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From Meera Suresh's Desk

The month of March has been a hectic month for us. Our SLD course was in full swing and answering queries and handholding the candidates was a bit high since it was new to many of them. We had to arrange lunch on the days of the classes for 35+ candidates, faculty members and other guests, see to their comforts and providing comfortable dining rooms.

Arranging students for observation for the candidates to do their OJT to put out a record book for the SLD course was tiring since many had their own excuses for the timings offered by us. But the feedback for the course was excellent with many more students wanting to join as and we start the next batch.

Simultaneously we had the CRE Program Conducted by NIEPMD at our R.A. Puram Center. Since the number of candidates was capped at 30 it was a challenge to shortlist the candidates. The enquiry was very heavy with reference from Dr.Santhanam, so obliging only the first-come first-served 30 candidates was a challenge. Since most of the candidates were well placed at other centres and also with RCI numbers we had to take very good care of their expectations. This course was conducted for two continuous days (Saturday and Sunday).

For the Valedictory Function held on the evening of Day two we had Dr. Arul the Director of Annamalai University as a Chief guest, and Course coordinator of NIEPMD also as another Chief Guest. The certificates were handed over to the candidates by these two dignitaries. This Course was inaugurated by Dr. Vasudha Prakash and the Vote of Thanks was given by Dr.Suganthi. The classes were handled by Dr. Santhanam and Dr. Suganthi. One session was handled by Prof. Anand Jagadeesan on the Topic of CSR responsibilities and one session on Inclusive Education was handled by Mrs. Meenakshi Kulkarni of Lady Andal School.

In between all this we had the most important work of handing over the ATE forms and the cheques to the Annamalai University before the deadline. This was to facilitate the candidates to give their exams in the month of May or December 2018. Since the University had declared holidays from 28th March owing to the festivals it was a run and rush actions. Dr. Santhanam, Mrs. Hemamalini and Mrs. Priya Chidambaram were the Faculty members who were the Team for the Viva voce for the candidates.

Waiting for the results of the Batch one of the ATE Program.