Dr. Ali Sadeghi has been treating his patients for years but to everyone’s surprise, we will now see him acting too! Yes, the ace plastic surgeon will soon be seen in a Bollywood film.

If you are thinking that he is doing a scene in a Bollywood film or playing a cameo then you are mistaken!!! Dr. Sadeghi will star as the main lead in a film. Surprised more??? No need to. Ali Sadeghi has been a doctor by profession but only a few know that he is a born actor. From his early school days to college life, he was a fine actor but he left his passion to make a career in medicals.

Sadeghi has now decided to achieve his dreams and he has been approached by a leading Bollywood director for a film. He has already given his nod to the script of the film and will formally announce it.

When asked about the same, Dr. Sadeghi said, “Yes, I will soon be titled as Doctor turned Actor and I am excited about it. I have read the script and to keep it simple as it is the debut film, I will be playing a doctor but this time on the reel.”

When asked about how he decided to quit acting and move into medicals, he said, “I never had any connections in the cinema industry. My family believed that it will not be easy to take my passion as a profession. They convinced me to study medicals. With half-hearted, I did the same but somewhere, I missed my acting days in college and school desperately. Now I have made a name in my profession so I thought why not to pursue acting.”

When asked will he now quit his practice as doctor? He said, “How can a doctor skip his duties and responsibilities? I will give time to my patients after shootings. I have spent a good number of years into medical field so there is no chance of now quitting it.”

Dr. Sadeghi, a cosmetic surgeon, is also very famous on social media platforms. He has thousands of followers on Instagram where you can be seen him facing camera on various occasions.

On film front, film is slated to go on floors this December and is slated for next year release. Film will be shot majorly in India and some scenes will be shot in London as well.

Jon Paul, a drop-shipping business expert based in the United States, is all geared up to begin a new stint in his life by foraying into Bollywood as a director-producer.

Yes, the entrepreneur has folded his sleeves for taking up the new challenge and is all set to get into the Indian filmdom with a fresh project on the life of villagers. Unlike the previous such movies, this film will not focus on the negative aspects of living in a village but will showcase the positive side of the story and why villagers only leave their native land when they are forced.

“Coming from a business background, I already have an understanding of how people of villages behave as it is always tough to do business there. This is not because of money factor but because of their mindset which doesn’t allow everyone to impress them. This is something I find really interesting about the villagers,” said Paul.

“My film also has a similar content which will tickle your funny bones for sure. The film has everything that an audience require in a high class masala entertainment. You will see how the villagers do not understand certain things and create a complete fun ride of a genuine thing,” he added.

He has been a great lover of travelling and has been to India in the past as well. He finds the hospitality and love of these countrymen the most alluring part about India. He believes that anyone who has ever been to this country would never be able to forget the people here as they always shower their love upon foreigners.

The yet untitled project is expected to go on floors by November 2019 and the film is expected for a release in June next year. The film is also likely to have some big names playing the pivotal characters.

“I have been in talks with some big names of the industry. I can not open the names right now but we will soon come up with an update on the same. The actors have liked the script and they are willing to take up this challenge of looking and behaving like villagers,” said Paul.

“We have kept the language of the film understandable for the masses but have surely added an accent factor which will make it even funnier to watch. I hope this film gives you the joy of your life and help me prove my skills as a director-producer,” he said.

We hope that the upcoming film has everything that the Jon Paul has explained and it does well at the box office as well as in the hearts of the viewers

The Founder of The Dani Groups and the global voice for the children across India, Rajatkumar Dani today got constituted with the Karmaveer Chakra and Karmaveer Global Fellowship in association with the United Nations. Karmaveer Puraskaar is National People’s Awards for Citizen Social Justice and action in India. These awards are instituted by iCONGO. All the awardees are dubbed Noble Laureates. These awards seek to celebrate and inspire individual citizen social responsibility, justice’ and action initiatives and are held every year on, the day the Indian Constitutional Pledge was signed.

Rajatkumar has been conferred with this award for his constant advocacy work for the community from the past several years. His vision to attain new altitudes in revealing the mysteries in the interest of sustainable development. The mission is to drive advances in science, technology, aeronautics, and space exploration to enhance knowledge, education, innovation, economic vitality, and stewardship of Earth. Empowering marginalized with equitable STEAM education to create the opportunity to better their lives. Enhance sustainability by STEAM education and ensure equalitarianism by mobilizing our resources. 

Project EduOM started from Maharashtra. EduOM is a critical part of CSO’s mission. EduOM activities both disseminate knowledge of the agency’s advances in science, technology, aeronautics and space exploration, and support the creation of knowledge by learners, educators, and institutions. CSO Offices, Mission Directorates, Centers and facilities collaborate to implement a single agency-wide approach to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) education. This approach provides unique EduOM experiences to learners, educators, and institutions, as well as streamlined access to our content, web sites, people, resources, and facilities. Project EduOM based on Govt School Student Development. He said that “We middle-class people have everything that helps us to grow in society, We have the Internet to learn about the world and We have Educated parents to Guide us but They don’t have these things to show there skill. We have everything that we need, We just have to explore ourself.” Dani adopted government school for developing the skill of Zilla Parisad school students. Provided a technical knowledge of Computer, Internet and Other skills and Other Theoretical knowledge too.  He was one of the keynote speakers of the event. He ended by saying “There is no next, It’s NOW or NEVER”.

I’m interested, but only if it’s nearby, say a range of new viewers hooked to digital news platforms if viewership patterns of one of the latest digital animated news producers are anything to go by. The breakup of nearly 10 million consumers of YouTube-based animated news platform Bisbo, showed that news related to Pakistan and China attracted as much as 8,00,000 average views per video. This is in stark contrast to just a few tens of thousands on news from literally anywhere else!

These days, most people who are keen to know about what’s happening around them, from pop to a blast, are not sure where they should go. Millions of news viewers these days, turn to alternative news platforms – from shorts to videos, podcasts and online news websites to gain an in-depth understanding of the world around them, minus the noise, propaganda and clutter.

Bisbo, a YouTube-based animated news provider has been a part of this phenomenon. They recently helped in delivering this insight based on the viewership patterns for their news content. The channel, with over 100 million combined views, creates and disseminates news-based explainers and in-depth videos on its platform in 10 languages, including English and Hindi.

Unconventional news and its new viewers

The viewership numbers for this 4-year-old YouTube channel reflect the move to unconventional platforms for news – a world where people consume news in 60-character alerts, videos, explainers, podcasts, and even digital news channels. This move also shows that conventional news sources are no longer enough for news consumption.

And, who are these viewers? They are largely Indian viewers (ranging from 60% on the English channel, 66% on Bengali, 75% on Malayalam while 99% views on the Marathi channel are from India) a majority (80%+) of whom are in the 18-44 age bracket.

News from which regions interest these viewers?

Political and military news related to Pakistan &China have viewers hooked. This is uniform across both English and Hindi streams run by the channel. While in English, China videos draw an average of 93,000 views per video, videos pertaining to Pakistan draw average less at 70,000 views per video. While in Hindi the numbers are reversed with videos related to Pakistan clocking an average of 8,00,000 views per video, while China is lower at around 6,50,000 views per video.

This also highlights another important trend and that is the dominance of China and Pakistan-based news content in the mind spaces of these viewers. The looming threat of China, both economically and militarily and nearness of the conflict coupled with the history we have with our neighbouring country makes it the most important bit when it comes to political news, knowledge and events.

And what’s not?

The other region garnering some interest is the Middle East at 25% of the views as compared to our neighbours. America and our immediate neighbours Sri Lanka and the Maldives are next and as far as language audiences are concerned, the rest of the world, be it Britain or Europe, barely exist.

“It’s as if the rest of the world does not exist for these viewers,” said Shakir Ebrahim, Founder of GoBisbo Broadcasting Network Pvt. Ltd. and Creator of Bisbo. Based on the viewership patterns, these viewers were concerned only with content around a few regions. They had access, yet no interest.“We had created an excellent video explaining hard and soft Brexit in August 2017. Even 2 years later, the English explainer video has just 10,000 views, while the Hindi video has been viewed 18,000 times.” Shakir added.

The bigger challenge – Expanding the viewer’s world view

The new problem when it comes to cultivating the new news viewer is no longer access to low-cost Wi-Fi and mobile internet has cured that. The shift in technology – from TV to tablets, mobile screens and Internet TV means that we can now access what’s happening anywhere, any time at our convenience.

It is about building awareness, knowledge and interest in things that are happening across the globe and how they connect to them. How Brexit connects to India, how South Korea’s manufacturers have a firm presence in India and how Brazil is more than football!

In the world of freestyle stunt riding, Rakshit Chaudhary is totally a legend! From humble onsets to the roaring crowds on the stage he is nothing short of inspirational. These one stuntman who likes his dues served hot on his table. 

Rakshit Chaudhary is an eminent Indian freestyle stunt rider. He is one of the prominent and proficient stunt riders enduring with his chore from years and has attained a good experience and clutch in his profession. What is more interesting is learning about the men who actually pull off the breathtaking stunts, which seems astonished but is actually the toughest one. His enthusiasm and unceasing riding love made him earn innumerable Laurels. He has won several titles one of them includes bagging the first position in KTM orange day 2019.

Popularly known as @_raksit_stunts on Instagram with more than 25.4K followers. He is also a YouTuber with a good number of subscribers. His fan following is boosting day by day, so his intense execution. He is soon going to establish a standard for other stunt riders. His steady practice and hard work are giving him the desired results today. Making him the most versatile stunt rider of the period. We wish him good luck in the future.

John Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino have been awarded the Noble Prize in Chemistry for “creating the rechargeable world” by developing lithium-ion batteries. Interestingly, an Indian scientist Samar Basu, played a crucial role in the development of viable lithium-ion batteries. After retirement, he returned from the US to India and motivated research on Lithium batteries in Indian institutions.   

Storing electricity 

Otto von Guericke’s static electric generator and Michael Faraday’s dynamo showed how electricity can be generated.  The generated electrical energy had to be transmitted through a wire and consumed as soon as it was produced. Until Alessandro Volta invented the battery, there was no way of storing or transporting it.

There are three essential elements in any battery – anode, the negative end of the battery; cathode the positive end of the cell; and electrolyte a gel-like substance with chemical energy. Apart from this, some have a fourth component, a separator that keeps the anode and cathode apart to prevent short circuit. The electrical power in the battery is stored in the form of chemical energy and released when the electrochemical reaction takes place.

The electrolyte liquid or paste-like substance contains electrically charged particles or ions. When in contact with the anode, the electrolyte undergoes oxidation reaction. Two or more ions combine with the anode to form a compound, and one or more electrons are released. Simultaneously, the cathode undergoes a reduction reaction with the electrolyte. Ions and free electrons combine with cathode and form compounds.

During the oxidation-reduction (redox) electrochemical reaction, free electrons congregate around the anode.  As a result, the anode and cathode are negatively and positively charged, respectively. A potential difference between the two ends is generated. The electrons from the anode are itching to move towards the cathode. The separator keeps the electrons at bay, and the reaction is under stalemate.

However, once you place this battery, in a flashlight and flip the switch on, a new pathway between the positive and the negative terminal of the battery is established. The electrical charge moves through the wire, from one terminal to the other in the cell completing the circuit. On its way around, the current passes through the filament in the bulb. The resistance of the filament makes it heat up and radiate heat and light. Once the circuit is complete, the redox reaction continues to take place until the electrodes run out of reagents for their respective reactions. Once the stored chemical energy is used up, the electric current stops and the battery is ‘dead’.

Rechargeable batteries
Unlike ‘use and throw’ batteries used in a flashlight, typically the battery used in an automobile is rechargeable. The rechargeable batteries have unique materials as anode, cathode and electrolyte. When you plug such rechargeable battery into a power source, electrical current supplies electrons to the anode. Further, the electrons from the cathode are removed. The reverse chemical reaction restores the anode, cathode and the electrolyte to the near-original state, which we call as researching. Recharge is reverse of discharge of a battery.

One of the very widely used rechargeable batteries is lead-acid battery. In this battery the negative and positive plates are made of lead and lead dioxide respectively. The electrolyte, sulphuric acid, reacts with the plates to form lead sulfate. As more lead sulfate is produced, the charge in the battery goes down.  When the battery connected to the power supply in the reverse direction, lead sulfate reverts to lead, lead dioxide and sulphuric acid and once again it is recharged.

Dynamos, dry cells, rechargeable lead-acid batteries were all adequate for the Industrial Revolution until the 1950s until the emergence of the semiconductor electronic devices. Electrical power was used typically in motor, electromagnet and vintage radio receivers made with bulky valves. The development of electronic devices required electrical power devices that are compact, potent and durable.

‘Use and throw’ zinc carbon battery will do for a flashlight. The rechargeable lead-acid batteries are excellent, to give a punch of energy at the turn of the ignition key to kick off the starter motor and crank the engine spring to life.

But think of a battery sitting inside a pacemaker, prodding the heart to tick. You don’t want that to stop forever. Nor the battery unit can be bulky. Consumer electronics devices such as electronic watches, toys, cameras, mobile phones and laptops also require robust, enduring batteries that pack more power in lightweight package.

Distinct chemistry of various types of batteries results in voltage output ranging from 1.0 to 3.6 V.  By serially stacking cells, voltage can be multiplied and by parallel connection current can be increased. By suitable combination, we can get the desired output. The problem was to find a battery that is light in weight, yet gives more punch of energy per kilogram of mass.

Whittingham, Goodenough and Yoshino found the way. They share this year’s Noble chemistry prize for this radical discovery that made the mobile revolution possible. Compared to the energy density of 0.13 of zinc copper flashlight batteries, and the 0.14 of lead acid batteries, the lithium-ion batteries have a density of 0.70 Mj/Kg. While the lead-acid batteries can be recharged typically 500 times, the lithium ion batteries can be cycled 500–1000 times.

Lithium magic
With just three electrons and three protons, lithium is the third lightest of all elements. With two of the three electrons making a pair, lithium happily lets the third one wander away as a free electron. What’s more, the electron peels off easily compared to other elements. The energy needed to knock off one electron of lithium is almost half that of Zinc or Cadmium, other typical anode metals. Lithium-ion can store about 10 times as much energy as lead-acid or 5 times as much as nickel-cadmium. It is an excellent material for battery, but for the fact that it is dangerously reactive. Pure lithium burst into flames when it comes in contact with water. 

M. Stanley Whittingham began experimenting with lithium as an anode material during the 1970s. Along with lithium anode, he used titanium disulfide as the cathode. In the discharge phase, when the battery was connected to a device, the lithium atom released an electron to become an ion. The positive lithium-ion moved towards the cathode. Titanium disulfide has a lattice structure and the ions snuggled between the layers. The circuit was completed, and the battery produced a 2 volts current. When the battery was recharged, the lithium ions flew back across the electrolyte to their starting position at the anode. Cathode and anode returned to its original state. 

But there were two challenges. As lithium reacted violently, the anode had to be isolated from water and air. The electrolyte had to be a non-aqueous solution.  Whittingham was able to identify a suitable organic electrolyte from other researches to overcome this hurdle.  But the second one was serious. As the battery discharged and recharged, lithium crystals grow into a wispy, needle-like structure known as dendrites connecting anode and cathode. This was disastrous. Once such a defect forms, the battery short-circuited and at times even exploded.

Meanwhile, John Goodenough at Oxford was studying properties of metal oxides. He realized that a metal oxide can soak up more electrons than metal sulfide. He found that the cobalt oxide and the titanium disulfide both had similar lattice structure.  Goodenough figured that like the titanium disulfide, cobalt oxide can also capture lithium ions during battery discharge and release it during recharge. In addition, cobalt oxide could house more ions than titanium disulfide.  Energy potential doubled with this swap. Goodenough’s design generated 4 volts, double that of Whittingham. Yet the problem of naked lithium remained. 

Meanwhile, Samar Basu at Bell Labs in the US showed that lithium ions could embed in graphite. He developed a new battery with niobium selenide as cathode host and graphite as the anode host. The electrolyte was salt of lithium dissolved in an organic solvent. Both the anode and cathode could implant lithium-ion. Once the external circuit was switched on, the lithium ions were drawn from the graphite towards the niobium selenide, and the free electrons moved in the reverse direction. During the charging, the electrons could push the lithium ions back to graphite host. This was the first lithium-ion rechargeable battery where the lithium ions swung back and forth between anode and cathode during discharge and charge. As there was no free lithium, the battery was safer. 

The next big step came when Akira Yoshino tried to use petroleum coke, a by-product of oil production, as an anode. The layers of carbon in petroleum coke could soak up lithium ions efficiently when charged. Goodenough’s metal oxide cathode, Yoshino’s carbon layer anode were combined to produce yet another version of the lithium-ion batteries. In the absence of pure lithium, the concerns of safety and dendrites formation vanished. The voltage was still just 4, but the new cocktail was safe, durable, lightweight and rechargeable.  It could withstand hundreds of cycling. The lithium-ion battery technology matured. The new batteries hit the market around 1991. (India Science Wire)

The first time he learned about kickboxing, he was merely a kid of 5 yrs. All he understood that that early age was kickboxing was a sport which was a blend of boxing and kicking. He also gathered knowledge that it is an art of self-defense. But, Morteza Malekain, could see beyond that in kickboxing. His mind was unconsciously recording every kick and punch that he saw. It got so well impressed on his mind that his mind was totally engrossed in the moves and punches and his mind was rehearsing those moments virtually. At that very moment, he knew this is what he is born for. He had such craze for kickboxing that at a very young age, he wanted to not just play kickboxing but also train others. Born in 1993, Morteza Malekian has a passion for martial arts since childhood. Unlike other kids who played with fancy toys and watched cartoons, Morteza just wanted to have his boxing gloves and rehearse day and night.  

He started kickboxing training from 2002 at the age of 9. Although he wanted to rehearse immensely, he could manage to train himself for 4 months and then had to take a break from his training for some other issues. As time passed, his hurdles got cleared and in 2007, we officially launched himself as kickboxing fighter. In the same, he was facilitated with his first provincial title in the Kickboxing championship. He is so immensely talented and has an immense craze for kickboxing that he has since then been winning multiple youths and state titles in the youth kickboxing category. His competitiveness in kickboxing and the right moves and the accurate time with the proper balance of speed, strength, and endurance made him eligible to win the bronze medal in the 2014 Kickboxing International Tournament.

You might say when you are born in a rich and renowned family life becomes easy, and you have just to enjoy every luxury of life.

As we were surfing on the internet looking for top influencers we found one extraordinary young talent impressed us a lot with his profile and his real lifestyle. He comes from a reputed family. He is dynamic a young personality Shamsullah (shams). He is a youth Icon very helpful by nature and cool and calm personality. He comes from a royal family who has a big name. But when you see him, you won’t feel like he comes from a wealthy and renowned family he is that much down to earth by nature. Always busy in helping people, His way of living is a perfect example to young ones who belong to a family like him Shamsullah has handled many significant events in his short life and its and common thing for him now. 

Many young ones in India follow him faithfully as if he is a superstar. We feel he is giving the right message to society. He has quite a bright future as he has got popularity insignificant numbers in his tender age. It will be great to see how this lad grows in the coming years. According to us his lifestyle and way he is growing in his life a perfect example of how an influencer should be he loves travelling and making vines, he lives in Saudi Arabia and is passionate about his work also maintains social media as well as with his work. 

Food, nutrition and health-related decision making in urban areas are increasingly becoming digital. People order food through apps, seek health-related advice online, keep a track of their physical activity via digital devices and so on. 

But not all health and nutrition information being dished out on digital platforms and mobile apps may be reliable, as scientists at the Hyderabad-based National Nutrition Institute (NIN) have found in the case of calorie-counting or weight loss apps available on smartphones. 

A scientific assessment of the quality of the information provided in 20 top ranking weight management apps available in Google Play store and their use by a set of volunteers revealed that most of apps did not provide authentic information and had no significant impact on weight or eating behavior of those participating in the study.

The apps selected for the study claimed to calculate both calorie intake and expenditure, were available in the English language and free to download. The apps were ranked according to their popularity in the app store, based on the number of downloads and user ratings. The first three most popular apps – S Health, MyFitnessPal and Calorie Counter – were selected for the first phase of the study. The effectiveness and user perceptions of these apps were noted. 

In the second phase, the quality of information provided by all 20 apps was examined using a 55-point scale which was modified for Indian conditions. Of them, 13 apps scored below 70 percent on this scale. It was found that practices such as consumption of high fibre fruits and vegetables, limiting saturated fatty acids were encouraged by only 40 percent of the apps. Regular physical activity was promoted by only half the apps ranked in the study. While all of them kept track of weight change, the waist-to-hip circumference was included in just 25 percent.  

A set of 30 healthy, young adults with a body mass index (BMI) of 23 kg/m2 or above, willing to reduce weight but not undergoing weight loss programme was included in the study. They were told to download an app of their choice and track food intake and physical activity on a regular basis for eight weeks. Another set of healthy adults with a similar BMI followed their routine lifestyle. 

At the end of the study period, no significant change was noted in both the groups in terms of weight and other parameters, but those using the apps indulged more in intentional physical activity and ate less of sweets and deep fried snacks.

“Participants mentioned confusion with portion sizes, unavailability of data of commonly consumed foods or burden of manual entry as major deterrents for usage of the apps. The only positive impact seen was an increasing trend of physical activity which was probably an effect of motivation to be active because of the ‘pedometer’ feature. It does not require manual entry and can automatically track exercise of users,” pointed out researchers in their study published in Health Informatics Journal.

“If a person uses all the 20 apps, he or she will get 20 different kinds of suggestions while might be highly confusing. This is because these apps do not use authentic and scientifically approved data and do not take into consideration important determinants of calorie requirements such as the user’s activity levels,” pointed out SubbaRao M Gavaravarapu, who led the study, while speaking to India Science Wire.

The study team included Paromita Banerjee, Damayanthi Korrapati, SubbaRao M Gavaravarapu (National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad); and Vishnu Vardhana Rao Mendu (National Institute of Medical Statistics, New Delhi). (India Science Wire)

To boost skill development at the district level, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) signed a contract with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore for introducing a two-year fellowship program tilled ‘Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF)’.

The contract was signed in the presence of R. Subrahmanyam, Secretary, Dept. of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, GoI, Dr. K P Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, G Raghuram, Director, IIM, Bangalore, Junaid Ahmad, Country Director, World Bank, and officials from the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, GoI. 

The newly introduced program has been developed under the guidance and leadership of Dr.Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Designed under Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) the fellowship aims to address the challenge of non-availability of personnel for implementation of various programs at national, state and district levels.

MGNF program

The MGNF program has an in-built component of on-ground practical experience with the district administration. It is launched on a pilot basis in 75 districts across Gujarat, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. 

Speaking on the development, Dr KP Krishnan, Secretary, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship said, “A dearth of individuals who can implement and manage skill development programs at the grassroot level is a deficit and we seek to address this with this fellowship program. MGNF seeks to create a cadre of young individuals and train them in a blended academic program that provides both academic inputs and a component of field immersion at the district level. Besides allowing for an immersive experience to fellows under the program, MGNF will also be an attractive proposition for those who wish to eke a career in public policy.”

Who is eligible to apply?

In order to apply for the program, candidates must meet the following eligibility criteria: 

• Must be in 21-30 years age-group
  
• Should have a graduation degree from a recognized university
  
• Should be a citizen of India 
  
• Proficiency in official language of state of fieldwork will be mandatory

“Today, our nation’s youth is willing and is anxious to contribute to our nation building exercise and to the society at large. It has to be our effort to ensure that they are given the right opportunities to extend their support. This is a great initiative by MSDE and I am sure that it will see through all the challenges at the district level and come out to be a great outcome based program,” said R. Subrahmanyam, Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development. 

What they will benefit from?

In the course of their training, fellows will work under the close supervision of state skill development missions (SSDM) and will understand skilling challenges and gaps in the district. Fellows will receive a stipend of Rs. 50,000 in the first year and Rs. 60,000 in the second year. On completion of their engagement, they will be awarded a Certificate in Public Policy and Management from IIM Bangalore.

“The Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship program is aimed to identify and train a group of young, committed and dynamic individuals, who will leverage the IIMB ecosystem in management, entrepreneurship and public policy and work with the district administration in strengthening the process of skilling to create a vibrant local district economy. Its unique design will allow the Fellows to take academic learning at IIM Bangalore and use it in the field under faculty mentorship with the goal of understanding challenges and barriers that the district ecosystem faces in fostering growth and development,” said G Raghuram, Director, IIM Bangalore.