Prez confers Visitor’s Award on Dean

Ashok Raina

President Pranab Mukherjee conferred Visitor’s Award on Dr Deepak Pant, Dean and head, environmental science, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, for developing a reactor that can covert waste plastic into LPG. The award was presented to him by the President on March 6 at Rashtrapati Bhawan in presence of Union Minister for HRD Prakash Javdekar. Dr Pant, a recipient of different national-level awards, has proposed a novel idea in which plastic is put into his ‘reactor module’ , which converts it into LPG. The procedure can be performed in households. While the average household consumption of plastic is typically 120 g per day, the proposed reactor is capable of producing 100 g of LPG per day, which is enough to meet the requirements of an average family.

Dr Upadhaya honoured

Dr Gitanjali Upadhaya, assistant professor, School of Business and Management Studies, CUHP, presented a paper titled ‘Wisdom from the Gita for spiritual leadership in business’ at the International Conference on Spirituality and Skill for Leadership and Sustainable Management on February 18 and 19 organised by the School of Management Sciences, Varanasi (UP).

‘Literary discourses important’

A two-day international seminar on literary discourse across cultures was held on March 8 and 9 at CUHP, in which Dr RL Sharma, convener, said literary discourses across cultures in the current context was an integral part of academic growth, as it not only suggested presence of various ideologies, but also implied that a healthy atmosphere where debates and discussions could be held was possible. The seminar was organised by the department of English. Prof Manuel Broncano from A and M International University, USA, was the key speaker and spoke on the relationship between art and imitation. He also explained how various art forms were interdependent. Prof Gurupdesh Singh of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar; Prof Rajesh Kumar Sharma of Panjabi University, Patiala; and Prof Swaraj Raj of Guru Gobind Singh World University, Fatehgarh Sahib, were the other resource persons present on the occasion.

Poem recitation marks Women’s Day 

International Women’s Day was celebrated at the Sharda girl’s hostel, where Rangoli, poster making, collage making and poem recitation competitions were held. In the collage-making competition, Krishma and Dipashi stood first, Kajal and Yukti bagged the second prize, Preetika and Pooja stood third and Tamanna and Neha received consolation prizes. In poem recitation, Jailalita got the first prize, Aditi stood second and Kajal received consolation prize.