Resume sports quota in colleges: ABVP

The ABVP staged a demonstration outside the Higher Education Directorate, demanding the resumption of the sports and culture quota in college admissions. The government and Education Department have played a cruel joke on the youth by abolishing the sports and culture quota, especially at a time when the Centre is launching various schemes to help sportspersons do well at the international level. Giving three-day ultimatum to resume the quota, the ABVP said the agitation would be intensified in all colleges of the state.

ICAR entrance exams from Sept 7

The seats for various undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate programmes at Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, for the academic session 2021-22, would be filled on the basis of the score of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) entrance exam, which will be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). Candidates who wish to apply for self-financing seats (UG) and MBA (General) are not required to apply for the ICAR exam. However, they are required to fill the online application form of the university. The AIEEA (UG) exam will be held on September 7, 8 and 13, while the AIEEA (PG) and AICE-JRF/SRF (PhD) test will be held on September 17.

Student shines in poetry recitation

Cadet Maanika Sethi of St Bede’s College, under 7HP (I) Coy NCC Shimla, has brought laurels by bagging the first position in a self-composed poetry recitation competition. The competition was organised by the Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh Directorate under the chairmanship of ADG Maj Gen JS Sandhu and has won a cash prize of Rs 3,000.

Global conference at APG varsity

Tradepreneur Global Academic Platform, UK, along with the APG University, Shimla, organised the 5th international conference online in collaboration with the CT University, Ludhiana, and other foreign universities from July 26 to 28. APG university Registrar Anil Paul Singh welcomed the participants to the conference on how to use science and technology to handle the crisis the humanity is facing at the moment. This conference provided a platform to address, exhibit and explore the knowledge of science, technology and management.