NestingIdeas Launches TeacherConnect, A Global Community For Teachers

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(1888PressRelease) September 02, 2010 - Nesting Ideas, a premiere organization focused on higher education providing innovative services and products. It has announced launch of "TeacherConnect" (www.teacherconnect.in), an exclusive platform for connecting stake holders (Teachers, Industry Experts, Academicians, Policy makers, Students) of higher education under one platform. TeacherConnect provides an opportunity for sharing of knowledge, best practices and opportunities for benefit of the community.

"Following the success of innovative platforms like Why?Newton (www.whynewton.com) and MyStory (http://story.whynewton.com), we are confident that TeacherConnect will play a role in changing the dynamics in higher education", said Rakesh Choudhury, co-founder of Nesting Ideas. The mission of Teacher Connect is three fold (a) To provide a connect and knowledge sharing platform for existing teachers in higher education (b) To enable Industry experts to reach campuses and share their expertise through guest lectures, workshops and seminars (c) To develop an interest among students for research and teaching oriented professions along with developing the knowledge base of existing teachers.

Underlining the current scenario, Y. Yogi Raj, co-founder, Nesting Ideas said, "Curriculum in India is facing challenges in responding to fast changing industry needs; guest lectures, seminars and workshops from Industry experts can help students get themselves abreast with latest technologies and get hands on with latest products".

Foreign universities and Right to Education law has further deepened the need for qualified faculty members. TeacherConnect aims to fill this gap with its innovative features; currently the online platform has support features for discussions like Sharing of News, Q and A module, Events Share, Groups, Discussion Forum, Social Media Sharing and sharing blogs. The technical team at Nesting Ideas is excited to launch more features to enable better user experience and knowledge sharing capabilities.

Dr. Chintala, Principal from Chaitanya Engineering College in Andhra Pradesh says "It's a wonderful platform exclusively for teachers/administrators like us. It has provided instant access to validated professionals from academia and industry who we can invite to our facility. I would love to be part of the team in sharing the knowledge"

A couple of days of its Beta Launch, the platform is already busy with members with experience ranging from 2 to 45 years across diverse areas of specialization like VLSI, Embedded Systems, Digital Signal Processing, Entrepreneurship, Soft Skills enhancement, Brand Management, Neuro-Linguistic programming and many more. "We are actively reaching colleges and professionals online and offline and anticipate rapid growth in this network in next couple of months", said Yogi.

The press release may include forward looking statements. For more information about TeacherConnect, partnering opportunities, registrations, media queries or any general queries, contact -
Yogi Raj at connect ( @ ) teacherconnect dot in, phone - +91 124 427 0479

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