Character-building workshop held

Character-building workshop held

Faridabad: A three-day workshop on character building and personality development is under way at Aggarwal College, Ballabgarh. It is being conducted in association with Shiksha Sanskriti UtthanNyas, New Delhi. Shobhna Pethankar from Nyas, deliberated on Manomaya Kosh. She said character was very important for an individual. Stating that our ‘mann’ was very difficult to control and tends to remains unstable, she spoke about the power and development of ‘mann’ and also about tolerance that helped in the development of moral ideas. Further, she said one should always remain busy and never let need turn into greed for things of smaller values. Dr Deshraj Sharma, national convener, Shiksha Sanskriti UtthanNyas, said the mind is responsible for expressing thoughts. It helps in removing negativity from one’s soul and creates a positive environment.

Research project awarded

Mahendragarh: Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, has awarded a research project over ‘Syncretic Spaces and Pilgrimages: Making of a Nation’ to Dr Karan Singh Yadav, associate professor (English) at Government College for Women here. The duration of the project would be two years, while a grant of Rs9.5 lakh has been provided for it. “The project will not only examine different hybrid religious pilgrim places in the country, but also find out how do they contribute to the sense of nation-building. Guga Peer, Khatu Shyam, Sakhi Sarvar and Bava Gor are the major shrines to be covered under the study,” Yadav said.

Sports, academic icons felicitated

Kurukshetra: DAV Public School, Kurukshetra, felicitated its sports and academic icons for 2019. Principal Geetika Jasuja announced that the school was commending national-level sportspersons that include 29 medal winners for different sports and academic icons, who have set a mark by getting admissions in the prestigious institutions for higher studies in 2019. The academic icons are Sakshat Chahal, Kartik Anand, Pahulpreet, Pulkit Gupta, Tvisha Lamba, Vanshika, Sakshi Singh, Ishika, Vaasu, and Nishant. In the field of sports, Madhav Bajaj, Maanvender Singh, Shaurya, Tanmay, Yuvraj, Madhav, Raghav, Umang, Akshat, Naman Gupta, Jashan Saini, Amrinder, Kunika, Isha, Kushal, Kautilya, Nitya, Anjali, Ridim, Prajakta, Nitish, Rakshit, Arman Saini, Nirman Juneja, Chhavi, Anshika and Sampada, brought laurels for the school.

SWAMI SHRADDHANAND REMEMBERED

Kurukshetra: A function was organised at Gurukul Kurukshetra to pay tribute to Swami Shraddhanand, a freedom fighter, social reformer, Arya Samaj leader, educationist and founder of the institution. Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat was the chief guest and Power and Jails Minister Ranjeet Singh presided over the function. Singh expressed happiness at the gurukul system for creating scientific temperament and inculcating traditional values in students. A large number of students joining IITs, NITs and NDA after passing out from the school were felicitated. The Governor said creating world-class citizens ready to serve the country was a true homage to Swami Shraddhanand. Director Col Arun Datta highlighted the achievements and activities of the students and expressed the school’s commitment to serve the students and society.

TALK ON SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY

Hisar: Chetan Aditya, who is currently working on synthetic biology at Pasteur Institute, Paris, visited the Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (LUVAS) and delivered a talk highlighting the basic concept of synthetic biology and its various potential future applications in veterinary science, medicine, agriculture, environment and industry. He gave the example of Escherichia coli (E coli) produced through synthetic biology and how it can be a potential way for sequestrating carbon, a major contributor to climate change. Similarly, he discussed the use of technology in treatment of cancer and organ transplantations. One of the very useful applications that he talked about was biosensors, which are in the developing stage, wand can help detect chemical pollutants such as selenium in resource-poor settings. Director of research Dr Parveen Goel thanked Aditya for sensitising the LUVAS faculty on the issue.