CSSRI celebrates foundation day

Karnal: Dr Chindi Vasudevappa, VC, National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Sonepat, was chairing the 53rd foundation day of the Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI). He said decline in soil fertility, over exploitation of groundwater resources, uncertainty in farmers’ income in view of the fluctuating market prices, vagaries of weather on account of climate change and lack of professional approach in the farming enterprise had become big challenges and advocated adopting of precision agriculture with conservation of natural resources.

Workshop on research methodology

Rohtak: A workshop on research methodology started at the MDU, Rohtak, under the aegis of Ch Ranbir Singh Institute of Social and Economic Change (CRISEC) and faculty of physical sciences and engineering of the university. Vice-Chancellor Prof Rajbir Singh said research must aim at the welfare of mankind and focus on problem-solving. He said e-resources must be utilised for scientific literature survey and review. He expressed MDU’s commitment to develop an effective research eco-system. The Vice-Chancellor of PDM University, Bahadurgarh, Prof AK Baskshi, delivered a lecture on “How to achieve excellence in science in India in the 21st century” in the inaugural session.

Collage-making competition

Yamunanagar: A national-level inter-college ‘Collage making competition’ was organised at Guru Nanak Khalsa College here. College principal Dr (Major) Harinder Singh Kang said 65 students from Punjab, HP, Haryana, Maharashtra and UP participated. Head of the maths department Prof Gurvinder Kaur said Megha of Government PG College, Sector 42, Chandigarh, got the first position, Shruti of IB (PG) College, Panipat, and Kanhiya of Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Yamunanagar, secured the second and third position, respectively.

National Science Day celebrated

Hisar: National Science Day was celebrated at Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar with great fervour and enthusiasm. Prof Tankeshwar Kumar, VC, was the chief guest of the valedictory function and highlighted the importance of starting industries and companies corresponding to the end products of research done in Universities

MDU VC assigns role to Professors

Rohtak: Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Rajbir Singh has assigned the charge of Dean, College Development Council (DCDC), to Dr AS Maan, professor, department of physics. The MDU VC has assigned the charge of director, directorate of distance education (DDE) to Dr Naseeb Singh Gill, professor, department of computer science and applications. Dr Munish Garg, professor, deptartment of pharmaceutical sciences has been assigned the charge of director, centre for start-up, incubation and innovation. Dr Yudhvir Singh, professor of computer science engineering, has been assigned the charge of director, University Institute of Engineering and Technology.

3 girls bring laurels to Bahri village

Karnal: Three meritorious girls of Bahri village, who secured first, second and third positions in Class X examinations, have been honoured by Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav on Wednesday at the Mini-Secretariat. Bahri village was selected for the “Best village award” under “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” initiative of the government for having best sex-ratio in the district. DC Yadav and Civil Surgeon Dr Yogesh Sharma honoured Anjali with a cash prize of Rs 75,000 for securing 90 per cent marks, Khushi with a cash prize of Rs 45,000 after securing 84 per cent marks and Madhu with Rs 30,000 for getting 83 per cent marks.

Industrial motivational campaign

Kurukshetra: Professor MM Goel, adviser, Public Finance, Sixth State Finance Commission, Haryana, said, “To search the solution of unemployment, we should adopt entrepreneurship in the service sector, which has opportunities for the Indian youth.” He was addressing the participants of an Industrial Motivational Campaign for Youth (IMC-Y) at Technology Education and Research Integrated Institutions (TERII) here organised by MSME-Development Institute, Karnal, on the topic “Entrepreneurship in service sector of India”.