National conference organised

Rohtak: The department of pharmaceutical sciences of Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) organised a two-day national conference on "Quality control of Indian medicinal plants standardised raw material to finished products." VC Prof Rajbir Singh inaugurated the conference and said India has a rich culture of indigenous medicine system, especially ayurveda. Dr Sanjay Kumar, Director, Himalayan Institute of Bioresource Technology, Palampur (HP) delivered the keynote address. He focused on the use of novel innovative technologies for phytopharmaceuticals from Himalayan bio resources. In his comprehensive presentation, Dr Kumar spoke about harnessing bio resources to boost the economy.

Seminar on banking, insurance

Kurukshetra: A two-day national seminar on contemporary issues in banking, insurance and financial sector was organised by the Institute of Management Studies, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, which had four sessions. In the first session, Ramesh Tamak, senior vice-president, investors relations, TATA AI General Insurance, discussed about the recent developments in the distribution of general insurance. In the second session, Vivek Mittal, DGM, PNB, and Dr Ashish Garg, associate professor, IIM, Kashipur, jointly, also discussed the issues of financial sector, cyber security and NPA management. The third and fourth sessions were chaired by professor Bhag Singh Bodla, dean, faculty of commerce and management and Rajendra Chauhan, general manager, IDBI Bank, respectively Dr Ramesh Dalal, Chairman, University School of Management was the chief guest.

Ambala girl selected for TV show

Ambala: After the All-India auditions Avni Chaurasia of Class IV of Lord Mahavir Jain Public School selected as challenger for the "top challengers shoot round" of "Bhavanjali - a reality show" Dharohar Sangeet Ki. It was held online and she showed her talent with full zeal. The school management and school principal congratulated her for bringing accolades and laurels to the school.

6 students get scholarship

Karnal: Six girl students of Government High School Ramba, Karnal, got scholarship of Rs 22,500 under the scholarship programme of Canara Vidya Jyoti scheme by the Canara Bank Branch, Sector 12, Karnal, through saving accounts. In this scheme, the students were selected on the basis of examination results. This is a good step taken by Canara Bank to encourage girl students. The amount was given to Riya, Aarti, Amandeep, Kajal, Mehak and Monika who scored the highest marks in Classes V to X. The officiating headmistress of the school, Shalini Anand, received the incentive amount given. On behalf of students, she thanked the chief manager of the bank Santosh Kumar Minde, senior manager Pawan Kumar, manager Megha Patharia and expressed gratitude for this move.

Diet session organised

Ambala: A session on diet and health management was organised under an administrative training programme for the non-teaching staff of Sanatan Dharma College, Ambala Cantt. The training programme was conducted by the internal quality assurance cell of the college and included two sessions - disaster management and diet and health management. Dietician Shiva Kumar, resource person, in her address talked about different body types and the requisite diet for people with various lifestyle disorders like blood pressure, gout, arthritis, acne and digestive problems.

Vaccination campaign at varsity

Sirsa: Vice-Chancellor of Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, Professor AS Malik launched the vaccination campaign to safeguard the employees and their family members from Covid on the campus. After taking the dose of the vaccine, he motivated the employees of the university to become a part of the vaccination process.

Focus on developing rural sector

Rohtak: Prof Rajbir Singh, Vice-Chancellor of Maharshi Dayanand University, said rural development should focus on comprehensive socio-economic development of rural sector. Inclusive growth is the need of the hour. Universities have a stellar role to play in the matter through qualitative research in the domain of rural development, and preparing a development road map for the purpose. While chairing a national seminar on "rural development: Opportunities and challenges" organised by the department of economics. The chief guest of the inaugural function was Prof Ashok Mittal, Vice- Chancellor, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra.

Nine GJUST students qualify GATE

Hisar: Nine students of Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology (GJUST), Hisar, have qualified the graduate aptitude test in engineering (GATE) 2021 examination, the results of which was declared recently. Prof Tankeshwar Kumar, Vice-Chancellor and Dr Avnesh Verma, Registrar, congratulated the students who have qualified the GATE examination. Total 711542 students appeared for this test, out of which 17.8 per cent students have qualified. Those who qualified the exams are Siddharth (601), Vishal Sharma (438), Jagdish Mishra (350) and Ayush Kumar (303), Rahul Rathee (410), Ishmit Bamel (369), Himanshu (358), Sachin Sharma (353) and Ankit Grover (308).

‘Holika Dahan’ at Kaithal DPS

Kaithal: A cultural fiesta was organised on the premises of Delhi Public School, Kaithal, to celebrated Holi. Principal Navneet Kaur said life was a stage and it offered everyone abundance of opportunities to grab with a positive spirit. Parents, students and the DPS faculty attended 'Holika Dahan' with great reverence. Sending his greetings on the occasion, Satish Kumar Bansal, chairman of the school, urged the people to celebrate a safe Holi with colours and flowers following all the SOPs of Covid-19.

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