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The Tribune’s correspondents in Himachal Pradesh report on the new courses that have been introduced by Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla; Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Palampur; and University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan.
Keeping in view the huge demand for qualified professionals in the food, wine and pharmaceutical industries, the Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) will introduce a course in M.Sc (microbiology) at the department of biotechnology from this session. The new course will be started on the campus in Shimla and at a private institute, the Shalooni Institute of Life Sciences and Business Management, Solan. Admission to the two-year course will be made on the basis of an entrance examination and interview. The eligibility criterion for admission is B.Sc in botany or microbiology. While there are 30 seats on the HPU campus in Shimla, an equal number of seats will be available at the institute in Solan. The 30 seats at the HPU are under a self-financing scheme, with an annual fee of Rs 50,000, besides university fees. Pass-outs have a number of avenues both in terms of jobs as well as research. “There is a lot of demand for microbiologists in the food, pharmaceutical, vaccine, wine and beverage industries and in the vast area of environment management”, says Dr S.S. Kanwar, chairman, department of biotechnology. A large number of M.Sc (microbiology) pass-outs go in for research abroad. There are a lot of openings in research institutes like the Central Research Institute, Kasauli, and the DRDO. — Pratibha Chauhan
The Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University (HPAU), Palampur, has introduced many employment-oriented courses during this session. Courses for Ph.D in microbiology, biochemistry and chemistry have been introduced. Apart from teaching, one can enter chemical and pharmaceutical industries by opting for research in these subjects. Many chemical and pharmaceutical industries have set up their units in the Solan-Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh industrial belt. The university has also introduced masters’ degree courses in biology, environment science and veterinary public health. The course in environment science has been introduced at the college of agriculture in the university. It has a big scope in the state, keeping in view the coming up of many hydroelectric power projects. The course in biology has been introduced in the college of basic sciences on the university campus keeping in view the recent increase in demand for teachers in schools and colleges. Practical aspects of the courses are being refined to make graduates and postgraduates more pragmatic in their approach. The university is also laying emphasis on the overall development of the personality of students so as to infuse self-confidence in them to become successful entrepreneurs or to find jobs in the corporate sector and compete at the state and national levels. — Kulwinder
Sandhu
With a view to get a better response for its MBA students from various industrial houses, the University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF) has converted its MBA (agribusiness), earlier under the department of basic sciences, into a full-fledged department. Now placed under the College of Horticulture, instead of its earlier arrangement under the College of Forestry, the department will now have adequate faculty to meet its needs. Dr Y.S. Negi, head of the department, says more guest faculty will now be available for the benefit of students. The department endeavours to start more courses from the next academic session. The intake of seats has also been increased from 25 to 40 this year. Admission will be made through the combined entrance examination conducted by the Himachal Pradesh University. Gauging the significance of protection of forests in view of attack by various insects and pests as well as forest fires, the university is endeavouring to set up a separate department, the forest plants protection unit. While the course content will be devised soon, a beginning has been made with the creation of a separate unit under the department of entomology and plant pathology. The director research, Dr D.R. Sharma, says this need had been felt for long and the matter had figured in various meetings of the senate and the management
board — Ambika Sharma
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Campus Notes Much sought after courses
The Punjab Agricultural University continues to remain a favourite for agriculture and related studies. It has received a large number of applicants for admission to B.Sc (agriculture) and B.Tech (agricultural engineering) courses. All seats were filled on the first day of counselling. A question mark has been raised about the viability of the home science course. The number of students is much less than the number of seats available.
Merger buzz
The university campus is abuzz with the talk of demerger of various departments. The then vice-chancellor, Dr K.S. Aulakh, had merged about 24 departments. After Dr Manjit Singh Kang took over, a number of teachers and non-teaching staff had sought the demerger of the departments. Earlier the demand was restricted to very few departments, but once the new vice-chancellor constituted a committee of deans to review the merger, other departments merged came rushing to seek
demerger Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana
Dairy college
Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University has started the College of Dairy Science and Technology to strengthen the dairy sector in Punjab. The College of Dairy Science and Technology will not only produce professionally trained manpower, but will also help in evolving and transferring appropriate technologies. Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak
Council nominations
The vice-chancellor has nominated Dr S.P.S. Dahiya as a member of the executive council and the finance committee of the university. The vice-chancellor has also nominated Dr S.P. Khatkar as a member of the executive council of the university. He has nominated Dr Jyoti Juneja, principal, GVM Girls College, Sonepat; Shakuntala Singla, principal, Vaish Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Rohtak; and Dr Ravinder Kumar Sharma, principal, KM College of Education, Bhiwani, to the academic council of the university.
MoU with US varsity
In its endeavour to forge international education linkages, Maharshi Dayanand University has inked a memorandum of understanding with the University of Massachusetts, USA. The vice-chancellor, Prof R.S. Dhankar, signed the MoU at the university recently. — Contributed by Vimal Sumbly
and Sunit Dhawan
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