Dindigul Campus Connect
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Dindigul Campus Connect
Drone technology
Internal Quality of Assurance cell of Arumugam Pillai Seethai Ammal College, Tirupattur, organised a student enrichment programme on ‘Drone technology and robotics manipulation’ recently. Capt. KR. Jeyakumar, Principal, presided over the function. D. Muneeswaran, Regional Co-ordinator, BECIL, was the resource person. A Vinoth, CMO, DRobospaceX, gave a demo on assembling the drone. B. Abirami, Tech Leader, described various technologies involved in robotics such as Artificial Intelligence and Big Data.
On the occasion of Library Day, a special lecture was held. J. Santhi, librarian, welcomed the gathering. The resource person was Y.Samraj, assistant professor, Department of Tamil.
The college organised an awareness programme on social welfare. S. Selvaraj, Superintendent of Police, Sivaganga district, R. Athamanathan, DSP, V. Kannadasan, Statistical Inspector, Social Justice and Human Rights, and D. Venkadesh, Tahsildar, were the chief guests.
Graduation Day
Thassim Beevi Abdul Kader College for Women, Kilakarai, conducted its 31st Graduation Day for 2018–2021 batch graduands. Rahmathunisa Abdur Rahman, Correspondent, offered felicitations. Alhaj Khalid A.K. Buhari, secretary, Seethakathi Trust, Chennai, declared the ceremony open. S. Sumaya, Principal, welcomed the gathering and presented the annual report. S. Peter Alphonse, former MP and Chairman, State Minorities Commission, was the chief guest. Degree certificates were awarded to 585 undergraduates, 82 postgraduates, and 7 M.Phil. Scholars. A silver medal for proficiency was given to 63 of the graduands.
Induction programme
“Writing, in general, is a very solitary process,” says Yauvanika Chopra, Associate Director at The New India Foundation (NIF), which, earlier this year, announced the 12th edition of its NIF Book Fellowships for research and scholarship about Indian history after Independence. While authors, in general, are built for it, it can still get very lonely, says Chopra, pointing out that the fellowship’s community support is as valuable as the monetary benefits it offers. “There is a solid community of NIF fellows, trustees, language experts, jury members, all of whom are incredibly competent,” she says. “They really help make authors feel supported from manuscript to publication, so you never feel like you’re struggling through isolation.”
Several principals of government and private schools in Delhi on Tuesday said the Directorate of Education (DoE) circular from a day earlier, directing schools to conduct classes in ‘hybrid’ mode, had caused confusion regarding day-to-day operations as they did not know how many students would return to school from Wednesday and how would teachers instruct in two modes — online and in person — at once. The DoE circular on Monday had also stated that the option to “exercise online mode of education, wherever available, shall vest with the students and their guardians”. Several schoolteachers also expressed confusion regarding the DoE order. A government schoolteacher said he was unsure of how to cope with the resumption of physical classes, given that the order directing government offices to ensure that 50% of the employees work from home is still in place. On Monday, the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) had, on the orders of the Supreme Court, directed schools in Delhi-NCR to shift classes to the hybrid mode, following which the DoE had issued the circular. The court had urged the Centre’s pollution watchdog to consider restarting physical classes due to many students missing out on the mid-day meals and lacking the necessary means to attend classes online. The CAQM had, on November 20, asked schools in Delhi-NCR to shift to the online mode of teaching.