MDU holds viva voce online

Rohtak: The Department of Physical Education at Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) here conducted online viva voce examination for PhD students through videoconferencing. Head of Department Prof RP Garg said Dr Usha Rani, Head of Physical Education Department, Kurukshetra University, was the external examiner, who asked questions about research from scholar Pushpa Kumar, who conducted the study over ‘Lifestyle, mental health and quality of life amongst team and combative sports players of Haryana’. Garg said it was for the second time when the department successfully held the viva-voce exams through videoconferencing.

Rohtak varsity 4th best in nation

Rohtak: Pt Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, has secured fourth rank among medical/health universities across the country in a recent survey conducted by a prominent publication. This was stated by UHS Vice-Chancellor Prof (Dr) OP Kalra while addressing a news conference here on Tuesday. Prof Kalra maintained that as per the survey, the university had got the top position in terms of the number of patients attended by MD/MS students, second rank in terms of gender diversity among postgraduate students and third in terms of lowest tuition fee of MD/MS students.

MoU on learning mgmt system

Kurukshetra: A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed electronically between Kurukshetra Technology Education and Research Integrated Institutions (TERii) Secretary Aditya Gupta and Great Learning, a platform on which more than five lakh students are enrolled and more than 1,000 online courses are available, co-founder Arjun Nair. Programme convener Parul Chutani stated that Great Learning had launched this learning management system in June and expressed confidence that TERii teachers will be able to contribute for the students’ learning process by being fully aware of the platform before the start of new semester. Director TERii Dr Sagar Gulati said it was challenging to ensure conscious participation of students on platforms such as Zoom and Google Meet etc. It is not feasible for parents to monitor students all the time and thus it was necessary for educational institutions to have a complete comprehensive learning management system to ensure quality education amid the Covid-constraints.

Fee rebate to Covid-hit students

Faridabad: The JC Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, here has offered a fee waiver up to hundred per cent to students facing grim financial situation due to the Covid-pandemic. Vice-Chancellor Dinesh Kumar claimed that the offer had been made under a policy to support economically weaker and needy students. He said students facing hardships could apply with the university for fee waiver. Announcing that fee could be waived off or refunded, he said the eligibility of the beneficiary students will be decided after a scrutiny based on certain parameters. He said while a minimum of 50 per cent of tuition fee will be waived the percentage of the benefit will be decided on case to case basis.