Technical festival 'Altius 2020' concludes in Kurukshetra

Kurukshetra: A variety of technical competitions were held on the second and last day of the technical festival ‘Altius 2020’ at the National Institute of Technology (NIIT). Students of the institute participated enthusiastically. On the last day of Altius, exciting lectures were organised in which the lecture of Lalit Kundu, senior software engineer of Google and alumnus of IIIT, Hyderabad, was important. He gave students information about von Neumann’s electrical knowledge skills. Dean of the institute (Research and Consulting) Prof Mahesh Pal said during this technical festival, zathura, b-plan, astrohunt, greek quiz, upse, cryptic course, astroquiz, prasarotri, were the main attraction. In the AstroQuiz competition, the participating team was awarded based on knowledge of astronomy. It was a tough competition with a number of tiebreakers, but overcoming all odds, team Alien Sky Cult prevailed, paving their way to victory. The vertigo event was a post-competition event organised by the electoral society in which Rajendra Mahela and Shivam Saxena secured first position.

News & info literacy programme

Karnal: A three-day online course on news and information literacy programme in India was organised by ‘Factshala India media literacy network’, an initiative launched by Internews in collaboration with Data leads and supported by google.org and Google News initiative. Rashmi Singh, assistant professor in Mass Communication at Government College, Karnal, was selected for the programme and is now a certified trainer who can train people assess and critically evaluate the content online. The trainings will be conducted in tier II and III cities and villages across India. The aim is to debunk fake news and make people aware about fact checking and misinformation. A very few were shortlisted for the said training out of thousands of applications from across India.

Students bring laurels to college

Karnal: Students of the department of political science, RKSD College, Kaithal, brought laurels to the college by securing good marks in the recently declared results of Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. Tamanna secured first place with 78 per cent marks while Gagandeep with 75.5 per cent marks got second place in the overall result of the university and later also cleared his UGC NET exam this year. Out of a total of 39 political science students, nine students secured more than 80 per cent marks this semester while 18 students secured more than 75 per cent marks. The chairman of the College, Saket Mangal, advocate and principal Sanjay Goyal congratulated Prof CB Saini, head of the department of Political Science, and his team for the outstanding performance of students.

Bust of JC Bose unveiled

Faridabad: The chairman of All-India Council for Technical Education Prof Anil D Sahasrabudhe today unveiled the bust of Jagdish Chandra Bose at JC Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad, on his 162nd birth anniversary and inaugurated the newly built multi-storeyed building of Community College Of Skill Development (CCSD) on the university premises. Prof Sahasrabudhe also inaugurated skill and personality development centre and planted a sapling on the campus. The brass metal bust of Jagadish Chandra Bose with inscription of his scientific contribution has been installed in front of the Vice-Chancellor’s Secretariat.

Training for faculty

Yamunanagar: Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Yamunanagar, organised one-day training for faculty members on the functioning of learning management system (LMS). Keeping in view the evolving demand of virtual teaching due to the emergence of ongoing circumstances Bhupinder Singh Jauhar from managing committee and Randeep Singh Jauhar, president, governing body, Guru Nanak Khalsa College took the decision of introducing a dedicated licensed online learning platform. Principal of the college, Dr (Major) Harinder Singh Kang, highlighted the importance of LMS training.