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CAMPUS Speaking at the 253rd meeting of Top Management Club of Institute of Marketing and Management (IMM) here, the Delhi Police Commissioner, Dr K. K. Paul, asked the people to extend their active cooperation in maintaining law and order in the national Capital. Elaborating on the various initiatives taken by the police force to maintain law and order in the national Capital, including regular meetings with the Resident Welfare Associations, trade organizations, association of corporate bodies and other stakeholders, he said the Delhi Police was making special effort to train teenagers to look after the senior citizens in their respective localities. Calling upon said the citizens to act like a policeman without uniform, he asked them to feel free in sending their complaints directly to him either by e-mail or through the post. (Post box number 171). Dr Paul said that it is the primary responsibility of the citizen to root out corruption from the society. “If anyone feels that there are certain officers in Police Department who indulge in corrupt practices, the people can send their complaint to him directly,” said Dr Paul. Seminar on Indian financial sector Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management Studies (MAIMS) organised a seminar on the “Indian financial sector-Challenges and opportunities” at the India International Centre. The seminar focused on the emerging scenario in the Indian financial sector, particularly related to the banking and the insurance sector and the challenges faced by the financial sector. The seminar also discussed the marketing strategies to be adopted to successfully meet the challenges. The seminar was inaugurated by Prof. K. K. Aggarwal, Vice- Chancellor of Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University. He said that the institute has been able to give high-class education to the students. New courses in Mass Communication IAAN School of Mass Communication, managed by the Prabhu Dayal Kasere Ji Charitable Trust, has introduced new courses in Master of Arts in Mass Communication, Master of Arts in Advertising and Public Relation, Bachelor of Journalism and Diploma in Video Production. Application has been invited for these courses for the new academic session. It is claimed that the Makhan Lal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism has agreed to provide affiliation to the institute to conduct these courses. The Managing Director of the Institute, Mr Anuj Garg, said that the institute was set up in 1999 with the sole aim of imparting training to aspiring media professionals so as to avail of the various opportunities in media and other related fields. “We are committed to imparting quality training in this field. The faculty comprises top professionals from the media world, who have effectively handled the curriculum,” Mr Garg said. It has a well-established audio visual production house and a mass media training and research centre. In addition to documentaries, corporate films and educational CD’s, it has also been conducting interactive workshops on mass communication. SAF Madanjit Singh Scholarships launched At a function hosted by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in the honour of UN Goodwill Ambassador Madanjit Singh, the South Asia Foundation (SAF) Madanjit Singh Scholarships were launched at the India International Centre. SAF has allocated 6,000 scholarships, each worth US $ 300 per annum. Of these 3000 scholarships are for IGNOU students and shall be awarded with effect from July. Another 3000 scholarships shall be processed through SAF Madanjit Singh Scholarship cell located in Distance Education Council (DEC) in state open universities and institutes of distance education in dual mode universities. The Delhi Lt-Governor, Mr Vijai Kapoor, presided over the function. The Vice-Chancellor of IGNOU, Prof. H. P. Dikshit, delivered the inaugural address, which was attended by Vice-Chancellors of Open Universities of Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, representatives from Nepal, Maldives, Afghanistan and the IGNOU fraternity. Better deal for nurses Nurses will now have a unique opportunity to access quality jobs in USA through the joint venture between MEPCO International and Jaipur Golden Hospital. The demand for nurses has gone up in the USA and other western countries due to the huge shortage of nursing staff. As per the US Bureau of Labour Statistics, more than one million new nurses will be needed by 2010. According to Ravi Mittal, Director, MEPCO International, “Indian nurses are in great demand in the USA for their education, experience and caring nature. MEPCO provides a better life abroad for nurses. For years, the nursing profession has been plagued by low salaries and poor working conditions.” Believe in Yourself programme The Capital Institute of Competition Training (CICT) has introduced a unique scholarship programme for the students, the ‘Capital Institute Believe in Yourself’ (CIBIY) programme. According to Mayank Mittal, Director, CICT, “At CICT, we teach students to believe in themselves. It is not just a slogan or a punch line…we will teach the students the most effective and innovative way to clear any possible hurdle.” GNIIT programme in software
Architecture NIIT has introduced GNIIT programme in software Architecture to provide cutting-edge career start to the students. Targeted at learners seeking a career, GNIIT programme equips the students with “Architecture skills” for a rewarding career in software solutions design & development in IT and IT-user organisations. Giving details of the new programme, Dr Smarajit Dey, head, NIIT’s ‘Individual Learning Business’, said, “We are committed to prepare students to be proficient in emerging technologies so as to significantly contribute to the global software industry.” |
Delhi plays host
to World Dance
Day today New Delhi, April 28 UNESCO declared April 29 as World Dance Day in 1982 on the recommendation of the Counseil International da la Danse (UNESCO’s official umbrella organisation for all forms of dance) dedicated to the universal family of dancers and with the objective of attracting wider public to the art of dance. This is the first time that the Sangeet Natak Akademi is celebrating the occasion, offering dancers of India an opportunity not only to link up with their fellow artistes all over the world but also to reach out to people and involve them in sharing the joy, significance and philosophy of dance. The akademi is adding the message of peace on this occasion, presenting the programme as `Dance for Peace’. Pt Birju Maharaj, eminent guru of kathak and Fellow of Sangeet Natak Akademi will inaugurate World Dance Day and Mr Dhanendra Kumar, Secretary, Department of Culture, Government of India, will grace the occasion as the chief guest. Joining hands to celebrate the occasion with the akademi’s initiative and support are eminent dancers, dance teachers and institutions of Delhi who will present short performances by groups of their young disciples. They include the Kathak Kendra, Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra. Mrs Sonal
Mansingh, Mrs Saroja Vaidyanathan, Mrs Kanaka Srinivasan, Mrs
Swapnasundari, Mr Jayarama Rao and Mrs Vanasree Rao, Mrs Leela Omchery, Mrs Jamuna Krishnan, Mrs Deepti Omchery Bhalla,
Kum. Saswati Sen, Mrs Jayalakshmi Eshwar, Mr Shashadhar Acharya, Mrs Geeta Chandran and Mr Santosh Nair among others. Among various associated features of the celebrations on Rabindra Bhavan lawns will be stalls of assorted food delicacies for the public. |
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Delhi Police edge past Dena Bank in DDCA League New Delhi, April 28 Scores: Dena Bank:
185 for 6 in 40 overs (Deepak Sharma 51, Aditya Jain 49, Pradeep Gupta 41, Sanjay Verma 2 for 34). Delhi Police: 187 for 9 in 34 overs (Sanjay Verma 54, Harish Honda 45, Vikas Vij 5 for 24). Young Friends defeated Inborn Cricketers by eight wickets in a Super A Division match at the Khalsa College ground. Scores: Inborn: 102 all out in 28.3 overs (Prashant Yadav 21, Rakshit Pant 4 for 28, Ashok Maurya 3 for 25). Young Friends: 103 for 2 in 18 overs (Yogender Negi 58, Ramit Gill 2 for 11). Ravi Brothers beat Century by 32 runs in an A-I Division match at the Yamuna ground. Scores: Ravi Brothers: 204 for 7 in 35 overs (Shalabh Gupta 57, Saurabh Tiwari 44, Neeraj Sharma 40, Manoj Sandhu 3 for 22, Darshan Kumar 2 for 29). Century: 172 for 8 in 35 overs (Ram Prakash 92, Sandeep Yadav 4 for 25). Syndicate Bank beat Bank of India by eight wickets in an A-II Division match. Scores: BOI:
145 all out in 20 overs (Manoj Lohia 83 n o). Syndicate Bank: 146 for 2 in 19.2 overs (Manoj Sharma 70 n o, Rajkishan Sharma 23). K N Colts defeated Pusa Youngsters by four wickets in an A-I Division match at the University ground. Scores: Pusa Youngsters: 178 all out in 39.5 overs (Rajesh Brown 40, Vinay Kumar 33, Rahul Bhardwaj 5 for 32, Anand Mishra 2 for 18). K N Colts: 181 for 6in 30 overs (Sourav Srivastava 52, Joel Trinidad 58, Manish Bajaj 3 for 39). RCN beat MCD by four wickets in an A-I Division match at the Jamia Milia ground. Scores: MCD: 103 all out in 30 overs (Manish Kumar 27, Rajesh Madan 3 for 18, Ankit Chawla 3 for 25). RCN: 104 for 6 in 27 overs (Firasat Hussain 28, Ankit Chowla 17). Young Delhi Club beat Jaat Heroes by four wickets in an A-II Division match at the University ground. Scores: Jaat Heroes:
174 all out in 34.5 overs (Ashish Ranjan 38, Shobhit Tyagi 32, Amit Kumar 2 for 13). Young Delhi: 179 for 6 in 25.4 overs (Amit Prakash 51, Siddarth Kumar 28, Bharat Rana 3 for 31). Rajani Gandha beat Mayapuri by 54 runs in an A-II Division match. Scores: Rajanigandha:
190 for 7 in 35 overs (Sumit Kumar 70, Vaibhav 30, Vikas Jain 2 for 6, Mayank Sethi 2 for 39). Mayapuri: 136 for 9 in 35 overs (Akhand Rathore 32,Rahul Mehta 4 for 22).
S.G. Sports,G G Dutt move up
S G Sports defeated Hardwar Club by nine wickets and G G Dutt beat Aravalli Cricket Club, Udaipur, by two wickets in the Davinder Singh Memorial Cricket Tournament. Scores: Haridwar Club:
139 all out in 37 overs (Tarun Dutta 49, Satyam Joshi 30, Pawan Tiwari 3 for 30, Pradeep Tangwar 3 for 26, Pankaj Joshi 2 for 21). S G Sports: 141 for 1 in 15.1 overs (Farman Ahmad 86, Ragav Bindra 48 no). Aravali Club: 183 all out in 44.5 overs (Yogender Negi 28, Krishna Panchal 28, Vikas Sahu 27, Umesh Choudhary 5 for 25, Ajit Chandela 2 for 18, Anshul Lamba 2 for 40). G G Dutt: 184 for 8 in 43.1 overs (Ankit Bhargava 42, Harish Kumar 28, Ajseet Chandela 24 n o, Krishna Panchal 2 for 9, Vikrant Yadav 2 for 23).
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Nishant, Sagar shine in Frank Anthony’s
win New Delhi, April 28 Nishant Sharma received the man of the match award. The tournament was inaugurated by Frank Anthony School principal Stephen D’Costa. Scores: Frank Anthony: 144 for 8 in 30 overs (Nishant Sharma 84 no, Piyush Nanda 30, Anshul Kumar 3 for 25, Kanav Kumar 3 for 28). R P Academy: 133 all out in 28.2 overs (Milind Tandon 34, Yash Kumar 32, Sagar Sudan 3 for 25, Bharat Arora 3 for 28, Sushant Sharma 2 for 9).
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FCI toy with DDA in five-a-side soccer New Delhi, April 28 The winners led by 6-1 at half time. Bhupinder Rawat (6), Trilok Bisht (4), Gurmeet (2), Sanjeev Bhalla and Mehtab Ali (2) were the winners’ marksmen. Rajan and Aslam reduced the margin for DDA. In the schools section, Raisina Bengali School, Chitranjan Park, defeated Modern School, Barakhamba Road 5-4 to record their second straight victory to top their group. Prasanto Middya struck four goals in a row for Raisina Bengali. Sandeep Sarkar added the other goal. Anubhav Jha scored two goals for Modern School. Akash and Mohit accounted for the other goals. St. Francis D’Sales School, Janakpuri, defeated Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj 5-1. M Fahad scored three goals, while Anup Paswan and Udit Chibber added one goal each.
Aseem reduced the margin for DPS.
Thursday’s fixtures: DPS, Vasant Kunj vs International Sports (3.15 p m); Modern School vs CRPF (4.45 p m); FCI vs KSIC (5.30 p m)—Ambedkar Stadium..
Summer Open TT
Delhi Table Tennis Association (DTTA) will hold the 42nd Summer Open Table Tennis Tournament for seniors and juniors from June 2 to 5 at the Talkatora indoor stadium. Entries close on May 25 with DTTA organising secretary Hukam Singh, 6/2543, Beadonpura, Karol Bagh, New Delhi.
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Mohsin Kamal slams century in Turf
Cup New Delhi, April 28 Scores: DPS:
311 all out in 49.8 overs (Mohsin Kamal 105, Shivam Sharma 60, Gandharva Mehndi 40, Nikhil Sharma 3 for 60, Sahib Kalra 3 for 44). Salwan Public: 141 all out in 32.3 overs (Kapil Kumar 49, Arsh Arora 30, Harshit Sharma 3 for 15, Karandeep Singh 3 for 12). Kartikey, Mandley hit unbeaten tons Unbeaten centuries by Kartikey Bhatia (130, 15x4, 1x6) and Siddhant Mandley (128, 16x4, 1x6) helped Rohtak Road Gymkhana defeat Delhi Blues by 80 runs and entered the semi-final of the VSPK Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Roshanara Club ground. Kartikey was named the man of the match. Scores: RR Gymkhana:
186 for no loss in 40 overs (Kartikey Bhatia 130 n o, Siddhant Mandley 128). Delhi Blues: 206 for 4 in 40 overs (Amitoze Singh 87, Mayank Sethi 61, Kumar Abhishek 3 for 24). Sandeep bowls
Airlines to victory A deadly spell of 5 for 10 by leg-spinner Sandeep Sawal guided Indian Airlines to a 96-run victory against Bharat Bhushan Press, Varanasi, and entered the semi-final of the 5th All-India Jubilant Cup Cricket Tournament at the Gajraula Stadium. Sandeep received a cash prize of Rs 1000. Scores: Indian Airlines: 178 for 9 in 40 overs (Ravneet Ricky 51, Sandeep Sawal 32, Shiva Dhar Bajpai 3 for 30, Amit Tiwari 3 for 26). BB Press: 82 all out in 24.2 overs (Rakesh Joshi 33, Sandeep Sawal 5 for 10). |
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