In Brief 8212; Pune

Danish ambassador to arrive in city with the VedasThe Ambassador of Denmark, Birjit Storegaard, will visit the Vedashastrottejak Sabha on...

Danish ambassador to arrive in city with the Vedas
The Ambassador of Denmark, Birjit Storegaard, will visit the Vedashastrottejak Sabha on October 29 to hand over two hundred recorded cassettes of the Vedas available with Denmark. Danish scholar in Sanskrit Guni Kirchheiner, who had spent sometime in India, had recorded the words of wisdom of the six branches of the Vedas from pundits like D P Kinjavdekar, Keshav Bhatt Joglekar, Vasudev Shastri Gokhale and V L Bhate.

Founded in 1875 by Jusitce M G Ranade, the Sabha, this year, is celebrating its 125th year. Aware that the oral tradition is dying, the Sabha has launched an ambitious project to preserve the Vedas by recording them. It has already got on tape the Rigveda and the Samaveda Kauthama school. Chairman P S Palande is heading the activities of the Sabha.

Workshop on ISO-14000
The Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture MCCIA in association with M/s Mundewadi and Associates and the British Environmental consultants from JP Envirosystems, will conduct a workshop on Introduction to ISO-14000 EMS8217;.

Environmental Management Systems help companies to continuously improve its ability to efficiently identify, minimise, prevent and manage environmental impacts. The workshop will cover environment review, internal EMS auditing of existing systems and drafting and design of streamlined documentation.

Further details can be obtained from Shriniwas Rairikar at phone numbers 4440371/4444639.

Workshop on personality devp
The Bharati Vidyapeeth8217;s Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Development IMED will conduct a workshop on personality development and developing a positive attitude on October 27. The resource person for the seminar is Ratna Khemani.

Natu in State science academy
Dr A A Natu, an organic chemist at the National Chemical Laboratory NCL was elected Fellow of the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences. Natu obtained his Ph D from the University of Pune after which he did post-graduate studies at Technical university, Berlin and was a visiting scientist in Bielefeld University, Germany and Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland. Natu is involved in research in the area of organic/bio-organic chemistry.

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Health camp
Medinova Diagnostic Services will conduct a health camp on acne and pimples on October 30. Interested persons can register their names at Medinova or contact phone numbers 5533731/5534801 for further details.

Diabetic detection camp
The Ruby Hall Clinic will hold a free diabetic detection and awareness camp on October 31. The camp will include blood and sugar tests and an exhibition on diabetes followed by a lecture and slide show on the recent trends in the management of diabetes.

Camp on knee-examination
Rotary Club of Pune South and Laxmi Raghunath Medical Foundation have jointly organised a knee examination camp on October 31 at the Gokhale Hospital at Tilak Road. Further details may be had by contacting phone numbers 4444367/4447434.