| Thursday, November 22, 2007
Centre for Culture opened at SRM University
Joie de vivre: Students taking part in a cultural festival
at SRM University on Wednesday
TAMBARAM: It takes four years of gruelling life on campus, science
laboratories, mundane days in the hostel and monotonous food
for a student to graduate in engineering. Not anymore, at least
for students of SRM University in Kattankulathur.
On Wednesday, the Centre for Culture was inaugurated at this
private university. The centre aims to provide each student
a good dose of leisure, and an opportunity to showcase his or
her talent.
T.R. Pachamuthu, Chancellor of the private university, said
the institution was evolving into an international one. Already,
there were more than a dozen Chinese students. A sizable number
of students belonged to States outside Tamil Nadu. Ensuring
the students’ competitiveness on academic abilities alone
was no longer sufficient
With competition intense in the corporate sector, the industry
was looking out for individuals who were sound not only in the
basic skills that the industry needed, but also in their all-round
abilities, Mr. Pachamuthu said. And the all-round abilities
included the students’ proficiency in cultural activities,
team spirit, leadership qualities, ability to manage success
and cope with failures.
For the past four days, SRM University had been organising various
literary, cultural and entertainment events, which gave the
first year students a platform to demonstrate their talents,
leadership qualities, and ability to work as a team.
There were more than 2,000 first year students on the Kattankulatur
premises now, and at least 400 of them were able to take part
in the different events, Mr. Pachamuthu said, adding that the
centre was not restricted only to first year students, but to
those in all classes.
He was confident that the Centre for Culture would finetune
the all-round skills of students, which would only add to their
academic strengths. The centre was inaugurated by Vijaya T.
Rajendhar, Vice-Chairman, State National Small Savings Advisory
Board, Government of Tamil Nadu.
The first year students were divided into four groups –
Trishul, Agni, Aakash and Prithvi – all named after Indian
missiles. The students presented song and dance programmes to
the audience in a packed hall.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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