The World Innovation Summit for Education
(WISE) has announced calls for entries to the 2019
WISE Prize for Education, which acknowledges an
individual or a team for contributions to education.
Winners receive US$500,000 to support their
continued work. The prize was established in 2011
by Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser; this
year’s winners will be announced at the 2019 WISE
Summit in October in Doha, Qatar. Nominations
close on February 26. Submit an application ornomination.
The Graduate Management Admission Council
(GMAC) has relaunched its Study in India initiative.
First introduced in 2017, the initiative enables
students to seek admission to graduate business
programs at 13 participating schools. As part of the
second version, foreign students now can apply for
intern visas from India’s Ministry of Home Affairs;
these visas will allow them to pursue internships in
India after they complete their programs.