Corporation targets unhygienic meat stalls

Coimbatore Corporation carried out surprise checks at meat stalls on Thursday to find out whether they were hygienic.

A team led by the Corporation Veterinary Officer and Zoo Director S. Thirukumaran checked for hygiene at stalls in Gandhipuram, Ganapathy, Singanallur, Sowripalayam and Ramanathapuram. Dr. Thirukumaran said the surprise checks would continue in order to eliminate shops that stored and sold meat amid unhygienic conditions.

The officials found that goats were slaughtered at the stalls in violation of the rule that this should be done only at the slaughter houses. The team seized about 300 kg meat of animals slaughtered at the stalls.

All the stall owners were told that meat should be kept in glass shelves and not displayed openly. While this was one of the measures to ensure hygiene, the other was to have tiled flooring so that cleaning was made easy and effective.

Explaining the objective of the drive, Dr. Thirukumaran said: “The number of meats stalls is increasing in the city but many of them function under trees and even along drainage canals. This is not a healthy trend.”

Corporation Commissioner P. Muthuveeran had instructed that all meat stalls should have a standard size and facility that provided for safe storage and proper cleaning. With many stalls continuing to flout the instructions, the Commissioner had ordered for a fresh and continuous drive.

The Veterinary Officer said there was no proper disposal of meat waste by the stalls. This resulted in stray dogs feeding on the waste creating problems for people near the stalls.

GETIT launches Bizlist for Coimbatore

GETIT infoservices Limited has introduced an independent and unified telephone directory with most comprehensive and updated information in a new colour format “Bizlist” in Coimbatore and Tirupur.

The directory has several user-friendly features thereby making the search options more powerful.

Claiming that the directory was the first of its kind, GETIT said that the same would be released in the first quarter of 2008 and would be published every year thereafter.

Every business telephone subscriber from all the telecom services such as Tata, Reliance, BSNL, Vodafone, Airtel and Aircel would get a free listing in the GETIT Bizlist.

For additional charge, various advertising options were available in alphabetical order.

There would be a list of STD/ISD codes as well as details of trade fairs, exhibitions etc in the chronological order.

Karunya University signs MoU with Nanonics Limited

Karunya University, Coimbatore, and Nanonics Limited, Israel, have entered into an agreement to establish a centre of excellence in Nanoscience and Technology.

According to a release, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by D.G.S. Dhinakaran, Chancellor of the University and Albert Amini, Chief Executive Officer, Nanonics Limited, Jerusalem. The objectives of the MoU were to undertake application oriented research and development at the Karunya University and the university hospital with expertise in physics, electrical, electronics and bio technology.

A technical team from Nanonics Limited was to develop relevant programmes for the centre of excellence for Nanoscience and Technology. It would act as the nodal centre in India for research and development. It would also initiate nanoscience programmes for UG and PG students. Establishing a speciality hospital with stem cell research was another objective of the MoU.

Registrar of Karunya University, Joseph Thomas, Anne Mary Fernandez, Vice Chancellor in-charge of the university and Sheeba Josef, Nanonics Limited, Israel, were present.

Town bus stand opened at night for mofussil buses

Conceding the request of the police for easing traffic congestion at Gandhipuram area, the Coimbatore Mayor, R. Venkatachalam, has ordered for parking the City Town Bus stand at Gandhipuram open at night for operation of mofussil buses. The bus stand would be open for the operation of the mofussil buses after the town buses wind up their services. Hitherto, mofussil buses used to be parked on the road near bus stand on V.K.K. Menon Road. In the absence of a regulated system for buses, passengers used to board the buses in a hurry on sighting the bus.

This became a blessing in disguise for the criminals indulging in pocket picking, chain snatching and bag lifting. The City Police Commissioner, C.K. Gandhirajan, has promised to deploy personnel for providing adequate security to the passengers and their belongings and the properties inside the bus stand.

Management games held in Coimbatore

NIILM Centre for Management Studies, Delhi, has emerged the winner in the 11th National Student Management Games held here on Tuesday.

ICFAI Business School, Mumbai and Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, were the first and second runners up. At the PSG Institute of Management, nine teams from various parts of the country competed with each other for the finals on Tuesday. The groups were selected from the semi-finals held on Monday.

For the finalists, gaming is serious business. With eyes fixed on the laptop screen, they discussed strategies and drew up action plans for nerve-wracking business problems.

Conducted by the All India Management Association (AIMA), the games are very popular among the management students, especially those from the Southern region. “We have most number of participants from the southern region – 169 of the 263 participants are from the Southern States,” says Vikas Gupta, Deputy Director, AIMA. The game is all about replicating actual business situations.

Each group will have a chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief marketing officer and a chief financial officer.

Each group is given a company and asked to manage it. They will have to take business decisions considering a fluctuating economy and market conditions. “Simulation games test the real potential of the students. They get an opportunity to apply their theoretical knowledge,” says S.C.Tyagi, Assistant Director of AIMA.

The game is not confined to management students. MCAs and engineers too can participate. For Suvidh Arora and Tripti Agarwal from the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, the game is all the more challenging. Two of their team mates could not make it and they are geared to battle it out themselves. “This game is all about handling situations. We are faced with a problem and we are handling it confidently,” says Suvidh.

“Each stage in the game is a challenge,” says Vishal Agrawal from ICFAI Business School, Mumbai. Vishal and his friend Abhay Jain are taking part in this game for the second consecutive year. Sumeet Tiwari and Hitesh Bhagchandani from the same institute are taking part for the first time. According to them, the game is a great learning experience.