The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Around the City

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2006

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Around the City

Power cut

CHENNAI: Power supply will be suspended in parts of Royapuram, Thiruvanmiyur SS area and MKB Nagar between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

Advances in medical electronics

SMK Fomra Institute of Technology would be organising a one-day national conference on advances in medical electronics on Friday.

It would focus on medical instrumentation, medical imaging, image procession and pattern recognition, digital bio-signal processing, radiation physics and medical equipment management. Contact phone 27475621 or 27475622 for more information.

Session on science education

An interactive session on the importance of science education was organised at the PS Higher Secondary School on Saturday.

K. Sampath, formerly scientist with the Defence Research and Development Organisation said pure science could not be neglected.

The obsession with engineering, medicine and computer science

will only lead to the production of technicians

and not scientists, he said.

Workshop on `Aum' chanting

The School of Yoga holds a free workshop on `Aum'chanting every Tuesday and Thursday between 6.15 and 7 p.m.

Uma Sriram conducts the chanting at 190A,

Pettukola Towers, Poonamallee High Road, Kilpauk. Call 55872723 or 9380560781 for more information.

Tiny tots graduation day

The Vidyakshetram Matriculation School celebrated tiny tots' graduation day last week.

K. Deenadayalan was the chief0 guest and gave the diplomas to the children.

College celebrates annual day

The Stella Maris College celebrated its 50th annual day on Saturday. V.S. Prasad, director, National Assessment and Accreditation Council, Bangalore said the college should be a role model to other institutions.

Education was

a liberating force that

enabled meeting the challenges of the 21st century, he said.

Prize winners and the retiring staff were honoured.

Seminar on business opportunities

The India-ASEAN Sri Lanka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IASLCCI) is organising a one-day seminar on "Indo-ASEAN Business Opportunities"

on March 17. The ASEAN includes: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Top diplomats and senior trade officials representing ASEAN region will address on "current trends in India

and ASEAN Business relations

and Free Trade Agreement, according to a

chamber press release.

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