Edexcel, a Pearson company – the United Kingdom’s largest awarding body offering academic and vocational qualifications, and Indian Institute of Hardware and Technology (IIHT), Asia’s leading technology training organisation in IMS, today announced a strategic partnership that would pave way to revolutionize hardware training globally. The partnership would enable IIHT to offer customised Edexcel BTEC Higher National Diploma in Hardware Technology program (BTEC HND IMS).
This work-related qualification is expected to create a completely job ready, skilled talent pool that addresses the needs of employers. The BTEC HND IMS program offers a comprehensive 20 unit course that comprises of all the essential technologies. This is imparted through 1,200 hours of skill based training with effective learning outcomes. After completing the BTEC HND IMS Programme, students can pursue a lucrative career or further enhance their knowledge by pursuing advanced degree programs.
The Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) industry, a USD 524 billion dollar market globally and growing at the rate of 35%, is projected to offer more than 2 lakh jobs by the end of 2010. It is a fact that there are 3 times more jobs than trained professionals in the IMS industry today. Given the business dynamics, IMS can be offered as onsite or offshore or as a hybrid model. IT infrastructure management plays a vital role in solving the growing business needs of medium and large enterprises.
Addressing a press conference here today, Vivek Govil, CEO, Pearson Education said, “We are extremely pleased to be working with IIHT and we believe it will become one of the most high-profile international partnerships in the IT space. The BTEC pedagogy, its quality-assurance model and IIHT’s delivery muscle will ensure we tap the potential of students across India and cater to the huge manpower requirements of this industry”.
Speaking on the occasion, N Keshava Raju, CEO, IIHT, said, “As a pioneer we are taking the next logical step by globalising our training program. By partnering Edexcel, we are not only bringing international vocational training to India, but also taking the highly acclaimed module to 15 more countries where we have presence. This alliance would provide IIHT the much needed fillip and cement its position as a market leader in providing IMS training”.
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Monday, August 16, 2010
HCG adds HIFU, a minimally invasive procedure, to treat Prostrate Cancer
HealthCare Global Enterprises Limited (HCG), South Asia’s largest cancer care network which has been pioneering non-invasive treatment protocols in cancer treatment, today added High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) – an acoustic ablation technique - to its offering portfolio for treatment of prostrate cancer. The oncology major thus joins a select group of hospitals that offers new age treatment for prostrate cancer and becomes the first hospital in Karnataka to install this technology.
HIFU technology utilizes the power of ultrasound to destroy deep-seated tissue with pinpoint accuracy for treatment of prostate cancer. HIFU focuses sound waves in a targeted area which rapidly increases the temperature to 90-95°C in the focal zone causing tissue destruction. HIFU treatment typically is a 2-3 hour procedure performed one time on a patient basically on an out-patient basis under spinal anesthesia. Patients generally are up and walking within hours after HIFU and can return to a normal lifestyle within a couple of days.
Commenting on advantages that HIFU offers to patients, Dr Raghunath S K, Uro-Oncologist, HCG, said, “Unlike radiation, HIFU is non-ionizing which means that this acoustic ablation technique could also be used as a salvage technique if other prostate cancer treatments fail after radiation”.
According to Mukesh Rana, Country Manager, India HIFU, “The interest shown by physicians & patients and rapid adoption of HIFU technology in India is impressive. Also we are confident that the momentum will continue to grow as more physicians and patients explore Sonablate® HIFU as a treatment option. It would be our privilege to partner HCG and jointly fight prostate cancer as a team and in the process provide best treatment to patients suffering from prostate cancer”.
About HCG:
HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd. (HCG), a leader in oncology care in India, currently manages a network of 18 cancer centres across South Asia. HCG focuses on cancer treatment centres, imaging & laboratory services and clinical trials & research services. The vision of HCG is to provide high quality, integrated, comprehensive cancer treatment to all segments of society. Bangalore Institute of Oncology (BIO), the flagship of HCG, set up almost 2 decades back was the first dedicated comprehensive cancer centre to be established in the private sector in India. Under the guidance of Dr. B.S. Ajaikumar, BIO acquired Curie Centre of Oncology in 2000 and re-christened it as HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd. Besides expanding to other geographies nationally, HCG acquired Triesta Sciences in December 2005. Under this banner HCG runs a high end Onco-Reference Laboratory, Biomarker research & validation R&D laboratory and Research Organization - CRO. For details log on to www.hcgoncology.com
Saturday, March 13, 2010
HCG sets up exclusive Centre for Women’s Health in Bangalore
HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd. (HCG), South Asia’s largest cancer care network, today announced the setting up of HCG Centre for Women’s Health, India’s first exclusive centre for Women Health by women, for women, dedicated to the treatment of various cancer and cancer related diseases. This new centre was inaugurated by well-known Kannada actor Mrs. Priyanka Upendra and Mrs. Rani Satish, Ex-Minister Kannada and Culture on the occasion of International Women’s Day.
This initiative of HCG is part of its dedicated effort to reach out to women across all strata of society and create awareness on various cancer related diseases that women are likely to be affected & spread the message that early detection could go a long way in managing the disorder. Also for those identified with the disease and not amenable for complete cure, the oncology major is keen to make its mission of ‘living with cancer’ a reality with the support of HCG’s Centre for Women’s Health.
Talking to the media at the launch of the dedicated Centre for Women’s Health, Dr Ajaikumar, Chairman, HCG, said “Various studies confirm that the world over, for all cancers combined, prevalence in women is higher than in men and the trend is true in the case of India also”. Against this background, HCG is keen to strengthen healthcare service for women’s health, through prevention, early diagnosis and management.
According to him HCG’s Centre for Women’s Health would strive to collect, collate & monitor data better, do proactive research, endeavour itself to offer more systemic monitoring, disseminate information and try to break barriers that women face in protecting their health.
Different types of cancer that afflict women include breast cancer, cervix cancer, ovarian cancer, oral cavity cancer, oesophageal cancer, thyroid cancer, endometrial cancer and blood cancer. Importantly cancer as a life style disease has evolved more rapidly over the last 2 decades than ever before and keeping with this trend incidence of gynaecological and breast cancer are the highest amongst all types of cancer, he added.
This initiative of HCG is part of its dedicated effort to reach out to women across all strata of society and create awareness on various cancer related diseases that women are likely to be affected & spread the message that early detection could go a long way in managing the disorder. Also for those identified with the disease and not amenable for complete cure, the oncology major is keen to make its mission of ‘living with cancer’ a reality with the support of HCG’s Centre for Women’s Health.
Talking to the media at the launch of the dedicated Centre for Women’s Health, Dr Ajaikumar, Chairman, HCG, said “Various studies confirm that the world over, for all cancers combined, prevalence in women is higher than in men and the trend is true in the case of India also”. Against this background, HCG is keen to strengthen healthcare service for women’s health, through prevention, early diagnosis and management.
According to him HCG’s Centre for Women’s Health would strive to collect, collate & monitor data better, do proactive research, endeavour itself to offer more systemic monitoring, disseminate information and try to break barriers that women face in protecting their health.
Different types of cancer that afflict women include breast cancer, cervix cancer, ovarian cancer, oral cavity cancer, oesophageal cancer, thyroid cancer, endometrial cancer and blood cancer. Importantly cancer as a life style disease has evolved more rapidly over the last 2 decades than ever before and keeping with this trend incidence of gynaecological and breast cancer are the highest amongst all types of cancer, he added.
Friday, March 13, 2009
CyberKnife Inventor, Dr Adler visits HCG CyberKnife Center, Bangalore
Professor John R. Adler Jr., Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiation Oncology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA and Inventor, CyberKnife®, was at HealthCare Global Enterprises (HCG) CyberKnife Center, Bangalore on March 11, 2009 on a visit, his first to India. HCG offers CyberKnife, the world’s first whole body non-invasive robotic radiosurgery therapy to cancer patients in India , at an affordable price. Dr. Adler also addressed a distinguished gathering of radiation oncologists invited from across the country for a scientific session. CyberKnife is a non-surgical, pain-free system that can treat lesions and tumors anywhere in the body. Using sophisticated robotics, CyberKnife significantly reduces treatment time from 5 weeks to 5 days, with nil or minimal side effects. CyberKnife offers new hope to patients who have inoperable or surgically complex tumors or who may be looking for an alternative to surgery.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
“Universities of India 2008” – a compendium on Indian Universities launched
Mindlogicx Infotech Ltd, an R & D based technology company pioneering in providing end-to-end solutions in virtual knowledge management and delivery domain, in association with Dun & Bradstreet India, one of world’s leading companies for global business information, launched a publication - ‘Universities of India 2008’. Smt. D Purandareswari, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Government of India, released the publication here today at the Knowledge Conclave - “Universities of India 2008-09”. The publication is an information repository of UGC recognized universities in India and is expected to serve as a reference tool on Indian universities.
The Knowledge Conclave, jointly organised by Mindlogicx and Dun & Bradstreet, was attended by over 50 vice chancellors of leading Universities across India and top corporate houses in India. This land mark event was organised to bring together intellectuals, academicians and corporate leaders who aspire to shape the future of emerging India as knowledge super power by 2020.
According to Suresh Elangovan, Managing Director & CEO, Mindlogicx Infotech Limited, “Release of the publication is our first initiative to showcase the knowledge base of Indian universities to the world and more specifically to the corporate & industry partners. The compendium is expression of our commitment to quality assurance and excellence in the academic portfolio management. Response for this publication has been tremendous and we are committed to make this an annual event.”
About Universities of India 2008
Universities of India 2008, documents the achievements of prominent universities across India. A total of 165 universities and university level institutions that fall under the purview of the University Grants Commission (UGC) and/or governed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), GoI have been covered in the publication. These comprise of 40% State Universities, 28% Deemed Universities, 18% Institutes of National Importance, 9% Central Universities, 3% Private Universities and 2% Open Universities. Universities that provided sufficient information as required were chosen for analysis. D&B India also conducted a talent study based on a survey of 125 BSE listed companies in which senior management from the human resource department voiced their opinions about the education system and the employment situation in India.
Key findings
The total number of enrolled students in the surveyed Universities grew by 81% for the academic sessions of 2006-07 and 2007-08. However the study also showed that faculty recruitment has not been able to keep pace with the growing number of students. The pupil to teacher ratio changed from 1:15 to 1:22 for the same period, and lags behind in comparison with some of the developed economies such as the US and UK.
Among the Universities surveyed, quality of education and retention of faculty emerged as key concerns – thus moving beyond the traditional concern of lack of funds.
Among the Universities surveyed, the number of students with work experience grew by 53% for the academic session of 2007-08 over the previous year indicating that higher education as a medium of updating skills and knowledge is gaining traction among professionals.
Over the years, governments have been promoting women’s education. These measures to promote women’s education seem to have culminated in positive results. Our study shows that women enrolment accounted for nearly one fourth of the total enrolment and increased by around 100% in the academic session of 2007-08 over the previous session.
Increasing use of Information Technology has added a new dimension to the method of imparting education in India. Our study shows that around 20% of the surveyed universities offer e-learning content and have the capacity to offer the full programme online. This percentage is expected to increase significantly over the next few years.
Among the surveyed universities, the number of students with work experience increased by 53% from 1,439 in 2006-07 to 2,212 in 2007-08. A key driver for this has been the number of new courses and programs offered by universities that attempt to meet industry requirements.
The Knowledge Conclave, jointly organised by Mindlogicx and Dun & Bradstreet, was attended by over 50 vice chancellors of leading Universities across India and top corporate houses in India. This land mark event was organised to bring together intellectuals, academicians and corporate leaders who aspire to shape the future of emerging India as knowledge super power by 2020.
According to Suresh Elangovan, Managing Director & CEO, Mindlogicx Infotech Limited, “Release of the publication is our first initiative to showcase the knowledge base of Indian universities to the world and more specifically to the corporate & industry partners. The compendium is expression of our commitment to quality assurance and excellence in the academic portfolio management. Response for this publication has been tremendous and we are committed to make this an annual event.”
About Universities of India 2008
Universities of India 2008, documents the achievements of prominent universities across India. A total of 165 universities and university level institutions that fall under the purview of the University Grants Commission (UGC) and/or governed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), GoI have been covered in the publication. These comprise of 40% State Universities, 28% Deemed Universities, 18% Institutes of National Importance, 9% Central Universities, 3% Private Universities and 2% Open Universities. Universities that provided sufficient information as required were chosen for analysis. D&B India also conducted a talent study based on a survey of 125 BSE listed companies in which senior management from the human resource department voiced their opinions about the education system and the employment situation in India.
Key findings
The total number of enrolled students in the surveyed Universities grew by 81% for the academic sessions of 2006-07 and 2007-08. However the study also showed that faculty recruitment has not been able to keep pace with the growing number of students. The pupil to teacher ratio changed from 1:15 to 1:22 for the same period, and lags behind in comparison with some of the developed economies such as the US and UK.
Among the Universities surveyed, quality of education and retention of faculty emerged as key concerns – thus moving beyond the traditional concern of lack of funds.
Among the Universities surveyed, the number of students with work experience grew by 53% for the academic session of 2007-08 over the previous year indicating that higher education as a medium of updating skills and knowledge is gaining traction among professionals.
Over the years, governments have been promoting women’s education. These measures to promote women’s education seem to have culminated in positive results. Our study shows that women enrolment accounted for nearly one fourth of the total enrolment and increased by around 100% in the academic session of 2007-08 over the previous session.
Increasing use of Information Technology has added a new dimension to the method of imparting education in India. Our study shows that around 20% of the surveyed universities offer e-learning content and have the capacity to offer the full programme online. This percentage is expected to increase significantly over the next few years.
Among the surveyed universities, the number of students with work experience increased by 53% from 1,439 in 2006-07 to 2,212 in 2007-08. A key driver for this has been the number of new courses and programs offered by universities that attempt to meet industry requirements.
Our survey also revealed that student enrolment for Ph. D programmes grew by 17% for the academic session of 2007-08 over the previous year.
Monday, January 19, 2009
RAMIRO ’09 conference
RAMIRO ’09, a conference on ‘Recent Advances in Molecular Imaging and Radiation Oncology’, was inaugurated here today by Dr. Kasturi Rangan, Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies. On this occasion a monograph on Positron Emission Tomography (PET CT) was released. The conference was organized by HCG, South Asia’s largest cancer care network in association with Indian Nuclear Society (INS), a professional body of nuclear scientists, engineers and technologists in India.
The conference would extensively deliberate on recent developments in molecular imaging and radiotherapy as radioisotope-based molecular imaging technologies including Cyclotrons and PET CT are proving to be path breaking occurrences on the medical horizon having wide ranging applications across endocrinology, cardiology, neurology and oncology among others. Over 100 specialists in nuclear medicine, radiation oncology and medical physics are attending this national conference.
Providing an overview of RAMIRO ’09, Dr. B S Ajai Kumar, Chairman and CEO, HCG, said, “Molecular imaging technologies are set to revolutionize the diagnostic and treatment modalities. This conference is an attempt to bring awareness about the utilization of PET scan in the indicative modalities”.
The conference would extensively deliberate on recent developments in molecular imaging and radiotherapy as radioisotope-based molecular imaging technologies including Cyclotrons and PET CT are proving to be path breaking occurrences on the medical horizon having wide ranging applications across endocrinology, cardiology, neurology and oncology among others. Over 100 specialists in nuclear medicine, radiation oncology and medical physics are attending this national conference.
Providing an overview of RAMIRO ’09, Dr. B S Ajai Kumar, Chairman and CEO, HCG, said, “Molecular imaging technologies are set to revolutionize the diagnostic and treatment modalities. This conference is an attempt to bring awareness about the utilization of PET scan in the indicative modalities”.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Mindlogicx and Dun & Bradstreet to host “Universities of India 2008-09”
Mindlogicx Infotech Ltd, an R & D based technology company pioneering in providing end-to-end solutions in virtual knowledge management and delivery domain, in association with Dun & Bradstreet India, one of world’s leading companies for global business information, will be hosting a Knowledge Conclave - “Universities of India 2008-09” in Bangalore between January 22 and 24, 2009. The conclave will be attended by vice chancellors of leading Universities across India , as well as leading academicians, academic administrators besides senior officials from University Grants Commission, Association of Indian Universities, NASSCOM, State Education Departments, State Service Commissions and top corporate houses in India .
This land mark event is an attempt to bring together intellectuals, academicians and corporate leaders who aspire to shape the future of emerging India as knowledge super power by 2020. Importantly the conclave would deliberate, debate and discuss key issues related to technology enabled education delivery and empowering final year college student to become “Job Ready” using technology as the enabler. Further, the conclave will ponder on increasing the employability quotient of final year students passing out of colleges & universities across various streams. Leveraging IT enabled education delivery for online delivery programmes would be another key issue that would be debated.
On this occasion Dun & Bradstreet & Mindlogicx would release a publication - ‘Universities of India 2008’, which is a repository of information on UGC recognized universities in India and the publication is expected to serve as a reference tool on Indian universities. The publication would be released by Smt. D Purandareswari, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Government of India , on the concluding day of the event. The online version of this publication will also be made available for universities and corporate houses to connect with each other for purposeful exploration of industry-academic collaboration. Further details are available at http://www.universitiesofindia.org/.
“Universities of India 2008 publication and the conclave are first initiative of this kind which would provide information and insight to all segments and stakeholders interested in nurturing the growth of higher education in India . Further, the publication would enable Indian universities to reach out to the international market and create employment opportunities for their students globally” observed Raj Devireddy, Convenor of the conclave.
Commenting on the knowledge conclave, Suresh Elangovan, Managing Director & CEO, Mindlogicx Infotech Limited said, “The objective of this event is to foster industry-academic collaboration that would usher in a meaningful partnership between them in the long run. This event would be an ideal launch pad for students of participating universities as they would gain immediate access to world class employment opportunities”. Also he added this event would enable show-case the knowledge base of Indian universities to the world and more specifically to the corporate and industry partners.
This land mark event is an attempt to bring together intellectuals, academicians and corporate leaders who aspire to shape the future of emerging India as knowledge super power by 2020. Importantly the conclave would deliberate, debate and discuss key issues related to technology enabled education delivery and empowering final year college student to become “Job Ready” using technology as the enabler. Further, the conclave will ponder on increasing the employability quotient of final year students passing out of colleges & universities across various streams. Leveraging IT enabled education delivery for online delivery programmes would be another key issue that would be debated.
On this occasion Dun & Bradstreet & Mindlogicx would release a publication - ‘Universities of India 2008’, which is a repository of information on UGC recognized universities in India and the publication is expected to serve as a reference tool on Indian universities. The publication would be released by Smt. D Purandareswari, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Government of India , on the concluding day of the event. The online version of this publication will also be made available for universities and corporate houses to connect with each other for purposeful exploration of industry-academic collaboration. Further details are available at http://www.universitiesofindia.org/.
“Universities of India 2008 publication and the conclave are first initiative of this kind which would provide information and insight to all segments and stakeholders interested in nurturing the growth of higher education in India . Further, the publication would enable Indian universities to reach out to the international market and create employment opportunities for their students globally” observed Raj Devireddy, Convenor of the conclave.
Commenting on the knowledge conclave, Suresh Elangovan, Managing Director & CEO, Mindlogicx Infotech Limited said, “The objective of this event is to foster industry-academic collaboration that would usher in a meaningful partnership between them in the long run. This event would be an ideal launch pad for students of participating universities as they would gain immediate access to world class employment opportunities”. Also he added this event would enable show-case the knowledge base of Indian universities to the world and more specifically to the corporate and industry partners.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Mindlogicx Infotech Named as "Red Herring Asia 100" Award Winner for 2008
Mindlogicx Infotech Ltd, an R & D based technology company pioneering in providing end-to-end solutions in virtual knowledge management and delivery domain, has bagged the coveted “Red Herring 100 Asia” award. The award recognizes the 100 most innovative private technology companies based in Asia .
Commenting on this, Suresh Elangovan, Managing Director & CEO, Mindlogicx, said, “We are extremely proud to be chosen on the exclusive list of 100 companies in Asia by Red Herring. Being a pioneer and leader, we believe that this award is another endorsement of the importance of virtual knowledge across sectors today. It is also the recognition of the technology & process innovation that we have brought to the virtual knowledge management and delivery domain”.
It may be noted that Red Herring 100 award recognizes Asia’s hottest Private companies from a pool of over 1000 applicants based across 16 countries/regions including China , India , Japan , Singapore , Korea , Australia and Vietnam that are leading the next wave of innovation. As part of its short listing process, the editorial team of Red Herring diligently surveyed the entrepreneurial scene throughout Asia and identified the top 100.
“Our Winners and Finalists demonstrate that Asia is increasingly becoming a leader in innovation, contrary to common stereotypes” said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring. “It was tough to choose just the top 100 finalists from such a large list of excellent contenders and we are happy with the quality of companies we selected as finalists”, he added.
Commenting on this, Suresh Elangovan, Managing Director & CEO, Mindlogicx, said, “We are extremely proud to be chosen on the exclusive list of 100 companies in Asia by Red Herring. Being a pioneer and leader, we believe that this award is another endorsement of the importance of virtual knowledge across sectors today. It is also the recognition of the technology & process innovation that we have brought to the virtual knowledge management and delivery domain”.
It may be noted that Red Herring 100 award recognizes Asia’s hottest Private companies from a pool of over 1000 applicants based across 16 countries/regions including China , India , Japan , Singapore , Korea , Australia and Vietnam that are leading the next wave of innovation. As part of its short listing process, the editorial team of Red Herring diligently surveyed the entrepreneurial scene throughout Asia and identified the top 100.
“Our Winners and Finalists demonstrate that Asia is increasingly becoming a leader in innovation, contrary to common stereotypes” said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring. “It was tough to choose just the top 100 finalists from such a large list of excellent contenders and we are happy with the quality of companies we selected as finalists”, he added.
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