Honour for Panjab University Professor

Chandigarh: Dr Kewal Krishan, Professor and former Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, has been appointed as an associate editor of an international and reputed journal, “Journal of Infection in Developing Countries”. The journal is being published from 2007 with its headquarters at the University of Sassari, Italy. Krishan has been offered this position on the basis of his work on the interface of anthropology, forensic science and Covid-19 infection during the last two years of the pandemic. In this journal, he published six articles focusing on medico-legal death investigations, survival of the fittest and forensic radiology facility and their relationship to the pandemic. TNS

Prospectus released

Chandigarh: DAV College Principal Dr Pawan Kumar Sharma, along with Dean Admissions Dr Meenakshi Bhardwaj and other faculty members of the college, released the prospectus for the session 2022-23. DAV College has been ranked among the top colleges of India by India Today (2021-22) and NIRF Ranking (2022), Government of India. TNS

GGSCW, Sector 26

Chandigarh: Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector 26, released its prospectus for the session 2022-23. It was unveiled by IAS Gurdev Singh (retd), president, Sikh Educational Society. The college prospectus is available on the website ggscw.ac.in for online admissions. TNS

Five-day workshop

Chandigarh: A five-day workshop on ‘Learning Start-Up Skills’ for PhD scholars was organised by the Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC). It was inaugurated by Prof Sudhir Kumar, Director, HRDC. Prof Sudhir emphasised the need for initiating start-ups by PU students to serve the community and common people. Jayanti Dutta, Deputy Director, HRDC, explained the dire need to make PU research scholars ready for the upcoming challenge for entrepreneurship and owning start-ups to enhance positive contributions of the intellectual capital to the development of society.