9.9 School of Convergence Organizing Boot Camp for Young Writers

The 9.9 School of Convergence is offering its first-ever intensive writing camp from June 1st to July 15th in two different batches for high school students, and undergraduates. The month long writing camp is created to offer unique opportunities for the highly motivated high-school students and college graduates who want to take their writing skills to the next level. The program is not a typical English course, but is designed to bring out the creative side of students through a variety of exercises aimed at enhancing their communication and writing skills.

Anyone with an average and above-average reading and writing abilities can participate in the camp. The admission to the Young Writers’ Camp is based on your English language skills and your zest to master the skill of writing. The workshop is aimed at helping you develop your critical and fundamental thinking skills, essential to becoming a good writer. In addition to focusing on the fundamentals of writing, dedicated individual care will be offered for the development of creativity and style in each student.

About the commencement of the boot-camp, Mr Eric Saranovitz, Dean of the school shares his excitement, “We believe there is a writer in all of us and with the Young Writers’ Camp we want to bring out the writer in each of our students. We are very excited presenting this unique opportunity where international faculty of professional writers and educators will present an interactive learning environment and supportive atmosphere to develop every aspect required to make a great writer.”

If you have always desired to give literary shape to your thoughts, here is your opportunity to master the art of weaving your own meaningful web of words. An investment of a humble sum of Rs. 25000 in yourself as the fee for the boot camp can direct you towards your dream of becoming a good writer.

Last date of registration is 23rd May, so hurry!
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9.9's School of Convergence selected by Young India Fellowship to teach communication skills

THE Young India Fellowship has announced that it has selected the 9.9 School of Convergence to provide communication classes and writing support to its Fellows for the coming academic year. Under the agreement, 9.9 SoC’s Centre for Communication Excellence will develop and deliver writing courses, oral communication workshops, and individual coaching sessions for the 58 Fellows in order to hone the writing, communication and critical thinking skills these future global leaders will need. 

9.9 SoC last year established the Centre for Communication Excellence in order to enhance university students’ written and oral communication in English. The Centre is the first of its kind in India and is modelled on writing centres found at most universities and colleges across the United States. 

In the arrangement with YIF, 9.9 SoC’s Centre for Communication Excellence will provide the 58 fellows from around the country with writing courses and one-on-one coaching throughout the year. Each Fellow will receive three hours of individualized assistance per term from the Centre’s faculty, which includes local and international academics, professional writers and experienced writing teachers.  Fellows will also take part in a specially designed 12-week writing course and interactive workshops in verbal communication skills.

Referring to the YIF announcement, 9.9 SoC Associate Dean of Academics, Dr. Eric Saranovitz, today said the Centre for Communication Excellence was ideally placed to provide the communication programmes for YIF. “9.9 SoC has established the Centre as a game-changing service for India,” he said. “In India today there is an abundance of ideas, energy and talent, but what is lacking is the ability to communicate effectively. Most university students have not received the guidance they need to become excellent communicators.  The Centre for Communication Excellence changes that.”

Dr. Saranovitz, who joined 9.9 SoC from New York University, where he taught writing and communication, said, “The Writing Centre’s individual coaching sessions ensure that bright students like the Fellows get a chance to work on their weaknesses and build on their strengths in formal communication.  These workshops will help students write better papers today, and strengthen their future professional communication skills for presentations, business correspondence and report-writing.”

The Centre for Communication Excellence also offers communication workshops, classes, and tuitions for college and secondary school students, as well as business communication support and services.
Aman Singh, the YIF Director, said it was a testament to the high-quality work done in the Centre for which it has being chosen for the role. “It is a privilege to partner the Young India Fellowship with 9.9 SoC in this groundbreaking educational initiative,” he said.

Fellows will take their lessons in the pleasant environs of 9.9 SoC’s campus at Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication in South Delhi.

The Young India Fellowship

The Young India Fellowship, or “YIF”, is a first-of-its-kind multi-disciplinary learning and leadership development programme, which aims to challenge the current trend of specialisation in India’s higher education system by offering students the chance to explore multiple fields. In collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science, YIF will take 58 exceptional minds and nurture them into agents of change and innovation for India.  The initiative brings together young leaders from various parts of the country for a one-year residential post-graduate programme in Delhi. Classes begin on May 30, 2011.

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Why to Get Qualified in Digital Media Communication?

If you are one of those who wake up at night flipping through the Twitter screens on your smartphone or you have an opinion about most of the things in the online world, you are possibly not following one of your passions if you’re still at a regular career path. Now, imagine for a moment about a career that makes the best utilization of your awareness about the Web and your connectedness with the world through online channels. With the right education, this imagination has a potential to take a real shape and to open new doors of opportunities for a better informed, well connected, and professionally qualified you.

A professional education in digital media communication can set you up well for meeting the ever-growing demands of the Internet industry. However, in order to have your passion of having your own say with a business-specific advantage, the chosen path of education needs to consider the futuristic needs in the world of online media. Realizing this, several courses in digital media communication, such as Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Media Communication, are being offered by the industry experts these days. The course contents in most of the successful courses have been developed as a result of an extensive research and with the consideration of the futuristic needs of society and business combined together. After all, the Internet has evolved as an excellent collaboration platform between businesses and the society at large, over past few years.

In addition to a quantifiable and foreseeable growth in the field of your interest, these courses equip you with the knowledge and expertise to add an extra source of income or to completely change your career path. The reason behind this doesn’t really require an explanation – it’s just as simple as understanding the growing influence of the Web in almost everyone’s life these days. It would be an understatement to make that the organizations of today have already started getting Web-enabled and they are in constant need of those of you who specialize in making their voices heard by their customers in a way that is loved by people at large.

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