With the boom in aviation sector, scope for job opportunities are aplenty. This unique course, the first of its kind in the country, will provide you with an industry-specific programme. But, you have to work consistently to get a good job, R. Radhakrishnan, Vice-Chancellor of Anna University, Coimbatore, said here on Thursday.
Inaugurating the first MBA programme in Airport and Airline Management at the Nehru College of Aeronautics and Applied Sciences that would be conducted as a collaborative programme of the Anna University, Coimbatore, he urged students to learn one or two foreign languages to make them well equipped to work in airports outside the country. All post-graduate degree programmes of the university would have a compulsory foreign language paper shortly, he said. This would make students face international competition.
Website
Speaking on the uniqueness of the course, he said that the course material of the first semester along with the calendar schedule were loaded on the website. The fifth semester would be spent in the field to enable students get trained before getting a job.
K. Hemalatha, Director, Coimbatore Airport, said: “There are 35 non-metro airports lined up for development. The Coimbatore Airport itself will be expanded at a cost of Rs. 100 crore. However, this will be enough to sustain the growth only for the next five years.
Expansion and development should be able to face the growth for at least 25 years.”
She said that the aviation industry would offer more than two lakh jobs in the next 10 years.
An MBA in Airport and Airline Management was different from other management courses because all aspects of management were required in managing an airport.
“Nowadays airports face the added threat of terrorism. Disaster management and quick reaction to situations like grounding and air crashes are very important. If an airport team cannot react to a situation in three minutes, then it is poor management, because it involves saving lives.”
Effective
She urged the Vice-Chancellor to make the course effective and global in such a way that airport directors of small airports would also be treated on a par with those of metro airports and international airports.
P.C.K. Ravindran, Director, Aviation Management Studies and Advisor, Aeronautical Sciences of the college and N.G. Nair, Advisor, Nehru Group of Institutions, spoke.
Friday, September 07, 2007
'The Chamber Show 2007’ from October
The Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Coimbatore (ICCIC) will organise ‘The Chamber Show 2007’ from October 11 to 14 at Sri Ramakrishna Kalyana Mandapam here.
The show will feature a series of products, brands and services, with a special focus on products made in Coimbatore, D.Balasundaram, president of ICCIC, told presspersons here on Tuesday.
It would also serve as a platform for young manufacturers to showcase their new products and encourage young entrepreneurs too, he added.
Food, home appliances, interiors, home decorations, kitchen equipment, electrical gadgets, leather, stationery, security systems, building materials, jewellery, automobiles, insurance, home loans and textiles would be among the 117 exhibitors.
The show will feature a series of products, brands and services, with a special focus on products made in Coimbatore, D.Balasundaram, president of ICCIC, told presspersons here on Tuesday.
It would also serve as a platform for young manufacturers to showcase their new products and encourage young entrepreneurs too, he added.
Food, home appliances, interiors, home decorations, kitchen equipment, electrical gadgets, leather, stationery, security systems, building materials, jewellery, automobiles, insurance, home loans and textiles would be among the 117 exhibitors.
Rajagopuram thiruppani works at Koniamman temple
The State Government has accorded administrative and technical sanction for the construction of a Rajagopuram with seven tiers for the Koniamman Temple.
It would be built at a cost of Rs 30 lakh from the temple funds and Rs 80 lakh from donations.
The raja gopuram would soon become a landmark for identifying Coimbatore by virtue of aesthetic looking tallest gopuram in the City. It would be 83.2 ft tall, 46.7 ft width and 28 ft length. With the last kumbhabhiashekam having been performed on September 8, 1995 as per the ahama rules since it was 12 years since the last kumbhabiashkam, the raja goupram thiruppani works would be completed and a kumbhabiashkam would be performed.
It would be built at a cost of Rs 30 lakh from the temple funds and Rs 80 lakh from donations.
The raja gopuram would soon become a landmark for identifying Coimbatore by virtue of aesthetic looking tallest gopuram in the City. It would be 83.2 ft tall, 46.7 ft width and 28 ft length. With the last kumbhabhiashekam having been performed on September 8, 1995 as per the ahama rules since it was 12 years since the last kumbhabiashkam, the raja goupram thiruppani works would be completed and a kumbhabiashkam would be performed.
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Speed up Tidel Park Project says BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded measures to speed up the Tidel Park project here.
In a letter to Union Communication and Information Technology Minister A. Raja, BJP State secretary G.K.S. Selvakumar has said that the project was first announced during the term of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government at the Centre.
Vajpayee’s visit
When Mr. Vajpayee had come here as Prime Minister, industry captains and experts had requested him and other Union Ministers for efforts to establish a Tidel park in Coimbatore, on the lines of the one in Chennai.
But, the pace at which the project progressed now, after the identification of the site and allocation of funds, only suggested that the Central and State Governments were ignoring it.
Dream of Coimbatore
Mr. Selvakumar requested the Minister for efforts to speed up the project as the park was the dream of Coimbatore.
It would provide direct and indirect employment to many youth qualified in information technology, the letter said.
In a letter to Union Communication and Information Technology Minister A. Raja, BJP State secretary G.K.S. Selvakumar has said that the project was first announced during the term of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government at the Centre.
Vajpayee’s visit
When Mr. Vajpayee had come here as Prime Minister, industry captains and experts had requested him and other Union Ministers for efforts to establish a Tidel park in Coimbatore, on the lines of the one in Chennai.
But, the pace at which the project progressed now, after the identification of the site and allocation of funds, only suggested that the Central and State Governments were ignoring it.
Dream of Coimbatore
Mr. Selvakumar requested the Minister for efforts to speed up the project as the park was the dream of Coimbatore.
It would provide direct and indirect employment to many youth qualified in information technology, the letter said.
GRD Matriculation to try online examinations
For the students of the GRD Matriculation Higher Secondary School here, examinations are going to be a different experience altogether. Students from Classes IV to IX will now take segments of the terminal and the final examinations online. The online exercise will be of 40 minutes duration.
The system does not substitute totally the conventional method of writing answers on paper but supplements it, says D. Prabha, school Principal. It is being introduced with the objective of making students more tech-savvy, and the school hopes to orient its students towards a life dominated by information technology.
Objective-type questions in mathematics, physical sciences, biology, social sciences and English will be taken online. The descriptive questions, however, will have to be attempted on paper, Ms. Prabha says.
The online system has its advantages. As the results are displayed immediately, students can assess themselves quickly. “All students will get an opportunity for direct and constructive feedback,” says Geetha Padmanabhan, secretary of the school. The evaluation is automated and without room for any bias. The online tests can sharpen various skills. According to clinical psychologist N. Lakshmanan, this kind of examination can reduce stress and anxiety of students.
The system does not substitute totally the conventional method of writing answers on paper but supplements it, says D. Prabha, school Principal. It is being introduced with the objective of making students more tech-savvy, and the school hopes to orient its students towards a life dominated by information technology.
Objective-type questions in mathematics, physical sciences, biology, social sciences and English will be taken online. The descriptive questions, however, will have to be attempted on paper, Ms. Prabha says.
The online system has its advantages. As the results are displayed immediately, students can assess themselves quickly. “All students will get an opportunity for direct and constructive feedback,” says Geetha Padmanabhan, secretary of the school. The evaluation is automated and without room for any bias. The online tests can sharpen various skills. According to clinical psychologist N. Lakshmanan, this kind of examination can reduce stress and anxiety of students.
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