PUDUCHERRY: Four students of Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, here, have been selected for competing in the international student project for the health competition award - Towards Unity for Health (TUFH)- and for the SAAHE (South African Association of Health Educationists Conference to be held in Gauteng, South Africa, from September 12 to 16.
The students are Thomas Mathew, G Sundar Raajan, Ubenthira Patgunarajah and Dr Karthikeyan.
The four are out of the six selected from India. They were all guided by Dr Amol Dongre, faculty of Community Medicine Department.
The project is supported by the Global Education in Medicine Exchange (GEMx), a global network of exchanges, and FAIMER (Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research), a non-profit organisation. The theme of the conference is ‘Education for Change’.