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Glad tidings for Indian teachers
Smriti Kak

AFTER UK announcing sops for Ph.D. students, the US of A H announced equally cheering news for Indian teachers. The US has offered fellowships to travel to the United States and teach Hindi and Bengali in American campuses.

Under the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Programme, the Indian teachers would be offered the opportunity to visit the US next year for nine to ten months, according to the US Embassy. The US Department of State funds the programme.

India is one of the 22 countries participating in the Fulbright Programme, open to Indians between 21 and 29 years teaching English at College level.

The selected candidates will teach Hindi and Bengali at select US universities and also interact with the host community in conversation groups, extra-curricular activities and community outreach projects, the embassy said.

The Fulbright Programme, which aims to strengthen teaching of foreign languages in the US and giving teachers the opportunity to enhance their skills, is administered by the US Educational Foundation in India. The application material is available on website www.fulbright-india.org and the deadline is December 29.

Indo-French project

Addressing the students of the Asian Academy of Film and Television, Jean Marie Lamour, the French actor, who is all set to hit the screens in a Hindi movie ‘Hari Om’, said that proud to be associated with the Indo-French project. Interacting with the students, Lamour advised students refrain from copying other actors. Accompanying him actor Vijay Raaz, said that an actor has to know himself thoroughly to be good and versatile.

French actor Jean Marie Lamour and AAFT chief Sandeep Marwah interacting with the students.

ICSI’s founder day

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) celebrated the Founder’s Day at the auditorium in National Museum. Minister of Tourism and Culture Jagmohan delivered the keynote address, ‘Excellence through Good Governance’. The programme was presided over by Secretary, Department of Company Affairs, M. M. K. Saradana.

Speaking on the occasion Mr Jagmohan said: “Not the structure, but the soul matters,” he spoke of his experiences and his work. He remarked good governance is a result of knowledge, attitude, skills and habits. He went on to add, “its only when efforts are correlated with motivation, then right commitment and right inspiration build great things.”

Mr Sardana in his speech said: “Good governance will not let any small detail go unnoticed and the human body is the best example of good governance. Good governance is sharing, dissemination and record of knowledge. Lack of same leads to failure of system.”

MAAC awards

The Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC) has announced the launch of the first national level competition ’24fps: visual effects awards 2003’.

Creative Head, MAAC, Biju D said the awards will be an annual event, wherein young animators from around the country shall compete in a nine weeks marathon exercise and is aimed at giving an impetus to the Indian animation and visual effects industry.

The 24fps will culminate in Chandigarh with a seven-day camp, where several professional animators, VFX supervisors and cinematographers, will work closely with the teams to produce their final show.

Students awarded

Minister of Culture and Tourism Jagmohan awarded medals and postgraduate diplomas to the meritorious students of Amity School of Communications. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Jagmohan said: “Revolution of knowledge is mind-blowing but at the same time, you students must inherit our value system, which is noble and deeply rooted into our nation, it would make you all great leaders.”

Seventy-four students graduated with PG diplomas in Advertising and Marketing and Journalism and Communications.

Courses on Oracle9i

Aptech Computer Education has entered into the ‘Workforce Development Program (WDP) Agreement’ with Oracle India, which licenses select Aptech centres to offer courses on Oracle9i infrastructure software. These courses prepare students to appear for Oracle Database Administrator Certification Examinations.

Select Aptech centres will offer training for four Oracle exams leading to Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) and Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) Certifications. These include Introduction to Oracle9i: SQL, Oracle9I Database Administration Fundamentals – I, Oracle9i Database Administration Fundamentals – II, and Oracle9i Database Performance Tuning.

On completion of each course, the participant will receive a Participation Certificate jointly signed by Oracle and Aptech. On completion of the first two courses, the participant can appear for the exam and become an Oracle9I Certified Associate. On success completion of all four courses, the participants become Oracle9i Certified Professionals.

Management convention

Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission K. C. Pant and CMD, NTPC, C. P. Jain at the inauguration of the 8th Annual Convention of Noida Management Association.

Speaking at the eighth annual management convention of the Noida Management Association (NMA), Deputy Chairperson of the Planning Commission, Mr K. C. Pant said that organisations all over the world are stressing on building intellectual capital through learning and development opportunities in the changing business scenario.

The two-day convention was organised in association with the All India Management Association (AIMA). Around 70 delegates from different organisations participated in the event, which focussed on developing competencies and building competitive organisations.

Career zone

Career Zone offers a four months training programme for 10+2 pass and graduates on specialised training on export-import management programme with special focus on Import from China.

The institute also offers advanced diploma in aviation and hotel management, TV news reading, anchoring and radio jockeying.

Diploma programme

NTPC and Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, have signed a MoU for a full time 15 months PG Diploma programme in Business Management for 30 NTPC employees. The objective of the collaboration is to enhance the managerial competence of NTPC executives by exposing them to state-of-the-art business management concepts, trends and practices.

NTPC had earlier introduced a long- term intervention for competence building in collaboration with IIT Delhi for a 24-month full time M.Tech (Power Generation) course and with BITS Pilani for B S (Power Engineering) for three years.

Overcoming emotional trauma through creativity
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 3
Trauma that stems from violence transcends the boundaries of age, sex and region. In the Valley, where everyday existence is shadowed with fear, children have perhaps been the worst victims.

Denied a childhood they rightly deserve, these children have now become the focus of attention. And with concern building, attempts are being made through theatre to heal these children.

In the Capital for two-days, the children from the Valley along with those from the migrant camps in the Capital and Jammu gave expression to their emotions through drama.

The initiative is the brainchild of Yakjah, meaning ‘together’ in Kashmiri, a group of professionals working with the children to create “safe spaces” in association with Pandies Theatre. The workshop that culminated in the Capital’s Dilli Haat showcased the talent of these children. The festival was divided into two segments, including interactive discussions and workshops followed by performances.

The children brought out their own productions, which were staged during the last two-days.