INTRODUCTION The outbreak of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has created a global health crisis that has had a deep impact on the way we perceive our world and our everyday lives.Not only does the risk of contagion and transmission trends challenge our sense of autonomy, but its long-lasting, global social and financial consequences arising from the orchestral and indirect consequences of disease still highlights a big issue.In particular, GDP forecasts for most regions and nations have already been seen declining, led by shocks to both domestic demand and output…
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What are the key barriers to accessing engineering education in India?
As we can see that the engineering field has expanded even more than everything else in due course during the growth of the tech industry. In the past thirty years, engineering is the fastest expansion in any segment of India’s higher education market, as in the research paper stated by Anirudh Krishna. India’s growing economy has opened up numerous prospects for higher-earning jobs. The developmental aspirations of students in the career paths of engineering are influenced by individual (personal), experiential and structural influences such as learning environments, self-efficacy and perceptions…
Read MoreIndia ahead of China in fintech funding in Q1 2020
India has overtaken China in attracting venture capital (VC)-backed investments in the fintech sector both in terms of deal value and volume in the March quarter, said data and analytics firm GlobalData. This comes amid diminished investment appetite for fintech startups due to the covid-19-led global economic crisis. China, where the pandemic originated, has been particularly hit hard.In the last two years, China’s fintech startup ecosystem was a breeding ground for VCs. This trend has now been reversed with Indian fintech startups attracting more investments.“In Asia, though there is an…
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