SRM Institute of Science and Technology

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0sXQKusT70Ma-nrU3EkX-1gKCY4FkZq1Qa9PmCm7ro1yPJaS3qOmeIhGY_RgVwVxUEmN7mw1FI9NS0vHHYttMluhkUhA1ZMbyN0Fotnhv_m9l8ifvl928JmYT51xtms3YZ5wmOYe19E/s1600-h/DSC_0111.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307080873299120706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0sXQKusT70Ma-nrU3EkX-1gKCY4FkZq1Qa9PmCm7ro1yPJaS3qOmeIhGY_RgVwVxUEmN7mw1FI9NS0vHHYttMluhkUhA1ZMbyN0Fotnhv_m9l8ifvl928JmYT51xtms3YZ5wmOYe19E/s320/DSC_0111.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><div>Actor Kamal Hassan has appealed to the educated youth to join the entertainment industry as it needed more of them now than before.<br />Speaking at the inaugural function of Milan 09, an annual national level inter-college cultural extravaganza, at SRM University on Friday, the actor added that they should look at joining the film world only after completing their studies.<br />“There are a lot of engineers and doctors and the entertainment industry now needs educated young people,” he said.<br />It did not mean that all of them should end up becoming only actors.<br />He pointed out that use of technology offers enormous potential for students keen on taking up a satisfying career in the film industry. “It offers many positions for students to pursue their career,” Mr. Kamal Hassan said.<br />Addressing several thousand students from across the country who had converged at the auditorium, he recalled that he himself had not completed school. “Some people call me a scientist. But I am a high school dropout,” he said as the audience burst into peels of laughter and applause.<br />His father repeatedly exhorted him to take up studies and to pursue a Ph.D even while being an actor. “I told him that I will do Ph.D someday, but it has never come,” he said, adding that an actor could be an IAS officer or a doctorate too.<br />Mr. Kamal Hassan made it clear that students should complete their studies</div>

Milan 09

Actor Kamal Hassan has appealed to the educated youth to join the entertainment industry as it needed more of them now than before.Speaking at the inaugural function of Milan 09, an annual national le…

மிலன் 2009

உலகநாயகன் கமலகாசன் SRM பல்கலைகழக மிலன் 2009 இல் கலந்துகொண்டு சிறப்புறை வழங்கினார் …

Milan-2009

CHENNAI: College life is incomplete without music and other art forms. The artist in a student is brought out during the annual cultural festival<br />the institutions host. For the second year, the SRM University has given opportunity to college students across the country to exhibit their skills in their annual fest Milan 2009'. Friday, the beginning of a weekend marked the inauguration of Milan 2009'. In a jam-packed auditorium reverberating with the cat calls of students, cine star Kamal Hassan kicked off the two-day long festival. Amidst heavy applause from the students, Kamal Hassan, who came sporting a beard, addressed the students and encouraged them to enter and shine in the field of arts. "Educated youngsters should enter the field and show their talents. A cultural festival provides the apt stage to bring out the artist in the students. But it is also important that you earn your degree," he said. After his speech, he got down from the stage to enjoy a dance performance by four students. They performed kathak, odissi, bharatanatyam and mohini attam on the same platform to display unity of arts and the states of India. Students from over 60 colleges across the country will be participating in the event. Host of events including creative arts, dance, vocal music, fashion shows, face painting, rangoli, short-film making and photography will be open for students to compete. The fest comes to an end on Sunday. Addressing media representatives later, T R Pachamuthu, chancellor of SRM University, said that he was planning to start a film institute in the university. He said that latest technologies will be introduced to aid students learn the subject. Vice-chancellor of SRM University P Sathyanarayanan was also present on the occasion.

Milan-2009

CHENNAI: College life is incomplete without music and other art forms. The artist in a student is brought out during the annual cultural festivalthe institutions host. For the second year, the SRM Uni…

Honoured with Doctorate by SRM University

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YeGWX7vNeAJoC1j5ak7Du-ZfU2wxU0AyGKQo3kaOVCSMfD7rwxl6M88zorjRPUvcLvpoaWSjRv20hrRwV1jb5c3HflNSVCV9HHs7XbmS-siNvPvId0TdrSyiknAZjIWbo16kurOWckw/s1600-h/news270808_2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297786357868950258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YeGWX7vNeAJoC1j5ak7Du-ZfU2wxU0AyGKQo3kaOVCSMfD7rwxl6M88zorjRPUvcLvpoaWSjRv20hrRwV1jb5c3HflNSVCV9HHs7XbmS-siNvPvId0TdrSyiknAZjIWbo16kurOWckw/s320/news270808_2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 196px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> Chennai (UNI) Ace shooter Abhinav Bindra, who won India's first-ever individual Gold at the Beijing Olympics, will be honoured with a Doctorate by the SRM University, a leading private educational institution in Tamil Nadu.<br />University Vice-Chancellor, Prof P Sathyanarayanan, told UNI here today the young shooter, 'who inspired India to win two more medals' (bronze in wrestling and boxing) in the quadrennial event, would be conferred with the Honorary Doctorate during the University's fourth convocation to be held at its campus in suburban Kattankulathur on September seven.<br />He said Abhinav Bindra had agreed to receive the Doctorate when the University officials called on him at his residence in Chandigarh to present a Rs five lakh cash award, announced by the University in recognition of his achievement.<br />Prof Sathyanarayanan said Tamil Nadu Governor S S Barnala, who will deliver the convocation address, would confer the honour on Bindra.<br />SRM University is the first educational Institution in India to confer a Doctorate on Bindra.<br />He said ISRO chairman Madhavan Nair, would also be conferred with Honorary Doctorate (D Sc) during the convocation.<br />During his visit, Bindra would also lay the foundation stone for a Sports Academy to be set up by the University to provide world class infrastructure to nurture sports talent.<br />The academy would have a synthetic eight-lane athletics track, world class shooting range, synthetic tennis courts, besides facilities for other sports like volleyball, basketball and badminton.<br />The Sports Academy was likely to become functional during the academic year 2010-11, Prof Sathyanarayanan said.<br /><div>வ .திருமுருகன் </div>

Honoured with Doctorate by SRM University

Chennai (UNI) Ace shooter Abhinav Bindra, who won India's first-ever individual Gold at the Beijing Olympics, will be honoured with a Doctorate by the SRM University, a leading private educational in…