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Contributions from various schools on their achievements

Creating awareness
Indian Medical Association (IMA) and Dabur India Ltd have joined hands to arrest the spread of deadly mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and chikungunya. Under this initiative, IMA and Dabur is jointly undertaking a massive awareness campaign carrying out exercises across leading schools in India to educate children and their parents on how to protect themselves from the mosquito menace.

This initiative will initially cover 350 top schools in the four states of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Addressing students of Delhi Pubic School, Mathura Road, Dr Rajiv Garg of the IMA, said: “The past few months have seen a marked increase in the number of cases of deadly diseases like dengue and chikungunya through mosquito bites. What's more alarming is that there is no cure for some of these diseases, so prevention is the most effective manner of dealing with such life-threatening diseases. Through this initiative, we intend to spread awareness on the diseases and the effective ways to prevent oneself from mosquito bites.” The programme includes a small activity-cum-entertainment event in the schools, followed by distribution of literature containing information about mosquito-borne diseases and their prevention.

TWB launches PGDTC course
TWB Institute of Technical Communication has launched the PGDTC (Postgraduate diploma in technical communication) programme. The first batch will begin in the first week of January. It is a full-time one-year course. Training will be for about six hours per day. The course proposes to impart skills in business information to candidates. This in-depth programme is designed for graduates who aspire to move into the field of technical communication.

American education fair
US-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) held an education fair on October 23, 2008 in Delhi. The fair was attended by students and parents alike. Representatives of many US universities were present on the ocassion to answer queries of the visitors regarding courses, their duration, money aspect, scope in future etc. Adam J Grotsky, executive director, USIEF, welcomed the audience. Thereafter there was a briefing on Indian higher education system and trends in north India to make the guests from US comfortable while answering individual queries. There was also briefing on student visas and options for fair visitors. The Fulbright scholarship was a major attraction at the fair.

Telecom training course at UMA
Usha Martin Academy has launched the Centre of Telecom Training. The launch took place on October 21, 2008 in Bengal Chamber of Commerce. The course will commence from November 24 this year. “I think we are better footed to start this course as the company has been in telecom service for a long time now and we have all the resources necessary,” felt Dr Saugata Banerjee, executive director, UshaComm, the telecom company supporting the academy. The course will provide competence in both technical and non-technical subjects, and claims to provide trained telecom operators, telecom resellers, and telecom equipment manufacturers. The programme would offer two courses - diploma in advanced telecom technology which will cost Rs 70,000 for 280 hours and diploma in telecom business solutions for which one needs to shell out Rs 60,000 for 250 hours. An optional foundation course will also be offered to those who do not have an IT background for Rs 20,000 for a duration of six months.