Kurukehetra VC stresses on NEP

Kurukshetra: Kurukshetra University Vice-Chancellor Prof Som Nath Sachdeva held a formal meeting with the Deans, Directors, Principals, Heads of Departments and officials of the university. He said he aimed to work with his team to give KU a separate identity at international level. All out efforts will be made to implement the New Education Policy (NEP) in KU at the earliest, he added. He said the aim of the education policy was to make the nation a global superpower in the education sector. The objective of the policy is to give value and skill-based education to students. In the New Education Policy, the role of cultural and human values can lead to build a better society and character of the youth, said the VC.

JC Bose Excellence Award

Faridabad: JC Bose University of Science and Technology here has announced to award ‘JC Bose Excellence Award’ in the field of research and innovation on the 162nd birth anniversary of Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose. The award will be conferred to the promising students, researchers and faculty members for their research and innovation that helps people in problem solving. This was disclosed by Vice-Chancellor Prof Dinesh Kumar at the award ceremony of IoT Start-up Challenge 2020. Prof Kumar said the award would be conferred in two categories, one for faculty members and the other one for students and researcher scholars. The university has also announced to provide incubation facilities worth up to Rs 3 lakh to the three innovative start-up projects of students which were declared as best in the IoT start-up challenge.

Application date extended

Rohtak: The date for applying to postgraduate programmes at Pandit Lakhmi Chand State University of Performing and Visual Arts (PLC SUPVA) has been extended to December 15. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Vice-Chancellor Prof Rajbir Singh in the presence of senior faculty members. The university offers 14 undergraduate and four postgraduate programmes across four faculties. The decision is taken to provide more students the opportunity to apply for the programmes offered by the university. Similarly, the date for applying to newly started certificate and diploma courses at the PLC SUPVA has also been extended to December 15. A total of eight certificate and six diploma programmes are being offered by various faculties of the university. The programmes are open even for the university/college students, including PLC SUPVA, who can join them even while pursuing their regular degree programmes.

Administrative office inaugurated

Karnal: Kaithal MLA Leela Ram inaugurated the newly constructed administrative office, language lab and political science departmental library equipped with modern facilities at RKSD College here. Principal Sanjay Goyal formally welcomed him and informed him about the annual report of the college. President of the college and Rashtriya Vidya Smiti of the college Saket Mangal read a greeting letter written in his commemoration.