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The WhatsApp channel is not another broadcast medium—it's a carefully curated space where important news relating to exams, training, and accreditation will be made available in real-time. In an era where timely information can influence academic performance and institutional compliance, NBEMS's effort ensures no student or teacher needs to be in the dark.

“With this WhatsApp channel, we’re creating a direct line between NBEMS and the medical fraternity. This allows us to cut down on delays, miscommunication, and dependency on unofficial sources,” a senior NBEMS official said.

The channel is available for subscription by all NBEMS stakeholders such as students, staff, administrators, and institutional representatives. Upon subscription, users will get brief and authentic updates right on their mobile phones—efficient and convenient indeed.

What Kind of Information Will Be Shared?

The NBEMS WhatsApp channel will be reserved for three broad categories of updates:

1. Examinations

Candidates will receive timely alerts on:

Exam schedules and calendars

Application process and deadlines

Release of admit cards

Declaration of results

This will keep candidates preparing for examinations held by NBEMS, such as DNB and DrNB, informed.

2. Accreditation

Institutions and faculty members will benefit from informative updates on:

Accreditation procedures

Eligibility norms

Documentation and compliance requirements

By making communications about accreditation more transparent, NBEMS hopes to increase institutional accountability and encourage more medical colleges to seek accreditation under its umbrella.

3.Training and Monitoring

NBEMS trainees and program directors may have access to relevant information on:

Announcements on admissions

Policy on training and assessment

Procedures for thesis submission

Webinars and educational enrichment programs

This also facilitates the overall NBEMS objective of ensuring consistent quality in postgraduate medical education in India.

How to Subscribe to the NBEMS WhatsApp Channel

Subscription is a simple process. Interested users may subscribe to the channel using the following link: https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAseBd7T8bTcZS9mg20

After subscription, the users will begin to receive official and verified updates directly from NBEMS. The updates are coordinated with the official NBEMS website to maintain uniformity and data genuineness.

Henceforth, students and schools have been content to communicate with circulars, emails, or third-party social media sites for updates—an experience rife with delays and misstatements. On the WhatsApp platform, NBEMS is cutting through the din and streamlining communications, delivering the message in shorter time frames with greater veracity.

This also falls during a time when digitalization is revolutionizing the medical education system in India. By taking advantage of platforms that are already in widespread use, NBEMS is not only staying current—it's making a model for how regulatory bodies can use technology to expand outreach and participation.

The creation of this official WhatsApp channel by NBEMS is a growing emphasis on digital accessibility and innovative communication. Students, teachers, and institutions are encouraged to subscribe and take advantage of the real-time, relevant information that can impact their professional and academic futures.

In a high-stakes career like medicine, where timing and accuracy are paramount, this isn't merely a convenience—it's a necessity.

When tech firms are firing workers and jobs are vanishing, partly because of the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI), some job descriptions around the new technology are commanding several offers from prospective employers.

BCG, Everest Group and Adecco experts informed ET that profiles such as prompt engineer, AI ethicist, AI explainability engineer, generative AI engineer, LLM (large language model) operations engineer, and vector database engineer are in great demand and commanding better packages than conventional profiles.

The other profiles in high demand are expert in AI/ML cybersecurity, development and operations and network security, they added.

"We are noticing the return of 'multiple offers situation' across various tech jobs in high demand, viz product security, niche roles in GCC, engineering positions, AI and analytics," commented Pranshu Upadhyay, regional director at Michael Page India, a recruitment service provider.

Consequently, IT talent retention is still an issue, according to Ankush Wadhera, partner and managing director at BCG. There are a few more positions like full stack developers, cloud computing experts and cloud architect that are now high paying and in demand, Wadhera added.

As per Yugal Joshi, research firm partner at Everest Group, organisations are increasingly looking for talent with pie-shaped or comb-shaped skill sets. This talent base has broad foundation knowledge in a variety of areas, as well as deep subject matter expertise in two or more specialised skills.

"AI-related jobs generally require at least a 15-25% pay premium over the usual IT job," Joshi said.

Karthikeyan Kesavan, permanent recruitment director at Adecco India, a recruitment and staffing services company, said, "Multiple offer situations today are for technical talent in GCC and product space, particularly for digital tech talent."

These technology professionals, says Kesavan, generally have experience ranging from 6 to 12 years across technologies such as AI/ML, deep learning, data, cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), SAP, blockchain, and cybersecurity. Those who are already in the notice period are preferred, said experts.

"They are well-versed in cutting-edge technology and tend to be changing jobs frequently, so they are attractive to companies wanting to bring people in quickly," he added.

The requirement for plain vanilla jobs in IT has not risen, which is quite evident from the trend in appraisal for 2025, wherein the hikes on average are reduced or flat, thereby leading to employee stickiness.

Leadership specialists with market-facing skills, in addition to robust technical skills, are in high demand, states Ratna Gupta, senior partner at ABC Consultants. "This is in spite of a muted environment (in IT)," she said, commenting that they are most likely to be in negotiations with more than one organisation at a time.

The State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell on Saturday released a clarification about "misleading reports" on social media that alleged student data security has been compromised.

The clarification follows "complaints about spurious calls to candidates offering an improvement in their percentiles" in the coming CET exams for Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Management Studies (MMS) to be held between April 1 and 3. An FIR has been filed too, and the culprits have been arrested.

"CET exams are being held in a transparent way, and students and parents must not fall victim to rumours," the CET Cell said. The statement also allayed fears over security checks, pointing out that "multiple measures have been put in place to ensure an unproblematic and fair examination process." Admit cards will be scanned using QR codes at exam centers, while candidates' identities will be verified by facial recognition software and biometric attendance.

"Each of the exam centers is under CCTV surveillance, and live coverage is monitored from the CET Cell headquarters," the statement continued. For added security, supervisors at every exam center have also been given body cameras, it added.

Also, the authentication of candidates' identities will be done with original documents like Aadhaar Card, PAN Card, or Passport by senior government officers (Group-A officers) as centre heads. Regional-level coordination officers, Deputy Directors of Technical Education, and district-level coordination officers have also been designated for resolving any difficulties at exam centres. Flying squads will also do surprise visits in all centres.

But even after the CET Cell's assurance, some candidates are still apprehensive. "I got a call from an unknown number, saying they could improve my CET percentile for a price. It was disturbing because they had my application information," said a candidate who is preparing for the MBA entrance test, alleging that they got a call from one such "fraudsters.".

It seemed an official was speaking because they had every detail. Not just the application details, but also my exam date, the centre, and even the exam time. If the fraudsters can get access to such information, how do we know our data is really safe," another CET aspirant said.

The CET Cell also announced that the MBA/MMS CET postgraduate admission exams will be held in two sessions – 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM and 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM – at 174 centres in Maharashtra and other states. A total of 1.57 lakh candidates are likely to appear.

To ensure law and order, the Additional Chief Secretary of the Higher and Technical Education Department has directed Police Commissioners and Superintendents to ensure proper security at exam centres.

"Students should not fall prey to any false promises or fraudulent offers. They should appear for the exams in a relaxed state of mind," the CET Cell said in its appeal.

NIMS University and a European University have joined hands to set up a specialized Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Cybernetics at NIMS University campus in Rajasthan. The institute to be inaugurated on April 1, 2025 is under a memorandum of understanding between NIMS University and the Rajasthan Government under the Rising Rajasthan scheme. The function will host world AI scientists, industry experts, and academicians.

The institute shall have 'state-of-the-art labs such as Computing and AI Chip Lab by N-Video, Robotics Lab by KUKA (Germany), Automation Lab by Siemens (Germany), and Drone Technology Lab by Captics (Canada). It shall also include over 500 high-performance computing systems and collaboration with Siemens Healthineers, Dell, Microsoft, SAP, HP, Intel, and Amazon.

The facility has been named the Indo-Pacific European Hub for Digital Partnership (INPACE), promoting AI and cybersecurity research in partnership with the European Union. The name, conferred in the presence of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, reflects India's increasing leadership in digital innovation. 

NIMS-AICON 2025: A Global AI Conference

Coinciding with the launch, NIMS-AICON 2025, an EU-affiliated international AI conference, will be held from April 1 to 3 in partnership with the Czech Technical University, Prague. Themed ‘Transforming India’s Future through AI-led Innovation,’ the conference will explore AI’s impact on industries, healthcare, and emerging technologies.

Key discussion themes of the conference include:

– Industrial AI: AI-driven optimization in manufacturing and supply chains.

– Medical AI: Life-saving applications in healthcare.

– Future Trends in AI: Trends in AI development in robotics, deep learning, and the future of AI.

The chairman of NIMS University, Professor Dr Balvir Singh Tomar, pointed out that the initiative will make Rajasthan a global AI hub. He stated: "As we implement AI in every field of life, we must do it in a planned way.". This is a platform where innovation, leadership, and research come together to develop an actual solution to the world's issues as they are today. AI has endless possibilities, and this event is the next step towards an AI future that is available to all.

Most Indians have expressed interest in upskilling and cross-skilling through Edtech courses on Equated Monthly Installment (EMI).

Recent study by the Fintech firm, Fibe, reported the readiness of 72% of respondents to upskill via Edtech courses on EMI.

The report further reveals that 47% of working professionals prefer to enhance their skill sets in their current domain or cross-skill in a different domain while another 25% want to upskill into domains not linked to their current professional area.

Notably, the report highlighted that a large proportion of working professionals are spending time on online learning and feel the need to enhance their skill sets.

Fibe's study mirrored that 51% of the overall respondents were keen to pursue an upskilling program in the following one year. 

The report also shows the increasing demand for technical and marketing courses with Data Science, Digital Marketing and Investment Banking courses coming out as top choice.

But corporate professionals are caught in serious snags in their upskilling/ reskilling process. While 30% of respondents stated that absence of time comes in the way of their desire to take a course, 69% of respondents mentioned budget as a constraint.

Emphasizing the salient trends, the report stated that in Delhi, 23% opt for AI and 38.20% opt for Data Science whereas in Bengaluru, AI is opted by 27% and data science by 36.80%.

In gender-based segregation, 51% of women respondents were interested in soft skills and communications, while 45% of men respondents were interested in data science and AI.

Indian edtech industry is witnessing a boom in the demand for artificial intelligence (AI) courses, following international trends. With AI at the heart of upskilling, an increasing number of learners — from experienced professionals to school-goers — are looking to learn and experiment with technology.

BrightCHAMPS, an edtech company that provides learning courses to students in the K-12 space, discovered that 58 per cent of students worldwide are already incorporating AI into their curriculum. Compared with 36 per cent of them applying the technology for homework.

Ravi Bhushan, BrightCHAMPS founder and chief executive officer (CEO) said that AI is one of the most sought-after courses in the market. We only introduced a Gen AI course for children. In the US, one out of every four students is taking AI course. India is not too far behind in comparison to the US. Indian parents are more inquisitive than US parents," he said.

Gen AI is one of the seven featured courses the firm has and even though it has been launched only eight-months ago, now it ranks amongst the top three best-selling courses.

Edtech unicorn Emeritus has launched more than 20 machine learning and AI courses. Three of the top five online certificates at Emeritus are AI courses. India is at the forefront of AI adoption, as per the 2025 Global Workplace Skills Study, with 96 per cent of the professionals indicating that they wish to be AI-ready and upskill themselves.

Krishna Kumar, founder and CEO of Simplilearn, reveals that 30-40 percent of the company's revenue is generated from its AI products worldwide. Kumar also points out that not only are engineers enrolling in these courses, but managers and leaders are reskilling themselves as well.

He further stated that if he had to list the top five courses on Simplilearn, it would be all AI only.

Imarticus Learning, another edtech firm offering professional courses, said up to 20 per cent of the company's offerings are in emerging technologies, including AI. One particular Gen AI course, directed to executives and learners, which is about the application of AI, is among the top five courses at the company, said Nikhil Barshikar, founder and managing director of the platform.

Whereas AI training courses are being grabbed by aspirants, edtech websites are also employing AI to ensure their material gets delivered to a mass of aspirants. PhysicsWallah (PW) is leveraging AI to overcome the language divide for students. With its Project Bharat, the course material will be written in local languages, dubbed over, and then upgraded with AI. The company says that the strategy will simulate the experience of in-class lectures by the faculty.

PW also unveiled AI-powered tools like Prep Meter and PW Books to support student learning. Whereas Prep Meter is a sophisticated performance tracking tool that offers personalized video suggestions for improvement, PW Books is an intelligent digital NCERT book that comes as a separate app on the Play Store