NCC cadets get overall trophy

Hisar: Cadets of the NCC -Air wing of Dayanand College, Hisar, have received the overall trophy in the annual training camp. NCC Officer of the college, Dr Surender Bishnoi said this year's annual training camp was organised at Shri Krishna Pranami School, Siwani in Bhiwani district. The cadets from various colleges and universities participated. The cadets of Dayanand College, Hisar, secured the first prize in volleyball, tug of war, throw ball, drill competition and won the overall trophy. Principal of the college, DrVikramjit Singh congratulated the cadets.

Mono-acting competition

Kurukshetra: Tagore Global School, Kurukshetra, organised an intra-house mono-acting competition to ensure that tudents got opportunities to explore their talent. The students showcased their talent with a variety of interesting topics like online classes, environment, mythological characters etc.. Students from all houses performed with a lot of zeal.

Teaching, non-teaching assns meet VC

Hisar: Teaching and Non-Teaching Associations of the Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (LUVAS) met the Vice-Chancellor, Dr Gurdial Singh,recently to press for their demands for the implementation of cashless medical card and five days a week in the university. The teaching association president, Dr Ashok Malik, informed that the VC had assured that the cashless medical cards would be issued soon to all employees. While referring to the implementation of five days a week in LUVAS, the VC assured that he had set up a committee to submit a report in this regard and a decision would be taken on the basis of the report of the committee. The associations had decided to postpone the dharna which was scheduled to be organised on November 29 and 30, following assurance from the VC.

Extension lecture

Kaithal: An extension lecture was organised by the department of economics of RKSD College, Kaithal, on the topic, 'Need for skill development among students in current contexts'. The keynote speaker was Prof Ashok Chauhan, department of economics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. Principal Sanjay Goyal and head economics department Prof Virender Goyal described skill development as very important in the present contexts. He said the time of traditional practice in the field of employment was over, now skill-oriented educated youth had emerged as their first choice.

VC for research projects

Karnal: Prof Samar Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Maharana Pratap Horticulture University (MHU),recently interacted with the newly appointed assistant professors and exhorted them to focus on research projects in view of the issues prevailing in the present time. They would submit the projects so that the financial assistance would be taken from the Union Government and the foreign organisations for these researches. While congratulating them on their joining the university, the VC said the MHU was the fifth horticulture university of the country and the first in Haryana.

Tributes paid to FIRST PRESIDENT

Kurukshetra: Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University, Prof Som Nath Sachdeva, on Friday said Dr Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India and a great Indian freedom fighter, had laid the foundation stone of Kurukshetra University. He was speaking after paying floral tributes to the bust of Dr Prasad. "Today, we need to work harder to take the university to the heights in the field of education by taking inspiration from his life," he said.

Workshop organised

Kurukshetra: Kurukshetra University Institute of Integrated and Honours Studies organised one day workshop on "Measuring attainment level of learning outcomes in undergraduates programmes. About 85 faculty members of the institute participated in the workshop. Prof Dinesh Kumar, co-coordinator, NAAC Steering Committee, Kurukshetra University, being the resource person explained the learning outcomes and procedure of mapping and to achieve them for undergraduates programme in the institute. He emphasised the relevance of choice based credits system in the new education policy and for the assessment of institute in NAAC accreditation.

Online Guest lecture

Faridabad: An online guest lecture on the Father of Nation Mahtama Gandhi and Indian literature was organised by the department of English at Aggarwal College here. Dr Krishan Kant Gupta, principal, said the resource person for the lecture was Ansar Ali, curator, National Gandhi Museum, Delhi. He said Ali spoke about Gandhi's contribution to literature in which he shared his approach towards life and highlighted social issues. He also revealed various interesting anecdotes revolving around Gandhi's life and described how these shaped his writings.