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Commerce fest
On March 2, the BCom students organised their Commerce Fest
which was inaugurated by Mr.K.L. Mohana Varma, popular
novelist and short story writer. Dr.Radha P. Thevannoor, Group
Director and Prof. N.Narayanan, HoD-Commerce also addressed
the students. The students held cultural and literary competitions
as part of the celebrations.
SSET
Digest
Vol : 11
No : 1
April 2015
A life of harmony
Dr.G.P.C.Nayar
Fresh water is the life blood of the planet. No one can survive
without it. Water is a great medicine. It does away with the
diseases and is the giver of health, strength, long-life, wealth
and immortality. In the contemporary world, clean and safe
drinking water is scarce. Nearly one billion people in the
developing world don't have access to it. Yet, we take it for
granted, we waste it.
Today, water crisis is a matter of serious discussion and concern
Contd. on page 2
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Advanced technologies
Dr.Kurian Baby, Country Director, IRC
presented the topic, Water Security and
Sanitation Nexus. Prof.(Dr.) Johannes
Fritsch, University of RavensburgWeingarten, Germany and Scientific
Advisor to SCMS Water Institute, shared
his experiences in water management. He Prof.(Dr.) Johannes Fritsch
explained the need for regulating and controlling ground water.
They had lot of problems in Germany during the last four
decades, he informed, in usage of river and lake water. But they
were able to sort it out by treatment of water employing
advanced technologies.
Role model for India
While inaugurating the valedictory session, Mr.Tony Chammany,
Kochi Mayor announced that the water policy of Kochi
Corporation will be officially declared in May next and it is
going to be the first water policy of a local body in India. SCMS
Water Institute is actively involved in developing the policy, he
revealed. Kerala should become a role model for India in water
conservation and in the journey towards achieving that
objective, he urged, let us march together. It would be the
greatest service we could do for the society, the Mayor
concluded.
Prof.M.Madhavan, Director, SSET presided. Dr.Rathish Menon,
SCMS Water Institute and Dr.C.Sengottuvelu, Professor & HeadConsultancy, SCMS COCHIN School of Business, also spoke at
the valedictory session.
Infrastructure Financing:
The Key to Sustainable Growth
Finesse, the Finance Forum at SCMS COCHIN School of Business
organised a national conference on 'Infrastructure Financing:
The Key to Sustainable Growth,' on March 13.
Inaugurating the conference Mr. Elias George IAS, MD, KMRL,
elaborated on the Kochi Metro Rail project, one of the largest
social infrastructure initiatives launched in the State in recent
times, indicating how the project on completion would transform
the city greener and pollution-free. While explaining the
difficulties faced in financing the project, he remarked that the
eco-friendly nature was the major attraction for the European
funding agencies to come forward to support. He also
highlighted the women-friendly character of the project
reserving 50 percent of the jobs to women.
Mr.V.G.Mathew, MD and CEO, South Indian Bank, in his keynote
address, went into the main reasons for the failure of
infrastructure projects in India. He concluded with a positive
note that the recent measures taken by RBI would help to ease
Mr. Elias George IAS, MD, KMRL inaugurating the national conference on
Infrastructure Financing: The Key to Sustainable Growth. Others in the picture
L-R: Mr.Venugopal C. Govind, Managing Partner, Varma & Varma,
Mr.V.G.Mathew, MD & CEO, SIB and Dr.Filomina P. George, Director, SCMS
COCHIN School of Business.
News from
SSTM
Faculty achievements
Ms.Anjana S. Chandran, Assistant Professor-MCA,
has been awarded PhD in Computer Science by MG
University, Kottayam.
Anjana S. Chandran
Mr. A. V. Jose, Associate Professor and
Mr. James Dominic, Assistant Professor
have been certified as Accredited
Management Teachers in Finance by the
All India Management Association.
A.V. Jose
James Dominic