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International Congress on English grammar

The fourth International Congress on English grammar organised by the P.S.N.A. College of Engineering and Technology, in association with the Systemic Functional Linguistic Association and the Forum for English Language Teachers, will be held on the college premises in Dindigul between January 8 and 12, according to college director R.S.K. Raguraman.

The congress will focus on technical, business and remedial English, computer aided language laboratory, communicative skills development strategies, English for academic purpose and as link language and Lexico grammar language through literature language acquisition and learning. Besides, the Central Institute of English and Foreign Language (CIEFL) will also conduct a workshop on translation.

Professors from International universities in Australia and Canada and eminent scholars from China, Kuwait and Iran are expected to participate. Professors and researchers from CIEFL, Madurai Kamaraj University and Bharathidasan University will take part.

For further details, those interested may contact 0451-2554032, 2554349 or log in to www.psnacet.org. Email id is iceg2k7admin@

rediffmail.com.

First international conference was held at CIEFL, Hyderabad in 1999. Second and third conferences were held at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam in 2004 and at Sona College of Engineering and Technology, Salem in January 2006.

Upgrading skills is essential to thrive in highly competitive market. Handlooms weavers are not an exception to it. To enhance their skills and get a handsome earning, Gandhigram Rural University organised a skill upgradation training programme in textile designing, dyeing and printing for handloom weavers on the university premises recently.

In his special address, the Assistant Director of the Department of Handlooms, R. Murugesan, said that Erode circle was the first in the State in handlooms production and was exporting goods worth Rs.200 crore annually. Export based matt weaving had enhanced the income of 40,000 weaving families in the circle. Such a training would help handloom weavers upgrade their skills as that would ultimately improve the quality of products and face the competitive marketing environment.

Taking, perhaps, a well-deserved break from their usual routine, students of Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi, enjoyed their day out on the occasion of `Blossom - 06', which was conducted on December 16. About 100 students from seven colleges in Madurai, Virudhunagar, Tuticorin, and Tirunelveli districts took part in the cultural fest. Competitions such as elocution, vegetable carving and flower arrangement provided some enjoyable moments. It was Madurai all the way when it came to winning prizes with the Lady Doak College walking away with the top honours and the Thiagarajar College emerging the runner-up. The event was inaugurated by S. Sevagapandian, Principal. V. Ayyan Kodiswaran, correspondent, gave away the prizes and certificates.

A campus interview was conducted on Friday at Pandian Saraswathi Yadav Engineering College, Arasanur, in Sivaganga district. Data Capture Systems, Chennai, Techland Informatics, Tiruchi, Tech Camp, Mysore, were the companies that participated in the recruitment drive. About 100 engineering students from 10 colleges in the southern districts attended the placement programme.

and R. Sairam in Madurai)

(Contributions from K. Raju in Dindigul and R. Sairam in Madurai)

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