Covid Impact on farming discussed

Karnal: The National Academy of Agriculture Sciences (NAAS), Haryana Chapter here, in collaboration with the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) Deemed University, conducted a webinar on “Challenges to farming community under Covid-19 and impact on smallholder farmers: The pandemic threats to livelihoods as well as food security”. Under the leadership of Dr T Mohapatra, NAAS president, Secretary DARE (GOI) and ICAR DG Dr ML Madan, Convenor, NAAS, Haryana Chapter and Former DDG (Animal Science) convened the webinar. Dr MS Chauhan, Director, NDRI-cum-VC NDRI Deemed University, and Dr AK Mohanty, Principal Scientist, NDRI, coordinated the webinar. Dr ML Madan in the welcome address conveyed to the participants on the genesis of the webinar and how this is going to make farmer centric policies to tackle the effect of pandemic in future. Dr T Mohapatra in his inaugural remarks discussed the impact of Covid-19 on the farming community and the problems faced by the farmers of Northwest India particularly in Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan. A total of nine eminent agricultural scientists and administrators in the field of Agriculture and Dairying as well as three progressive farmers presented their views on the impact of Covid on the problems faced by the farmers, government policies and how to tackle the problem.

JGU conferred IoE status

Sonepat: OP Jindal Global University (JGU) has been conferred the status of an Institution of Eminence (IoE). It has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Education, Government of India. The IoE policy was launched to implement the commitment of the Government of India to empower universities and higher educational institutions to help them build world-class teaching and research institutions. The responsibility of the selection and recommendation of ‘Institutions of Eminence’ was entrusted to an empowered experts committee that was appointed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. With the confirmed status as an IoE, JGU has entered a coveted group of ‘Top 10 private institutions’ in the country to be unshackled from regulatory controls and be given full autonomy. The search for IoE began in the year 2017 with the introduction of the UGC Regulations, 2017 for private institutions and UGC Guidelines, 2017 for public institutions. Founding Chancellor and benefactor of OP Jindal Global University Naveen Jindal said, “I am immensely delighted that JGU has been conferred with the status of an IoE. This is an incredible recognition for JGU and is a great tribute to the extraordinary achievements of the university. I congratulate the Vice-Chancellor, faculty, students, parents of our students and the staff for their hard work, commitment and dedication, which led to this fantastic recognition in a decade since its inception,” he added.

Online meeting organised

Sirsa: An online meeting of the Youth Welfare Committee of Chaudhary Devi Lal University here was organised under the Chairmanship of Vice-Chancellor Prof RB Solanki. During the meeting, a budget of Rs 38 lakh had been approved for various youth welfare activities for current financial year. Solanki said the directorate of the committee played a vital role in overall development of students. Calendar of various activities for the session 2020-21 was also finalised during the meeting. The VC said the directorate should telecast motivational and thought-provoking short films for students to channelise their energy. Amendment in directorate of Youth Welfare rules/regulations (part-A) was also discussed in the meeting and same was resolved. On the occasion, Youth Welfare of the University director Dr Manju Nehra provided the information regarding various events which had been organised by the directorate and also put a light upon future activities of the directorate.

Vigilance awareness week observed

Yamunanagar: As a part of the vigilance awareness week being observed by the Central Vigilance Commission with the theme “Satark Bharat Samridh Bharat”, a pledge of integrity was taken by teachers and non-teaching staff of Guru Nanak Khalsa College here. They pledged to fight against corruption that had been a major obstacle to economic, political and social progress of the country. Principal of the college Dr (Major) Harinder Singh Kang, Dr Ravi Kapoor, Dr Alok Goel, Prof Bal Krishan, Dr Daljit Kaur, Dr Jasvinder Kaur, Dr RS Vohra and other teachers were also present in the ceremony that was organised by the NSS programme officers Dr Neena Puri and Dr Vinay Chandel. Sardar Bhupender Singh Jauhar, patron of managing committee of the college, appreciated the ethical initiative.

Result of final year courses out

Mahendragarh: Central University of Haryana (CUH) has declared the result of final year for B Tech (Civil Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Printing and Packaging Technology), B Voc (Retail and Logistics Management and Industrial Waste Management); M Sc (Mathematics, Microbiology, Environmental Science, Chemistry, Nutrition Biology, Biochemistry and Statistics); MA (English, Journalism and Mass Communication, Political Science, Psychology, Education and Economics), Master of Hotel Management and Catering Technology and Bachelor of Education (BEd), said Vipul Goyal, Controller of Examination, of the CUH.

GJUST shines in world ranking

Hisar: Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology has once again secured rank band 601-800 in Physical Sciences subject category with a total score of 23.1 to 31.6 released by The Times Higher Education World University Subject Rankings 2021 on Wednesday by The Times Higher Education, London. Recently, GJUST had established itself on the world level academic platform by securing 801 to 1,000 rank band with overall score between 25.1 to 30.1 in the TIMES University rankings for 2021. A total of 1,149 universities/institutes from all over the world have been included in this subject category. From India, only 48 universities/institutes have been included in this subject ranking. Vice-Chancellor Tankeshwar Kumar and Registrar Dr Avnesh Verma congratulated the university teaching and non-teaching staff for the achievement.