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NITK, KMC hospitals sign pact

By Our Staff Correspondent

MANGALORE, AUG. 7. The National Institute of Technology-Karnataka (NITK) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Kasturba Medical College Hospitals on providing treatment to NITK staff. According to the NITK Director, S.S. Murthy, under the scheme, the NITK staff can avail themselves of medical benefits directly from the hospital and the bills would be paid by the institute, depending upon the eligibility of the staff. The next step would be to offer health insurance to all the employees of the NITK, Dr. Murthy added. The Chief Operating Officer of the KMC hospitals, D.P. Saraswath, and the Dean of the KMC, Mangalore, C.V. Raghuveer, were present.

Foundation day

The NITK would hold its Foundation Day Celebrations on Friday where a number of projects would be launched, Dr. Murthy said. They included commencement of the work on the ambitious centre for yogic research, holistic health and continuing education, inauguration of tree planting on the NITK campus, release of the constitution of the NITK alumni association and a workshop on `Vision 2010 NITK', Dr. Murthy said.

Vanamahotsava

The `Vanamahotsava' programme being launched on Friday on the campus would feature many of the endemic species of Dakshina Kannada district.

Care would be taken to plant fruit-bearing, flowering and shady varieties of trees in the campus. Over 6,000 trees would be planted as part of the programme, he added.

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