13th edition of Azadi Amritmahotsav at Guru Jambheshwar University

Hisar: The speakathon club under the mentorship of training and placement cell, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, organised the 13th edition of ‘Azadi Amritmahotsav Series’ in the form of “online elocution event” to commemorate the 75 years of India’s Independence. This week’s freedom fighter was ‘Khudiram Bose’ as his death anniversary fell this week. Many students of GJUST and other affiliated colleges participated in the event. Vivek Gupta from the physics department was the guest of honour. Partap Singh, director, placement, presided over the function. Dr Ranjeet Singh, programme coordinator presented the welcome speech and also encouraged the participants to give their best. Students spoke enthusiastically about the life, struggles and sacrifices of ‘Khudiram Bose’.

Online Art exhibition

Kurukshetra: Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University Prof Som Nath Sachdeva said art was a powerful medium of express expression. It acts as a medicine in today’s stressful life and provides peace to the human mind. He said this while inaugurating an online national art exhibition ‘Srijan 2021’ organised by the department of fine arts. Kurukshetra University registrar Dr Sanjeev Sharma appreciated this effort of the fine arts department. Chairperson of the fine arts department and coordinator of art exhibition, Dr Pawan Kumar said this exhibition would be there from August 5 to 15. A link is available on the KU website to view this online exhibition, informed Dr Pawan. The organising secretary of the online national art exhibition, Dr Gurcharan Singh informed that famous artists from different states of India were participating in the exhibition. Artifacts of Padma Shree Shyam Sharma, Padma Shree Sudhakar Olway, CS Krishna Setty (former president, Lalit Kala Akademi, Government of India) and 60 more renowned artists’s work will also being displayed in this exhibition.

Van Mahotsav celebrated

Karnal: The management, staff and students of Pratap Public School, Jarnailly Colony, Karnal, celebrated the ‘annual Van Mahotsav Day’ on Friday. A march was also organised with the mission to create, educate and motivate young minds to preserve and conserve our rich biodiversity. It is with this approach of making a difference, that the students of PPS planted and gifted saplings in a neighbourhood park. The locality residents thanked the management and staff of PPS for taking such good care of their park and enhancing the quality of the environment. Students gifted and explained the benefits of various medicinal plants to the members of the management and residents, present here.

Webinar on advances in 4D printing

Hisar: Lasers and photonics group of department of physics, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar (GJUST) and the advanced optical materials research group (AOMRG) of University Technology Malaysia (UTM) and North-Cap University (NCU) organised a webinar on “Advances in 4D printing materials and technology” on Friday under a memorandum of understanding. The speakers Prof Dr. Sib Krishna Ghoshal of UTM, Prof Dr Devendra Mohan of GJUST and Dr Sunita Sharma of NCU deliberated on the concept of future 4D printing materials technology in the areas of healthcare, defence, aerospace, automobile, consumer goods, electronics mainly auto, airspace and medical with the need of self assembled materials, multi-materials, temperature driven materials, UV -driven materials, self-deformation/degradation.