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Wednesday, 08 May 2019 | PNS

17 Indians chosen for US SPACE CAMP

Honeywell announced that 17 Indian students were among 292 students from 41 countries to attend a once-in-a-lifetime learning experience at the Honeywell Leadership Challenge Academy (HLCA).

This two-week long unique leadership programme at the US Space and Rocket Center (USSRC) in Huntsville, Alabama, encourages students to pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Math careers through real-world, hands-on challenges.

Dr Deborah Barnhart, CEO and executive director, USSRC said: “Engaging students in science and engineering is now as fundamentally important as learning to read and write. By investing in these young students, Honeywell is helping to prepare them to become the global STEM-literate citizens.”

100% summer placement

The NTPC School of Business (NSB) announced that it has achieved 100% summer placement for its first PGDM (Energy Management) batch. Dr. Gireesh C Tripathi, Deputy Director General (NSB) and Dr Sunil Maheshwari (Professor IIM-A), Chairman of Governance Committee of NSB congratulated the students.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Tripathi said: “NSB is committed to developing the capability of the students and enhancing their marketability. We are delighted with the response we have received from recruiters for our SIP program and are confident that we will achieve 100% placement for all our batches in future.”

Rural Development Awareness Campaign

The IMS Law College Noida, organised a rural development awareness campaign,  under this campaign faculty and students of IMS law college aware villagers of Sultanpur about the RTI Act. The aim of campaign was to give detail information about the Right to Information Act with the villagers.

While addressing the villagers, Govind Prasad Goyal said that Right to Information make people of the country aware citizens. It is a powerful weapon for common people. He emphasised on the need to educate the Public Information Officers so as to ensure the effectiveness of the Act.

Deepak Singh, faculty of the institute said: “Under this program, the problem of villages along with the city will be highlighted through RTI. Proper information of RTI was provided by the Institute to train the people of the village. ”

During the programme, online RTI files were filed to solve the problem of creek and dirty water in the village.

Smart Green Planet

Submission period for Green Talents award has started. The motto of the 2019 competition is — Smart Green Planet - Solutions for a Sustainable Future.

Deadline for submission: May 22, 2019, 2 pm.

For more information please refer to our website www.greentalents.de where both the competition flyer as well as the award trailer are accessible.

This year's special focus on the question of how digitalisation can promote more sustainability in science and our societies. The motto of the 2019 competition is — Smart Green Planet-Solutions for a Sustainable Future. Applications from all disciplines are welcome and the research does not need to have a direct link to digitalisation.

Course for employees

Tata Motors announced a partnership with Nirma University to provide B Tech degree to its employees working at the Sanand Plant in Gujarat. Aligned with the company’s strategic objective, the programme aims at enhancing employees’ technical skill at multiple levels in the organisation, thus bridging skill gaps that prevail in the automotive industry and creating a future-ready organisation.

The programme will impart knowledge and skill requisite for the automotive manufacturing industry. Employees, enrolled  will undergo comprehensive training that is designed in two parts. The course comprises of 7 semesters, spread over 3.5 years, which will culminate in a 6-month comprehensive industrial project.

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