Two students of DAV PG College, Karnal, bring laurels

Karnal: Sakshi and Diksha, students of MSc geography (P) of DAV PG College, Karnal have brought laurels to the college by securing Ist position with 87.6 per cent marks and second position with 85.8 per cent marks, respectively in the overall results of Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. Neeraj, Rajat and Naina also bagged position among top 10 students. Principal Dr Ram Pal Saini congratulated the students, their parents and the department of geography for this achievement. He also announced to waive fees, free books and other facilities to these bright students. DrSanjay Sharma, Dr Sunil Kumar, Dr Pratibha, Dr Pradeep, Dr Manoj and other faculty members were present on this occasion.

VC for crop diversification

Hisar: Dr BR Kamboj, Vice-Chancellor of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, said, “Water is our most invaluable asset and we must strive to use it judiciously for our future generations. We have to adopt crop diversification which not only will increase the income of the farmer but will also conserve water and soil”. He was speaking as the chief guest at a one-day workshop on the topic of safe and just use of pesticides in basmati paddy organised in Dholu village of the district. The programme was organized under the joint aegis of Directorate of Extension Education and Agricultural and Processed Food Export Development Authority (APEDA).

6th module of workshop

Kurukshetra: WIS FORUM of Kurukshetra University organised the sixth module focused on prospects for interdisciplinary collaboration in the short-term online workshop on careers and opportunities for women in STEM-2021 under the leadership of Kurukshetra University Vice-Chancellor Prof Som Nath Sachdeva and support of Prof Manjula Chaudhary, dean academic affair and RUSA Coordinator, KUK. At the onset of the module, the forum co-ordinator Prof Neera Raghav spoke about the WIS forum. Dr Mahek Dangi from the centre for bioinformatics, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak delivered a talk on the introduction of bioinformatics and role of machine learning in bioinformatics.