TEAM VISIT FROM THE UNIVERSITY
OF SOUTHAMPTON
A Five member team from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom visited ASAP GMHSS Thycaud SDC.
The team was accompanied by Dr. Jaikiran, Head Curriculum Design and Mr. Sabu S Padmadas, Professor of
Demography and Global Health within Social Sciences: Social Statistics & Demography at the University of
Southampton.The team interacted with students from four colleges attached to the SDC- Govt Women’s College,
Govt Arts College, NSS College Neeramankkara and University College. Senior SDEs Smt Indira Mani, Smt Thara
Nair, and Smt Seema were present along with the students. Dr. Jaikiran introduced the speakers to the students
and also gave the speakers an overview of ASAP, followed by discussions on various aspects of education in
the current society. Various ideas and thoughts about the current education system were shared and the stu-
dents delivered speech on the topic ‘the changes that each student wish to make if they become the Education
Minister.’ The team also visited the Craft Baker Skill class in the SDC.
STATE LEVEL REVIEW MEETING Of
DPMs
State level review meeting of District Programme Managers and Sector Programme managers was
conducted on 26th & 27th of September 2017. The meeting reviewed in detail progress of Skill courses and related
activities. Batch creation status of 2017-18 batch was also reviewed. New CEO, Dr Sriram Venkataraman was
officially welcomed after which he addressed the Programme Managers. ASAP Team Leader elaborated on the
key aspects and possibilities which ASAP can direct attention and take initiative through a highly motivating
presentation. Prizes of the Promotional Collateral Competition organized by the Communication Division was
given out to the DPMs by the Additional Secretary
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