AK.Deb,IAS (Retd)
From IT City Bangalore

  NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY UNDER MINISTRY OF TEXTILES, GOVT OF INDIA HAS ANNOUNCED THE FOLLOWING COURSES FOR- 2004

1. Under graduate courses—ELIGIBILITY--10+2

(          a)  fashion & apparel,

     (b) fashion &textile

     (c) fashion &lifestyle accessories

     (d )fashion communication.

2. UG in fashion technology-- ELIGIBILITY 10+2  with physics, chem. ,maths
   

3. IMPORTANT DATES  (a) admission form available  by post 15 Oct  to 1 Dec

                                          (b) last date of submission     15 Dec

                                          ©  written exam    1 Feb 2004

                                          (d) interview  March to May

                                          (e) final result     May end

      4. Test centers -- Calcutta, Gauhati , Patna Ranchi,  Delhi . Mumbai, Bangalore etc

5                                    Prospectus etc --  available against payment of Rs 125  in all braches of UTI bank 

                               or by Rs 200 DD in favour of  NIFT DELHI

     6.  ADDRESS OF CALCUTTA   - NIFT campus   LA block, near 16 no water tank  sector III,   Salt lake city ,

                                                    Cal –98 , ph-23355734

    7.  web    www.niftindia.com

 It has been revealed from a report that a research conducted by Ban galore university    by a group under Prof. M S Reddy had proved   that sunflower plants pollinated by Bees has yielded about 2 times of sunflower seeds in comparison to the yield by plants not pollinated.  Dr Reddy has called upon the Governments to encourage apiculture cultivation in dry land regions as experts recommended.  Where there is cultivation of SUNFLOWER there are more concentrations of Bees.  Bees attract sunflowers more than any flower.  The only problem is the maintenance of the bee colonies, which are risky because of bee- stings, but this can be overcome by effective training to bee farmers to ensure that it turns out to a small business without much maintenance costs The farmers have to learn precisely to harvest the bee colony by collecting -- filtering the honey. –applying  heat so as to kill the yeast, and then bottling this small business does not require the strains of   business of either poultry or other animal husbandry.  There is high demand of honey for exports for European and Gulf and other Asian countries. State Agriculture departments should explore this for the benefit of the farmers and the state.

Compiled by Mr. A K Dev, IAS , Ex Commissioner (Agriculture), Govt. of Tripura

Camp: Bangalore