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Telelogic bags Best HR Practices Award

Telelogic, the leading global provider of solutions for advanced systems and software development, has won the prestigious Deccan Herald Avenues Award for the Best Human Resources Practice for Employee Motivation.

The award recognises the people, organisations and institutions that have been at the forefront of ensuring the best employee working conditions, a release issued in Bangalore said on Tuesday.

Telelogic India Managing Director Sidharth Malik said, "It has been Telelogic's constant endeavour to set a benchmark in excellence for others to emulate. The company looking to drive forward not only local but global standards for a competitive human resources strategy."

Motivation must

DH Avenues Awards Project Director Dr R L Bhatia said, "Employees motivation is crucial to productivity and success of an organisation. Telelogic has used methods and techniques in employee motivation that have worked well. The impact of the techniques have resulted into a boost in the employee spirits, thus making Telelogic an employer of choice."

The University of Hull, UK, has announced scholarships to Indian students pursuing computer studies and other courses in September 2005.

The university would offer scholarship amounts of £ 3,500 for computer studies and £ 3,000 for other courses and the amount would be on the prescribed fee, thereby approximately reducing it by 40 per cent, a statement from Campus Abroad, overseas educational counsellors and promoters and the Indian representative of Hull, said in Chennai on Monday.

All students who join Information Technology stream would receive scholarships and for other streams, the scholarship amount would be given only to meritorious students on the basis of their Class XII/graduation/ IELTS scores, the statement said.

The Supreme Court has sought from all states details of postgraduate medical seats available to meritorius students under the 50 per cent all-India quota scheme.

The court has directed the Directorate General of Health Services to compile the list of available seats under the all-India quota without deducting from them the total number of seats available for the reserved category. — UNI, PTI