The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Tiruchi News : “India’s strength lies in its youth“

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“India’s strength lies in its youth“

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Students told to improve their skills

— PHOTO:R.M. RAJARATHINAM

Victors: V. Radhakrishnan, Registrar of Bharathidasan University, giving away ’Ms. Tyson’ award to V. Sowmya of Saranathan Engineering College. ’Mr. Tyson’ Ashish Shah, second from right, from National Institute of Technology-Tiruchi and J. Sankaran, president of Rotary Club of Tiruchi, look on.

TIRUCHI: Indian educational institutions were developing innovative teaching methodologies, and producing knowledgeable skilled employees on a par with global standards. The onus was on the youth to improve their learnt skills constantly to outshine their competitive counterparts in various fields, the Registrar of Bharathidasan University, V. Radhakrishnan, said on Sunday.

The country’s human resources were its greatest asset and the presence of the huge youth population had contributed greatly to the economic boom, he said, addressing the students at the prize distribution function of ‘Test Your Skills On’ (TYSON), an inter-collegiate skill-testing competition conducted by the Rotary Club of Tiruchi. He urged the youth to do their part in augmenting the productivity of organisations they would work for. “It is inadequate to be mere toppers at the college. Be on your toes all the time,” he told the participants from about 10 colleges in the city.

An annual event of Rotary Club of Tiruchi, TYSON had assessment programmes in various categories that included team work, reasoning ability, communication, leadership qualities, quantitative aptitude and creativity. About 24 students from 190 were filtered through preliminary rounds — aptitude test and extempore — on Saturday.

The final rounds had interview, group dynamics, marketing and collage. The students faced rigorous grilling during these rounds testing their readiness to take initiative, innovate and play a coordinating role.

Winners

By clearing the rounds with a whopping lead in scores, Ashish Shah from National Institute of Technology was declared Mr. Tyson. V. Sowmya from Saranathan College of Engineering was chosen Ms. Tyson. They would be attending a Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) camp, which would provide the students a platform to exhibit their talent through a host of competitions and training sessions on personality development and leadership enhancement.

Runner-up prizes were awarded to N. Khalid Ahmed and Vijaya Sadhana from National Institute of Technology. District Governor Rajadurai Michael, Club president J. Sankaran, Secretary J. Rajinikanth and Chairman of ‘Tyson’ B. Mohan also spoke.

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