Chairman of the Ruler’s Court of Ajman, UAE awards certificates to the first batch of students at Centre for Continuing Education and Community Outreach, GMU.

Chief Guest His Excellency Dr. Sheikh Majid Bin Saeed Al Nuaimi, Chairman, Ruler’s Court, Ajman, U.A.E. awarded  passing certificates to 10 students from the first batch who successfully completed their short term  courses at the Center for Continuing Education and Community Outreach,  (CCE&CO) GMU, Ajman.

The ceremony was attended by important dignitaries, Board of Governors of GMU, parents of the students, faculty, staff members and the students of Gulf Medical University.

The awarding ceremony began with the recitation from Holy Quran, followed by the welcome address.  Dr. Minu Cherian, Director, CCE&CO narrated the purpose,  evolution  and status of the Short term courses  and the soon to be launched courses in collaboration with extramural organizations of recognition and merit to offer jointly sponsored programs. She went on to explain in greater detail as to how  under the Founder President’s able leadership and full support and with the valuable guidance of the academic head, the Provost, Dr Gita Ashokraj the first short term course got a kick start in medical terminology.

Later 3 other short term courses in the subsequent months and five 10 month courses started in February, 2011 with Health Sciences- Part I. The courses are presently non credit based educational programs that are scheduled throughout the year – some are repeated twice a year,  to serve greater number of people of all ages with richer and more diversified experiences.

Mr. Thumbay Moideen, Founder President of GMU presided over the function.  He stressed on the fact that as per the strategic plans of GMU – Vision 2020, introduction of short term courses in GMU has started on a modest note.  He hoped that the numbers in admission for these courses would multiply in four folds in the near future.  He profoundly  thanked H.E. Dr. Sheikh Majid Bin Saeed Al Nuaimi for his unwavering support at all times, the Provost and the academic team of CCE&CO for their total commitment in successfully organizing the short term courses.

Later,  the Chief Guest H.E. Dr. Sheikh Majid Bin Saeed Al Nuaimi awarded the certificates to 4 students who successfully completed the short term course in Medical Terminology, 2 students in Nutrition for Sports and Human Performance and 4 students in Clinical Nutrition.

One of the students Ms. Sridevi Balaji, who successfully completed the short term certificate course in Nutrition for Sports and Human Performance spoke about her three months wonderful learning experience  “The change in me – a student’s experience”  at CCE&CO, GMU, Ajman.

The grand event concluded with a vote of thanks by the Academic Coordinator, GMU,  Ms. Sherly  Ajay.

SPEECH BY MS. SRIDEVI BALAJI, STUDENT OF THE SHORT TERM CERTIFICATE COURSE ON NUTRITION FOR SPORTS & HUMAN PERFORMANCE.

Honorable Chief Guest His Excellency Dr. Sheikh Majid Bin Saeed Al Nuaimi, Chairman, Ruler’s Court, Ajman, U.A.E., respected Founder President of Gulf Medical University Mr. Thumbay Moideen and other distinguished guests, A very good morning to you all.

My name is Sridevi Balaji, a student of the short term certificate course in Nutrition for Sports and Human Performance.  First and foremost I would like to thank my faculty members for giving me this opportunity to express my thoughts from a student’s point of view.

I got to know about this course through the ‘Gulf  News’.  The duration of the course was for 12 weeks and classes were conducted on Thursdays in the afternoon for our convenience.  The course content and notes were selected and prepared in such a way that even those who are not in the field of nutrition  could understand the subject.  It was taught very methodically by experts from the respective fields giving us practical information about nutrition and how it is important for sportsmen and sportswomen to perform well.

There were periodical assessments to know our strengths and weaknesses which helped us greatly to keep track with different subjects.  Sessions were interactive and with friendly and approachable lecturers it made us share our ideas without any hesitation.

At the end of this course we were able to plan out a diet regime for normal healthy individual involved in sports activities and also those requiring special attention like diabetics.  There are a lot of myths when it comes to food.  Being a dietician by profession I have gathered a lot of valuable information pertaining to sports nutrition.    It has been very helpful to me in guiding my patients to follow the right ways of eating while exercising and during sports events.

Last but not the least it has been a wonderful experience to be a part of Gulf Medical University and I would like to thank all my lecturers Dr. Nisha, Dr. Gomathi, Mrs. Fahmida, Mrs. Sangeetha, Dr. Shatha and Mr. Kristopher for giving us their valuable time and efforts to enable us complete this course successfully .

Also I don’t wish to miss this opportunity to mention that I have made two new friends Ms. Fatimah and Ms. Fauzia through this course.  I’d would like to thank my husband who has encouraged and supported me throughout the course.  In the end, I hope and pray many more would enroll for the different existing courses and the new courses to be introduced soon and benefit immensely as I have from this great  institution.

Thank you.