Online counselling on Nov 17

Hisar: The first online counselling for admission to the postgraduate courses of Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, will be held on November 17. Applicants will update their respective examinations results by November 6. The tentative merit list will be displayed on November 9. If any applicant has any objection, he/she can file the objection by November 10, and 11. The corrected merit list of applicants will be displayed on November 12. Prof Tankeshwar Kumar, Vice-Chancellor said this decision had been taken at a meeting of deans and chairpersons of departments concerned regarding admissions and reopening of the university. He said the 5th online counselling for admission to the undergraduate courses would be held on November 6 while the final counselling will be held on November 11. The VC said the suggestions have been sought from all chairpersons regarding the possibilities of reopening the university after Diwali. These suggestions are to be given to the dean academic affairs of the university by November 4. After receiving these suggestions, a meeting will be organised with all chairpersons of the departments on November 5 and 6 and the decisions to start classes at the university will be taken. Teachers can allow local students to come to the university for research work. Apart from this, the date of depositing the fees for the second semester has also been extended till November 30.

Two students write books

Yamunanagar: Two students of Mukand Lal Public school, Sarojini Colony, Yamunanagar, Pratima and Agrim Goel have utilised the critical time of the lockdown by writing books. ‘The invincible children’, is the second book of 10-year-old Agrim Goyal. It’s about five fearless children, who are determined to save a helpless dolphin. The emerging poetess, Pratima, Class X student brought out her ideology in ‘Game of destiny-courtney’, life and adventure’ of a 14-year-old girl. Principal of the school Shashi Bathla congratulated them.

Short-term course in physics

Faridabad: The department of physics of JC Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad, has organised a short-term course on “Synthesis and characterisation of nanomaterials’. As many as 250 participants, including faculties, scientists, industry persons and research scholars from various colleges, universities, research laboratories and industries covering 6 states have attended it. Speaking on the occasion, Vice-Chancellor Prof Dinesh Kumar said the online platform and the short-term courses like these have kept the momentum of learning going. The topic of the course has wide applicability across the fields from medical to energy harvesting.

Personality development training

Rohtak: The Institute of Management Studies and Research (IMSAR) of Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) has commenced a two-week personality development training course for the final year students. Director, IMSAR Prof Raj Kumar said the two-week programme was focussed on increasing the employability of students through development of communication and inter- personal skills.