New session of college commences

Karnal: The new session of RKSD College, Kaithal, commenced with a ‘hawan’ ceremony. Saket Mangal, Managing Committee Chairman, hosted the ceremony. Later, Sports Minister Sandeep Singh inaugurated the international-level shooting range and boxing arena at the indoor stadium and multipurpose cafeteria complex on the college campus. To further improve sports facilities at the college, he donated Rs 5 lakh. In his address, the minister stressed on making sports an important part of the curriculum. Local MLA Leela Ram also graced the event. He praised the contribution of the college to the society. Principal Sanjay Goyal read the report of works done by the college during the Covid period.

PRARAMBH holds online orientation

Jhajjar: Prarambh, a state institute of advanced studies in teacher education, organised online orientation for its newly enrolled students. Institute Director Rishi Goel called upon the students to work hard and make their future bright and to ensure their contribution in the betterment of the society. Savita Yadav spoke about cultural and co-curricular activities of the institute while Assistant Professor Rakesh Sheoran spoke about the journey of the institute and expectations from the students and teachers.

Admission ON for distance courses

Rohtak: Maharishi Dayanand University (MDU) has issued admission notice for Distance Learning Programmes for the session 2020-2021. Prof Kuldeep Singh Chhikara, Director, Directorate of Distance Education (DDE), said admission in distance education will be under semester mode for new students, whereas for old students registered earlier, admissions would be in annual mode. Prof Chhikara said the last date for submission of online applications would be November 30. Notably, BA, B Com, M Com, M Sc (Mathematics), MA (Hindi/English/Sanskrit/political science/public administration/economics) and MA (final) history (only for those registered in session 2016-17 and 2017-18) are available through distance education. Details of the programmes’ admission procedure etc were available on MDU website, the Director added.