Some noble and healthy thoughts on the World Health Day. If 100 crore people pour out a few drops, no one in the country will suffer for want of blood in any emergency. The mind should be prepared in such a way that people come out voluntarily to donate blood in the societal interest.

This was the piece of message from the Madurai Kamaraj University Vice-Chancellor, P. K. Ponnuswamy, after he inaugurated a blood donation camp held to mark the World Health Day on April 7.

The camp was organised by the Department of Management Studies of the MKU at the university campus when around 100 students donated blood.

Prof. Ponnuswamy uttered a piece of advice when he said the inbuilt mechanism of a human body regenerated blood automatically without affecting the health of the donor. So, students of the university can donate without any fear, he encouraged and observed that India with over a 100-crore population should not have blood shortage.

U. Surya Rao, Professor and Head, Department of Management Studies, appreciated the MBA students for holding the blood donation camp “on a day when the whole world thinks of health for all.”

Pydah Educational Academy in the city will offer MBA of Madurai Kamaraj University, launched in association with National Institute of Applied Management (NIAM), New Delhi.

Announcing this at a press conference here on Friday, academy chairman Pydah Krishna Prasad said that the two-year full-time course recognised by the University Grants Commission was an industry-integrated programme.

The new course replaces the conventional educational programme which produced educated human capital primarily with theoretical knowledge but lacked industry orientation, he said.

“The special feature of our course is that the students will be in the class and in the industry for three days each in a week.

The programme has in-built advantage of simultaneous learning and practising, results in parallel skill development and includes compulsory in-house training in the first semester at our campus in Gambheeram on the city outskirts,” he said.

The MBA course has specialisations in sales and marketing, financial service and banking, retail management, international business and information technology, he added. Mr. Prasad claimed that the academy was one of the two centres in the State to offer the innovative course designed by MKU and NIAM.

The NIAM is associated with companies like GE Capital ICICI Bank, Tata AIG, Airtel, Titan Industries, Bank of Punjab, HDFC Bank, IDBI, Tata Indicom, India Bulls, NIIT Technologies, and Karvy Securities.

Once they complete the course, the students would be fit to be absorbed by the industry straight away, he claimed.