R.S. Baskkaran, professor, Periyar anniversary Polytechnic College, Vallam, received the “Best Polytechnic Teacher Award” for 2005 in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the polytechnic education system.

The release given here by the Polytechnic said the award was NO Shetty, chairman, Southwestern Region, AICTE, Bangalore, in the constitutive of the eighth Indian company for technical training Annual Convention (Tamil Nadu and Pondichery section ) Held a PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul.

More than 300 technical papers presented at the Convention different high schools and specialized engineering schools, five papers were prepared and presented by members of the Faculty Periyar anniversary Polytechnic College.

P. Arul Selvan, professor, Department of Communication, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, a conference on “Community Radio experiences in India under the aegis of the Division of visual communication JJ College of Arts and Science, Pudukottai, recently.

It explains the philosophy behind the concept of Community Radio, run by you the people for the people and on behalf of the people. Community radio in general reflects the problems of people in their own dialect and non-profit organizations.

Dr. Arul Selvan said that the establishment of a community radio station does not cost much. They are far from the Nepali SriLankan and municipalities, whereas the experiment is still at the beginning of the country. Anna FM, started by Anna University, is the first campus radio in India.

S. Parthasarathy, Director, Division of visual communication; Suganthini Joyce, professor in the department, spoke.

Students of the social division of labour, JJ College of Arts and Science, an outreach program of “alcoholism” MCT school registration in Arangal Namanasamudram. Swagurunathan, Principal of the school; Cyril, teachers and Ponnarasan, physical education teacher; spoke on the occasion. Bharathimohan and Ravi Kumar, both the Khajamalai Ladies Association, Tiruchi, cultural programmes, the awareness of students on the harmful effects of alcohol and drugs.

The department of microbiology and biotechnology for Srinivasan College of Arts and Science, Perambalur, is organizing a seminar on “emerging trends in life sciences recently. S. Sankaran, Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan College of Arts and Science for Women, was the guest conductor. It motivates students with new ideas on relevant areas. Pupils and students actively in the interactive session in the port.

The association Bio-Pearl of the department of bio-chemistry of Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan College of Arts and Science, Perambalur, organized a specific course of the programme for the benefit of life sciences students. N. Pradeep Kumar, project manager and coordinator of the programme and bio-informatics Institute of India, Hyderabad, a conference on career prospects and projects of life sciences. He invited students to be more aware of recent trends and the importance of the major problems in the field of life sciences. He also stressed the importance of research.

During the interactive session, Mr. Pradeep Kumar clarify various concerns of students.

The main R.M. Meenakshi, the presidency of the function. The head of the department of bio-chemistry, P. Manju, spoke.

The Rotaract Club of college Ranganathapuram village. The club has planned to organise camps and awareness programmes in the village and take careful planning in this regard was held recently. The club members have visited the village and spoke with the chairman of village panchayats, Chinnasamy and other members away.

One day during training programme for government officials was held in Thai Than Hans Roever College, Perambalur recently. This program was organized jointly by the Department of Management Studies and Department of Social Work college.

After two years nail-biting, management and engineering students are finally breathing easy. India Inc is back on campus and is absorbed nearly 50 percent more students than any other during the last year.

Enterprise Information Technology (IT) sector, banks and financial services, industry and services are the largest employment agency.

Tata Consultancy Services, for example, plans to recruit 4000 students in MBA and engineering schools, compared to 2500 last year. Engineering major Larsen & Toubro requirements increased by 600 to 800 students this year.

However, Pay-packets are not negligible. Back 12 months, and the stage in the university campus was quite different.

“ During the last year, we were to require companies on campus to come, this year they Come Knocking,’’said Abbasali Gabula, chairperson, external relations, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research. Although the SP Jain official courses will begin in the first week of February, they have already been approached by 80 companies.

Ditto for Gurgaon-based Management Development Institute (MDI). “ Last year, 45 companies were on campus, but this year, 105 companies have shown interest,’’said Dr. Pritam Singh, director, MDI.

Walk in IIT Powai’s make-do canteen, coffee-Shack, and the variation in students’ mood is sensitive. He is happy, relaxed faces compared with the nervous, frightened of last year.

“ The number of nuclear industry (manufacturing), who come to campus this year is higher. Otherwise, the large computer companies have been recruiting,’’says Professor Gupta NC, PROFI-In-Charge of placement, IIT, Bombay.

“ I had to appear for seven rounds of interviews, but I finally received my dream company ITC,’’smiles IITian BTech (electric) Nalin Agrawal student. With a package of Rs 7 lakh per year under his belt, he has reason to rejoice. Nearly half are already batchmates its meeting of the plum jobs, while 30% want higher studies.

The dotcom boom of 2000 has been a dream for a period of MBA students and engineering schools, most of whose students receive two to three job offers. The party’s degree a year later, it was difficult to maintain, even as many have been dismissed.

MUMBAI: Go to any business school and chances are that of every 10 students, six have an engineering background. It was a matter of time, therefore, for engineering schools to factor this in by introducing programmes that produce engineers with a degree in management.

At least that is what the Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSOM) at IIT Kharagpur has thought of. In May this year, the B school launched a dual degree programme: a B.Tech combined with an MBA.

“Most IIT engineers opt for management after graduation.We spotted an opportunity there,” says dean P K Gupta. IIT-Mumbai’s Shailesh J Mehta School of Management intends to follow with a similar programme in 2007.

Though dualdegree programmes clubbing an undergraduate programme with a masters already exist, the cross-discipline coupling is a new feature.

For the IITs the logic is simple. They are the top dogs among engineering schools.Over the years, their management schools too have built an enviable reputation.