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Thursday, Jan 13, 2005

Tamil Nadu

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Campus Jottings: Enlightening experience

FOR THE 45 NSS volunteers of the K.S.R. College of Arts and Science, who participated in the special camp at Paramasivagoundampalayam near Tiruchengode in Namakkal district, it was an enlightening experience as they learnt the various facets of rural life.

A survey by the volunteers revealed that most of the villagers were illiterate and unskilled labourers working in the spinning mills and powerloom units around Tiruchengode.

The girls found that the parents were hesitant to send their girl children to school.

The students also found that most of the villagers did not know their blood group and they knew little about HIV.

Armed with these data, the girls conducted an awareness campaign on HIV, a free dental camp and blood group identification.

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THE MECHATRONICS Department of Kongu Engineering College organised a National Level Technical Symposium recently. The Director, Sharpline CNC Technologies, Chennai, R. Sha Nijam Babu, inaugurated the symposium and spoke about the scope of mechatronics.

He said that of late many of the leading industries in India had started appointing mechatronic engineers.

The president of KVIT Trust, M. Murugesan, encouraged the students to utilise the ample employment opportunities available. The Principal, A.M. Natarajan, also spoke. Twelve papers were presented in the symposium, which was divided into two sessions - synergising technologies and innovative and recent trends in engineering. The Dean, Research and Development of the college, M.A. Veluswami, delivered the valedictory address.

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THE ENTHUSIASM shown by the students of various schools to the event was overwhelming. The occasion was the two-day inter-school competitions and career guidance at the Salem Vysya College.

The first day was devoted to various competitions such as quiz, fancy dress, elocution, essay writing, music, dance and drawing. The best were given attractive cash awards.

The second day was devoted to a more serious subject. Experts, Dr. Cheyon from Chennai and Babu from Vaniyampadi, spoke on career prospects to the school students. According to Principal, P. Venkatesan, the annual meet was to bring out the latent talents in the students. About 1,300 students from 45 schools in and around Salem took part. The college Correspondent, Rajendra Prasad, presided over the competition, which was inaugurated by the Chairman, G. Manickam Chettiar.

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(Contributed by L. Renganathan in Namakkal, R. Sundaram in Erodeand R. Ilangovan in Salem)

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