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BIZ-TECH Panasonic in edu sector "Through the launch of CareerEx and XcelIT, we hope to develop another innovative Edutech solution to upskill technology talent pool to address the unemployment rate amongst urban youth and at the same time caters to the demands of industry. We are looking to positively impact nearly 1, 00,000 students over next 5 years," Atsushi Motoya Panasonic India Innovation Centre Head Consumer electronics maker Panasonic India has ventured into education sector by launching two education-based solutions CareerEx and XcelIT, and aims to impact around one lakh students by 2025. Both the solutions are designed and developed at Panasonic's India Innovation Centre (IIC) for the students, colleges and universities to bridge the existing skill gap between current education and employment needs for the future. CareerEx has been designed to address the needs of college and university students to advance their skillset with emerging technologies such as Data Science, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning/ AI and Internet of Things. XcelIT is designed for school students primarily residing in Tier II & III cities to make them ready for all competitive exams. CareerEx and XcelIT are available on both Android and iOS application stores.Panasonic has also collaborated with specialised educational partners for this programme. Moreover, students will get a chance to work on Panasonic projects and internships. IMPELSYS SOLUTION FOR HEALTH SECTOR Impelsys Inc, which builds online content and learning solutions, has launched iPC Health, an end-to-end mobile learning and up skilling solution for the health sector in India. The mobile platform iPC Health will bring the solution to impart training and education for hospital staff to upgrade their skills. Impelsys CEO Sameer Shariff said he noticed a gap between what is taught in colleges and practical challenges the medical staff often confront, which made his team develop the iPC Health mobile application. iPC Health is curetted to bridge the skill gap and ensure standardisation across the health care sector in the country,” he said. iPC Health is a first-ever advanced and comprehensive learning interface that will offer certified 'anytime anywhere' education programmes rendering upskilling, advanced learning and compliance training for health care professionals in India. www.smartgovernance.in | February 2020 5