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Contests for children

The Indian Institute of World Culture will conduct "Devaranama," painting and "Bhavageeta" competitions on November 12, 19 and 26 respectively for children under different age categories in connection with Children's Cultural Festival. The last date for registration is November 8 for "Devaranama", November 16 for painting and November 23 for "Bhavageeta" competition. For details, call 26678581.

Membership for

single women

Single Women's Active Network (SWAN) has invited membership from single women (unmarried, divorced and widowed) aged above 25. Membership is free. Those interested can write to swan.network@gmail.com. Last date for registration is November 20.

Yoga course

Prakruthi Jeevana Kendra Trust will conduct a month yoga course for mental stress, chronic diseases and better health from November 1 from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. and from 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. For details and registration, call 23369234.

Conference

The International Academy for Creative Teaching (IACT) will organise a two-day international conference on the "electoral systems and electoral politics" on November 2 and 3 at Hotel Ramanashree Brunton. The conference is being organised under the aegis of the comparative study of electoral systems research group and in collaboration with Bangalore University.

Evening programme

The M.S. Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies will organise part time proficiency evening programme for engineering students, faculties and professionals on "automotive control systems, finite element analysis, computer-aided product design, Kaizen and team building, embedded processor architecture, bio-medical instrumentation and digital image processing" at its premises from November 13.

Extended

The last date for admission to the Bangalore University Distance Education Programme in the following courses — B.A., B. Com., BBM, M.A., M.Com., M.Sc., PG diploma and diploma and certificate has been extended to November 30 without fine. Payment of fees for supplementary examinations of B.A., B.Com and BBM has been extended up to November 4.

Two-day course

A two-day course to "Maximise your potential and transform your life" designed by Paramahansa Nithyananda will be conducted on November 4 and 5. For details and registration, call 9845580214.

Training

BANGALORE: The multi-discipline training centre under the Khadi and Village Industries Commission offers Computer Hardware Servicing Training from November 1 to December 30 at its premises to the unemployed educated youth and housewives. For details, contact the centre at Doorvaninagar (ph: 25650285).

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