September 10-11: National Level Seminar at St. Aloysius College
Mangaluru, Sept 07: A two-day national level seminar on the topic 'Radioactive Materials and Uses of Radiation' has been organized on September 10th and 11th at the St. Aloysius College in the City.
Informing this to media persons here, College Principal Prof. Praveen Martis said “the seminar will be held in association with the National Association for Application of Radioisotope and Radiation at the LF Raskeena Hall in the College.
“District in-charge Minister UT Khader will inaugurate the program at 9 o’clock on September 10. Dr.Bharadwaj, Chairman of the Central Government's Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, and Principal of Miranda Women's College of Delhi University and member of the Union Cabinet Advisory Council Dr. Pratibha Jolly will be the guests. St. Aloysius Group Institutions head. Dr. Dionysius Vas will preside over the function,” he informed.
“As a part of the programme, a public lecture on the topic ‘Public Perceptions- Myth and reality about Nuclear Power will be organized at 5 pm on September 11. SK Malhotra, the former head of the Government of India's Public Awareness Department, will be delivering the lecture and the public will have the open entry for this,” Praveen Martis said.
Prof. Prakash Kamath, Rita Krista, Program Organizer Dr. Chandrashekhar Shetty were present.
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Essar Group co-founder Shashi Ruia dies at 80
New Delhi (PTI): Essar Group co-founder Shashi Ruia has died after a prolonged illness. He was 80.
Ruia, who co-founded metals-to-technology conglomerate Essar with his brother Ravi, died in Mumbai around 23.55 hrs on November 25, family sources said.
He had returned from the US, where he was undergoing treatment, about a month back.
His mortal remains will be kept at Ruia House from 1 pm to 3 pm on Tuesday. The funeral procession will leave from Ruia House at 4 pm towards the Hindu Worli Crematorium.
Shashi, a first-generation entrepreneur industrialist, started his career in 1965 under the guidance of his father Nand Kishore Ruia.
He, along with his brother Ravi, laid the foundation of Essar in 1969 by constructing an outer breakwater at Chennai Port. The group expanded into various sectors, including steel, oil refining, exploration and production, telecom, power, and construction.
He is survived by his wife Manju and two sons Prashant and Anshuman.
