There are several avenues for professionals to contribute to Defence Ecosystem after DAP 2020 increased Indigenous Content (IC) requirement for all projects and provided career opportunities in relevant engineering, technology, and national security fields writes Lakshminarayanan K.V The DAP 2020 was a landmark initiative under the “Atmanirbhar Bharat “scheme which seeks to build indigenous capabilities in the complex defence technology …

The next few decades offer India a lifetime opportunity to turn into a hub of high-quality and reasonably priced undergraduate education in all streams where Higher Education institutions can become consulting hubs, and students engage with society and acquire higher-order learning, moving beyond classrooms and contribute to volunteering opportunities writes Dr Naimitya Sharma, Assistant Professor, School of Commerce at NMIMS Chandigarh India …

With exams are around the corner, stress seems to be a common and all-pervasive phenomenon affecting many households, and is being widely spoken about everywhere. Simple techniques and advices how to stay calm during exams are also coming uninvited. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the parents to maintain a sense of calm by encouraging a proportionality of recreational activities …

Six years may not be exactly an epoch but if the period has seen unprecedented disruptive transformation and a whole new technological socioeconomic shift, then yes, the just released ASER 2023 ‘Beyond Basics’ by Mumbai-based Pratham Education Foundation, focusing on adolescents in the age group 14-18 is revealing how this important age group in rural India is shaping up.  No …

For too long, parental aspirations to control career choices for their children have gotten embedded into the societal culture and they have progressively tightened this grip. This transformation has in some ways truncated their choice for the neighborhood part-time tuition freelancer or the tuition ‘centre’ and ensued a migration of their dreams to coaching shops. Acceleration of this trend, in …

This is our second feature on 2024’s pre-budget (interim) expectations on Education and Skills sector based on opinion of a cross-section of ecosystem experts, industry leaders and academicians. The last budget of Modi Govt 2.0 still looks an opportunity for potential introduction of the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI), increased allocations to flagship initiatives like Samagra Shiksha, Eklavya Model …