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Sunday, May 16, 2004

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Career fair for students

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, MAY 15.MAY 15.MAY 15 Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, organised a career fair for students of Class X to XII today. The chief guest on the occasion was the UGC Under Secretary, R.B. Chopra.

Addressing the parents and students, the DPS Principal, M.I. Hussain, said the career fair was aimed at enabling the students to make the right career choice. Pointing out that a number of opportunities were now available in the non-traditional sectors, Mr. Hussain urged the parents to treat their children as partners. "Children's interest and aptitude must be taken into consideration. Only then will they be successful," he added.

Mr. Chopra requested the parents not to force their opinion on their children. "They should instead give them a free hand," he added.

A team of experts in biotechnology, law, journalism and mass communication, management, engineering, information technology, performing arts and insurance from Amity were also present on the occasion.

Stress on integrity, hard work

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, MAY 15.MAY 15.MAY 15 The Deputy Managing Director of Blazeflash Courier, S.D. Aggarwal, has described integrity and hard work as two qualities essential for achieving success. He was addressing the faculty of the Jagan Institute of Management Studies (JIMS) on "Industry's Perspective to Management Education" here earlier this week. The lecture was attended by 40 members of JIMS and was a part of the faculty development programme organised by the institute on its campus for its teaching staff.

"To become a successful businessman one must be aware of the positive and negative aspects of the competitors. Honesty, hard work and integrity along with consistent efforts are the essential requirements to achieve success," said Mr. Aggarwal.

Road safety awareness

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, MAY 15.MAY 15.MAY 15 Bal Bhavan Public School, Mayur Vihar Phase-II, was the venue for the prize distribution function on "Road Safety Awareness Competition" organised here recently by the Society for Environment and Development in association with the Delhi Transport Department.

On the occasion, a book titled "How Safe We Are", a collection of students' writings, was also released. To create awareness among students regarding road safety, competitions in essay writing, slogan writing, painting and quiz were organised. In all, 18 schools took part in the competition. The chairman of the school, G.C. Lagan, addressed the meeting and the principal, B.B. Gupta, gave the vote of thanks.

Focus on career in exports

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, MAY 15.MAY 15.MAY 15 The Foreign Trade Development Centre organised a seminar on "How to make career in exports" in the Capital today where Dr. K.L. Bhatia, a leading economist and FTDC's founder director, was the chief speaker who covering the entire gamut of export trade.

The seminar mainly focused on India's exports in the present global scenario, career options in foreign trade, how to get export business started, identification of export products and its sourcing, location of foreign buyer and overview of export documentation.

Award for NIIT

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, MAY 15.MAY 15.MAY 15 The National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT) has been awarded the best training organisation award for its contribution to information technology training in China.

According to a NIIT press release, the award was conferred on NIIT by a Chinese weekly, China Information World (CIW). Setting up operations in China in 1998, NIIT has now over 100 educational centres in that country.

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