http://www.biospectrumindia.com | August 2017 | BioSpectrum l ACADEMIC NEWS^49
At the Indian Institute of Science
(IISc), Bengaluru, the Centre for
Continuing Education (CCE) is
a pioneered centre organising
courses for working professionals
ranging from high school science
teachers to research
scientists and engineers
from academia and
industry.
Since industries
are constantly
changing, continuing
education is required
for workers to stay
updated with the
latest developments,
skills, and new
technologies required for their
fields. The proficience courses
are conducted to enable graduateengineers and scientists to grow
into competent and creative
managers of technology intensive
and data driven organizations.
The new session begins
in August. The sessions are
organized during evening
hours so that working
professionals can
participate without
affecting their
normal work. These
courses are in fact
offered to the IISc
students regularly.
To date, nearly
80502 applicants
have been offered
admission and they have benefited
through their participation in this
program.The American Academy of Ophthalmology and Pharma major Lupin
Limited (Lupin) announced an agreement that would seek to expand and
enhance continuing ophthalmic education in India. The effort is expected
to reach 3,000 ophthalmologists in the country.
The collaboration will provide ophthalmologists access to several
clinical education tools including the Academy’s flagship clinical education
resource, the Ophthalmic News and Education Network. The World’s
largest online compendium of ophthalmic knowledge, the ONE Network is
accessed by approximately 130,000 users every month.
The Academy typically offers access to the ONE Network and its other
educational resources as a benefit of Academy membership as well as to
ophthalmologists in other countries through a special application. The
collaboration provides a new channel for distributing
this content in India. The Academy also distributes
its content in India to 16,000 members of the All
India Ophthalmological Society. Through this
partnership, over 3,000 ophthalmologists
across the country will be provided online
access to knowledge repository, which
includes journals and videos to help
practitioners stay abreast of the
latest developments in the space.President Pranab Mukherjee
lauded the alumni and faculty
of the Indian Institute of
Science (IISc) for advancing
research in science and
technology. Mukherjee visited
IISc at its annual convocation
recently during which 625
students were given degrees
and 52 awarded medals for
their academic performance.
He stated that alumni and
faculty of IISc have played and
continue to play a strong role
in leading national science
and technology institutions
and in various advisory or
administrative roles in the
government. Noting that IISc
maintained its reputation of
being a premier institute of
higher education and research,
he said its academic stature as
the country’s best university
was confirmed by the National
Institutional Rankings
Framework. In a rather
personal speech to graduating
students and faculty of IISc,
President said he was “deeply
satisfied” that his last visit was
to the institute that has made
India proud.President
praises IISc
for making
scientific
progressLupin seeks to enhance
ophthalmic education in India
Continuing education
programmes for
professionals at IISc