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Saudi Arabia to Build Largest Medical College in the Middle East

JEDDAH, 24 October 2003 — Jeddah is to get the largest private medical college complex in the Middle East. Jeddah Governor Prince Mishaal ibn Majed laid the foundation stone for the project at Obhur, north Jeddah, on Saturday night. The Saudi German Hospitals Group (SGH) is building it. President and (SGH) Chief Executive Officer Sobhi A. Batterjee said the project, on a 100,000 square meter plot of land, would have five colleges — medical, nursing, radiology, laboratory and dental.The project will have education and training facilities initially for 1,800 students, separately for boys and girls.The project, one of the first in the Saudi private sector, will have college buildings, housing for teaching staff and students, mosques and recreation centers. The colleges will work in cooperation with Germany’s Heidelberg University.

ISD Team Wins Quiz Comeptition Prize

Indian School Darsait Team consisting of Shilpa Narayanan, Sree Muralidharan and Sree Vinayak Students of IXth Standard wonthe first prize in the Quiz Competition "Ente Keralam , Ente Malayalam" organised by the ISC Malayalam Wing, Muscat. ISD is the only Kerala syllabus school here.

Competition for New Indian School Bahrain students

MANAMA-The New Indian School organised a series of competitions for their students.The events, at their Isa Town campus, included flower arrangements, henna designs and “rangoli”. Contests were judged by outside experts Sharon Domitz, Sunita Malhotra, Ranju P, Laxhmi Srinivasan and Malathi B. A total of 165 students, from classes six to 12, took part. The results: Floral arrangements: Arun Venkat, Aiswarya S. Kutty, Susanne Anwer, Sara Khalid
Henna designs: Ameena Nabeel, Shruti, Fatima Rashid Khan Rangoli: classes 6-8: Ruby House, 1st, 3rd; Emerald House, 2nd Classes 8, 9: Sapphire House, 1st, 3rd; Emerald House, 2nd Classes 10-12: Ruby House, 1st; Sapphire House, 2nd, 3rd, the school said.

Arts College Union members speak to KM

Vipinlal, Vipin Kumar, Arun and Suchithra all from the SFI dominated Arts College Union

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM -Oct 10, 2003 In a brief chat with KM Correspondent Priya R S , the newly elected Union members of Government Arts college who are preparing to govern a college of around 565 students, expressed their views on the college elections and on their political background. The Arts College in the capital city has a unique one-party system and during elections no parties fight for votes. The one and only party, which rules the college is the SFI and the students of the college seem to be supporting this trend.

The new College Chairman , Vipin Lal who is doing his final year in B.A. (Economics) feels that the students don't overtly show any kind of opposition to the present single party system in the college. SFI is the main party in the college and this party decides its candidates, who are nominated as union members. Therefore there is no party fight in the college. They also raised concern about the increasing fees burden and other problems facing the student community. More

SFI Emerges Victorious in Trivandrum College Unions

by Priya R S KM correspondent

Thiruvananthapuram: In the not so hot college Union elections held today in some colleges where the student political party system still prevails, SFI seems to have strengthened its hold. In the election, majority of students voted for candidates belonging to the Student Federation of India, the students wing of the communist party of India (Marxist). The elections took place in most of the colleges by noon and the votes were counted by evening. In the past, colleges witnessed intense political campaign during the union elections. The state has a wide network of schools and colleges from where many leading state politicians started their political career.

College Union Elections happened unexpectedly without the traditional euphorica in college campuses. Due to the Court verdict in favour of holding elections, many students were apparently not mentally prepared to the ballot battle. Do you think college elections are becoming unpopular among the student community of Kerala?

Among the colleges where election was held, All Saints had is no party system and the students themselves choose the right candidates. Intense campaigning by impendent candidates was witnessed in the girl's college. Sonia G.Nair, a third year in B.A was the sole candidate for the coveted post of Chairman. Naturally, there was no question of competition for the Chairpersons post. The other union members elected in All Saints College are: Vice Chairman: Rajitha (DC III B.A.(Eng)) General Secretary: Jessy Mary Raju(DC III B.Com) Arts Club Secretary: Poornima.G.(Communicative Eng- IInd sem) Magazine Editor: Anaswara Jose( DC III B.A. (Eng) Councilors: Sapna (DC III History) Nandita Mathews(DC III Economics) General reps : Praveena.C.K (DC III History) Sugatha Sharma(DC II Botany) Amitha Ponnoose(DC I Communicative Eng)

In Mar Ivanios the ballot battle was mainly between the Kerala Students Union (KSU), the student wing of Indian National Congress and the SFI factions. Like in other colleges, SFI candidates emerged victorious in Mar Ivanios college too. The new chairman is Abgeoth Varghese who is doing Bachelors in Video Production and Mass communication (BVMC - IIIrd year). Two more candidates doing BVMC are in the Union - Shine Jacob, the new General Secretary and Sharath.S, the new Arts Club Secretary. Both the candidates are doing their second year in the group. The other union members are:

Vice Chairman: Lekha Rani.G.S (DC III B.Sc Zoology)
Magazine Editor: Smithosh Thomas (DC II B.Com)
Councillors : Sona Rani ( M.Sc(Maths)-IInd year)
Anish.M.(M.Com- IInd year)
Lady Reps : Soumya.V.K.(DC II B.Sc(Botany)
Susha Krishnan(DC II B.Sc(Maths)

In Women's College, there has been campaigning in the college. Here also candidates of the SFI faction evolved successful . Pratheeksha.K. (Ist year in M.A.-Malayalam) is the new college Chairman. The other union members are as follows:

Vice Chairman: Asha Lekshmi.U.S. ( DC II B.A.(Hindi))
General Secretary: Shajila.A. ( DC III B.A.(Philosophy))
Arts Club Secretary: Sajna Sudheer.A. ( DC II B.A.(Music))
Magazine Editor: Neenu.R.C.(DC II B.A.(Philosophy))
Councillors: Shahina Mohammed.F. (DC II B.A.(Pshychology))
Lekshmi.R.S. (DC III B.A.(Economics))

In the University College there was no party based fight following the High Court case and yet there has been quite a good competition for the various posts with large amount of campaigning. The new Chairman is Suresh Kumar.S. doing IInd year in M.A.(Sanskrit). The other members of the college union are:

Vice Chairman: Amritha.S.K ( DC II B.Sc.(Chemistry))
General Secretary: Sajad Mon.S.N. ( DC III B.A.(Economics))
Arts Club Secretary: Sanofar.I. ( DC III B.A.(Arabic))
Magazine Editor: Aromal Rajan (DC II B.Sc.(Maths))
Councillors: Anish.A.M (DC I M.A.(Philosophy))
Shameer.U.N. (DC II B.A.(Islamic History))

In the N.S.S. College too there was no party based fight in the union elections. The new Chairman is Sumayya Beevi.A. (Final year B.A-History). The winners of the other posts are as follows :

Vice Chairman: Sherina.S. ( DC II B.Sc (Zoology))
General Secretary: Arsha.R. ( DC I B.A (Economics))
Arts Club Secretary: Salitha.R. ( DC II B.A.(Music))
Magazine Editor: Anitha Krishnan(DC I B.A.(Economics))
Councillors: Nikitha.S. (DC III B.A.(Malayalam))
Saritha Rani.I. (DC I B.A. (Malayalam))

Christian College,Kattakada is a variety compared to other colleges, where KSU emerged victorious. The new Chairman is Sujith.A.K. doing final year in B.A (History) and Kalpana is the Vice Chairman (Final year in B.sc(Botany). The other elected members are as follows:

General Secretary:Ratheesh.T.Sumanan ( DC III B.Sc (Botany))
Arts Club Secretary: R.Vinugan.G.Kumar ( DC III B.A.(History))
Magazine Editor:Liju.M.V. (DC II B.A.(Economics))
Councillors: Golins.A.L (DC III B.sc(Botany))
Arun.K.V (DC II B.Sc. (Maths))

In the Government Training College,Thycaud, there are just two union members elected- Sudarshan.L.S. as the new Chairman and Vineeth as the General Secretary both of who are doing B.Ed. - Watch this space for more News from Kerala Campuses. -keralamonitor.com

College Union Elections on Oct 10

Thiruvananthapuram: The College Union Elections scheduled for Oct 10 would take place on that day itself, following the court giving permission for the elections. Earlier the principals of different colleges had filed a case at the High Court to stop elections due to the increasing politicisation in campus elections. However, the High Court gave permission for conducting elections. Wide campaigning has been going on in the various colleges here and the students had been active in their campaigning work for the past few days. In quite a few colleges, the candidates have already been chosen without any kind of opposition. But the details of candidateswould be revealed only tomorrow. There won't be elections tomorrow in a few colleges here like the M.G.College, where no one has yet submitted any nominations for the posts.

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