Pune Brief

TA celebrates golden jubileeThe Territorial Army (TA) celebrated its golden jubilee with TA group headquarters, Southern Command organisi...

TA celebrates golden jubilee
The Territorial Army (TA) celebrated its golden jubilee with TA group headquarters, Southern Command organising a Barakhana with the troops at 101 Infantry Battalion (TA) Maratha LI at TA institute.

A motor cycle expedition from Pune to Kargil in Jammu and Kashmir and back to Delhi was flagged off by Lt Gen M R Sharma, Chief of Staff, Southern Command.

The TA came into existence on October 9, 1948. The TA units participated in all the major wars including the Indo-China war of 1962 and Indo-Pak wars of 1965 and 1971. The TA units have also participated in counter insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir and North-East.

RYLA award from Nov 12
Rotary International will conduct for the first time an International Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) in Pune from November 12 to 18 at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi.

The areas tackled in a RYLA include time management, public speaking, self analysis, personality transformation, body language, mental toughness, self esteem, universal values, development of leadership qualities, yoga and meditation and information technology among others. Interested persons may contact telephone number 4485678 for further details.

Youth exchange programme
Applications have been invited from students in the age group of 15 – 19 years for participating in the Rotary’s Youth Exchange programme, before October 23.

Applicants are selected by the sponsoring Rotary club on the basis of a written application and a personal interview.

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The programme offers two types of exchanges. A long term exchange is of an academic year’s duration during which the student lives with more than one family and attends school in the host country while a short term exchange may vary from several days to weeks. It does not include an academic programme and often takes place when schools are not in session.

Further information may be had by contacting phone number 349939.

Career fair today
The Sinhagad Institute of Management will be organising a two-day Career Fair starting Friday.

The fair aims at enabling management students to interact with the industry and gain insights into its requirements.

According to a press release issued by the institute, companies are reluctant to go to management institutes for recruitment. This is mostly due to the fact that the students emerging from training establishments are ill-equipped to meet the demands of the industry, lacking in conceptual knowledge and clarity. The fair aims at addressing these issues and help the students evolve as better managers for the industry.

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Nature trek
Ranwa, a voluntary organisation working in the field of environmental education and conservation will hold a nature trail and tree introduction programme at Sinhagad valley on Sunday.

Botanist Prof S D Mahajan will supervise the programme. Nature lovers should assemble at the Sarasbaug PMT bus stop on Sunday at 6 a.m. Further details may be had by contacting phone numbers 4480979 or 234426.

PICT wins trophy
Pune Institute of Computer Technology (PICT) won the Splendour Country Rolling trophy with the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) and Army Institute of Technology (AIT) bagging the first and second runner’s up trophy at Quest ’99’ – an inter-collegiate quiz contest organised by the Symbiosis Society’s law college.

Fifteen colleges participated in the contest. Ajit Patil, deputy commissioner of police, Pune Zone I distributed the trophies. Earlier Prof S A Kanakraj, principal, Symbiosis Society’s Law College welcomed the guests.