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The newspaper of SRM UniversityUniversity For private circulation only Volume 5 Number 2 Lift off... SRMSATSRMSAT inin OrbitOrbit 2 2011 | Spectrum | Volume 5 Number 2 Certificate Program in Business SRM Psychiatrist elected as World representative Management (CPBM)… Now in SRM A Staff Reporter The Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Prerana Agarwal & Prof. M. Thirunavukarasu, “The program offers a great This zone would be the largest Rachana Asapu Professor and Head, Department having the highest population in opportunity for students to of Psychiatric, SRM University, “It is not just how well you differentiate themselves from 6-7 Kattankulathur, won by a the world after China. He will engineer your product. It is all thumping majority the Zonal hold offi ce for a period of three about how well you sell it”. lakh engineers / science graduates Representative election at the years until 2014 and will be the SJMSOM (Shailesh J.Mehta graduating every year in India.” World Congress of the World zonal representative in charge School of Management), IIT Psychiatric Association (WPA) of policies of Mental Health Bombay has launched the held at Buenos Aires, Argentina. programs including improvement Certifi cate Program in Business the Video Conferencing (VC) EDULIVE, Chennai Division of Global Mental Health. Management at SRM University facility in the campus. The The classes are very interactive The WPA is a global association Professor Thirunavukarasu, with the objective of educating usage of Learning Management and give an insight on business, of national psychiatric societies hails from Salem in the Southern engineering and science students System (LMS) makes it possible marketing and fi nancial affairs aimed to increase knowledge State of Tamil Nadu and was in management. to provide a complete learning which science students usually and skills necessary for work Professor at Madras Medical environment. “There are 19 lack. Also, the subjective and in the fi eld of mental health. Its College before he becoming This program provides an member societies are presently such centres all over India. objective tests conducted weekly Professor and Head of Psychiatric understanding of different Students can ask questions and 135, spanning 117 countries Department at Stanley Medical operational aspects of an help in self assessment,” says get answers from the faculty of and representing more than College and Hospital.He currently organization thus creating a Shashikar, II year, Electronics IIT Bombay, giving them the 200,000 psychiatrists. holds the same offi ce at SRM new breed of techno-commercial and Communication. opportunity to interact with the Professor Thirunavukarasu Medical College, Hospital professionals who can keep professors personally. There is The course duration is one would now be representing & Research Center. He has up with the demands of the also a moderator who coordinates year (240 hours) and all science Zone 16 of the WPA which also served in the Tamil Nadu competitive market. between the students and the and engineering students of consists of 10 countries namely, Dr.MGR Medical University SJMSOM has partnered with virtual faculty,”-says Mrs.Sheela second year and above are Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, in the capacity of Member of EDULIVE and has launched Shekhar, Regional Head of eligible. Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Senate and Governing Council. Abhijeet Deb Hyderabad, shared his views on sustainable tourism which Tourism has become SRM Institute of Hotel Management attempts to make a low impact a popular global leisure on the environment and activity. SRM University, local culture and helping to Kattankulathur campus celebrates ‘World Tourism Day” generate future employment celebrated the “ World for the local people. The aim Tourism Day” by organizing are to be taken to preserve of sustainable tourism is to an International Seminar tourism”. ensure that development on “Practical Initiatives brings a positive experience Mr. Karan also mentioned in Promoting Responsible for the local people, tourism about the contribution of their Tourism”. companies and the tourists organisation towards leprosy Anchoring the program, themselves.” He added that patients and charity through Anandth, a student in SRM's sustainable tourism is not the ‘Bindo Art school’. Institute of Hotel Management same as ecotourism. commented on what is meant During the session queries The session ended with by Responsible Tourism. were asked by the students as to distribution of awards for the how a hotel can reduce carbon “It is the protection of the best paper presentations. Dr. footprints? MR. Kshitij, HR environment, conservation of Krishna Raj, Head, General Manager, Courtyard by Marriot, natural resources, conservation Management, the School of Chennai said “it can be reduced of traditional practices and Management, SRM University through energy saving light protection of the interest and Mr. Arivazhagan, bulbs, installing thermostatic of the local community. Assistant Professor, School valves on radiators, insulating Environment whether natural of Management, SRM the hot water tank, loft and or man-made is an essential University were the judges walls, using solar energy, wind resource for tourism. Changes for the paper presentations. energy, recycling of greywater, in environment are necessary Shyam Prasanna of Asan for development of tourism zero solid waste, etc.” present global trend imparting Ponnavaiko, Vice Chancellor, Memorial college bagged but these changes need to be attributes to global warming, SRM University. The Chief The seminar had paper the fi rst place and Sarthak done aesthetically without customs and diverse cultures Guest, Mr. Karan Berry, General presentations by various students Anand of IHM, Chennai, damaging the environment Manager, Courtyard by Marriot, from different colleges in and bagged the second place. in anyway. This is where of different countries” he said. Chennai, delivered the special around Chennai on relevant Students gave a positive responsible tourism comes “The term responsible tourism address. Sharing his views on topics such as Rural Tourism, feedback saying that they into play,” he said. has been added because it’s time responsible tourism Mr. Karan Sports Tourism, Impact of were overwhelmed by the Dr. D. Anthony Ashok to take initiatives so that not only said, “Tourism sector is the 3rd Terrorism on Indian Tourism, national-level seminar and Kumar, Director and the organisers benefi t out of the largest net earner of foreign Tourism in Cultural & Culinary, were able to learn and share Principal, SRM Institute tourists but also the local people exchange. As global warming Contemporary issues in tourism their views and ideas on of Hotel Management said of the tourist centres are to be and increasing population and hospitality sector and responsible tourism and “Responsible tourism bestows benefi ted ensuring development endangers tourism and affects the Sustainable tourism. Mr. K.A the initiatives to be taken harmony in tourists. It is the on all aspects” remerked Dr. M. environment, certain initiatives .Madhava, Former Principal, IHM in promoting it. 2011 | Spectrum | Volume 5 Number 2 3 A Spectrum Reporter SRMSAT, a nano satellite developed by Chennai- based SRM University, Soaring High… was launched into space on board the PSLV-C18 from Sriharikota.SRM is the fi rst P Sathyanarayanan and Dr private university in India D Narayana Rao, Director to launch a nano satellite. (Research). SRMSAT, weighing 10.4 kg “I am extremely happy was designed and developed to state that the PSVL-C18 by about 50 students from mission was successful. The various departments over a launch vehicle injected the two year period.The satellite satellite very precisely into would have a life span of two the intended orbit,” ISRO years and would monitor Chairman K Radhakrishnan greenhouse gases, Carbon said. dioxide and water vapour According to ISRO some in the atmosphere using 22 minutes after lift off , a grating spectrometer.A the fi rst Megha-Tropiques separate ground station has satellite was injected into been set up at the university At the Press meet in Chennai prior to the liV off . an orbit of 867 km altitude at to monitor the satellite. From LeV : The President, The Chancellor and the Vice - Chancellor an inclination of 20 degrees “Initially, ISRO will monitor with respect to the equator the campus’’, said Narayana design another satellite in the after the launch. the satellite from its ground followed by the injections station at Bangalore. After Rao, Director (Research), next two years. said Chancellor Present for the historic event of SRMSAT, VesselSat and a week, SRM University SRM University. SRM would Dr T R Pachamuthu. “It’s a included the Chairman of the Jugnu. The entire flight sequence including the satellite will also monitor it from continue to work with ISRO momentous occassion for us” SRM Group Mr. P Ravi, the injection process was over the ground station set up at in future, and would possibly the Chancellor remarked soon President of SRM University in about 25 minutes. SRM student team wins NASA award Soon, a centre for Space A Staff Reporter Kiran Peravalli (IV year), benefits, and technical risks Technology at Kattankulathur Mr. Abdul Sayeed Khan (III associated with vehicle concepts National Aeronautics year) and Ms. Pate Sweety and enabling technologies Mark Nathan Prof. Sathyanarayanan. and Space Administration Prakash (III year) and guided that will help mitigate the (NASA) of