Mumbai Notes

One floor will display food items like breads, biscuits, snacks andsavouries. On another floor will be baby clothing, women8217;s garments, nighties, bedsheets and embroidered table linen and sarees, including traditional Parsi sarees. Orders will also be accepted. For further information, call on 3679161/2.

CR club to hold adventure camp
The Central Railway Adventure Sports Club will organise its second children8217;s camp near Kalyan from April 23 to 27. Participants will be imparted training on trekking, rock climbing, rappelling, valley crossing and rifle shooting. The camp is open to children between the ages of 10 and 15 years. Contact the following persons between 7 and 10 pm for further information: Jyotsna Tendulkar on 4123163; Nutan Patil on 4450230 or Uday Shirke on 5904638.

Opera Browser founder in India
John Stephenson Von Tetzchner, founder of Opera Browser and co-founder and CEO of Opera Software, will be visiting India. On the Mumbai leg of his tour, he will address CEOs, management executives and information technology professionals at theTaj Mahal Hotel on April 26. The presentation is being arranged by the IAS Management Development Forum.

ABVP to hold sports camp
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad has organised a sports meet for college students at Nare Park Udyan and Nare Park High School, Parel from May 1 to 10. Students will get guidance and training in kho-kho, kabaddi, carrom and chess, among other sports. Students can contact the ABVP at 3, Marble Arch, Senapati Bapat Marg, Matunga; call on 4306321 or 4378866.

British Library membership drive
The British Council Library has announced its new membership drive. All new members taken between March 25 and May 25 will be eligible for a lucky draw. The prize for the draw is a safari for two at a remote location in India. For further details, contact the library on 2823530/60.

Yuva sammelan for Oriya youth
The Utkal Vikas Samaj Sanstha, a charitable society, will hold a sammelan for Oriya youth on June 6. Apart from various type of contests andcultural events to be held, there will be addresses from eminent speakers and leaders. For detailed information, call Pradhan on 8163456, Bhanja on 8150136 or Nayak on 8169408 between 10 pm to 8 am.

Award for CR cameraman
T J Shah, a cameraperson employed with the Central Railway, was recently felicitated for meritorious service. Shah has been covering various functions in which the President, the Prime Minister, ministers and other VIPs and dignitaries have participated. His skills have also been utilised in displaying developmental activities and railway exhibitions. Shah also prepared rare black and white photographs of the erstwhile GP Railway for display in the exhibition held at CST on the occasion of 50 years of Independence.

Seminar on immigration
Cross Country Immigration Service, a Ministry of Labour approved agency has organised a seminar on Gateway for Computer Software professionals for Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom on April 25. The seminarwill provide guidance on immigration, placement, settlement services for Canada and USA. For more details, call Leena on 4128085/ 411700 before April 24.

Condolence meeting
A meeting to condole the death of S B Velankar, noted Sanskrit scholar, poet and playwright and inventor of the PIN code, will be held at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chowpatty at 5 pm on April 21. Velankar, who held the office of Post-Master General and retired as Additional Secretary to the Union Ministry of Communications, conceived and introduced the PIN code to overcome delays in the delivery of mail to the families of armymen deployed in the Indo-Bangladesh War of 1972.