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5 New Things About Distance Educations In INDIA

2019-05-28T22:50:00.003-07:00

Here are five things that you must know If you're planning to pursue your higher education through distance learning in India..

Know About That 5 Things About Distance Education In India

1. Indira Gandhi National Open University

2.Distance Education Bureau (DEB) of the University Grants Commission (UGC.)

3.A traditional open university like IGNEOUS

4.Karnataka State Open University (K SOU)

5.different universities/institues

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5 Online Educational Trend to Watch in India in 2017

2019-05-28T22:27:00.002-07:00

Online education in India has been on an upward swing in the last few years and the trend is expected to continue in 2017 as well - maybe at a much accelerated pace.more details please click that below link
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Online education the next biggest thing in India

2015-12-18T09:21:00.002-08:00

According to industry experts, the future of education in India will depend on online courses.

Currently, online training in India focuses equally on both school and college-based courses as well as mid-level professional courses.

The education sector in India is no longer bound to just classrooms. Thanks to new start-ups and higher internet and smartphone penetration, the online learning space in India is growing manifold.

The e-learning market in India is estimated to be around $3 billion. The central government's efforts to make digital learning available to students in every corner of the country is also aiding the sector.

For instance, Bengaluru-based Entranceindia provides practice papers for all engineering and medical entrance tests in India. The company aims to help students focus on the right subjects and contents rather than swim blindly in an ocean of study materials available across different media. Also, they focus on convenience-based training because online capability enables students to get access to subjects anytime and anywhere.

“A major set back of Indian education system is the delay to update syllabus. Hence, in future, rather than obtaining a three-year degree course from a tier-1 or tier-2 city in India, there will be more takers for a professional course that is updated with the current industry demands,” said Krishna Kumar, founder of an online training start-up Simplilearn.

According to studies, India and China will lead the growth in project management roles, generating about 4 million and 8.1 million roles, respectively, by 2020. Hence, the business looks to grow from now on.

Another reason why online training will gain momentum is because of the need for re-skilling, For instance, about a decade ago, all that a software professional was required to know were programming languages. Now these professionals need to update themselves on other aspects like big data analytics and cloud computing. Better salary hikes and promotions are also the reasons why people undertake new courses.

A lot of start-ups are already setting their foot in what they think will be the next big thing in India after e-commerce. While some companies like Simplilearn and Intellipaat look to generate content, especially aiming at mid-level professionals, others like Learnsocial plays more of an aggregator role. These companies also offer blended classes, integrating both online and offline experience, along with self-take courses.

Though a majority of their users are from India, these portals have seen a significant number of users from abroad also.

Bengaluru-based Simplilearn offers more than 200 certification courses in project management, information technology service management, Microsoft certification, quality management and financial management.

The company has over 300 courses across 150 countries, with over 600 employees and has trained over 200,000 professionals across the globe.

Intellipaat, started in 2011, provides online training to IT professionals including corporate training, and self-paced courses and offers over 80 technological courses across different domains. According to chief executive officer Diwakar Chittora, the company is witnessing almost a 1,000% increment in terms of growth. The company caters to corporates like Genpact, Ericsson,Sony, CISCO, TCS, Wipro, and Tata Communications among others.

Hyderabad-based Learnsocial is a six-month old company and works on an aggregator model. It aims to cater to both mid-level profeesionals and students alike.

“We want to become the Amazon of online learnning. We want to provide thousands of posts on learnsocial.com, aggregating content from various experts, content houses or universities,” says founder Raju Vanapala. Learnsocial has close to 200,000 users and has trained more than 1,100 learners. For More Informations Click On Link The education sector in India .

Distance Learning MBA

2013-09-27T02:56:00.001-07:00

The Bradford Distance-Learning MBA allows you to study at a time, place and pace to suit you. This programme is ideal if you need to combine work and family commitments with your studies, giving you the flexibility to complete your MBA in two to six years.You’ll join an international network of over 500 distance-learning students, which means you’ll never be studying alone. Students get all the benefits of being part of a leading "triple crown" business school with access to our unique online learning, careers and support services from around the world.

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2013-09-27T02:48:00.003-07:00

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Online Master of Business Administration [MBA- Two year]

2013-09-21T04:41:00.001-07:00

Overview:

Online Master of Business Administration for 2 years is a complete professional study designed for students looking for higher studies and working professionals. The program takes the student through various major areas of mastering business.

Eligibility:

Graduation/DBA/Diploma/Equivalent

Duration:

Two Year (4 Semesters)

Syllabus:

I Semester 1. Principles & Practices of Management 2. Human Resources Management 3. Financial Management 4. Marketing Management 5. Organisational Behaviour 6. Principles of Economics Assignment	II Semester 1. International Law 2. Strategic Management 3 Business English 4. Management Information System 5. Elective I Part I 6. Elective I Part II Assignment Case study Project

III Semester 1. Management Research 2. Quality Systems Management 3. Business Environment 4. Quantitative Techniques for Business Analysis 5. Managerial Economics 6. Service Marketing Assignment	IV Semester 1. International Trade Management 2. Banking Management 3. Information Technology 4. Perspective Management 5. Elective II Part 1 6. Elective II Part 2 Assignment Case study Project

Program Fee:

INR 34,000/-

Fee in Detail:

Methods	Registration Fee (Rs.)	Program Fee (Rs.)	Total Fee (Rs.)
I. Lumpsum Payment Scheme (Along with the filled up application)	5,000	29,000	34,000
II. Installment Scheme
(a) Along with the filled up Application Form (First Installment)	5,000	21,000	26,000
(b) One Month after enrollment (Second Installment)		10,000	10,000
Grand Total (a) + (b)			36,000

Note: Students residing outside India need to pay an additional fee of Rs.8000/- towards courier charges

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Online Master of Business Administration [MBA-One year]

2013-09-21T04:32:00.001-07:00

Online Master of Business Administration for 1 year is designed for working professionals as well as for students looking for higher studies. The program takes the student through various major areas of study to be a master of business.

Eligibility:

Graduation/Diploma/Equivalent

Duration:

One Year (2 Semesters)

Syllabus:

I Semester
1. Principles & Practices of Management
2. Human Resources Management
3. Financial Management
4. Marketing Management
5. Organisational Behaviour
6. Principles of Economics
Assignment

II Semester
1. International Law
2. Strategic Management
3. Business English
4. Management Information System
5. Elective I Part I
6. Elective I Part II
Assignment
Case study Project

Program Fee:

INR 20,000/-

Fee in Detail:

Methods	Registration Fee (Rs.)	Program Fee (Rs.)	Total Fee (Rs.)
I. Lumpsum Payment Scheme (Along with the filled up application)	3,000	17,000	20,000
II. Installment Scheme
(a) Along with the filled up Application Form (First Installment)	3,000	12,000	15,000
(b) One Month after enrollment (Second Installment)		7,000	7,000
Grand Total (a) + (b)			22,000

Note: Students residing outside India need to pay an additional fee of Rs.4000/- towards courier charges

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Online MBA Institute in India

2013-09-21T04:23:00.002-07:00

National Institute of Business Management is a premier online mba institute in India rendering Business Administration Courses in Correspondence and Online modes.

We have a host of optimum curriculum that works best in the current professional scenario in the study of MBA, DBA, Executive and PGDBA. The Institute believes that 'Creativity and Knowledge' is the courage to know and we ensure that on learning with us people gain an invincible winning edge to confront with today's competitive world.

With NIBM Business Administration courses, we are committed to offer a wide range of career-building, online programs in business management and the related areas for working executives and students. Our MBA courses in India leverages the internet-based technologies and the latest advancements in instructional design, learning technologies and educational tools to create interesting, engaging, and industry-oriented content delivered by committed, expert faculty from leading business schools and industry.

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YCM Open University

2013-08-23T04:40:00.002-07:00

Maharashtra has a long and rich tradition of educational reforms. Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Bhaurao Patil, Swami Ramanand Teerth and other great thinkers and reformers have contributed to educational philosophy and movement in the state. It was therefore appropriate that the state realized the need of an open university, The university was established on 1^st July, 1989 through Act XX of 1989 of the Maharashtra State Legislature, justly named after Yashwantrao Chavan, Maharashtra’s great political leader and builder of modern Maharashtra.

Due to statutory powers conferred by an act XX (1989) of Maharashtra state legislature and the recognition by the ‘University Grants Commission of India’, this university is fully empowered to award various academic certifications like certificates, diplomas, and graduate, post-graduate, doctoral degrees. This university also takes all precautions, at all programme stages from ‘Curriculum Design’ to ‘Examination’, to ensure that the standards and quality of, education and examinations are preserved. The curriculum of these programmes is designed for Equivalence, with respective similar academic programmes, offered by other statutory universities of various states.University also provides many different diploma or certificates, which may or may not be equivalent to any other such certificates. These certificates will motivate students for self-study, as their learning efforts will be recognized by the university after short duration. These certificates will be provided only when, student requests for it along with attested photocopies of Mark-Sheets confirming successful completion of the required courses in end examination. No convocation shall be necessary for issue of these certificates.
All architecture graduate and post-graduate programmes are duly recognized and approved by the “Council of Architecture (CoA)”. Hence, after successful completion of the graduate degree programme (that is, B.Arch.), student can register with the “Council of Architecture (CoA)”. Student shall be entitled to practice as an architect after such registration. For all engineering diploma and degree programmes, where equivalence status is not explicitly mentioned, university has already initiated recognition and equivalence procedures, with appropriate authorities like “Board of Technical Education” or “All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)”. University will publish the results of these recognition and equivalence procedures on the official web site, as and when they are available. All these degree and post-graduate degree programmes are duly recognized and approved by the ‘University Grant Commission (UGC)’. Hence, these programmes are equivalent to the respective programmes offered by any other statutory university in India, for the purpose of employment, promotion and further education. In this respect, the status of this university is at par with all other statutory universities ofIndia.

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Distance BEd courses In Kolkata

2013-08-23T04:28:00.000-07:00

With 30,000 teachers without a BEd degree, West Bengal carves a sorry picture. Thus, seven state universities have been asked to start BEd courses in distance learning with Netaji Subhas Open University (NSOU) as the nodal university.

Seven universities have been asked to start B.Ed courses in distance learning while Netaji Subhas Open University (NSOU) has been proposed to be made the nodal university.

NSOU is the only state open university and hence the government has decided to entrust it with the duty to supervise the BEd in distance learning courses to be offered by other universities. "All in service teachers do not have a BEd degree. In the existing strength around 30,000 teachers are non trained.

So, the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has made amendment in the existing act and made it mandatory for all schoolteachers to hold a BEd degree. The government needs to impart the training within March 31, 2015. As a result, it is looking for ways to train the teachers and hence the arrangement has been made," said a source who was present in the meeting with education minister Bratya Basu on Monday.

The government has pegged the number of untrained teachers at around 60,000, including a projected figure of 30,000 teachers who will be recruited in the next two years. "Apart from the existing 30,000 teachers, the state government has projected another 30,000 teachers who will be recruited in the next two years till 2014 and may not hold the requisite degree. Thus, combining the existing and future teachers, around 60,000 will have to be trained and awarded a B.Ed degree," said a higher education department official.

To deal with the matter, the government has formed a core committee which will convene a meeting soon. Subhashankar Sarkar, vice-chancellor of NSOU, will be the chairman of the committee. The committee comprises the head of the department of education of 11 different universities, one faculty member from each university, one representative from IGNOU, one from NSOU, one faculty member from each government teacher's training college as well principals and retired teachers. The chairman of the committee is Subhashankar Sarkar, VC of NSOU. A report from time to time will have to be handed over to the government by the committee.

"We will have to procure an NCTE permission, get approval for distance education and chalk out the modalities of implementing the decision," said a source. The entire cost of training 60,000 teachers will be around Rs 24 crore and will be borne by the state government.

Meanwhile, the West Bengal Higher Secondary Council has decided on the dates for holding practical examinations. "Till last year, we specified a date range during which the practicals had to be held. However, this year onwards we have mentioned the exact dates for the exam," said Moloy Roy, joint secretary of the council. He added,

"We have also extended the final date of submitting registration forms to November 30," said Moloy Roy, joint secretary of the council.which earlier was till third week of September."

The council took the decision since last year major trouble broke out after many schools held the practical examinations way ahead or later than the dates mentioned by the council. "The reason why we have been forced to extend the dates for registration is because more than 200 schools have failed to submit registration forms for their students. We are bound to consider their case as it involves the future of students," Roy added.

Uttar Pradesh RajarshiTandon Open University (UPRTOU) Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University admission process to end by Sept 15

2013-08-23T04:23:00.000-07:00

Uttar Pradesh RajarshiTandon Open University (UPRTOU) authorities have declared that all the first and second year students who wrote semester or annual exams in June this year could take admission in the second and third year respectively without waiting for the declaration of results.

The decision was taken by vice-chancellor Prof A K Bakshi. The last date for admission to second or third year is September 15. "There were many queries from students regarding admission to the second or third year. As such students concerned are advised to fill in their admission forms and submit it along with fee to their study centres before Septembers 15," said Prof Bakhshi.

Varsity's press release made it clear that no forms would be accepted after the above-mentioned date. The admission brochure along with admission form was available at 531 study centres and five regional centres spread across the state. The admission form can also be downloaded from the university website i.e. www.uprtou.ac.in.

Prof Bakhshi also said that UPRTOU now conducts round the year admission system and new students can also apply for admission to the July session by September 15.

UPRTOU, the sole open university of the state, offers more than 70 courses through open and distance education (ODE) mode which has a number of advantages such as no age restrictions for admission, flexibility, unlimited seats, admission from home, round the year admission, delivery of self learning materials (SLMs) at home, and convenience to learn at your own pace etc.

Bangalore University , Now, download your degree certificate

2013-08-23T04:18:00.001-07:00

Bangalore University students can now download their degree certificates and use it till they get the original ones.
Launching the online certificate portal on Wednesday, Bangalore University vice chancellor N Prabhu Dev said that it was a first-of-its-kind initiative.

"This is to enable students of all affiliated colleges, who are eligible to receive their convocation certificate, access their certificate online without personally visiting the institution or the university," he said.

Students can download the certificate within two hours if they provide the required documents. The original certificate will be sent through post to their address within a month.

"During the first phase, only students who have completed their degree in 2010 will be eligible to apply for the convocation certificate. In the second phase, all students, including previous and forthcoming years, will be able to access this service," he said.

Prabhu Dev added that from next year, the convocation certificate will bear the photo of the student.

The e-convocation certificate generated during the first phase will be valid till March 31, 2011.

Bangalore University had tied up with MeritTrac Services and HDFC Bank to start this service.

HOW TO GO ABOUT IT

Students can access this service by clicking the relevant link on the BU website: www.bub.ernet.in.

Upon accessing this link, students will be asked to feed their BU registration number, and provide personal details (address, contact information, etc). They have the option to either make an online payment or pay through demand draft (DD).

In the first phase, students can make online payment either through DD or credit card. Later, even net banking and debit card will be accepted. Students should make an online payment of Rs317. Once the payment is successful and the transaction authorized by BU officials, the e-convocation certificate will be generated in preview mode.

Subsequently, after confirmation, the final certificate will be generated and available for the student to print or download.

NEW DOMAIN

Students can now access Bangalore University's new website: wwww.bengaluruuniversity.com to get information about the varsity. On Wednesday, Bangalore university released the beta version of its new website. The site has information on department, centre, students, distance education, constituent colleges, notifications, affiliated colleges and important links. The website has links that provide information on calendar of events for PG and UG courses, fee structure, exam timetable and eligibility criteria of all the courses.

E-BOOKS

At least 41,800 books have gone missing from Bangalore University so far. In an attempt to control thefts, the university library committee has decided to fix Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags to every book in the library. Besides, BU has purchased 15,742 e-books published between 2005 and 2010 from Springer publishers at a cost of nearly Rs one crore. The e-books can be accessed from BU library website. Users can search for the e-books with their one keyword and they will get the results from the entire collection.

All BU-affiliated colleges can use the available e-resource by enrolling as institutional members to the library, paying Rs 10,000 for annual membership.

Madras University Distance Education In INDIA

2013-08-23T04:07:00.002-07:00

Madras University Is Most Usefull For Indian Students & all Of Indians. Chennai : The University of Madras has decided to stop concessions for disabled candidates and prisoners who pursue courses in its Institute of Distance Education (IDE). The fee concessions were introduced by the previous vice-chancellor, G Thiruvasagam.

Academics said the decision is ironical at a time when the state government has prioritized the challenge of improving Gross Enrollment Rate (GER). A senior professor said IDE has been helpful in attracting more students into a variety of undergraduate, postgraduate and professional courses being offered in its distance mode. IDE offers 109 courses with over 100 examination centres in India and abroad.

While disabled students and prisoners have been enjoying a full exemption of tuition fee and special fares in IDE programmes, women candidates, former graduates of the university, defense personnel, teachers and journalists were given 25% fee concession for distance education courses.

A senior syndicate member said the decision was unilateral and without any stated reason. "Instead of seeking permission from the syndicate, vice-chancellor R Thandavan informed the syndicate about the decision by an advisory committee," he said. Incidentally, Thandavan heads the advisory committee of IDE that decides the performance and excellence of the wing.

Former VC G Thiruvasagam said fee concessions, approved by UGC, were introduced as part of a larger social welfare measure and a national plan to increase GER from 18.1% to 25.2% by 2017. "It is the responsibility of a state university to strengthen the public education network. It was one of the measures to make higher education more accessible to weaker sections. The idea of giving fee concession for differently abled, prisoners, women and similar categories was implemented as per a a UGC directive to improve GER," he said.

VC Thandavan was not available for comment.

In Tamil Nadu, lakhs of students pursue correspondence courses from Indira Gandhi National Open University, Annamalai University, Madurai Kamaraj University, University of Madras and Alagappa University.

Academics said the decision is ironical at a time when the state government has prioritized the challenge of improving gross enrollment rate.

Education for all Indian students opting for open online courses

2013-08-23T03:55:00.002-07:00

BANGALORE: A large number of Indian students are accessing Ivy League content through Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) that provides free access to best-in-class education taught by faculty at top universities.top universities like Stanford, Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for free.

Microsoft Research India has rolled out a pilot project with Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) for a MOOC-like experiment blending online education with classroom learning. As part of its Massively Empowered Classroom project, Microsoft Research is offering free online certification on algorithm, design and analysis (ADA) for engineering students.

Two thousand students across 27 engineering colleges have enrolled for the semester-long programme so far. "The recent excitement for MOOC is subtle and obvious. Technology has made students the centre of learning as opposed to constrained by a classroom," said P Anandan, MD of Microsoft Research India. The course offers video lectures, online quizzes and tests at the end of each topic. Top ten students will get an opportunity to intern at Microsoft Research besides getting a certification from them.

A clutch of startups like Coursera, Udacity and Khan Academy provide new ways to connect, collaborate and share information leading to new-age pedagogy. US-based Coursera founded by computer science professors -- Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller from Stanford University -- offers over 300 courses from 20 categories including engineering, humanities, medicine and mathematics created by 62 varsities from 16 countries.

"MOOCs can be a great way to supplement formal higher education as well as to gain cross-functional knowledge. It opens up access to quality content thereby democratising higher education. over 3 lakh Indian students have enrolled to MOOCs in the last few months," said Antony Alex, CEO of Rainmaker, test management company focused on the legal ecosystem.

With an estimated 150 million people in the age group of 18-23 years, the educational sector offers one of the most attractive, yet highly complex market for the private and foreign players, said a recent Deloitte report. Currently, the government spends around 3.8% of its GDP on education. Less than 1% of the $38 billion of the government spend on education was towards capital expenditure in 2008-09, it said.

However, many educationists feel MOOC will transform the way higher education is delivered in the country. "We expect to see more partnerships between MOOC providers and Indian universities wherein MOOC courses are integrated with existing Indian courses in a "flipped classroom" framework, for both on-campus as well as distance learning programmes," said Raj Chakrabarti, professor of systems engineering in Carnegie Mellon University. He and his colleague Anisha Ghosh have started The Academic Financial Trading Platform (AFTP), the MOOC platform dedicated exclusively to business education.

Last November, AFTP launched its first course -- investment analysis. Professor Christian Julliard of the London School of Economics is teaching AFTP's second course - Macroeconomics, which launches in June 2013.

Chakrabarti says that Indian students can leverage on MOOC to stay competitive. "Given the limited capacity of seats at top US and Indian universities, these features enhance the competitive edge of Indian students in the global job market and improves their chances of admission to top US and European colleges and graduate schools," he added.

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2013-08-19T03:52:00.001-07:00

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Medical Transcription field.

2012-08-21T11:18:00.000-07:00

Medical Transcription is one of the fastest growing fields in health care. Medical Transcriptionists are in demand in Western countries especially in the US where the entire healthcare industry is based on insurance and detailed medical records are needed for processing insurance claims. Medical transcription could be one of the speedy growing IT enabled service in India also, with the rapid change in the outlook in Indian healthcare and privatization of the insurance sector. India provides an ideal location for conducting medical transcription with the large population of educated English speaking people and the comparative low cost which encourages companies abroad to outsource their work to the Indian Medical Transcription field.

Medical transcription is an interesting and challenging career. It is the process whereby one accurately and swiftly transcribes medical records dictated by doctors and others, including history and physical reports, clinic notes, office notes, operative reports, consultation notes, discharge summaries, letters, psychiatric evaluations, laboratory reports, x-ray reports and pathology reports. M.T. or Medical Transcriptionist is a person who assists physicians and specialty surgeons usually by transcribing, formatting, and proof reading their dictated medically oriented report of a patient's health history. This dictation covers pretty much everything that takes place between the health care provider and the patient. Usually, the information dictated by doctors is recorded either into tape or onto digital voice processing systems. The process of medical transcription is transferring this information using word processing. Transcription services range from small, one-person home-based businesses to sophisticated, high-tech corporations which employ transcriptionists. Some medical transcription services now employ both 'on-site' and home-based medical transcriptionists. Medical transcription services serve client hospitals throughout the nation and abroad.

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In India there was a boom in this industry couple of years back with a lot of companies and training institutes entering this field. Most companies except a few could not survive due to lack of proper training and understanding of this comparatively new concept in India. By improving the work standards and quality of service, India has a wide scope for capturing the huge clientele in the US and provide employment opportunities to the huge mass of English speaking and computer literate people in the country. The success of the surviving companies proves that Medical transcription can hold a vital link in altering the Indian job scenario.

E-way to learning

2012-08-21T11:14:00.000-07:00

Everything around us is getting digitised and so is the education system. Ishan Gupta tells you how online knowledge programmes have gained popularity with working professionals who want to pursue further studies for better job prospects
Online education in India has grown at a rapid speed, making it one of the most talked about concepts in the education sector. Due to the challenges of the present education system, there is a growing realisation that problems like delivery, assessments and general consumption of information can be addressed by leveraging technology.
Different schools of thought exist in this regard. While one possesses the view that online education is growing but can’t match the importance of offline learning, the other appreciates and accepts the newer trends emerging in the space.
As a working professional, up-skilling oneself is a challenge because one does not really want to stop working and get back to studying. And it is because of this need that online education works very efficiently. It gives enough flexibility to professionals to enhance their skills while pursuing their full time job. This keeps professionals abreast with the latest information of their respective industries as well as updated with ongoing advancements.
Also, the process of shifting from one industry to another becomes easier as one can easily gain industry relevant knowledge while working and shift immediately after they have gained the relevant know-how of the newer industry. This is a more time saving and cost effective approach to one's career prospects. For instance, the Taj Group of Hotels had a tie up with the Swiss hospitality institute Glion Institute of Higher Education for online training of their managerial employees.
Online education has become a fantastic alternative and the growing awareness of various online courses is enticing more and more students to opt for this mode of study. The reason behind pursuing education through an online medium is different for each one; some do it to up-skill themselves while others do it to gain accreditation from renowned universities worldwide in order to build better qualifications from the convenience of their home. It is also a more cost effective and faster form of learning.
Though online education is at its nascent stage in India as compared with other countries, there is indeed an immense potential for this industry to grow. According to the report by Business Standard it is estimated that the e-learning market is going to see a whopping rise in the years to come.
According to industry experts, by 2014 the e-learning market will be a whopping Rs .2.5 lakh crore. The best part about the e-learning domain is that it is not restrictive; students from all walks of life can pursue online courses.
Studies show that students from Tier II and Tier III cities are responding immensely well to the online education and are taking sincere initiatives to enhance their skills by undertaking relevant courses.
Another reason mounting to the success of online education is the preference of the students to learn at their own pace. Additionally, for people who have erratic working hours, the preference for the online medium of education rises as they feel comfortable in pursuing a degree of their own choice at their own pace.
Therefore, education players in the market are not only offering interesting courses, but also provide unique services like telephonic support, online chat, networking forums and communication platforms to enhance the level of learning. Such innovative services are leveraging technology and pushing the scope of online education amongst potential audiences.
Online education has already penetrated the Indian culture. Many education players have understood the scope of this growing industry and are therefore venturing into the online education space. They sincerely believe that education can no more be confined to the four walls of the classroom; rather it is beyond this cliched system. The education parameters and standards have advanced to great heights and are all set to bring about a radical change in the ideologies and acceptance levels of the people.
To sum it up, it can be aptly said that no module of learning can ever be labeled as ‘perfect’. Rather it is the changing times that dictate the new patterns of learning. At this juncture, it is online education that is galloping effectively and is all set to change the education scenario. A famous American scholar Will had said: “Education is the transmission of civilisation.” Hence, it is apparent that education system ought to adapt itself to needs of the time and change

Affordable Rural Education Centers

2012-08-21T11:13:00.000-07:00

Grameen Koota, in partnership with Hippocampus Learning Centres, opens new, affordable rural education centres seeking improved school results for very low-income children

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In June 2011, Grameen Koota piloted 18 education centers in rural Karnataka (near Bangalore), Inda with learning programs for pre-school, primary and high school children. Grameen Koota’s field staff worked tirelessly to identify villages with low access to quality affordable education, adequate households to meet enrolment targets, and cultural acceptance for children from different backgrounds to study together. Within the first month and a half, over 600 children enrolled across the three programs in 18 centers.
The pilot showcased that quality education can be offered for as low as $2.50 per month, by using technology, video based coaching and low cost education materials. However, several challenges such as competition with government Anganwadi programs, low-availability of quality teachers, and timing of center rollouts led the team to fall short of enrollment targets by 50%. The centers are expected to achieve operational breakeven within the second year, and breakeven of subsequent centers should be achieved within a shorter timeframe.
Grameen Koota has shared a detailed business plan showcasing learnings and challenges from this pilot, allowing other organizations to assess the viability of rolling out a similar program on their own.
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About Grameen Koota

Grameen Koota is the microfinance arm of Grameen Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. (GFSPL) with operations across Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Beginning in 1999, Grameen Koota adapted the Grameen Bank’s group lending methodology of microfinance to the Indian setting and steadily groomed a class of mature and financially literate women entrepreneurs. Today, the organization offers a wider variety of financial services including micro-credit and micro-insurance, and non-financial services include vocational training, education and health awareness.

About Hippocampus Learning Centres

Hippocampus Learning Centres (HLC) establishes learning centres in villages offering preschool and after school programs to age groups from 3 years to 10 years with the aim of improving a child’s capacity to learn and do better in school. HLC hires woman from the local community as teachers, trains them to run the centres and provides them ongoing support. HLC intends to make these ongoing sustainable community enterprises and also achieve financial sustainability as an organization. HLC is based in Bangalore, India

The future of e-learning in India

2012-08-21T11:08:00.001-07:00

According to IDC, the revenue earned worldwide from e-learning was $6 billion in 2003. That’s expected to rise to $21 billion by 2008. Nasscom reports that Indian companies will get revenues of $7 million to $9 million by end-2005.

As is apparent from the above figures, the Indian e-learning market is still at a nascent stage. But thanks to an increasing emphasis on honing individual skills, e-learning is slowly becoming popular in India.

State of e-learning

e-learning permits the delivery of knowledge and information to learners at an accelerated pace, opening up new vistas of knowledge transfer.

Early adopters are companies that have tried to supplement face-to-face meetings, demonstrations, training classes and lectures with this technology. “The adoption of e-learning in all spheres—corporates, schools, universities, etc—is low at present. The Indian market is not substantial when compared to the international market which is worth about $6 billion to $7 billion,” says Harish Joshy, Vice-president of LionBridge Technologies, an e-learning player.

e-learning in India has been most successful in the corporate segment where it is seen as a means of achieving business goals and motivating employees.

Virtual universities

Countries without university education can access universities in other countries via the Web, a solution much cheaper than building university infrastructure.

In underdeveloped countries, e-learning can raise the level of education, literacy and economic development. This is especially true for countries where technical education is expensive, opportunities are limited, and economic disparities exist.

However, one of the problems with e-learning in India is the lack of course content, especially outside the mainstream focus areas of IT education, English-language content, and tutorial-like courses. There will be high demand for people who can develop multi-lingual courseware that addresses various topics. Gartner says that one of the top 10 positions among Global 1000 companies of the future will be that of an online learning designer.

LionBridge has recognised two types of requirements for e-learning—one is a catalogue for courses which is quite generic in nature and can be used by everyone; for example, a course on Microsoft Excel or PowerPoint. The second type is customised development such as product training for a specific customer.


A traditional learning structure does not guarantee the delivery of a consistent message, whereas consistency is assured in e-learning Albert Lewis Head Products, Strategy & Business Excellence Tata Interactive Services	We wish to reach out to every computer user who wishes to create his own content, enhance it using multimedia, and share it with others Gautam Goradia Managing Director Remittag Software

Advantages of e-learning

Nothing can replace traditional classroom teaching, but e-learning complements the process and can help reach out to the masses. Says Gautam Goradia, Managing Director of Remittag Software Company, “There are several companies that are working towards e-learning in India. Our product focus is on providing simple, cost-effective e-learning tools for individuals. We wish to reach out to every computer user who wishes to create his own content, enhance it using multimedia, append to it as and when information changes, share it with others, and make effective use of the same for self-learning as well as to teach others.”

The biggest advantage of e-learning lies in its ability to cover distances. For an organisation that is spread across multiple locations, traditional training becomes a constraint. All trainees need to come to a classroom to get trained. Additionally, the trainee’s learning pace is not addressed as all trainees are treated as having equal abilities and there is little flexibility in terms of timing and completion of the course.

“The major advantage is the consistency that e-learning provides. e-learning is self-paced, and learning is done at the learner’s pace. The content can be repeated until it is understood by the trainee. It can be made compelling and interesting with multimedia, and the trainee can be given multiple learning paths depending on his or her needs,” explains Joshy.

Albert Lewis, Head, Products, Strategy and Business Excellence, Tata Interactive Services (TIS), points out that “A traditional learning structure does not guarantee the delivery of a consistent message, whereas consistency is assured in e-learning.”

Trends in e-learning
Business-to-employee initiatives will address e-learning	Companies will build B2E intranets or corporate portals to conduct business with employees, and provide them self-service for access to benefits, forms and information. B2E capabilities will become increasingly important tools for recruitment, retention, and employee-relationship management.
e-learning will extend to customers	CRM initiatives might include customer education. According to Gartner, companies can use e-learning to introduce new products, educate customers in self-service techniques, and compare competitors’ products and services.
Simulation, gaming and interactivity will enrich e-learning	Research shows that student understanding and retention improves when they learn by experience. Technologies such as collaboration, interactivity, modelling, simulations, virtual reality interfaces and gaming will help students experience the skill while being taught.
There will never be enough of the right skills	Along with technologies and business practices, some skills are changing so quickly that they’re outdated within a few months of introduction. In addition, the number and range of skills required of the average employee is increasing.

Every person a creator

In a market such as India where the concept is still new, one crucial element that will make a difference in generating a good response is marketing. This not only holds true for segments such as government and education, but for the corporate sector as well. Experts are of the view that there needs to be a mindset for the adoption of e-learning.

The other point is content. If content providers are giving off-the-shelf content, there should be scope for customisation since each organisation has its own needs.

Goradia believes that every individual must be treated as a potential creator of content. Each one of us must have specialised tools that would help us create well-structured content, allow us to append information, and not make us totally dependent on external sources for content.

Bottomline: the Indian market is still young, but it will continue to adopt the concept of e-learning in order to meet its communication needs and seize business opportunities.

Online Tutoring In India Beginning To Take Off In A Big Way!

2012-08-21T10:53:00.000-07:00

Knowledge commands, and knowledge is power, is what we all know. Online tutoring is starting to take off in a big way these days. Many online portals are starting to offer educational support to students which has further lead to a win-win situation for students, teachers and parents of students who are working for such portals.

Extramarks.com Private Limited is a Delhi-based call centre which caters to NCERT course related queries of students from standards 6th to 12th. Registration is free for all students, teachers as well as parents of students. Registered users can access the community online to ask queries and share concerns with all other members. Expert teachers hired by these portals reply back with answers to questions of these students. Extramarks is planning it operations across the US and UK within the next six months, and has many other plans as well.

There is another example of an online education provider listed on the stock market which has now evolved into a giant online education service provider. Educomp Solutions is a leading online education provider and has approximately 3.6 million users across India, Singapore and the US. Educomp had launched its online learning initiatives in July 2006 through Mathguru and students have to pay approximately Rs 2,000/-. We had even blogged about mathguru during the time of its launch.

Shantanu Prakash, CEO, Educomp India Private Limited was quoted by Hindustan Times as saying:

“We have 15,000 registered users on Mathguru and are expecting the number to reach 25,000 by March 2008,”.

Meanwhile, Anjali Saxena, Teacher – Noida’s Amity International School says:

“Online assistance for studies is a very good initiative. It will help a student do self-study and get online help as and when queries arise as compared with a coaching class where one has to study as decided by the tutor. However, one should make sure that the teachers involved are subject specific and well qualified.”

Online tutoring in India seems to be a good proposition as Indian students are internet savvy though online tutoring can become a big distraction to kids of age 12-18 years as the risks of students visiting porn websites on the pretext of studies will certainly be a disadvantage. Parents will have to regularly monitor the internet activity of their kids. For teachers, this is a very good opportunity as the payment scales range from 12,000 – 22,000 rupees depending upon expertise. For parents, they can save money as these services are cheaper than hiring a tutor offline though parents will have to give time to their children more often than not in this case. In any case, hiring a tutor offline for students will always remain as a good choice over online tutoring through expert teachers as students require one-on-one coaching. Still, there is plenty of scope for online education service providers and online tutoring services to capture the tutoring market in India as their online service models are known to be quick, qualitative and cost-effective as of now.

Journal of Research and Education in Indian Medicine - An International Quarterly

2012-08-21T10:49:00.001-07:00

Journal Management System

The Journal of Research & education in Indian Medicine (JREIM) is a quarterly peer-reviewed international journal. JREIM has been established and launched in 1982 by a group of dedicated academicians and researchers of Ayurveda and allied disciplines under the dynamic leadership of Padamshree Prof. K. N. Udupa, the than Director, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (India). The JREIM bridged the gap of closure of the CCRIM&H, CCRAS / Govt. of India funded "Journal of Research in Indian Medicine & H".
JREIM was independently conceived, edited by a group of Academicians and Scientists from Banaras School of Indian Medicine, and published without any financial assistance of CCRIM&H, CCRAS, BHU or any other funding agency. JREIM maintained and is enjoying its nonaligned and independent academic status. For JREIM; the sole criterion for publishing is academic and scientific accuracy.
This deemed independence and academic status is the out come of work culture inculcated by our Founder Sr. Chief Editor, Padamshree Prof. K. N. Udupa and associated founder Editorial Team. JREIM was aimed to aid the dissemination of important researches and theoretical works in different areas of common interest to the educators, researchers, specialized and general therapists of Indian Medicine, which includes Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Sidhha, Homeopathy (AYUSH), CAM, Integrative Medicine, and other Traditional / Alternative / Oriental Systems of Medicine in general and Clinical research, researches on Medicinal Plants / Herbs, Spices and Pharmaceutical sciences in particular.
The inaugural issue (Jan.-March 1982) of JREIM was released by Dr. Sombhong Kutranon, Regional Director, W.H.O. during International conference on “Role of Practitioners of Indian Medicines in Primary Health Care” at Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 20-22 February’ 1982.
An universal need has been felt since long by the scientific community with high expectations from organized institutions like the Banaras School of Indian medicine, for the academicians, researchers and specialized therapists of the Banaras School of Ayurveda have been pioneer in the field of education, research and hospital service, their enormous contributions in the field of research along international standards are now recognized. Recently there has been an awakening of International consciousness towards Indian Medicine. The curiosity of health caretakers, medical institutions, social scientists and pharmaceutical concerns is fast changing into serious interest in Indian Medicine. India and its neighboring countries are now fully alive towards the potentialities of Indian Medicine- Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Sidhha, Homeopathy (AYUSH), Integrative medicine and other Complimentary and alternative traditional systems of Medicine. It is believed that an International journal from Banaras is the right media for propagating and popularizing this unique Indian heritage- the knowledge of life sciences across the frontiers of our country. It also aims that by monitoring up-to-date data with news and views of medical sciences, it will help the various education and research institutions of Ayurvedic Medicine in particular and Indian medical community in general, to keep abreast of time.
The journal will maintain highest academic standard, as eminent academicians and researchers of India and abroad, with extensive editorial experiences in the field of Indian Medicine are contributing their academic services to it. The journal also aims to encourage the exchange of ideas and information throughout the world among the workers of different disciplines who are focusing their attention on important aspects of the inter-relationship between various systems of medicines, like Ayurveda (including medicinal plants and Pharma Sector), Unani, Yoga, Naturopathy, Siddha, Homeopathy, Western allopathic systems of medicine and allied Bio-medical as well as socio-medical sciences and also Integrative Medicine, CAM, Pharma.. Sciences, Medicinal Plants ... ... Publishers of the journal hope that with willing co-operation and good will of educationists, researchers, Ayurveda/pharmaceutical industry and elites of the society, the journal shall be able to emphasize the legitimate relevance of Ayurveda/Indian medicine for the betterment of global health care delivery systems.

Recent Trends in Education

2012-08-21T10:46:00.001-07:00

With several educational options available to students today, newer trends are emerging in this field which has completely changed the traditional held perceptions about education in India. Several career options that were earlier not considered to be traditional have emerged as the most sought after education and career options. Various career options in like radio jockeying, radio management, news anchoring, program anchoring, news reading and reporting for the electronic media, content writing, fashion designing, event management, hospital management, medical transcription etc, have opened up several newer avenues for education.

Traditional study courses like medicine, engineering and other subjects still have lots of demand. However, with the changing trends in the global and national economic scenario newer courses are fast emerging as alternative. The recent trends in education have certainly shown a deviation from the earlier trends.

Online Education is fast becoming a major preferred mode of education among students. Enrolling to regular courses is increasingly getting highly competitive in India; so online education and distance education has come as a wonderful alternative and several students opt for this. As the term itself suggests, online education means web based learning, but there is no universally accepted definition. So, the methods used for implementing online education may differ from institute to institute. Some online courses may require students and teachers to meet from time to time for physical lectures or to conduct laboratory experiments while some may not require this. This can vary depending on the course which one opts to take up.

There are various benefits of opting for an online study course. Students will not have to make any alteration in their present daily routine. In fact an additional degree might actually help the student in improving career prospects with the additional degree. By sitting in the comfort of their home or any other place in the world, one can obtain degrees from many renowned universities across the world. Students will not have to travel to anywhere to get the degree and can thus save huge amounts on boarding and lodging. Though online education is yet to pick up in India as compared to other countries of the world, the prospect in this field is huge.

E-learning scope in India is immense. There are several universities and other educational institutes that offer online education facilities to their students. Besides this, mock IIT-JEE entrance exams are also conducted by various organizations.

Distance Education courses are very popular in rural India. One of the main reasons for this is the provision that one can get degrees from various renowned universities from anywhere in India. Distance education is given through correspondence courses, where the student and the teacher are separated in time and space and sometimes both. Distance learning is doing a wonderful job by enabling the less advantaged sections of the society have an opportunity to get educated.

There are different types of distance learning options available to students. Some of them are postal correspondence courses, interactive CD-ROM courses, pocket PC/mobile learning course, telecourse/ broadcast course through radio or television and synchronous or asynchronous internet courses. Just like online education, in distance education too, students will not have to relocate to new places or make any changes in their existing work. All they need to do is find out about some good distance education providing institute, get enrolled and get a degree.

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is the premier institute for providing distance education in India. This university is one of the most recognized names in this field and at any given time there are 1.4 million students enrolled in various courses. Some of the other institutes that offer distance education to students include:

Acharya Nagarjuna University Center for Distance Education (CDE)
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
Alagappa University Directorate of Distance Education
Sivanagar, Tamil Nadu
Annamalai University Directorate of Distance Education
Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu
Anna University Chennai Centre for Distance Education
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Anna University Coimbatore Directorate of Online & Distance Education
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Andhra University School of Distance Education (AU SDE)
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Bangalore University Directorate of Correspondence Courses and Distance Education
Bangalore, Karnataka
Bharathidasan University Center for Distance Education
Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
Bharathiar University School of Distance Education
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya Institute of Open & Distance Education
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Burdwan University Directorate of DistanceEducation
Bardhaman, West Bengal

Distance Education, Online Education, Online Learning, Distance Learning

2012-08-21T10:44:00.000-07:00

After food, it is education that has posed as the second greatest challenge for modern India. It is a sector where the government should have pumped in more funds but unfortunately didn't. The consequences were disastrous. On the one hand we have some of the most outstanding men in fields such as literature, software technology, engineering, management, medical, biotechnology; on the other we also substantially inhabit some of the most illiterates in the globe today.

What a striking contrast! But there is no point in shying away from the stark reality.

How can the problem of illiteracy be overcome? There are many who wish to Join in the mainstream of Distance Education. The fire to study and educate oneself is no doubt a healthy indication but that often gets drained due to lack of proper facilities. It was a stumbling block that was removed with the emergence of distance education.

Distance education has opened a new window of opportunities for those who craved for further studies. In a way it has helped numerous professionals, dropouts (school & college), housewives, etc to accomplish their unfinished dreams.

It has immense relevance, particularly in a country like India, where pursuing education is a costly affair.

Even we at Online Campus are already in the mainstream of disseminating the education information to all users at free of cost. We receive scores of career queries everyday, which again is a shining testimony of the great curiosity among the discerning users to know about the various options that education has to offer.

E-learning has a greater scope in India

2012-08-21T10:42:00.001-07:00

BANGALORE, INDIA: Mindlogicx, a provider in software and product development and services solution, in alliance with D&B, a provider of business intelligence and information solution, today held Universities of India, A knowledge conclave in Bangalore.

The objective of the event was to create a single platform to bring together all the universities and create scope of E-learning India.

The event was well attended by most of the industry veterans from companies such as HP, SUN Microsystems, Mind Tree and as well from various universities such as Anna University Coimbatore, IGNOU, University of Allahabad.

While addressing the welcome note Raj Devireddy, Director, Mindlogicx Infotech Ltd., said, “E-learning plays a big role in many developed countries. However India being well equipped with the infrastructure still lags behind. To develop the e-learning scenario in the country there is a great requirement to create a platform to profile all universities in India.”

By doing so we can address lots issues such as industry- academia tie up, ensuring quality education, and accesses to job opportunities for students etc easily.

“The Early form of education in India was totally oral learning. A revolution was created by printing press which enabled self learning by access of printed books. In the same manner IT cam also bring about a paradigm shift in the education system.” said Kalyan Kumar Baneerjee, senior vice president, Mind Tree Ltd, while speaking at a session on IT enabled education in India, which covered the issue on how IT can be enabled to provide high quality education.

E-learning in education, another session at the event had the panelist discuss on the success and failure of E-learning system in India.

“E-learning can be helpful in using it as a proper way to leverage quality of education as it breaks the barriers in terms of geography, time, quality and competent teachers. E-learning is definitely here to stay but the point to be focused is how can it be optimized and made relevant,” said Kirthi Neelakandan, director, education and research, Sun Microsystems.

E-learning in India, though in its nascent stage, has a very high scope as most of the youngsters are already well aware with technology and prefer Internet to books.

But there are a few barriers such as durability, interoperability, standards, re-usability, connectivity etc.

If enabled effectively, E-learning has a long way ahead. What is your suggestion to make E-learning more effective?.

Online Education in India

2012-08-21T10:40:00.002-07:00

Some pick up office related job due to financial problem. As the days are passed, educational qualification comes as obstacle in their profile growth. Now going back for regular course could disturb their professional life. So with the help of online education, one can receive the required qualification.

The online education certificate offers multiple choice of earning degree in various online universities and institute. You can gain certificate as per your schedule and conveyance.

The degree of online education contains value in all over the world. Every recognized company gives importance to online degree courses. Therefore online education scope india opens door for gateways and entry to leading national and multinational universities. The online education counts more value with experience. As for regular course degree holder lack experience certificate compare to professional with online degree certificate holder.

So, where preference is given to experience candidate, the online degree holder professional comes out successful. The online education makes your learning process easy and convenient with flexibly in terms of movement and schedule. One can attain education at any corner with the help of internet connectivity. The online educations are free from regular classes and you will be not caught up in any discipline related activities conducted by certain school or university. Moreover you can earn while learning