News Updates
Aspiring Minds partners with
Ringier to launch AMCAT
across Africa: AMCAT, job skills
credentialing platform has partnered
with Tanzania's largest classifieds and
business directory ZoomTanzania.com,
in a bid to make hiring in Africa more
efficient and enable easy access to job
opportunities for the youth. With its
twelve platforms on the continent,
Ringier is providing unrivalled reach
through its different channels. AMCAT,
the world's foremost job readiness
credentialing platform, brings state-ofthe-art technology and expertise.
Himanshu Aggarwal, co-founder and
CEO, Aspiring Minds said, “We are
very excited about the partnership with
Ringier taking AMCAT to
Africa.AMCAT has been very
successful in building a merit driven
ecosystem for job seekers and
employers and providing scientific job
readiness feedback to students. Having
established ourselves as the largest job
credentials provider globally, we look
forward to reaching the aspirational
African youth through this
partnership.”
Julian Artopé, Director Ringier Africa
said, “AMCAT offers a perfect solution
for the recruitment problem in Africa.
The platform fits perfectly well with
ZoomTanzania's massive reach.
Recruiters finally get a great
assessment tool, immediately showing
them the best candidates for a position.
Job seekers get a chance to differentiate
themselves against other candidates
and stand out of the crowd. This
partnership establishes ZoomTanzania
as the number one recruiting tool in
Tanzania.”
Engineered plastics from IIT
Delhi?: STEER, creator of materials
platform technology, and FITT
(industry interface organization at IIT
Delhi) on November 10 announced
their intent for joint research on
Engineering Plastics, and development
of newer and more sustainable
polymers. Dr Babu Padmanabhan,
Managing Director and Chief
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Knowledge Officer, STEER, as well as
Chief Architect of the revolutionary
Omega 1.71 Do/Di materials platform,
said, “This is an opportune time even as
the industry stands at the cusp of high
growth in the coming years, giving a
strong filip to skill development to aid
future innovations in the area of
polymers.”
Dr A Wali, CEO of FITT said, 'FITT
continuously works to establish valuegenerating partnerships with strong
research and innovation driven
organizations'. The per capita
consumption of polymers in India