KU alumnus lauded for Nobel Prize

Kurukshetra: Bishow Parajuli, a Kurukshetra University alumnus, has been an important part of the UN’s World Food Programme team which was awarded the prestigious Noble Peace Prize 2020. Kurukshetra University Vice-Chancellor Dr Nita Khanna congratulated Bishow and the University School of Management, KU, for the notable achievement. Parajuli, an alumnus of 1979-81 batch, University School of Management (earlier Department of Management), KU, is presently working as the United Nations World Food Programme Representative and Country Director to India. He has won laurels for his alma mater with the World Food Programme (WFP) winning the Nobel Prize, said Dr Khanna. The Norwegian Nobel Committee had decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the World Food Programme for its effort to combat hunger. Parajuli took the office as the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Representative and Country Director to India on September 1 last year. He has 35 years of distinguished experience in development, humanitarian affairs, diplomacy, fundraising, and management in over 10 countries in Asia, Middle East and Africa, including WFP headquarters in Rome. The University School of Management also congratulated Parajuli.

Date for form submission extended

Rohtak: Maharshi Dayanand University has extended the date for submission of online application for admission to various post-graduate (PG) programmes, LLB (hons) three-year programme, and certificate/diploma programmes in the University Teaching Departments (UTD), and Centre for Professional and Allied Studies (CPAS), Gurugram, for the upcoming session up to November 10. MDU Registrar Prof GL Taneja said the details of the programmes and admission process were available on the MDU website www.mdu.ac.in.

Financial relief for YMCA students

Faridabad: JC Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, here has provided financial relief of up to 100 per cent in tuition fee to the students facing financial hardship in the wake of Covid pandemic. As many as 153 students have availed the benefit under the policy for financial support to economically weaker and needy students introduced by the university in August. Vice-Chancellor Prof Dinesh Kumar said in view of the difficulties faced by students and their parents, due to the pandemic, the university took the initiative to frame a policy to provide financial relief to students of the university and implemented the same in true letter and spirit so as to cover maximum students under the policy. The financial benefits of over Rs 15 lakh have already been provided to students under the policy.

Online training event

Kurukshetra: Professor MM Goel, retired from Kurukshetra University, said, “To develop competence with morality, opulence, victory and empowerment, we need real education as proper, productive and practical use of hands, head and heart with common sense approach.” He was addressing the participants of online short-term training programme on “Moral values and professional ethics” sponsored by AICTE at Panipat Institute of Engineering and Technology, Samalkha. His topic was ‘Ethical challenges for teachers’. To be bilingual in teaching online and offline is a challenge for the present breed of teachers, Prof Goel believed. He said educational values were in transitional mode and new values had to emerge with minimum political interventions. To face challenges, a teacher needs confidence, courage and convictions for educational values in addition to morality, credibility and accountability, said Prof Goel.

3-day virtual training programme

Hisar: Assistant Director (Horticulture) of Saina Nehwal Agricultural Technology Training and Education Institute of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University here, Dr Surender Singh said along with adoption of traditional farming, farmers could also do mushroom farming so as to earn more profit. Besides this, unemployed youth can also start their own business after getting training about modern techniques required to do so. Dr Singh said this while addressing trainees in Hisar at the inauguration of a three-day online training programme organised on the subject of ‘Mushroom Production Technique’ held on Wednesday.