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Amity technology festival

NEW DELHI APRIL 6. The Amity Institute of Information Technology celebrated its annual information technology festival `CYBUS-04' at the Amity Campus in Noida on Friday.

Inaugurating the two-day festival, IAS officer from Ministry of Communication, Shyamal Ghosh, said the growth of wireless technology in India was tremendous with over 1 million cellular connections being added each month. However, with India passing through an IT revolution, he said it also faced a possible threat of brain-drain owing to the immense analytical capability of Indians.

The inaugural session was followed by a panel discussion on "Information Security and Software Quality'' in which Pradeep Gupta of Cyber Media, Navyug Manho of QAI, Pushpendu Roy of BirlaSoft, Deepak Maheshwari of Sify, Amitabh Singhal of ISP India and H.S. Mann of Nyeta Solutions deliberated. The Additional Secretary in Department of IT, Laxmi Narayan said India has advanced considerably in the field of information technology while Ashok K.Chauhan, founder president of Ritnand Balved Education Foundation noted that it would very soon be the destination for quality education in the entire world.

Book on economics launched

NEW DELHI APRIL 6. Employment, especially in the industrial sector, is the critical bottleneck for India's economic growth, the chief economist of CRISCIL, Subir Gokran, said at the launch of a book published by Konark on development economics.

Speaking at a discussion forum during the launch of "Too Many with Too Little - The Challenges for India's Development Paradigm'', a book by the Regional Director of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, George B. Assaf, the economist noted that to reduce this bottleneck, a flexible labour market is urgently needed. Of the view that flexibility leads to improved performance, he said the success of India's software industry is due to this flexibility. And at the corporate level, he said, productivity has increased due to increased incentives.

A Senior Advisor to the Planning Commission, Pronab Sen, said the transition in Indian economy was mainly from agricultural to service economy as in these two sectors the job elasticity is low. So, he said, industry provides more scope with technology, and especially technological competence, enhancing this trend.

Elocution competition

NEW DELHI APRIL 6. "It is important for an individual to develop the sense of responsibility towards our society, for then only can he become responsible citizens of the country.'' That was Uday Raj Anand, a student of Class XII-A of Sardar Patel Vidyalaya at an inter-school elocution competition -- ``My Constructive Contribution to Society'' for the Dandi March Rolling Trophy organised by the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti (GSDS) here on Tuesday to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi's historic Dandi March.

About 35 schools participated in the competition that witnessed students expressing their concern about the society and the role they can play towards social regeneration. The distinguished guests who were present on the occasion included Rajendra Kumar, Director, Education, Delhi Government and the national bike racer Bittoo Sondhi.

Salwan School function

NEW DELHI APRIL 6. Salwan Public School in Gurgaon recently celebrated Achievers' Day by awarding students who have excelled in academics and co-curricular activities. The day began with recitation of the "Saraswati Vandana''. Songs were also presented by delegates from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, South Africa, Kenya, Vietnam and Singapore, who are attending a diploma programme in New Delhi.

The Director of the Management Development Institute, Pritam Singh, was the chief guest. In his address, he said parents and teachers should work together as a team to enable students to give their best. He said every child had in him the potential to excel and all that the school had to do was to create a favourable environment.

Street play organised

NEW DELHI APRIL 6. To provide an insight into the contemporary Indian society, the International Institute of Mass Media (IIMM) organised a street play at Dilli Haat this past week. The play titled "Are! Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai" was performed by 16 students of IIMM. Directed by the National School of Drama's graduate, Rajiv Singh, the play left a positive impact on the audience. The IIMM's course coordinator, Subhash Kumar, said: "It is our social responsibility to create awareness and responsibility in society through such plays. These plays give a huge platform to students to enhance their creativity and showcase their talent."

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