SRM University Admits 165 Students Under Sports Quota
The Chancellor, Chairman and President, SRM Group of Institutions, the Pro Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor and Registrar of SRM University are very particular of encouraging the sports activities on par with Academic programme. With their blessing directorate of sports SRM University conducted sports quota selection trials for 2016-2017 on 11th 12th 13th of April 2016 and 12th &13th of May at SRM University. Nearly 1029 sports persons participated in the selection trials in Athletics(M&W), Badminton(M&W), Ball Badminton(M&W), Basketball(M&W), Chess(M&W), Cricket(M), Hockey(M), kabaddi(M), Table Tennis(M&W), Tennis(M&W) and Volleyball(M&W). All the selections were monitored by Physical Directors & Coaches and experts from Tamil Nadu State under the guidance of Director, Directorate of Sports, SRM University. Now SRM University has admitted One Hundred and Sixty Five sports students including National and International Players under sports quota. Some of them are worth mentioning such as 1.Washington Sundar (International Cricketer), 2.Karthikayen Murali(Grand Master- Chess) & 3.Leela Lakshmi (International Badminton) 4.Sushmit Sriram (International Table Tennis), 5.Sneha Devi Reddy (Tennis International) 6.J.Mohit Mayur (Tennis International) 7.Prajakta Sanjay Sawant (International Badminton) 8.Sheenu (Basketball Junior India) 9.Prakash (Basketball Junior National)and 10. C.Vivek (Volleyball National Player), Sports Quota Students have been admitted in Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Science and Humanities, Management Studies, SRM Arts & Science College, Valliammai Engineering College and VPT Polytechnic College. A total amount of Rs.3,73,60,000/- will be spend towards tuition fees and boarding & lodging for the above sports quota students for the year 2016-2017. Issue of Admit Card Ceremony held today 29.6.2016 (Wednesday) 11.00a.m. at SRM University, Kattankulathur Campus, Chennai. SRM University Pro Vice Chancellor (Planning & Development), and The Director, Faculty of Science & Humanities, SRM University presided over the function and issue the admit card to the students. In addition to that already the following Senior International players are pursuing their studies in different faculties of our SRM University, R.Anand Raj(TT Player), K.Bharat Shankar (Cricketer), Abhishek Tanwar (Cricketer), T.Sathriyan (Volleyball Player), Muthusamy (Volleyball Player)
Colleges' Anti-Ragging Squads Gear Up For Freshers' First Week
Besides the already existing antiragging cell, colleges have planned to take extra effort to educate the students and parents against this menace by placing banners near the canteen, library and even at bus stands. In engineering colleges, authorities give freshers helpline numbers and a mail address to complain in case they are ragged. SRM University registrar N Sethuraman says the college already has an anti-ragging cell. A Sathyabama University official said besides the anti-ragging committee, the freshers are informed of the helpline numbers
and e-mail IDs of panel members. With city colleges about to reopen for the new academic year, college authorities have come up with strict regulations against ragging. Besides the already existing anti-ragging cell, colleges have planned to take extra effort to educate the students and parents against this menace by placing banners near the canteen, library and even at bus stands. According to Lalitha Balakrishnan, principal, MOP Vaishnav College for Women, during Freshers Day, seniors extend a helping hand to the juniors instead of having different kinds of fun. “We have a talent hunt where seniors find out what talents the juniors have. We also held a workshop for the mothers of first year students and explained how they should prepare their wards for college,” she explains. MOP Vaishnav has an active anti-ragging committee and the suggestion box helps curb ragging on campus. “We also have vigilant squads moving around during breaks to ensure that no such activities take place,” explains Lalitha. In engineering colleges, authorities give freshers helpline numbers and a mail address to complain in case they are ragged.
Down, But Not Out
Chennai-based sibling duo Abilasha and Ashwini’s initiative spread awareness on hearing impairment. Voice of the Unheard (VoU) is an initiative to spread awareness about disabilities, with special focus on hearing impairment and complete deafness. It was started by Chennaibased siblings, Abilasha and Ashwini Veeraraghavan triggered by the former’s life experience. They started VoU earlier this month with two other core members — Aravind Kumar and SA Vivekananda. An improper injection impaired Abilasha’s hearing as a child and she subsequently became a victim of depression, as her schoolmates and teachers mocked her disability. “As I grew up, I started to do a lot of research and realised there was no proper awareness about people like me, which stirred me to start this initiative. Rather than sending me to a school for the deaf, my mother, being an MA Phil in English herself, would teach me one word, day by day, not giving up until I would pronounce it correctly. She and my sister helped me develop my speech clearly,” Abilasha says. The initiative is in its nascent stages and the team is planning to register it as an NGO. For the next one month, the team is going to completely focus on social media and kickstart their initiative with a documentary featuring real life stories about the differentlyabled. “We have long-term plans, and plan to start organising events such as a talent show for the differentlyabled.” Already in one month, she says that the response has been overwhelming and supportive — “A lot of people have expressed their interest in joining hands with us.” The team’s aim is to spread awareness on disability, and bring people like Abilasha into the limelight, and persuade others that they deserve normal lives. They focus on rehabilitation for the differently-abled, who do not have support, and organise counselling sessions for the parents to understand their child’s needs and groom them accordingly. The team plans to organise stage shows where they can showcase their talents and conceptual shows explaining disability through art. “We plan to tie-up with a team of well-established doctors and counsellors to fulfil the needs of the differently-abled. We also aim at reaching out to villages at a later phase of our initiative. VoU plans to tie-up with schools and colleges, and conduct seminars and various other programmes to educate the children,” states Abilasha. The team also plans to reach out to those villages where most residents are illiterate, and educate them about disability. “This initiative means a lot to me, and I really hope this achieves the purpose I dreamt it to accomplish and succeed in educating society and gathering enough support to keep us going.” The team also hopes to encourage parents to come forward and speak out, for the benefit of their children. “My family, and my passion for dancing, have been my biggest support systems throughout. Thanks to them, I am no longer ashamed of my disability and I aim to make the other people like myself also achieve self-acceptance, through this initiative,” says Abilasha, a second year BCom. Corporate Secretaryship student at SRM University.