Webinar on nanomaterials

Rewari: Indira Gandhi University organised a two-day national webinar on "Nanomaterials: Fundamentals and applications". Vice-Chancellor Prof SK Gakhar while inaugurating the webinar highlighted the significance of nanomaterials while Prof Rajiv Kumar, Member Secretary, AICTE, New Delhi, as a chief speaker elaborated on the role of the new education policy and the AICTE in terms of higher education. Guests of honour Prof Bansi D Malhotra of Delhi Technological University (DTU), and Prof SK Chakarvarti, visiting adviser research, Manav Rachna, International Institute of Research & Studies, Faridabad, described various aspects of nanotechnology.

MDU officials distribute masks

Rohtak: Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) under its outreach programme distributed masks and tablets of Vitamin C in Balambh village here. Prof Ranbir Singh Gulia, NSS coordinator and Prof Raj Kumar, dean student welfare (MDU), along with NSS volunteers also motivated the villagers to maintain social distancing to protect themselves from Coronavirus. He maintained Balambh had been adopted by the MDU for creating awareness among the villagers about health and social issues.

Two-week value-added course

Faridabad: As many as 450 participants from different branches of science and engineering have been participating in the two-week online value-added course on "An interactive approach to learn mathematical applications of C/C++". The course was inaugurated by Member Secretary of AICTE Prof Rajeev Kumar, while it was presided over by Vice-Chancellor Prof Dinesh Kumar. Earlier, the chairperson of the mathematics department, Dr Neetu Gupta, welcomed the guests and participants and gave a brief introduction about the department and the course. Dinesh Kumar explained the significance of learning C and C++ in today's scenario. Prof Rajeev Kumar apprised the students of the uses of computer language C and C++ and its applications in mathematics, and advised the department to start new courses like "BTech in mathematics computing" which was the need of the hour. He congratulated the department for organising such type of value-added course for students' benefit.

achievement certificate for student

Kurukshetra: Tagore Global School student Seerat Kaur of Class VI has received an achievement certificate for building a face recognition application using python programming language in The Guinness World Record event organised last month. A total of 1,12,314 persons participated in the 'AI for India' initiative organised by Guvi and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The event was aimed at up-skilling Indians in python programming language.