JC Bose University to hold convocation

Faridabad: JC Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad will hold its third convocation on October 8, to confer degrees on students who have completed their degrees in 2021. The convocation ceremony will be held at the Shakuntalam hall of the university. Governor of Haryana Bandaru Dattatreya who is also the Chancellor of the university, will preside over the ceremony and distribute degrees, medals and certificates to the students and scholars in the presence of Vice-Chancellor Prof Dinesh Kumar. The convocation ceremony is arranged only for the students who completed their degrees in 2021. However, the degree distribution ceremony for students of other batches of between 2017 and 2020 will be organised shortly as soon as the pandemic subsides and circumstances become normal, he added.

Foundation stone laid by Guv

Hisar: The Haryana Governor laid the foundation stone of office complex and laboratory building at the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Centre of Excellence in Organic Farming at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, on Wednesday. He said this lab would prove to be beneficial for the farmers. The farmers can get a lot of help in checking the health of the soil, making organic pesticides and fungicides, checking the quality of crops and value addition. He also visited the Centre of Excellence in Organic Farming and observed various research activities. He also visited various departments of the university and took stock of the ongoing research and teaching work here.

Four-day workshop organised

Faridabad: A four-day workshop titled “Computer-aided drug design” has been organised by the department of chemistry, Aggarwal College, Ballabgarh. Prof Mukesh Doble of the department of biotechnology, IIT Madras has been the resource person. Dr Krishan Kant Gupta, Principal, emphasised on the need of such workshops in the present scenario. The resource person focused on hands-on training on various free software programmes available for drug designing. The workshop was attended by 45 participants.

Poster-making competition

Yamunanagar: A national-level online poster-making competition was organised by the department of industrial microbiology, Guru Nanak Khalsa College. Principal Dr (Major) Harinder Singh Kang said in this competition students from Haryana, Maharashtra, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu participated.He said in the competition, Nishtha, a student of the host college stood first, Vaishnavi Dattatreya, a student of SBS Appasaheb Jedhe Mahavidyalaya, Pune, Maharashtra and Tanya of GGDSD College, Chandigarh displayed their talent by securing second and third position, respectively. Randeep Singh Jauhar, president of the college managing committee, congratulated all teachers and students.

Class II lad brings laurels

Ambala: A Class II student of MMIS Sadopur in Ambala participated in “First open national yoga championship” and won the second position. This competition was held in Rohtak and was organised by the “National Yogasna Sports Skills Association” from October 2-3. School principal Dr Nisha Sharma congratulated Siddharth and his parents.