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India seeks greater pharma market access in the UK: official

/ Health & Wellness Community

As part of the proposed free trade agreement with Britain, India is looking at expanding market access for its pharmaceutical items in the UK, an official said on Friday. The official added that a leaked chapter of the agreement on intellectual property (IP), which has been circulated on several portals, has been altered from its original form by the UK. “The best part in the proposed agreement is that both sides have highlighted their red lines and sensitivities. Ever-greening and touching manufacturing of generic medicines is completely non-negotiable,” the official added. In a trade agreement with the UAE, India has already increased market access for the domestic pharmaceutical industry. Source: PTI

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UGC issues revised guidelines for “deemed to be universities”

/ Education Community

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020’s broader higher education policies are reflected in the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) today’s announcement of revised regulations for institutions that are deemed to be universities. Multidisciplinary institutions with at least five departments (either UG/ PG/ integrated/ research or a combination of these) or a cluster of institutions with at least five departments that are all located in the same city or town will be eligible to apply for Deemed University status under the revised regulations. The NAAC “A” grade with at least a 3.01 CGPA for three consecutive cycles, NBA accreditation for two-thirds of eligible programmes for three consecutive cycles, ranking in the top 50 of any given NIRF category for the previous three years continuously, or ranking in the top 100 of the overall NIRF ranking for the previous three years continuously, are additional requirements for eligibility. The “De Novo” category has been replaced with the “distinct institution” category, which exempts any institutes that qualify as “distinct” from having to adhere to NAAC requirements. In accordance with the new regulations, UGC, not the Ministry of Education (MoE), will henceforth approve any off-campus center(s). Deemed universities will now be able to create their own off-shore campus center(s), as long as they comply with UGC rules. It has been made clear, nonetheless, that admissions will be based on performance in the government-conducted entrance exam, and the fees will be set transparently while considering non-profit/non-commercial features. For any violations, a system of graded penalties has now been implemented. These include a public warning, a prohibition on expansion, and the shutdown of programmes, departments, or off-campus(es) locations. The status of considered university will be revoked in the event of continued violations.

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Govt to establish committees to handle concerns about social media content moderation

/ Governance Community

The Centre has announced the guidelines under which it would form appellate panels to resolve grievances that consumers may have regarding decisions made by social media sites like Twitter and Facebook regarding the hosting of disputed content. In three months, a three-member Grievance Appellate Committee will be established, and they will work to find a solution within 30 days. Along with pornography, trademark infringements, false information, and other items that may pose a threat to the sovereignty of the country, the government has now added objectionable religious content (intended to incite violence) to the list of items that users can report to social media platforms. Such flag-related decisions made by them can be challenged before grievance committees. “Empowering users. Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) has been introduced for hearing appeals against decisions of Grievance Officer appointed by the intermediary. Privacy policy and user agreements of intermediary to be made available in the Eight Schedule Indian languages,” tweeted IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. “These IT rules are the next step to realising our goals of an open, safe, and trusted, accountable internet,” said Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the state minister for electronics and information technology (Meity). “They also mark a new partnership between government and internet intermediaries in making and keeping our Interest safe and trusted for all Indians.” The Internet Freedom Foundation, on the other hand, claimed that the provisions establishing the so-called grievance appellate committees are essentially a government censorship body that would hear appeals against the choices made by social media platforms regarding whether or not to remove content. This would make bureaucrats the arbiters of our online free speech. The statement continued, “This will incentivise platforms to remove/suppress any speech unpalatable to the government or those exerting political pressure and increase government control and power since the government will be effectively able to also decide what content must be displayed by platforms. We urge for a thoughtful consideration by Meity to formulate a rights-respecting approach towards platform regulation. A step in that direction would be to withdraw IT Rules, 2021 in its entirety.”

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Union Education Minister signs MoU with FIFA and AIFF for implementing Football4Schools initiative in India

/ Education Community

On behalf of the Indian Ministry of Education, Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for Education, Skill Development, and Entrepreneurship, signed an MoU with FIFA and the All India Football Federation for the “Football4Schools” initiative. Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, and Kalyan Chaubey, the president of the All India Football Federation, respectively, signed the Memorandum of Understanding. Nisith Pramanik, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Youth Affairs, and Sports, Deepak Kesarkar, Minister of School Education and Marathi Language in Maharashtra, Commissioner of the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti Shri Vinayak Garg, and officials of the All India Football Federation were also present. Speaking at the event, Pradhan said that the Football4Schools initiative upholds the NEP 2020 spirit and that sports have been given a prominent place in the NEP 2020. The Football4Schools programme is a step towards implementing Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s goal of making sports a way of life and creating well-rounded citizens, he continued. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has placed focus on mainstreaming sports with education. He expressed his happiness that FIFA, the All India Football Federation, and the Ministry of Education, GoI are working together to promote football and give the young students important life skills through this MoU on the sidelines of the U-17 World Cup. Football is a hugely popular sport, and the Football4Schools initiative uses it as a motivating tool to encourage children and assure their overall development, according to Shri Pradhan. He added that through sports-integrated learning, “Football4Schools” aspires to empower 25 million young boys and girls in India.

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IIM Indore launches a programme in public and corporate leadership

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A certification programme on Public and Corporate Leadership in the VUCA World was been launched through a collaboration between the Indian Institute of Management, Indore and the edtech company Jaro Education. The IIM Indore faculty will deliver the lectures. A variety of lectures, case studies, projects, term papers, assignments, and other activities will be included in the certification programme. Applications for the course are currently being accepted, and courses will begin in December 2022 and end in September 2023. In order to lead in the VUCA world—vulnerability, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity—experts intend to upskill professionals and public figures through this programme. A wide range of social science disciplines, including psychology, political sociology, public policy, and international relations, will be emphasized in the programme, which will highlight various facets of public administration. Applicants must be entrepreneurs or working professionals with three years of experience. They must possess a diploma (10+2+3), a bachelor’s degree, or a postgraduate degree in any discipline with a minimum grade of 50%. The course intends to aid managers in comprehending the idea of political risks and areas, as well as their progress in the past and future, and to provide competent frameworks and methods for managing political risk. After completing the programme, managers will be able to evaluate political risks in various circumstances, identify blind spots, and take the necessary action to resolve the problem. The three-day immersive campus experience is part of the Corporate and Public Leadership Programme in VUCA World. Direct-to-device (D2D) mode will be used to deliver more than 75 hours of education at the same time through the Jaro Education learning experience platform. Interested candidates can register at the official website, landingpages.jaroeducation.com, for the eight-month certification programme.

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Microsoft to skill 45,000 women and youth in three years

/ Human Resource Community

Microsoft’s CyberShikshaa programme will train 45,000 women in order to close the skills gap in the field of cyber security. Over the following three years, the initiative will give 45,000 women and underserved youth technological skills that will enable them to find employment in the cyber security field. Additionally, it will help to ensure diversity in the nation’s cybersecurity workforce. The Data Security Council of India (DSCI), Tata STRIVE, and the ICT Academy are partners in the CyberShikshaa programme. About 10,000 students will also have the opportunity to participate in internships or jobs under the initiative. According to data, there will be around 3.5 million cybersecurity positions available worldwide over the next three years. This is due to the fact that businesses, entrepreneurs, and governments all over the world feel the need to protect their data. In around six years, there will likely be a 32% increase in the number of cybersecurity positions in India. However, due to a 42 percent shortage in the talent pool, there won’t be enough qualified candidates for these positions. In the previous four years, the Cybershikshaa programme has been effective in training 1,100 women and assisting more than 800 of them in finding employment. The program’s current skill gap will be closed through future programme growth and an emphasis on specialised training for certain sectors.

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Simplifying pre-school education with Shanti Juniors chain of pre-schools

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Article on Edu

“Education has been hampered severely over the last few years during pandemic and in today’s era parenting for children up to 8 years also becomes very tough and adrift without the right preschool partner. Above all Children are evolving faster than we can imagine. Children are consuming knowledge from every aspect of their life. Bad or good, you can’t stop the flow of information in their lives. Their brain is a clean slate, and they’re hungry to scribble over it, which can impact their upcoming life significantly. There are no filters to the information freely available, and every detail adds to their being human. That’s why Holistic Education and approach can only redirect the child’s energy in the right direction,” said Dharmesh Kapasi – President of Shanti Juniors (The preschool division of Shanti Educational Initiatives Limited- SEIL). SEIL is a listed company, and Shanti Juniors has been successfully operating in 74 cities of India with 350+ Preschools since 2010. It has won more than 19 awards in various segments of early childhood education. We started with 6 preschools in 2010 from Ahmedabad and dramatically expanded our chain in Pune, Bangalore, Patna, Jaipur, Chennai and other parts of Gujarat. Now, we’ve 350+ preschools across India. First of all, we’re not dealing with any commodity and service and we’re nurturing children and that’s why we’ve to be extra cautious and sensitive while nourishing this generation Alpha. To cope with them and utilise their energy for fruitful, positive and productive learning, we’ve invested millions on curriculum development and conceptual learning. We keep upgrading our aids and toys, student kits and other material so that a child is gripped well and their inquisitiveness is satisfied. So, adaptability and sustainability have been key learning for this segment. Shanti Juniors has always focused on the holistic development of children through our unique teaching methodology called – The I-Cube Learning ladder, where the children’s Inquisitiveness is led to Interaction and later turns into Innovation. Our Preschool’s environment, Setup, Student Kit, Montessori toys and curriculum encourages child for self-exploration. Recently, we have added KIDDOWITTY kit with STEAM based approach to enhance the skill of a child blending Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math into a DIY format. We’re franchise-centric brand and to provide the best education to our children, the sustainability of our preschool partners becomes the highest paramount for us. We’ve simplified the preschool business; we’ve set up the process and SOPs; Shanti Juniors has been through many ups and downs, including the pandemic-induced challenges, which we have overcome strongly because we’re a process-driven organisation. Our support ecosystem comprises dedicated teams managing different roles like academics, marketing, admission support, and logistics, which comes together to handhold a franchise partner to empower them tremendously. Furthermore, we have formed various clubs based on their admissions numbers and offer varying privileges. These franchise partners who are now members of 100 clubs, 200 clubs, and 300 clubs were housewives, employees in some organisations, professionals from different backgrounds, and had no idea about operating a preschool earlier. Shanti Juniors also have (JAL) Juniors App Learn, where we were able to divert the energy and attention of our children with our gamified curriculum which enhances the skills of recognition, sorting, identification and revision. It also encourages a child with appreciations, scoring points and applause & cheer on their achievement and it comes with the daily screen time limit lock. Parents have understood the importance of Early Child Care & Education (ECCE) and they strongly prefer a branded preschool chain over the local preschools. As parents understand the importance of structured and scientific approach toward Early Child Care and Education. Happy for contributing to this beautiful journey of childhood celebration.

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U.S. FDA has approved Johnson & Johnson’s blood cancer therapy

/ Health & Wellness Community

Johnson & Johnson announced on Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved its therapy for the treatment of a specific form of multiple myeloma, providing patients with the incurable blood cancer with yet another treatment option. According to the company, Tecvayli, a brand name for J&J’s teclistamab, is approved for treating individuals with multiple myeloma that is difficult to treat or has returned after receiving four or more prior lines of certain types of therapies. According to a company representative, the therapy will go on sale around November 4 and will have a list price of $39,500 each month. The total cost would be between $355,000 and $395,000 for a nine to ten-month course. A bispecific antibody called Tecvayli is designed to cause the body’s immune system to focus on identifying and eliminating cancer cells. It is the first drug in its class to have multiple myeloma approval. However, the approval comes with a boxed warning for neurologic damage and cytokine release syndrome, a disease where the immune system reacts more aggressively than it should. Other approved therapies for multiple myeloma include GSK Plc’s Blenrep and competitor Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Abecma, but many patients experience a relapse after stopping treatment, creating a major unmet need that pharmaceutical companies can capitalise on. The European drug regulator gave J&J’s therapy provisional approval in August. Multiple myeloma is a common form of blood cancer that starts in the bone marrow and can spread throughout the body, although being rare compared to breast or prostate cancer. The company claims that more men than women are affected by the cancer, which is normally discovered in patients between the ages of 65 and 74. The American Cancer Society predicts that this year, close to 35,000 new instances of multiple myeloma would likely be diagnosed throughout the US.

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Rajasthan Govt to regularise 1.10 lakh contractual workers

/ Human Resource Community

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has paved the way for the regularisation of contractual workers employed in various ministries throughout the state government by giving his approval to the execution of the “Rajasthan Contractual Hiring to Civil Post Rules, 2022.” Over 1.10 lakh contract workers will benefit from the action and receive social security as a result. When it comes to the hiring of contract workers, there will be more transparency if this Rule is put into effect. Reservation-related issues will also be considered during the hiring process. The central and state governments’ welfare and social security programmes have benefited greatly from the efforts of contract workers, but little has been done to safeguard their social security. While many committees were established to regularise the state government’s contract workers, their concerns were not finally settled. The CM had announced the establishment of a department-specific cadre of contractual employees in the state budget for 2021–2022, as well as a 20% raise in their pay in the budget for 2022–2023. According to a government announcement, the adoption of the Rule will help the approximately 41,423 contractual staff working in the education department, including shiksha karmis, para-teachers, gram panchayat assistants, and MG English medium teachers. A total of 1,18,326 Rajivika and MNREGA employees working for the rural development and panchayati raj departments will also benefit from it, as will 5,697 madrassa para-teachers employed by the minority welfare department and 44,833 contract workers employed by the medical and health departments as well as the medical education department.

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ArdorComm New Normal – Education Leadership Summit & Awards 2022 held on 14th & 15th October 2022 at Ahmedabad, Gujarat; #ELSAGujarat #ELSAAhmedabad

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ArdorComm Media Group (A Media Start-up) hosted the ‘New Normal – Education Leadership Summit & Awards 2022’ as the 1st & Biggest ‘Physical Event’ in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on 14th & 15th October 2022. ELSA Gujarat was the third successful event of the NEW NORMAL – ELSA series. We’re now eying on the fourth one which is the ELSA Jaipur, Rajasthan scheduled to be held on 25th & 26th November, 2022. The Summit’s theme focused on “Re-imagining Education in 21st Century Workplace: Expanding boundaries of Education, Skill and Employability.” This Knowledge forum invited Pre-school, School & Higher Education Leaders, Innovators and Edtech Experts to share their experiences, ideas and accomplishments which have helped the growth of the education community during the tough times of COVID-19 pandemic. The two-day conclave witnessed who’s who from government, pre-schools, schools, universities, colleges, engineering institutes, B-schools and skill institutions, and experts from corporate, EdTech companies & education startups. Deliberating, showcasing & presenting best & next practices in school, higher, skill and technical education. The event celebrated the success stories of all educators who have been continuously working for the betterment of the current teaching-learning scenario. Chandan Anand, Founder, CEO & Group Editor of ArdorComm Media Group, emphasized on the event theme saying, “It is imperative to reimagine school & higher education in the light of the 21st century workplace by putting an emphasis on extending the frontiers of knowledge, skill, and employability in order to make learners adaptable and in line with industry needs. The skills needed to stay relevant are evolving at a faster rate than ever before as new industries are created, while others that already exist grow or drastically collapse. Educators, administrators, and leaders in school & higher education sector must approach students’ skill competency with a growth mindset that will help them succeed in the global knowledge-based economy and throughout their careers.” The ‘Supporting Partner ‘for the event was Association for Promotion of Prominent Schools (A.P.O.S.). upGrad Campus was the Skilling Partner of the summit; Knauf ceiling solutions was the Silver Partner; The College Board was the Enrolment Partner; Teachmint was the Integrated School Technology Partner; CollPoll was the Digital Campus Partner; TruScholar was the Credential Partner and Superbot was the Communication Partner. The Associate Partners of the summit were Extraaedge, Grayquest, JODO and Monet Networks. The Academic Partners of the event were RANGOLI Group of Institutes, Shanti Educational Initiatives and Millennium Education. The School Partner was Kalorex and Preschool Partner was Hello Kids. The important guests, eminent speakers, experts, academicians & educators from pre-schools, schools, universities, engineering institutions, B-schools, EdTech & education startups who graced the event with their presence on both days at ‘ArdorComm New Normal – Education Leadership Summit & Awards 2022, Ahmedabad, Gujarat’ were: – Day 1 (School Education): The eminent guest speakers were, T S Joshi Former Director, GCERT; Jayshree Lalbhai, Educationist, Philanthropist & Social Activist; Archit Bhatt, Managing Director, Tripada Group of Schools; President, AOPS; Prahar Anjaria, Founder & Chairman, RANGOLI Group of Institutes; Secretary, AOPS. The eminent panel speakers were, Nirali Dagali, Principal, Calorx Public School, Ghatlodiya (Session Moderator); Raj Mirani, Chairperson & Director, Divine Life International School, Ahmedabad; Vijay Aher, Director, Vatsalya International School, Anand; Vipul Patel, Chairman, SNV International School, Nadiad; Dr. Seema Negi, Director Principal, Sanjeevani World School, Mumbai; Prahar Anjaria, Founder & Chairman, RANGOLI Group of Institutes (Session Moderator); Chirag Agarwal, Founder Director, EarlyVentions – Chain of Preschools; Dharmesh Kapasi, President, Shanti Educational Initiatives Ltd.(SEIL); Sajid Ali, President, Little Millennium Pvt. Ltd.; Pritam Kumar Agrawal, Founder & Director, Hello Kids Preschool & Riverstone School; Dr. Deepak Rajguru, Chairman, Vibrant International Academy, Surat (Session Moderator); Bharat Gajipara, Chairman, Sarvodya School, Sarvodaya Education Network; President, SFSO, Rajkot; Manhar Rathod, Managing Director, Shree Gyanguru Vidhyapith, Bhavnagar; CA Utpal Shah, Director, Amity School, Bharuch; Amicus International School, Vadodara; D.V. Mehta, Chairman, Genius Group of Institution & Gardi Vidyapeeth, Rajkot; Sabina Sawhney, Principal, Delhi Public School, Bopal; Anantha Krishnan B., CEO-Operations, Kalorex Group, Ahmedabad (Session Moderator); Abhay Ghosh, Director, Shanti Asiatic School, Ahmedabad; Liza Shah, Managing Trustee, Apple Global School, Ahmedabad; Francis Fernandes, Principal, ASIA English School, Ahmedabad; Shaji V. Mathew, Director, Shankus Divine Child Group of Schools, Surat; Bandita Roy, Vice Principal, Delhi Public School, Mehsana. A Keynote Address on ‘Data-Driven Transformation in School Education’ was given by Rohit Mehta, State Project Advisor, School Education Department, Govt. of Gujarat. The industry presentations of Day 1 were given by Shraddha Haldankar, Marketing Lead, Knauf Ceiling Solutions; Meenakshi Kachroo Chatta, Senior Director, South and Central Asia, The College Board; Rakesh Malaviya, Chief Operating Officer, Head Monet-India; Rishab Mehta, Founder & CEO, GrayQuest; Zoheb Shah, Associate Director, Teachmint. Day 2 (Higher Education): The eminent guest speakers were, Prof. (Dr.) S. Shanthakumar, Director/Vice Chancellor- Gujarat National Law University and Gujarat Maritime University; Prof. Ami U. Upadhyay, Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University; Parth Kotecha, Trustee & Associate Vice President, Noble University, Junagadh. The eminent panel speakers were, Dr. CA Achyut Dani, Director General & Provost, JG University, Gandhinagar (Session Moderator); Dr. A. K. S. Suryavanshi, Vice Chancellor, Karnavati University, Gandhinagar; Prof. M. Muruganant Ananth, Provost, Adani University, Ahmedabad; Prof. Sandeep Sancheti, Provost (Vice-Chancellor), Marwadi University Rajkot; Dr. Parag Sanghani, Provost, P P Savani University, Surat; Prof. (Dr.) Sandeep Chakravorty, Executive President, Indus University, Ahmedabad; Amit Mahensaria, CEO, upGrad Campus; Hemant Sahal, Founder & CEO, CollPoll (Session Moderator); Dr. Shrikant J. Wagh, Provost, UPL University of Sustainable Technology, Bharuch; Dr. Kerav Pandya, Director, C K Shah Vijapurwala Institute Of Management, Vadodara; Parth Kotecha, Trustee & Associate Vice President, Noble University, Junagadh; Dr. Saurabh Shah, Provost(I/C),GSFC University, Vadodara; Prof. (Dr.) M. S. Rao, Provost (Vice-Chancellor), Swaminarayan University, Gandhinagar; Dr. Amit Ganatra, Provost, Parul University, Vadodara (Session Moderator); Prof. (Dr.) B. Sendilkumar, Dean & Director -Health Sciences, VinayakaMissions Research Foundation, Salem; Prof. (Dr.) P. M. Udani, Director General, CVM University, Anand; Dr. D. J. Shah, Provost, Sankalchand Patel University, Mehsana; Dr. Saurin R. Shah, Vice Chancellor, Silver Oak University, Ahmedabad; Prof. (Dr.) Avani Umatt, Provost, TeamLease Skills University, Vadodara (Session Moderator);

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