IDP Education will organize IDP Education India, the leading student placement service provider will organize multi-destination Education Fair in Chennai on Sunday, 26th February 2017 at Taj Coromandel from 11:00 am to 04:00 pm for students aspiring to pursue higher education abroade Study Abroad Education Fair – UK, US, Canada and New Zealand universities will meet students in Chennai

IDP Education will organize Study Abroad Education Fair – UK, US, Canada and New Zealand universities will meet students in Chennai

Total 46 leading universities and institutions from UK, US, Canada and New Zealand to assemble under one roof to help Indian students seeking admissions and provide counseling

February 2017: IDP Education India, the leading student placement service provider will organize multi-destination Education Fair in Chennai  on Sunday, 26th February 2017 at Taj Coromandel from 11:00 am to 04:00 pm for students aspiring to pursue higher education abroad. IDP Education Fair in Chennai will have representatives & faculties from UKI, US, Canada and New Zealand who will come together to meet Indian students aspiring to study in their countries.

IDP Education will be hosting the multi-destination education fair in India across 15 cities from 12th Feb 2016. Spread over a period of two weeks, the fair will kick-start from Jalandhar and conclude in the southern city of Coimbatore on 28thFeb 2016. The fair will see over 80 universities and colleges from the UK, USA, Canada and New Zealand to interact with Indian students aspiring to pursue higher education in internationally acclaimed institutions.

IDP’s Education Fair will offer students the opportunity to explore various study options available across four countries. The fair will be held in the cities of Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Gurgaon, Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Bangalore, Vijayawada, Hyderabad, Kochi and Coimbatore in addition to Chennai.

Applications are open to over 160 leading IDP partner universities & institutions in the UK, USA, Canada and New Zealand for 2017 intakes for courses such as Business Management & Finance, Hospitality, IT, Engineering & Computer Science, Pharmacy, Biological Sciences, Public & Health Administration, Law, Medicine & Nursing, Art & Design, Mass Communication and many more. Students can apply to the universities of their choice and get detailed information on scholarships, ranking, visa, etc. by IDP’s experienced education experts

Mr. Harmeet Pental, Regional Director (South Asia, North America & UK), IDP Education, said, “IDP Education is world’s leading student placement service provider and organizes education fairs across the IDP global network. With over 200 university partners across the 5 major global destinations, IDP is best placed to offer students the choice to find the course best suited to them. With an experience of over 45 years, IDP places one student every 20 minutes across the globe and has placed over 400,000 students worldwide.

Mr. Piyush Kumar, Country Director, India - IDP Education said, “IDP India seeks to provide a platform to aspiring students to come and have a face-to-face interaction with the university representatives and get answers to all their queries related to studying abroad. One can also visit IDP office to pre-register for priority processing and detailed counseling with IDP’s well trained and experience destination counselors.

Our goal is to assist and guide the students & parents with the right advice through all the steps from initial exploratory stage of course and university selection to application submission to arrival on campus”,added Mr. Kumar.

IDP fair endeavors to help students make their dream of an education abroad come true. Students are advised to bring along their educational certificates in original along with photocopies.

IDP’s multi-destination education fair – UK, US, Canada and New Zealand in Chennai provides an opportunity to have one-on-one interactions with 21 UK, 9 US, 7 Canada and 9 New Zealand institutions mentioned below:

Institutions from UK	Institutions from US
Aberystwyth University	California State University, Fresno
Anglia Ruskin University	Colorado State University
Bangor University	Montana State University
Birmingham City University	NAVITAS
Coventry University	University of Bridgeport
De Montfort University	University of Colorado, Denver
Edinburgh Napier University	University of Missouri - St Louis
Leeds Beckett University	University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
Middlesex University	Western New England University
Plymouth University
Queen Mary University of London
Queens University Belfast
Robert Gordon University
Staffordshire University
University of Central Lancashire
University of Hertfordshire
University of Nottingham
University of Strathclyde
University of Swansea
University of Teesside
University of Westminster

Institutions from Canada	Institutions from New Zealand
Centennial College	Academic Colleges Group
Durham College	Aspire2 International
Fanshawe College	AUT University
Fleming College	Lincoln University
Ryerson University	The University of Auckland
Thompson Rivers University	The University Of Waikato
Vancouver Island University	University of Canterbury
	University of Otago
	Waikato Institute of Technology

About IDP  Education

IDP Education is a world leader in international student placement services. With a network of over 100 international student placement centers, IDP has a global presence in more than 32 countries. IDP Education Limited is an ASX listed company that is 50% owned by 38 Australian universities.  For more than 45 years, IDP has played a major role in international education by offering comprehensive counseling services to students & having placed more than 400,000 students into quality institutions in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada and New Zealand. 

Currently, IDP in India has 23 counseling centers in 21 cities guiding students and their families through the entire process from university/course selection through application/visa process and pre-departure planning. For more than 45 years, IDP has been helping students and their families find the right fit for their dream of higher education

IELTS

IDP is a proud co-owner of IELTS (International English Language Testing System). IELTS is jointly owned by British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and Cambridge English Language Assessment. Since its launch in 1989, IELTS has become the world’s most popular high-stakes English language proficiency test. 

IELTS is accepted as evidence of English language proficiency by over 9,000 organizations worldwide. Last year, more than 2.5 million tests were taken globally.

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Bengaluru-based Xoxoday enters US

Offbeat Experiences & Activities for the World

Bengaluru 19th January 2017: Mahindra Group-backed Xoxoday, the newly-minted entity formed by the merger of the experiential gifting solutions firms Giftxoxo and Frogo, is in the process of going global. Announcing the move, the firm also said the unified entity will now let passionate professionals and venture owners to host an experience and guests can book an experience on the go! Large enterprises too can consume these experiences for employees and clients under a single brand.

Passionate professionals &venture owners can earn an extra mile hosting these experiences, and guests and enterprises can enjoy these experiences to create memories.

Some of the great hosted experiences are scuba diving, riding a harley, sericulture tours, owning a farmhouse for a day, dining under a helipad, riding a horse, cruising on a yacht and even milking a cow!

People in current world are bored and want to venture out to do something new, Xoxoday provides those options. These are experiences that a person remembers for a longer period. It would include experiences in India or abroad.

The Bengaluru-based firm, which had been operating for over four years, and will offer these and many more experiences in the Indian market as Xoxoday from now on. While Giftxoxo catered to the corporates, Frogo was set up to cater for self-consumption.

Now, pursuing a hobby too may be easier. You need not fret too much over the need to spend your precious time at the cost of your work or personal life to pursue your hobby. Xoxoday will ensure that it will take away much of your pain in pursuing some of the hobbies. It also ensures better bonding between individuals participating together in an activity.

Founded by four friends (Kushal Agrawal, Sumit Khandelwal, Abhishek Kumar and Manoj Agarwal), the firms had been growing steadily. It has been adding new experiences to its portfolio of offerings at a rapid pace.

The merged entity Xoxoday currently has over 700 enterprises, including Infosys, Snapdeal, Flipkart, Adobe, Google, Boston Consulting Group, HCL, World Bank, L&T etc. to name a few. It has served to over 200,000 guests last year through 5000 registered partners across the country.

Speaking at the announcement of the new move, Kushal Agarwal, Co-founder and Business Head, Xoxoday, said, “We are delighted to see a great acceptance for our products from our guests and hosts owing to our efforts towards enhancing customer satisfaction and impact.”

Xoxoday also helps enterprises to make their employee reward programs much more interesting. These experiences can bring excitement in their existing programs and employees would love this fresh outlook. The solutions are conceptualised using the best industry practices.

Adding to the role of technology Abhishek Kumar, Cofounder and Technology Head, Xoxoday, “Technology is the fulcrum of our business as it allows our partners to host their exciting experiences from across the country and the ease with which our users are able to have exciting moments in their life.”


Xoxoday has built a platform that enables hosting of your authentic experiences and makes them available for guests to explore and book on the go! Xoxoday has been able to build a community of 5000+ Hosts globally. They invite various brands, venture owners and passionate professionals to host their experiences and earn an extra Mile. It’s free to host an experience with Xoxoday!

Speaking about the product functionality Manoj Agarwal, Cofounder and Operations Head, Xoxoday, “Our customers were extremely happy the way our product and service worked, we have improvised on the product functionality to raise the benchmark and achieve client delight. We have served 200,000+ guests so far and are available on the web, Android (Google Play Store) and iPhone (App Store). Xoxoday is a fresh approach to aggregate last mile experiences and activities across the globe and steer this new industry ahead.”

About Xoxoday 

Every city in this world is unique, with the people making them different. It’s the culture & the arts, the dance forms, the landscape, the rejuvenation styles, the work-life, the trade & the commerce, authentic food, modern outlook, agriculture, passionate people, the heritage sites, the adopted culture, the communities etc. that render them their uniqueness.

The true flavour of this uniqueness is carved out ‘By The People & For The People’. Experiences manifest and evolve when people drive this change.

​With Xoxoday(formerly known as Giftxoxo&Frogo), anyone as an individual or a venture owner can host an experience for guests (experience seekers) and help facilitate consumer search with the inclusion of unique offerings. If you’re an artist – you may host arts & craft experiences. If you’re a dancer – you may host dance forms. If you’re a city guide – you may host a landscape & countryside tour. If you’re a therapist – you may host rejuvenation experiences. If you’re a localite – you may host a walking tour of the city. If you’re a local cook – you may host an authentic meal. If you’ve a farmhouse or a hotel – you may host a modern outlook experience. If you’re a farmer – you may host an agri-tour experience. If you’re a passionate professional – you may host a coaching experience. If you’re a government body or its affiliated partner – you may host ticketing of heritage sites, museums, parks and more. If you’re influenced by a culture – you may host experiences of the adopted culture. If you’re a community – you may host meetups and more.

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Missouri State University, US, invites Indian students for UG program in Communication

Bengaluru , 17th January, 2017: Missouri State University (MSU),long-established university of mid-west US, has invited applications for undergraduate program under the Department of Communication. The communication studies program at Missouri State is a liberal arts program that enunciates on how communication shapes the society and how the communication information is shaped, explained and evaluated for the advancement of communities.

The program gives students a room to develop in one of the seven tracks:

·         Communication Studies -Communication Studies track program offers students the greatest flexibility of all the communication department’s programs.


·         Ethical Leadership –This track provides students a comprehensive study of the role of communication in understanding and enacting ethical leadership.  

·         Health Communication - It focuses on communication theory and research in the healthcare context.


·         Intercultural Communications and Diversity - It improves students’ understanding of communication similarities and differences among diverse groups and develops practical applications for applying communication skills in those settings.

·         Interpersonal Communication – This track provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to participate effectively and responsibly in a variety of interpersonal contexts including family, friends, and work.

 ·         Organizational Communication - The study of organizational communication emphasizes both the effects of the organizational context on communication and the role of communication in shaping organizational life and effectiveness.


·         Rhetoric Communication - The rhetoric track at Missouri State prepares students to research, compose and deliver persuasive communication messages.  

Specifying on the benefits of studying at Missouri State University, Colonel Stephen Robinette, Associate Vice President, International Programs, MSU, said, “The faculty at Missouri State University is committed to providing a learning experience which is a fecund combination of both practical and academic excellence. It is one of the unique programs of its kind in Missouri that prepares students for a career that calls for practical as well as academic excellence.”

Who can apply?

Any student with a (10+2) certificate in senior secondary education, with high GPA, ACT score of 24 or SAT score of 1180 and IELTS score of 5.5 or TOEFL score of 61.

Benefit to Indian students:

·         The curriculum provides students from India with a global perspective to work in a variety of communication industry settings.



·         Students will learn through experience with internship and service-learning opportunities that promote community involvement while providing vital job skills.

·         The well-organized on and off campus housing facilities at MSU are a boon to Indian students.



·         Indian Students would get immense opportunities to make good contacts and good friends overseas at MSU as it has over 1,800 students from over 85 countries that can be of help for them to get a job in foreign land.

Date of commencement:

The session of the program will start in Mid-August 2017.

Duration:4 Years

Fee

Tuition fees for the complete course is approximately US$12000.00

About Missouri State University: Missouri State University, Missouri, USA established in the year 1905, MSU is the second-largest university in Missouri with over 23,000 students currently studying out of which 1,800 are international students representing over 85 countries worldwide. The Princeton University reviewed it as ‘The Best in the Midwest distinction’. MSU has a world-class faculty with over 90% faculty holding a terminal degree in their field of study. The university comprises of a school of agriculture, a graduate college and six academic colleges namely, College of Arts & Letters, College of Business, College of Health & Human Services, College of Humanities & Public Affair, College of Natural & Applied Sciences and College of Education. MSU provides state-of-the-art facility for its students which include on-campus residence halls and dining centres, a student union, a world-class library, a brand new recreational centre and dedicated academic facilities. Both on-campus and off-campus housing facilities are available at MSU.

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Chef Kunal, Shipra and Saransh along with Saffola Masala Oats urge India to #BreakupwithJunk

Chinese & Italian Saffola Masala Oats Food Trucks lead the way into healthier snacking 

Hyderabad, July 12 2016: India is the third country after U.S. and China in terms of the sheer population of over-weight people*. Needless to say our junk food choices and sedentary lifestyles are to be blamed for this. So, it’s time we #BreakUpWithJunk and move on to healthier snacking habits. Good news for them who make long faces at healthier foods (as they cannot be tasty is the popular myth) Saffola Masala Oats has come up with delicious oats based recipes that you can enjoy guilt-free and #CraveNoMore for taste. Since Chinese and Italian are the flavors we crave for the most during snacks, Saffola Masala Oats has gone ahead and launched the new Chinese & Italian flavors.

We have seen many battles on fields, looking at its historical references and epics, but battle of flavors? Doesn’t it sound unheard of? Not any more, thanks to New Saffola Masala Oats Chef’s Choice, Chinese and Italian Variants. The launch was marked by a historic battle between two sets of talented celebrity chefs and top food bloggers of the country. Two teams got together to settle the everlasting debate on whether it is Chinese or Italian in one of the first of its kind food truck challenge in India. 6 bloggers, 2 teams and 3 celebrity chefs - Ambience Mall Gurgaon experienced India’s fiercest culinary battle on Saturday; a battle between flavors, a battle against junk food and unhealthy snacking!

While it all began with the launch of Chef’s Choice range witnessing top bloggers flying in from across the nation, six winners qualified for the final and last leg of this culinary extravaganza- the Food Truck Challenge organized today. Fought between Chef Saransh leading the Chinese Food Truck and Chef Shipra mentoring her Italian food brigade, both the teams presented some unthinkable chatpata snack dishes loaded with the goodness of oats. Saransh prepared ‘Chinese Ghotala’ which was devoured by Chinese food lovers. On the other hand ‘A Nutty Affair’, Shipra’s special became a super hit among Italian food enthusiasts. At first the people could not believe it had been made out of Saffola Masala Oats. ‘If oats could be this tasty, I don’t mind switching my snacking habits’, said an ecstatic member from the audience.

“I would like to thank Saffola Masala Oats for giving me this exciting opportunity of running my own Food Truck. It was great churning out some interesting guilt-free Chinese dishes. Gone are the days when healthy was not considered tasty. Iam all charged up to say no to junk food with Saffola Masala Oats, and Iam sure we have inspired many more today to adopt healthier eating habits,” said Chef Saransh Goila, who was leading the Chinese food truck comprising of Adarsh Munjal from the Big Bhookad, Saloni Malkani from FBAI and Priya Sharma from Mumas Food Diary.

Chef Shipra Khanna was leading the Italian food truck which comprised of Kumar Jhuremalani from Pet Pujaris, Sayantani Mahapatra, of A Homemaker's Diary and Shivangi from Shivangi Reviews. She looked overwhelmed by response to her Food Truck and commented “I loved the concept and the fact that so many people came to try our delicious snacks made out of Italian flavored Saffola Masala Oats. It shows that people are moving away from unhealthy fast food to healthier alternatives. The consciousness is there, it’s just that it needs to be practiced more often. With Saffola Masala Oats, it’s quite easy to stick to your favorite taste without compromising on your health needs.”

Chef Kunal Kapoor acted as the perfect mentor and judged the teams, declaring Team Chinese as the winner. The Chinese Hearty Dragons made some exotic dishes to fill the Ambience mall periphery with interesting aroma which attracted many consumers. Needless to say, they loved the dishes and were craving for more.

Talking about the initiative, he said, ‘It’s important that we integrate healthier snacking habits in our lifestyle at an early stage. With the growing instances of lifestyle disorders, #BreakUpWithJunk is the need of the hour. Today, we showed everyone that one can satisfy cravings for their favorite flavors through Saffola Masala Oats without having the guilt of eating heavy snacks. Iam sure with our food trucks we’d be able to spread out this message far and wide.”

The three winnersof this grand event will feature in the ‘Crave No More’ segment presented by Saffola Masala Oats show aired on Living Foodz. 

The war against unhealthy fast food turned out to be really exciting, inspiring a number of people to #BreakUpWithJunk!

*According to a study published in the noted journal Lancet

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