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AACSB accredited Jagdish Sheth School of Management (JAGSoM) has partnered with three prestigious International B-Schools namely KEDGE Business School, France; University at Albany, State University of New York, USA and University of Wollongong, Sydney Business School, Australia to offer a unique International Bachelor in Business Administration (IBBA) program in India.

KEDGE Business School (France) and Vijaybhoomi University's Jagdish Sheth School of Management (JAGSoM) in Greater Mumbai, have joined forces to create an International Bachelor in Business Administration (IBBA) Degree uniquely set to cover the professional and academic ambitions of students wanting to get the best of studying in India and Europe.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) on October 18 closed the window to raise objections on the provisional answer key of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG 2021). Candidates can check and download the answer keys and scanned image of OMR answer sheet with response sheet from the official website neet.nta.nic.in

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the AWS Young Builders Challenge, an initiative focused on providing school students in India an opportunity to understand and explore computer science, cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI). With cloud computing being a foundation for digital transformation and innovation, and AI poised to disrupt industries around the world, it is important for the upcoming generation to be familiar with these technologies from an early age.

An overview of the market based on geographical scope, segmentation and financial performance of key players is presented in the report.The global private tutoring market size is expected to reach USD 171.93 billion by 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 8.3% during the forecast period. The market size stood at USD 92.59 billion in 2020.

Most colleges are not aware of what constitutes cybercrime. Now that classes are held online, the line between what is official and unofficial communication is blurring, said a principal

The well-established players in the market are Nikhil Analytics, Edvancer, AnalytixLabs, Edupristine, Imarticus, INSOFE, Ivy Pro School, Jigsaw Academy, IMS Pro School, Upx Academy.

The centralisation of recruitment boards was one of the several measures proposed as part of the restructuring of the Railways.

More than 1,775 U.S. colleges and universities -- three-quarters of the four-year institutions in the United States -- are either test optional or test blind this year, according to a list published by FairTest: the National Center for Fair and Open Testing

Organizations desperately need dynamic, creative thinkers who are capable of re-imagining or revamping business processes and systems, approach problem-solving with a design thinking mindset, and create fresh value for customers and consumers.

Nikhil Analytics, AnalytixLabs, Imarticus, Edupristine, Edvancer, INSOFE, Ivy Pro School, Jigsaw Academy, Upx Academy, IMS Pro School etc…. An exploratory survey of the key coordinates of the Data Analytics Training market strategically describes multiple aspects of the industry through a systematically organized data representation followed by extracting deepest information from various reliable sources.

From April this year, one of Mumbai’s leading music schools – True School of Music – partnered with Vijayabhoomi University in Karjat to offer on-campus degree programs in music production, performance, sound engineering or Hindustani playback. This meant that TSM’s professional courses were now recognized degrees.

India has begun to realise that our education is creating programmers and technical experts but not inventors and leaders in the field. In order to address this gap in education, several intellectuals have come up with liberal education training institutes such as Ashoka University, FLAME University, and Vijaybhoomi University.

The Ministry of Education, Government of India has announced a National scholarship scheme for students who have passed Class 12.

With an aim to impact 1.5 lakhs students in higher education in India, Microsoft has collaborated with AICTE on the Future Ready Talent internship program, to gear students for jobs in emerging fields.Under this collaboration Microsoft will provide learning modules and certifications, skilling students on topics such as cloud computing, data science, AI and cyber security, “while AICTE will ensure that the internship curriculum is aligned to the National Education Policy, 2020,” informed the Chief Learning Officer Indrani Choudhury, Microsoft India.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued a letter for the prevention of caste-based discrimination in higher education institutions.After several reports of caste-based discrimination have surfaced against students and faculty members in some of the leading institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), the apex higher education regulator has urged the universities and colleges to prevent such incidents.

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad has been adjudged as the best B-school in India, according to the QS World University Rankings 2022. The rankings were announced on the same day when IIM-A was also ranked as the best Indian MBA college by the national rankings NIRF. According to QS Business Masters Rankings 2022, Jagdish Sheth School of Management, Bengaluru ranked 101+ in business analytics and 151+ in finance.

INSOFE fosters an environment that breeds innovation that helps students consistently find solutions that push the boundaries of the business world through their industry apprenticeship, product development, and research projects

Having spent a majority of her childhood singing in her church choir, Mumbai singer-songwriter Brecilla D’Souza – who goes by her first name – recalls having an affinity with the performing arts from an early age. Through her college years, her love for music grew tenfold while in 2018 the artist even received a one-year scholarship to study at the city-based True School of Music. She says, “It’s been a beautiful journey since then.”

Maharashtra Minister of Higher Education and Technical Education Uday Samant ... is conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education in Maharashtra.

This study explored how the SAT and High School Grade Point Average (HSGPA) can work together to help institutions to confidently admit, place, and support students in their academic majors while promoting student opportunity and success as well as institutional health and success.

Students can now apply online and register for the diploma courses by September 3. To register for the DTE Diploma Engineering and Pharmacology programmes, students have to apply online at DTE Maharashtra official website -- dtemaharashtra.gov.in.

The academic mastery that the merger of an engineering and data science program can provide someone with is incomparable in today’s technology-governed world. By 2025, the Data Science sector in India is estimated to mature eightfold, touching $16 billion. The stark increase in technology expansion and computing has generated more data than ever before and learning how to utilize that data is a highly sought-after skill. A degree in data science can catapult a student’s career to unfathomable heights equipping them with technology-proficient armor, ready to solve real-world problems on a global scale.

Though the task is cut out for universities, Atish Chattopadhyay, Director, Jagdish Sheth School of Management (JAGSoM) shared an example of UAE Stanford Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Initiative that works with UAE universities to facilitate innovation education.

Vijaybhoomi University (VU) has announced its partnership with Lithan, an accredited digital skills accelerator from Singapore, to launch an Apprenticeship pathway programme in BE Software Engineering. The partnership will extend opportunities to students to pursue a four-year programme in software engineering, which will include two years of formal education and two years of paid apprenticeship.

The Department of Marketing and International Business under the School of Business and Economics in North South University organised a daylong Regional Conference-RCMIB 2021 on Friday in collaboration with BML Munjal University and Jagdish Sheth School of Management in India. The theme of the conference was ‘Rethinking the contemporary complexities in the world of Marketing and International Business’.

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG 2021 is all set to be conducted on 12 September. Earlier this month, the National Testing Agency (NTA) had closed the registrations process where it allowed students to make changes to their exam forms. Meanwhile, the admit cards will be issued by the agency on the official website neet.nta.nic.in from 9 September onwards.

INSOFE understands this entirely along with growing industry needs and focuses on not just data acquisition and algorithm development but intellectual curiosity and business acumen as well. Over the last decade, INSOFE has transformed into one of the leading data science institutions, offering wide-ranging courses and programs-19 different bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees and graduate certification programs to students from varied disciplines.

Jagdish Sheth School of Management (JAGSOM), formerly IFIM Business School, has opened admission for its full-time BBA programmes 2021. Interested students can apply in both online - admissions.jagsom.com, and offline mode. Candidates who completed Class 12 in any stream are eligible to apply for JAGSOM BBA admission.

Vijaybhoomi University (VU), has launched an apprenticeship pathway programme in BE Software Engineering along with paid apprenticeship. Interested students will be able to pursue a four-year program in software engineering which will include two years of formal education and two years of apprenticeship. Admissions for the course will open in September.

Vijaybhoomi University (VU), India’s first liberal professional university, has announced its partnership with Lithan, an accredited digital skills accelerator from Singapore, to launch an Apprenticeship pathway programme in BE Software Engineering. The partnership will extend opportunities to students to pursue a 4-year program in software engineering which will include two years of formal education and two years of paid apprenticeship.

The program is specially designed to groom professionals for managerial roles with a unique and powerful combination of analytical, logical, left-brain thinking, with creative, out-of-the-box, right-brain, maverick-thinking that is so essential in today’s highly competitive world of business management.

Starting with the 2021-22 academic session, 13 colleges across the country recognised by AICTE will offer engineering courses in five regional languages — Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Hindi. Mechanical, civil, computer science and information technology courses will be offered in these languages.

NEP’s implementation has been slowed by an administrative leadership that is comfortable with the status quo and does not want its gravy train to stop. In the past, mandarins at the Ministry of Education were busy with their autobiographies or promoting their children’s EdTech start-ups. Even the Ministry of Skill Development was for years buried under lackadaisical leadership that did not want to work but hired PR agencies for favourable media spreads.

US-based Case Western University has collaborated with INSOFE to offer a dual specialisation Masters in computer science and artificial intelligence. The course is suitable for students with no background in IT or computer science. The program was launched formally on July 23 via a virtual session.

Vijaybhoomi University (VU) has announced its partnership with Lithan, an accredited digital skills accelerator from Singapore, to launch an Apprenticeship pathway programme in BE Software Engineering. The partnership will extend opportunities to students to pursue a 4-year program in software engineering which will include 2 years of formal education and two years of paid apprenticeship.

IFIM College, Bengaluru’s NAAC A accredited and autonomous undergraduate and postgraduate college affiliated to Bangalore University is holding a test to award 80+ scholarships for aspiring students.

AACSB Accredited and globally ranked Jagdish Sheth School of Management (JAGSoM) has launched “The Right Brain MBA”, at Vijaybhoomi University near Mumbai.

AACSB Accredited Jagdish Sheth School of Management (JAGSoM) has launched a unique BBA program at VIJAYBHOOMI University near Mumbai. Globally acclaimed academics Padma Bhushan Prof. Jagdish Sheth (Chairman, JAGSoM) and Prof. A Parasuraman (Pro-chancellor, Vijaybhoomi University) are mentoring this program.

JAGSOM to host the 9th AIM-AMA Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium. The doctoral consortium will be held in virtual mode over 6 days from 25th June to 30th June 2021. The consortium has attracted 80+ leading marketing faculty of global repute across 20 countries including the editors of 17 prestigious marketing journals. The event is one of the major global events being held post the outbreak of the pandemic.

The duo, who met at True School of Music, Mumbai, draw from trip-hop and electronica. Sharing their common love for artists such as Trent Reznor, trip-hop duo Massive Attack and prog/alt multi-instrumentalist Steven Wilson, Mumbai-based composer Advait Sawant and Bengaluru-based vocalist-guitarist Anmol Basnett craft a futuristic, sweeping electronica track called “Chase.”

Data Analytics Training Market, 2021 Industry Research Report includes an introduction on latest trends that may guide the companies doing in the market to be aware of the present market and create the strategies for their company growth consequently. Data Analytics Training Industry 2021 Top Manufacturer: INSOFE, Edvancer, Ivy Pro School

The admission process of Vijaybhoomi University involves an online test known as Vijaybhoomi University Scholastic Admission Test (VUSAT). Vijaybhoomi University courses are offered through its specialised schools; comprising of- Jagadish Sheth School of Management (JAGSOM), Vijaybhoomi School of Law, INSOFE School of Data Science, Vijaybhoomi School of Design and True School of Music.

Padmashree recipient Dr. Jagdish Sheth graces the occasion and congratulates the graduating batch. Institute records 100% placement for its students this year, with the highest package and highest salary of INR 1.6 million per annum.

Applying for fellowships and scholarship programs to augment your existing knowledge on high-end technology can not only help you gain an edge in the professional landscape but also can direct your career towards a warranted future. INSOFE Big Data Scholarship is designed for the ones who have a keen interest in big data and analytics. Understanding the rising importance of big data, data analytics, and data management in business organizations and companies, the scholarship program aids to provide post-graduate training in these fields, helping the students to be adept in big data.

The aspirations of our younger generation are the key driver of music education in India today. A career in music is now viewed well beyond the singer, whose voice only resonated in the cinemas we watched and later in All India Radio. Almost everything we experience today, whether in person or in the digital world, has some connection to music, and that means opportunities.

IT companies today are looking at hiring a workforce that is future-ready. Engineers passing out of universities are being expected to be well-versed in technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science.

IT companies today are looking at hiring a workforce that is future-ready. Engineers passing out of universities are being expected to be well-versed in technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science. Prof Venkatesh Sunkad, Dean, INSOFE School of Data Science, Vijaybhoomi University talks about what students need to do in order to be part of a future-ready workforce.

Founded in 2013, The True School of Music recently partnered with Vijaybhoomi University to provide degrees in music. The school boasts of about 30 batches of graduates…"

The Post Graduate Program (PGP) in Data Science from INSOFE at Vijaybhoomi is a runaway hit among data science aspirants for its high-quality course content and flexible learning methodology. The course equips participants in necessary data science skills and works as a strong foundation for their careers. Importantly ten collaborative programs globally accept this course as their first-semester curriculum making it the only certificate course of such kind.

In an exclusive conversation with BW Education, Dr Jagdish Seth, Chairman, Jagdish Sheth School of Management (JAGSOM), talks about the management education scenario in India and more.

The highest salary package offered at JAGSOM is Rs. 16 LPA and the average salary stood at Rs. 10.21 LPA. More than 70 recruiters, including New Age Companies, participated in the placement process making offers to graduating students. Even as COVID 19 has slowed down the Indian economy, Bangalore-based Jagdish Sheth School of Management (JAGSOM), formerly IFIM Business School, has announced the completion of 100% Final Placements for its graduating PGDM Batch of 2021.

The 2021 “Innovation That Inspire Initiative” of AACSB International recognises JAGSOM’s Kanyathon for its experiential program that creates social impact.

The lab on wheels is a customised bus with 17 computers, two televisions, one 3D printer, cameras and normal printer that will hop around the city to give educational lectures, tutorials and teach school students as part of its outreach programme for guiding students in the domains of maths, science and advanced technology.

Vijaybhoomi University (VU) has opened admissions for 11 Undergraduate and 4 Postgraduate programmes for the academic year starting in July 2021. Admissions are open for JAGSOM (Jagdish Sheth School Of Management), INSOFE School of Data Science, School of Law, School of Design, School of Arts and Humanities and The True School of Music.

Jagdish Seth School of Management (JAGSOM, formerly IFIM Business School) during the Founder’s Day celebration shared the vision of Shri. Vijay Padode, the founder, at an online colloquium, co-organized by MBA Universe. The Director, Dr Atish Chattopadhyay, shared the founder’s vision which was to give back to the nation and connecting India to the outside world through education, in the context of then liberalizing India. Padma Bhushan awardee and global academician, Dr Jagdish Seth, Chairman JAGSOM, shared his views about the attributes of Indian global business schools. "

A focus point of the webinar was to delve deeper into the skills that a student would learn in law school, while pursuing any one of the numerous fields in law. Kritika Padode Bhandari, Board Member at Vijaybhoomi University and Advocate at the Supreme Court of India said, “Law gives rise to people looking to work in the government, be a part of public policy, want to start a venture, as well as those looking to work in research, or become consultants. Law school is no longer about making lawyers, but should be viewed as helping students develop specific skills such as critical thinking, argumentative skills, advocacy, communication skills, research, which will aid them in any field they move into.

University has announced Multiple Scholarships across all undergraduate and postgraduate programs Bangalore, Karnataka, India (NewsVoir) Vijaybhoomi University (VU), India’s first liberal professional university has announced that it is accepting applications for both Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs for the academic year starting in July 2021.

The students of Jagdish Seth School of Management (JAGSOM, formerly known as IFIM business school), IFIM College and IFIM Law School donated 18 lacs to provide nourishment and support to women whose livelihoods were put to risk by the pandemic to the institute, Kanyathon Shiksha Kendra in one of the adopted villages near Kolar and to continue supporting the save a girl child initiative with CRY.

University has announced Multiple Scholarships across all undergraduate and postgraduate programs Bangalore, Karnataka, India (NewsVoir) Vijaybhoomi University (VU), India’s first liberal professional university has announced that it is accepting applications for both Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs for the academic year starting in July 2021.

Vijaybhoomi University (VU), India's first liberal professional university has announced that it is accepting applications for both Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs for the academic year starting in July 2021.

Gianluca Liberatore, Associate Dean at True School of Music – Vijaybhoomi University, writes in India Today about the four crucial ideas that will help you get going if you are looking at starting a career in Music.

True School of Music, a Music institute that offers professional as well hobby music courses is hosting ‘The Art of Mastering in 2021’ by Jonathan Wyner on 25th February at 7.30PM on Zoom

International School of Engineering (INSOFE) is the world’s leading research-driven educational institution in Applied Engineering with 12 full-time and 4 adjunct world-renowned faculty members holding PhDs from elite international universities and having worked as CXO’s in large analytics firms. INSOFE has campuses located in Hyderabad, Bangalore and offers its flagship program PGP in Big Data Analytics in collaboration with Kirloskar, Pune. The institute plans to launch a new program in Machine Learning (ML) Applications in Capital Markets, and a corporate program in Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data soon.

Five essential points to consider for one who wants to succeed as a musician There’s a place for every type of personality in the music industry, as its scope is incredibly large. However, this article will focus on the performers, producers, sound engineers, DJs and the like, who create the “product” of music and engage directly with audiences and clients

The proposed labour law code, as documented under the Code of Wages, 2019 not only overhauls the entire gamut of working standards but also brings some changes which can have lasting effects.

Mindler, a comprehensive career guidance & mentorship platform for students, has announced the launch of Mindler Scholarship Hunt. This initiative will engage over 1,00,000 12th grade students from over 1000 schools from India and the Middle East and will offer scholarships worth over INR 25 Cr across leading Indian Universities. Launched in collaboration with AFAIRS - Asia's education enabler for student-university outreach and Education World, the initiative was inaugurated by Gerry Arathoon, Chief Executive - CISCE (Council For The Indian School Certificate Examinations).

The True School of Music, helmed by Musician/ Producer Ashutosh Phatak and Entrepreneur/ Sound Engineer Nitin Chandy, has partnered with Vijaybhoomi University to launch an on-campus music degree programme

The True School of Music has partnered with Vijaybhoomi University to launch a music degree programme. The admission process will begin in November and the courses will commence in April 2021. Students may opt for dual degree programmes such as law and business or engineering and music

Ravishankar Gopal (name changed) thought all was hunky dory when lockdown was announced and he was asked to work from home. Working for a leading IT firm in Chennai on a project, he was paid his March salary in full and on time. Things will be fine in a couple of weeks as the lockdown controls the spread of Covid-19, he thought.

Vijaybhoomi University is India’s first Lib­eral Professional University, which uses the liberal-professional framework of education to build a unique curriculum aligned to Industry 4.0.

We are living in a stormy and unprecedented time and business schools too, like any other industry, are not immune to the uncertainties. The year 2020 has posed some grave strategic questions for business schools and to have a discussion on the same lines, BW Education held its Wednesday Wisdom

The pandemic has hampered the plans of many aspirants who were planning to study abroad this year. While the majority of universities in the US, UK, Australia and other countries are offering online classes until January 2021, the students are not quite willing to opt for the same due to the lack of exposure and hands-on learning.

A concerted effort to improve the mental health and well-being of students needs to be worked out by the educational institutions, write Sanjay Padode and Atish Chattopadhyay

FIM Business School, among India’s top six AACSB-accredited business schools, based in both Bengaluru and Greater Mumbai is launching a bridge programme for Indian under-graduate and postgraduates students.

Digital India vision of the Government of India seems to be an instrument in solving situation in present scenario, where every sector is caught in a crisis because of COVID-19. All the business activities have been put to halt. Everyone is talking about economy and GDP. It has badly affected even the education sector.

IFIM Law School, Bengaluru is organizing a five-episode webinar series.

Exams have always been nerve-wracking for Ms Jayantika Arora. But the ones the postgraduate marketing and management student took in April were even more so.

IN A BID to help villages in and around Karjat, Maharashtra, the faculty and staff of Vijaybhoomi University has distributed survival kits to around 550 families in morethan10neighbouringvillages.

Time to move with the flow as an unprecedented growth will be seen in AI, Machine Learning, E-commerce, Blockchain technology while demand for vanilla engineering degrees will fade out With the heavy usage of Data Analytics and AI to build predictive models for corona patient and infection identification, data scientists will be in high demand in a post-covid world. While this might accelerate the demand for data science courses, the vanilla BE/BTech degrees would need a strong AI component with at least a minor specialisation to help solve real-world problems.

Management institutions globally are facing major challenges today, which are a function of tectonic shifts in the techno-socio-economic landscape of the world; and the digital revolution occurring in Industry 4.0, ushering in the shift from an industrial to a knowledge economy.

The fast-paced economy of the world has created a greater need for a drift towards digital adoption. The progressive use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has not only made daily living a little more comfortable but, as an aid to medicine, defence and finance, it is a clear indicator of where the future is heading.

Maybe there are other countries like France, Germany, and Switzerland that have a sound curriculum in the new age STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, a close surrogate for Data Science and AI programs) which are leading edge.

Vijaybhoomi University, India's first liberal professional university established by the founding members of IFIM institutions, conducted its first governing body meeting to announce the appointment of the university officials and the governing body of university

The University announced the officials under the five schools of Vijaybhoomi University

Probably the first-of-its-kind in the world wherein the first governing body meeting was conducted virtually due to the COVID-19 lockdown. The governing body also passed the necessary resolutions

The university announced the officials under the five schools of vijaybhoomi university

A dual degree BBA programme offering opportunities to pursue the management course in India and abroad was recently unveiled in Bangalore.

VijayBhoomi University, a new liberal arts university promoted by the IFIM group of institutions, has partnered with ESCP (ESCP Europe Business School) to provide a dual-degree BBA programme.

Dr A Parasuraman, who recently retired as Professor and James W. McLamore Chair in Marketing at the University of Miami, has been appointed the Pro-Chancellor of Academics at VijayBhoomi University, a new liberal arts university promoted by the IFIM group of institutions. Dr Parasuraman has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras, an MBA in Marketing from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and a Doctorate in Business Administration from Indiana University. He is the co-author of a study on services marketing, which developed the concept of Servqual. He has developed a Technology Readiness Index (TRI), which measures the degree of technological adoption in businesses

Though media reports are doing rounds that Walmart has laid off around 100 executives at the senior level, experts with whom THE WEEK spoke feel that this does not imply any slowdown in its operations and investments in India. It may even signify its expansion in the e-commerce field with Flipkart, and cutting down on its physical retail presence. It may also mean that Walmart is striving to operate more efficiently by laying off 100 senior level employees that may create a cushion of profit margin, and scope to give more discounts to customers.

Advanced estimates released by the government show India's GDP growth rate for 2019-20 at 5 per cent, a dip from the 6.8 per cent that was there in FY19.

To develop future-ready professionals in the area of data science, an independent professional school will be set up in Greater Mumbai with an aim to provide 90,000 data science professionals in the country.