Visual IQ Among Toppers in National Employee Wellness Ranking

Infopark based company Visual IQ has been ranked seventh in 'Employee Health and Wellness Rankings' prepared by Chestnut Global Partners India and Society For Human Resources Management India (SHRM).
Visual IQ is the only company from Kerala to have made it to the list which was topped by Proctor and Gamble.
The ranking lauds the initiatives undertaken by corporate in integrating and driving meaningful platforms making 'health and wellness' an inclusive program for its workforce.
The list features companies with workforce ranging between 150 to 73,000 and the participating companies were assessed and evaluated on the basis of standalone and integrated health and wellness initiatives, a press release said.

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Three day international conference from Dec 10 * A three day International Conference on Energy, Environment, Materials and Safety, being organised by the Cochin University of Science and Technology will be held here from December 10.

The function will be inaugurated by Cusat Vice Chancellor J Letha.
K Poulose Jacob, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Dr S David Peter, Registrar, Dr A B Bhasi, Controller of Examinations, will be among those who will be addressing the conference.
Experts from various prestigious institutions in India and from abroad, including UK, USA and Australia will present their research work in the focus area of the conference.

Nearly 100 research papers will be presented about Disaster Mitigation & Management, Corrosion, Energy storage, Fire safety, Green building Technologies, Hybrid Energy Systems and Solid Waste Management, a CUSAT press release said.
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TIST signs MOU with Lankan univeristy
* The Toc H Institute of Science and Technology here has signed an MoU with the University of Kelaniya, one of Sri Lanka's oldest and most prestigious varsities, to enhance cooperation in the field of academics, research and cultural exchange programme.
The MoU was signed between Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kelaniya, Professor Sunanada Madduma Bandara and Secretary of Toc H Group of Institutions Prakash George Mathen at Kelaniya University recently.

This will enable students and faculty members to travel to the partner institution for studies, training, research and consultancies, a press release said.
"The programme is aimed at providing our students a ehance to interact with the management, students and faculty in Sri Lanka and acquaint themselves with the cultural, economic and social ethos of that country," TIST principal Dr D Vincent H Wilson, said.