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Company Profile: LinkedIn Corporation

LinkedIn homepage Type of business Subsidiary Type of site Social networking service Available in Multilingual  (24) Founded December 28, 2002 ; 16 years ago Mountain View ,  California ,  U.S. Headquarters Sunnyvale, California , U.S. Area served Worldwide Founder(s) Reid Hoffman Allen Blue Konstantin Guericke Eric Ly Jean-Luc Vaillant Key people Jeff Weiner  (CEO) Industry Internet Products SlideShare Employees 14,000 (2019) [1] Parent Microsoft Corporation Subsidiaries Learning Connectifier Website www .linkedin .com Alexa  rank  23 (12 July 2019) [2] Advertising Google ,  AdSense Registration Required Users 630 million members (June 2019) [3] Launched May 5, 2003 ; 16 years ago Current status Active Company History 2002 LinkedIn starts out in the living room of co-founder Reid Hoffman. LinkedIn's founders are Reid H...

Why over 50% seats in engineering colleges are vacant across states

Meanwhile, all seats in the in the 23 colleges of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) have been filed in the current academic session 2019-20 Over fifty per cent seats in engineering colleges across India are vacant. With 80 per cent unoccupied seats, Odisha tops the chart while West Bengal has 60 per cent vacant seats in engineering colleges. Advertising According to AICTE chairperson Anil Sahasrabudhe, out of the 14 lakh engineering seats available across the country, only 10 lakh students took admission. “A committee, formed last year to draft a plan regarding engineering education, found that the number of seats available outnumbers the demand,” Sahasrabudhe told indianexpress.com . 80% vacant seats: Why few takers for engineering seats in Odisha, WB There were no takers for around 27,000 seats in the government and private engineering colleges in Odisha this year. Out of the 34,223 seats for students in various engineering colleges, only 20 per cent of them got filled. Odi...

Mandatory certification for engg faculty soon, says AICTE chairman

He was speaking at a national conference on innovation in higher education, conducted by Education Promotion Society for India (EPSI), here on Saturday. Published: 15th September 2019 04:46 AM | Last Updated: 15th September 2019 04:46 AM | A+A A- AICTE chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe and governor Banwarilal Purohit at conference on Saturday | R Satish Babu By Express News Service CHENNAI: All engineering faculty and aspirants may soon have to undergo a mandatory eight-module teacher certification programme, said Anil Sahasrabudhe, the chairman of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). He was speaking at a national conference on innovation in higher education, conducted by Education Promotion Society for India (EPSI), here on Saturday. The modules include passion for teaching, creating new curriculum, using Information and Communication Technology, classroom interaction with students, examination methodology, honing innovation and creativity, and administrative and leadersh...