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Thursday, Apr 20, 2006

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Nagercoil students devise safety device

Three Nagercoil students of Raja's Engineering College at Vadakkankulam have designed a safety device that can send alerts whenever cables are cut in windmills. Windmill operators can thus prevent theft of galvanised copper cables, widely used in wind turbines.

Postgraduate electronics students Godwinson, Jeyakumar and Jenopaul say they are motivated to work on safety alarm device as more than 120 cable theft cases has been reported in and around Aralvoimozi areas in Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts.

There are thousands of wind turbines in Aralvoimozi, Palavoor and Anjugramam. As most of the windmills are constructed in tower structure, long external cable is needed to connect wind turbine with transformer. A mesh of six to 15 cables is thus laid for generation of power from windmills and they are connected to the transformer.

St. John's College in Palayamkottai will conduct a 28-day training programme, funded by National Bio-resources Development Board, Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, on `Bio-resources for school children' from May 2 to May 29. It will be a bio-resource conservation awareness programme for SSLC students, who appeared for their public examinations in April 2006 from Tirunelveli, Tuticorin and Kanyakumari districts. Each school can send a maximum of two students. Among them, 25 students will be selected for the training on the basis of merit, written test and interview. Travelling allowance, free boarding and lodging will be provided to selected candidates. R.K. Jacob, Principal, St. John's College, said several resource persons from different institutions will participate and give training to the students on integrated pest management, bio-diversity conservation strategies, mushroom cultivation, vermiculture, bio-remediation, fish diversity, bat and snake conservation, medicinal plant identification and cultivation, biometrics and bio-informatics.

Course directors Selwyn Samuel, Senior Lecturer in Botany, St. John's College, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, and Martin will receive applications from students till April 25.

A seminar on `Career awareness and interview techniques, sponsored by the Placement Cell of Sarah Tucker College,' was held at Sarah Tucker College in Palayamkotati recently. Placement officer and co-ordinator, University Students' Advisory Bureau, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, delivered a keynote address. He highlighted the employment opportunities available in the present job market and offered tips to impress interviewers.

Faculty members of the college Valli Srinivasan, Jasmine Mathialagan, Nirmala Johnson and Adeline Esther participated in the seminar.

National Engineering College celebrated the College Day and Sports Day on its premises at Kovilpatti recently. Presenting the annual report, K. S. K. Chockalingam, Principal of the college, said equipment worth Rs. 90 lakh were purchased during the current academic year for various departments. He said a library would be constructed at a cost of Rs. 1.5 crores before the end of the next academic year.

Sathish Damodhar Gore, Vice President, Satyam Computer Services Limited, Chennai, was the chief guest.

N. Annavi, a former Indian athlete, delivered the Sports Day address and inaugurated the sports meet.

K. Ramasamy, chairman, National Educational and Charitable Trust, inaugurated alumni association of K. R. College of Arts and Science, Kovilpatti, recently.

R. Vimal Kumar in Tuticorin

Contributions from P.S.Suresh Kumar in Nagercoil, P. Sudhakar in Tirunelveli and R. Vimal Kumar in

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