Mind Wars launches online general knowledge Olympiad Mind Wars, a multi-platform knowledge programme has announced an online general knowledge Olympiad 2020 to identify, encourage, and promote students towards achieving a better tomorrow. The national-level championship will begin in November 2020, and it is open to students from classes 4 to 12, from all education boards across India. The 20-minute exam comprises relevant and interesting general awareness questions across 5 topics per class. The students can also practice seamlessly 24×7 for the online Olympiad test while getting an opportunity to be recognized as the national champion and win the prize worth Rs. 1 crore. The exam dates are 22nd, 28th & 29th November and 5th, 6th, and 12th December 2020. Students can participate in the competition by visiting the official website ( https://www.mindwars.co.in/olympiad/).
IIIT-Delhi holds online convocation ceremony
IIIT-Delhi conducted its 9th convocation ceremony online. During the event, the institute conferred degrees upon 237 B.Tech, 203 M.Tech, 2 M.Tech (dual) and 12 PhD students. Raghav Sood and Shravika Mittal were awarded the Chancellor’s Gold Medal, whereas Pulkit Madaan (B.Tech. CSAM) and Raghavv Goel (B.Tech. ECE) were awarded the Best Academic Performance award. Raghavv Goel (ECE) also won the coveted All Round Performance Medal along with Abhishek Agarwal (CSAM) and Tanish Gupta (CSE). M.Tech students, Aditya Khandelwal and Prateek Singh, received the Gold Medal for Excellent Academic Performance.
UpGrad, MICA host online valedictorian ceremony
Online higher education company upGrad in partnership with MICA, Ahmedabad hosted an online valedictorian ceremony to celebrate the successful completion of PG Certification in Digital Marketing and Communications of around 1,300 learners. These learners included seasoned working professionals with an average work experience of 3-25 years, with organisations including Fortune 500 Companies. MICA and upGrad also recognised over 20 learners who scored the highest CGPA and those who went beyond the academic curriculum including those who went out of their way to help their peers, some set inspirational benchmarks for others, pushing them to do better, while many achieved stellar career transitions.
New Zealand-India Education Week from next week
Education New Zealand is all set to host its first-ever New Zealand-India Education Week from 5 to 9 October 2020. The online series will bring together researchers, experts and academia from across New Zealand and Indian education and business landscape. The week-long event will strengthen the education relationship between both countries through a range of academic collaborations and student activities across India. The week will feature exclusive panel discussions, specialist master classes, alumni engagement, daily trivia, and a showcase of New Zealand’s Maori culture.