National training programme by NDRI

Karnal: The National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), has organised a national training programme on "upskilling of extension professionals in scientific dairying" under the development action plan for schedules caste (DAPSC). About 12 trainees from Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana participated. Dr MS Chauhan, Director, NDRI, while delivering the valedictory address, highlighted the role of dairy sector in doubling the farmer's income and possible contribution of extension functionaries in enhancing the income and profitability of farmers.

Awareness on HIV/AIDS

Karnal: The red ribbon club of DAV (PG) College, Karnal, organised various activities in the college campus to spread awareness on HIV/AIDS and the precautions to avoid it. More than 30 students participated in the poster making, slogan writing and essay-writing competition. Shubham of B Com first year came first in easy-writing competition, while Khushi of B Com first year came second and Nancy of BSc medical third year came third. In the slogan-writing completion, Vishakha of B SC (non medical), Muskan of B COM first year, Karn verma of B.COM first year, bagged first, second and third positions respectively. In the poster-making competition, Tamanna of M SC (maths), Garima of B A second, and Disha of B COM first year got first, second and third position. Principal, Dr Ram Pal Saini appreciated the efforts of Dr Rekha Chaudhary, convener, red ribbon club for organising such competitions.

Diwali utsav celebrated

Kaithal: The Diwali fest 'Utsav' was organised by the computer science department of RKSD College, Kaithal, under which various activities like rangoli, cooking without fire, resume making, debate and others were conducted. Principal Sanjay Goyal inaugurated the programme and said it was necessary to preserve the culture along with technical knowledge.

National online workshop

Rewari: The seven-day national online workshop on "Applied econometrics and machine learning" organised by the department of economics at Indira Gandhi University (IGU) here concluded on Sunday. Prof Kamlesh Gakhar (Retd) from the MDU, Rohtak, in her presidential address elaborated on the importance of data and econometrics and described the role of statistical test, hypothesis etc. Prof Shakti Kumar from JNU, New Delhi, in his key note address described the precautions to be taken by framing the econometrics models and discuss various tests in time series data.

CUH to introduce new course

Mahendragarh: The Central University of Haryana (CUH) has got the approval to conduct postgraduate diploma in rehabilitation psychology (PGDRP) course from the rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), New Delhi. Prof Tankeswar Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, said the course with 10 seats would be introduced from the current academic session and it would not only cater to the demand of specialists and professionals in the field of psychology but also increase employment opportunities for students.

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