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Japanese two-wheeler major Yamaha is currently looking at ways to expand itself in order to enter the electric two-wheeler market in India. The company is at the moment assessing the electric mobility ecosystem in India, evaluating the risks associated with it to finalize the decision of entering the electric two-wheeler segment in India.

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SESI to engage Indian Youths: Webinar on Renewable Energy in Indian Universities

Continuing with the webinar series on Solar Energy: An Agent of Change, Solar Energy Society of India (SESI) will be organizing the second edition on 6th September 2020 titled “Renewal Energy in Indian Universities”, targeting the youth of India. The would-be webinar aims to interact with university-level students, both Graduates and Post Graduates to introduce them to the sustainability of renewable energy resources of the Sunrise sector. 

The Webinar will be honored by eminent maestros, chaired by Chief Guest and Keynote Speaker, Dr. Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), along with Dr. Prafulla Pathak, President of SESI, mentored with visionary academicians like Dr. S.M. Ali, Director, The Institution of Engineers also the Vice President of SESI, Dr. (Prof.) Biswajit Ghosh, Vice-Chancellor, The Neotia University, and Dr. Sunil Rai, Vice-Chancellor, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES). 

Commenting about the webinar Prafulla Pathak, President, SESI said, “India is a promising candidate aiming to lead the sunrise sector all over the world. This will need the backup of skilled man-power and with India’s young population, SESI’s initiative aims to direct the youngsters in the path of the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s dream of One Sun, One World, One Grid”. 

With the global growth of renewable energy, the solar energy sector has seen a recent boom in its utilization and demand. SESI has taken many initiatives to meet the energy need of 135 crore Indians along with various private, commercial as well as government sectors. The awareness program is to trigger the development of interest and innovation of the Future Generations giving them an entrepreneurial opportunity. 

The first edition of this webinar series was successfully organised on the 42nd Foundation Day of Solar Energy Society of India on the 5th of August, 2020. Inaugurated by Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice-Chairman, NITI AAYOG, the program fostered an awareness about the Indian Solar Energy sector. It was also chaired by Prafulla Pathak, President of SESI, Ajay Prakash Srivastava, the immediate past President of SESI, Dr. Ashvini Kumar, Senior Director, Renewable Energy Technologies, and Sailendra Shukla, Rt. Chairman, Chhattisgarh State Power Companies addressing the participants. 

 You can register for the webinar at   https://www.themachinemaker.com/events/webinar/sesi-060920

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Why India still lacks in Economical Dairy Farming?

 India’s aatmanirbharta in the dairy sector came with the White Revolution or Operation Flood of 1970s, which placed India on top of the world’s dairy industry. Even during the COVID19 pandemic while most other industries are struggling hard with a slowdown in demand and operational challenges like workforce shortage dairy sector is witnessing steady demand and even more employment. 

People like Dr. Dilip Khot are playing a crucial role in Indian dairy by providing guidance to the dairy sector right from the dairy farming level. In conversation with Machine Maker, Dilip Khot, Chairman and Managing Director of Surya Agro Dairy Tech Expert Professionals, discusses how the dairy sector is poised to grow and how his company is helping Indian dairy farmers and dairy producers to scale up dairy production.

Dr. Dilip Khot, himself has been in this field after extensive research during his career as a veterinary doctor. He completed his B.VSc in 1988 from Parbhani college. From 1988 to 2017 he worked with the Warana Dairy group starting as a veterinary doctor. He worked in the positions of a senior doctor, head of the department, and the manager of animal firms. He completed his MS management degree from Wageningen University & Research. He conducted projects all over the world to develop integral knowledge in dairy management and milk production and which factors are contributing to the milk yield. Then in 2017, he founded Surya Agro Dairy Tech Expert Professionals based in Pune to help with the infrastructure building to the marketing of dairy products in the most profitable manner.

Guidance to the sector  

Mr.  Khot is one of India's most experienced dairy and animal farming industry consultants. This veterinary doctor runs Surya Agro Dairy Tech Expert Professionals in Pune. He has been a veterinary doctor for more than 17 years after which he has conducted projects in Germany, Israel, and India in dairy industries developing a worldwide view of the industry. With a deeper understanding and knowledge of the industrial challenges, he is helping farmers to manufacturers to grow their dairy businesses from scratch. He says Per animal production in cows is very low in India.

His firm Surya Agro Dairy Tech Expert Professionals consults three aspects of animal and dairy farming - the establishment of dairy farming, establishment milking machine or milking parlor, and establishing a veterinary laboratory. 

Challenges for the dairy industry

Storage of feed and fodder, breeding system, lack of training on good dairy production, and health of the farming animals and hygiene are some of the biggest problems the Indian dairy industry. Surya Agro Dairy Tech Expert Professionals is helping to fight that with the expertise of Dr. Khot. They plan the structural designing, the routine management of milking, hygiene, disinfection, health checkup, quality of feed at per stage of lactation and management of heifers, management of parturition each year, increasing clean milk production per lactation to establish a successful dairy farming. All farmers and bulk milk manufacturers require expertise in creating networks, establishing machines, increasing yield, veterinary checkups.

Indian dairy sector is also going through changes due to the effect of the pandemic and they are coping up with basic sanitation at each level from milk collection to storage and delivery. The sanitation has been increased for the animals as well as humans as the virus has crossed species barriers. The industries in cities have been struggling due to workers’ shortage.

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Continuing with the webinar series on Solar Energy: An Agent of Change, Solar Energy Society of India (SESI) will be organizing the second edition on 6th September 2020 titled “Renewal Energy in Indian Universities”, targeting the youth of India. The would-be webinar aims to interact with university-level students, both Graduates and Post Graduates to introduce them to the sustainability of renewable energy resources of the Sunrise sector.

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India’s aatmanirbharta in the dairy sector came with the White Revolution or Operation Flood of 1970s, which placed India on top of the world’s dairy industry. Even during the COVID19 pandemic while most other industries are struggling hard with a slowdown in demand and operational challenges like workforce shortage dairy sector is witnessing steady demand and even more employment.

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Even before virtual formats became a common phenomenon, in the year 2019, Eplan- the solutions provider, held an International Virtual fair, attended by 1400 people from 73 countries from all around the world. Amidst these current times, the need for online sessions on leadership and business is likely to rise and thus, Eplan is prepared to host another Fair on 15th September 2020, focusing on providing consultation on best practices in engineering. Several country pavilions have been put together into a format base and regional teams will be holding their own webcasts.

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How an aspiring entrepreneur made his mark and become India’s ‘Water Hero’

When as a sixteen-year-old boy from Chandrapur, Maharashtra, Vedant Goel decided to become a young entrepreneur, little did he know the journey he was about to embark on? Born in an Agarwal community, Vedant Goel had his goals set from a very young age. He was not interested in jobs and working for other people. Brought up in a close-knit community of businessmen and women, Goel grew up to have a penchant for entrepreneurship. At the tender age of sixteen, he decided to open a start-up.

Called ‘Har Aadmi Online’, Goel’s company intended to provide internet access to everyone – “…from a paan shop to a 5-star hotel”. The idea was quite simple but for a young boy to be sensitive enough to the needs of the world and to take on this role, it was inspirational. Goel had proved himself to be a visionary already. The plan was to create a package of 3,333 rupees and use it to build a website. This money was used to handle everything from web design, content management to the logo design.

The company was fortunate enough to attract more than 500 customers in the first six to seven months of operation. However, unforeseen issues started arising. The management was weak and unstable. No one was skilled enough to manage all aspects of the company or hire a technical team. No sooner did that happen than the company was forced to shut down.

For better or for worse

Vedant Goel was not one to lose hope or get discouraged in the face of failure. He had come to Pune from a small town to complete his education. He graduated from the esteemed Sir Parashurambhau College in Pune, Maharashtra. He attributes his drive and spirit to his parents who supported him at every turn and guided him through the crossroads.

Goel decided to open another company with a fresh idea. The purpose of ‘Start-up Café’ was to help start-ups and provide mentorship to young entrepreneurs. Unfortunately, the company had to be closed. Undeterred, Goel went for another venture; this time in the field of distribution. ‘Ekveda Superfoods’ was a supplier for dry fruits in Pune. But the young businessman was set up for failure. He tried again. He created his own brand of snacks called Taraji Namkeen and began manufacturing. But as fate would have it, the name didn’t hold.

After a series of failures and disappointments, Goel paused and contemplated what was leading to these results. Finding the answer, he set a company again. Neo Mega Steel LLP soared the sky with wide-open wings; and for once, the flight did not result in a crash landing.

Successful Venture

Goel’s company is one of the largest suppliers of raw materials in India. The company deals in the supply of raw materials to automobile component manufacturers that are used in JCBs, boiler parts, etc. The clientele includes a staggering 400 major companies. The company is not just a major distributor in the city of Pune but has also reached the rest of Maharashtra and the states of Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Gujarat. Some of the new projects include supply to the ongoing project of the Pune Metro and iron for the bogeys for the Indian Railways.

At a young age of 25 years, Goel is the Managing Director of his own company and the board member of one Alphalogic Techsys Limited, the first company of India of its kind to be listed in the Bombay Stock Exchange.

“What Goes Around Comes Back Around”

“My aspiration is to do something great,” Goel said in his interview with Machine Maker. Just building a successful business from scratch was not the only ambition that Goel had nurtured. In his hometown, which is considered one of the most backward towns in Maharashtra, the lack of water is a perennial problem. In order to relieve the people somewhat, Goel devised a unique idea.

The students are asked to empty their bottles in the drums before heading home. This water is then used to clean the schools, water the plants, clean the buses, etc. More than 50 schools in Chandrapur now use this technique to save and reuse water that would otherwise have been discarded. Almost 10,000 liters of water are saved every day in the town, which makes it almost 3,00,000 liter a month.

The children have fondly named him ‘Water Dada’, News18 named him ‘Jal Rakshak’ and the Government of India initiative for water conservation has named him the ‘Water Hero’.

Goel did not only help save precious water but also decided to educate children on the importance of dental health. “Countries like the US and the UK have placed importance on the health of people but we don’t see that in India”, he says, disappointed. In order to change that, he decided to campaign in schools with the tag ‘My Teeth’ and make the students aware of dental health. He would distribute toothbrushes, toothpaste, and water to them afterward.

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When as a sixteen-year-old boy from Chandrapur, Maharashtra, Vedant Goel decided to become a young entrepreneur, little did he know the journey he was about to embark on? Born in an Agarwal community, Vedant Goel had his goals set from a very young age. He was not interested in jobs and working for other people. Brought up in a close-knit community of businessmen and women, Goel grew up to have a penchant for entrepreneurship. At the tender age of sixteen, he decided to open a start-up.

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Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) received their biggest order so far for the supply of 10.5 lakh high-quality face masks to the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), according to the statement released on 31st August 2020 by the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises. The new purchase order was made in less than a month after its previous order of 1.80 lakh face masks.

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Amidst the new norms, Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and Road Transport & Highways inaugurated a technology centre located in Bhiwadi in Alwar District of Rajasthan, via online video conferencing.

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Pranab Mukherjee: The Quintessential Statesman who envisioned Economic Growth in Thriving Manufacturing Sector

Shri Pranab Mukherjee, the quintessential statesman, passed away on 31st August 2020, culminating an era of statesmanship marked with various roles and responsibilities. His aspirations as a politician with a background in teaching as well as journalism were formidable. Mukherjee’s rise to power was swift and incredible.

He always felt it important to strengthen the manufacturing sector of India. “The manufacturing sector needs to grow further to keep pace with the East Asian Countries which are growing rapidly,” he said as the then Finance Minister in 2012. Even later as the President of India in 2013, his take on the need for manufacturing growth for economic growth is visionary. “The contribution of manufacturing to total employment in India is about 11 per cent which is much lower than that of the merging countries where the share of the manufacturing in total employment is between 15-30 per cent,” he said. He urged for enhancing capabilities on the major front, primary technology and base, human skills, and hardware knowledge. Realizing the need for innovation for growth, he suggested industries to work with research institutions to foster industry-academia collaboration.    

Political Acumen

After joining the Indian National Congress, Mukherjee became a popular name. He rose to power with the role of Union Deputy Minister of Industrial Development in 1973 given to him by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

A man with many powerful political roles under his name, Mukherjee’s journey in the world of politics was tumultuous at worst and extraordinary at best. After becoming the leader of Lok Sabha in 2004, he went on to become one of the rare politicians to hold three of the most important offices in the government - Finance, Defence and External Affairs. His stint as thrice selected Minister of Commerce and Industry served him with a reputation that would forever be remembered. His invitation from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to address the Tritiya Varsh Varg, being an opposition party member, speaks of the respect he commanded beyond the tag of party lines.

Economic Prudence

As the Finance Minister in 1982, he was applauded for his successful return of India’s last instalment of the first IMF loan. His first tenure as the Finance Minister of India was met with praise for the improvement in government finances and the early reform of the Indian economy. His reformed tax rates benefitted many Indian companies, the prominent of being Reliance gave rise to a company that later diversified to construction, health care, manufacturing, defence, aviation, transportation, etc.

One of the most notable achievements relegated to his name is his incentives to non-resident Indians (NRIs) to invest in India. By allowing them to buy shares from the secondary market, he helped boost the economy as well as production. For his successful reforms in terms of tax, Euromoney had awarded him with the title of the ‘Best Finance Minister in the World’ in 1984 however he was removed from office in the same year by Rajiv Gandhi.

Never one to be deterred by his circumstances, Mukherjee made the most of every position he dealt with, except, perhaps, a Congressman. In 2009, he was again given the position of the Finance Minister of India for the second time under Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister. This tenure would mark him as the ‘Finance Minister of the Year for Asia’ by Emerging Markets, the daily newspaper of the World Bank and the IMF and once again by The Banker.

His second tenure from 2009-2012 was marked by remarkable policies and decisions. He presented the annual budget in 2009, 2010 and 2011. In his attempt to take away the burden of extra and unnecessary taxes from companies, he scrapped the Fringe Benefits Tax according to which employers were required to pay taxes for the benefits given to his/her employees in addition to income tax whether or not they were liable for it. The elimination of the Commodities Transaction Tax came next. With the implementation of the GST or the Goods and Services Tax, Mukherjee had garnered quite a lot of nods from various economists and major corporate executives.

Read Full Story @ https://www.themachinemaker.com/machinemaker/tribute-pranab-mukherjee

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Shri Pranab Mukherjee, the quintessential statesman, passed away on 31st August 2020, culminating an era of statesmanship marked with various roles and responsibilities. His aspirations as a politician with a background in teaching as well as journalism were formidable. Mukherjee’s rise to power was swift and incredible.

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With 80% Local Procurement, Solar Diamonds Tools Is Setting Benchmark in ‘Vocal for Local’

As we move towards a bigger picture of economic prosperity and sustainability, with self-sufficiency as the plan of action, we rarely come across manufacturers and companies who take pride and try to fully employ Indian resources for the purchase of components and raw materials. The pandemic has transformed from a crisis to a full-length phase having control over the entire financial year. And with all the bad news came the necessity of much-needed concept that is self-dependency. For years what we operated was a China-dominated market and since the unhealthy trade relations have come to the forefront, people have developed responsibility and are motivated to go local, and to attract global share to the Indian market.

Solar Diamonds Tools, a Mumbai based company manufacturing diamond tools, is breaking grounds by going China free since years and have developed exceptional quality services. In conversation to The Machine Maker, Avinash Sharma the Marketing Head of Solar Diamonds Tools spoke about how the company has managed throughout and insights on self-sufficiency.

Freight and workforce challenge

Avinash informed that due to the small size of their products but high volume, they opt for air freight services for transit both domestic as well as an international order. During the Lockdown, there were orders from the East Asian market, but the company did not have any options to transport the order.

But during the entire operational stage in the last 3 to 4 months, the major challenge was workforce as the guidelines proposed to operate at 1/6th capacity and the problem of migrant labour further intensified their difficulties. Further, the worsening conditions in Mumbai increased their vulnerability to risk and time-consuming processes to ensure safety. The other challenge was from the side of logistics as the suspended freight made them reduce orders and even currently the facility cannot be accessed everywhere, hence, there is no smooth functioning. However, the production has not been affected and there is sufficient demand. The company’s dependency on manpower and freight has caused some major challenges in its operational structure.

‘Make in India’: A target for all

The company’s 80% dependency is on the Indian supplies and the rest 20% is imported to an extent from the USA and Germany. “We are importing that percentage because it is not available in India, otherwise we are not very keen to import, and we are very much interested in acquiring it domestically,” expressed Avinash. He further explained that it was needed much earlier still many manufacturers were practising self-sufficiency while others were vulnerable to the competitive edge. Over the years they have experienced their customers’ shift to Chinese markets due to the price difference, yet much before the outbreak, they started to shift back as the desired quality was not achieved. He said, “It will take more time, efforts, and commitments from all Indians.” This has been the reason behind the increase in business in last month as people have started to shift, especially the automobile industry which used to import a sizeable percentage, has started to develop indigenous components. It is a chain, the production has gone up and so is the demand. The transformation is happening gradually with a shift to the East-Asian countries like Vietnam and Indonesia. The major challenge causing the import graph rise is the price quotient.

The reason behind the price difference is the manufacturing cost and difference in infrastructure and other facilities in comparison to China and other countries. The other area to focus on the process of being self- sufficient, is decreasing the gap between imports and exports.

Avinash informs that there is a huge gap between imports from China and the rest of the world, so moving towards self-sufficiency does not mean reducing to level zero but rather a gradual and well-planned effort to increase production and exports to avoid imports to the maximum. Though many MSMEs have started in-house manufacturing, in the bigger picture it depends on the consumer’s affordability, it is the consumer which decides the profitability of any decision. Consumer needs to develop a feeling of purchasing their country made products based on the model followed in Japan and Korea.

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As we move towards a bigger picture of economic prosperity and sustainability, with self-sufficiency as the plan of action, we rarely come across manufacturers and companies who take pride and try to fully employ Indian resources for the purchase of components and raw materials. The pandemic has transformed from a crisis to a full-length phase having control over the entire financial year. And with all the bad news came the necessity of much-needed concept that is self-dependency. For years what we operated was a China-dominated market and since the unhealthy trade relations have come to the forefront, people have developed responsibility and are motivated to go local, and to attract global share to the Indian market.

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After Zafi Series Robots, Here Comes More Advanced ‘Zafira’ That Can Ensure Social Distancing and COVID Precautions at Public Places

 The next time you step inside a mall for shopping, the girl in a saari at the entrance waiting for your safety check or the girl dressed in formal pantsuit roaming across floor for monitoring if you are following social distancing may take you by surprise. It may not be a girl at all! Yes, you read it right, it may be a humanoid robot in eye-catching human appearance.      

After unveiling a range of Zafi Robots, (Zafi Go, Zafi Medic, Zafi Clean and Zafi Sanitizer) which were uniquely intended for the medical and sanitization purposes, Trichy based Propeller Technologies has shifted towards a new version of Humanoid Robot named ‘Zafira’ with more added intelligence, specially designed to ensure the protection of customers from COVID spread in various public places.

In a conversation with the Machine Maker, Mohamed Aashik Rahman, CEO of Propeller Technologies shared, “From the house of Zafi Robots we have developed a series of robots since the very beginning of COVID crisis for supporting various professions. Now, as the prevailing lockdown in various parts of the country has been gradually lifted to normalise economy, majority of the showrooms and shopping malls have started their operations. But still there is – or even higher - risk that the staff and the customers might get contaminated despite taking plenty of safety measures. Consequently, to ensure valuable customer safety we came up with Zafira”.

About Zafira

Zafira is a voice-activated robot, equipped with its own powerful computer which can detect whether the customer is following all the COVID precautions like wearing a mask, maintaining proper temperature and social distancing. It has outfitted features which enable it to automatically dispense hand sanitizers and it can be dressed up accordingly with any eye-catching outfit, which will further add magnificence to its physical appearance.

It begins functioning as soon as a client steps into the shop. It initially requests the client’s name and contact details and afterwards will check the body temperature multiple times. If in case the temperature detected is normal, it will cross-check if the person is wearing a mask and finally before letting the person in it will dispense hand sanitizer on the palms.

So far the outcome of demo conducted with the prototype at Chennai silks has been satisfactory and Rahman mentions that it has gained tremendous appreciation across the state. In fact, currently, the team is focussing on mass production since they have received orders in bulk from various showrooms of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. He added that team Zafi is additionally emphasizing on developing profoundly intelligent systems and envisages to become one of the organizations of pride for India in future.

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The next time you step inside a mall for shopping, the girl in a saari at the entrance waiting for your safety check or the girl dressed in formal pantsuit roaming across floor for monitoring if you are following social distancing may take you by surprise. It may not be a girl at all! Yes, you read it right, it may be a humanoid robot in eye-catching human appearance.      

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New Education Policy will Orient Students towards Industry 4.0, believes Synergytech Co-founder Abhijit Mahajani

 Medical devices are one of the fastest-growing manufacturing segments in Indian manufacturing. The current market size of this industry in India is estimated to be $11 billion and is expected to witness significant growth in the next five years to reach $50 billion by 2025. Surging medical and healthcare needs are primary drivers of innovation and cutting edge technologies in this segment. Though imports still constitute a sizeable part, Indian manufacturers are stepping up the Make in India quotient in the segment with indigenous innovation and solutions. Pune based Synergytech Instruments is one such company bringing in innovation and solutions in the field of equipment innovation. Speaking to Machine Maker, Abhijit Mahajani, co-founder of Synergytech spoke about his company and various other issues.

Synergytech’s expertise

Each business has its custom necessities which are important to enable them to carry out their work operations. Synergytech is a proprietary firm based in Pune, running its business operations in two models. One is job work in components and medical equipment supply and the other one is manufacturing custom equipment.

“The technical skills involved in this process are high-end. We understand the uniqueness of the client’s needs. Then we inspect, design, manufacture, and deploy one-of-a-kind particularly for the clientele. Innovations and the group setting of engineers from different backgrounds have been our strength to deliver customized solutions within a wide range of parameters,” says Abhijit Mahajani, one of the founders of the Synergytech Instruments.

New Education Policy

Mr. Mahajani has been in the mechanical engineering field for over 21 years, and he is directly involved in the educational system also as an academic advisor at the mechanical department in the Army Institute of Techno. On the new education policy, he said, “The new education policy will help to develop the students with a holistic approach. In our team, we have mechanical experts, electrical engineers, and electronics experts. But to develop the whole machinery, knowledge from all fields is required and we learned about the basics of all fields like electrical, data science, robotics after commencing jobs. But now universities will provide students with basic knowledge in that field.”

The new education policy promises multidisciplinary courses, more engagement in practical based assessment, and more entry and exit points. According to Mahajani, this will help students to be more well-rounded and skilled but the importance of specialization should also be considered. But the new education policy will give more emphasis on how the students are actually interpreting the learning.

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