Jaro Education Collaborates With India’s Leading Technical University E&ICT Academy IIT Guwahati

Jaro Education, India’s most trusted online higher education company, has collaborated with India’s leading Electronics & Information, Communication Technology (E&ICT) Academy, IIT Guwahati, an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India, to help professionals grow in the tech industry with the offering of technical courses & programmes. E&ICT Academy has already conducted 320+ courses and trained 18000+ learners across India, and 1200+ students and working professionals joined Advanced Certification Programme.

The technical courses and interdisciplinary programmes are carefully curated for mid and senior professionals to boost and upgrade their professional careers to improve the employability of graduates/diploma holders, including those in the Electronics and ICT streams.

As per a recent report, employment in computer and information technology occupations is 

poised to grow 13% by 2030, faster than the average for all occupations.

Adhering to the demand, Jaro Education, focusing on online higher education in association with E&ICT Academy, brings programmes that will include Data Science, Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, EV, and many more. The programmes will be backed by Jaro Education’s exclusive Placement Assistance and Career Guidance services.

The aim is to create a pool of skilled human resources in emerging areas in consonance with the Digital India and Electronic Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) initiatives of the Government of India (GoI).

Dr Gaurav Trivedi, the Principal Investigator of E&ICT Academy IIT Guwahati, said, “This association will aid the Students / working Professionals industry to upgrade their skill sets in this ever-changing technological world. The program will be guided through the rich pool of Experts provided by E&ICT Academy IIT Guwahati and Jaro Education.”

Ms Ranjita Raman, CEO of Jaro Education, said, “We are glad to be collaborating with E & ICT Academy on this project. This mutually beneficial initiative will result in a rich exchange of knowledge and will enable students to stay current with industry practices. This programme will assist us in developing a talent pool with a competitive advantage, advanced knowledge, and a shrinking skills gap.”

Further, to enrich the competencies of the cohort, Jaro Education continues to open new avenues by offering high-quality education for working professionals to bridge them with relevant industry know-how.

Earlier, Jaro Education confederated with the world’s leading institutes such as Imperial College Business School London, Rotman School of Management (University of Toronto), and Deakin University (Australia), to name a few – increasing its global footprints. This Edtech pioneer continues to expand its one-of-its-kind and new-age program portfolios by joining hands with leading top-ranked universities.

*Note* - Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT), Government of India (GoI) has set up an Electronics and ICT (E&ICT) Academy at IIT Guwahati along with 06 other such academies.

About E&ICT Academy

Electronics & ICT Academy Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati). As an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), the Academy was set up at IIT Guwahati under the “Financial Assistance for setting up Electronics and ICT Academies” scheme. On 26 March 2015, the project started at IIT Guwahati and the Academy was inaugurated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 19 January 2016. The objective of the Academy is to provide skill training to the Faculty Members (Engineering & Non-engineering) in the area of recent trends in engineering & ICT application. The Academy is designing specialized modules for imparting quality training for enhancing employability and capacity building in Electronics & ICT. In the past 7 years, the Academy has successfully conducted 300+ Faculty Development Programme through conventional classroom teaching and NKN virtual classroom mode in different Institutes/ Universities of North Eastern States in particular and a few in other states of India. To date, the Academy has successful trained 18000+ participants. The Academy has also signed MoU with Institutes/Universities to host the programmes and conduct hands-on sessions. The Academy collaborated with Industries as Training/Industry Partners. The Academy also offers online Advance Certification Courses in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Full Stack and VLSI Design and trained 1000+ graduates and working professionals. The Academy has also delivered training to Assam Police officials on cybercrime concepts and trained 90+ officials. The project has been extended to 30 September 2022. The Academy has been given a goal to train 13019+ faculty members by 30 September 2022, and the Academy has achieved the same by 31 March 2022.

About Jaro Education

Jaro Education is India’s most trusted online higher education company. The Edtech firm, a pioneer in the executive education industry, was founded in 2009 by Dr Sanjay Salunkhe and has been profit-making since its inception and is self-funded. The company has been awarded the Edtech leadership award and the National best employer accolade by World HRD Congress in March 2022. The company aims to nurture entrepreneurs & working professionals from entry-level to C-Suite level in every field and industry by offering executive education programs that cater to their requirements. Having been recognized for changing the online education landscape in India, Jaro Education provides more than 45+ management, technology and techno-functional programs in collaboration with top reputed institutes. They facilitate the development of management and technology-based online programs for many leading Indian and global institutes like Imperial College Business School London, Rotman School of Management (University of Toronto), IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Tiruchirappalli, IMT Ghaziabad, IIT Palakkad and others. With its strong domain expertise and insight into executive education, Jaro Education has transformed the careers of over 3 lakh professionals in the last 13+ years throughout its 20+ learning centres across India.

ManageEngine Integrates With Sectigo To Automate Certificate Lifecycle Management

* Key Manager Plus Now Streamlines The Management Of SSL/TLS Certificates Issued By The Certificate Authority

ManageEngine, the enterprise IT management division of Zoho Corporation, today announced the integration between its key and certificate lifecycle management solution, Key Manager Plus, and Sectigo, an industry-leading identity-first security Certificate Authority. A testament to Sectigo’s push for openness and interoperability in the identity, public key infrastructure (PKI), cryptography space, this integration enables IT admins using Sectigo certificates to confidently automate the entire certificate lifecycle from a secure, central platform.

Customers can leverage this integration to:

Accelerate the procurement of Sectigo certificates with automated domain validation from Key Manager Plus.

Maintain the acquired certificates in a consolidated, up-to-date inventory.

Prevent unforeseen outages with automated renewal of Sectigo certificates.

Plan renewals proactively with timely notifications on certificate and domain expiration.

Gain visibility with exclusive reports for certificates issued by Sectigo.

"With work environments going perimeter-less and integrity issues at play in increasingly complex and untrusted IT environments, organizations are looking to step up their certificate lifecycle management (CLM) programs," said Rajesh Ganesan, President of ManageEngine. "The integration of Key Manager Plus with Sectigo is an important step in helping security teams protect applications and infrastructures, improve their overall CLM maturity, and reduce risks to their reputation."

David Mahdi, Chief Strategy Officer and CISO Advisor, Sectigo added, "We are delighted to partner with ManageEngine to further progress the mission of openness and interoperability in the identity, PKI, and cryptography space. Increasingly, we are seeing CISOs needing a robust CLM solution to enable them to cope with the growing number of human and machine identities, which need to be authenticated and secured. The future of identity-first security which includes, CLM, PKI, and machine identity management, will be underpinned by openness and interoperability, and so integrations like this are vital to enable CISOs and their teams to overcome traditional operational challenges with certificate and machine identity management."

Pricing and Availability

The Standard Edition of Key Manager Plus starts at $475 per year for 25 keys and is available for download at https://mnge.it/Tli. A fully functional, free, 30-day trial version, the Evaluation Edition, is also available to download, which automatically turns into the Free Edition at the end of the trial period. Find detailed pricing information here: https://mnge.it/vrW.

About Key Manager Plus

ManageEngine Key Manager Plus is a machine identity management software that monitors, manages, and automates the entire lifecycle of SSH keys and SSL/TLS certificates. It provides complete visibility into SSH and SSL/TLS environments and helps administrators take total control of their PKI management. For more information about Key Manager Plus, visit manageengine.com/key-manager.

About Sectigo

As an identity-first security-focused provider, Sectigo, is a leading provider of digital certificates and automated CLM solutions - trusted by the world’s largest brands. Its cloud-native universal certificate and CLM platform issues and manages the lifecycle of digital certificates issued by Sectigo and other Certificate Authorities (CAs) to secure every human and machine identity across the enterprise. With openness and interoperability at the core, Sectigo leverages open industry standards and prioritizes partner integrations to help customers enable secure business outcomes. With over 20 years of experience establishing digital trust, Sectigo is one of the longest-standing and largest CAs with more than 700,000 customers, including 36% of the Fortune 1000. For more information, visit www.sectigo.com.

About ManageEngine

ManageEngine is the enterprise IT management division of Zoho Corporation. Established and emerging enterprises—including 9 of every 10 Fortune 100 organizations—rely on ManageEngine's real-time IT management tools to ensure optimal performance of their IT infrastructure, including networks, servers, applications, desktops and more. ManageEngine has offices worldwide, including the United States, the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, India, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Singapore, Japan, China and Australia, as well as 200+ global partners to help organizations tightly align their business and IT. For more information, please visit manageengine.com; follow the company blog and on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Bodycraft Salon & Spa Outlets Offers Discounts To Celebrate Its 25th Anniversary

As part of their 25th Anniversary celebrations, Bodycraft Salon & Spa invites you to come spin-the-wheel at any of their 13 outlets across Bengaluru for exclusive offers. You stand a chance to win a free chemical peel, foot massage, haircuts and other exciting freebies. Additionally, Bodycraft Clinic is also offering 20% discount on a wide range of their signature services including, PRP- Platelet Rich Plasma, GFC- Growth Factor Concentrate and QR678. The offer ends on 31 Aug 2022. 

Dabur Honey Takes Sonu Sood On Its Purity Trail Across Indian Market

What started off as a genuine health query on social media from renowned Bollywood actor and philanthropist Sonu Sood ended in an informative Honey Trail. During his journey to the foothills of Himachal Pradesh, Mr. Sood personally experienced the process of sourcing, collection, testing and packaging of India’s purest and World’s No. 1 branded Honey, Dabur Honey.

It all started on 1st August, when fitness and health-conscious Sonu Sood tweeted about planning to replace sugar with honey in his daily diet and wanted to be sure about choosing the best quality honey available in market. “Being the market leader and committed to health and well-being of consumers, Dabur Honey decided to take Mr. Sonu Sood on a Honey purity Trail to showcase the 100% purity and quality commitment of Dabur Honey. He experienced the unique journey of Dabur Honey from sourcing, filtration, testing and packaging from exclusive bee farms to our USFDA approved honey plant which only Dabur has setup with decades of domain expertise”. Mr. Byas Anand, Head-Corporate Communications, Dabur India Ltd said.

During the visit, Sonu Sood also interacted with the experienced beekeepers from Dabur’s selective bee farms, besides taking a tour of Dabur Honey’s world class manufacturing unit. He visited state-of-the-art testing laboratories where every batch of Dabur Honey undergoes 100+ stringent quality tests as mandated by FSSAI and then packed in fully automated facility, untouched by hand, before reaching millions of households. “We are sure that through his personal experience of Dabur Honey’s journey from hive to home, Sonu Sood who champions the voice of crores of Indian consumers, would now be 100% confident on the superior product quality of Dabur Honey,” Mr. Prashant Agarwal, Marketing Head- Health Supplements, Dabur India Ltd said.

Sharing his views, actor Sonu Sood said: “I was always inquisitive about the sourcing of pure honey from nature, how it is collected and packaged. I would like to thank Dabur India for inviting me to visit their beefarm and honey plant to help me experience the complete process of honey collection, filtration, testing and packaging. This not just strengthens my belief in Dabur Honey as a brand that has been part of my household since years but also showcases how this world class brand has been built on the pillars of trust and transparency. Now I can vouch that when it comes to purity of Honey, nothing beats Dabur Honey. Without any hesitation, I can replace sugar with Dabur Honey in my journey of staying Fit & Healthy.”

“Dabur Honey has constantly nudged consumers to adopt Honey in their daily diet and fitness regimen, be it by way of having Dabur Honey with warm water every morning or as a replacement of sugar in tea, coffee, beverages or as an additive in breakfast cereals. Dabur Honey not only has lower calories than sugar but also helps in boosting immunity”, Mr. Agarwal added.

About Dabur India Ltd: Dabur India Ltd is one of India’s leading FMCG Companies. Building on a legacy of quality and experience for 138 years, Dabur is today India’s most trusted name and the world’s largest Ayurvedic and Natural Health Care Company. Dabur India's FMCG portfolio includes nine Power Brands –Dabur Chyawanprash, Dabur Honey, Dabur Honitus, Dabur PudinHaraandDabur Lal Tailin the Healthcare space; Dabur Amla, Dabur Red Paste and Vatika for Personal Care; and Réalin the Foods category.

CollegeDekho Onboards “two Independent Directors” To Its Advisory Board

* Rajeev Chaba, President and MD at MG Motor India and Ivan Kolomoetz, CEO and Co-Founder of UCHi.RU will work closely with Ruchir Arora to further drive CollegeDekho’s growth in India and global markets 

CollegeDekho, India’s largest college admissions and education services platform has appointed Rajeev Chaba, President and MD at MG Motor India and Ivan Kolomoetz, President and Co-Founder of Russia-based company UCHi.RU and U.S based company Happynumbers.com as Independent Directors to its Advisory Board. They will work closely with Ruchir Arora, CEO and Co-Founder of CollegeDekho to play a key role in shaping the company’s future strategies and aid in the company’s governance.  

Coming from varied backgrounds both Rajeev and Ivan are known to have played an instrumental role in disrupting their respective industries and achieving exponential growth for their companies. Rajeev has an enriching experience of three decades in the auto segment where he has held senior leadership positions at top global automotive brands such as Chevrolet, Cadillac, Opel & Buick across multiple international markets. Ivan is a young entrepreneur and co-founder of Russia’s biggest edtech company with more than 8 million students.  

On the appointment, Ruchir Arora, CEO & Co-Founder, CollegeDekho, said, “I am excited to work with Rajeev and Ivan to help CollegeDekho enter its next phase of growth. Rajeev and Ivan’s experience across global markets and ability to build a strong product portfolio will play a key role in helping us in our commitments to transform India’s higher education space with ingenious offerings.” 

Rajeev Chaba, President, and MD at MG Motor India said, “It is inspiring to see CollegeDekho’s phenomenal journey, and I am delighted to now be a part of it. I truly believe in its mission of simplifying students’ higher education journey and am hopeful, the company will be able to expand its product offerings and markets to make it a truly globally competitive company. I am looking forward to working with the incredible team of CollegeDekho and its investors.” 

Ivan Kolomoetz, CEO and Co-Founder of Russia-based company UCHi.RU and U.S based company Happynumbers.com added, “India has a huge untapped potential in the education space offering companies like CollegeDekho an immense potential to grow and replicate a similar growth model in other global markets. I am eager to help CollegeDekho in further strengthening its product offerings and scale better.” 

CollegeDekho is one of India’s fastest-growing ed-tech companies in the higher education space. Earlier this year it acquired two ed-tech companies Prepbytes and GetMyUni to expand its product portfolio. It raised $35mn in its Series B funding round and is backed by investors including Winter Capital, ETS Strategic Capital, Disrupt ADQ, QIC, Calega and Man Capital. 

About CollegeDekho (www.collegedekho.com) 

Founded in 2015, CollegeDekho is on a mission to institutionalise students’ counselling in India in the higher education space. It connects prospective students with colleges using its proprietary technology and AI-based chat conversation bot. Its Common Application Form platform, which enables students to apply to multiple colleges with a single click, is India’s largest of its kind. Since its inception, CollegeDekho has counselled more than 44 lakh students and has helped more than 1500 colleges with their student recruitments. For study abroad students, CollegeDekho provides a full stack of services from profile building, test preparation, university selection and visa assistance. The company recently announced a Fintech vertical that offers students with end-to-end financial assistance and CollegeDekho Learn, an online learning platform that helps students prepare for their future course of studies and placements. The company is backed by investors like ETS, an organisation responsible for conducting GRE and TOEFL exams globally. (www.collegedekho.com)  

Meta And National Commission For Women Partner With Farhan Akhtar’s MARD To Launch A Reporting Campaign For Women Safety

* Campaign “Don’t Hesitate, Do Report, Stay Safe” will be launched in 5 Indian languages

Meta and the National Commission for Women, in partnership with Farhan Akhtar’s MARD, today announced the launch of a reporting campaign “Don’t Hesitate, Do Report, Stay Safe” to improve the online safety of women. The campaign will focus on increasing awareness and knowledge around tools and resources available to users to report online abuse, inappropriate content, or behaviour. 

Launched in English and five Indian languages - Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada and Tamil - ‘Don’t Hesitate, Do Report, Stay Safe’ will raise awareness amongst users on reporting the content that they find objectionable rather than sharing it further. 

Highlighting the efforts and initiatives to create a safer internet for users, Madhu Singh Sirohi, Head of Policy Programs and Outreach, Facebook India (Meta) said, “As per research, women contribute more to economic development when they are digitally empowered and that requires building an internet that is safe and spurs growth and impact. At Meta, we have always strived to build tools and resources that enable a safer and inclusive internet for women. With ‘Don't Hesitate, Do Report, Stay Safe’ we are confident we will be able to encourage more people to report online harms they see against women and partner with us in creating an empowering experience for women across Facebook and Instagram.”  

Built in consultation with various leading CSOs in India, the ‘Don't Hesitate, Do Report, Stay Safe’ campaign also aims to bust existing myths such as “If I report nothing will happen” or “If I report, it will not stay anonymous”. Further, the campaign will help users understand that when they report content they are in control of their experience on our apps - Facebook and Instagram.

Sharing her views on the partnership with Meta and the launch of the campaign, National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson, Rekha Sharma, said, “Meta has been a long-standing partner for the National Commission for Women (NCW) on driving digital literacy initiatives that have encouraged more women to be part of the online journey while staying safe on the internet. These include an online resource center to deal with topics like cyberbullying, cyberstalking and financial frauds and training to effectively use online resources and grievance redressal mechanisms available to women. To ensure greater safety of women on online platforms, users need to be sensitized  on how to safely report problematic content. We are furthering our efforts today with the launch of this campaign to encourage more and more users to come forward and help stop online abuse faced by women each day.”

Speaking on the collaboration with the campaign, Farhan Akhtar, Actor, Director, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador South Asia, & Founder MARD Initiative (Men against Rape & Discrimination) said, “At MARD we believe in ensuring gender parity and democratization of the internet, whereby dignity of all users is maintained. It is important to raise your voice against online abuse and reporting such content, which will help combat different forms of harassment. We are proud to join hands with Meta and NCW to build a safer online experience for more people. ”

Meta has always made efforts in creating an internet which is safer and inclusive for women. Last year, Meta launched StopNCII.org that empowers women across the world to combat and prevent the spread of non-consensual intimate images (NCII). Meta also launched a Safety Hub for Women in English and 12 Indian languages that hosts all the safety resources women need when navigating the platform. It includes specific resources for women leaders, journalists and survivors of abuse. Additionally, it also contains video-on-demand safety trainings and allows visitors to register for live safety training hosted in multiple languages.

About Meta Platforms Inc.

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology.

About National Commission for Women

The National Commission for Women is a central, statutory body, whose mandate includes the reviewing of constitutional and legal safeguards for women, recommending remedial legislative measures, facilitating the redressal of grievances and advising the government on all policy matters affecting women.  

About MARD

MARD was founded by Farhan Akhtar in 2013. The MARD initiative was designed to instill gender equality values amongst younger boys and men. The campaigns led by MARD, in association with various NGOs such as the PFI, focus on equality, empowerment, ending violence against women and girls and fighting online abuse. MARD aims to work with content creators, artists and musicians around the world in a pledge to engage hearts and minds for a more gender equal world. Anurag Rao is co- Founder of the initiative.

JoulestoWatts Expands With New Office In Bengaluru; Plans To Ramp Up Hiring To 15,000 Employees This Year

-          The office is located at Novel MSR Park, Marathahalli, Bengaluru

-          Forecasts growth momentum of 70% in the coming year

JoulestoWatts, a leading talent solutioning company, opened its new office in Bengaluru today, in the presence of Hon’ble Dr. C. N. Ashwath Narayan, Minister of Higher Education, Information Technology & Biotechnology and Science & Technology in the Government of Karnataka. The company is planning to hire 15,000 employees this year, as the organisation enters India’s top 03 IT staffing service provider.

The new corporate headquarters to further strengthen its footprint, providing adequate capacity as the firm looks to future proof itself. Given the war for talent, great resignation, momentum of the global IT industry and allied factors assuring rising demand for talent architecture, JoulestoWatts intends to double its consultant’s base. The new expansion will open up avenues for niche talent, gig experts, specialized talent in advanced tech skills and management practitioners providing all-encompassing leadership, leveraging best practices and delivering enhanced value to customers. This will cater to our aspiration to have 30 per cent of tech hiring by captives.

According to a recent report by Nasscom-Zinnov, by 2026, India is estimated to have 75-78 lakh tech professionals, however the requirement may be of 93-96 lakh techies, reflecting a gap of 14-19 lakh tech workforce. India has the potential to become the world's second-largest cloud talent hub but faces the challenge to serve an estimated demand for over 2 million professionals by 2025 professionals by 2026.

Speaking on the office opening, Priti Sawant, Founder & CEO, JoulestoWatts said “In the global race for premium tech talent, India and Bengaluru have always been at the epicentre. As India continues to gallop towards its vision of USD 5 trillion economy and the goal of housing 1000 start-ups, our new corporate headquarters will serve as a talent hub for our talent architects, providing tech-driven solutions for the furture of work, thriving on innovation and entrepreneurship. Through this expansion, we believe in our ability to positively impact our clients’ businesses across industry verticals with customized solutions, technology-driven services and rigorous analytics. ”

The opening of this new space will provide jobs and career growth for talented locals, while also contributing to the region's burgeoning reputation as a tech centre of excellence, supporting its sister offices across 08 countries like Dubai, Singapore and US.

About JoulestoWatts

JoulesToWatts a talent solutioning company that delivers a full spectrum of technology-driven solutions for the modern day workforce. It was founded in 2015 by Priti Sawant, a Gig Tech Visionary and a Talent Architecture Strategist, who has over two decades of experience in defining path-breaking talent management models for Fortune 500 technology companies. The firms approach to engineering organisational architecture by design and not as an afterthought ensures the workforce matches the firm’s vision at every stage. J2W is a leader in staff augmentation across six industry verticals, across 850 skills, amassing 400+ clients and a presence in 8 countries as it helps organisations find its right fit for purpose. For further details, please visit https://joulestowatts.com/