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Our speaker today is Anjalii Agarwal, Career & College Counsellor at Vidyashilp Academy. Anjalii describes her role as a School Counsellor as both exciting and gratifying. Anjalii’s career has focused on the areas of career development activities, education & life enhancement.

Vidyashilp Academy is located in Bangalore and the school follows the Indian school certificate examinations ICSE & ISC, as well as the University of Cambridge examinations. The school has been recognised as a ‘Happy School’ by UNESCO’s Happy School Project.

In today’s episode, Anjalii will speak with us on a range of topics, including the National Education policy, Career Development, and Post-study Employability, Gap year & education & life enhancement.

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Our guest today is School Counsellor Ms. Shivangi Panchal.

Ms. Shivangi started her career with the World Wildlife Fund. She then went on to co-found the Ahmedabad International School [AIS] and is currently the Executive Director, Administration & for the last 15 years the College Counsellor at AIS. As a certified UCLA college counsellor, she has supported over 500 undergraduate students for their higher education applications in various universities abroad.

Ahmedabad International School was founded 20 years ago & follows a unique curriculum. AIS has IB PYP in the Primary School, Cambridge IGCSE and State Board in the Middle School and IB Diploma, and Cambridge A levels and State Boards in high school. The school boasts an impressive Alumni of students making their mark in all corners of the world. School life is personalised, with small classes, International focus, and high standards of achievement.

In today’s episode, Ms. Shivangi will speak with us on a range of topics, including the new National Education Policy, writing recommendations for students, as well as a topic dear to her heart – Supporting students with low and mid-level scores to enter Higher Education.

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Our guest today is Ms. Asma Ansari, Dean of Cambridge International Examinations & School Career Counsellor at the Daly College. Ms. Ansari has been with Daly College for 27 years, she has a Master’s Degree in Arts & a Bachelor’s Degree in Education.

Daly College is a co-educational residential and day boarding school, located in Indore and founded in 1870, celebrating 150 years this year. Daly college is one of the oldest co-educational boarding schools in the world and is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and CIE. The Daly College also has a Business School under its umbrella.

In today’s episode, we discuss how students and counsellors are adapting to online counselling, we also look at how counsellors can prepare students for studies abroad.

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Our guest today is Dr. Kshitiza Singh, Admissions Officer & College Counselor at the Hopetown Girls School, Dehradun. Dr. Singh has a Ph.D. in Economics, with over 20 years of experience as a Social Studies & Economics Teacher. Dr. Singh is a keen advocate for the counseling movement and aims to help the maximum number of people.

In today’s episode, Dr. Singh will speak with us about the school counseling program and the higher education choices her students opt for.

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In this episode we talk to Ms. Shikha Vij, Career and College Counsellor, at Step by Step School Noida, Ms. Shikha has 11 years’ experience and she also won the Counselor of the year award which was presented to her at the IC3 conference in 2019.

Today we discuss the ways in which students are adapting to the new normal and we also take a look into the future and discuss how students can prepare for 2025.

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In this episode we talk to Ms. Shikha Vij, Career and College Counsellor, at Step by Step School Noida, Ms. Shikha has 11 years’ experience and she also won the Counselor of the year award which was presented to her at the IC3 conference in 2019.

Today we discuss the ways in which students are adapting to the new normal and we also take a look into the future and discuss how students can prepare for 2025.

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Today’s episode is a special edition. It is based on a much sought-after and elusive topic – Education Loans.

Join our guests Mr. Ankit Mehra, Co-Founder, CEO, and Director at GyanDhan and Mr. Anand Subramaniam, Business head of Education Loans at the Bank of Baroda as both of them lead the session on demystifying education loans for international students.

The episode will help us know more about the role and contribution of banks in lending for education abroad, about how students should plan for education loans and most importantly, about the ways in which universities can co participate in the process for making it easier for banks to issue loans to students.

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In today’s episode, we have three students, sharing their experience of how it has been for them as prospective international students in times of COVID-19. Mustafa Vahanti has applied to a university in Australia for a graduate program. Radhika Chauhan and Sayam Kanwar have applied to a university in the USA for the Undergraduate program.

The episode is an endeavour to understand straight from the students, the challenges they have faced and the opportunities they have identified, this intake. It will also highlight certain suggestions they have for their destination country and the universities to support international students better.

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In September 2019, India’s Finance Minister made a landmark announcement by significantly widening the scope of CSR. Companies were finally allowed to use their CSR spending towards funding research in India’s public institutions across fields such as science, technology, medicine. In our podcast this week, we try to explore to what extent can International universities engage within India’s CSR space considering this new ruling and how can they support the country’s wider research agenda.

To provide an insider perspective on this topic, we have with us this week, Christine Potter, newly-appointed Director of Consulting, North America – for Education, Nonprofit and CSR at Sannam S4.

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On the Acumen SDG Podcast Series this week, we will try to uncover exactly where India Inc spend its CSR money. Our guest for this week is our very own, Abhinav Sood, Head of Client Relations & International Projects.

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