The Winner of the ‘Academia Award for Best Online Learning Education in 2024’ is UPES ON

On 21^st February 2024, Amrita Rao, an Indian actress, presented the ‘Academia Award for Best Online Learning Education in 2024’ to the digital education arm of University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), which is UPES ON.

The venue of this event was Hyatt Centric, New Delhi. This event had representatives from the entertainment world, motivation world, media fraternity, top universities, consulting firms (ERNST & YOUNG, KPMG), industry associations, (PHDCCI, CII, FICCI), knowledge think-tanks, foreign embassies, state governments and NITI AAYOG.

In addition to honouring UPES ON with this accolade, this event was a platform for high-level discussions among influencers, industry leaders and key stakeholders about entrepreneurship, predictions and market trends. The topic for discussion was ‘Transforming India Through Local to Global with TEE Formula.’ TEE is an acronym for ‘Technology Education Entrepreneurship.’

The highlights of UPES ON

This award is evidence of the unyielding dedication of this online university to render excellent online education. This university had taken into account the evolving requirements of the contemporary workforce, and to meet these requirements, it incorporated Artificial Intelligence (AI) modules in its curriculum during the previous year.

Sumanth Palepu revealed that UPES ON takes pride in making its students future-ready. It not only teaches students about the functionality of AI with respect to the internal working but also guides them about the ways to leverage AI at the workplace in an ethical and beneficial manner. The mission of UPES ON is to establish that when students are at their workplaces, they become disruptors and not the disrupted. Sumanth is the Senior Director (Sales & Marketing), GUS GLOBAL SERVICES INDIA.

Piyush Arora divulged that UPES ON emphasizes innovation and industry relevance, which distinguishes this university as the pioneer in the online learning field. It has a strong belief that empathy is a inseparable section of education. So, it has a ‘We Care’ package to deal with all health and psychological needs of students. Piyush is Senior Director (Business Strategy), GUS GLOBAL SERVICES INDIA.

Ankita Sharma commented that this online university blends cutting-edge technology and industry insights to come up with engaging and immersive educational experiences. This learning methodology has the potential to generate students who can overcome the challenges in the future. Ankita is Assistant Director (Marketing), GUS GLOBAL SERVICES INDIA.

What is UPES ON?

In 2003, the establishment of UPES took place majorly to render good-quality education. It then expanded to UPES ON to empower working professionals to play the role of catalysts who are able to drive digital transformations in the future. This digital education arm is currently conducting online MBA, BBA and BCA programs while reinforcing these with industry masterclasses and immersions. The online MBA program is in the following specialisations: Financial Management, Power Management, Oil & Gas Management, Infrastructure Management, Operations Management, Marketing Management, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Business Analytics, Infrastructure Management, International Business, Human Resource Management and Digital Business. These programs have a strong learning framework that caters to the demands of the job market that will exist in the future. The university has included new-age technologies; such as Cloud Computing, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence; within the curriculum to confirm that students are prepared to face the upcoming, new world.

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