Gita Mahotsav at Kurukshetra University from today

Kurukshetra: An international conference on "Sustainable Existence and Srimad Bhagawadgita" will be held online from December 21-23 to commemorate the 5th International Gita Mahotsav at Kurukshetra University in collaboration with Kurukshetra Development Board. The inaugural session will be held at 11 am. VC Prof Som Nath said a large number of scholars from the US, Japan, Australia, the UAE, Kenya, Russia, Mauritius, Kirgizstan, Nepal, Indonesia, Hungary and Thailand as well as different states of the country will participate in the seminar. HP CM Jai Ram Thakur will be the chief guest and Haryana Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya will preside over the inauguration of the conference.

e-library app launched

Hisar: Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University will now have information about the e-resources available in the Nehru Library through mobile app. For this, university VC Prof Samar Singh digitally launched CCSHAU e-library app during a webinar. The main theme of the webinar was "spreading awareness and use of e-resources through mobile e-library app". With this, the CCSHAU has joined the league of top agricultural universities that are providing library facilities through mobile app.

Refresher course on climate change

Kurukshetra: The Department of Geophysics and UGC-HRDC (Human Resources Development Centre), Kurukshetra University, organised a two-week refresher course on "earth system sciences for mitigating disasters and climate change" for the university and college teachers in online mode through Google meet. Forty-one teachers from nine states, including J&K, Kerala, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, West Bengal, UP, Assam and Haryana attended the programme. The invited resource persons from academic and research institutions from India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh shared their research experience in mitigating climate change. They emphasised on pan-SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) approach for mitigating disasters and climate change.

Sainik School plans next session

Rewari: Sainik School here conducted a meeting of its local board of administration to discuss the plans and activities for the upcoming academic session. Principal Soumyabrat Dhar said the meeting was presided over by Chairman K Anantharaman and issues pertaining to infrastructural development projects and various policies for betterment and smooth functioning of the school were discussed. 'Rewari Rays', the annual magazine of the school, was also inaugurated besides declaring the results of Class X and XII exams, he added.

Asst Prof aspirants want result out

Rohtak: Candidates who went through the interview conducted for the post of assistant professor (college cadre) in public administration submitted a memorandum to the Secretary of Haryana Public Service Commission, urging him to declare the results pending for the past three months. "Interviews for the post of assistant professor in computer science, sociology, psychology and public administration were conducted from August 12 to 14. Results of all subjects except public administration were declared on August 27. So, we called on the Secretary who assured us of declaring results soon," said Dr Vikas Narwal, one of the aspirants.

IGU holds induction programme

Rewari: The Department of Psychology at Indira Gandhi University (IGU) here organised an online induction programme for its new students. VC Prof SK Gakhar said the art of effective stress management was the key to happy life, while senior psychologist and consultant Dr Ritu Chauchan from Narayana Group of Hospital, Bangalore, delivered a lecture on "Mental health issues and stress management during pandemic period". She elaborated various types of stress, its impact and measures to overcome it.

JC Bose varsity exams from today

Faridabad: Keeping in view the prevailing pandemic, the JC Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad, has announced to conduct the odd semester theory examination for main and re-appear students in online mode from December 21. The university has already released the datesheets of online examinations except the first semester of all programmes; and third semester of BTech and MCA, for which the exam will be held later. Controller of examination Rajiv Kumar said to make students familiar with the process, online training sessions and demo tests are being conducted. For appearing in exams, students will require webcam-enabled computer/laptop/tablet/mobile phone with internet connectivity. However, those who don't have it will have to reach the university or respective affiliated institute with prior intimation to appear in the exam.