through Lens has been concretized to develop Media and Film making skills in young Ryanites.

In view of empowering the young “Iceplex” a media initiative was launched.

A full-fledged team of media and social broadcasters have taken on the responsibility of mentoring the students to create India’s youngest breed of technicians,

anchors, camera persons and producers.

Iceplex came out with this Word’s First Online Ad Film Contest: Iceplex Ad Film Awards (IAFA). The Group continues to organize the World’s First Online Ad Film contest for the age group 11 to 21 years in the form of Iceplex Ad Film Awards or IAFA. Through IAFA students showcase their ideas, thoughts, views and imagina-

tions in a very special way by making an Ad film of 60 seconds and sending it to Iceplex in a video format. The IAFA jury comprising of eminent personalities from the industry judge the Ad Films and declare the winners with the support of the data collected online. The Brand Ambassador for IAFA is Mr. Johny Lever. WWW. iceplex.tv portal has been receiving overwhelming response from students and their parents from all over. Iceplex has become a grand success with students broadcasting their ideas on Television through “Young Jourknows” & “BBN – Beyound Breaking News” programmes.

The 4th IAFA award will have three categories: Environment; Safety; and Health & Beauty

“Ryan is different because of its curriculum, its activities and guest lecturers who come to our schools and talk to us”

Divya Lalchandani, Student, Ryan International School (Chembur, Mumbai) ICSE

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DigitALly Yours Pearson Education Services (PES) provides end-to-end education solutions in the K-12 segment, with focus on technological innovations

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earson Education Services is part of Pearson, a global education, media and publishing group, represented by market-leading businesses such as the Pearson Education, Financial Times and Penguin. Pearson is the world’s leading education company.

From pre-school to high school, early learning to professional certification, our curriculum materials, multimedia learning tools, assessment and testing programmes help to educate more than 100 million people worldwide - more than any other private enterprise.

Pearson in India is well placed to bring its wide range of leading products and services to the Indian Education System and contributing to the development of learning in the country. We are committed to bringing this depth of international experience to contribute to measurable, outcome based and technology enabled learning in India.

Meena Ganesh CEO and MD

Company Name Pearson Education Services (PES)

Management Team Meena Ganesh, K Ganesh, Srikanth B Iyer

Address 10, 3rd Main, Ashwini Layout Intermediate Ring Road, Ejipura Koramangala, Bangalore 560 047, Karnataka, INDIA Telephone: +91 (80) 30461020 Mobile: +91 9739984042

Website pearsoneducationservices.com

Contact Person for Clarification Ashika Devi ashika.devi@edurite.com +91-8030461060

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Product and Services Pearson Education Services (PES) provides end-to-end education solutions in the K-12 segment, with a focus on technological innovations. Being a part of Pearson, PES aims to seamlessly combine content and technology and offer customised solutions of international standards to audiences not just in India but worldwide. PES’s current market offerings include: School management services, by way of which they manage, operate and build high quality schools across the country that leverage Pearson’s global knowledge and expertise in the school space; on-line tutoring, that offers quality online tuitions to students across the world at very affordable prices; ICT solutions known as DigiClass, for both schools and higher education institutions by employing the DigitALly™ application; technology aided coaching classes and test preparation services for various Entrance (CET, AIEEE, IIT-JEE, AIPMT) and School/Board exams (State, CBSE, ICSE). For more information on Pearson Education Services, please log on to www.pearsoneducationservices.com.

Target Vertical(s) K12 schools, Higher Education, Tutorials

Achievements Its efforts at improving the learning process and classroom experience has won it many accolades - including the President Award for IT, Manthan Award for Best EContent Development, the Marico Innovation Award and World Education Summit Award in 2012 for Best Innovation in Teaching Learning Technologies - Digiclass

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Maths Innovation @ Schools HeyMath! supports the work of teachers and helps students build a strong foundation in mathematics

C Nirmala Sankaran Co-founder & Managing Director Company Name HeyMath! (Sankhyaa Learning Pvt Ltd)

Co-founder & CEO Harsh Rajan

Address Steeple Reach, 25 Cathedral Road, Chennai 600 086 Telephone: +91 44 43481500 Email: contact@heymath.com

Website www.heymath.com

Sales and after sales support +91-11-40519085

Regional Office(s) New Delhi

Contact Person for Clarification Swetha Prakash contact@heymath.com +91-011-40519085

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o-founded by Nirmala Sankaran and Harsh Rajan on the premise that “every student counts” and developed in formal collaboration with the University of Cambridge since 2000, HeyMath! is a proven method that makes Mathematics easy and enjoyable for every student.

HeyMath! curriculum instruction and assessment software is mapped to specific curricula (CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE, State Boards etc) and helps students build a strong foundation in Mathematics. The animated visuals and interactive tools in the programme engage students, strengthen conceptual understanding through discovery, help in retention of ideas, and enhance problem-solving skills – driving the learning deeper and connecting to real world applications.

Regular training and support for teachers ensures that they save time in their classrooms while using the programme to strengthen their content knowledge and for connecting to their community of peers around the world.

HeyMath! is used in over 50 countries and produces results in both offline and online learning environments - ranging from a single room in a school to a WiFi enabled campus.

Products and service World-class, curriculum specific K-12 mathematics instruction and assessment software, backed by teacher support and integrated with customised learning environments (HeyMath! Zones) for experiential learning. HeyMath! also manages a collaborative question-bank for teachers that is contributed entirely by its partner schools, and provides editorial oversight to categorise questions by grade and topic for testing and assessment.

Target Vertical(s) K-12

Achievements Over the last 12 years, HeyMath! has established itself as a cutting-edge programme that provides transformational and sustainable value addition to for school systems in Singapore, India, the United States and Africa. Featured as an example of globalisation in education in Thomas L Friedman’s bestseller “The World is Flat”, HeyMath! was also profiled in his Op-Ed column of the New York Times. In a nation-wide survey in 2007, Microsoft recognised HeyMath! as ‘one of the most innovative software companies in India’. The innovative approach of HeyMath! has also been covered by BBC News and The Economist.

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Content that Inspires Learning Archive of BBC Motion Gallery is amongst the greatest in the world, encompassing a wealth of subjects so vast it’s hard to fathom

B Paul Maidment

MD/CEO

Company Name BBC Motion Gallery Education

Management Team Jan Ross, Senior Vice President; Justine Avery, Head of Education; Yusuf Batliwala, Sales Manager

Address Media Centre, MC3D1, 201 Wood Lane, London, W12 7TQ Phone: +91 44 2084332861 Email: Education.Row@Bbc.Com

Regional Office(s) Mumbai, New York, Los Angeles

Website bbcmotiongalleryeducation.com

Contact Person for Clarification Yusuf Batliwala +91-9820873757; yusuf.batliwala@bbc.com

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BC Motion Gallery Education is a leader in providing high production quality factual content geared towards the needs of educators and students. BBC Motion Gallery Education is part of BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC. For over 70 years, BBC content has entertained and educated, informed and inspired. Video archive of BBC Motion Gallery is amongst the greatest in the world, encompassing a wealth of subjects so vast it’s hard to fathom. It is from this extensive collection that company has produced thousands of ready-to-use educational modules, each of which can be previewed on the company’s website. Created in collaboration with education publishers across the globe, these modules can map directly to a national curriculum, or can be used in a more illustrative approach to introduce a topic, theme or idea. The mission is to Bring Learning to Life.

Product and Services BBC Motion Gallery is a Digital Library offering Multi-Media Content and an Online Education Portal. The company delivers remarkable diversity and depth of content solutions, ranging from clip licensing to fully-produced segments tailored to map specific curriculums - and everything in between. Our educational videos can be used in a variety of media such as online usage, DVD, classroom usage and apps. Our clients include publishers, education service providers and online education companies. The short videos provided by the company cover all major curriculum subjects, allowing a provision for visual narrative that draws the student’s attendtion and allows them to experience the lesson with their own eyes. The company is coming up with the new education platform, which will offer the following services: • Self-serve B2B window to curriculum linked video modules • Project management tool enabling state-of-the-art workflow • Customised secure screening room • Instant review, feedback, collaboration • Accurate, complete project histories • A full e-commerce site with white label potential.

Business Collaboration Our content sources include BBC, BBC World News, BBC Learning Class Clips from within the BBC . In addition, we represent other content collections including CBS News, The Open University, NHK, the Attenborough Collection and CCTV.

Bring learning to life Short form videos covering all major curriculum subjects

Contact us to discuss our collection of thousands of ready-to-license videos and bespoke content produced specifically to your needs SOUTH ASIA: E: yusuf.batliwala@bbc.com W: bbcmotiongalleryeducation.com T: +91 9820873757

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Helping Children Build the Foundation Waterford Institute uses rigorous research to build award-winning and research-validated educational programmes

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Pranab K Bose MD Company Name Waterford Institute India

Management Team Charles Callis, Ann Treacy

Address 2nd Floor, Knowledge Park, Hiranandani Business Park, Powai, Mumbai- 400 076 Telephone: +91-22-4170190 Email: inmktg@waterford.org

Website waterford.org

Regional Office(s) Regional representatives at Bangalore, New Delhi, and Kolkata

Contact Person for Clarification Pranab K Bose pranabbose@waterford.org +91 9004703624

Distributors Actuniv, JIL-Information Technology Ltd, Connoiseur Electronics Pvt Ltd

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aterford Institute is a US headquartered non-profit research organisationdedicated to provide every child with the finest education through the development of high-quality educational models, curriculum, programs, and software. Founded in 1976, Waterford Institute uses rigorous research to build award winning and research-validated educational programmes like Waterford Early Learning and Waterford Classroom Advantage. Waterford programmes have improved education for millions of children around the world. Waterford Institute is providing educators and children the tools they need to establish learning success. With offices in USA, Romania, Taiwan, and India and an expanding client base across USA, Mexico, Israel, China, Korea, Japan, Senegal, Rwanda, Haiti, Taiwan , Sri Lanka , India, etc. it’s flagship program Waterford Early Learning, is used in over 50,000 classrooms across the globe now. Waterford Institute India, with its registered office in Mumbai has been promoting the range of Waterford educational programmes in schools and learning centres across the country.

Products and Services The company offers Language and Math and Science Lab software, “Waterford Early learning Suite”, classroom based Group instruction software, Waterford Classroom Advantage and “Rusty and Rosy Reading Program”, Waterford’s Learn at Home Reading program. Our comprehensive early learning suite Waterford Early Learning ( English, Math and Science Digital Lab program ) comprises of Waterford Early Reading and Waterford Early Math and Science programmes, which includes reading, math and science curricula; early literacy assessment; and innovative teacher tools- providing a rich learning experience that inspires and empowers both children and educators alike. The program developed for early learners (4 – 12 years) provide personalised learning at the pace of the child. Waterford Institute has also introduced Classroom Advantage in response to the need for exciting, effective interactive whiteboard resources by adapting its awardwinning early reading, math, and science curricula for whole classroom/group instruction. The Programmes provides teachers the resources they need to have more frequent and meaningful interactions with students and similarly provides students a rich environment in which to gain the skills necessary for a lifetime of learning. Utilising latest proven research, Waterford Institute continues to be at the cutting edge of technology delivered instruction for early childhood education.

Target Vertical(s) K-12 Schools

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“Our School Gives Great Importance to Teacher Development” In 1957 an ageing lady decided to acquire the small estate of an erstwhile Nawab to start a boarding school for young Indian girls. There were no funds, no staff, and no school buildings. Yet Miss Oliphant refused to give up her mission. She entrusted the task of setting up and running the school to Miss Grace Mary Linnell who became the Founder-Principal. ‘Nasreen’, the large bungalow of Nawab Saiduzzafar, was transformed into Welham, named after a Welsh village.

Over the last 50 years, the school has added to its campus piece by piece and has come to symbolise independence, high standards and a progressive attitude. At the same time, from its inception, Welham has focused on developing in its students pride in Indian culture and awareness of national and global issues and concerns.

The CCE consists of Formative Assessment (FA) and Summative Assessments (SA), which are conducted throughout the year and it has received mixed response from the teachers’ community. What is your opinion on CCE in schools?

One good effect of CCE has been that schools are compelled to look at their children a bit more holistically than merely as numbers and marks. I am a believer in formative assessment, though I do not know if I agree with summative evaluation of personal qualities and achievements. After all, each child is a work in progress. I believe that evaluation is worthwhile only if it is accurate, thought-through and sincere, and leads to change and improvement in the identified areas of weakness and strength.

Here again, we cannot put the cart before the horse. First of all, all schools must be able to provide opportunities to the children to develop in all curricular and extra-curricular areas, only then is it worthwhile to assess their abilities and attainments in these areas. This means that schools must first have the teachers and the spaces to provide these opportu-

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nities for learning and growth. Certainly, a brief assessment and suggestions on how to improve can help a child to grow well. But it is both difficult and artificial to have to assign a value (a mark or a grade) to each quality and talent and effort over so many years of a child’s stay in school. Must we have the tyranny of marks and grades for everything?

In our country, it is the large numbers which prove to be daunting and systems which are introduced with the best of intentions can become mere formalities, through no one’s fault. Given the huge numbers in day schools, this means that the teacher is largely reduced to doing endless clerical work.

How has training being imparted to the teachers on a continuous basis?

Our school gives great importance to teacher development. We have an annual programme for teacher development. Teacher workshops are held at the beginning of each term on different areas of education, and the school invites trainers both from India and abroad.

We also encourage in-house workshops where teachers share their own learn-

ing methods with colleagues in a formal setting. The school is affiliated with the Dehradun Teachers’ Centre at the Doon School and teachers attend and conduct workshops there. Teachers also attend the subject-related workshops conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate to which we are affiliated.

Senior staff has also conducted workshops for the Council from time to time.

Teachers are encouraged to apply for schemes such as the Fulbright Teaching Exchange. They are given considerable freedom in the classroom for developing their own methods. Teachers are a completely involved and are an active component of the school’s outward-bound programmes (tours, treks and visits in India and overseas) and communityservice programmes. These offer a great learning for teachers too.

How do you see the role of Information and communication technology (ICT) in pedagogy and administration?

No one can deny the impact of ICT in education. It can be a very effective tool in pedagogy and of course, it is very useful in administration – one hardly needs

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to elaborate on that. You have asked about the level of ICT implementation in our school. Well, we are all linked on a LAN, we have 24-hour fast broadband internet, we are all computer ‘savvy’, our laboratories and subject rooms are all smart classes, our daily operations are automated, we have a working ERP, students and teachers are quick and efficient with multimedia and we work off a central server on a Student Information System customised for our school.

It helps the people within a school and within the education community to be in quick touch with each other and share global resources and practices at the click of a key. However, I feel that an electronic interface must never be the medium of choice where a human interface is essential. In the lives of school-going children and their teachers and parents high-tech must not replace high-touch. It can best be an add-on to improve the quality of teaching and learning.

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of matter. Generally many students do not fare very well in these tests. If they are administered in the correct way, then they could be introduced at the higher secondary level only.

However, they have to be very well thought out and the assessment and outcomes also need to be worked out in detail.

Otherwise they will be of little benefit to students. Given that there exists a wide variety of textbooks being used by students all over the country, I cannot see that these tests can be implemented very soon. If only one book is studied by all, the system will become self-limiting.

What is your vision for the school 2020?

The school will continue to upgrade itself in methodology and infrastructure in line with the requirement of the times, yet endeavour to retain its basic principles of Indian-ness, which can be expressed in these three words - Equality, Simplicity and Service.

Teachers need to constantly upgrade themselves. ICT has made this easily possible.

As I said earlier, Teachers and Thought-leaders can share research and learning and methodologies and information very easily. Audio-Visual presentations make pedagogical transactions attractive and meaningful. However, increasingly I find that children can visually recognise much more than we could in our childhoods, but they have less and less vocabulary and expression in which to speak about what they have seen! Language skills have definitely declined. Children can make a good video, but they can’t write an essay that well.

Inspired from US and UK, the Indian HRD Ministry is planning to introduce open book examination system for class X and class XII CBSE students from next year with the objective to do away the rote learning system. Please share your view of the new emerging trend.

Open book tests all over the world are generally much tougher than regular tests. Given that the basic information is with the students, they test much higher order thinking skills than regular tests, than mere understanding and assimilation

The Welham community has grown from its original ten students to six hundred students. Jyotsna Brar, the present Principal of Welham Girls’ School, Dehradun, in conversation with Pragya Gupta, shares her insights on Modern teaching tools and development in schools of today digitalLEARNING / october 2012

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RBI Launches Quiz Competition For Schools The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launched an all-India RBI inter-school quiz competition called RBIQ as an initiative to promote financial literacy at school level. The quiz will be conducted among students in of classes 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th. As this is the first year of the quiz, select schools located across the length and breadth of the country across all educational boards have been invited to participate.

The RBIQ strives to create an awareness and interest about the history and role of the RBI, banking and finance, economics, current affairs and personalities and events that have contributed to the growth and progress of India over the years. It is an effort to build a ‘connect’ between the RBI and the young students across the country and to disseminate financial literacy among them. The quiz seeks to recognise and encourage bright young students and provide a national platform for their talent.

Community Colleges to be set up for Skill Development: Kapil Sibal The government will set up 10 community colleges in collaboration with Canadian educational institutes to educate illiterate adults and provide skill-based training for employment, human resource development minister announced Shri Kapil Sibal, Union Minister, MHRD “Under the adult literacy programme of the HRD ministry, as many as 70 million people need to be literate and their capacity enhanced to enable them to acquire the skills required to perform jobs,” he said Of the illiterate 70 million, 60 million are women who need education and skill training close to where they live. And for this, the government would launch 100 community colleges this year.

Foreign delegates visit Amity University A delegation comprising of representatives from six foreign universities on Monday visited Amity University to explore potential areas of mutual collaboration with the Indian varsity. The delegation of 10 members from the universities in USA, Canada and Australia was led by director of Indus Foundation (USA) and vice-president of Educomp, Mahesh Gandhi.

The members represented University of Hawaii, Hofstra University and Arkansas Tech University from USA, Mount Saint Vincent University from Canada, CQ University and Curtin University from Australia.

600 posts of instructors in ITIs to be filled: Punjab govt The Punjab government will soon fill 665 vacant posts of instructors in ITIs across the state besides providing them requisite infrastructure to enable them to develop professional skills among the students.

Disclosing this here on Monday, Technical Education and Industrial Training minister Anil Joshi said that presently there were 111 government and 294 private ITIs in the state which are providing professional training to over 64,000 youth every year.

Joshi said that he has issued instructions to complete recruitment process in the most transparent manner.

Sibal Launched Campaign to Promote ‘Sakshar Bharat’ We might send Chandrayan to moon and mars mission but if we don’t give education to our women, we can’t fly.”

With these words, HRD Minister, Kapil Sibal has launched a mass awareness campaign for the success of the Saakshar Bharat Abhiyan programme that will employ a host of media including television ads to reach out to the people.

The mission, which covers adults beyond the age of 15, has assessed close to two crore adults and issued literacy certificates.

The aim of the new awareness campaign is to give a boost to this ambitious programme whose benefits are yet to reach all the corners of the country. .

Kerala HC directs state govt to grant NOCs to schools satisfying CBSE/ICSE norms Kerala High Court has directed the state government to grant NOCs to schools satisfying CBSE/ICSE norms for affiliation.

A direction in this regard was issued by a division bench comprising Justices T N Ramachandran Nair and C K Abdul Rahim after dismissing a government appeal challenging a single judge’s order quashing conditions imposed for granting NOCs. The bench directed CBSE and ICSE boards to enforce a condition for continued affiliation, payment of salary provisionally at the rate of Rs 10,000 per month for primary teachers’, Rs 15,000 for high school teachers and Rs 20,000 for higher secondary teachers. The court also directed that non teaching staff– clerks– be paid Rs 6,000 and Class IV employees Rs 4,000 per month as salary as an interim measure till government takes a decision

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Platform for Effective Teaching & Learning K-Class provides an efficient teaching-learning platform that responds to the needs of students and teachers in the most cost-effective ways

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L&FS Education and Technology Services Limited (IETS), is a subsidiary of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS). As erstwhile Schoolnet India Limited, IETS has been a pioneer in introducing technology led education in schools since 1997. As on date, IETS has worked with over 8000 schools, trained 2,50,000 teachers and impacted nearly 10, 00,000 students through its various educational programmes.

Products and Services

Ninad Vengurlekar Vice President

Company Name IL&FS Education & Technology Services Limited

K-Class is an interactive learning solution for schools. K-Class stands for Knowledge Class.

It makes a school teach, learn, understand and perform better through an ingenious combination of technology and curriculum mapped content. K-Class provides an efficient teaching-learning platform that responds to the needs of students and teachers in the most cost-effective ways. K-Class focuses on the traditional methodologies of learning delivered through futuristic technologies but with a clear focus on learning outcomes. The K-Class program is a support to the teacher in a classroom.

Target Vertical(s) School Education, Teacher Training, Technology Assisted Learning, Mobile Learning, eLearning

MD and CEO RCM Reddy

Address IL&FS Financial Centre, C-Quadrant, 3rd Floor, Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra East, Mumbai 400 051 Telephone: +91-22-67809292 Email: kclass@ilfsindia.com

Website ilfseducation.com

Regional Office(s) Hyderabad, Guwahati, Patna, Ahmedabad, Jammu Tawi, Srinagar, Ranchi, Bangalore, Kochi, Bhopal, Mumbai, Pune, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Chennai, Lucknow, Noida, Dehradun, Kolkata

Contact Person for Clarification Ninad Vengurlekar Ninad.Vengurlekar@ilfsindia.com +91-22-67809292

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Achievement The K-Class Program has been adopted in over 500 schools in India.

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Taping Unused Capacity With NComputing’s innovative desktop virtualisation technology, each student gets access to the full PC experience

N Manish Sharma Vice President-Asia Pacific

Company Name NComputing Inc

Globle CEO Raj Dhingra

Computing Inc, the global leader in virtual desktop computing, was founded with the goal of making desktop computing affordable for everyone, and is redefining the economics of desktop computing. NComputing is the fastest growing desktop virtualisation company with four million access devices deployed in 140 countries. NComputing’s award winning and patented technology has been built to make computing affordable, enable the optimal use of computing resources and reduce e-waste. Today’s PCs are so powerful that the vast majority of students only use a small fraction (approx 10 percent) of the computer’s capacity. The rest of it is wasted. NComputing desktop virtualisation solution taps into this unused capacity so that it can be simultaneously used by many students.

Each student connects their own monitor, keyboard and mouse to an NComputing device, which is then connected to the shared PC. With NComputing’s innovative desktop virtualisation technology, each student gets access to the full PC experience.

Product and Services Desktop Virtualisation

Target Verticals Government, K-12

Management Team

Monali Handa, Amit Khanna, Raj Kumar Address Type II, #14, Dr VSI Estate Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai – 600 041 Tel: +91-44-64584441 +91-444319888 Fax: +91-44-43198880 Email:ed-india@ncomputing.com Regional Office Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad Website ncomputing.com Distributor Redington India Contact Person Karthik

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Achievements Apart from Haryana, over 5 lakhs plus NComputing virtual desktops have already been deployed in major state educational projects in states like Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Maharashtra and Rajasthan, and also in many private educational institutions throughout India. Today over 30,000 schools run their school computer labs on NComputing. In total there are 7 lakh plus devices being used by people daily.

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Projecting Interactivity Hitachi is launching an Entry level Interactive White Board, which is effective in classroom and is also the most economic

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itachi Limited, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with a turnover of US$ 120 billion (fiscal year ended March 31st, 2012), with approximately 360,000 employees worldwide, and having expertise across sectors like information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials, logistics and financial services.

The basic credo of Hitachi is to further elevate its founding concepts of harmony,

sincerity and pioneering spirit, to instill a resolute pride in being a member of Hitachi, and thereby to contribute to society through the development of superior, original technology and products A world-leader in digital learning and presentation technology, Hitachi offers advanced interactive whiteboards, cutting-edge LCD projectors and premium LCD & LED televisions. Hitachi’s innovative interactive whiteboards are marketed under the brandname StarBoard, and are renowned for their

durability, ease of use and advanced proprietary software. Hitachi is also a world leader in the LCD projector space, including ultra & ultimate –short Throw projector technology which virtually eliminates shadows.

Hitachi launched its new Dual Touch Interactive Board StarBoard FX 79E1 in the DIDAC show. These Interactive Boards with the power of Hitachi StarBoard Software will raise the standard for performance with Hitachi’s industry-leading interactive technology.

Hitachi’s Starboard Software which is a powerful tool which enables a host of user benefits like Easy and Intuitive: Software tools are readily accessible through multiple menu options.

Customizable search engines: Add up to 4 search engines directly into the software.

Conference Feature: Collaborate and conference with colleagues around the globe.

Handwriting recognition: Instantly convert freehand notes into text with the text pen.

Multi-touch Gestures: Use your fist to scroll, two fingers to erase or zoom in and out.

Simultaneous users: Up to three users can collaborate on the board at the same time.

External Applications: Create toolbar shortcuts to popular software applications.

Customizable interface: Customize your toolbar and screen layout to suit your needs.

Google™ image integration: Drag and drop images instantly into StarBoard software.

Import documents: Import MS Office files, make annotations, and save all your work

StarBoard FX-79E1/89WE1 series interactive whiteboards bring finger-driven interactivity to your classroom or conference room. These models combine simplicity of design and solid surface with the latest interactive technology. Their fingerdriven features and multi-touch gesture capabilities make StarBoard FX-79E1/89WE1 intuitive for anyone to use. The large surface of these boards provides an additional working space and contributes to comfortable group work.

Finger-Driven Technology Use your finger, stylus pen or any object to easily navigate through activities, websites, and multimedia content

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Multi-Touch Features Control the whiteboard naturally with the multitouch gestures - use your finger to annotate, fist to scroll and two fingers to erase or zoom in and out. ‘‘Dual-Pen’’ Feature Thanks to the ‘‘Dual-Pen’’ feature, two users can write and work on the whole surface of the board simultaneously.

Quick Access to Frequently Used Tools The function buttons situated on each side of the board allow quick access to the most frequently used tools.

All products are designed with a world class technology and made available to all

customers with a local service support Hitachi’s feature rich Super Short Throw range of Projectors – Hitachi CPD 27 and Hitachi CP-D32 Hitachi Short Throw projectors set a new standards in the projector industry by throwing a diagonal image of 75” from a distance of just 2.5ft Hitachi’s CP-D 27 is a 2700 Lumens short throw and D32 would be 3200 Lumens brightness which can completely cover the educational segment requirement.

The fish eye lens design provide a longer life and hassle free set up Both CP-D27 and CP-D 32 are wireless ready, networkable and with USB input facility too.

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Builds Integrated Ecosystem Wishtel with its associates possesses in-depth expertise and experience with real time embedded systems and development tools

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ishtel is the maker of IRA; a young and dynamic company whose ambitious goal is to bridge the technological gap in the education industry. Its ability to innovate and deliver efficiently has made it one of the most competitive players to build products for Aakash 2, the government’s low cost computer project. Its journey from building proto-types to commercial models has been very exciting and today, Wishtel with its associates possesses in-depth expertise and experience with real time embedded systems and development tools. Thus, builds an ecosystem of highly integrated hardware and software for Tablet PCs and multimedia boxes.

Milind Shah MD Company Name Wishtel Pvt Ltd

Product and Services Wishtel offers Learning Management Systems, Multi Media Content, Laptops, and Desktops.

The company offers Channel Management and Training Online support over the counter Support through 350 + service centres on site support for Govt and large corporate clients.

Target Vertical(s) SMES, Government Educational Institute, and Corporate

Management Team Col Satish Shukla, Director; Vijendra k Gupta, Sr Vice President, Vikas, National Sales Head

Address 4, Champaklal Udyog Bhavan, Sion (East), Mumbai - 400 022 Telephone: +91- 22-300010700 Email: ira@wishtel.com

Website wishtel.com

Regional Office(s) New Delhi

Contact Person for Clarification Charanjeet Arora charan@wishtel.net +91 9930312790

Service centre Numbers +91-22-30010700; +91-22-30010707

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Achievements IRA, multi touch, multi color, multi langugae and a multipurpose device, has been designed as per specifications from IIT Rajasthan as a part of their low cost computing devices project, under the National Mission on Education through ICT and sponsored by the Ministry of Human Resource.

Hungama My Play

Wish Studio

IRA Thing

Hungama My Play

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Angry Birds

Live TV

Wish Learn

IRA Thing 2

IRA COMET

IRA ICON

IRA ICON

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Futuristic Security Intelligence MicroWorld’s range of products covers the entire spectrum of Information security, making it a one-stop shop for protecting all Information Security assets

M Govind Rammurthy MD & CEO

icroWorld is the developer of advanced Information Security solutions that provide comprehensive protection against evolving computer security threats.

MicroWorld’s product portfolio includes eScan and MailScan that encompass Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Content Security, Anti-Spam, and Network Intrusion Prevention solutions. Incorporated in the USA, MicroWorld has its offices worldwide and is internationally represented by a widespread network of partners, in more than 90 countries.

Headed by the dynamic entrepreneur and technocrat, Govind Rammurthy, MicroWorld began its operations in the year 1993. It has been pioneering in the development of advanced Information Security solutions and has been an active contributor to the information security industry in combating the complex and evolving IT threats.

MicroWorld’s range of products covers the entire spectrum of Information security, making it a one-stop shop for protecting all Information Security assets. Over the years, it has been redefining the Information Security landscape by developing innovative technologies and solutions.

Products and Services Company Name MicroWorld Software Services Pvt Ltd

Management Team Sunil Kripalani, Senior Vice President - Global Sales & Marketing

Address Plot No. 80, Road No. 15, MIDC, Marol, Andheri (E), Mumbai - 400 093 Telephone: +91-22- 28265701 Email: sales@escanav.com

Website escanav.com

Regional Office(s) Ahmedabad, Pune, Kolkata, Bangalore, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, New Delhi

Sales and After sales Support +91 22 67722911 support@escanav.com

Contact Person for Clarification Sakhshi Bhan sakhshib@escanav.com +91 9930038558

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The key products from MicroWorld are eScan and MailScan. eScan is the advanced Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam and Content Security Solution that safeguards Workstations and Servers from all kinds of Malware, Adware, Spyware, Spam, Phishing mails and other evolving security threats. MailScan is the advanced Anti-Virus Solution that is designed to protect Mailboxes. It acts as a powerful gateway between the Mail Server and Internet to provide real-time security to your e-mail communications.

Business Collaboration MicroWorld as an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) is part of the partner program of most major software and hardware giants, namely, Microsoft, Intel, IBM Corporation, Checkpoint, Citrix, Suse, and Red Hat. MicroWorld works continuously with them to ensure that its products provide comprehensive protection to all systems running these platforms and solutions. .

Target Vertical(s) BFSI, Telecom, Education, Government, IT & ITeS, Healthcare, Hospitality

Achievements With its continuous endeavour to provide futuristic security intelligence, today, eScan is known and respected as one of the leading developers of software security products, making it one of the most preferred Anti-Virus software across the globe.

In 1993, Mr. Govind Rammurthy laid the foundation of MicroWorld. He pioneered the indigenous Anti-Virus Red Armor in India that received an overwhelming response and was critically acclaimed by indigenous professionals. By 2009 eScan became Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.

Govind Rammurthy was honoured with ‘SME Innovations Award - 2011’ by Small & Medium Business Development Chamber of India. eScan was honoured as the Best Internet Security Suite for the SMB Segment at VARIndia Star Nite Award 2011.

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Dr Padmavathy, Principal, Fusion International School, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, in conversation with Pragya Gupta, highlights importance of innovation that is on going in modern education

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Technology, Teaching and Innovation Recently Shri Ajay Maken, Sports Minister, released the report on National Physical Fitness Programme (NPFP), under which school children across the country get rated for physical fitness. What is your opinion of the role that sports and physical education play in the overall development of a child?

It is important to introduce physical education as a part of our curriculum.

Fusion International School has already been doing this. We have a specific programme for physical education in our school. The height and weight chart is maintained for all the students and marked in the progress card. The obese students are given exercise schedule for a period of ten minutes during the lunch break. Healthy snack and lunch is advised and the Tiffin boxes are monitored. Parents have appreciated our programme and the 15 percent students have fallen in to the acceptable weight category weight within two months of time. The programme draft released by Shri Ajay Maken is very important and feasible enough to be included in the schedule. The term Physical Training is well to be replaced by the term Physical Education. There should not be a second thought about introducing this program into the curriculum.

In your opinion what are the advantages of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) over traditional practices?

This is an excellent way of evaluation, because it facilitates education through

involvement of the child into the education process, rather memorising. Traditional practice allows a student to score better where he can memorise with ease.

Memory plays a vital role in traditional processes of education, however, in CCE, an understanding of the subject is the key. Teachers have to ensure that their students are firmly grounded in the subject. To make the implementation happen, the leaders in schools have to play a vital role and guide the teachers in planning their work. Duplication of work can be avoided if the teacher develops a format to grade the students. The lesson plans can suitably be prepared to give enough space for grading the students according to CCE. How do you see the role of Information and communication technology (ICT) in pedagogy and administration?

Many students find it easier to understand their curriculum when they have access to technologies like Smart Boards, YouTube, and Internet. It is necessary that we adapt new technologies for better tomorrow. However, every field has a loophole. We must endeavour to make ICT user-friendly and a subordinate, rather than being a bad master.

For using a technology or a programme, the lesson plans should not become a mere paper work but reflect the teacher’s vision in the classroom.

What is the level of ICT implementation in the school?

There are smart boards, which facilitate

better connectivity for the students and teachers. However, the smarts boards are only a teaching aid, they cannot be a substitute for teaching. When teachers are committed to their work, teaching becomes a great inspirer for students.

Great team work and planning is needed to club up the classes for a common module. Emails to the parents have always been there, but this has made the curriculum very transparent.

How has training being imparted to the teachers on a continuous basis?

Every Saturday, workshops are conducted on micro matters, like preparing the question papers, vetting them along with the teachers, guiding them while giving presentation to the parents during orientation programs. In line with CCE, teachers also have to continually upgrade their programmes and work.

What are the future plans of the school?

We see ourselves as a school of tomorrow. Our school has started implementing the Multiple Intelligence Theory. We are trying to understand the emotional aspect of content. We are constantly upgrading the ICT infrastructure at the school. Students will have access to a range of devices and systems for accessing knowledge and information from all parts of the world. We wish to be the part of the creative world; we wish to have vibrant exchange programmes with students from other countries. digitalLEARNING / october 2012

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This is a wonderful platform where we can hold discussions on a multipronged strategy for meeting the challenges that lie in the ICT space Kapil Sibbal, Minister of Human Resource Development & Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India

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Hansmukh Adhia Secretary, Education Executive Chairman, Gujarat Knowledge Society Government of Gujarat

Dr S S Jena Chairman National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)

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Towards Skills Development Softech’s eLearning softwares have been successfully tested and installed in Government and Private engineering colleges, polytechnics and vocational training institutes throughout country

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oftTech Engineers Pvt Ltd has deployed E-Learning Software Solutions as teaching training, learning aids in various subjects of engineering with multimedia based tools as proprietary Software packages helping teachers, trainers , students, and employees of various colleges, institutes, and corporate in India and abroad.

Product and Services

Vijay Gupta MD and CEO Company Name SoftTech Engineers Pvt Ltd

Management Team Pawan Gupta, RR Dasgupta, Anand Deshmukh

Address 5A, The pentagon, Pune-Satara telephone exchange,Pune-411009 Telephone: +91 202-4217676 Email: elearning@softtech-engr.com

Website elearning-softtech.com

Regional Office(s) Surat, Banglore

Contact Person for Clarification Anand Deshmukh anandd@softtech-engr.com +91-202-4217676

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SoftTech has developed multimedia based e-Learning resources with computer aided instructions in subjects of Electronics and Telecommunication, Instrumentation, Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Food Engineering, Bio Medical Engineering” for Engineering / Polytechnic / ITI; Business Ethics and Management Skills for Corporate Training (To increase the efficiency and effectiveness of Employees) and B-schools; Energy Audit & Management for Energy Auditors; “Renewable Energy sources, Energy Conservation & Conversion System, Power Plant Engineering” for Energy Sectors, Computer Tutors (MS-Office, PC-Hardware maintenance-Networking, Tally) for Data Entry Operators, Industrial Applications in Energy Management, Non Destructive Testing, Nano Technology, Embedded System Design, Environment Health, and Safety, etc..

Target Vertical(s) Engineering Colleges, ITIs, Polytechnics

Business Collaboration With IBM and Microsoft

Achievements SoftTech’s digital library for technical and vocational education is the India’s largest digital library by any private organisation. The company’s eLearning softwares have been successfully tested and installed in Government and Private engineering colleges, polytechnics and vocational training institutes throughout country.

Company profile

Strives to Become a Global Education Enterprise InOpen is serving K-12 market with its flagship product ‘Computer Masti’ and newly introduced Science curriculum called ‘Small Science’

W Jasvinder Singh CEO Company Name Words Worth English Language Lab

Management Team J. Figueiredo, CTO; Shailaja Shah, VP-Sales

Address 2nd Floor, Silicon Towers, Near Law Garden, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat- 380 009 Telephone: +91-79-26468536, 26468538 Email: sales@wordsworthelt.com

Website wordsworthelt.com

Regional Office(s) Mumbai, Bangalore, Patna, Jaipur

Contact Person for Clarification Jasvinder Singh jasvinders@actuniv.com +91 9825005363

ords Worth is truly a Digital English language Lab, designed for the Indian learner. It employs the blended learning approach with digital content for the teacher and the learner. Packed with interactive audiovisual elements, the graded learning levels cover ample practice and assessment. The programs are based on the ALTE/CEFR framework and cover all aspects of English Language. English is an essential skill and can be developed through the natural process of learning by practice. Listening and speaking are the first steps. Developing the right pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and learning the semantics of speech require an environment devoid of regional influences which Words Worth strives to achieve. Words Worth enjoys the largest market share of Language Labs in Schools, with over 2000 installations and over a million students using it daily. Besides numerous colleges and institutes for higher learning, Words Worth has had the honour of working with the Governments of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Karnataka in their capacity building programs for the masses. Words Worth English Language lab uses the institution’s existing computer infrastructure to create an international class English Language lab. Each implementation is meticulously executed, providing the institution with product knowhow and a training of trainers, followed by proactive support. Words Worth works on all thick and thin environments, including Windows and Linux platforms and also on the Android.

Product and Services The product developed for the young learners comprises of eight progressive study levels, each with a definitive objective to accomplish and complement each academic year. Vocabulary, scenario based expressions, grammar, comprehension blend neatly to provide a comprehensive yet fun filled learning environment. Senior: This is a product ideal for colleges and institutions for higher learning. It comprises of 3 study levels. Each study level indulges in the key building blocks: scenario-based vocabulary and expressions, pronunciation and grammar for developing essential skills from elementary level to the fullness of language rules. Interactive by nature, activities such as quizzes, role-plays, group discussions and self-assessment stimulate and make learning enjoyable. Virtual: Proficiency in English language is the dire need of the hour, be it academics, employability or corporate and government sector and even the professionals. Many organizations use the English language competency among their employees as one of the major criteria for growth & promotion. Virtual provides a single-stop solution for English language learning for everyone, from teenagers to professionals. English Studio: English Studio aims to make learning fun yet effective. The complex rules that define grammar are entwined into situations that are quite common and casual. Read along stories add colour to the engaging experience.

English Studio is curricula based resource available for Std 3 to 8.

Target Vertical(s) Educational Institutions, schools, colleges, and individuals

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The Creation of Holistic Residential Schools 37 years ago, Pramod Sharma began his carrier in education with teaching assignments in Chemistry at The Doon School. After that he also taught in Kabul, Nigeria and later at the Mayo College, Ajmer. He has served as Principal for over two decades in various institutions, including the T N Academy- Gangtok, Yadavindra Public School- Patiala and Mayo College-Ajmer. Mayo College was placed among the best two residential schools by various cross country polls during his 13 year tenure as Principal.

Share with us the idea from which the concept of Genesis Global School has germinated.

The culture of the holistic residential schools has been brought to Delhi through Genesis School. The residential schools are known for the variety of sporting activities that they provide to children. In this regard, Genesis provides a choice of 21 different sporting activities to the children. Special emphasis is laid on the laying of the surfaces on which these activities are done. The school has turf pitch for cricket, maple wood sprung floor for squash, clay and synthetic courts for tennis. The school has two swimming pools of 50 metres and 25 metres. The school has paid utmost attention to detail so that the sporting facilities provided by the school are of international standards.

The school has proper coaches and trainers for teaching all sports activities so that the children learn the right techniques and have a thorough understanding of the sport that they are learning. Various academies in association with the best sporting institutions have been set up in the school. Genesis also employs industry experts to teach all kinds of co-curricular activities to the children.

Please provide us with your opinion on the ways by which ICT is brining benefits to the students and teachers in the school?

The school believes that the teacher cannot be replaced in the schools as she is the provider of education to the children.

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been taken from various vendors and the best and useful content has been used to deliver education. Genesis also provides an opportunity to students to actively participate in robotics and astronomy activities. The next big change in Genesis will come in the form of usage of tablets in classrooms. The school is all set to replace books with tablets.

Please highlight the Genesis School’s collaborations with foreign schools The school has collaborations with Clifton School in UK and the Ermitage School in France. The teachers from these schools come to Genesis School and conduct teacher training programmes. Teachers are also sent to these schools so that they can see and learn the working of these schools. The teachers then come back enriched about the methodologies of these institutes. Children are also encouraged to visit these foreign schools. Modern United Nations has also become an important forum where children participate and enrich their knowledge. The school is a member of the Round Square, which is a group of about seventy schools. The children go and participate in various Round Square meetings. Various exchange programmes are set with schools in the USA and Australia under which children from Genesis School visit the schools in these countries to gain vivid experiences.

How much emphasis do you give on training of teachers?

The school is registered for the IGSC and teachers are going through online training conducted by Cambridge University.

The teachers fulfil the requirements of the training and submit the assignments online. The teachers then get certifications for this training from Cambridge.

Please throw some light on future Plans of Genesis School There are four new buildings under construction in the school. A dining hall that can accommodate 1500 children, a six hundred sitting hall for 600 students and a boarding house that can accommodate 500 children in the school will be ready by December 2012. A new junior school is also being constructed separately. There are plans to construct a middle end school in Mohali and another low-end school in Wave City, in Ghaziabad.

How do you see the role of CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) in improving education?

CBSE has done a commendable job in improving education by introducing CCE pattern of evaluation. The pressure of achieving percentages has been relieved and this is something that enables children to enjoy their childhood.

The government has implemented RTE but the level of education available in government schools in the rural areas does not provide quality education to children. Only a few schools in metros can help in achieving the quality of education that the government wants the children of this country to have. The government should take their role seriously in providing primary education by ensuring that good quality teachers remain in rural schools.

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Pramod Sharma, Director cum Principal, Genesis Global School, in tête-à-tête with Seema Gupta dwells on the initiatives taken by Genesis Global School for providing holistic education

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Company profile

Transforming Lives through Assessment Pearson is dedicated to provide proven standardised psychological assessments and interventions that transform how students learn and help professionals create the best learning environment in schools

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earson Clinical and Talent Assessment (PCTA), a division of Pearson, is a leading global test publisher, founded in 1921. We are the owners of the world-renowned Psychcorp brand of assessments. The company provides quality assessments, training workshops and valid and reliable outcomes to help all individuals. Their assessments are used across India and worldwide. Drawing on their professional knowledge and capabilities, the company is dedicated to providing proven standardised assessments and interventions that transform lives and help professionals in education, mental-health services and other areas to provide the best possible outcomes for students and other individuals.

Product and Service Sushil Eapen Managing Director

Company Name Pearson Clinical and Talent Assessment

Address Alfa Centre, Koramanagala Inner Ring Road, Bangalore, Karnataka Telephone: 08042153440 Email: info@pearsonclinical.in

Website pearsonclinical.in ; stanford10india. com; dstjindia.com; cogmed.in

Sales and after-sales support sabyasachi.mukherjee@pearson.com

Contact Person for Clarification Prashant Banerjee prashant.banerjee@person.com +91 9739002040

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The company’s flagship products in education: The Stanford Achievement Test Series, Tenth Edition (India) measures student progress towards high academic standards. It is a valid and reliable tool needed for objective assessment of academic achievement. A range of user-friendly score reports, designed with the input of administrators and teachers across the country, supports teaching, learning, and accountability requirements. The Dyslexia Screening Test Junior, India (DST-J INDIA) is a powerful screener, developed for use with school children in India in order to identify those who are at the risk of dyslexia.

It is the only screening test for Dyslexia, standardized for India that can be administered by school teachers. Teacher training workshops from PCTA train teachers in the use of this test. Cogmed Working Memory Training is a revolutionary, evidence-based and scientific intervention to improve attention and working memory - the primary indicators of academic success. It is a computer-based training program that can be completed in five weeks.

In controlled lab conditions over 80 percent of users showed clear, measurable benefits in working memory, reasoning, and attention.

Target Vertical(s) K-12

Help your students focus better to excel in academics

Training can be taken at school or home Cogmed Coach supports training Can be completed in five weeks

Cogmed Working Memory Training is an online, coach-supported training for improving working memory. Poor working memory can be the cause of a significant impairment in learning.

Working memory capacity is a very good predictor for academic success and is strongly correlated with a child's performance, particularly in reading and maths.

Based on solid research

Watch a Cogmed demo at www.pearsonclinical.in/cogmed To offer Cogmed training in your school contact Pranjal Barma at pranjal.barma@pearson.com or on 080 4215 3437

SMS <Cogmed> to 56767

Pearson Clinical & Talent Assessment FOR ENQUIRES AND ORDERS

+91 99013 30409

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Company profile

Providing the Opportunity to Branch Out Richard Laden MD Company Name Edaxis Systems India Pvt Ltd

CEO Joe Egusquiza

Management Team Joy Ghosh, VP- India Operations; Shweta Singh, Manager Sales; Manish Malhotra, Sr Manager Channel

Address Sector 7, Vaishali, Ghaziabad, Delhi NCR- 201010 Telephone: +91-120-4372376 Email: info@edaxis.in

Website edaxis.in

Sales and after sales support manish@edaxis.in

Contact Person for Clarification Joy Ghosh joyghosh@edaxis.in +91 9711433853

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Edaxis has partnered various educational institutions to bridge the technology innovation by setting up Language laboratories, RFID tracking systems and software solutions

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daxis is a strategic partner to Education Companies, Publishers, Test Prep Companies and Content Distributors worldwide. The company provides the opportunity to branch out to India and adjoining Asian countries to their clients. This brings down their risk and increases chances of success. Edaxis Systems India Pvt Ltd is a growing educational solution company offering a range of services that includes activity based learning and products of global relevance; designing and executing large learning initiatives and setting up the requisite infrastructures. Being pioneers in educational consultancy, Edaxis has partnered various educational institutions to bridge the technology innovation by setting up Language laboratories, RFID tracking systems and software solutions. The company provides various services to clients for example setting up franchise networks, managing and running joint ventures, develop sales and marketing channel, India specific branding consulting, sales and marketing management or local geographical representation. Whatever your needs, we are ready to customize our offering to suit your business plans Products and Services ERP Solutions, Learning Management Systems, Green Campus Technologies, cloud Computing Solutions and XaaS, Training Software Providers, Online Education Portal, Education Consultancy, Training Providers to Working Professionals, Web Design and Technology; Software Quality Assurance and Testing; mLearning Technologies; Online Entrance Exams, Internal Assessments, Test Preparation and Coaching, Distance Learning Platform Providers; Learning Module Developers, Testing and Measuring Equipments; Automation and Motion Control Technologies, Virtual Laboratories, Chalkboards/Whiteboards, Laboratory Equipments, AV Equipments; Interactive Whiteboards, Digital Visualisers; Interactive Response Systems, Laptops, Desktops; Projectors; Storage (NAS/SAN); High Performance Computing Target Vertical(s) Educational, Government Business, Corporates

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Society Should Grow as a Whole and not in Segments “The dividend of large population can only be harnessed through vocational training and skill development,” says Dr Veera Gupta, Secretary, Central Board of Secondary Education in conversation with Rozelle Laha

Please give us an overview of your ideas on learning environment.

Learning consists of acquisition (input) and disposition (output) of concepts through written or non-written work. The best method for acquisition of concept is experiencing it. Most of the times, it is not possible to expose an individual to these concepts for acquisition through experiential methods. Similarly, it is not possible for an individual to translate the acquired concept into action. Therefore, most of the learning situations are not real. Learning environment is based on symbols of concepts. The most popular symbols are language. Language became a medium for acquisition as well as depiction. It has been found that symbol acquisition is arduous and also inadequate measure for acquisition as well as disposition. The educationists tried to include real world situation but did not have any other means for teaching and learning besides the use of paintings, drawing, sculpture and drama.

What is the impact of ICT on education?

With the advent of ICT, the concept ac-

quisition and delivery has been made easy. With the help of ICT a person can acquire concepts without converting them into symbols. Besides that, ICT also makes it possible to acquire unlimited concepts which cut across space, time and subjects fields. It is believed that society has to grow as a whole and not in segments. If only one segment of the society is developed, but rest of the segments are not, it cannot be called developed society.

It is believed that all the segments have to reach a particular level of growth for the betterment of the society.

What kind of benefits can ICT bring to the education sector in India?

The use of ICT makes it possible to deliver the concepts to larger segment of society in less time and cost. The benefit of ICT over traditional method are manifold and beyond any doubt. The use of ICT would help educational planners to achieve target of universal education and enhanced enrolment in the institutions. The ICT would help teachers to impart knowledge with less effort. The use of ICT would help evaluators with accurate and speedy as-

sessment of learning. The ICT is part and parcel of educational environment.

What is the lacunae in vocational training and skills development sector in India?

The dividend of large population in our country can only be harnessed with the help of vocational training and skill development. There have been plans/ schemes for upscaling vocational education in the country. Most of the schemes have focussed on increasing enrolment in vocational courses, designing new curriculum, developing learning material and training teachers.

The need is to certify the acquisition of vocational learning. The certification process requires ‘certified certifiers’. At present vocational training is not a part of formal system of education. Most of the acquisition of vocational skills is happening outside the formal structure of educational system. There is an urgent requirement to consolidate this learning by way of providing credits equivalent to formal education system.

What is the biggest challenge before educationists today?

The biggest challenge before the educational planners is how to recognise credits given outside the education system.

Who is authorise to give such credits?

One of the strategies to meet this challenge is to focus on certification of credit givers. The educational planners and administrators have to venture out of the boundary of formal education system for doing so. The work should focus on recognizing the skill provider, his tools, processes and certification method. The focus needs to change to acknowledge and ‘Certify the Certifier’ for growth of vocational education in the country. The ICT can play an important part by way of standardising tools, maintaining assessment data and in transfer of credit. digitalLEARNING / october 2012

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Company profile

For Next Education Next Education provides ICT-based solutions across CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE and 23 state boards in 8 languages in India

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Beas Dev Ralhan CEO Company Name Next Education India Pvt Ltd

Management Team Raveendranath Kamath; Kedar Chowdhury; Ankur Agrawal

Address Sri Nilaya Cyber Spazio, Road # 2, 8-2-269/A/2/1-6, 1st floor, East Wing, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad500033 Telephone: +91-40-30949422 Email: info@nexteducation.in

Website nexteducation.in

Regional Office(s) Kochi, Pune,Mumbai, Delhi

Sales and after-sales support 18002005550

Contact Person for clarification Customer Service Team info@nexteducation.in 18002005566

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ext Education India Pvt Ltd, based in Hyderabad, is a technology-driven education enterprise founded in 2007. The company provides ICT-based solutions across CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE and 23 state boards in 8 languages in India. While technology is at the heart of Next Education, the prime focus is on creating superior content and offering the best learning and teaching experience possible. This has been done by investing millions of manhours to create more than 20,000 learning modules that account for more than 1,000 hours of classroom teaching in the K-12 segment. Each module has been designed after a careful ‘Needs Assessment’ and has been further developed through Instructional Design, Visualization, Production and rigorous Testing. Next Education prides itself on having a strong in-house research and development team that consists of eminent educators, learning and visual design experts, subject specialists, child psychologists, technologists and many other specialists, who have allowed us to translate great ideas into ground-breaking realities. TeachNext is the premium product from Next Education India Pvt Ltd. It is designed to cater to the curriculum requirements of CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE and various Indian state boards. It is simple and interactive, with high-quality 2D and 3D content, and contains simulations, virtual experiments, animated and interactive videos, activities and exercises, formative and summative assessments, activity kits, and a variety of tools.

Products and Services TeachNext: Innovative digital school solution for India EnglishLab-Nextlab for English : A selfpaced lab for students to improve their English language skills MathsLab-NextLab for maths: Allows students to develop deep insights into various mathematical concepts ScienceLabNextLab for Science: Integrated Science learning NextRobotics : Apply concepts of (S)cience,(T) technology,(E)ngineering and (M)aths to build interesting and innovative applications NextVR - Bringing virtual reality to the classroom LearnNext - “i”Learning

Target Vertical(s) K-12

Achievements Over 5000 + schools and 4 Million+ students are getting benefited within just two years of operation across India

higher education

A Digital Paradigm for Higher Education

The Way Ahead

By Rozelle Laha, Elets News Network (ENN)

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olutions from ICT are emerging as the answer, largely because stakeholders in the education space see such technologies as an efficient and cost-effective way of enhancing the scope, reach and also the relevance of education. When it comes to the actual implementation of ICT in our institutions, there is lot of debate happening about the best way forward. It will take lot of time before textbooks are entirely replaced by their digital versions.

There are issues like absence of motivation in some teachers regarding new technology, lack of basic infrastructure in the institutions. The digitisation of

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textbooks is also an issue, it will take time before texts are replaced by digital versions or are supplanted altogether by courseware aggregated from a variety of online and off-line resources. However, despite all the pitfalls, we are moving towards a world where students will learn at their own pace through Internet-connected devices. The teacher will serve as a guide, instead of a lecturer, and wandering among the students, he or she will inspire the students to learn at their own pace.

To take account of the real impact that ICT solutions are having on the education system, digitalLEARNING

spoke to several CEOs, managing directors and professors who are playing a stellar role in several higher education institutions in India. The goal of the exercise was to have an unbiased outlook on the actual contributions that ICT is having on education. We also learned about the level of implementation at different institutions. In addition to ICT, the stakeholders we interacted with were also quizzed about the benefits of the National Knowledge Network (NKN).

In the pages that follow we persent the insights that we have collated from higher education...

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ICTs are Tools of Change Dr Hari Krishna Maram, Managing Director and CEO, Imperial Group (Imperial College of Business Studies). He is also the Governing Council Member of AIMA, Chairman with AIMS Karnataka and Kerala Chapter and the Treasurer at EPSI -Karnataka & Kerala Chapter The information society demands workforce that can use technology as a tool to increase productivity and creativity. The job sector requires skilled pool of talent. ICT plays a crucial role in information dissemination to enhance the skills of the students and increase their employability prospects.

ICTs are powerful enabling tools for educational change and reform. When used appropriately, different ICTs help expand access to education, strengthen the relevance of education to the

workplace, and raise educational quality by creating an active process connected to real life.

Implementation at Imperial Group ICT tools currently being used at our institutions include video conferencing, video lectures, online presentations and case studies, voice enabled and animation content, cloud computing, Apple and Android applications, etc.

NKN Will Put India Ahead of the Developed World Prof M J Xavier, Director, Indian Institute of Management (Ranchi)

I cannot imagine as to how we can teach without ICT. At the school level Geography can be taught by showing the places using Google maps. Even rural schools can benefit from the best teachers in good schools.

Blended learning will get adopted in schools and colleges around the world.

Cost of education will come down drastically. We have to move to a guru-centric model where best teachers will be able to reach thousands of students.

Implementation at IIM Ranchi At IIM Ranchi, we have a studio for recording of lectures. In our Executive MBA, the recorded lectures are made available in our LMS. Classes are used

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for case discussion and exercises only.

We have facilities available to stream the classes live over broadband network.

We have developed an LMS with Edusoft that is social media integrated. It has built in assessment tools for evaluating posts and the learning diary. The reporting tool uses a OLAP where students can drill down and see their performance vis-Ă -vis the rest of the class in terms of each of the components. We are having a separate academic module for class scheduling and students management.

We also use biometric attendance system. We are going to install security cameras to monitor students during exams. We are also going to implement ERP and CRM. We are evaluating tools

like Webex and Blackboard Connect for the distance education planned during the next academic year.

Success of NKN Success so far has been limited as the Institutions are still caught up in the industrial age mindset. For example, the 13 IIMs have more than 520 faculty members. Still there is a shortage. We need to migrate to information age models that use collaboration and networking. For a change, the so-called thinkers (academicians) are lagging behind the planners (politicians and bureaucrats). NKN will surely put India ahead of the developed world in the field of education if the IITs and IIMs start sharing resources with each other.

40 EXPERIENCE: 40 years delivering education technology and services

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Ellucian: Providing Information and Communications Technology to Support Student Success India shares a common agenda with institutions around the globe to promote greater access to education and provide its citizens with new opportunities and new possibilities.

In fact, India has the second largest higher education system in the world, after the United States. The country’s steady growth brings with it the challenge of providing students with a superior learning experience.

MEETING THE EXPECTATIONS OF TODAY’S STUDENTS BannerTM by Ellucian provides the full range of functions that institutions need to meet the expectations of today’s prospective and enrolled students. With Banner, institutions can manage data strategically and provide users with secure access to important information and resources no matter where they are or what they want to do.

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Recruiting and Admissions Registration and Enrolment Flexible Registration for continuing education students Academic Records & Results Processing Accounts Receivable Course Catalog Class Schedule & Timetable Advising, Degree Audit, and Program Planning Self-Service for Students Self-Service for Faculty and Advisors Events Management Faculty Workload Management

A NEW STANDARD IN STUDENT SERVICES With Banner, institutions can set new standards for increased levels of student services, improved system manageability, and coherence that will enable them to meet their goals for teaching, learning, and excellence in student information services. As the heart of an institution’s digital campus, Banner enables staff to offer immediate, accurate, and personalized service to learners and helps faculty and staff to focus on what they do best: enhance the learning experience.

LOCAL SUPPORT FROM A STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY AND STAFF Ellucian has been operating in India since 1993 through its global solutions and business development centers. In August, the company opened a state-of-the-art facility in Bangalore to work more closely with local institutions to develop India-centric information and communications technology applications that can give institutions a competitive edge by streamlining processes and driving growth through effective engagement of all stakeholders.

As the Indian higher education sector continues to grow and transform, Ellucian will deliver more solutions and strategic services to enhance the entire student lifecycle and to help institutions engage more deeply with prospects, students, alumni, and donors.

With Banner Student as the foundation, institutions across India can enhance learning and benchmark their successes against the best global institutions.

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ICT is a Game Changer Prof V S Rao, Director & Senior Professor, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus The Indian education system will get a major boost with the implementation of ICT tools for enhanced delivery. It is going to be a real game changer for improvement of quality, access and inclusive growth. It would be a harbinger for the great revolution in teaching/ learning process.

Success of NKN National Knowledge Network will provide a plethora of opportunities for collaboration, cooperation in the field of academics. It would be really difficult to visualise the benefits and the successes that it can bring about. It is going to be great opportunity for all tiers of education and would bring down the costs tremendously and improve efficiency.

Using ICT Effectively Prof Dr. Firdos Temurasp Shroff, Visiting Professor, Institute for Technology and Management (ITM), Kharghar, Mumbai.

He is also a Professor/Mentor, University of Mumbai/Mgt Institutions; SEBI Certified Trainer in Financial Education; Fellow, Indian Institute of Banking & Finance; and Senate Member, Pune University And so, they are a mixed bag and it is necessary that we recognise both their strengths and weaknesses, before planning to use them in our adult learning setup. It is more important that we recognise because if we use a technology thinking it to be ideal one, but fail to recognise its limitations, we are likely to fail in our efforts. Then we will develop the wrong notion that all ICTs are useless and inadequate for serving the goals of education. However, much needs to be done to fill up the gap for sharing of information/knowledge and to take full advantage of the ICT system in the years to come.

Like all innovations that we have come to accept, ICTs also have strengths and weaknesses. We should list these because it is important to know what they are especially if we are to plan and use them effectively.

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Strengths for delivery: • Individualisation of learning • Interactivity • Low per unit cost • Distance and climate insensitive • Can serve multiple teaching functions and diverse audiences • High speed delivery, wide reach at low cost • Uniform quality

Weaknesses: • High infrastructure and start up costs • Tend toward centralized uniform content in economies of scale • Are not ideally location and problem sensitive • Problems of reach, access, remain

Level of Implementation at ITM, Kharghar, Mumbai The level of implementation at the Institution (ICT tools) is quite good. State of the art technologies have been adopted.

Wi-Fi campus and 24x7 internet facilities have been provided. All students are computer savvy and provided with laptops to enable them to make best use of learning while at home and travelling.

Latest Research Modules/Packages have been put to use as also links to national and International e-Journals of repute, which help researchers to upgrade, learn and utilise information on case studies.

In short, our Institution has grown in strength and is equipped with a hightech campus. It ranks among Top 25 Management Institutions in India.

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Quality Education through ICT Dr R S K Lakhshmana Prabhu, Managing Director, PSNA College of Engineering Technology Prior to the advent of the ICTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s those groups of people who were excluded from higher education due to social or cultural reasons were denied all opportunities to enjoy the advantages of education. But, at present, the rural populations and the ethnic minorities are able to get the full benefits of ICT. The students who want to undergo higher education and enjoy the benefit are now able to pursue their education without

going to the classrooms.

In the past, the students of technology could not update their knowledge. But new technologies make it possible for us to have access to research work done by their fellow scholars at Boston or Philadelphia.

Academics are able to offer education of higher quality through the use of ICTs. Independent and active learning is set to revolutionise the higher education in India.

The introduction of ICT at school level has had the beneficial effect of involving the parents in the learning of their sons and daughters. The computer and the Internet have brought about a complete change in the learning poem.

ICT Reaches out to Masses Prof S S Prasada Rao, Dean & Director, Hyderabad School of Business wide web. Our website provides access to online national and international journals, magazines, reports and projects.

It subscribes to a large number of journals through Springer link (Business & Economics Journals) EBSCO, Capitaline (Capital Market), Emerald Management Xtra 150, Proquest, Free Access Journals, Ebrary (10,70,000+ Titles). Digital Engineering and Video Libraries are also accessible to students. The teaching faculty makes their teaching-learning material available on the website. All these resources make it convenient and pleasurable to learn for an aspiring student.

With one of the largest youth populations in the world, India is ready to reap the benefits of demographic dividend. But for that the nation has to equip its students with better education. Unless ICT tools are utilised to deliver the educational content, we cannot aspire to reach out to all youth spread across regions and sections of population of varied degrees of development.

Fortunately there is an emphasis on the part of the governments for developing ICT tools and making the same available for educational purposes. If the mass implementation of these tools attains a professional

standard, Indian can become the most important knowledge hub in the world.

Implementation at Hyderabad School of Business At GITAM University in general, and at Hyderabad Business School in particular, the website performs multiple roles. It is a gateway for the students, researchers and the teaching faculty for getting access not only to administrative information and material, but also to journals and books across the world-

Success of National Knowledge Network National Knowledge Network simply multiplies our chances of attaining excellence, especially in the field of education. The active sharing of knowledge at various stages of its creation will facilitate quality output and helps us avoid duplication, plagiarism and substandard work. The cumulative effort of scholars across the country will lead to overall improvement in the quality of our scholarship.

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Company profile

Skills Development Mosaic ensures a targeted approach to developing linguistic skills, employability skills and in aiding institutions adapt to more progressive learning and assessment methods

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Saurabh Sethi Managing Director

Company Name Mosaic Network (India) Pvt Ltd

Management Team Girish Bhandari, Director; Dr Rajeshree Dutta Kumar, VP Strategies & Alliances; Shabbir Kanchwala, Head – Technology

Address M9 Corporate House, B Wing, 169 RNT Marg, Indore - 452 001 Phone: +91-731-2524043 Email: india@mosaic-network.com

Website mosaic-network.com/india

Regional Office(s) Bangalore, Bhopal, New Delhi

Contact Person for Clarification Saurabh Sethi saurabh@4qlearning.com +91 9893059394

osaic understands the challenges faced by human service initiatives. We realize that although resources are limited, expectations are high. Research strategies and evaluation plans evolve over time and must benefit multiple audiences.

Timely access to high-quality client, service and outcome information is critical to successfully evaluate the impact of these efforts and inform optimum allocation of resources towards achieving these goals.

Working towards creating a positive impact on youth around the world, Mosaic in India, carries cost effective, technology-based learning solutions to educational institutions from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds. The core aspect of this impetus is Mosaic’s 4Q Learning framework, an innovative learning solution with 4 core components – easy-to-use technology, timely support for teachers, expert on-site facilitation and scientific and effective feedback.

Our expert professionals are focused on using their considerable prowess in creating educational platform with high technological quotients, research psychologists in creating outcome based assessment scales along with evaluation methodology and our competent facilitators take their expertise in assisting trainers and learners straight to the classrooms.

Mosaic ensures a targeted approach to developing linguistic skills, employability skills and in aiding institutions adapt to more progressive learning and assessment methods.

Product and Services Self Learning (Online) and Blended Learning training programs for the development of Functional English skills and Employability Skills. (4Q Learning - Functional English & Employability Skills) The company offers technology driven Testing, Examinations, and assessments for both objective and subjective questions. (4Q Assess) Scientific analysis is provided for competency mapping and proficiency for Language and Employability skills, using a research based online platform. (4Q Level – English & Employability Skills)

Target Vertical(s) K12, Higher Education, Government Departments, Retail, Vocational Education and Skill Development, NGO’s

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Integrated solution for English and Employability skills Flexible, bilingual & functional content which is relatable, understandable & applicable Self adapting content delivery system Easy-to-use, no-fuss web-based learning and assessment platform Value added features to create interest and engagement amongst the users

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Hands on experience with grass root schools and higher education institutions in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Punjab to create a scientific, research based learning and assessment framework.

Collaboration with University of California for Evaluation and Assessments

Company profile

Empowering India through Skills Development Station-e stands out for the wide range of training programmes and options of association it offers

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Dr Haresh Tank MD

tation-e has the distinguished record of working in the domain of training individuals and institutions as regards Communication Proficiency, and Life & Soft Skills over a period of time. With a growing national foothold and burgeoning clientele, Station-e has been the leader in the fast developing field of training per se. To lend it a simpler expression, Station-e stands out for the wide range of training programs and options of association it proffers.Station-e has been envisaged to provide training to all the segments of society on life and soft skills and upskill the nation for the challenges of the global workplace. We have the expertise and experience in establishing centres of soft skills and language learning across the country and beyond. We wish to establish skills development centres across the institutions of higher learning and organizations pertaining to business and industry. We wish to play a vital role in bridging the skills gap and enhancing the skills for the 21st century demands and challenges for Indian education and business. We shall reach out to every student and every professional for the skills enhancement of India for its rightful place in the world.

Products and Services Company Name Station-e Info Services Pvt Ltd

Skills Development Centre, Language Labs, Digital Classroom, Teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Training, Life Skills and Soft Skills Training, Franchisee for various products

Achievements

Chairman Rajesh Rajyaguru

Management Team Paresh Joshi; Darshan Dasani

Address Nr Veraval Mercantile Bank, Saurashtra University, Road,Rajkot Telephone: +91- 0281-2587457 Email: hareshtank@yahoo.com

Website station-e.com

Regional Office(s) Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Rajula, Keshod, Surendranagar

Contact Person for Clarification Haresh Tank hareshtank@yahoo.com +91 9426073731

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We have trained over tens and thousands of students, professionals and business organizations in terms of life and soft skills. We have set a high quality benchmark of rendering training to educational and business organisations. Station-e has emerged as an alternative platform for learning life and soft skills. With collaborations with companies and business houses for training their personnel, Station-e has carved a niche for itself in the training arena.We believe in changing the way a certain knowledge domain functioned till now. We have done exactly that in the case of methodology for training in English.

Since ages, the same old methods of training prevailed and dominated the arena of skills training. Station-e decided to make a difference, and a fundamental one. Every one of our technological tools, learning material provided by us, and activities designed are directed at one single goal-reinventing the concept of skills training.

Technology is another dimension to our Project Innovation. We belive that the smart use of technology has a magical quality. It can transform the nature and character of everything we do. It is proverbial in the case of everything else in our lives but it had remained aloof from the education environs. We invented ways to change this and bridge the divide. We evolved training programs with a vision to incorporate technological tools into the core practices of training. We have audio-visual aids in place, a Plasma TV and other gadgets which complement and supplement the whole training exercise. Each and every aspect of learning at Station-e is linked with technology and which means with, the seamless, efficient mode of functioning.Our training methodology emanates from our unmatched dedication to innovative methods for transforming skills training into a totally, completely new concept. In all, Station-eâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true accomplishment lies in conceptualizing the vision for skills training, finding ways to bridge the skills gap and emerging as the leader in skills training in the country.

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His Excellency Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley, Hon’ble Prime Minister, The Royal Government of Bhutan receiving a momento from Dr. A. Samanta, Founder, KIIT & KISS in the presence of Shri Prasanna Humar Patasani, Hon’ble M.P.,Bhubneshwar, Smt Saswati Bal, President, KIIT-KISS Society and Prof. N.L. Mitra, Chancellor, KIIT University

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n today’s age of exposure and value addition, KIIT has been able to live up to society’s expectations. Its unique focus on quality education with humane touch has resulted in its transformation from a small technical institute to a world class University within the shortest span of time.

The growth of KIIT as a world-class University spreading over 25 sq. km. of prime land in 20 lush green sprawling campuses in a built-up area of 7.5 million square feet in Eastern India is incredible indeed. It was declared a University (u/s 3 of UGC Act of 1956) in 2004, within only six years of commencement of Degree programmes, thus earning it a place in the Limca Book of Records.

KIIT, now a multi-disciplinary University with 23 constituent Schools offering diverse programmes, has proved itself to be the much sought after higher education centre of the country. With 17000 students pursuing both graduation and post-graduation studies, KIIT stands out as a class of its own both in quality and quantity. Student community of the University is highly disciplined due to its student friendly policies, setting it apart from other institutes. Even though it is a self-financing institution, KIIT is a well structured and decentralised organisation. It is perhaps the only self-financing institution in the country where top functionaries,

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including Chancellor and Vice Chancellor, are renowned academicians.

Excellence of KIIT is reflected by the performance of its very first passing out batch of students of KIIT School of Law in 2012. All 41 eligible and interested students of the batch were absorbed by 16 legal firms, chambers of top Supreme Court lawyers and companies that visited the campus. KIIT School of Law, which was established in 2007 on the pattern of National Law Schools, is now regarded as at par with the best law schools of the country. Similarly, the first batch of M.B.B.S. student of Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) also passed out this year. Even though KIMS is only five years old, it features among top 30 medical colleges of the country, according to a survey published in The Daily Pioneer on its 16th May 2012 edition.

From Unknown to Well-Known The story of KIIT University, from a modest Vocational Training Centre in 1992 started with Rs. 5000/- to a sprawling University, is the story of indomitable spirit of its Founder, Achyuta Samanta. He converted his childhood struggle and hardship into his strength and went on to script this incredible success story. Emerging from obscurity, Samanta is now well known

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School of Civil Engineering School of Computer Engineering School of Electrical Engineering School of Electronics Engineering School of Mechanical Engineering School of Computer Application School of Applied Sciences School of Law School of Management School of Rural Management

not only because of KIIT, but also because he has shown the path for professional education in India.

National & International Recognition In order to make its presence felt in the global education scenario, KIIT University acquired membership in various prestigious world bodies, accreditation boards and associations like University Mobility Asia and the Pacific (UMAP), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and International Association of Universities (IAU). Each of these bodies have large number of member Universities and members benefit from exchange, degree equivalence, fellowship and research grants in furthering the cause of higher education amongst themselves.

The 400 odd Universities body UMAP has been so impressed by KIIT that it decided to have its India Office in KIIT University.

KIIT in its endeavor to reach out to every knowledge centre of the world has entered into academic partnership with more than 60 world-class universities. KIIT has tie-ups with leading international universities like Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, University of Cambodia, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, etc. Though there is specific agreement with individual universities, yet some of the common points are students, faculty & research scholar exchange programme, internship for UG/PG course, research and development participation, short-term courses for faculty & students, short-term

National & International Standing KIIT University is accredited by NAAC of UGC in ‘A Grade’ (Highest CGPA among self-financing universities) and NBA of AICTE. It is a member of prestigious national and international organizations.

• International Association of Universities (IAU) • Association of Indian Universities (AIU) • Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) • University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP) • International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) • Association of University of Asia Pacific (AUAP) • Institute of International Education (IIE), New York • United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI)

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School of Biotechnology Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences (KIDS) Kalinga Institute of Nursing Sciences (KINS) School of Fashion Technology School of Film & Media Sciences School of Fine Art School of Language School of Yoga

occupational training, exchange of publications & information and seminars and conferences. As per the arrangements, hundreds of KIIT students have been going to various foreign partner universities every year. However, it is not one way traffic from KIIT. The university also has been receiving exchange students from partner universities.

International exposure of KIIT has opened floodgates of opportunity for its students to join leading foreign universities for higher studies. To make the most of this opportunity, KIIT University uniquely places equal emphasis on academic placement, meticulously grooming interested students for higher studies and actively supporting their efforts to secure admission in reputed institutions. As a result, as many as 159 students from different Schools of the University were academically placed in 2012, securing admission in leading institutions of higher education in India and abroad. In KIIT School of Biotechnology, 42 out of 75 students have been selected to join reputed national and international institutions for higher studies.

Some of the Foreign Institutions Where KIIT Students Joined • ETH, Zurich, Switzerland • EAWAG, Dubendorf, Switzerland • European Master in Law & Economics • University of Lyon, France • Nikita Chandel, Texas A&M University, USA • University Law College, University of London, UK • Oxford University, U.K. • Cambridge University, U.K. • Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok • Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague • Hanseo University, South Korea

Placement KIIT School of Law created history by achieving cent percent placement for its very first passing out batch.

KIIT University enjoys employers’ confidence on it to prepare its graduates for the present day competitive environment. The University has secured excellent placement for all its graduates passing out in 2012. Total 1,920 job offers were generated in campus placement for 1,625 eligible students of 2012 passing out batch of various streams. As many as 323 students bagged two job offers, while 34 were pampered with three offers. These job offers were made by 185 companies digitalLEARNING / october 2012

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which visited different schools of KIIT University – Schools of Engineering, School of Computer Application, School of Biotechnology, School of Law, School of Management and School of Rural Management - for campus placement. With job offers outstripping eligible students in almost all streams, the University has yet again achieved a record placement.

KIIT School of Law created history by achieving cent percent placement for its very first passing out batch. In technology streams, three top recruiters TCS, Accenture and Wipro gave job offers to 1128 students. Campus placement of 708 KIIT students by TCS in a single day is a record for highest placement conversion in Eastern India.

Research & Development A 1000-strong team of faculty, scientists and researchers form the intellectual capital of KIIT University. The team provide thrust to research and development activity and their quality is amply demonstrated by the patents held by various faculty members and the research grants coming from various agencies both in India and abroad. KIIT School of Biotechnology, established only in 2007, has emerged a centre of excellence in the field, bagging research projects worth over Rs. 50 crore. These projects are sponsored by foreign agencies like ETH, Zurich, Switzerland and various bodies of Govt. of India such as Department of Biotechnology, Department of Science & Technology, ICMR, CSIR, ICAR, etc.

KIIT University has set up 10 interdisciplinary centres of excellence to provide impetus to research and development activity. These are:: 1. KIIT Technology Business Incubator (Supported by DST, MSME, DIT, Govt. of India) 2. Biogas Development Training Centre (Supported by MNRE, Govt. of India) 3. Centre for Children’s Studies (Supported by UNICEF) 4. Centre for Innovation and Research & Research and Development Cell 5. UMAP National Secretariat of India 6. Open Source Drug Discovery System (Supported by CSIR) 7. IBM-KSOM Centre of Excellence (Supported by IBM) 8. Centre for Excellence for SAP (Supported by SAP, USA) 9. KIIT Centre for Environment and Global Sustainability 10. ISTE Students’ and Faculty Chapter

Seminars and Symposiums KIIT is a vibrant institution. It has been organising academic deliberations of national and international signification since its inception in 1997. Thousands of policy makers, academicians and corporate leaders grace these events providing invaluable exposure to KIIT students. The 31st National ISTE Convention, organised by KIIT University in 2001, was a landmark event in the history of this prestigious meet due to its grand success, which changed the shape of further sessions.

More recently, the 92nd session of IEA (2009) and 99th Indian Science Congress (2012) at KIIT were addressed by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh.

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Recent International Meets • 99th Indian Science Congress (2012) • International Conference on Distributed Computing and Internet Technology (2012) • International Symposium on Molecular Basis of Human Health in Response to Mutagens and Environmental Stress (2012) • International Conference on Digital Library (2011) • International Seminar on 150 Years of Indian Penal Code (2011) • First BCI International Moot Court Competition (2011) • 52nd Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (2011) • International Law Week (2010) • International Conference on Cell Signaling and Diseases (2010) • International Conference on Economics and Business (2010) • International Conference on Bioinformatics (2010)

KIIT had the distinction to host the 99th Indian Science Congress, held in Odisha after a long interval of 34 years. Organized with active collaboration of NISER, Govt. of India, the five-day mega scientific event was attended by more than 18,000 delegates from India and abroad, including many Nobel Laureates. The Congress was inaugurated by Dr. Manmohan Singh, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India. Children’s Science Congress, inaugurated by Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Former President of India, and Women’s Science Congress, inaugurated by Smt. Nirupama Rao, Hon’ble Indian Ambassador to U.S, were held in the sidelines of the 99th Indian Science Congress. The Congress attracted participation of distinguished scientists, Cabinet Ministers from the centre and state, Secretaries, heads of scientific bodies, top officials and captains of industry.

KIIT Global As a progressive institution, KIIT University is sensitive to the growing trends of globalisation of higher education. International interaction of KIIT University is not new. Way back in 2001, KIIT was one of the first institutions in the State of Odisha to attract foreign students into its various academic programmes. In subsequent years, their numbers grew steadily. At present student body of KIIT University has representation from over 20 countries, including most of the South Asian nations, proving that its reputation as a quality institution of professional education transcends borders.

KIIT University values the diversity that international students bring to campus in terms of culture, background and perspectives. A decade long exposure to international environment has led to the creation of infrastructure and support systems which are the most appropriate to welcome foreign

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The KISS Humanitarian Award for 2012 was conferred on His Excellency Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley, Hon’ble Prime Minister, The Royal Government of Bhutan.

“The Vision of KIIT is to create an advanced centre of professional learning of international standrads where knowledge and excellence shall be relentlessly pursued, unfettered by the barriers of nationality, language, cultural plurality and religion.” students. The University has a proactive International Programme Cell, which provides guidance to international students right from their arrival in the institute in the matters of their cultural, legal and academic needs and other issues of relevance. Keeping in view the communication needs of the prospective students from South Korea, China, Thailand and Japan, the University has established a language lab to improve the communication skills in eight foreign languages including English. There is a dedicated hostel for international students with superior amenities.

Facilities and support services apart, a curriculum tuned to global standard is a major attraction for foreign students. In order to maintain such high standard, KIIT has roped in faculty and staff members from 13 countries. Besides, international luminaries such as Nobel Laureates, Ramon Magsaysay Awardees, Ambassadors, renowned legal and management personalities regularly deliver special lectures at KIIT University and interact with the students. The management of the institution has identified internationalization as an important thrust area for the next ten years. Starting this year, a series of measure are on

the anvil, including a setting up of a high impact ‘KIIT Global’ secretariat in the campus to coordinate the efforts.

Student Achievement KIIT uniquely promotes students research and projects and has the distinction of being appreciated at national and international forum, including the prestigious India Science Congress. KIIT students are high achievers imbibed with competitive spirit to achieve anything. Since its inception, core objective of KIIT has been to provide high quality exposure and value addition to its students. The University promotes a policy of actively promoting innovative idea among students. As a result students are well exposed to international scenario and perform well at national and international level, bringing laurels for the University, State and country. KIIT has also produced high achievers in many disciplines of sports including two Chess Grandmasters - Kiran Manisha Mohanty and Swayams Mishra (B.Tech).

KiiT International School KiiT International School, another addition to KIIT Group of Institutions, has become the only school in eastern India to offer International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP).

Besides IBDP. It also offers International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) of University of Cambridge as international curriculum and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) as national curriculum. Padmashree Ruskin Bond, iconic writer is the Brand Ambassador of KiiT International School. The School with a holistic approach continues to attract students from all parts of the globe through its curriculum it inculcates the virtues of self discipline, intellectual pride and confidence among the students for becoming global citizens. The curriculums are headed by highly qualified and experienced Principals, supported by highly qualified teachers, drawn from different countries, to deliver quality education.

For further details please long on to www.kiit-is.org

KIIT University, Bhubaneswar – 751024, Odisha, INDIA, Phone: +91 674- 2725113, 2378550, 2378551 Fax: +91 674- 2725721, 2740326, Email: kiit@kiit.ac.in: URL:www.kiit.ac.in.. digitalLEARNING / october 2012

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High-performance Interactive Solutions Cybernetyx is amongst the fastest growing ICT-focused companies in the world

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ybernetyx Interaktiv is a privately held, multinational technology corporation with its key innovation, research and development operations in Hameln, Germany and offices in National Capital Region (NCR) and Bangalore, India. Cybernetyx develops, manufactures and markets one of the most advanced multi-touch interactive products in the world.

Today, Cybernetyx is one of the fastest growing ICT-focused companies in the world.

Within a span of few years, Cybernetyx has entirely revolutionised the Human-Computer Interface industry through its extraordinary innovations. Cybernetyx products like EyeRIS, IntelliSpace and EyeSIGHT have changed the very definition of product categories like Multitouch surfaces, Interactive Whiteboard systems, Visualizers, Document cameras, Response systems etc. by bringing in an unprecedented convergence, natural user interfaces, and superior user experience.

Cybernetyx is headquartered at Cybernetyx Interaktiv UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Hameln, Germany.

Eduard Metzger CEO Company Name Cybernetyx Interaktiv UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

Management Team Abhijit Potdar, Sr. Manager-Products; Jaideep Mukherjee, Zonal Manager-East

Address Hefehof 23, 31785, Hameln, Germany Telephone: +49(0)5151 2907484, +91-120-4359466 Email: info@cybernetyx.com

Website cybernetyx.com

Regional Office(s) India Office: Cybernetyx Interaktiv, LLP, G-312,Sector-63 NOIDA 201301 NCR (India)

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Product and Services EyeRIS is a surface-independent short-throw multi-touch interactive whiteboard system which supports upto 255 simultaneous touch points, gestures, and converts upto 160” screen into a full-fledged interactive surface.

IntelliSpace is a ground-breaking, feature-rich intuitive IWB software suite with an uncluttered interface and superior user experience. It contains an image library spanning thousands of images, diagrams, 3-D models and simulations. Also, Cybernetyx MyCloud functionality enables users to access on-demand content within IntelliSpace. Super-compressed recording with audio, native browser and intelligent geometrical toolkit are some of the other industry leading features of IntelliSpace.

EyeSIGHT is the integrated classroom visualiser solution for EyeRIS. Its native integration with the IntelliSpace software suite enables users to capture 3-D motion and events, project textbook diagrams, and show and annotate real objects on the screen.

Cybernetyx OptiMark solutions assist teachers to evaluate students 10x faster in a class by automating the evaluation process.

Target Vertical(s) Education, Corporate, Government, Interactive Advertising, Architecture and real estate and BFSI

Achievements Cybernetyx India is focused on providing our clients with industry-leading and cost-effective ICT equipment, and software solutions. Cybernetyx’s flagship product EyeRIS (Eyelike Rapid Imaging System) is now accepted widely as a standard in the interactive whiteboard solutions. With integrated features like Document camera, Visualizer, Classroom response system, Student Evaluation system and recording, well over 9500+ classrooms have chosen and are today powered by EyeRIS systems across the country. EyeRIS deployments outnumber the deployments by the most established companies in this space.

Today Cybernetyx is proudly serving not only more than 1000 K-12 and higher education institutes in India, but also several large partners in the Indian Education industry.

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Feather-smooth, fast and real-time writing experience on a 160” surface.

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All real physical objects can be captured, demonstrated, edited and recorded.

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Designed ground-up to be simple, app-like intuitive interface, smallest learning curve.

Cybernetyx MyCloud functionality, enables users to access “On-demand” content access.

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Addressing Academic Issues by Tech based Initiatives Prof G Tulasi Ram Das, Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada (JNTUK) is specialised in Power Electronics and Drives. He has 42 publications of national and international level under his name. In an interview with Pragya Gupta, he talks about various initiatives taken by JNTUK

Please share with us the ideas that have led to the creation of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University.

The erstwhile unified Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University established on 2nd October 1972 was a multi-campus state-wide university.

Its constituent colleges and affiliated colleges were spread all over the State of Andhra Pradesh, in all the three regions - Andhra, Rayalaseema and Telangana. JNTU has been reorganised into four independent universities based on the geographical jurisdiction by Act No.13 dated 20 August 2008 passed in the State Legislative Assembly. JNTUK is one of the most reorganised universities located in Kakinada with 8 Coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh under its jurisdiction.

These eight districts are - Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur and Prakasam, which we call

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as Eight District Zone of Excellence (EDZE).

JNTUK Kakinada is one of the best universities in the country to achieve the vision, mission and goals effectively. JNTUK, in its pursuit of establishing high research and academic standards, is in the process of implementing innovative and effective technology enabled solutions to continuously produce engineering professionals to fuel our national growth.

How do you address the key academic issues by initiating technology based solutions for quality assurance?

Thrust areas for the university this academic year include setting up of Centre of Excellence for e-Resource development and deployment to implement knowledge repository and enhance teaching-learning effectiveness, Technology based Online Evaluation System for a transparent, error-free and accountable evaluation and swift

processing of results, and implementation of e-Learning and Assessment Solution to improve student employability skills.

Please throw some light on the workings of Centre of Excellence for e-Resource development and deployment (CoEeRD).

CoEeRD has two major components, E-learning modules of engineering courseware and bi-directional HD conference system. CoEeRD will continuously improve the academic excellence in all the engineering colleges affiliated to JNTUK from eight districts of its jurisdiction. E-learning modules of engineering courseware as per the university syllabus are developed both for faculty and the student. Faculty is empowered with the classroom teaching modules comprising of lecture material, animations, image gallery, and quiz to make teaching-learning effective. ICT enables faculty to use read-

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ily available images and animations, so that there is lesser chalk work, and thus enhancing the productivity and providing faculty more time for interactions with the students. Faculty can augment the e-resources by adding their own content. Thus the content is continuously updated and made available to all the colleges across JNTUK. A Quality Assurance team reviews and audits the content before the same is made available to the colleges.

What is your view of the impact that such systems are having on the learning outcomes of the students?

Students in a classroom are heterogeneous in nature. Their learning abilities vary widely , some understand the faculty lecture in a single go and some may need to go through multiple iterations to understand. Students can play the classroom lecture archives, study different modules and self assess their understanding by taking quiz in respective concepts. This reinforces student learning and they can learn at their own pace. Guest lecturers in the areas of engineering and technology by eminent academicians and practicing engineers will be beamed live using a bi-directional HD conference system for the benefit of the learners. This platform will also be used for delivering lectures on industry trends, personality and leadership. Video lectures are archived for future reference. Online/Offline services of CoEeRD enable 24x7 accesses to the total set of knowledge resources for faculty and students from the studio located at JNTUK. In your opinion how does the new tech-based Evaluation System compare with the traditional one?

The university has over four lakh students enrolled in different programmes and the numbers are increasing year on year. Through Pre and Post Examination Automation and Online Evaluation System solution, JNTUK wishes to automate pre and post examination and adapt to digitisation of answer script for onscreen marking system in its effort to achieve transparency in the evaluation of answer scripts and declaration of re-

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JNTUK has been closely working with relevant industries.To name a few: • Infotech has established a control and Instrumentation Lab for MTech (Avionics). Infotech is supporting a Professor of Avionics by sponsoring his salary for three years.

• BEL has established a laboratory for Optical Communication Laboratory • Honeywell has established a laboratory for Process control and Instrumentation for petroleum and petrochemical Courses.

• Tejas has established a laboratory for Fibre optics.

• Texas Instrumentation is going to establish Embedded Systems Laboratory

sults. This initiative will enable error free and accelerated examination processing, evaluation and result declaration by reducing the redundant laborious activities and processes. Pre exam automates student registration, centre allocation, hall ticket generation, etc. Answer scripts are digitised, without tampering the booklet and archived for evaluation by markers. Markers performance is monitored through moderated answers at regular intervals. Answer script digitisation is done in the University examination centre under controlled environment.

Infrastructure for scanning, servers for answer script storage and computers for onscreen evaluation will be established.

University evaluators will be trained in the onscreen marking process. All the data pertaining to the examinations from student data to marked scripts and student scores are archived and stored in university data centre with stringent data security norms.

What kind of systems are you employing for online evaluation?

Online evaluation system follows a stringent and much needed quality control features to enable the university for better evaluation of answer scripts, audit and administration of the marking system to ensure effective evaluation of answer-scripts and error free marks generation.

The digitised answer script is in a dynamic mode. Selected question wise evaluation is carried out across the scripts to maintain uniform evaluation.

This solution enables a transparent mechanism and accountability and the evaluated digitised answer script can be stored forever for any future references.

Any student will be able to access and review his answer script online for his satisfaction.

Please share the role of e-Learning and Assessment Solution to enhance employability skills?

Objective of the JNTUK is to be the preferred destination for the companies for their entry level talent acquisition.

To enable JNTUK college students to acquire skills sought by the industry, we have launched e-Learning and Assessment Solution (eLAS), which is a robust and comprehensive online learning and assessment mechanism. eLAS is being made available to all the colleges, it can be accessed both through Intranet (the college LAN) and Internet. eLAS follows a scientific approach including, pre-assessment to reflect student strengths and areas of improvement, learning through a combination of online resources and face-to-face Mentoring at their campus, a final assessment is administered and student scores along with the academic performance is made available to the companies through a career portal. Companies can access the talent pool to shortlist the right-fit. Annual talent profile for individual college and the university are generated. JNTUK monitors the progress of key performance indicators at regular intervals to take needed action for continuous improvement. Industry Academia Meets are conducted to strengthen the Industry Institute Interaction. Cluster-wise job fairs facilitate colleges to showcase their talent and companies to interact with students to select suitable candidates.

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English Learning Solutions EnglishEdge has more than 250,000 learners across schools, colleges, vocational institutes and corporate for its programmes

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IQVID is focused on providing English language learning solutions –EnglishEdge- to individuals and organisations. EnglishEdge follows a unique technology based, blended learning methodology that leverages the power of technology to make learning scalable. The English programmes are offered on PCs, Tablets and Mobiles. EnglishEdge has more than 250,000 learners across schools, colleges, vocational institutes and corporate for this programme and its customers include IIT Delhi, Jamia Milia, British Council and Educomp.

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Vivek Agarwal CEO

Company Name EnglishEdge (LIQVID eLearning Services Pvt. Ltd.)

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EnglishEdge is the leader in technology aided language learning. It is a unique English learning programme that brings together innovative English content and technology to offer variety of courses, based on proficiency levels of various learners. EnglishEdge is the creator of India’s first portable language lab that offers EnglishEdge software on Tablets. It has also introduced language learning on mobiles. Developed in association with BBC Active, EnglishEdge content adheres to international standards. It has been indigenously developed with neutral Indian accents and Indian scenarios, and is relevant and relatable to the Indian audience.

Subject matter experts, content developers and graphic designers have worked in tandem to create over 1500 hours of premium English learning content. Cutting-edge technology and rich multimedia experience make EnglishEdge the most comprehensive and the most effective English language training programme available in the market.

Target Verticals Individual learners, Schools, Colleges, Vocational Institutes and Government organisations

Vinay Kumar

Management Team Manish Upadhyay, Chief Evangelist; Shoumitro Roye , Sr Vice President (Sales); Pankaj Manchanda, Vice President (Services)

Achievements EnglishEdge was nominated for the Innovation Awards’ 2005 and was also recognised by NASSCOM, for making innovative use of Information Technology for teaching English.

Head Office F-E, Sector-8, Noida, UP 201301

Regional Office(s) Bangalore and Chennai

Contact Person for Clarification Chhavi Mahajan +91-9811693374

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Customised Leadership Assistance to Schools Company Name

American Institute of Enrichment

Managing Director Viral Parekh

Management Team

Jay Parekh Jason Graham Address Level 4 Dynasty A wing Andheri-Kurla Road, Mumbai 400069, India Email: info@theaie.org Website theaie.org Telephone +91-22-67869180 Contact Person for Clarification Viral Parekh viralparekh@theaie.org

No matter what board a school follows, American Institute of Enrichment has programmes and initiatives that can be integrated into the school culture

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he AIE helps schools and parents enrich students with concept based education.

We bring concepts to life and bring a new level of fascination in students as they expand into new areas of learning. Regardless of what board your school adopts, (IB, IGCSE, ICSE, SSC, or any other) our flexible programs empower schools, parents, and students with a complete understanding of concepts giving them the advantage of a solid foundation. “We consult and partner with schools of all boards to supplement their curriculum with Concept Based Education using AIE’s Full Circle Approach.”

The AIE helps schools raise student achievement by improving instruction and building effective teams. No matter what board a school follows the company programs and initiatives that can be integrated into your school culture and work alongside the school’s existing talent. The company takes the time to ensure the school’s success will be sustained.

The AIE’s mission is to improve teaching and learning by providing customised leadership assistance to schools.

“We want to infuse Concept Based Education into learning environments to transform the way students understand concepts, enhance their thinking skills, and improve their communication.”

Product and Services The company offers a wide range of customizable services: Assessment Design, Curriculum Planning, Teacher Evaluations, Concept Supplements, Classroom Management, Teacher Training, Induction, Guest Lecturing, Parent/Student Seminars and more.

Target Vertical K-12

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Timir Kumar Sengupta, Principal, Ram Ratna Vidya Mandir has 35 years of teaching experience in residential and day scholar as well as International schools. He has 20 years of experience as a Principal. In conversation with digitalLEARNING magazine, he talks about various components of education for the development of studentsâ&#x20AC;Ś

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Please share the vision of Ram Ratna Vidya Mandir.

Ram Ratna Vidya Mandir aspires to develop socially conscious Indian citizens of tomorrow who will provide enlightened leadership in all walks of life. The schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision is set with a futuristic view that students are the leaders of tomorrow. They are the ones who would not only lead their family but also the country to the path of progress. A progressive and developed country is the one which has its foundation strongly built upon with citizens who are not only intellectually but also socially and spiritually developed.

Being Mathematics teacher to Principal, how has your journey been?

I started my career as a mathematics teacher and hostel-in-charge way back in 1977. As my grandfather and father were teachers, we are the third generation in the family who took up teaching as a profession. Though there was no monetary gain but this profession is definitely the most prestigious one. My journey in the educational field has been an enriching experience from being Vice-Principal from 1995 to 2000 at Jay Jyoti School, Jaypeenagar and 2001 onwards as a Principal of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan (Tripura), Central Model School (Kolkata), Singhania Public School (Gujarat), Podar International School (Jalna), Arunodaya Public School (Thane) and Ram Ratna Vidya Mandir at present.

How does Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) practice, according to you, caters to holistic development of students?

CCE Pattern is a marvelous achievement of CBSE. It caters to the holistic development of the students thus making education an exciting journey rather than a burden. This pattern has been positively accepted by the teachers as well as the students. For the teachers, it gives an opportunity to evaluate students at various levels rather than what they memorise.

For the students, it gives them an opportunity to portray the best in them albeit

The ICT has become an indispensible part of the educational institutions in the modern times without the pressure of rote learning or learning without comprehending.

How you utilise the potential of ICT in the school?

Education today has undergone tremendous change. The ICT has become an indispensible part of the educational institutions in the modern times. In the teaching process. ICT is actually addon experience that enables the teachers to take their students beyond the classroom experience. Administration obviously has become hassle free with ICT. In my school, we have an AV room well utilised by the teachers and we are in the process of installing Smartclass solutions.

How has training being imparted to the teachers on a continuous basis?

I believe that teaching profession is such that it should never be stagnant. Knowledge is ever growing and ever flowing. I make various arrangements for in-house as well as external expertsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; training to my teachers. They are also sent to various seminars, conferences and workshops as per their subjects, so that they are constantly upgrading themselves. The teachers and students are also sent for exchange programmes to other schools for knowledge sharing.

Please comment on the success of open-book examination system in Standards X and XII proposed

by CBSE? Open book test is a system, that needs to be researched upon. It also involves val-

ue inculcation in the students. Focused efforts are required to bring this system into practice, which if implemented properly would definitely make this system a success.

Please share the innovations done by the school in last five years.

What are the future plans of the school?

We have child centric educational system which involves activity based teaching that goes beyond classrooms.

Subjects that are abstract like science, maths and social science have well developed laboratories that make learning fun and realistic with hands on experience. The school also has its Eco club with a difference, unlike the regular clubs which are inside the school building; this is a botanical park which has all rare and exotic plants. The gardening work is carried out by the students with the help of teacher in charge. Various other clubs like English literary, music, art and painting are in place to bring out the hidden talents in children. These are reflected through the competitions and exhibitions that take place throughout the year. Individual differences are taken well into account. The school has a good supportive Sports Department which caters to sports like Football, Cricket, Volleyball, Handball, Table Tennis, Swimming, Chess, and others. The students participate in various district, state and national as well as international level sports competitions.

What is your opinion on the role of sports and physical education in the overall development of a child?

Being an ardent follower of Swami Vivekanand, I believe that education should cater to character formation, strengthening of mind and expansion of intellect which will enhance the personality of a student and enable him to stand on his own feet. As I am a post graduate in Sports management from Kolkata and NIS certificate holder in football from NISS, I have experienced the significance of sports in oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life and believe that it helps in the overall development of a child.

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Transforming Content into Knowledge Knowledge Horizon is a leading e-Learning company which offers customised content development services and has IPR of wide portfolio of products for corporates and institutions

K Santosh Ranjan MD

Company Name

Knowledge Horizon E-Learning Pvt Ltd

President and Chairman Dr Ma’en Al Qatamin

Address A-4, Varsha Park, S.No.-263, Baner Road, Pune - 411015, Maharashtra, India Telephone: +91-20-32403306; 32403307; +91 9096728353 Email: india@knowledgehorizon.com Website knowledgehorizon.com simple-abc.com you-leap.com

nowledge Horizon E-Learning Pvt Ltd (KHEPL) is an e-Learning company, incorporated in June 2006 under Companies Act of India at Pune, India. Knowledge Horizon (KH) is a multinational training company that promotes excellence in all aspects related to the acquisition of knowledge and skills. Their philosophy is that knowledge and learning should be simply simple. They facilitate institutional and corporate customers in designing and developing effective learning and training material and help them to standardise their overall training process. They transform content into knowledge using innovative methodology and technology. Knowledge Horizon has developed unique capabilities in producing highly effective customised Instructor Led, Web Based and Tablet Based Training (ILT, CBT/WBT & TBT) and learning materials.

Headquartered in Dubai, Knowledge Horizon Ltd has a global presence in the Middle Eastern, African and the Asian regions. Having more than 11 years of classroom training experience, Knowledge Horizon entered into e-Learning domain in 2005 with a wide portfolio of products for its corporate and institutional clients. For Content Development, they follow Instructional Design Strategies and some of the popular instructional standards such as: Bloom’s Taxonomy, ADDIE model, Robert Gagne’s principle, Gestalt’s principles of visual design. For Web Based Training (WBT) material Development, they follow AICC, SCORM 1.2 conformity.

Business Collaboration The company is associated with a number of top international certifying bodies such as City & Guilds, UK, Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM), Cisco Entrepreneur Institute Programme, European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) and CNBC TV 18 Broadcast Ltd. They have also signed agreement with local training companies, institutions and individuals as Authorized Network Partners in India. These partners can sell the offline (Server based / USB Drive based) secured courses offered to institutions, corporate or retail users in their respective cities or run classes for Youth Leadership Programme (a unique soft skill lab).

Product and Services Services: Multimedia 2D / 3D content for CBT/ WBT/ Tablet (HTML5) / Mobile, Instructor Led Training Material, e-Publishing, Interactive Simulation, Assessment Tool, Learning Management System, Distance Learning Platform Provider, Training Provider to Working Professionals and Educational Consultants.

Products: Training Time; Animated Business Concept (ABC), Youth Leadership Programme (YouLeaP), Popular Places & Personalities (PPP)

Target Vertical(s) Corporate, Higher Education, Education Service Providers, Government, and NGOs

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IT Enabled Classrooms offer Effective Learning “Real learning is ability to think laterally and developing the power to apply your thoughts in a rational manner,” says Shanthi Menon, Principal, Deens Academy, Bengaluru. In an interview with Amriteshwar Pathak, she shares her insights on various aspects of education and the role of ICTs

How has your journey so far been as a Principal?

It has been a good experience. A rather fun filled journey, full of discovery and innovation. I have had the chance to explore children’s learning patterns, parents’ psychology, the diverse theories of pedagogy, various government policies in education, and also the accreditation related issues.

through this continuous assessment, gives a clear path for the child to succeed. It is motivating the child to progress and is not at all demoralising. There is no longer ‘a size fits all’ system, we are having individualised programmes for each child’s development. The continuity of the assessments also sustains effort from the child, thus taking away the last moment pressures.

In your opinion how effective is Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) as a new evaluation practice?

CCE fosters sustained overall development of the child. Learning is not an isolated academic activity, it encompasses all aspects of the child – his academic/non academic activities and personality traits and skills- all of which are ever developing and need to be nurtured. A continuous assessment and modification is required to achieve this overall development.

CCE offers an opportunity for flexibility in the strategies that the teachers can use to leverage learning and development; latitude for a quantifiable understanding of a child’s ability and skill; more scope to engage with each child according to his potential or aptitude, involving them in their own learning. CCE has also provided opportunities to the teacher for innovation.

The constant feedback on the different aspects of the child’s development

Information and communication technology (ICT) has taken up great role in pedagogy and administration. Your opinion on the potential of ICT in education?

ICT has opened up a whole new space by transforming the teaching/learning process for both learners and teachers.

Teaching styles have changed, as teachers embrace IT within the curriculum through networks and internet access – providing for whole class or part of the class teaching, aided by technology supported by tools like wireless networking, notebook computers, e-books, iPad’s, etc.

For students, there has been an explosion of possibilities, with information access through online resources, which use a powerful combination of video, multimedia, text and graphics, prepared by specialists. Technology also assists students to learn through ways which suit his own individual learning style and provides access to

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individualised curriculum pathways and individualised diagnostic testing and assessment. Technology has therefore a direct impact on motivation and creativity of the student. It provides a greater disposition to research and problem-solving focused on real social situations, through a more comprehensive assimilation of knowledge. On the administrative levels, ERP systems effectively manage information flow about students, curricula, teachers, activities, transport, accounts and budgets. With the distinction of being the first school in Asia to have 100 percent interactive board enabled classrooms, Deens has IT at its core. All communication, record keeping, pedagogical practices and processes have technology at their crux, developed indigenously by the School.

How has training being imparted to the teachers on a continuous basis?

Deens believes in fostering a learning environment for its staff as much as for its students and therefore there is a structured process of continuous goal setting and learning to achieve this, through a 360 degree appraisal procedure. An inhouse training department undertakes large group sessions, while a process of mentoring through designated colleagues assists up gradation of systemic requirements. Training is two-fold – transition management, which is at the beginning of the academic session and

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in-service, based on observation, reflection and feedback.

How do you see the proposal of the Ministry of Human Resource Development for open-book examination system in Standards X and XII in Central Board of Secondary Examination Schools?

Real learning is ability to think laterally and developing the power to apply your thoughts in a rational manner. Open book examinations will therefore, steer students away from rote learning into application, investigation, innovation and creativity. This will then be the real test of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education system and genius of the people of this country. This is the path to creating global innovators and thinkers.

Please share the innovations done by Deens Academy in last five years. What are the future plans of the school?

At the Deens Academy, we believe that each child has his/her own potential and abilities. With our comfortable class strengths of 25 or less, the teachers are able to create differentiation in every aspect of school life. From curriculum, to classroom activities, to home work/class-work, to assessments and also projects and hands-on activities- there is innovation. IT supports this endeavour, through interactive customised modules and internet based group learning initiatives. We also endeavour to attain grade level ability for each child within a class. There is therefore a scheme of individual learning programmes for every class and in every subject.

This programme assesses the starting level of the child and creates a plan which will, over the period determined, bring the child to the desired level of proficiency. At senior school level, the curriculum is dealt with parallel by an additional teacher in the same period as the mainstream class, at a more basic level. This innovation has ensured that all students attempt assessments with ease and confidence. Again the IT enabled classrooms offer effective learning.

Deens follows a very innovative online admission process. The system enables instant automated interaction with prospective parents with regard to status and other information sought for admission to the School. We are now exploring the use of iPads instead of text books. We are also developing a Facebook type of interface for student learning. This, we hope, will generate discussions and comments, while teachers moderate the proceedings.

Shanthi Menon

Principal, Deens Academy, Bengaluru

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Holistic Solution for School Learning NIIT has provided computer-based learning to over 16,000 government and private schools across the country cumulatively impacting lives of more than 10 million kids

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Rajendra S Pawar Chairman & Co-Founder, NIIT Group Company Name NIIT Limited

CEO Vijay K Thadani

Co-founder and COO P Rajendran

Address 85, Sector 32, Institutional area, Gurgaon, Haryana Telephone: +91-124-4293000 Email: nguru@niit.com

Website niitnguru.com

Sales and after sales support 1800 102 3233

Regional Office(s) New Delhi

Contact Person for Clarification Babita Khanna babita.khanna@niit.com

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IIT Limited, a leading Global Talent Development Corporation and Asia’s premier IT trainer, offers learning and knowledge solutions across 38 countries. Leading IT journal Dataquest has conferred upon NIIT the ‘Top IT Training Company’ award successively for the past 19 years, since the inception of this category. NIIT has provided computer-based learning to over 16,000 government and private schools across the country cumulatively impacting lives of more than 10 million kids. NIIT Nguru is a holistic School Learning Solution that comprises of Interactive Classrooms (an end to end Teaching Learning solution for classrooms that uses elements of interactivity, automation and web links library); Math lab (State-of-the-art Mathematics Laboratory for schools which comes with Geometer’s Sketchpad Software, Multiple Teaching and Learning Aids like Technology Applications, Videos, Manipulative, Measuring Instruments and Theme Based Ambience); IT Wizard (equips the students with core computer knowledge and IT skills); Quick School (an Education Resource Planning solution for school management) and Mobile Science Lab(the first of its kind portable computerised Science Laboratory which enables students to correlate scientific concepts taught in the class to real life). NIIT has been ranked among the ‘Top 10 India’s Best Companies to Work for- 2012’ by Great Place to Work Institute and ‘Top 25 Best Employers in India- 2011’ by Aon Hewitt.

Product and Services • Interactive Classroom: Revolutionizing Classroom Learning and Teaching through Interactive Classroom • Math Lab: Welcome to the world of Math Lab. A ‘one of-its-kind’ product that transforms every school it touches. Math Lab is the state of the art mathematics laboratory for schools.

• Mobile Science Lab: The Ideal way to enjoy science with An Innovative Science Learning system for the digital age.

• IT Wizard: A comprehensive program designed to equip and empower children growing up in the digital age.

• Quick School: Addresses the need of all key stakeholders within the education realmStudent, teachers, Principal, school Management and Parents.

The Product empowers school to strength the services towards students and parents, thus enhancing their competitive advantage many fold.

Target Vertical(s) Private and Government schools

Achievements Recently NIIT Nguru has launched Interactive Classrooms @ Home, the first ‘cloud campus solution’ which has moved learning out of the school and into home. Completely mapped to the school syllabus and daily lessons, ICR@Home allows students to access lessons, notes, take practice tests, submit assignments and collaborate with peers, all while sitting at home.

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National Innovation Contest 2012 Introduction Today, technology is a significant driver behind change.

It plays a critical role in innovations in the domains of governance, education, and healthcare. It opens up immense possibilities for a wider change in the country. Our student community wants to be innovative, but our educational system discourages them. Also, there is no national platform for the student community to showcase and get recognised for their innovation. So, can we give our students a platform to showcase their innovative solutions in governance, education, and healthcare and make them play a role in country’s development?

With this objective in mind, eINDIA 2012 organises the National Innovation Contest for the graduate students in India. eIndia 2012 is a unique platform designed to promote sharing of knowledge, challenges, ideas and best practices amongst various stakeholders driving ICT initiatives in the domain of Governance, Education, and Healthcare.

The contest recognises the innovative and creative application of technology that improves governance, education and healthcare. The contest builds up the spirit of development to solve the country’s problems.

Innovation Guidelines 1. The innovation solution could be a software application or a hardware device 2. The innovation submitted shall be on one of the topics provided only 3. The innovation could be from an individual student or a team of not more than three students 4. Only one entry is allowed per student or team 5. The entry should be a new and original idea 6. The original source code and executable application or hardware device (images of the device) should be submitted through the online form. The hardware devices should be sent the eIndia Secretariat Eligibility You must be a graduate student of all levels (Bachelor’s, Master’s, Ph.D) to submit your entry Entry Fee There is an entry fee of Rs. 500 per entry (can be paid online or through demand draft). Entries without fee will not be considered.

Innovation Areas Innovative Technology Solution in Governance or Innovative Technology Solution in Education or Innovative Technology Solution in Healthcare

Procedures for the Submission of Ideas 1. Ideas should be submitted through online application form available at http://eindia.eletsonline.com only 2. The hardware devices shall be sent by post/mail Evaluation Criteria The ideas will be judged by an evaluation committee and it will be evaluated on the basis of originality, potential impact/ importance, geographic relevance and presentation.

Last date for submission: 15th October, 2012

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Education for Brighter Prospects has established itself as a premier institution in a very short span of time in Indore. Recently, I joined Billabong High International School Indore as Founder Principal, which is an upcoming school of the town.

Billabong High was created with the aim of firing the imagination of children. The ultimate goal is to create a funfilled and rewarding learning experience. The school aims to develop a system of learning that allows children to become thinkers, innovators and problem solvers. Shyam Agrawal, Principal, Billabong High International School, Indore, in conversation with Amriteshwar Pathak shares his insights

Please share your remarkable journey from being an educator to being a principal.

It has rightly been said, “The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.” I have always heard that great strength comes from undertaking of great responsibilities, but in my case it went in a very different way. The great

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responsibilities that I shouldered on became my great strength. As a person I was exposed to all the genres of this field. I had worked as Vice Principal at Imperial Academy and as Sr Vice Principal at Queens’ college, Indore, for 14 years and then I began my journey as a principal at Advanced Academy in the year 2005. Today the school has reached the pinnacle of success. It

What are your views on the new evaluation practice like continuous and comprehensive evaluation of children over the traditional practice?

Change does not necessarily assume progress but progress definitely requires change. Education is essential as education has the unique ability of creating both, new wants and the ability to satisfy them! Everything has its pros and cons, but being an optimist and a visionary let’s begin with positive aspects. This is a tool through which every child can be evaluated as a unique individual. Traditionally we used to declare result on the basis of question papers, without considering the performance of the child throughout the year. With CCE, the child is assessed not only through marks on external subjects, but also on basis of overall attitude. In this system there are no formal examinations till class eighth and continuous assessments through worksheets, projects, discussions and oral evaluation conducted externally reduce the stress, and discourage rote learning tendency amongst the students. Every child individually shows his potential and calibre according to his ability and understanding in various skills. Every change needs time to be absorbed, so the parents should understand this first and support the system by seeing development of their children and teachers to motivate their students by seeing their growth in a particular skill.

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Challenges being addressed by these technologies over the next few years: • Complementary contributions of formal learning structures and informal approaches to learning.

• The rapid changes and the need for stability.

• The tension between our social status on demand of industrial era and the new styles of learning, emerging with information technologies in knowledge societies.

• The need to ensure the use of technology for learning to enhance our opportunities and empower us and not to dominate our lives or completely take over.

How has training being imparted to the teachers on a continuous basis?

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. As a human, the learning never stops and I strongly and affirmatively believe in it. I try my level best to train my teachers by various interactive activities. I believe that every teacher must receive proper training to instil fundamental values and capabilities in his or her students. The teacher must serve as a facilitator for learning and be a role model for children and the community at large.

The centre of any educational endeavour is the teacher. All teachers are constantly trained on the latest techniques and lessons appropriate for their classroom.

How do you see the role of Information and communication technology (ICT) in pedagogy and administration? What is the level of ICT implementation in the school?

Please share the challenges that are being addressed by these technologies?

The current world is undergoing significant and rapid changes and the teach-

ing and learning styles will need to evolve. Transformational technologies such as ICT have profound implications for learning and learning systems. With the help of ICT academic discipline and the teaching and learning process can be done at a higher level. We need to continuously enrich and improve our learning systems through experience, innovations and research. We have to advance ourselves with advancing era of technology.

The level of ICT implementation in the school needs to improve upon relevance of curriculum, learner friendly textbook contents, innovative transaction strategies, implementation of technology driven classrooms, teaching learning to learn, continuous and comprehensive assessment techniques of testing and continuous empowerment of teachers.

CBSE has announced proposal for open-book examination system in Standards X and XII Examination?

Where school examination ends real life begins. In school, we were taught a lesson and then given a test. In Life, we are given a test that teaches us a lesson.

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Proposal of open-book will lead to better student involvement in the creation of syllabus. The students will be informed about this, months earlier so that they will have enough time to go through these areas and prepare the answer to analytical questions rather than mechanical queries. With this method there is less emphasis on rote learning or getting the coursework completed through the use of guide books. Students learn to navigate with skills and practice. The current proposals for education reform aims to boost the second, by undermining the first. In an openbook exam, the student has diminished incentive to familiarise himself with the subject matter ahead of time, as it is available for reference during the exam.

To implement this system, it should be tested on various parameters from the administration point of view.

Please share the innovations done by the school in last five years.

Where would you like to take your school in near future?

Billabong High International School has 24 branches in India and in Maldives and Dubai. The institution is constantly endeavouring to bring about improvements in its curriculum. It is the first, unique LRQ model, which is based on Learner-Centric Approach in which all teachers are empowered with strategies so that they can cater to different styles of learning. An optimum teacher-child ratio supports the learner-centric programme. We have research based curriculum in which a team of instructional design experts along with a team of educationists design the curriculum to cater to the needs of 21st century learner. The curriculum is interdisciplinary and theme based to help students grasp complex concepts and to encourage long term retention and understanding. We use Bloom’s Taxonomy to foster higher order thinking skills like application, exploration and creativity in students and superior quality standards in which all the five domains that is Teaching, Learning, Administration, Environment and Leadership of the schools are maintained.

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Creating global Education Enterprise InOpen is serving K-12 market with its flagship product ‘Computer Masti’ and newly introduced Science curriculum called ‘Small Science’

I Rupesh Kumar Shah C0-Funder & CEO Company Name InOpen Technologies Pvt Ltd

Management Team Dr Farida Khan, VP-Learning and Research; Sharad Naidu, Associate VP-Business Development

Address M-03, SINE Dept, CSRE Building,3rd floor, IIT Bombay, Powaii, Mumbai- 400076

Telephone +91-22-6454545

Email info@inopen.in

Website computermasti.com inopen.in

Regional Office(s) Jaipur and Hyderabad

Contact Person for clarification Anushree Mittal anushree@inopen.in 9619903712

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nOpen Technologies Pvt Ltd is a IIT Bombay based Educational start up. The Company was started in Oct 2009 with the vision to be a quality content and resource training company.

InOpen Technologies has empowered computer science education across 3,00,000 students in less than two years. InOpen is serving K-12 market with its flagship product ‘Computer Masti’ and newly introduced Science curriculum called ‘Small Science’. InOpen also work with Government and Corporate Organisations with IT literacy solutions. The solution is based on the inputs and has extensive validations from academicians in the country and abroad.

InOpen is among the few companies that work full time in-sync with Free and Open source (FOSS) technologies. InOpen envisions itself as developer of computer learning system by creating quality education standards using Open Source. InOpen takes pride in their research, and academic team comprising of professors, psychologists and experts in various fields from world-class universities. InOpen strive to become a global Education Enterprise. The company is expected to reach to one million students by 2013. The simplicity of InOpen’s solutions addressing the complex and underlying problems of academia is our strength, justifying our tag line “Adding simplicity to sense”

Products and Services Computer Masti (‘Masti’ means fun in Hindi) is a content-service solution to teach computer science in schools. It consists of an extensively research based curriculum and instruction materials. The primary vision of CM is to nurture independent thinking skills of a child.

Apart from teaching the computer literacy skills, thinking process skills such as step wise thinking, problem solving forms an integral part and are taught and connected to computer and programming skills. Fun is an important element of learning with CM. The narrative style of the lesson that uses guided inquiry takes the students along to explore new knowledge through the dialogue between the two child characters, Tejas & Jyoti and the facilitator character, Moz. CM understands the needs of students from developing countries. This is realised in the form of reverse thematic integration and used of tools that are Operating System independent. Use of free and open source applications results in reduction of implementation cost, thus ensuring ensure sustained access. Moreover, it allows the students to become creators of technology, rather than remaining mere users of the technology.

Target Vertical(s) K-12, Government

Achievements • InOpen is incubated in IIT Bombay. The Team has seen the growth from four people in Nov 2009 to 42 people presently • Started implementing Computer Masti in December 2009 and have since grown from serving 2000 students to approx 3,00,000 students spread across 125+ schools • Trained more than 2000 teachers and translated Computer Masti into eight Indian languages and two foreign languages. The e-book has been downloaded in 125 countries • Tied up with HBCSE and have come up with Small Science books

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“I Love to be a Principal” “Our School began its journey with the vision of creating a social culture where every child is educated with a concrete set of values for intellectual, scientific and spiritual development of our nation,” says Niyas Chirakkara, Principal, Progressive English School, Kannur, Kerala, in conversation with Amriteshwar Pathak How has your journey been as a Principal?

Even though the job of a principal is challenging, I really enjoy it. It has been three years since I have become a principal. When I compare the other positions I have handled I can say without doubt I love to be a principal. As a principal you have to take care of many children. You have to manage the teachers and you are also involved in many other matters. In a CBSE affiliated school the principal has to deliver very high standards of work.

You need enough training to be a better principal. I am trying my best to be a better one.

What are your views on the new evaluation practices like Continuous and comprehensive evaluation of children over the traditional practices?

I have no difficulty in empathising with CCE. It is the best practice available to help students achieve a lot. The problem is that many of the teachers do not use CCE properly. If it is used properly, it will

bring great benefits. I know from personal experience that students are in favour of CCE. They can show whatever abilities they have through this. Moreover they will benefit by getting extra grades based on their performance in co-scholastic areas. The most important thing is that class 10 has become less tensed now.

How do you see the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in pedagogy and administration?

Information and Communication Technology has an eminent role to play in the field of education. With the advent of digital classroom, schooling has become more interesting for students. The students now live in a world of technology.

They like it very much. So if the teachers are not able to use ICT in their classroom, the students may consider them to be outdated. Moreover, it will be easy for a teacher to help their students’ internalise difficult concepts through ICT. ICT can also bring about a positive revolution in school administration.

How has training being imparted to the teachers on a continuous basis?

We provide training to staff on specific issues that they may face when they teach students. In the beginning of the academic session there will be a week’s rigorous training for all teachers. That helps teachers get updated with the current trends and developments in the field of education. We have a system of evaluating teachers systematically. After the evaluation, if any area is found weak we provide specific training. Now we have finished two full-day workshops for math teachers at different venues on different days. Next week we are planning to take the entire K G teacher to one other place for whole day training. This process goes on throughout the year.

How do you see the proposal of open-book examination system in Standards X and XII in Central Board of Secondary Examination?

If it is practiced positively, it will cater to the concepts of exam. But open book exam will be more difficult for students to answer because they will have to be very clear about all the concepts and theories they have been taught. Getting all questions and answers will not be enough for students.

Please share the innovations planned by the school in the coming years.

This is my fourth year in this school. We have prepared a priority list for 2017.

By 2017 we have decided to reach international standards. The priority of this year is on academic excellence. We plan to reach our students to the top positions in the country. The project will officially start by the end of October 2012.

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Company profile

M Anantha Chary MD Company Name Globarena Technologies Private Limited

CEO VSN Raju

Management Team BSVS Ramachander, P Santosh Kumar, S Ajay Chandra

Address 605-612, 6th Floor, East Block, Swarnajayanthi Complex, Ameerpet, Hyderabad Telephone: +91-40-2375019

Website globarena.com

Regional Office(s) Bangalore, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Pune

Sales and after-sales support +91-40-32212210

Contact Person for clarification Shaik ilyas shaik@globarena.com +91 9951922552

Assessment Solutions and Skill Development Programmes Globarena provides comprehensive, affordable, and quality Learning and Assessment Solutions, that can be deployed in Intranet, Internet, or in the form of Instructor Led Training

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lobarena is part of Charyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Group of Companies, which has businesses in biotechnology, high-end diagnostics, software development and learning solutions. Globarena is a decade old company with prime focus on providing end-to-end Learning and assessment solutions and skill development programmes. The company is located in Hyderabad with our branch offices in major cities across India.

Globarena continuously strives to fulfill its mission of transforming talent by providing skill development programmes to multitude of students aspiring to improve their employability in the global marketplace. Our solutions help educational institutions to increase their faculty effectiveness, improve student engagement, and help corporate to get right talent and increase productivity. Professionals and students also benefit vastly as their skill level and employability get a massive boost. Globarena provides comprehensive, affordable, and quality learning and assessment solutions which can be deployed in Intranet, Internet, or in the form of Instructor Led Training.

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Comprehensive Teaching-Learning Solutions Mexus Education is now serving more than eight lakh students around the world and aims to pioneer many more education changing innovations

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exus Education is India-based educational innovations enterprise of the Bilakhia Group with presence now extended over 15 countries in South Asia, UAE, and Canada. It is a global venture by the Bilakhia Group. Mexus Education is now serving more than 8 lakh students across continents at present and aims to pioneer many more education changing innovations. The company has dedicated team of over 400 professionals, from India’s top institutes like IIT, BITS, NID, top Business Schools, experienced Teachers and child psychologists, involved in research & development in education.

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Products and Services

Anil Goyal, Director (Strategy & Business Development) Rohit Jain; Director – Technology Development Kunal Sharma, Director – Content Development; Saurabh Saxena, Director – Marketing

Iken School Ecosystem: A comprehensive teaching-learning solution blending several instruction and evaluation techniques addressing the concerns of all stakeholders of the schooling domain. Mexus connects with students at every level through: Iken Library – World’s simplest Learning Management System with collection of multiple resource formats to instruct every topic of entire K-12 segment.

Iken Assessments – Instilling continuous& comprehensive evaluation technique by adding element of formative assessment; through quick session-specific quizzes over remotes Iken Virtual School – A school away from school developing collaborative learning society through a virtual network to share resources, announcements, results etc.

Iken Brain-E-Kids – A futuristic pre-school offering theme-based learning to children between age-group of 2-4 years Iken ERP – Holistic activity management platform for schools that offers data recording, management and analysis for optimum utilisation of school resources.

Iken Learning Lab – Activity based learning lab promoting rehearse learning and selflearning through tools like curriculum-based Comic books, experiential learning based conceptual toys, etc.

Iken Activity Lab - To bring out the little scientist in you, we enable you with this innovative offering of “Iken Activity Lab”.

Iken Scientifica–Play, Learn and Win!!! Yes, through ikenScientifica Mexus pioneers to introduce the curriculum of “Design and Technology”.

Company Name

Head Office 601-612, Midas, Sahar Plaza, MV Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai – 400 059

Website mexuseducation.com; ikenstore.com

Regional Office(s) Delhi, Jaipur, Lucknow, Kolkata, Banglore, Bhubaneswar, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Hyderabad

Contact Person for Clarification Sohil Sarkazi, Manager – Research & Development, +91 99043 00731

Customer Support Helpline 1800 300 12244 info@mexuseducation.com

Target Vertical(s): K-12 segment, Franchisee market Achievements • • • •

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Partnered with 2200+ schools to offer Iken Class in Over 6500+ classrooms across the country, over last 2 years.

Iken Assessment System awarded the Best Evaluation Tool at World Education Summit, 2011 Special Jury mention for Best Initiative in Hands-on learning solution provider for schools at the World Education Summit 2012.

Iken Library awarded “Best Digital Content in K-12” at e-India awards – 2011

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enQ India Private Limited is a part of BenQ Corporation, a global leader in design excellence and technological advancement that comes with a brand promise of “Enjoyment Matters”. BenQ is a leading market player in networked digital lifestyle devices through its cutting edge technology innovations and strengths in product design, visual technology and mobile technology. With sales in more than 100 countries, BenQ is a market leader in LCD/LED monitors and projectors. BenQ offers a wide range of products that caters to the varying needs of the customers, right from the entry level to the high-end products. The brand has received global recognition and top international design awards to become the brand of choice for discerning customers around the world.

Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, BenQ has been operating successfully in India for the last 9 years and has established a strong market presence in the LCD displays, LED Monitors and Digital projector categories. BenQ group has over 90,000 employees worldwide and has operations in more than 30 countries. BenQ is the Number one brand in projectors in Indian market in addition to being leader in DLP projector space globally. BenQ is known for its eco-friendly innovations which are showcased in all its products. It is committed to devising new ways for greener digital lifestyle. Since 2008, BenQ is formulating ‘green product guidelines’ to offer greener digital lifestyle devices.

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Products and Services

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AV Equipments, Digital Visualisers, Interactive Response Systems, projectors

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Rajeev Singh Country Head & GM Company Name BenQ India Private Limited

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Education, corporate, government

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BenQ India Private Limited 3rd floor, 9B Building, DLF Cyber City, DLF Phase 3, Gurgaon 122002, Haryana Telephone: +91-124-4501400 www.benq.co.in

Ceeco Technologies Pvt Ltd C-105 Naraina Industrial Area, Phase- I, New Delhi - 110028 Telephone: +91 -11-4765565 Email: contact@intelliclassonline.com www.intelliclassonline.com

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Chalkpad Technologies Pvt Ltd

SCO 160-161, sector 9C ( basement ), Madhya Marg, Chandigarh - 160009 Telephone : +91-172-4372056 Email : info@chalkpad.in Website : www.schoolpad.in www.chalkpad.in

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IL&FS Education & Technology Services Limited IL&FS Financial Centre, C-Quadrant, 3rd Floor, Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra East, Mumbai 400 051 Telephone: +91-22-67809292 Email: kclass@ilfsindia.com www.ilfseducation.com

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NComputing Inc Type II, #14, Dr VSI Estate Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai – 600 041 Telephone: +91-44-64584441 +91-444319888 Fax: +91-44-43198880 Email: ed-india@ncomputing.com www.ncomputing.com

InOpen Technologies Pvt Ltd M-03, SINE Dept, CSRE Building,3rd floor, IIT Bombay, Powaii, Mumbai- 400076 Telephone: +91-22-6454545 Email: info@inopen.in www.inopen.in

Knowledge Horizon E-Learning Pvt Ltd A-4, Varsha Park, S.No.-263, Baner Road, Pune - 411015, Maharashtra, India Telephone: +91-20-32403306; 32403307; +91 9096728353 Email: india@knowledgehorizon.com www.knowledgehorizon.com

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SoftTech Engineers Pvt Ltd

VISIONet Info Solution Private Limited

Station-e Info Services Pvt Ltd

2nd Floor, Knowledge Park, Hiranandani Business Park, Powai, Mumbai- 400 076 Telephone: +91-22-4170190 Email: inmktg@waterford.org www.waterford.org

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Words Worth English Language Lab

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Company profile

Ideas for Life Panasonic has shown a 200 percent growth in the past three years; the company aspires to become India’s largest electronics and durables brand by 2018

H Daizo Ito President

Company Name Panasonic India

Management Team

eadquartered in Osaka, Japan, Panasonic Corporation is a leading global manufacturer of electronic products and solutions for consumer, business and industrial needs based on innovative and energy efficient technologies. With a clear vision to become the number one Green Innovation company in the electronics industry

by FY 2018, Panasonic strongly believes in designing products and solutions keeping the environment in mind. Under its global Eco Ideas umbrella, the company develops energyefficient, state-of-the-art products and encourages customers to live eco-conscious lifestyles with an aim to reduce carbon emissions in households and manufacturing units.

Panasonic in India commenced its operations in India in the year 1972 and has shown a 200 percent growth in the past three years; and visions to become India’s largest electronics and durables brand by 2018. At Panasonic, designers and engineers constantly endeavour to ensure that each evolution of product is better than its previous version by following stringent process to develop products that are more energy efficient, water efficient and durable.

• Workforce of 12,650 people across India currently • Market outreach: Over 134 exclusive Brand Shops pan-India and total 1153 unique service centres to provide one-stop solutions.

Panasonic currently has 28 branch offices and 27 P4 (Panasonic Premium Partner Program) outlets spread across the country.

Products and Services

Toru Hasegawa, MD, SSD; Manish Sharma, MD, Consumer Marketing

Distance Learning Platform, Chalkboards/Whiteboards, AV Equipments, Interactive Whiteboards, Teacher Training solutions

Address

Education, government, corporates

1st Floor, ABW Tower, IFFCO Chowk, MG Road, Sector 25, Gurgaon Telephone: +91-124-6770400 Email: rahul.addy@in.panasonic.com

Website Panasonic.co.in

Contact Person for Clarification Rahul Addy rahul.addy@in.panasonic.com +91 9650105096

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