Divya Gandotra Tandon – youngest entrepreneur and tech girl of Jammu. She hails from the central city of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir and is currently living in Noida, Uttar Pradesh for her further studies. Divya Gandotra Tandon was born on 5 June 2002. Her mother’s name is Mrs Namrata Gandotra. She started her business when she was just 16 years old. When she was of age, children were busy playing sports; She was building a company that would help get many people out of there.

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

When Divya Was 15 years old, She started a YouTube Channel in which she used to Unbox latest trending Gadgets. Also, she used to create app reviews and tutorials on her channel.

When Divya Gandotra found Youtube, she studied the videos on the platform, enjoying and learning at the same time. Her fascination, unlike most people of her age who would spend time watching music videos or funny pranks, was to research and learn about people who came from nowhere and succeed in their lives. She was attracted to the Zero to Hero stories and found herself watching one story after the other.

While she was watching the videos, she was inspired to become somebody her family would be proud of. She was motivated and filled to the brim with newfound inspiration. As life would have it, encouragement and chances strike when they are least expected, Divya had stumbled upon her ticket to success and her goal in life.

Divya Gandotra Tandon is currently living in Noida for her studies with her Maternal Aunt (Pooja Gandotra) and Uncle (Indrajit Neog).

Divya Gandotra Tandon and her Brother (Devansh Gandotra Neog) both wrote few books and those books are published on Google Books and Amazon Kindle.

Watching inspirational stories on YouTube lead her to the path of his dream. It’s then she understood that all she wanted was to become a YouTuber, one who can stand out from the crowd, with her glory and success.

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.

During difficult times when she did not know what kind of videos to post, the only thing she keeps in her mind is honesty and transparency. She knows the viewers always wanted to watch something real, and that’s what she decided to offer them. Talented and fun, Divya makes use of YouTube channels to entertain people, create informative videos on various tech-related matters, and continues to stay honest.

Despite failing once, she did not let that fade her talent. Secret Superstar, the Bollywood movie, gave her a boost of inspiration through the tough times of life. It was the unsettling times when she realized that the hate messages and comments could be a guide, and she began to learn from them. Additionally, she discovered understanding and working on the suggestions from viewers were yet another way that could help her continue growing in her field.

She also started a few projects on women Safety, and she was also awarded as Entrepreneur Young Achievers award in Delhi and Incredible Indian icon award in Indore.

She is also certified in Fundamental of Digital marketing by Google Unlocked.

Divya Gandotra has achieved success in a very young age of 17. At the age when teens are busy in playing and chatting on Social media, Divya Changed her Life and made her own identity. With the increase of Digitalization, Divya made her Successful in Technical Field. In her free time she used to watch the success stories of the YouTubers who became zero to Hero in digital platform.

Being in a Digital platform she used to learn from hatred and she drastically changed her content by her audience suggestions. Once in a interview she said that, “I may not be a good content creator for myself but my audience know me better, they support me and love my content that I create”. Also, she said, “I was literally inspired by the movie Secret Superstar, this movie motivated me more and more to create my content”.

Divya Gandotra Tandon is a young and dynamic entrepreneur, a celebrity manager, a social media manager and an influential figure. Divya Gandotra Tandon has worked for more than 600 individual stars, influencers and companies.

She is the founder and CEO of The Scoop Beats and The Scoop Beats Media.

The Scoop Beats is an Internet media company. It is in a place to nourish the mind and increase knowledge. She said, “ We aim to bring you closer to the real world. We deliver information as fast as possible without compromising the quality or reliability of that data.”

She has been seen more active on Twitter and seems to be a political enthusiast through her tweet.

It takes a lot of perseverance and hard work to build a name and proliferate on social media. Whether it is from making TikTok, YouTube videos or even running a niche-related Instagram page totally for fun. However, Mayank Singh Rajput, also known as The Youngest Entrepurner in Bihar, has still been able to build a social media network across all of his social media within a short amount of time.

Mayank is a rising social media influencer and entrepreneur that has found his way to quickly building a reputation in the social media world for his quality work. From being an influencer to being the CEO and founder of his own company, The Digital Hunters.

For Mayank, this is how it all started.

Mayank was born on May 10, 1998, in Forbesganj small town in Bihar, and moved to Delhi in 2018  not quite understanding the altitude of this decision, nor did Mayank know that his life would soon make an abrupt change. He did not restrict his education to academic education. He researched his surroundings and was always curious about how things worked. At the age of 18, he ventured into the world of entrepreneurship. After completing his college studies, he launched his first start-up, The Digital Hunters, in 2019. As he grew older, his interest in Digital grew more extensively, which is unusual because of his origin.

Mayank Singh Rajput also created social media profiles of several brands by his firm. Mayank has been the Digital Marketing Manager of several celebrity celebrities. He has also been the marketing representative of many celebrities, including international artist Jessica Amir, several MTV artists, and Bollywood celebrities and singers. His hard work really paid him.

He built the company The Digital Hunters from scratch, and it all derived from his love of Digital and social media. From a youth to a young adult, Mayank learned so much about social media that assisted with getting him to the point of building his own empire.

From inspiring and influencing many to create quality Brand gear through his company, Mayank is quickly building a name in the Digital Entrepreneurship world as well, even globally. Both Mayank and his company Digital Hunters, have been featured in multiple notable newspapers, such as Dainik Jagran, Hindustan, Sanmarg, and Prabhat Khabar. he is inspiring others to do what they believe in.

He has a strong desire to motivate and influence his audience as well as reaching more audiences as well to diversify and strengthen his network.

He intends to help through his company, which represents the widespread of talented youth who aspire to inspire in s or form. His social media network has been a driving force and is growing quite consistently in which we can assume more success is expected.

His dedicated hard work and never-ending adventures to succeed make him one of the few digital marketers who have done so much work in a very short period of time. He started his first start-up by Taking a few rupees from his mother and father and has really shined well today by building an online platform for projects worth millions. With all his determination he managed to become one of the ‘youngest digital entrepreneurs in the country’.

His efforts are very well recognized and rewarded. He is highly in demand for his digital services. Mayank’s journey is an inspiration to many youths of our country and his life is a fantasy for people of his age. He has proved that every small input in the direction of development leads to a big achievement

To check more out and remain connected with Mayank Singh Rajput, follow his official Instagram @mayanksinghrajputra where you can reach out and interact with him!

Chandigarh, Punjab: The stellar rise of consumer applications on both web and mobile platforms is going to fuel the demand for full-stack developers across all markets. To bridge the demand and supply gap, Chitkara University has collaborated with global IT giant Virtusa to offer a unique program in full-stack web development

Full Stack Developer profile has emerged as the most in-demand job in recent times.  Companies across industries and sizes are looking for full-stack developers to develop web and mobile-based solutions. With more than 1.2 lakh jobs with competitive packages, the industry is on the lookout for skilled and talented full-stack developers like never before. To bridge the talent gap and keeping up with its commitment to offering industry-leading courses, Chitkara University has collaborated with Virtusa to offer a unique 2-year Unique M-Tech Program in Computer Science & Engineering with specialization in Full-Stack Web Development.

As per the industry experts, the rising scale of digitization and internet penetration has prompted companies to offer web and mobile-based solutions at an unprecedented scale.  Full-stack developers are trained to spearhead the entire development (front-end and back-end) of products and applications, especially in product-based companies. Equipped to lead the entire project, Full-Stack developers thus save companies precious time and resources. In addition, the fact that they can work in small teams and offer end to end solution has catapulted their industry demand. As per the Industry reports, there has been a 20% growth in the demand for full-stack developers in 2018 v/s 2017, with companies shifting preferences to having multi-skilled professionals on-board. This M. Tech program has been specially designed to cater to the rising demand for full-stack developers by means of developing graduates who are skilled, competent and industry-ready.

Dr Madhu Chitkara, Pro-Chancellor of Chitkara University says, “The 2-year M-Tech Program in Computer Science & Engineering with specialization in Full-Stack Web development, offered in collaboration with Virtusa is an outcome of Chitkara University’s relentless focus on offering programs closely designed and delivered in conjunction with industry leaders. This ensures that the curriculum is dynamic and tailored to the constantly evolving industry trends and students get exposure to the industry’s best practices during the course of their degree.”

Dr Murali Padmanabhan, Sr. VP Global Talent & OD at Virtusa, shared, “With the rising demand for full-stack developers, the industry cannot afford to not get involved and create a pipeline of skilled, competent, and industry-ready. This M. Tech program has been designed to ensure that the students get ample industry exposure during their 1-year internship and a chance to learn under the mentorship of our globally recognized engineers and leaders working on live projects. The students will learn about client handling, project management, prototyping, and testing in addition to honing their full-stack development skills”.

The unique program has been fashioned exclusively to optimize learning and industry exposure for our students. During the 2-year program, students will spend 1 year at the university grasping the nuts and bolts of full-stack web development and another year interning at Virtusa or other blue chip companies, thus applying what they have learned and getting exposed to industry’s best practices. The 1-year internship with Virtusa will give students a real-time exposure on client projects under tech-veterans at Virtusa.

Students will have an opportunity to specialize in IoT, Big Data, Blockchain, Python and Micro apps, all of which are high demand industry skills. With personalized mentoring and placement support after the program, the graduates will have job opportunities ranging from front end developer, App developer, Web developer, Back-End Developer, Software engineer, Full-stack developer to Mobile developer, to name a few.

About Virtusa: Virtusa (NASDAQ: VRTU) is a global leader in IT consulting and outsourcing services with more than 50 offices across 19 countries. With annual revenue of $1bn+ and a staff count of 23,000+, Virtusa has emerged as the IT powerhouse. Virtusa serves fortune 2000 companies offering IT services across the entire IT lifecycle in industries like banking, insurance, communications, healthcare and life sciences amongst many other.

About Chitkara University: Chitkara University, situated near Chandigarh has emerged as the most vibrant and high-ranking university in North India. The University offers courses in Engineering & Technology, Business, Planning & Architecture, Art & Design, Mass Communication, Sales & Marketing, Hospitality Management, Pharmacy, Health Sciences, and Education. University’s ranking laurels include getting featured in the Prestigious Times Higher Education Impact rankings 2020, 26^th rank in the DataQuest’s ‘Top 100 T Schools in India-2020’ survey, and Chitkara Business School achieving 43^rd rank in the BusinessWorld’s coveted ‘Top B-Schools – 2019’ survey, and 35^th rank in the OUTLOOK I care B-School rankings 2020.  With state-of-the-art infrastructure, scientifically driven pedagogy, and strong industry collaborations, Chitkara University not only attracts the finest students from across the nation but with its seamless placement support is also able to help them carve high growth careers.

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“Right light and time are very important when you shoot on outdoors “, says renowned child photographer Saurabh Panjwani. Amidst lockdown, if you are exploring one of your long-lost passion or want to try hands-on your kid’s photography keep these tricks in my mind.

Children are one of the people’s favorite subjects to photograph, but like any subject, they present their photographic challenges. They look their best when photographed outdoors in natural light.  Soft, natural light gives the face a more natural and pleasing shape, makes the skin appear softer and removes ugly harsh shadows.

When looking for suitable outdoor light, keep in mind that the midday sun is very harsh and will cast unflattering shadows.  The best times of day for outdoor portrait photography are the early morning hours and the last hour before sunset (golden hour).  The sun will be low in the sky which will be very flattering to your subject since the light will create a soft, golden glow.

Find soft light coming from one side and you can hardly go wrong.

An outdoor portrait session can allow you to get some great action shots such as the child joyfully running in the grass, digging in the sand at the beach, playing with a colorful toy and even with other children.   

The key is to capture a child’s uniqueness in your photographs.  Spend time with before the photo-session.  This will help you to learn who they are shy, outgoing, serious, studious, especially active or funny. Brainstorm fun ways to showcase their natural activities in the photograph.

Babies, in particular, are natural. They will not pose or smile on your command. Simple games of peek-a-boo from behind the camera, or talking in a silly voice, will usually bring out a beaming natural smile.  Keep in mind that babies are almost always at their best in the early part of the day.  Fatigue at the end of a day will usually make a baby fussy. 

Also, if the mother feels comfortable with it, capturing a photo of a baby nursing in a beautiful outdoor setting. This will add an emotional touch to your masterpiece!

Fewer than 10% of countries have laws that help ensure full inclusion in education, and 40% of  the poorest countries failed to support learners at risk during the Coronavirus pandemic, according to UNESCO’s 2020 Global Education Monitoring Report: Inclusion and education – All means All.

The report urges countries to focus on those left behind as schools reopen so as to foster more resilient and equal societies.

The report provides an in-depth analysis of key factors for exclusion of learners in education systems worldwide including background, identity and ability. It identifies an exacerbation of exclusion during the COVID-19 pandemic and estimates that about 40% of low and lower-middle income countries have not supported disadvantaged learners during temporary school shutdown.

Signs of progress towards inclusion: The Report and its PEER website note that many countries were using positive, innovative approaches to transition towards inclusion. Many were setting up resource centres for multiple schools and enabling mainstream establishments to accommodate children from special schools, as was the case in Malawi, Cuba and Ukraine. The Gambia, New Zealand and Samoa were using itinerant teachers to reach underserved populations.

Odisha state in India, for example, used 21 tribal languages in its classrooms, Kenya adjusted its curriculum to the nomadic calendar and, in Australia, the curricula of 19% of students were adjusted by teachers so that their expected outcomes could match students’ needs.

“To rise to the challenges of our time, a move towards more inclusive education is imperative”, said the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay. “Rethinking the future of education is all the more important following the Covid-19 pandemic, which further widened and put a spotlight on inequalities. Failure to act will hinder the progress of societies.”

Persistence of exclusion: This year’s Report is the fourth annual UNESCO GEM Report to monitor progress across 209 countries in achieving the education targets adopted by UN Member States in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It notes that 258 million children and youth were entirely excluded from education, with poverty as the main obstacle to access. In low- and middle income countries, adolescents from the richest 20% of all households were three times as likely to complete lower secondary school as were as those from the poorest homes. Among those who did complete lower secondary education, students from the richest households were twice as likely to have basic reading and mathematics skills as those from the poorest households. Despite the proclaimed target of universal upper secondary completion by 2030, hardly any poor rural young women complete secondary school in at least 20 countries, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa.

Also according to the report, 10-year old students in middle and high-income countries who were taught in a language other than their mother tongue typically scored 34% below native speakers in reading tests. In ten low- and middle-income countries, children with disabilities were found to be 19% less likely to achieve minimum proficiency in reading than those without disabilities.

Inequitable foundations: Alongside UNESCO GEM Report, team launched a new website, PEER, with information on laws and policies concerning inclusion in education for every country in the world. PEER shows that many countries still practice education segregation, which reinforces stereotyping, discrimination and alienation. Laws in a quarter of all countries require children with disabilities to be educated in separate settings, rising to over 40% in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as in Asia.

Blatant exclusion: Two countries in Africa still ban pregnant girls from school, 117 allowed child marriages, while 20 had yet to ratify the Convention 138 of the International Labour Organization which bans child labour. In several central and eastern European countries, Roma children were segregated in mainstream schools. In Asia, displaced people, such as the Rohingya were taught in parallel education systems. In OECD countries, more than two-thirds of students from immigrant backgrounds attended schools where they made up at least 50% of the student population, which reduced their chance of academic success.

Parents’ discriminatory beliefs were found to form one barrier to inclusion: Some 15% of parents in Germany and 59% in Hong Kong, China, feared that children with disabilities disturbed others’ learning. Parents with vulnerable children also wished to send them to schools that ensure their well-being and respond to their needs. In Queensland, Australia, 37% of students in special schools had moved away from mainstream establishments.

The Report shows that education systems often fail to take learners’ special needs into account. Just 41 countries worldwide officially recognized sign language and, globally, schools were more eager to get internet access than to cater for learners with disabilities. Some 335 million girls attended schools that did not provide them with the water, sanitation and hygiene services they required to continue attending class during menstruation.

Alienating learners: When learners are inadequately represented in curricula and textbooks they can feel alienated. Girls and women only made up 44% of references in secondary school English language textbooks in Malaysia and Indonesia, 37% in Bangladesh and 24% in the province of Punjab in Pakistan. The curricula of 23 out of 49 European countries do not address issues of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

Teachers need and want training on inclusion, which fewer than 1 in 10 primary school teachers in ten Francophone countries in sub-Saharan Africa said they had received. A quarter of teachers across 48 countries reported they wanted more training on teaching students with special needs.

Chronic lack of quality data on those left behind. Almost half of low- and middle-income countries do not collect enough education data about children with disabilities. Household surveys are key for breaking education data down by individual characteristics. But 41% of countries – home to 13% of the world’s population – did not conduct surveys or make available data from such surveys. Figures on learning are mostly taken from school, failing to take into account those not attending.

Faizan Alam, a 15-year-old from Patna, Bihar, is going viral for all the right reasons. The young boy has not only composed an English song but has also sung it, thus attracting the attention of music lovers on all the social media platforms, especially Youtube.

Alam, popularly known as ‘Shadow Chrome’ because of his Youtube Channel, has recently composed a song ‘One Time’. In addition to composition, Alam also sang it and played the lead role in the video, which has attracted the attention of hundreds of thousands of music lovers.

Appreciating the efforts of the young singer, music lover went berserk to accolade his overall performance. “Honest try is the only ingredient of success,” writes a music lover namely Rakesh Jha, adding the way you perform is simply awesome.

His engaging performance in the song where he’s trying to woo this gorgeous lady, his eyes caught in a club also earned his respect and positive remarks. The song is no less than any famous album number when it comes to the production.

The social media has gushed after his performance, wherein music lovers say that he “nailed every note” and that this was a “mountain of a song that he conquered”

This young bundle of talent has a YouTube channel named by his stage name ‘Shadow Chrome’ and this song One Time has already crossed 7 lakh views. This new single has received a lot of love at this young age and it surely is a way to go.

Ahteshaam Hubilkar, a 26 year old Biomedical Engineer and MBA, passed out from DY Patil college, turned towards his passion, food and has become one amazing food blogger today. His love for food and trying new cuisines has evolved since his college days. He was always keen to try new things and wanted to explore something new everyday. His Instagram is filled with mouth watering pictures of amazing cuisines and restaurants he has visited during his journey of blogging. 

Ahteshaam’s family has always been his support system. He says and believes that “Family serves as a major role in their children’s lives. Their career development and helping them through their journey and being supportive towards their children is what parents need to do. My parents have supported me in every decision I’ve made and loved me for whatever I’ve achieved.” Supportive and loving parents are the most important essence in someone’s life.

His day begins with a nice workout and post workout breakfast. He completes his work by late afternoon so he can have proper spare time to conduct his shoots for brands. His working time is quite flexible but he never wastes any minute. He’s always into doing something or the other and tends to keep himself busy. He believes that “If one wants to achieve and grow, they should never let any minute pass by without doing something productive. I keep myself busy, keep pushing myself into doing more and more and I tend to climb the steps towards success and growth everyday.” What a true motivator, isn’t he?

From a part time food blogger he became a full time influencer now and as an influencer he promoted and worked for more than 100 brands over these years. Then he also started promoting movies such as Street Dancer 3D, Panipat, and Suryavanshi etc and in political campaigns for Rajasthan and Jaipur government. I have also worked for web series with Zee 5, Alt Balaji and Amazon Prime.

Upon being asked how men/women fashion has evolved over the years, he to the point answered the question saying; “Social media has had a dramatic impact on the fashion industry. It has changed the way of styling largely. Women’s fashion has largely evolved over the years with mix and matching and chic looks. While men’s fashion has been neglected with the thinking that men don’t care about fashion. Although over the past few years, men’s fashion has evolved and found its way towards growing with now; leather wear, pastel colours, mix and matching and bare ankles.” The way this man has described fashion considering today’s generation is commendable. His thinking and the way he has evolved himself as well in the field of fashion and now acknowledging the mass with the same is truly amazing. 

There are plenty of lessons one learns through his journey in whatever field one goes to. Ahteshaam has learned some valuable lessons with his years of hard work and through his journey as a blogger. Quoting him; “Being a blogger means you have to make sure that the mass around you are happy with you and your work. But I’ve learned that I need to keep myself happy and at peace too. While you’re trying to make others happy, make sure one of them is you. Make yourself happy. Keep checking up on yourself often. Make sure you are doing what makes you happy and confronting the mistakes that you make and correcting them as well. Keep checking up on yourself and your mental state. Keep yourself and your mind at ease and peace first before you try to do the same for yourself.” This is something which we all need to learn and know. Being there for yourself is so important. 

A little something for the readers from Ahteshaam; “We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes. But what we need to understand is that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success. Failures are important for one to face, it’s only us whether we defeat failure or let failure defeat us.”

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The man who inspired 3 Idiots movie shared his views on “Economics of Giving” 20 June 2020 Chandigarh, Punjab, India: Sonam Wangchuk, the man who inspired Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s 3 Idiots was the speaker at Chitkara Univesity’s Explore series this week. Wangchuk, an Innovator Academician, Education Reformist and the Founder and Advisor of SECMOL ( Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh ) shared his views on “Economics of Giving” in his online live session with students at Chitkara University.

Sharing his vast treasure of knowledge in a session which had a wide array of people joining in for the session, Wangchuk said that any education system must address to the real needs of the time, if our country and planet is facing real challenge from the industrial production then we should change what we teach our children, we increasingly need to start talking about healing the planet rather than further fueling its destruction similarly whatever is the need of time must be incorporated in the education system. It has to be rooted with real problems and their solutions.

When asked to share his take on innovation Sonam Wangchuk highlighted the fact that most of the innovation that we see around us these days is not something which was done keeping local factors and India specific solutions into consideration. Stating an example he said “we see these glass buildings in Delhi that were copied from the architecture of western cities with sub zero temperatures. There, this type of architecture has a meaning to it because it helps in keeping those places warm in chilly cold conditions but the same architecture Indians cities like Delhi where it is already very hot, this architecture will not be of any use it would rather end up creating more problems as then it leads to us to air conditioning causing huge costs of electricity bills and health and environment issues.

On his recent views on Boycott China Movement, Wangchuk said that let there be more indigenous products manufactured locally and something that creates more employment and gradually weans off the addiction and dependency on Chinese goods and products, the world is looking at exploring India for setting up big ventures. We should not have short term reactions which will yield no results but need to strategize by taking a middle path and built up our capacities.

Uttarakhand government has decided to train its healthcare and social workers in palliative care to relieve the suffering of patients with Coronavirus infection and their families. Palliative care is the alleviation of serious illness related suffering of the patient and the family. It involves prevention, assessment and management of symptoms including pain, breathlessness, and agitation, and providing psychological, social, and spiritual support.

To this effect, the National Health Mission, Uttarakhand will train doctors, staff nurses, social workers, and paramedical staff to undergo this training to be conducted by Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences, a WHO collaborating center for policy and training on access to pain relief based in Kerala. Close to 300 people have already enrolled for the weekly online training.  

Having undergone the basic training, a social worker from Uttarakhand said, “I was happy to attend the course. Some of the most important points were communications, psychosocial and spiritual issues, grief, and bereavement along with the importance of the mental health of caregivers (us) during COVID-19. I am grateful to Pallium India for all their efforts. We are forever grateful.”

A medical officer at a public hospital in Uttarakhand added, “I learned to not get agitated during my work and listen to the patient and their family patiently. To take more time in understanding them and not to rush to any decision or advice. Check my emotions. Use of psychotherapy and drugs in palliative care.” 

To sustainably manage COVID 19, few palliative care experts in Kerala came together to form an informal task force (PallicovidKerala) to develop an e-book on guidelines for integration of palliative care with COVID-care.  Aimed at healthcare professionals in their tireless battle against the pandemic, the algorithm-based e-book derived from evidence-based guidelines and advisories from around the world helps enhance their existing skill sets. 

Applauding the efforts of the PallicovidKerala team, State Nodal Officer National Program for Palliative Care Dr. Fareeduzzafar said, “This is a very commendable task and we are happy that our healthcare workers are being empowered with the relevant palliative care tools to sustainably manage COVID 19. We have received good feedback from the participants and are grateful to the team providing the training.”

Sessions are conducted on the ECHO platform and participants meet for five days, 1hr 15min daily to go through a lecture, case study, and open discussions. This rapidly equips them to practice palliative care, relevant to meet the needs of the patient and their families who are going through suffering and anticipatory grief. Acknowledging the efforts of the Uttarakhand government, Dr. M R Rajagopal, Director, Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences said, “I congratulate the Uttarakhand Government in seeing the value of this training and encouraging the service providers to participate and learn how to be more compassionate and take informed decisions for treatment and self-care as well.  This simple solution if adopted by all governments will immeasurably bolster our healthcare force for the current and future emergencies.” 

Topics of online training include the relevance of Palliative Care in COVID 19 and concept of grief and bereavement, management of important symptoms in COVID 19 (Cough, Breathlessness/delirium/Fever/ Myalgia), how to provide emotional support by applying basic principles of communication, triage in COVID 19 with special reference to the management of ethical issues, psychosocial interventions in COVID 19, and burn-out and self-care, a statement issued here by Pallium India said. 

Pallium India (www.palliumindia.org) is a national registered trust formed to address the needs of people who are suffering from terrible pain and isolation due to cancer, AIDS, paralysis or other prolonged, debilitating illness. Pallium India strives to address the needless suffering of those millions in India and enable them to live a life of dignity and self-respect. Pallium India works in collaboration with several national and international organisations to improve the accessibility and affordability of pain relief drugs (opioids) and other low cost medicines, to ensure the availability of palliative care services in India and to improve the quality of palliative care services provided by the healthcare and allied health care professionals. 

Lockdown, in wake of COVID-19, has brought pets and their owners closer than ever. As the society gets accustomed to the new normal, our pets are trying hard too, to adapt to the world that is changing every single day. Now with the Unlocking 0.1 underway, while you are getting ready to get back to your life, as it was before the Corona outbreak, have you thought about how your pet needs to be trained to adapt to the new normal? The best way to care for your pet’s mental wellbeing and to train them well for the post-COVID-19 world is to take him to the Sovereign Dog Training School. The School’s motto is “You & Your Dog deserve the best!”

The Dog Training School

Sovereign Dog Training School is a full-service dog training facility that specializes in obedience training, agility and behavior modification. The man behind this school is Sandeep Lad. Sandeep is the Training Director, Founder and Owner of the School and he possesses 18+ years of extensive and diverse experience of training dogs. He trains dogs in the privacy of a dog owner’s home/surroundings with minimal distractions and at a convenient time. Sandeep has worked with renowned dog trainers from the US, Europe, which helped him learn new techniques and keep himself updated in this field. He also attends various seminars to keep adding to his knowledge trove. Sandeep’s calm & cool approach, coupled with his patience and a good sense of humor, makes the training sessions a breeze for your pet.

Guidance & Structure

Sandeep has trained more than 1800 dogs of different breeds and has solved more than 10,000 small or and big behaviour related issues in his career. He has also educated more than 25000 pet owners. This experience has led him to develop a personalized, creative and distinguished program to motivate & stimulate your dog. The dog is trained to learn commands in a gentle, relaxed, and unhurried manner. Sandeep can train dogs of any age and breed. His training sessions are customized, enjoyable and fun for the furry friends and focus on its mental, physical and emotional stimulation. The training program contains private dog training sessions too. The main purpose of Sandeep’s training schedule is to create effective strategies to help dog owners as well as the whole family to feel comfortable and confident around their pet.

Dog Training Certifications

Sandeep is the first Indian trainer whose trained dog was adjudged “Canine Good Citizen” with a certificate from the FCI (Kennel Club of India). He is also the first Indian dog trainer whose trained dog participated in the International Sport Dog called B or BH Begleithunde – a combination of temperament & obedience tests. This is a preliminary, perquisite test for a dog, who passes it to get his/her IGP/Schutzhund titles. So, if you are interested in working the man’s best friend and train it as well, the Sovereign Dog Training School also provides comprehensive Professional Dog Training Certifications.

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