Education Briefs

The Indus Institute of Advanced Culinary Arts and Hotel Management (est.1998) has migrated its headquarters from Gurgaon (Haryana) to Bangalore. Indus Institute (a division of Indus Hospitality Consulting Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai) claims it is the first and only school offering highly specialised study courses in continental cuisine, designed to fulfill the growing needs of the international leisure cruises industry.

The institute offers one-three month intensive, practical learning programmes designed by Carnival Cruise Lines, the world’s largest leisure cruises company. The course is structured to enhance the skills of working professionals with exposure to continental cuisine and fine dining, to meet the requirements of leisure cruise companies.

"In this fast growth sector within the hospitality industry, cruise line jobs are highly prized because of earnings in tax-free dollars, free board and lodging, and ample opportunities for growth with frequent assessment and swift promotions for the deserving. Our courses train aspiring job seekers, and our track record shows that Indus students tend to perform better in selection interviews and get promoted faster," says Amarjit Vidyarthi promoter-chief executive of the Indus Institute.

According to Vidyarthi, the one-month professional upgradation course is designed for professionals currently working in four-five star hotel kitchens. The three-month advanced courses in continental cuisine start on June7 and September 23.

For further details and prospectus e-mail bangalore@ indusinstitute.com or visit www.indusinstitute.com.

The Dina Institute of Hotel & Business Management, Pune invites admission applications for new batches in June/ July 2004 on a first-come-first admit basis. The institute offers two 30 month diploma programmes — the Dina diploma in hotel management and the dual diploma in hotel and business administration in collaboration with EI-AHLA, USA accredited by Middlesex University, London. The former is open to class XII school leavers while the latter is a postgraduate programme.

"We also conduct individual aptitude tests and interviews for students as and when they come for enquiries and registration. Based on scores obtained and a personal interview we recommend and offer admission to the courses most suitable for applicants," says a Dina Institute spokesperson.

For further details log onto www.dinainstitute.com.

The Brisbane (Australia) based Griffith University has announced its new Border Gavaskar Masters Scholarship for Indian students. This high level academic scholarship will be awarded to an India resident — male or female — who demonstrates academic excellence and who will contribute to providing long-term benefits to the Indian community as a result of his/ her study at Griffith University.

"The Border Gavaskar Masters Scholarship honours the two highest Test cricket run scorers of all time, and like Allan Border and Sunil Gavaskar, the scholarship will be awarded to an individual who best exemplifies the spirit of endeavour and excellence in what he/ she sets out to achieve," says Emily Haralampou, a spokesperson of Griffith International, a division of Griffith University (est.1971) which has an enrollment of 24,000 students from over 74 countries.

The scholarship will be offered every time Australia and India compete for the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Griffith University will announce the first Border Gavaskar scholar in October 2004. The scholarship is for any of the 200 Masters programmes offered by the university. Selection criteria and application forms are detailed on www.griffith.edu.au/griffithsportscollege.

The Janaki International Residential School (JANIRS) situated on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway is all set to receive its first batch of students this month (June). Built on a sprawling 60-acre campus, interspersed with orchards and skirted by low hills and the Daherje and Vaitarna rivers, JANIRS offers residential facilities to students from class V upward.

The school’s campus boasts large playgrounds, cement courts for tennis, basketball and softball and a swimming pool in addition to an amphitheatre and state-of-the-art library, classrooms with high beams and skylights for natural light, equipped with projectors and computers.

The only wholly residential school within easy driving distance of Mumbai, JANIRS offers comfortable residences with four students housed in each self-sufficient unit and a spacious dining hall (vegetarian). A high-tech communication system ensures that all stakeholders, including parents in far-flung locations, are connected through the intranet and e-mail. A resident doctor in the campus clinic monitors the health and safety of students.

"This school recognises that the global individual of tomorrow will have to be a decision maker, creative thinker and effective communicator. With this vision in mind, JANIRS is ready to spearhead rapid changes in the educational scenario," says Wg. Cmdr (Retd.) T. Pathanjali director of JANIRS.

For further details visit www.janirs.com.

EducationWorld-SportzVillage tie-up

Educationworld — the Human Development Magazine and SportzVillage — a Bangalore based NGO which promotes sports education, signed a partnership agreement to make sports an integral part of the education experience, on May 15.

Comments Saumil Majmudar, director, SportzVillage: "Success in adult life is significantly dependent upon key life-lessons learnt during extra-curricular activities like sports, music, arts etc. We believe regular sports activity makes children healthy and also helps them learn teamwork, leadership, learning how to lose or win well, goal-setting, determination and so on. We have seen great changes in the children who come to play at our first facility in HSR Layout, Bangalore. We are keen on taking our successful programmes to schools to help them to fully utilise their sports facilities and to provide sports services to the children of the school and the contiguous neighbourhood."

Through this partnership, EducationWorld and SportzVillage will work to promote participation in sports in Bangalore and other cities. This joint venture will attempt to develop an ecosystem for junior sports by increasing the number of facilities where children can play, improve awareness of various sports, highlight career opportunities in sports and offer coaching services and facilities. As a first step, the partnership will work with schools to help them optimally utilise their playgrounds.

For further details, contact Saumil Majmudar — 98860 04133, e-mail: saumil@sportzvillage.com.