In its quest to be the pioneer in skill development and learning along with being the education hub, the Indian Design School (IDS) is launching its latest venture in learning, knowledge sharing and skill training program – Master Class (MC) on Saturday 15th February 2020 at Ivory Enclave. Master Class is a series of short courses that focus on learning new skills in short time. The venture is headed by Ar. Mohammed Nissar (Chairman of IDS) with Dr. Nafeesa Shirin (Director of IDS) and Ar. Ramnath Nayak (Principal of IDS) as the planners of the different varieties of courses.

“In the busy world of today, everyone wants to learn new skills or realize their passion to a hobby but have no time due to their jobs, studies or household works. Joining full-time course requires one to spare at least a couple of years and is not possible due to prior commitments. Moreover, people can’t learn new skills from credible sources without disturbing existing routines nor its useful without a certificate of validity. With such hurdles in front of them, people often are unable to realize their passion and easily give up their desire to learn new skills” an official press release stated.

​“This is the very reason for the launch of Master Class – to serve as a platform to learn new and variety of skills within a short time and without changing one’s schedule or routine. Master Class offers courses that range from a few days to a few weeks, covering all the necessary skills and techniques for fulfilling your passion or to be the entrepreneur of tomorrow. Currently Master Class offers five different types of courses – Culinary Arts, Calligraphy, Jewllery Design, Home Science and Home Décor & Furnishing. All the courses focus on practical learning so that one can learn more in less time. Plus, all the learners receive a certificate on completion of the course, giving validity to their skill. Master Class aims to provide high quality skills and classes to all people, irrespective of their age, profession or educational qualification” it further added.

The classes of MC are starting from Monday, 17th of February 2020, with Culinary arts as its first course which will be curated by the talented chef Shreya Shetty and will be conducted for an entire week. The Culinary Arts will be taking only 20 learners with first-come-first-serve basis. The second course to be launched will be Calligraphy, which will start in a couple of weeks.

The organization of the Master Class launch is done by Dr. Nafeesa Shirin. The guests of honor who will launch MC are Safiya Hameed and Mariyam Ahmed.

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Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.

Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.

Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.

Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.

MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.

MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.

Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.

Brief Scores:

Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).