V Care, an emotional support group for cancer patients and their families, invites nominations for the `Victor Awards' to be presented at the Cancer Survivor's Day celebrations on February 12, 2000.

Entries should describe the patient's cancer history in 400-500 words, preferably in Hindi or English with details of treatment, adversities faced and overcome, what the patient is doing at present, and why his or her life is worthy of emulation.

A panel of judges will select three persons who have shown exemplary courage in facing cancer and have continued to live full lives despite all odds.Entries should include a photograph of the person being nominated and his or her address and telephone number. The person sending in the nomination may please include his or her name, telephone number and address. The nominee preferably should be informed that he or she is being nominated.

Nominations can be sent either by cancer survivors themselves or by someone known to them. Thosewho have applied earlier are also eligible.

Nominations should reach V Care before October 31 at the following addresses: 132, Maker Tower `A', Cuffe Parade, Mumbai 400 005 or room no 183, 1st floor, Golden Jubilee Building, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel; phone numbers: 2188828; fax 2184457.

Ashish Singh is MTDC Jt MD

Ashish Kumar Singh, a senior IAS officer has recently taken over as the Joint Managing Director of Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation Limited (MTDC).

An IAS of the Kerala cadre, Singh joined the civil service in 1989 and has held several posts like secretary of District Tourism Promotion Council, Kerala, additional director of tourism, Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala, director of Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travel Studies, and managing director of Kerala Tourism Development Corporation, and district magistrate and collector, Gadhchiroli, Maharashtra.

Talent search by Edit Institute

The Edit Institute has announced their second nationwideCreative Talent Search Scholarship programme to aid students desirous of having a career in computer graphics, animation, multimedia and internet. The scholarship examination will be a Creative Quotient test conducted in three parts which will evaluate the participant's creative faculty. The programme will be carried out at all the centres of the institute. Those interested can register their names at any of the eleven centres run by the Computer Art Education India in Mumbai before August 8. The examination will be conducted on August 10 and 11. For further information, call on 4133147 or 4129474.

`Meet and greet' for seniors

The Senior Citizen Club, Mumbai is organising a two-day trip to Pune from August 15 to 16 wherein senior citizens of Mumbai will meet and interact with senior citizens of Pune. A bus to Celebrity Country Club, Pune will leave from Dadar on Sunday and return on Monday. The Suman Senior Citizens Club is offering a 50 per cent discount to citizens above 60 years on afirst-come-first-served basis. For further information, call on 4111909 or 4122937 by August 10.