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Counseling psycology: History

  By S Adeeb Mujtaba Ali Since the dawn of society, counseling has been an important part. Right from grandparents to parents advising other family members followed by providing guidance to residents by community leaders, counseling has always been an important and organic part of the human experience. During the Industrial Revolution era when people and their mobility increased by migrating to other lands, the traditional essence of counselors was lost due to separation from their families and communities. Following which there was a communication gap, people started feeling isolated and led them to approach for psychiatric help or landing to asylums.  In present times people started opting for modern psychiatry, which is nothing but professional counseling, a current trend taking rounds to keep a check on mental health. However, the presence of inefficient mental health institutes led to, a mental hygiene movement —headed by a cohort of psychiatrists,...

Woman CEO

By S Adeeb Mujtaba Ali     According to Investopedia , A startup is a young company founded by one or more entrepreneurs to develop a unique product or service and bring it to market. By its nature, the typical startup tends to be a shoestring operation, with initial funding from the founders or their friends and families .   After reading and going through many blogs on start-ups and woman entrepreneurs I landed on a guest post of Kate Endress. She is CEO and cofounder of DITTO.com, which is an eCommerce site dealing in customized designer eyewear including the contemporary prescription sunglasses. She graduated from Stanford Business School, worked as a private equity investor, and embarked on her journey as an entrepreneur. In her guest blog post, she describes that there is an increasing number of great female role models who serve as inspirations. She states that women lead just 8% of venture-backed companies. Also, that decision of hiring Marissa M...

Productive things to do during holidays

By S Adeeb Mujtaba Ali Before Corona, were the times when students curiously waited for vacations to start, as summer rolls around the time. It is the happiest period in every student’s life. As they get to travel outside their city or country, they take up many extracurricular activities, ample fun. Presently, to the corona striked globe, it’s quite worrisome for parents to how to keep their childrens busy and engaged, since long breaks may cause boredom. There are many entertaining activities which can be taken up to not only keep them  engaged but also enrich their skills Let’s dig into few of the interesting summer vacation activities:    1 . Activity to keep them Active and Healthy:   Dailyy a 60 minutes physical activity should be planned to keep them active. Virtual Karate, Dance, Yoga etc, to keep them physically engaged. However these activities might vary according to childs interest, taste and health.  2. Reading and Writing:   En...

Aatma nirbhar bharat 2

By S Adeeb Mujtaba Ali Main focus of aatma nirbhar bharat was to make a self-reliant nation focusing on local businesses (manufacturers and service providers). This was a vision to strengthen economic status of the company. Through this route, it was estimated that there would be less dependency on imports ( help in reduction of trade deficit) and boostup exports (help in trade surplus) which would help country to handle any crisis in future like covid-19 The PM's Aatma nirbhar bharat abhiyan youjna package focuses on  Land ,  Labour ,   Liquidity and laws . Package Breakup : Source: elearnmarkets The sectors to be benefited are However, the drawbacks or shortcomings of this abhiyan are 1) Package focuses on indirect benefits. 2) No cash support but loans based 3) Loans are announced for Micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) 4) Bad loans issue faced by banking sector might affect the assets quality. 5) Increase in default rates mi...

Aatma Nirbhar Bharat(ANB)

 By S Adeeb Mujtaba Ali  ANB (self-reliance India)  Glimpse Aatmanirbharbharat (mygov.in) To be continued

Indian education sector-2

...continued By, S Adeeb Mujtaba Ali   Major Initiatives are taken up by government:  November 2020:                                                                                                                                        The Indian Central Medicine Council (CCIM), which governs medical study and practice of Ayurveda, amended the 2016 regulations of the Indian Medicine Central Council (postgraduate Ayurveda education) to allow Ayurveda PG students to practise general surgery. Two future-ready Ayurveda institutions—the Institute of Teaching & Research in Ayurveda (ITRA), Jamnagar, and the National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), ...

Indian education sector

By, S Adeeb Mujtaba Ali The 2nd largest E-learning market after  US is India which is expected to reach US$ 1.96 billion with around 9.5 million users by 2021. If forecast is to be believed it would reach ~US$ 8.6 billion by 2026. India occupies a significant position in the education industry globally with largest networks of higher education institutions. However, for further development in education system there is still a lot of potential. Market size in india provides good and great opportunity for education sector. In the sense, india's population includes 500 million in between age group 5 - 24 years(students) The 2020-21 statistics revealed,  9,700  AICTE approved institutes. Of which 4,100 undergraduate, 4,951 postgraduate and 4,514 diploma courses in institutes. According to Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) reports, from April 2000-September 2020, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) equity stood at US$ 3,849.20 million infl...