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In today’s competitive world, staying updated with new technologies and adjusting to them is highly critical. Technology is rapidly evolving and enabling new innovations, thereby creating new job prospects. Every year, these technologies mature and become more effective than their previous versions. But it’s the pandemic that has catalysed the digital transformation of industries. Adapting to the digital world is now a necessity and more critical than ever. Practically every job now requires you to deal with data, and technology has simplified analytics and enabled data-driven decisions. As a result, reskilling becomes imperative in today’s world to keep up with…
On the occasion of International Women’s Day which is falling on 8th March 2021, Education Today is paying homage to all those women who have changed the paradigm with their determination. We compiled success stories of few women edupreneurs, who are being noticed by their sheer hard work and innovation in the field of education. While their paths are varied, you’re likely to find a desire for change along them all. Jasmine Bala – Founder & Director – Project Balika Jasmine is founder and director of Project Balika. operations and partnerships with schools. Jasmine is a graduate from Brown University…
‘Women empowerment’ – the term makes one feel regressive in current times, when there is nothing that women have not achieved today. From managing homes to large conglomerates and even heading nations, women have shattered the proverbial glass ceiling achieving positions that have were once solely considered to be the prerogative of the male gender. While the western world has been pretty much ahead in time to recognise the prowess of women in various fields, India still has a log way to go in achieving gender equality. Sadly, that remains the truth even if you find women excelling in almost…
Ms. Sushmita Singha is a life transformation coach and an award-winning social entrepreneur. Ms. Sushmita Singha has over 3 decades of diverse experience in entrepreneurship, is a philanthropist and a business strategist. She has been awarded by the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Kabul Municipality expressing appreciation for her work in the field of environment, sanitation, promoting school health, hygiene, and safety in that country. Women in general are unaware of their own being. They are conditioned to be treated in a particular way or to make way for others at their own cost. In India women in general grow up glorifying sacrifices…
“Our right of interference is limited entirely to giving education. Women must be put in a position to solve their own problems in their own way. No one can or ought to do this for them. And our Indian women are capable of doing it as any in the world.” -Swami Vivekananda To empower women means, helping her to realise self-worth, allowing her to make own choices and decisions, treating her equally to influence social change. Gender equality is a fundamental right according to Article 14 of the constitution. Men and women must enjoy same opportunities as well as rights,…
Education for women in India is still considered a milestone. While independent India was one of the first few countries where women got equal rights to participate in education, society, economy and politics by law, however the ground reality stayed the opposite. Many women are restricted to achieve their ambitions due to lack of access to opportunities and the patriarchal nature of the society. Education is a crucial mean of empowerment that can bring a positive change in the society. While many women are steadily closing the higher education gap, unfortunately access to quality education, primarily in tier 2…
Today’s fast-paced, team-based, and global work environments call for strong and effective business relationships. Emotional Intelligence (EI) competencies are at the heart of effective workplace relationships and productivity. More women in leadership positions will provide an integrated set of skills that support highly effective, fast-reacting, and innovative organizations. This article explores the gender biases and the gaps in gender representation across sectors and highlights the importance of women’s leadership in healthcare, politics, and the corporate sector. Women in Leadership Positions Traditionally, it has been observed that women may not suit some of the leadership positions, possibly due to personal or…
Business education has been one of the most impacted industries during the pandemic. Most business schools, globally as well as in India, have traditionally been predominantly run on a ‘face to face’ in-class basis, the pandemic brought along with it social distancing norms and stringent safety protocols compelling business schools to deliver their programs online, overnight. This quantum shift from ‘face to face’ delivery to an ‘online digital’ delivery needed a complete transition; right from faculty teaching methods, student mindset to attend online, technology absorption and above all the evaluation methodology; all of these in the backdrop of patchy internet…
It was a winter afternoon and I was on my daily routine of walking in the park. There happened to be some first grader kids studying in the park. They recited and rhymed poems and told stories well. I was impressed by the way they were explaining things and discussing what was taught in the class. I sat near them on a bench. One of them was teaching others how to solve math problems. She was a leader. A guide. And quite brilliant. I thought hard about why some students are able to perform while others struggled, even when they…
And no other modern methods will match to it DR.S.RAGHAVAN,VISITING PROFESSOR,N I T TRICHY Senior Most Professor(H A G) Retd.,ECE Dept., N I T TRICHY raghavannitt@gmail.com In the educational class room ‘SMART BOARD’ is the state of art teaching tool. In broad sense ‘SMART BOARD’ can be defined as a giant size monitor. In addition to the functions that can be done using a PC, drawings, graphs also can be done manually with SMART BOARD . Most of the class rooms in the developed countries use this and very few of the Indian colleges do have this modern teaching…