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Educomp eyes USA
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The real Mr ‘Chips’ HE is a teacher by profession, an engineer by training, a social worker by orientation and a patriot at heart. This year’s Microsoft Innovative Teacher Leadership Award winner from India, Mr Sita Ram Bansal, is quite an interesting personality. A serving teacher at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Maseethan (Kapurthala), 38-year-old Mr Bansal represented India at Seoul and won the award. There were 113 other teachers from Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea and Indonesia at this recent event. Jubilant over his success, Mr Bansal recalls: “I was assessed for the following—use of technology as a teacher, giving help to students for technical-aided learning, using computers in school administration, helping colleagues in making them IT-savvy, IT-based contribution towards society and documented community work (which was on creating awareness about HIV/AIDS).” Attributing his success to Microsoft’s Project Shiksha, he says that it all became possible because of IT training sessions conducted by the software giant. Entailing an India investment of $ 20 million, Project Shiksha delivers affordable software solutions, comprehensive training and curriculum to the education community. Turning down all offers to work abroad as a teacher for personal gains, Mr Bansal, who is a qualified electrical engineer, says that he would like to remain in India and help make Indian children IT-savvy. “President Kalam’s pledge is to make India a developed country by 2020. I will contribute my mite to help his vision come true,” he says with a glint of patriotism in his eyes. Prod him further and you realise that the feeling of patriotism is deeply embedded in him. He has spent more than Rs 50,000 on his own to study the Indian Freedom Movement. His research is self-driven and has converted struggle-for-Independence photographs into the digital format. These may soon find a place in the technology museum at Kapurthala. “I had a talk with the Deputy Commissioner, Kapurthala, in this regard,” he says and adds that he plans to float a website on the Indian revolution by mid-2006.” |
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Educomp eyes USA
CHANDIGARH: Educomp Solutions Ltd., one of India's education companies dealing in e-education, has chalked out expansion plans targeting the overseas education market. Over the next year, the company's major focus area will be expansion of its global business with a focus on the world's largest education market-the US. The expansion plan of Educomp will be funded by an initial public offer of Rs 50 crore. The company plans to go public to raise funds through the IPO (Initial Public Offer) route. The IPO is slated to hit the market this month. Headquartered in New Delhi, Educomp employs more than 900 professionals and has a presence in 27 locations in India. It is a fully owned subsidiary in the US. It aims to be among the top 10 learning solution companies worldwide by 2010. With a turnover of Rs 32 crore during 2004-2005, Educomp is looking to increase its turnover to Rs 51 crore this financial year. — TNS
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Campus Notes Punjabi University, Patiala Studying miniature painting
The Department of Fine Arts has successfully introduced miniature painting as a new subject. Miniature painting has its roots in the ancient art and cultural history of India. The students of the department have shown a deep interest in miniature and its possibilities. Some works of students were displayed in the gallery of the Department of Fine Arts in Kala Bhavan. The young artists had tried to capture the flavour of the miniature. Distinctive scale of colours, graceful flowing lines, exquisite and ensnaring contours were brought to life by wonderful brush of the artists. The neatness of various colours cast a spell on viewers. Material, method and subject matter are found in old Sanskrit texts, illustrated Buddhists palm leaf manuscripts while Mughal, Rajasthani, Pahaari and Sikh miniature paintings portray the rich cultural heritage of the country. Seminar held
A seminar on 'Science and Technical Education in Rural Areas - Limitations and Perspectives' was organised by the Indian Science Congress Association (Patiala Chapter) and the Punjab Academy of Sciences. It's aim was to provide scientific and technical education for all-round development of people in rural areas. The objective to take science out of cities to facilitate quality education for poor rural youth was stressed upon. The proceedings were dominated by concern over the widening gap between the urban and rural areas in the educational arena. The participants focused on making attempts to understand problems faced by the rural society and to provide better facilities to enhance education. Dr S.K. Salwan, Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, stressed upon the need to develop infrastructure, change in social attitude and basic education in rural areas. Dr O.P. Vajpayee, Director, NIE, Chandigarh, Industrialist and telecom expert, Mr V.M. Trehan and Dr R.D. Anand also spoke at the seminar. Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar Founder's day at school
"If we wish to have peace and development in society, we need to follow the principles of Mahatma Gandhi," said the HAU Vice-Chancellor, Ms Asha Sharma, at a function organised at the HAU Campus School to celebrate its founder's day. "In the present scenario, it is needed that the feelings of non-violence and patriotism were inculcated in the young generation at the school level," she said. Ms Sharma paid rich tributes to the school founder and HAU's first Vice-Chancellor, Mr A. L. Fletcher. A colourful cultural programme was also organised on the occasion. — Contributed by Rubinder Gill and Sunit Dhawan. |
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