Gulabari glow  All beautiful faces of the Northeast, here’s your chance to embrace the glitz of the modelling world, courtesy Dabur India Limited. The country’s leading natural healthcare company recently announced the launch of a mega model hunt in the seven states of the Northeast. Billed ‘Dabur Gulabari Miss Fresh Face of North East 2009’, this beauty pageant is being organized to discover the fresh new face from the region — a face that embodies the values of Dabur Gulabari, glowing like a rose. “Rose has been synonymous with beauty, softness and freshness. Dabur Gulabari captures the essence and goodness of rose in each of its products and is the only personal care brand in India offering the benefits of rose. The brand has always been associated with beauty and this mega model hunt is another step forward in that direction,” said Dabur India Gulabari brand head Saurabh Khurana while announcing the pageant’s launch at a function that also showcased the company’s latest portfolio of personal care products. The model hunt, the winner of which will win a one-year modelling contract with Dabur Gulabari, would be conducted across the educational institutes of the region, Epitome being an associate in this event. An independent jury will pick 18 finalists who will compete is the grand finale slated for August 29 in Guwahati.

GAPS goal  With its goal of empowering more and more youngsters to face the challenging job market, the Panbazar, Guwahati-based Global Academy of Professional Studies (GAPS) recently launched its second campus near Commerce College, RG Baruah Road in the city. With its motto of self-reliance, growth and success, the Academy has carved out a niche for itself as a preferred institute of higher studies for mediocre students who can become self-reliant after pursuing its professional and vocational courses that include office management, DTP&M, video editing, webpage designing, computer hardworking and networking, computer accountancy & taxation, mobile phone repairing, spoken English and personality development, beautician among others. It was heartening to learn about the expansion of the GAPS the other day during the launch of the second campus to cater to the growing demands of students seeking to pursue these courses. Chief guest at the opening function, Hemanta Sharma emphasized on improvement in communication skills through the spoken English course along with the other specialized courses to raise the standard of the aspirants, while GAPS director Altaf Hussain informed about the barcode technology course introduced by the academy. Precisely, this technology is used to record accurate data about the products sold or purchased and has high demand these days with the manufacturing companies and retail outlets, including the malls mushrooming in the region along with the rest of the country. For further details aspirants can log on to the website www.globalacademy.co.in.

Simanta / Mridumoloy