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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Manipal: The Manipal police arrested two accused within 11 hours of registering a bike theft case following a swift investigation.

The accused have been identified as Sharath (26) and Ganesh (31), residents of Netaji Nagar in 80 Badagabettu village.

According to police, a complaint was filed after a motorcycle belonging to Sudarshan was stolen on February 21. The bike had been parked near Veera Maruti Bhajana Mandir in Rahul Nagar, Badagabettu village.

According to the complaint, police traced and arrested the accused and recovered the stolen motorcycle from their possession. The duo was later produced before a court and remanded to judicial custody.

Police said over 11 theft cases have been registered against the accused at various police stations, including Manipal, Udupi City, Bhadravati, Koppa, Thirthahalli, Madikeri and Tumakuru.

Further investigation is under way.