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British Council has launched IELTS Scholarship Award for Indian students
Posted by ganesh in Award, Communication, Departments, Education, Information, Other, anniversary, student on March 13th, 2010
British Council has launched IELTS Scholarship Award for Indian students planning to study at universities overseas. British Council will select eight students from India, each of whom will receive an award of Rs.3,00,000 towards the cost of tuition fees.
Eligible applicants will have an IELTS test score. IELTS [International English Language Testing System] is the world’s leading English language test designed to evaluate ability to communicate in English for education, immigration and professional accreditation worldwide.
“By launching the IELTS Scholarship Award, the British Council is demonstrating its commitment to supporting young people in realising their aspirations. By giving them access to international educational opportunities, we hope to benefit both individuals and the countries from which they come, while at the same time promoting higher education links between UK and India. We are also launching the Award in three other Asian countries with a total investment of £60,000 / US$90,000 / Rs.42,00,000.”,says Kevin McLaven (First Secretary, Education Services, British High Commission)
Award winners will begin a full time post graduate programme at any overseas university which uses IELTS as a part of its admission requirements and as a reliable measure of English language proficiency. Because IELTS is accepted by over 6,000 institutions in 125 countries worldwide, university choice is wide. In the US alone, over 2500 institutions and programmes accept IELTS. Along with the rise in the number of US institutions accepting IELTS, the number of IELTS test takers globally increased to over 1.4 million in 2009.
Detailed information regarding British Council IELTS Scholarship Award, including application materials, is available at: http://www.ielts.britishcouncil.org.in/
World Kidney Day celebrations organised by Sri Ramachandra University
Corporation of Chennai will take up dialysis of patients in each of 10 zones in the city. As part of this, the civic body has despatched a lab technician with a two-wheeler to take urine sample for Rs 10 and blood sample for Rs 15 at the doorstep of the callers on 1913.
With the callers on the increase there was proposal to increase the technicians to three or four, said Mayor M Subramanian.
He was presiding over the World Kidney Day celebrations organised by the Department of Nephrology, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, held at SRMC@Alwarpet on Bawa Street, Alwarpet. Deputy Mayor Sathyabhama was present.
Subramanian further said that with 30 medical camps, 1.02 lakh patients were screened in one day in Chennai with Sri Ramchandra Medical College and other private hospitals taking part, thereby finding its way into the Limca Book of Records.
Earlier, head of Department of Nephrology professor Dr P Soundararajan said that with this initiative of screening of children, the incidence of kidney ailment could be reduced from 30 per cent to three per cent.
Vice-Chancellor of Sri Ramachandra University Dr S Rangaswami, in his inaugural address, said there were 20 per cent diabetic or pre-diabetic cases , a study has revealed.
It was sensible to preventive damage caused to organs, especially kidneys. Preventions have to be taken with lifestyle modification.
Dean of Faculties, SRU, K V Somasundaram said that health coming at the cost of wealth, it is necessary to take precautions.
Later, the Mayor inaugurated the screening programme for school children at Corporation School, Alwarpet. He said it would be extended to other Corporation schools.
SRM Institute of Hotel Management were presented with various awards at ”Jallosh-2010”
Posted by ganesh in Award, Chennai, College, Communication, Education, Information, anniversary, student on March 11th, 2010
In all 14 outgoing students of the SRM Institute of Hotel Management were presented with various awards at ”Jallosh-2010”, a cultural festival by the Hotel Management Students, here today.
‘Courtyard by Marriot’ hotel General Manager Karan Berry presided over the function and presented the awards to the best outgoing students, coinciding with the 16th anniversary of the SRM Institute of Hotel Management.
Of the 14 awards, the best ”Marriot” award among the male student was bagged by R Saravanan. The best award among the girls section was bagged by Preeti Rajakumari.
This was for the first time the ‘Courtyard by Marriot, which has more than 3,000 hotels across 70 countries and the SRM Institute of Hotel Management have come to an understanding to bestow awards to deserving candidates.
The awards were given after testing the holistic personality skills of the students, aimed at boosting the morale of the student fraternity.
Welcoming the passing out students to the hospitality Industry, Mr Karan Berry said intelligence, character, integrity and discipline were the key to success in the industry.
”Intelligence and character are the goal of true education.
This exemplifies in the success of the Marriot chain of hotels, which has now become a big empire after a modest beginning”, he said.
Later, talking to reporters, Mr Karan Berry and SRM Institute of Hotel Management Director and Principal Ashok Kumar said both the institutions have tie-ups for placements of students in the Marriot hotel and several students have got a minimum of three to four offers during placements.
Mr Berry said the award winning students were free to join the Marriot group and the hotel was ready to welcome them, train them and jointly work with them.
Mr Berry and Mr Ashok Kumar cut a cake to mark the occasion.
A cultural programme, in which students danced to the tune of Punjabi Bhangras, kept the audience spellbound.
‘Muthamizh Perarignar’ award was conferred on Solomon Pappiah
Posted by ganesh in Award, Communication, Culture, Information, Madurai, anniversary, programme on March 11th, 2010
The 35th anniversary celebration of the Madurai Tamil Isai Sangam began at Raja Muthiah Mandram here on Wednesday. M. A. M. Ramasamy, Pro-Chancellor, Annamalai University, inaugurated the festival which runs for 10 days.
In tune with the tradition of honouring exponents in the fields of ‘iyal, isai and natakam,’ the ‘Muthamizh Perarignar’ award was conferred on popular debater and orator, Solomon Pappiah, by M. Jayapaul, Judge, Madras High Court. The award carries a citation and ‘porkizhi’ (purse).The Judge also gave away awards to other artistes on the occasion.
Delivering the presidential address, Mr. Jayapaul appreciated the efforts of the Tamil Isai Sangam and said that Western world gave us great exponents of western classical music like Beethoven and Mozart, while Tamil Nadu gave great music composers like Ilaiyaraja and A. R. Rahman. “Likewise, we expect the Tamil Isai Sangam to produce such musical geniuses,” he said.
A. Surianarayanan, Chief Income Tax Commissioner, released the 35th anniversary souvenir and the first copy was received by philanthropist Meena Muthiah. In his acceptance speech, Dr. Pappiah praised the work of Tamil Isai Sangam and said that it was a great feeling to receive this honour and promised to live up to the expectations of the experts in Tamil language.
Tamil star Ajith Kumar return to the racing circuit again.
Posted by ganesh in Award, Cinema, Information, Sports, competition, programme on March 10th, 2010
Ajith Kumar, the Tamil star with a huge fan following is all set to return to the racing circuit again.
Ajith was a bike racer before he took up acting. After he became a star in Tamil cinema, he returned to the tracks in 2000 and again in 2004, where he ended the season with two podium finishes.
This time around Ajith is racing in the Formula 2 event in Europe in April.
Ajith spoke exclusively to rediff.com about his passion.
When I first met you in the early 90s, you were just recuperating from a bike accident. Do you think you would have become a bike racer and not a film star if not for the accident?
I don’t believe in post-mortems. I am where I am. Let us say I believe in destiny. I also believe in miracles.
In early 2000, you decided to be a racer again though you were successful as an actor. Was it because motor racing is your passion?
I love motor sports. Whenever I got an opportunity, I indulged. I would say I like to be an ambassador of the sport.
In the 1990s, I rode the 110 cc bikes. In 2002, I started racing cars. I did the National Championship and my best finish was the fourth place in the last race. That kind of motivated me to go further and I participated in the Formula BMW Asia championship.
In 2004, I participated in the British F3. I could not complete my last few races there about which I wouldn’t like to go into.
Image: Ajith wins third place at the British F3 at Donnigton Park
Karun Chandhok became the second Indian F1 driver.
Posted by ganesh in Award, Coimbatore, Communication, Information, Sports, competition, programme, tamilnadu, vehicles on March 5th, 2010
Karun Chandhok, on Thursday, confirmed that he has signed with F-1 newcomer Hispania Racing F-1 team for the upcoming season.
The Chennai-born driver, who now becomes the second Indian driver in F-1 after Narain Karthikeyan, will now make his debut at the season opener in Bahrain in less than three weeks’ time.
“This is just an unbelievable feeling! I am absolutely thrilled to be able to fulfill a lifelong dream of breaking into F-1. We’ve been working for so many years for this opportunity and now that we’ve finally made it, it feels a bit surreal, to be honest. Only when I get to Bahrain, I think, will it fully sink in that I am going to be on the same grid as world champions like Schumacher and Alonso,” said Chandhok.
“My family and I have had a very stressful time this winter, and we would especially like to thank Mr. Sunder Mulchandani, Dr. Colin Kolles (Hispania Racing F-1 Team Team Principal) and Mr. Bernie Ecclestone, without whom all this would have been a distant dream,” he added.
‘Thanks dad’
Chandhok thanked his dad for his efforts. “He has been working really hard since August last year to make this happen. With an Indian GP scheduled for 2011, F-1 is quickly becoming one of the most popular sports in India and this is a proud moment not only for me but for my country as well.”
Vicky Chandhok said: “It is overwhelming. The whole family is filled with joy on hearing the news.”
“I am a born patriot. So is my family. The name India by itself keeps us all going. And, to have an Indian on the F-1 grid is certainly a proud moment for us,” he added.
Bearing fruit
He said the sacrifices made by the family over the years were finally bearing fruit. “I thank God for it. But for me, it is just another day in the office.”
Kolles said he was proud to have Chandok in his team. “I am delighted that we can count on such a promising young talent as Karun Chandhok. As a front-runner in the GP2 series I am confident Karun will step up to the F1 challenge and contribute to a successful debut season for both him and the team.”
Narain said: “I am happy for him and I wish him all the best.”
Scouts and Guides ‘our youth are more brilliant and talented:Barnala
Posted by ganesh in Award, Communication, Education, Information, Other, function, government, student on February 24th, 2010
Tamilnadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala has said that Scouts and Guides, NCC or NSS should be made compulsory as they nurtured discipline and unity, developed leadership qualities and a spirit of service among youth.
Presenting Rajyapuraskar award for Scouts and Guides for the year 2008 at Raj Bhavan here yesterday, Barnala, who is also the Patron of Bharat Scouts and Guides-Tamilnadu said ‘our youth are more brilliant and talented.
They need motivation. Let us remember that it is only a more disciplined society that would take our country to greater heights.’
Mentioning that there were about 2.92 lakh members with 11,000 unit leaders in Tamilnadu alone, he asked the Scouts and Guides to motivate their friends and classmates to join scouts. At the same time, he asked the awardees to go to the next level to bag the Rashtrapathi Award.
‘Harnessing the youth power is the need of the hour. Movements such as Scouts and Guides nurture discipline and unity. It builds courage and purity in mind, thought, word and deed. It develops leadership qualities and a spirit of service,’ said Barnala, who was a scout from 1935 to 1940.
School Education Minister Thangam Thennarasu said the Scouts and Guides bagged the award due to sincerity, hard work and courage R Kannan, State Chief Commissioner, Bharat Scouts and Guides said that Rajyapuraskar Award for 2009 will be presented soon.
Second conference-cum-exhibition on Healthcare of Tancare 2010 by FICCI
‘Though government is a major health care provider, Government Hospitals are little patronised by the public. Lot of innovations have been carried out in 1,500 primary health centres which have state-of-the-art facilities’, said Tamilnadu Principal Secretary for Health and Family Welfare V K Subburaj.
He was delivering the inaugural address at the second conference-cum-exhibition on Healthcare of Tancare 2010 by FICCI here.
Sankara Nethralaya Chairman Emeritus Dr S S Badrinath was awarded FICCI’s Award for Lifetime Achievement and the FICCI’s Award for Best Managed Hospital in the two-tier city went to Government Headquarters Hospital, Namakkal, which was received by Joint Director – Health Dr P Ilango.
Earlier welcoming the gathering, chairman, FICCI, Tamilnadu State Council chairman M Rafeeque Ahamed said that public private participation should be encouraged and top most priority must be given for developing infrastructure.
Convenor, Healthcare Panel, FICCI, TNSC, Dr G S K Velu urged the principal secretary to form a joint panel comprising both government and private institutions and initiating a debate by panelists would pave way for setting up of super speciality facilities for the innovation and revamping of medical service.
Panelists from IIT and doctors fraternity addressed the conference. Dr M Balasubramanian of Indian Medical Association (IMA) said that eminent achievers in medical field should be conferred with honours on 1 July every year, as it happens to be World Doctors’ Day.
Velu read out the citation of Dr Badrinath and the principal secretary conferred the award on him and so also on Dr Ilango. The awardees in the acceptance addresses thanked the FICCI.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Badrinath said quality was the hallmark of Sankara Nethralaya. He vouched that the institution was a privatised public institution and medical tourism should be to our own country and then later to other countries.
Dr Ilango said the Government Hospitals should be eco-friendly and upgrade facilities in order to get public patronage. FICCI, TNSC director D V Venkatagiri rendered a vote of thanks.
TANFAC Industries Ltd bagged the award for 2006-2007.
Posted by ganesh in Award, Communication, Cuddalore, Departments, Other, businesses, programme on February 12th, 2010
The TANFAC Industries Ltd., situated in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate here has bagged the “Good industrial relations award” for 2006 and 2007.
The award, instituted by the Labour Department of the State government, is being given in five categories based on the number of employees. The TANFAC has earned the awards in the under-500 workmen category. The company, a joint venture of the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation and the Aditya Birla Group of Companies, is mainly into production of aluminium fluoride.
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