Students shine in IIT-JEE Mains

Ambala: Students of DAV School once again made the institution proud by cracking IIT-JEE Mains with flying colours. Aryan Bakshi scored 99.86 percentile, Aryan Aggarwal 99.77 and Harshit Chanana scored 98.06 in IIT-JEE Mains. Principal Dr Seema Dutt congratulated the young Davians and their families and wished them luck for their future endeavours.

Advertisement making contest

Yamunanagar: Sigma, the mathematical society of Mukand Lal National College, Yamunanagar, organised an online national-level advertisement making competition on the topic 'ad mad show- math and success add up'. Dr Rahul Khanna, officiating principal of the college, said Aditi Anand of SD College, Ambala Cantonment, got first position. He further said M Jemima and S Angel Kiruba of Kamraj College of Arts and Science, Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) bagged second position. He added that Prabhu Murugan of the New College, Chennai (Tamil Nadu) and Shubham Kumar Sharma of CRM Jat College, Hisar, got third position.

Another feather in GJUST cap

Hisar: Adding another feather in its cap, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar (GJUST), ranked 301-350 in The Times Higher Education Emerging Economies University Rankings 2021. Vice-Chancellor Prof Tankeshwar Kumar and Dr Avnesh Verma, Registrar of the university, congratulated the university fraternity for this achievement. The VC said the ranking was based on five key indicators grouped into five areas: teaching 30 per cent (the learning environment); research 30 per cent (volume, income and reputation); citations 20 per cent (research influence); international outlook 10 per cent (staff, students and research); and industry income 10 per cent (knowledge transfer). The VC further stated that ranking used the same 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons, trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and governments – but the weightings are specially recalibrated to reflect the characteristics of the emerging economy universities.

Personality development workshop

Hisar: Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology Department of Applied Psychology organised a workshop on the topic “Personality Development and Assessment” at Ch Ranbir Singh Auditorium of the University. Mussorie Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration HR Prof Sunita Rani was the keynote speaker at the workshop. Prof Rakesh Behmani, Chairperson of the Department, presided over the workshop. Prof Sunita started the workshop by discussing human behaviour and personality in detail. She emphasised on the importance of understanding our behaviour for grooming our personality. She illustrated how personality development plays an essential role not only in an individual’s professional but also in personal life. She also introduced students to psychological tools for personality assessment which are helpful to students in understanding themselves as well as others.

Talk on investor awareness

Faridabad: A webinar on the topic of ‘Investor awareness’ was held at Aggarwal College at Ballabgarh here recently. It was jointly organised by the Commerce Department of the college and the investor protection fund of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Raghunandan Patnaik, national-level trainer from the BSE, enumerated risks and safety measures which needed to be considered while investing in various avenues. He emphasised the need to read the guidelines issued by the SEBI and RBI so that investment frauds may be prevented.

Skill varsity signs pact

Palwal: Shri Vishwakarma Skill University (SVSU), Dudhola, has signed a MoU with IIHMR University, Jaipur. “The purpose of the MoU is to promote mutual cooperation between SVSU and IIHMR University for skill development in public health management programmes and establish a framework for programmes of exchange and collaboration in the area of management and skill development,” said VC Raj Nehru. The key areas of cooperation include joint MDP, skill development, development of entrepreneurial skills, promoting start-ups, joint holding of conference/seminar/workshop/training/symposia/short term courses etc., industry exchange programme, exchange of knowledge resource, exchange of faculty resource, he said.

Legal literacy camp

Faridabad: To mark International Women’s Day, a legal literacy camp on the topic “Women Right, Domestic Violence Act 498 (A)” was organised by the women cell of Aggarwal College, Ballabgarh, recently. Adv Uma Singh Chauhan, who was the guest speaker, presented a detailed description of the Act, which she said included not only physical violence but also emotional, verbal, sexual and economic abuse. She opined that the society must break down the deep-rooted social and economic barriers which hinder the progress of women. Principal of the college, Dr Krishan Kant Gupta, stressed upon spreading awareness and sensitising students as he said cases of domestic violence had increased manifold during the Covid pandemic. In-charges of the Women Cell Dr Shobhna Goyal, Dr Geeta Gupta and around 150 students attended the talk.

Students win laurels for college

Karnal: Students of MA Economics of the evening session of RKSD College, Kaithal, brought laurels to the college by getting six out of the first 10 places in the second and fourth semester exams of Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. Dinky, MA II, secured second place in the merit list, Ekta and Riya secured fourth, Shruti fifth, Jyoti secured the ninth rank. Similarly, Priyanka, student of fourth semester, secured seventh place in the merit list. Principal Sanjay Goyal, Principal in-charge evening session Harinder Gupta, Prof Manika Gupta and other teachers honoured these students with cash prizes. President Saket Mangal and Convener Evening Session Navneet Goyal congratulated them.

e-campus placement drive

Hisar: Two students of Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, have been selected in the e-campus placement drive of Gurugram-based Decimal Technologies Private Limited organised by the Training and Placement Cell of the university. Vice-Chancellor Tankeshwar Kumar and Registrar Dr Avnesh Verma congratulated the selected students. Placement Director Pratap Singh said the e-campus placement drive was organised through online mode. Three students of BTech.

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