The On-Line Educational Centre was founded in 1980 with only two departments namely the Department of Science and Department of Agriculture. At that time the staff consisted hardly twenty academic and administrative staff including. At that time, the centre was specialised in Distance Education and was rooted in Atlanta. Today the centre has expanded to five departments - Department of Engineering, Department of Social Sciencesand Departmentof Law and Management and employs nearly 150 staffs including academics and administratives.

It is now being increasingly realized that the society needs both Science and Spirituality. There was a time when there was some antagonism between science and religion. But now all feel that, besides science, we need social, moral, and spiritual values and we also need some discipline, such as Meditation and Ethical Education, for the promotion of the spiritual and human aspects of our personality and that blind faith and irrational and rigid dogmas that caused discards.

Mauritius .... with it's world-known reputation for being a paradise island, has more to offer than its sandy beaches and its blue lagoons.

The island is also rich in its endogenous flora and fauna ... some of them unique to only some places of the island. Through the floralis site, we'll take you for a trip in one of the nature reserves of the island, Mondrain - and you'll get the opportunity to get some useful information on many endemic plant species of the island that are safely preserved there.

This is a little bit about military aircraft of yore. Warbirds could be anything from string & canvas biplanes to some of the older jets, and still look as good today as they must have looked on their first appearance. A number of the aircraft pictured here have flown combat missions.

'Warbirds' is a collection of the author's photographs, mostly of museum shots. There is a guest page, where pictorial contributions are welcome.Enjoy the pictures!