Tadasuq & Pallavi top the South Zone Finals of SMU-DE VIDYADEEP, a national level case study competition.

(I-Newswire) February 25, 2010 - Bangalore, Monday February 22nd 2010: Vidyadeep, a national level case study competition by Sikkim Manipal University, Directorate of Distance Education (SMU-DE), has announced the winner of South Zonal finals held yesterday in the city.

Tadasuq Rehman Bhat and Pallavi Singh, MBA Finance (4th semester), have been declared the winners of the Zonal level finals. They will now compete with the winners of the other 3 zones in the national level finals. The four zonal winners will be given an opportunity to present their solution to the case study at “EDGE”, the national forum focusing on “Emerging Directions in Global Education” next month in New Delhi.

The competition is open to the MBA students of SMU-DE, one of the largest providers of Distance Education in India. Teams of two students each from more than 700 SMUDE learning centers across country will participate in this nation wide competition. Team will submit essays on the topic “Entrepreneurship - The Next Growth Strategy in India”. The teams are divided into four zones – North, South, East and West, with 10 winners chosen from all four zones competing in the national level finals scheduled to take place on 4th March 2010 in Delhi.

This case study competition provides students an opportunity to make their presentations to industry and academic experts at the forum, thereby giving them a platform to showcase their talent. Winners will also bag prizes worth more than Rs.1.5 lakhs.

About SMU & SMU-DE
Sikkim Manipal University is a unique public-private initiative between the Govt. of Sikkim and Manipal Education. SMU, a state University, is recognized by the UGC, Ministry of HRD and is a member of the Associations of Indian Universities. The Distance Education Council has granted recognition to all Distance Education programs offered under the aegis of SMU (Sikkim Manipal University). The SMU Directorate of Distance Education is ISO 9001:2000 certified.
For details about the contest and the university, visit http://mba2010.smude.edu.in

About Sikkim Manipal University of DE:
Bangalore, August 28, 2009: Sikkim Manipal University - Directorate of Distance Education (SMU-DDE) was conferred the 'Digital Learning ICT Enabled University of the Year' for its new technology infused learning system “EduNxt” at the 5th eINDIA 2009 Awards Conference and exhibition organised by Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies in Hyderabad on August 26, 2009.
Mr. Anand Sudarshan, MD & CEO, Manipal Education, said, “We are honoured to have received this commendation from eIndia 2009. This recognization re-affirms our commitment in using technology to drive the next level in education and making high quality education affordable and accessible through the length and breadth of our country.”
EduNxt is a new technology – infused learning system that has transformed
distributed learning across India. EduNxt functions on the principle of 3As + 4Cs. The 3 As of Affordability, Accessibility and Appropriateness are the guideline to scaling up EduNxt across distributed learning. Meanwhile, the 4Cs of Content, Collaboration, Communication and Computing are the basis of developing EduNxt into a means of disseminating educating across the length and breadth of our country.
EduNxt has been launched, for the first time in Distance Education, for Sikkim Manipal University’s Distance Education students. The primary objective is to provide SMU-DDE students with a plethora of resources so they learn through sharing and collaboration. Another important objective behind the development of EduNxt is to open a channel of communication between the 2.55 lac students on the rolls of SMU-DDE and the University faculty and approx. 6500 counselors across the University’s authorized study centres in order to utilise their varied expertise and vast experience. Over 55,000 students log on EduNxt today.
The EduNxt platform is an easy to use delivery system. It enables a collaborative and interactive environment for learning and includes small group mentoring, virtual classrooms, simulation, self-study content, recorded presentations and shared browsing.

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