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2 2021 | Spectrum | Volume 14 Number 9
World Blood Donor Day

STAFF WRITER speaker and the participants. Then performed by B.Mothishwaran,
the program was organized with Pharm.D (5th year) and Arun
NSS and RRC Unit, SRM the support and motivation by G.R Pharm.D (4th year). Various
College of Pharmacy, SRM Pro-VC SRM Medical College, events and competitions conducted
Institute of Science and The Vice Chancellor Dr. C. for students to create awareness
Technology organised an Muthamizhchelvan, the Registrar about blood donation. The
awareness program on World Dr. S. Ponnusamy, SRMIST events are e-poster presentations
Blood Donor Day, in zoom and inaugural address by Dr. on the topic CELEBRATING
online platform. The World T. Rajasekaran, NSS Program THE GIFT OF BLOOD, Tamil
Blood Donor Day awareness Coordinator, SRM Institute of and English oration and, quiz
program started exactly at Science and Technology, and Dr.N. competitions. Students from
5.00 pm with the welcome Dhamodharan, Vice-Principal, B.Pharm, Pharm.D, and M.Pharm SRM students score
address given by Professor Dr. SRM College of Pharmacy, courses actively participated in
V Chitra, Dean, SRM College SRMIST. Approximately 120 the competitions, and the top big on placements
of Pharmacy. The program participants including students three students awarded with
was followed by an eminent and faculties from SRM College certificates and mementos for
speaker Dr. Jaison John, MD., of Pharmacy and other colleges each event. At the end of the
Professor, and HOD, Department participated in this program. program vote of thanks was STAFF WRITER Bank of America, ZS Associates,
Fractal Analytics, EY and many
of Pathology, SRM Medical delivered by Dr. Jagadeesan The Covid crisis not with others . Even among the the
College Hospital and Research They also took active initiation M, Assistant Professor & NSS standing, SRM Institute of core sectors, companies such
Centre, who has shared his on spreading awareness regarding program officer, SRM College Science and Technology has as HeroMotocorp, Reliance
insights of BLOOD DONATION the donation of blood. A short of Pharmacy, SRMIST. The kept up its reputation for high Industries, Akzonobel, HUL, IFB,
which was followed by an active segment on the importance of programme ended around 6:30 scores in campus recruitments Siemens, Titan, Ceat, Hitachi
interaction between both the blood donation awareness was pm.
this year too, with leading IT ABB, Fiat, Linde, Schneider,
and core engineering companies TATA Chemicals, L&T group,
Virtual lec-dem on ‘Yoga for Immunity’ coming up with over 7111 offers Cummins, KPIT, Adani Group,
to the graduating class of 2021.
Nilkamal among many others
held at SRM on International Day of Yoga The highest offer, Rs.35 supported our endeavour to
lakhs per annum, came from provide core opportunities to
Bengaluru-based WorkIndia our students. A clear leader on
STAFF WRITER of yoga, its downfall in modern practicing pranayama can boost Information Technology and the educational map of India,
times, how it has survived, putting immunity and aid breathing, the SRM Institute of Science
Over 217 students and staff it into practice and how to apply especially during post COVID Service, rated among the and Technology is located in
of SRM Institute of Science Yoga to the current situation, recovery. “The benefits of Yoga topmost blue-collar job portals Kattankulathur, about 35 km
in the country. More than 600
and Technology (SRMIST), namely COVID. can be put to use in many ways. companies have already visited from Chennai. The 250-acre
participated in the virtual “Application of Yoga It can help calm the mind and the campus (virtually) since campus is home to over 50,000
celebration of International principles will help improve help those practicing it live a the commencement of the students from all over India and
Day of Yoga. Organised by the panchabhoodhas. The healthy, stress-free life.” placement season. Many more abroad. It has state-of-the-art
the Department of Physical practice of asanas, meditation, are expected as the ‘season’ laboratories for engineering and
Education and Sports Sciences and pranayama – all of which He highlighted how Yoga continues till the end of June technology students, a full-fledged
and Department of Yoga, the improves blood circulation can be incorporated into sports 2021. medical college, hospital and
event kickstarted with a virtual (water), air circulation (air), development such as improving research centre beside a School
demonstration session where heat circulation (fire), and life flexibility and endurance. The centralized placement of Public Health which is a
participants were guided by a force circulation (akash) Earth “Continuous, rhythmically and process organised at the nodal centre for impl anting the
Yoga master. SRMIST’s Director (flesh and bones) which forms coordination form of doing Yoga Kattankulathur campus brings National Family Health Survey in
(Sports) Dr. K. Vaithianathan the structure of body attain full will help in sports development,” students from the SRM campuses T amil Nadu and
gave the welcome address. force to fight Coronavirus,” he he added. Dato Thangavel, including Modinagar, Ramapuram Puducherry. Semester Abroad
SRMIST’s Registrar (i/c) Dr. S. said. Prof. Dr. K. Chandrasekaran, Malaysian politician attended and Vadapalani, said Director, programme at SRM enables
Ponnusamy gave the presidential Professor & Head, Department the event. Also present were Career Centre at SRMIST Mr. N. students to do internships at
address. Baskaran Manikam, of Physical Education, Madurai several Directors and Deans of Venkata Sastry. “Top companies Harvard and other top-notch
Yoga Instructor from Malaysia Kamaraj University, Madurai various other Universities. The are drawn to the SRM due to foreign universities. SRMIST is
delivered a speech on ‘Modern addressed participants on the vote of thanks was proposed by the cosmopolitan composition accredited with the highest grade
Times Yoga’. In his presentation, importance of ‘Yoga is the need SRMIST’s Associate Director of the students and quality of of A++ by NAAC and graded
he elaborated on the evolution of the hour’. He elaborated how (Sports), Dr. R. Mohana Krishnan. students” he added. as Category I university with
About 2000 Super Dream 12 B status. All Engineering,
(Rs.10 L Pa+) and Dream Pharmacy, Architecture, and
(Rs.5 L Pa+) offers have been MBA programmes are approved
made so far. Students are also by AICTE. SRMIST has secured
recruited by companies from the third rank in the Atal Ranking
the Core Engineering sector. of Institutions on Innovation
“At the conclusion of ‘Day One’ Achievements (ARIIA). SRMIST
processes, Cognizant-1018, TCS- is ranked globally by QS and
983, Wipro-634, Infosys-602 rated with ‘4 Star’ globally
offers were made,” said Venkata and awarded India centric QS
Sastry. Various prominent IGAUGE Diamond rating. The
recruiters visited the campus fountainhead of this institution
for hiring this year such as started in 2002 is a farmer-turned-
WorkIndia, MotorQ, Amazon, educationist Dr T. R. Paarivendhar,
Arcesium, DE Shaw, Paypal, who is the Founder Chancellor
Direct i, Barclays, Amadeus, of SRM Group of Institutions,
Nielsen, Commvault, Oracle, Member of Parliament and a
Adobe, Capgemini, Deloitte, philanthropist.