by Arun Jagannathan Even a decade back, learning in India meant that you attended a regular classroom session, and post classes, if you needed more clarification, you’d either have to wait till the next class, or you’d have to run to the library for extra research.However, today in India, things […]
Month: December 2016
Cambridge English launches mobile learning apps for TKT
Cambridge English Language Assessment (part of the University of Cambridge) through their exams partner, Concepts Edu has launched mobile/online learning apps for the TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test) and the Linguaskill exams on their Flinnt technology platform. TKT is a flexible series of modular teaching qualifications which test one’s knowledge in […]
Orijit Sen transports Biennale visitors to a lost, forgotten past
Renowned graphic artist recreates three historic places from across the country at KMB 2016 Kochi: A discerning sense of place – the little things that make a space special, and unique – is key to Orijit Sen’s practice. India’s best known graphic artist brings this nose for detail to the […]
Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2017 to remain pen-paper based
XAT 2017 to be held on 8th January, 2017 Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2017 will be on the similar pattern like previous years. The entrance test is to follow the Pen-Paper format like every year. It will have four sections (i) Verbal and Logical Ability (ii) Decision Making (iii) Quantitative […]
What after graduation?
by Neeti Sharma Graduating from college is a major milestone. Congratulations on this achievement. When you would have startedcollege you would have felt that you have many years to decide what you want to do after Graduation. While few know from the beginning where they are going after college, most don’t […]
Indian IT sector in 2016 and what the future holds for 2017
by Srividya Kannan The year 2016 witnessed a series of high impact events including slump in oil prices, the impact of Brexit, the results from US elections to the effects of demonetization. Banks and financial institutions slowed down spending and in general, decision making worldwide was extremely slow. Slowdown in China […]
British Council announces the winner of West India finals at IIT Powai Tech Fest
Varun Suresh, Student from NIRRH wins the first place The participants communicated their science ideas to a judging panel in three succinct minutes Winners will compete at India Nationals with the India Finals representing India at FameLab International Grand Finale at the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK in June […]
TV debate is not Wikipedia; Journalism should bring changes: Arnab Goswamy
Arnab Goswami on his new venture Republic and the need to end the hegemony of western media “We are on the brink of biggest dissent, we will refine the global TV, and our dissent will not be limited to India,” said celebrity TV journalist Arnab Goswami. Goswami, while speaking in […]
Book review: A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy
A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy is all about how the creaky government machinery moves only when the lubricant bribe is applied The rule of the game in modern India is very simple, even if the structure it creates is horribly tangled maze. In this country it […]
SV.CO signs pact with DigitalOcean; makes the company its official ‘Cloud Partner’
DigitalOcean to provide cloud credits to SV.CO’s student-entrepreneurs Kochi: In yet another robust and high-profile partnership, SV.CO, the world’s first digital incubator for student startups, has signed an agreement with DigitalOcean, making the American company its official Cloud Partner for its incubation programmes. DigitalOcean is a cloud platform that is […]