Vani picks 2^nd title of the season, Smriti, Nalini collapse on final day of Hero-WGAI 7^th leg

New Delhi, October 5: Vani Kapoor kept her calm while the others around her collapsed on the third and final day and she was rewarded with her second title of the season on the Hero-WGAI Women’s Pro Tour on Friday.

Vani, 18, who won her first title on the pro, while still being an amateur last year, won the third leg in Golfshire Prestige, and added the second title in the seventh at the Delhi Golf Club on Friday. She carded a one-over 73 to finish the week at seven-over 223, four shots clear of Nalini Singh Siwach (79), who was also docked a stroke for slow play on the par-5 15^th. In the end, it did not make a difference as Nalini, already four-over for the front nine, carded 79 and finished second at 227.

With her second success Vani becomes the second multiple winner of the season after Smriti who has won three titles. Other winners this year have been Nalini Singh Siwach and Sharmila Nicollet.

Smriti Mehra, who led Nalini by two shots overnight, and Vani by four, simply blew her round with a card of 11-over 83 and dropped to third at 229, where she tied with Saaniya Sharma (73). Smriti was also penalized a stroke for slow play on the par-4 15^th.

Neha Tripathi also had a nightmarish day with a round of 83, including a 10-over 46 on back nine. She seemed fine after the one-over front nine, but then managed only three pars on back nine and dropped 10 shots.

Vani, who is coached Anitya Chand, by  opened with a birdie but double bogeyed the par-4 fourth, but got back to even par with a birdie on ninth. She bogeyed the 12^th and 13^th, but closed the tournament with a birdie on 18^th to win the title.

“I have never managed to win at DGC and I have finished second so many times here, so this win is really special. The DGC course is always a challenge and I am so glad I was able to repeat a win after getting my first as a pro in the early part of the season,” said Vani, who picked up Rs, 1,41,250.

Nalini Singh Siwach had just one birdie on the 12^th, but she also had two bogeys and three doubles in her 79. Smriti had just one birdie on the 17^th and had six bogeys and three doubles in her 83.

Saaniya once had again had a lot of birdies, as many as four, the most by any player in the round. She had two doubles and one bogey as she scored 73, the same as winner, Vani.

Neha Tripathi (83) finished fifth at 234 and Shraddhanjali Singh (82) was sixth at 235.

The next leg, the eighth of the Hero-WGAI Women’s Tour will be held next week at ITC Classic Golf Resort from October 10 to 12.

Regards

Deep

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India and Netherlands Agree to Strengthen Bilateral Cooperation

On the invitation of Ms Edith Schippers, Minister of Health, Sports and Welfare, Government of Netherlands, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare visited Netherlands on 3rd and 4th October, 2012.

During his two day visit, Shri Azad attended the Ministerial Meeting on the Responsible Use of Medicines and Anti-Microbial Resistance at Amsterdam on 3rd October and held a bilateral meeting with Ms Schippers at The Hague on 4th October.

Addressing the Ministerial Conference on 3rd October, Shri Azad said responsible and rational use of medicines is an important part of the national health policy in India. He said that due to high out of pocket expenditure on health, of which a larger part is on medicines, it is vitally important that drugs are prescribed rationally. He highlighted the need to look at adherence to Standard Treatment Guidelines, curbing unethical promotion of medicines by the drug manufacturers, better regulatory control over prescriptions and dispensing of medicines and to make the consumer aware the hazards of self medication. He said several steps have been taken by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare towards universalization of health care in its endeavour to make health care services accessible, affordable and equitable, such as Free Maternal Health Services, Free Child Health Services, Free Immunization, Adolescent Health Services, Family Planning Services, NCDS and JSSK.

Shri Azad said the Government of India proposes to further expand the Initiative for Universal Health Coverage by taking up Free Supply of Essential Medicines in Public Health Facilities in the country. This step, he said, is aimed at providing affordable health care to the people by reducing out of pocket expenses on medicines. Besides, Universal Health Coverage will also promote rational use of medicines and reduce the consumption of inessential medicines.

During the discussions on the issue of anti-microbial resistance, Shri Azad pointed out that this is an area of serious concern the world over. He stated that the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has developed the National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance to tackle the issue of antimicrobial resistance and promote rational and responsible use of antibiotics in India. He highlighted certain salient features of the the National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance India, such as curbing antibiotic use in animals, conducting infection surveillance in hospitals, improving hospital surveillance for monitoring antibiotic resistance, promoting rational drug use through education, monitoring, and supervision, developing and implementing a standard and more restrictive antibiotic policy, educating health professionals in good prescribing practices and using prescription guidelines, promoting improvements in personal and hospital hygiene and hospital infection control programmes, establishing a multidisciplinary national body to coordinate policies on antibiotic use and monitor their impact, promoting systems of supervision, prescription audit and feedback in institutional settings to ensure rational use of antibiotics.

Following the Ministerial Meeting on 3rd October, a bilateral meeting was held between Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ms Edith Schippers on 4th October, 2012 in the Ministry of Health, Sports and \Welfare at The Hague, Netherlands. During the bilateral meeting several matters of mutual interest and benefit were discussed.

Shri Azad and Ms Schippers agreed to further strengthen bilateral cooperation through signing of a broad based MoU between the two governments in the field of health & medicine for mutual benefit as well as a sectoral MoU between the respective food regulatory authorities to formalize cooperation in the important area of food safety

Masterclass for Directors

leading to

Certified Corporate Directorship

Certification Course

 

Dear Mr Sagar,

Further to our tele communication regarding Masterclass for Directors programme.

Directorship is no longer a SINECURE. Recent boardroom reforms introduced in most countries have put the onus of responsibility on Directors. Institute of Directors (IOD) believes that the problem of corporate misgovernance is due to the lack of effective training in Company Directorship.

The proposed new Company Law Bill 2011, seeks to empower the Govt. to make it MANDATORY even for unlisted Public Companies to have atleast 33% Independent Directors on their boards India would need over 40,000 Independent Directors in near future.

The IOD’s Masterclass for Directors, a 3 days condensed weekend Certification training programme, offers a  whole vista of opportunities, especially for those who wish to join the pool of Non Executive Independent Directors and for updating the executive directors.

This is a highly developed comprehensive training programme for corporate directorship. For complete course contents, please visit www.iodonline.com 

Dates : The forthcoming 3 Days intense 'Masterclass for Directors' programme, leading to Certified Corporate Directorship, is being held, as schedule below :

Location	Date
New Delhi	19-21 October 2012
Bangalore	23-25 November 2012
Pune	30 November-02 December 2012
Cochin	23-25 November 2012
Ahmedabad	14-16 December 2012

Eligibility Criteria : The course is open to all Company Chairmen, Directors, Presidents, CEOs, CFOs, Bankers, Fund Managers, Company Secretaries, NGOs, Investors, Brokers, Chartered Accountants, Management Analysts,  Financial Consultant & Academicians and senior managers aspiring to be Directors. The previous participants include, Chairman , LIC ,  CMD, General Insurance Corporation, CMD, United India Insurance , MD , TATA Group, MD ,Accenture, former Director Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI),  etc. The complete qualified participants list is on our website .

Faculty Members:    The Program has a large pool of top instructors including Dr  M B Athreya , PhD(Harvard), Prof.(Dr) A K Rath, IAS (retd) , Shri R Bandyopadhyay, IAS, former Secy, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Mr Vinod Dhall , IAS ,former Chairman Competition Commission of India , Lt Gen Surinder Nath, PVSM (retd) , former Chairman, UPSC & Independent Director, L & T ,Ashish Makhija, Corporate Strategist , Consultant and Partner AMC Law Firm,  Mr.J.Sundharesan, Compliance Guru Practicing Company Secretary, Dr S N Dash , IAS , Former Secy , Min of Heavy Industries and Lt Gen  J.S. Ahluwalia, PVSM(retd), President IOD and so on.

Empanelment : On successful completion, each participant will be entitled to be empanelled for appointment as Non-Executive Independent Director, through the Organization of Non-Executive Independent Directors (ONEID).

Course fee: The registration fee for the 3 days Non Residential 'Masterclass for Directors' program is Rs 37,500 and it covers:

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                         III.            Course slides used during the three days in a pen drive at the end of three days program

                         IV.            One year Complementary membership of IOD.

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Press Invite:




On October 2nd, Arvind Kejriwal had announced that we would reveal details of corruption of two big powerful politicians on Oct 6th. There is a slight change in this program. We would be revealing details of one of the persons tomorrow (Oct 5th) and the second on October 10th.



The details of the press invitation are as under:



Date: Tomorrow (October 5th)

Time : 5.00 pm

Venue: Deputy Speaker Hall, Constitution Club, Rafi Marg