SRU launches 3 new courses

Updated on: Wednesday, September 22, 2010

As part of its silver jubilee celebrations, the Sri Ramachandra University recently launched three new courses.

Marking the 75th birthday of its founder-chancellor N.P.V. Ramasamy Udayar and the University Day function, the Union Shipping Minister G.K. Vasan officially launched the courses and said that students had a critical role to play if India need to reach the level of developed countries in health care.

Hinting that the medicos service were needed in rural areas, he told them to serve patients in rural areas willingly instead of focussing on metros or foreign countries.

The Minister launched two one-year full time post graduate diploma courses in translational clinical research and in pre-clinical biological models and on-line courses on research ethics in collaboration with CITI, University of Miami.

He also laid the foundation plaques for Sports Medicine Centre, staff quarters and P.G. student's hostel and they will be ready within a year.

Mr. Vasan distributed gold medals to 35 meritorious students, book-prizes to 63 students and four awards for the research publications made by the students.

SRU launches 3 new courses

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