Monday, December 01, 2008
Coimbatore: An inter-collegiate meet, “Conoscenza ‘08”, was held at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. Organised by the Department of Agricultural and Rural Management of the university, it saw 300 management students from 25 colleges from across the country participate.

S. Chandrasekharan, General Manager, Indian Overseas Bank, Coimbatore, inaugurated it and urged the students to foresee change and be prepared to act according to it.


Vice-Chancellor C. Ramasamy said the world was becoming knowledge driven and the present technology society was gradually getting transformed into a knowledge society.

“The 21st century is witnessing the emergence of new management ideas. Similarly, farmers need to be exposed to fundamental management principles for efficient management of their farms, which is equivalent to managing an industry,” Mr. Ramasamy said.

Paper presentation and human resource game, were some of the events held. Event prizes were given to colleges.