ADINET E-News Digest No. 46 July 2018
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ADINET e-News Digest No. 46 July 2018 CONTENTS Page No. PAUSE & PONDER 2 Biz opportunities in Indian education sector @ Open a e-library/ 2 e-book club Learning curve @ Education Loan 2 National digital drug database to be a reality soon as DTAB 2 backsDrugs and Cosmetics (D&C) Rules amendment to make submission mandatory Learning Outcomes in India @ Less talk & More Action 3 Classrooms still have a lesson for online courses 3 AICTE @ Internship Day Fourth Saturday of August – Intern 4 shala: To Honour Colleges with Best Internship Record Exploring the Relevance of Libraries in the Internet Age 4 Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2018 5 Mumbai’s Open Study Centers @ Underprivileged Students can 6 build their dreams Website Monitoring Services @ five best options 6 Novel Initiative @ Encourage Science Communication 7 SUITE YOURSELF @ Other than Microsoft Office, Free Cloud- 8 based Alternatives Collaborative Marketing 9 A School Without Walls @ Anand Shanti Niketan 9 Digital Addiction @ Can we outsmart Smart phones? 10 Virtual Reality - Concerns & Challenges 10 This couple requested books as a wedding gift to set up a 11 library for the needy @ Unique Initiative towards Library Development Relevance @ New Skill 11 Web 3.0 – The Tech Industry’s Next Stage 12 Digital Revolution: Learning Modes & Resources 12 From preservation to perpetuation @ KM Deep Approach 13 3 A D I N E T e - N e w s D i g est No.46 July 2018 Page 1 PAUSE & PONDER The applicant for an education loan must be a citizen of India. A good academic If you start each day with a smile in the record is preferable. The lending institution may seek relevant documents and mark morning, you might be surprised at the sheets. positive energy that you will carry throughout the day. Every day, try to Concise From think of the things that make you smile. | https://www.telegraphindia.com/business All of us do have many reasons to /learning-curve-233664 smile. National digital drug database to be a Biz opportunities in Indian education reality soon as DTAB backsDrugs and sector @ Open a e-library/ e-book club Cosmetics (D&C) Rules amendment to make submission mandatory List of five business opportunities that ‘edupreneurs’ in India can use to make a The Central Drugs Standard Control mark in the sector. Organization’s (CDSCO) bid to create India’s first national digital database for Start a day-care / pre-school pharmaceuticals has got a shot in the arm with the Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) agreeing to the proposal to make Private tutorial service a declaration mechanism mandatory for all firms licensed to manufacture medicines in Open an e-library/ e-book club India. The apex drug advisory body on technical matters has also backed Skill development /Training school amendments to the Drugs and Cosmetics (D&C) Rules of 1945 to bring the initiative Educational tours for school to fruition, it is learnt. children The central regulator aims at making it ConciseFrom| https://www.newstodaynet.c mandatory for all drug makers to upload om/index.php/2018/05/28/biz- the details of their manufacturing licenses opportunities-in-indian-education- and list of products on ‘Sugam’, an online sector/?upm_export=pdf portal developed by the health ministry. The state licensing authorities can easily Learning curve @ Education Loan verify it by checking the inputs on the site. Once it is made mandatory, all the The cost of higher education is steep, and manufacturers will be putting details of the graph is expected to rise in the coming their facilities and products regularly in the years to surpass the rate of inflation. It's database. not easy to fund a degree whose cost may be several times the family's annual “At present, India doesn’t have income. And that is where education loans comprehensive information on domestic come in. drug manufacturing industry and the CDSCO has to bank on data obtained An education loan is taken by a student as from state authorities. And many a time, the primary applicant. Parents or siblings the state officials are helpless in providing can stand in as a co-applicant. Before specific real-time data. The ‘Sugam’ portal applying for a loan, it is mandatory to can resolve this issue to a great extent if qualify for admission in a course from a the current self-declaration clause is made recognized educational institution mandatory,” an industry lobby group accredited with the UGC and according to representative opined. norms laid down by the lending institutions. 3 A D I N E T e - N e w s D i g est No.46 July 2018 Page 2 The database would come in handy for the · First, we need clear examples of drug manufacturers and consumers alike what good quality education looks as it provides details of licenses issued for like· Second, we need to focus on manufacturing sites and drug formulations classroom practice by state FDAs along with a list of approved wholesalers and retailers. · Third, we need to involve parents It may be noted that the Union health · Fourth, we need to scale ministry has been striving to digitize programmes that demonstrate impact and information key to healthcare to enable not just run to the next innovation or pilot interoperability and exchange of data in the country. The government has recently · Fifth, we need to partner more finalized the draft of the proposed digital information security in healthcare act Link| http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op- (disha) to establish a nodal agency for ed/less-talk-more- creating regulatory framework for digital action/article24203172.ece healthcare data. Classrooms still have a lesson for Indian pharma sector is estimated to online courses account for 3.6 per cent of the global pharmaceutical industry in value terms KunalVed, a relationship manager in a and 10 per cent in volume terms. It is private bank, is taking up an e- expected to grow to $100 billion by 2025. learning course to upskill himself on the According to official estimates, the sector digital learning platform ‘Imarticus’. “The would generate 58,000 additional job course is not completely online and we opportunities by the year 2025. meetco-learners for a few days every month to discuss varying experience Source levels and get a better sense of the http://www.pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=109146&sid=1content. Besides, we have the flexibility of accommodating our work schedules and Learning Outcomes in India @ Less course timings,” he said. talk & More Action Even as corporates adopt e- When it comes to improving learning learning platforms and micro-learning to upskill their employees, classroom outcomes in India, we have no time to teaching has not lost its sheen. Blended waste. No time for conference speakers to learning — a combination of online drone on, no time for research that only courses and offline touch points — is produces another report on poor learning increasingly adopted by corporates and levels in the country, and no time to individuals. complain about how accountability systems and processes are broken. Too E-learning service providers see a 25-30% increase in companies opting for blended many children are not learning and every learning over 100% classroom or e- moment that we don’t act is a moment learning courses. Facilitating discussions wasted in a child’s life. We also need to and collaborative learning, blended act in ways that will focus on improving learning offers flexibility for working learning. While there has been an professionals and also fosters better increase in education spending over the completion rates. last five years, learning outcomes have been poor and have been declining. Imarticus learning managing director Nikhil Barsikhar said, “For those looking for employment and new career opportunities, 30% of the course is recommended to be 3 A D I N E T e - N e w s D i g est No.46 July 2018 Page 3 acquired online, and those who want to event will be held on 25th August 2018 in upskill, look for 20% of the course Delhi. contents through touch points, since it facilitates collaborative learning.” AICTE is working to improve the employability of students and has Experts from the field are roped in to offer mandated internships for all the students the missing links in e-learning enrolled in AICTE approved academic components. ‘Udacity’ offers the course in institutions. To make internships popular its B2B offering to corporates for its nano- among the student and the college degree programs. The company recently communities and to acknowledge the partnered with Infosys for colleges putting significant efforts to help ‘UdacityConnect’, a combined in-person their students, AICTE, with the help of and online training offering in autonomous Internshala, will recognise the colleges. vehicles. AICTE Chairman, Dr Anil D Udacity India MD Ishan Gupta said, “The Sahasrabudhe, said, "Internships are an 20-week program is training select Infosys essential part of the college life for engineers in self-driving car technology, students. It helps them gain immense including advanced concepts of deep exposure, develop entrepreneurial learning and machine learning. It is a abilities, and learn industry-specific skills, blended learning model, which enabling them to land their dream jobs. commenced with virtual classes and then The college, including faculties and the converted to in-person trainerled classes T&Ps, plays an essential role in preparing at the Mysuru campus of the company.” the students for their future jobs, and through the Internship Day event, we hope Companies say that for courses done to see greater participation from students solely on e-learning, completion rates are and colleges in promoting internship at around 30%.