AISECT University (AU) was established in the Hazaribag district of Jharkhand in 2016 as the district’s first private University and the first Skills University of the State. Being a part of the AISECT Group, the AISECT Jharkhand University is also a skill-based university to bridge the skill gap in the available workforce and the industry requirements. All the faculties of AISECT University are provided with modern infrastructure and technologies to produce quality education with practical training. AISECT University aims to keep evolving to cater to the student’s needs.

Speaking on the admissions for AU Jharkhand Chancellor Mr. Santosh K. Choubey, said “At AISECT University, we acknowledge that a student’s triumph is reliant on superior quality courses, excellent amenities, a cordial environment, and a committed academic faculty. We implement what we teach across all our institutions, and our students can rely on the complete support of our faculty and administration. Our core curriculum is meticulously crafted with equal emphasis on knowledge delivery and research. AISECT’s curriculum is designed in accordance with the National Education Policy (NEP) to provide a significant learning experience to students and to nurture them into responsible citizens of our nation. Our ultimate objective at AISECT is to facilitate holistic development and provide value-based education to our students.”

In alignment with The New Education Policy (NEP), the integrated curriculum offered by the University bolsters holistic development. In today’s competitive job market, AISECT University Jharkhand instils students with the required skillsets to meet the growing demands of the ever-evolving industry.

The innovative courses offered by the University focus on making students industry ready and offer a plethora of benefits like the earn-while-you-work option, a real-time work environment for effective simulation training and flexible course selection. B.Voc courses are also available across other upcoming sectors like Agriculture, electronics, IT, Mining, Healthcare, Automobile, and Retail to name a few. The courses are aimed at meeting talent requirements across industries through a flexible, holistic and well-groomed curriculum.

Apart from the stellar lineup of various courses, AISECT University Jharkhand also offers counselling sessions for students to improve their skills. Even for the overall well-being of students, the university offers different student support services like a library along with e-resources, Anti-ragging, Anti sexual harassment cell, Proctor committee etc.

The courses at AISECT University are designed so that every graduate from the university will adapt themselves to the present market scenario. The university focuses on providing modern infrastructure and technologies to produce quality education with practical training. AISECT University also offers online placement drives, career development webinars and personality development sessions for graduating students. AISECT University, Hazaribagh received various awards such as ASSOCHAM India Excellence in Education, Training & Development Award 2022, Edu Future Excellence wards by Zee Digital, and Leading University in India by BW Education Awards 2023. AISECT University, Jharkhand was also ranked one of the best Private Universities in the Education World India Higher Education Rankings 2021-22.

Registration forms for AJEE will be available online and will be available for all the AISECT Centers http://ajee.aisectonline.com/AJEEOnline/AJEEIndex.aspx

The candidates can take the exams online by logging into http://ajee.certificationexam.in/login/index.php and pay the application fee for further process. Students can also register through AISECT centers.

Last Date for the online registration is 31st May 2023. Online exams will be conducted from 1st June to 30th June 2023. Results will be declared by 1st July 2023.

The AISECT Group of Universities is India’s leading higher education group whose mission is to establish world-class and affordable universities in locations that dire need of a quality higher education ecosystem. The Group’s core ideology across all its higher education endeavours has been to groom its students into responsible, proficient and ethical professionals. With over three decades of unparalleled experience in skill development and job placement, the Group offers its students immense opportunities through its extensive industry linkages and expertise in entrepreneurship & placements.

Mumbai : Tata Steel has established a Centre for Innovation in Mining and Mineral Beneficiation at the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad. The Company aims to strengthen its long-term competitiveness through excellence in developing technological solutions in natural and urban mining and beneficiation for value from low grade and difficult ores. The Centre will enable growth of relevant research infrastructure, attract talent, and help strengthen industry-academia collaborative eco-system in areas of strategic national importance. Creation of this Centre is aligned to Tata Steel’s focus on building closer ties with centres of academic excellence and set up technology clusters in identified, strategic areas.

Dr Debashish Bhattacharjee, Vice President, Technology and New Materials Business, Tata Steel, said: “Collaboration between industry and academia is key to catalysing innovation and aiding sustainable business growth. IIT (ISM) Dhanbad provides a strong academic and research platform with excellent talent pool in one of the areas of Tata Steel’s strategic, long- and short-term business interests – mining and mineral beneficiation. With the creation of this Centre for Innovation with Rs 22cr from Tata Steel, we look forward to jointly develop and scale up technologies relevant for local mines and ores. Work at this centre will cover technology development for natural and urban mining. The Centre will also work on beneficiation and value addition of low-grade ores. Tata Steel is committed to pioneer disruptive development through active engagement with academic institutions.”

Prof. Rajiv Shekhar Director Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) said: We are delighted to establish this Centre of Excellence (CoE) with Tata Steel Limited in the form of “Tata Steel Innovation Centre on Mining and Mineral Research (ICMMR) at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad” to strengthen Industry-Institute collaborations and solve real-life problems of mutual interest. IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, a world-renowned Institute in the fields of Mining, Mineral & Earth Sciences, is extremely pleased to work with Tata Steel Limited on this path-breaking initiative. Academia and industry need to forge such symbiotic partnerships that bring benefits to both. Such collaborative efforts will be instrumental in advancing research and innovation in technology development, besides creating a skilled workforce. Through this joint collaboration, we look forward to leveraging the latest technological advancements to groom our researchers and work towards the development of sustainable, innovative processes for a green and safe future.”

Technology-enabled leadership is expected to have a significant impact on India’s share of global trade in the emerging knowledge economy. Given the complexities of technical issues in indigenous raw materials, it is critical that industry and academia collaborate to achieve technology leadership, research excellence, and breakthrough technological solutions of national significance.

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad is a prestigious institute of eminence and capability, that will contribute technological thought leadership and further strengthen Tata Steel’s Research & Development prowess. The Innovation Center is strategically located to leverage the advantages of other nearby research institutes, regulatory bodies, and, more importantly, a trained and skilled workforce. The Center would be one of its kind in the state of Jharkhand and will target attracting youth towards Research and Development. The center will further aim to achieve research excellence by attracting renowned experts and forming strategic partnerships with OEMs to provide complete solutions.

With a century plus experience in sourcing raw material through scientific research & development and sustainable mining, Tata Steel’s long-term strategy has been designed to develop existing raw material resources and achieve raw material security across its global operations. The concerted research and development efforts of Tata Steel and IIT (ISM) in the mining and minerals domain will strengthen India’s position to better utilize local resources and strengthen the skills of miners in the country.

Xavier School of Management XLRI conducted 31st JRD Tata Oration on Business Ethics on November 19, 2022 at Tata Auditorium, XLRI Jamshedpur Campus.

This year the oration was delivered by Mr. Bhaskar Bhat, Chairman, Tata SIS Airlines & Director at Tata Sons Ltd.

Mr. TV Narendran, Chairman, XLRI | Mr. Bhaskar Bhat, Chairman, Tata SIA Airlines & Director at Tata Sons Ltd. | Fr. S George SJ, Director, XLRI | Prof. Sanjay Patro, Dean (Academics), XLRI and Fr. Kuruvilla Pandikattu, S.J., Chairperson of JRD Tata Centre for Business Ethics lighted the lamp and kick started the event.

Chairman, XLRI addressed students saying, “XLRI has always emphasised on adopting to ethics, students need to follow business ethics in organisations. Core course on business ethics students are taught to be future business leaders. And it is important for students to understand and value the importance of ethics. I welcome you all to the 30th JRD Tata Oration of Business Ethics.”

Fr. Kuruvilla Pandikattu, S.J., Chairperson of JRD Tata Centre for Business Ethics said, “JRD Tata was known throughout his life for one message – ‘ask not just what is legal but go beyond and ask if it’s the right things to do.’ Established in 1991, JRD Tata Foundation is to mark its long-standing commitment to business ethics in India. XLRI is the only B-School in India that has a dedicated centre named after the industrialist JRD Tata.“

He also talked about a few on-going activities of JRD Tata Centre for Business Ethics. “Students are taught business ethics in every academic year. The regular workshops on ethics are conducted in collaboration with Tata Steel. We are organising essay, debate and poster competition. Future research and publications in business ethics are being done. ICP and MDP programmed in the area of ethics are soon going to take place. International ethics conclave is being planned for the coming academic year of XLRI”, he said.

Mr. Bhaskar Bhat delivered the oration on Business Ethics.

He changed the subject from Ethics to Integrity. He said, “Integrity and Ethics is a single word for me, not two words.”

“Top most valuable Indian ethical brands 2022 includes Tata, Infosys, LIC, Reliance, Airtel, SBI, HDFC Bank, Wipro, Mahindra, HCL – according to a research done by a Tata Employee.  935,000 talented and motivated employees work for Tata Groups in more than 100 countries across the 6 continents and for the 7th year in running, Tata Steel has been recognised as the world’s most ethical company”, he said.

“You cannot separate individual ethics from corporate ethics” – he stated this by sharing an example of Tata NYK Shipping about how they stopped 3 days of their commercial shipping time to rescue 6 seamen.”

“Talking the talk and walking the talk both are important tasks se a leader at all levels. He shared an example from Tata Nano about how they cut their profits and ensured to deliver at the promised cost. Mr. Ratan Tata made a statement, a promise is a promise and that is walking the talk. You can’t just dream, talk and then not walk the talk”, he said.

“Adversity reveals true character. He shared an example of Tata Finance crisis. It is about paying back every investor who had invested in Tata Finance. In this journey such errors occur but it’s what you do how corporation acts is what is important. Nobody remembers it anymore because of the way group dealt with it.”

He also talked about Individual ethics. “There are several challenge in all of us, we tend to think that personal life social life and work life are three different circles but when it comes to values, ethics and integrity in real life you cannot separate them. Ethical behaviour and integrity just comes together as a confluence in real life”, he said.

“Integrity and ethics is purposeful and strategic because it feeds into the greatest advert in the world of business”, he concluded.

Prof. Sanjay Patro, Dean Academics, XLRI proposed the vote of thanks and concluded the event.

About XLRI JRD Tata Foundation for Business Ethics:

XLRI- Xavier School of Management, in association with a few select Tata Group Companies, established in 1991 the XLRI – JRD Tata Foundation in Business Ethics, to mark their long-standing commitment and contribution to business ethics in India. The Foundation seeks to address itself by publicly affirming the urgent need for ethics in business and the need to bring about a conducive culture in which it can thrive. The activities that are envisaged by this Foundation are an annual ‘JRD Tata Oration on Business Ethics,’ recognition and presentation of the ‘JRD Tata Award for Business Ethics’ to an eminent person who has distinguished oneself in business ethics, and the setting up of the JRD Tata Chair in Business Ethics at XLRI for the advancement of research in this field. XLRI is the first B-school in the country to introduce a core course on “Managerial Ethics” for both its HRM and BM programs. Each year, XLRI confers a medal to the best student in Managerial Ethics at the institute’s annual convocation.

Ranchi : SwitchON Foundation in association with Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (JREDA) had organized a Decentralised Renewable Energy Expo in Ranchi. The event brought together various businesses, trade associations, government agencies, and energy policy research organizations to showcase the status and potential of the renewable energy industry in Jharkhand.

The expo is being organized in a time when there is a paradigm shift in the global trend towards massive deployment of solar power and other renewable energy along with investments worth billions of dollars in technology and green energy. The event was done in partnership with CLEAN and Power for All.

Various companies like Shakti Pumps, Resham Sutra etc were part of this expo where they showcased their latest technologies using renewable energy, including popular non conventional forms like solar, biogas & biomass, small hydro and wind technology.

Such high tech alternatives to traditional usage of diesel operated machines is seen as a boon for the marginalized section of the society who has been suffering from the frequent increase in diesel prices. Alternative forms of energy also help them reduce their cost drastically over time and allow them to operate at lower cost enabling important savings.

Given India’s ambitious renewable energy goals we are at the verge of transforming our power sector. Rising population and widespread electrification in rural homes is fuelling the demand for energy to power homes, businesses and thereby empower communities. Promotion of DRE will help the people to shift from diesel operated machines to DRE machines which will eventually double their income.

Shri Jay Nigam Deputy General Manager, NABARD, also present at the event said, “It’s a win-win situation for us as such alternate forms of clean energy not just helps reduce pollution levels in the region but also helps villages become self – sustainable.”

Shri Bijay Kr. Sinha, Project Director JREDA said, “We want to develop a common platform for sharing knowledge on renewable energy and various DRE technologies in use. This would be helpful for all stakeholders, including the entrepreneurs, and financiers at the same time facilitates a dialogue between decision makers and consumers enabling a linkage between demand and supply side.”

Shri Deepak Upadhaya, Project Director JSLPS, said, “Harnessing power through renewable energy has been proven to alleviate poverty by generating new income opportunities as well as saving money. We are  providing clean, reliable power and doubling SHG incomes.”

Vinay Jaju, MD SwitchON Foundation said, “There has been steady progress in renewable energy usage across Jharkhand, as it is progressively emerging as a leader through the various programmes launched by JREDA. Our efforts will continue to support and complement these efforts and programmes to enable a clean energy future for all in the state.”

Ms. Rekha Krishnan, CEO, The CLEAN Network, said, “The industry association for decentralized renewable energy (DRE) is happy to support the state of Jharkhand by facilitating deployment of a range of RE technologies, DRE technologies can provide reliable, clean energy to support the state in expanding its livelihoods activities and to deliver critical community services like education, healthcare and drinking water. Solar pumps, solar cold storage, RE-powered dryers, solar textile machines, clean cooking solutions, RE-powered mini grids are all examples of DRE relevant for Jharkhand.”

The finals of the All-Russian Engineering Contest 2021/22 took place in Moscow. Out of 332 authors of engineering projects and engineering developments an expert commission selected 59 winners and 75 runners-up. Postgraduate students of Ural Federal University also performed successfully in the competition.

Elena Butakova won the final in the field of new materials and construction methods. Another Ural Federal University representative, Aleksey Smolentsev, was a medalist in the same field.

“At the contest I presented my scientific report (scientific qualification work in postgraduate school) dedicated to the development of a new material for welding high-strength medium-alloyed steels. The work is related to improving the structural strength of welded joints for special purpose products,” said Aleksey.

Throughout the competition its participants demonstrated not only the depth of knowledge, but also uncommon thinking, originality and complex approach in solving non-standard tasks. Experts from industry-leading companies, leading universities and scientific organizations of the country highly appreciated the potential of the finalists, who in the future will become the elite of the engineering school of Russia.

They had, however, already scored a much more significant and crucial victory. Almost each member of the squad had waged a long and grim battle against poverty and hardship before making it into the team.

Manohar Mundu, 17, among the brightest in the lineup, lost his father when he was just a child. Like most kids around him, he started playing hockey with a bamboo stick.

This is all they could afford to pursue their passion. “We would play the entire day; it didn’t matter that we didn’t have any equipment,” he said shortly after their match in the Khelo India Youth Games.

Even after he was admitted into the Jharkhand Awasiya Balak Hockey Prashikshan Kendra in Khunti, the Residential School for Sports that supports 25 budding athletes in each district, Manohar’s travails didn’t end.

He still didn’t have money to buy shoes or a stick. He had to make do with hand-me-downs. Luckily, his coach was a generous man. He bought him his first pair of shoes and a nice hockey stick. His friend’s family too bailed him out once.

Abhishek Mundu’s father is a policeman. But he didn’t earn enough to send his son to an academy for training. Even the expense for daily commute was beyond him. Their coach Manohar Topno somehow convinced Abhishek’s father to not give hope, to send his son to the residential school.

“There is back-breaking poverty in the region. During the Covid lockdown, each player, still just boys, had to work, do all kinds of menial stuff, to support their families. Even adults cannot balance two lives, the way these boys do,” Topno says with a tinge of anger.

Duga Munda came to the residential school very young. “I keep going back home to help my father with farm work. We can’t hire labour. My parents feel happy seeing my progress but making ends meet is still quite a task.”

Another boy in the team from the government-run Awasiya Centre is Bilsan Dodrey. He comes from a village lost deep in the forest.

Poverty has different shades within the state, though. In the same hockey team, the boys in Eklavya Model Residential Schools and Tata Academy live in AC rooms and get a diet worth Rs 450 a day. The boys from Awasiya Centre, however, get a diet of Rs 150 to 175 per day.

Yet they play on the same turf and get medals. They learn about modern facilities and tactics by watching videos and participating in tournaments.

They are now poised to create history in the Khelo India Games too. Both their Boys and Girls teams are already in the semifinals. They are confident of winning at least one gold.

Aligarh: Residential Coaching Academy (RCA) student of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Md Aftab Alam qualified the Jharkhand Administrative Services Exam of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission with the 20th rank.

Vice Chancellor, Prof Tariq Mansoor congratulated him for the success and expressed the hope that more RCA students will qualify these exams.

“Aftab Alam enrolled for Civil Services Coaching in the 2019-20 session”, said Prof Saghir Ahmad Ansari (Director, RCA).

With close to 50 face transplants carried out in 11 countries around the world to date, a new report addresses the urgent need to set a standard of care to ensure the procedure is ethical and as safe and effective as possible for patients.

The report, led by the University of York and King’s College Policy Institute, is designed as a guide to help doctors and surgeons make decisions on if and how they should go ahead with face transplant procedures.

With contributors including doctors, psychologists, ethicists, historians and mental health professionals from 19 countries, the report strongly recommends that individual patient circumstances and perspectives should be at the heart of all clinical decisions.

Complex

Lead author of the report, Professor Fay Bound Alberti, from the Department of History and the AboutFace Project at the University of York, said “Just because we have the clinical expertise to perform a face transplant doesn’t always mean we should. The need for immunosuppressants means that the procedure is likely to shorten a patient’s life and there are multiple ethical considerations which run deeper than deciding whether the procedure is clinically viable for an individual. For example, we must consider how a patient will cope with the complex emotions surrounding this surgery; whether they are well-informed about the outcomes to expect; how they will be supported in dealing with likely media attention, and the ongoing financial and physical costs.

“A face transplant can make all the difference to the quality of life of a person with a severe facial injury, but it’s important that wherever in the world the procedure is being considered, medical teams have guidance on how to ensure patients are at the centre of decisions.

“The expertise of researchers from arts and humanities disciplines, alongside the expertise of those from the fields of science and medicine, has played a vital role in bringing patient perspectives to the fore in this blueprint.”

Concerns

A face transplant is yet to be carried out in the UK. In 2003 the Royal College of Surgeons published a report concluding the procedure should not be performed, due to multiple unresolved ethical concerns.

The blueprint aims to tackle those concerns by addressing six key themes – Patient selection and expectations; Patient support; Clinical framework; Data on patient progress & outcomes; Public image & perception, and Financial sustainability. The themes were set by the lead authors of the report based on qualitative research with face transplant patients, carried out as part of the AboutFace project at the University of York.

Pioneering

Professor Vijay Gorantla, President of the International Society for Vascularised Composite Allotransplantation, said: “The policy lab is a pioneering international attempt to develop expert consensus guidelines on issues spanning program, patient, policy, provider, and payer aspects of face transplantation. It focuses on safety and efficacy, cost coverage and value of interventions, access and equity, ethics and standards of practice”.

Jharkhand : Re-emphasizing the need for road safety awareness among the people to build a collision-free India post COVID era, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India’s (HMSI) National Road Safety Awareness Campaign reaches Dhanbad in Jharkhand.

The two-days camp (30-31st May 2022) at the Raja Shiv Prasad College in Dhanbad, Jharkhand witnessed spirited participation from over 1,500 college students and staff members who set out to imbibe the safe riding practices. HMSI’s road safety instructors utilized the age appropriate road safety learning programs to enhance the retention of road safety awareness among all.

Speaking on HMSI’s commitment towards sensitizing India on road safety, Mr. Prabhu Nagaraj, Operating Officer – Brand & Communication, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. said, “Road safety education is essential for developing a road safety mindset. Continuing to further strengthen our commitment of building a safer India on roads, we have resumed our on-ground road safety training – National Road Safety Awareness Campaign. With this campaign, we aim to cultivate the right road safety habits amongst the new and upcoming riders as well as help adults in understanding the importance of using the roads safely.”

Honda’s National Road Safety Awareness program made learning fun yet scientific through:

1. SCIENTIFICALLY DEVISED LEARNING MODULE: Honda’s skilled instructors set the foundation with theory sessions on road signs & markings, driver’s duties on road, riding gear & posture explanation and safe riding etiquettes.
2. PRCTICAL LEARNING: A special training activity on Honda’s virtual riding simulator was executed for all to experience over 100 possible dangers on road before actual riding.
3. INTERACTIVE SESSION: Participants were given danger prediction training known as Kiken Yosoku Training (KYT) which helps in enhancing rider/driver’s sensitivity to danger and ensures safe driving action on roads.
4. EXISTING DRIVERS HONING RIDING SKILLS: Students & school staff members who are already existing riders tested & honed their riding skills through slow riding activities and riding on narrow planks.
5. LEARNING IN A FUN WAY: To ensure that the young students could learn more about road safety, Honda also conducted fun educational activities like road safety games and quizzes on daily basis

Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India’s CSR commitment towards Road Safety:

For Honda globally, road safety comes first. As announced in April 2021, “Honda will strive for zero traffic collision fatalities involving Honda motorcycles and automobiles globally by 2050”. Fulfilling its corporate social responsibility (CSR), HMSI has been promoting road safety in India since its start in 2001. Working towards the realization of Honda’s global safety vision, today HMSI’s road safety awareness initiative has already spread to over 45 lac Indians. Its team of skilled safety instructors conduct daily programmes at its 10 adopted traffic parks across India and 7 Safety Driving Education Centres (SDEC).

Not only this, all 1000+ dealerships of HMSI across India spread road safety awareness. HMSI’s proprietary virtual riding simulator increases the risk-prediction ability of riders; while new customers too are given predelivery safety advice (PDSA) before they start riding at every dealership across India.

Additionally, ensuring that learning doesn’t stop in the New Normal, HMSI started the digital road safety education initiative – Honda Road Safety E-Gurukul. Since its start in May’20, this initiative has sensitized 7 Lac+ Indians on importance of being aware & responsible road users.