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Awards presented
Awards presented
V.O.Chidambaram Educational Society presented Prof. A.P.C.V.Velayutham Memorial Oration Award for 2020 and 2021 at V.O.C.College of Education, Thoothukudi, on April 17. V.O.C. College Principal C.Veerabahu welcomed the gathering. P. Sankaran, president, V.O.Chidambaram Educational Society, presided over the function. R. Ramakrishnan, Advisor, Aravind Eye Hospital, Tirunelveli, introduced the awardees - R.D. Ravindran and S.Natarajan. V.O.Chidambaram Educational Society secretary .A.P.C.V. Chockalingam, and A.P.C.V.Shanmugam, staff and students of V.O.C. College and V.O.C. College of Education, doctors and nursing students participated. R. Kumaraswamy, Professor of Ophthalmology, proposed the vote of thanks.
Throw ball tourney
A district-level throw ball tournament for women - students and teachers - was organised on April 13 in commemoration of the 150 th birth anniversary of V.O. Chidambaram. T.Kanakaraj, Principal, V.O.C.College of Education, welcomed the gathering. Six teams from Annammal College of Education, Chandy College of Education, Dr. G.U.Pope College of Education, Sawyerpuram, Rosammal College of Education and St. Thomas College of Education participated. The Referee was I. John Fredy, Physical Education Teacher of St.Mary’s Boys’ Higher Secondary School. V.O.C.College of Education won the winner title and Annammal College of Education got the runner-up position.
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ACS Ignite, a start-up event aimed at empowering deep science start-ups to raise funding and mentorship was organised by the Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in collaboration with ACS and Fortytwo at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) on Thursday. Over twenty start-ups got a platform to pitch their ideas to Venture Capitalists, who would go on to provide access to networks and funds.
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Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) has been chosen, along with IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Hyderabad, and IISc. Bengaluru, to establish centres of excellence (CoE) by the Wadhwani Foundation in Bioengineering and Biotechnology with a funding support of $1 million annually.
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Will fight on public issues after the NDA allies’ ‘honeymoon period’ is over, says Jagan Mohan Reddy
Will fight on public issues after the NDA allies’ ‘honeymoon period’ is over, says Jagan Mohan Reddy. Advising YSRCP cadre not be dejected about the electoral defeat, he says the party will rise again. Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu will pay the price for not insisting on SCS for the State despite having bargaining power in Lok Sabha with an impressive tally of 16 MPs.