Merits should be spoken of, even in an enemy; wrongdoings are to be pointed out, even in a teacher; with all effort, deal with offspring as you would with students.

Merits should be spoken of, even in an enemy; wrongdoings are to be pointed out, even in a teacher; with all effort, deal with offspring as you would with students.

Just as all the water falling from the sky goes into sea, similarly salutations offered to all Gods go to Sri Hari (Sri Krishna).

Just as all the water falling from the sky goes into sea, similarly salutations offered to all Gods go to Sri Hari (Sri Krishna).

For a person who is seconded by activities, peak of a mountain is not high, bottom of earth is not deep and an ocean is not difficult to cross

For a person who is seconded by activities (i.e. for a person who depends on his own efforts), peak of a mountain is not very high (is not hard to climb), bottom of earth (centre of earth) is not very deep and an ocean is not difficult to cross.

Bachelor and Maser Degree programme in Design, Management and Technology

The National Institute of Fashion Technology, an institute of Design, Management and Technology, under the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India offers Bachelor and Master degree programme in Design, Management and Technology.

For more information visit the web site: www.nift.ac.in

Graduation Course in Aerospace Engineering and Avionics

The Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala offers 4 year B.Tech Graduation course in Aerospace Engineering, 4 year B.Tech Graduation course in Avionics and 5 year dual degree (B.Tech and Master of Science / M.Tech) programme .

Candidates aspiring to join the above the programme must appear for JEE (Advanced) Examination being conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology.

For more details visit the web site: www.iist.ac.in

Vizianagaram’s Maharajah’s Government Sanskrit College: a college that has just one student

 

 The lone teacher is the principal and there are no takers for 5-year B.A. in Sanskrit

Maharajah’s Government Sanskrit College in Vizianagaram is possibly the only one of its kind anywhere: it has only one student, one principal and one non-teaching staff, a sweeper. And it is located not in rural hinterland but in bustling Vizianagaram.

One of the oldest in the country, it was established by the Gajapati rulers of Vizianagaram in 1860, and handed over to the State government in 1957. But the Sanskrit College is now gasping for survival as nobody is ready to join its five-year integrated oriental language courses of B.A (Sanskrit) and B.A (Telugu).

The college now has only one student in the final year of B.A. (Sanskrit). The principal doubles up as the teacher. There would be no students once the last one completes her course in the current academic year. Only the principal and the sweeper would remain. Given the lack of students, two junior assistants have been sent on deputation to government colleges in Salur and S. Kota. 

The college used to offer courses in the Vedas, Sanskrit, and Telugu. But the course in the Vedas was suspended after all the students of the M.R. Samskruta Patasala, a feeder school, enrolled in the Ramanarayanam Veda Patasala, a project run by the NCS Group (a business house with interests in the sugar industry), in 2010. The attraction was free meals. “Ever since, admissions have been dull,” said Ms. Swapna Haindavi, the principal. She said the B.A (Telugu) course was affiliated to Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, and B.A (Sanskrit) to Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Tirupati. 

“Lack of government support, especially lodging, boarding and scholarships for integrated courses, is a reason for lack of interest,” Ms. Haindavi said. “The institution would have retained its glory had the government attached it to Sri Venkateswara Vedic University.”

Courtesy The Hindu dated 13th December 2017

Increase in the number of Road accidents in the Puducherry - Cuddalore road

Increase in the number of Road accidents in the Puducherry - Cuddalore road