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Mappila Academy to celebrate 30th anniversary on Jan.12
The Hindu
The 30th anniversary celebrations of All Kerala Mappila Sangeetha Academy will be held at Kozhikode Town Hall on January 12. M.K. Raghavan, MP, will open the celebrations at 5.30 p.m. and give away an
The 30th anniversary celebrations of All Kerala Mappila Sangeetha Academy will be held at Kozhikode Town Hall on January 12. M.K. Raghavan, MP, will open the celebrations at 5.30 p.m. and give away annual awards of the academy.
The awardees of the year are M.N. Karassery (P. Bhaskaran Award), philanthropist Abdul Muneer, E.Y. Sudheer (A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award), Ansar Koyilandy (Golden Excellency Award), Kannur Sherif (M.S. Baburaj Award), Fr. Sesorius.M. Thomas (Moyinkutty Vaidyar Award), Bappu Bavad (T. Ubaid Award) and Bindu Balachandran (Monisha Award). The award panel consisted of journalist Navas Poonoor, Academy general secretary K.M.K. Vellayil, Kalamandalam Aruna and Saleem Padath.
Speaking to reporters here on Monday, Mr. Vellayil said that the Academy has schools in Kottakkal and Manjeri in Malappuram district where hundreds of students from financially backward families are being trained in various art forms.
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The university will be able to utilise the services of 80 permanent faculty working in these two colleges. According to university officials, apart from this, students of both colleges can advance academically by using the opportunities for research and academic collaboration, well-equipped library, playground, laboratory and other facilities in the university.
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Das Suryawanshi, State Commissioner for Disabilities Act, said, “We have achieved the 5% reservation category mentioned in the RPWD Act for Groups C and D, while we have achieved the 4% mark in terms of Group A and B.” But, accessibility to government offices, even in the Vidhana Soudha and the General Post Office (GPO) in Bengaluru, is a problem.