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Monday, May 29, 2006

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Singapore educational institute holds open house

Staff Reporter

A chance to obtain first hand information about the institute and register on the spot

Chennai: The Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) held its open house and on spot registration on Saturday.

The event was organised to provide students and their parents a chance to obtain first hand information about the institute and register on the spot. MDIS officials were on hand to assist the students regarding the course programmes, duration of the courses, fee structure, students' accommodation in Singapore, standard of living, and thus providing them with a better insight to global education on offer at MDIS and also to conduct interviews of interested students. Around 50 registrations took place in the event.

Arumugam, Manager India, MDIS, said the aim of the institute was to offer quality education keeping in mind the demands of the changing global market.

For instance, with the travel and tourism industry going bullish there is a burgeoning need for skilled and professionally trained work force who are ready to take on jobs in this up and coming industry. In tandem with the industry needs, MDIS has launched a new course this year Foundation Degree in Travel and Tourism (FDTT) in partnership with University of Sunderland, U.K. The FDTT course is designed to equip the students with skills demanded by the industry and for those students who wish to make a career in the tourism industry. The closing date for applications for this course is July 30.

MDIS also offers various MBA programmes from Australian and U.K. universities. Courses such as Business Management, Marketing, Accounting and Finance, International Business, Management with Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Mass Communications, Communication and IT and Biotechnology are offered in collaboration with acclaimed institutes like Grenoble Graduate School of Business (GGSB) France, University of Wales and other eminent institutes from the United Kingdom, United States of America and Australia.

Ajit Singh, Singapore Consul-General in Chennai, Bharath Mahadevan, Manager Southern India, Singapore Airlines and Bridget Goh, Area Director, Southern and Eastern India, Sri Lanka and Maldives, Singapore Tourism Board participated.

For further details contact Arumugam, Manager India, MDIS India, 24814422 Mob: 98405 68872

E-mail:arumugam@mdis.edu.sg, mdis_chennai@vsnl.net

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