NIT to participate in Vaigyanik summit

Kurukshetra: The National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra, will share its views with scientists associated with this conference by participating in the Vaishwik Bhartiya Vaigynaik (VAIBHAV) Summit 2020, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 3. The summit started on October 2 will run till October 31, in which the Indian scientists residing in India and abroad, as well as experts from technical institutes such as IITs, NITs from all over the country are participating. The Director of the Institute, Padma Shri Dr Satish Kumar, said the objective of the summit was to provide a platform to global and overseas Indian researchers and academics. He said in this conference, the institute would participate in two phases in which the first phase will be based on scientific advances in hypersonics topic which will start from 6:30 pm on October 6. At the same time, the second phase will start from 9:30 am on October 9, whose subject will be based on the Airbreath Engine.

Webinar on ‘Needonomics’

Kurukshetra: “We require moral teachings of altruism with warm-heartedness as a rational lifestyle based on the principle of needonomics,” said retired professor MM Goel. He was addressing participants of IEA webinar on the topic ‘Needonomics for revival of Indian economy in post pandemic era’ organised by the Indian Economic Association here on Sunday. Professor Dinesh Kumar, secretary, IEA, welcomed and introduced Prof Goel. To be simply good consumers, producers, distributors and traders in the post pandemic era, we have to adopt the principle of needonomics based on spiritually guided materialism strategy flowing from sloka no 22 of chapter 9 of Gita, he said.

E-collage contest at DAV

Faridabad: The birth anniversary of the Father of Nation Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a pioneer of non-violence and truth, was celebrated in e-mode (online) in the DAV Institute of Management (DAIM), Faridabad recently. Organised by the extracurricular activity department it held an intra-college e-collage competition on the occasion. The theme of collage-making competition was Bapu’s Life and his struggle for freedom. The criteria of judgment regarding the winners of the event were based on creativity, aesthetics, content appropriateness as well as events covered by the participants. The creative collage event was judged by Reema Nangia, Dr Meera Arora and Dr Anjali Ahuja. In e-collage competition, the first position was bagged by Geeta Rani (MCA,5th semester), the runner-up was Pooja Verma (Bsc Honours CS, 3rd Semester), and the third position was held by Sweety Bhati (MCA, 5th semester). The NSS team also conducted an e-quiz competition in which 1,102 students who participated in the event were awarded e-certificates on getting 60 per cent or above score.