Koshys Group of Institutions: Innovating Education During the Crisis
Extraordinary situations need extraordinary measures. With the unprecedented scale and unique response strategies, COVID-19 pandemic has given the world a realization that our current way of life many nor work. One of the significant areas where we saw substantial scale reformation is education. “The slow pace of change in academic institutions globally is lamentable, with
Moving from a Paper and Pencil Test to an Online Administration: How is LSAC Helping Law Aspirants During COVID-19?
For the first time ever, Law School Admission Council (LSAC), creator of the LSAT—India, will be administering the 2020 LSAT—India online to provide a secure and timely testing opportunity for candidates despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Moving from a paper...
Studying Medicine Abroad Gives Aspirants a New Perspective Towards Their Career Goals
A recent data released by RBI says that Indians spent 44 per cent more from $1.9 billion in 2013-14 to $2.8 billion in 2017-18 while studying abroad and every year around 7,000 students go outside India to study medicine....
Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education
Dr. D N S Kumar, a doctorate and an erudite scholar with an experience of 29 years, is currently serving as the Vice-Chancellor of Ansal University. Rendering his expertise to students, he has worked as a professor of finance...
The Way Ahead for Hospitality Aspirants Following COVID-19
COVID-19 impact has created extraordinary situations across the sectors, including hospitality education. However, the professionals and the educators in the hospitality industry believe that newer job roles will emerge, and old ones might not be relevant. “All is not...
Why Study Biomedical Engineering – One of the Fastest Growing Areas in Engineering?
Prof. Raymond Lee is the Associate Dean (Global Engagement) of the Faculty of Technology – University of Portsmouth, UK, and also the Chair of the Biomedical Engineering Research Group. His research lies at the interface of engineering and clinical...
How Did We Prepare Teachers for COVID Disruption in Education?
A PhD holder from Cambridge University, UK, Dr. Sunita Gandhi is the founder of multiple institutions including Council for Global Education, USA, Global Education & Training Institute (GETI), DEVI Sansthan: Dignity, Education Vision International, India, and Education Society of...
How to Educate the Future Generation?
Nidhi Bansal is the Pro-Vice Chairperson of Pacific World School. Graduated in Psychology Hons from Delhi University, Nidhi holds an MBA in Human Resources from Central Queensland University, Australia. She brings with her years of rich corporate experience in...
Access, Adopt and Move on – The New Mantra of Learning
ELSA (English Language Speech Assistant) is an AI-powered app for the 1.5 billion language learners in the world to learn to speak English more fluently, thereby changing their careers and lives. To support and encourage students to utilize this valuable...
Distance Learning in the Time of Social Distancing: How is Coursera Helping Education Institutions Around the World?
Raghav leads India and APAC business of Coursera. He is responsible for growing Coursera’s consumer and enterprise business in the region, and thereby bringing the world’s best education to learners. In this role, Raghav is responsible for driving impactful...
Swiss Model of Experiential Learning in Hospitality Education
Georgette Davey brings over 25 years of experience in academic leadership and hospitality management. She began her career in education as a professor at University College Suffolk, where she spent eight years delivering courses in hospitality, leisure and tourism....
College of the Year 2020
Wherever you are from, whatever your interests are or whichever industry you work in, you will have come across a tale about how ‘data’ is changing the way we live and work. The importance of data and automation has...
Waiting for the Reopening
Summer vacation was one of most-awaited time during my school days. When I reached college, study leaves replaced the summer vacations. All those holidays, however, had one thing in common – I knew that I could go back to...
