In order to reduce time in dispensing papers in educational institutions, government offices, collector’s offices, police stations, courts and other institutions, three students of the IFET College of Engineering, Villupuram, have designed an Automatic Paper Vending Machine. Mohamed Aamir, Kamalanathan P. and Irshath Ahmed of the Department of Mechanical Engineering were guided by Professor P. Kalaiselvan.
The students said that papers would be dispensed when Re. 1, Rs. 2 and Rs. 5 coins were inserted in the machine, according to a release from the college.
The machine dispenses A4 sheet size paper, but can be designed to dispense papers of other standard sizes, they said. The students also said they are planning to design a similar machine to dispense stationery items, and get it patented.
CME on brain tumours
Postgraduate medical students and faculty from Puducherry and Tamil Nadu were explained the tripod approach of clinical, radiological and pathological correlation in the diagnosis and treatment of brain tumours, at a Continuing Medical Education programme organised by the Pathology Department of Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry.
Scientific sessions were conducted by Dr. Shantha Ravisankar, senior professor and neuropathologist from the Tamil Nadu Government Multispecialty Hospital, Chennai, who discussed pathological aspects, while Dr. Nagarajan, Head, Department of Radiology, Jipmer, described the role of imaging studies in tumour diagnosis. The surgical aspects and the pathological correlation were explained by neurosurgeon Dr. Roopesh Kumar, senior consultant from SRM Institute, Chennai. The sessions were followed by a quiz programme for the post graduate students, and prizes were given away.(Reporting by
Annie Philip)
