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TAJ SCHOLAR AWARDS PRESENTED

BY P S SUNDAR

Among the welfare measures the Taj group adopts is the 'Learn At Taj' facility for the wards of associates.   It is a twin project -- honouring the children with their parents on the stage during the Annual Day marking the Year of Associates as also providing free education to the meritorious kids.   

Three bands are identified to entitle children benefit on level-playing ground :: 

1. Senior Taj Scholar (Std VII - X) 

2. Middle School Taj Scholar (Std V and VI)

3. Junior Taj Scholar (Std 1 - IV).

There are well-defined rules to select the topper among the eligible contestants in each category. 

This year, The Gateway Hotel Coonoor had the pleasant task of bestowing an additional honour on a girl student. K Nivetha, daughter of N Kumar of Material Department, had done the Nilgiris district, her school (St Mary's Girls' Higher Secondary School, Coonoor) and the hotel proud by bagging Third Place in Tenth standard Public Exam in the Nilgiris district in the year just gone-by.  Scoring 491 marks out of 500 (yes, just 9 marks short of the total!!), she has scripted a new history for the Taj Scholar Award at Gateway Coonoor.   And, the hotel responded by honouring her at the Annual Get-together of the families of employees on Feb 24, 2015.

Prakash Nair, General Manager (Learning and Development), Taj Group, Kochi, presented ‘Taj Scholar 2014-15’ awards to her.  

"Besides this, we also crowned her,  ‘Taj Senior Scholar’ ”, Gateway General Manager R Muralidharan told me.

“R Dharshan and R Harini, both from Stanes Anglo-Indian HS School, Coonoor, and children of Chef Ramalingam, became ‘Taj Middle’ and ‘Taj Junior’ Merit Scholars”, Muralidharan said.

“Their education is practically free as Taj will pay for their school fee, uniforms and books”, Antony Gerald, Human Resource Manager of Taj group of Hotels, Nilgiris, announced.