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August 29, 2016

Meet Deepan Master. The National Teacher Award Recipient with a Love for the Environment

Deepan K.S. has one rule he follows diligently. “I do everything without expecting anything in return for what I do,” he says. It is probably this selflessness that made him the recipient for the National Teacher Award this year. His work has been recognised by the public and the government.

When Mr. Deepan receives the award from the President of India on September 5 at New Delhi, he would be setting an example for a generation that ignores the environment. It will also be the greatest reward for a man who is upholding the message of preserving nature. The award is being given by the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

Mr. Deepan, a teacher at the Thrithalloor U.P. School in Thrissur, has had a long career. Rather than teaching the conventional way, Mr. Deepan has always tried to implement an educational system with a focus on the environment.

Education, People
August 10, 2016

Meet Dr. Robin Sebastian. The First Person in the World to Study the Effect of Endosulfan on Animals.

For Robin Sebastian, when he started his PhD research on the Effect of Endosulfan on Animals, it was just a part of his curriculum. But, after the successful completion of the experiment, he became the first person in the world to have done such an experiment on the molecular level.

Dr. Robin, who hails from Kannur, has completed his PhD from the Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bengaluru. From the past 10 years, Robin is residing in the city as part of his studies.

His findings have revealed that exposure to endosulfan affects fertility in animals. He also did a molecular level study on DNA, to find out whether endosulfan modifies its structure. His study revealed that endosulfan induces DNA damage in animals. Even though the DNA repair occurs automatically, Dr. Robin found that it perturbs the repair pathway of DNA.

Education, Environment
June 14, 2016

NSS Students To Build Home For Their Fellow Student

Owning a home is a dream that everyone carries. The dream may turn to reality for some and it remains as a dream for some. Even Pooja (name changed), a 12th standard student, has that same dream to have her own home but considering her financial status, it will be really difficult for her to turn her dream to a reality. The National Service Scheme (NSS) volunteers of St. Mary’s Higher Secondary School, Thiruvananthapuram is now on a mission to build a home for their schoolmate. Even if it is a small house, they want to ensure that their friend has a safe shelter.

Every year the volunteers of NSS come up with effective and innovative programs. So when the turn came this year, the students decided to help a needy from themselves itself. Knowing the life their schoolmate leads, the 50 odd volunteers of NSS Unit Number 19, of St. Mary’s school decided to raise funds for their friend. The school management also supported the students for their noble venture. At present Pooja is living in her relative’s house.

The next stage was to make an estimate cost of the house to be built. Keeping the amount as 6 lakhs as per their estimate, the volunteers began their effort to collect the amount. The students started collecting old newspapers from the nearby houses and from their own. Some of the resident associations also came up with a helping hand. Though it was for a cause, this also gave the message of waste material management.

Education
August 29, 2015

Only One Private Engineering College in Top Ten List

And that college, SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, Ernakulum, is at number ten. The Top Engineering Colleges in Kerala list published by Career360 website, list the top 10 Engineering colleges as follows:

S.No.College NameOwnershipOverall RankOverall ScoreNational RatingState RatingFees(In lakhs)
1National Institute of Technology, CalicutPublicN.AN.AN.AAAAA+3.25
2School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, ErnakulamPublicN.AN.AN.AAAAA1.04
3Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, ThiruvananthapuramPublicN.AN.AN.AAAAA1.39
4College of Engineering, TrivandrumPublicN.AN.AN.AAAAAN.A.
5TKM College of Engineering, KollamPublicN.AN.AN.AAAA+0.16
6Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, KottayamPublicN.AN.AN.AAAA+0.18
7Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, ThiruvananthapuramPublicN.AN.AN.AAAA+N.A.
8Government Engineering College, ThrissurPublicN.AN.AN.AAAA+0.37
9Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram PublicN.AN.AN.AAAAN.A.
10SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, ErnakulumPrivateN.AN.AN.AAAAN.A.

There are over 150 colleges in Kerala the website only lists the top 29.

In the national top list, NIT Calicut makes an entry at number 16.

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