Education Information: AIIMS Bhubaneswar Got Second in Kayakalp Award for Second Year in a Row | Education Information: India gets maximum foreign students from Nepal, Karnataka for higher edu: HRD | Science Innovations: Caltech Scientists Discover Worms with Three Sexes | Education Information: Degree College Teachers Training Programme from 22nd Nov to 12th Dec 2019 | Career News: ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE POST OF JOINT DIRECTOR, (NCERT) | National Edu News: UGC guidelines on plastic use | International Edu News: Asian students converge on 5 countries | Health Monitor: Playing With Fire | Finance: Trading in an Uncertain World | Technology Inceptions: Scientists are Wearing VR Goggles to Analyse Data | International Edu News: Macquarie University's Biofoundry to Set Up Synthetic Biology Center | Parent Interventions: Alcohol Consumption in Pregnancy Alters Babies' DNA | Technology Inceptions: EDantseva, app on Oral Health Released | Science Innovations: Two Physicists Win Nobel Prize for Discovery of Exoplanets | Science Innovations: Celebrate Diwali With Environment Friendly 'Green' Crackers |

June 28, 2019 Friday 11:45:37 PM IST

#Tik Tok for Edu- #EduTok Videos Become an Instant Hit on Launch

#EduTok, the latest In-App challenge to provide meaningful content on education, motivation, health and wellness has become an instant hit, according to #TikTok, the world's leading short video platform.
The app allows users to share 15 sec videos to share their knowledge around their personal passions. It has garnered over 2 billion views on educational videos.
The edu videos are intended to bring a change to society as passionate professionals share their knowledge and inspiring stories about certain topics.
The campaign is witnessing participation from popular creators who hail from cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bhopal and Amritsar and use using TikTok as a medium to spread knowledge across genres.Creators such as Urmi Pandya with over 966 K fans and Dr. Animesh with over 1.7 million fans shared their educational videos on health and fitness tips with their fans. Additionally, hugely popular creators such as Mridul Madhok with over 1.5 million fans and Geet with over 2.4 million fans received great support from their fans for their videos on motivational, educational and healthy habits content