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What is NEP 2020 (New Education Policy) ?

NEP Announced on 29th July'20, a big step towards transforming reforms in schools and higher education sector in the country  When talked about already understood gaps in education system of the country, targeting the change from the base is important. Highlights of NEP-2020, to improve education system and ensure enough investment at the right places following are the steps taken: Introduction of Coding courses from class 6th School premises to be used for Adult education after school hours Increased focus on vocational studies at school level Development of high-class Indian Sign Language Modules NCC to be brought under Defense Ministry Free boarding facilities in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas NCERT to introduce pedagogy based syllabus E-learning/content to be promoted in Regional Languages Establishment of National Research Foundation More Autonomous Educational Institutes National Testing Agency to offer Common Entrance Exam after higher education After 34 years of old education

Data Is the New Oil : From Lenses Of Oil & Gas Industry

Yes, times are difficult but that's what opportunity seekers make the best out of. This pandemic has resulted in a lot of unexpected changes. Most of us don't have a plan anymore because it seems hard to believe when and how our lives would resume. What will the new normal be? Is it ever getting back to the same? Will I ever be able to live my good old life again? How will demand for skills change in near future? What shall we do to maximize the gain from this slow-paced life? With so many questions in their mind, I had an opportunity to talk to a wonderful group of audience in a webinar organized by EAGE RGPIT SC . When I asked them "What is in your mind?"  This was their response. People are worried about their careers. With fancy data lingos, everyone is seeking to learn more about them and trying to prepare for a secured tomorrow. Data science has become more and more popular over the last decade. Being a data scientist is now a software engineer of yesterday. Eve

How Much Do Grades Matter?

Knowledge is important publications are not. Your degree might help you get somewhere but to grow you need to really know beyond your grades. This is becoming super popular with so many successful colleges drop out folks around yet it's important to know it all, why did they drop out?because they had an Idea!  Very important to talk about, while everyone was studying securing good grades, what were you doing? Alright, you said you didn't want to part of a herd then what? Did you find your kingdom on your own? Did you make sure you utilized the time well? Did you do all that you wanted? If yes you might already know by now where your interests lie, if not yet you sure need to give more thoughts to it. Back to grades, I would say a straight no what matters is your attitude. Are you a hard-working successful fellow or a smart-working professional. Hard-work can take you anywhere but it can also take others there as well. Then, if you are competing, if you want to stand-out, if you

The Premise : Why Am I even Starting a Second Blog

Hey Reader, Welcome to the first read of this blog! So now when you have read this title and still reading the article it is important that I introduce you to my first blog. My first blog, initially popular as " The Gossip Lover " was later changed to " The Backyard Lawn " due to some SEO issues. That one is closer to me. I wrote a lot of stuff over years across different platforms and finally gathered the courage to be okay with low visibility yet trustworthy google platform blogger. A quick background, I am a proud individual, a woman, a daughter, a sister, and a close friend to many. a lot of these very complex roles decide every step that I take in my life. Bla, bla, bla...I am currently a Data Scientist from a non-computer science profile and hence a very fancy LinkedIn profile, probably that's where you found me from. I am going to keep this blog very educational. Talking about what I did to be here and what can help you keep the right attitude towards yo