Virtual international conference

Sonepat: Bhagat Phool Singh Woman University Department of Physical Education organised a virtual international conference on “Inclusion, disability and sports”. Vice-Chancellor Prof Sushma Yadava in her presidential address explained the term inclusion, saying that it included those who were on the margins or not in the mainstream of life or society. She further remarked that sports was now being recognised for its ability to empower people and it had become an important platform through inclusion. The conference was addressed by renowned Para-Olympian, Padamshri and Arjun awardee Dr Deepa Malik, Dr Santoshi Halder from University of Calcutta and Dr Catherine Carty of UNESCO Chair, in Ireland. The conference was attended by around 1,400 participants from 34 countries.

Seven-day online workshop

Yamunanagar: Guru Nanak Girls College, Yamunanagar, in collaboration with PGDAV College, New Delhi, started a seven day online workshop for “Faculty development on research: Methodology and process”. GNG College Principal Poonam Kaur Ahluwalia inaugurated the event and welcomed PGDAV College Principal Ravinder Gupta, Dr Sanjay Kumar from Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), PGDAV College, and Dr Harish Arora from Hindi Department of PGDAV College, the key speakers of the workshop. “The objective of a researcher should not merely be to obtain a degree but to actually put forth new perspectives and bring novelty in the field of research,” said Dr Harish Arora. Dr Lakshmi Gupta, convenor of the workshop, ended the Monday’s event by thanking everyone.

TIMT students shine in exams

Yamunanagar: Students of Tilak Raj Chadha Institute of Management and Technology (TIMT), here bagged eight out of the top 10 positions of MBA semester III exam and four out of the top 10 ranks in MBA semester I exams. The results for MBA semester I and III were released by the Kurukshetra University on June 19. TIMT director Vikas Daryal said Sanjana Goyal achieved first position (83.5 per cent), Gursimran Kaur and Himanshi bagged second position (79.7 per cent) and Mehak Batra got third position (79.1 per cent) in the university semester III exams. He said Navdeep Singh achieved fifth position (77.6 per cent), Neha Garg got sixth position (77.3 per cent) Bhawna Rani bagged eighth position (77.1 per cent), Navneet achieved ninth position (76.7 per cent) and Bhawna Jain got tenth position (76.1 per cent). “Salena achieved sixth position (78.53 per cent), Nishant and Prarthna achieved seventh position (78.4 per cent), Deepanshi bagged eighth position (78.27 per cent) and Ruchi Bagga and Aakshi got tenth university positions (77.86 per cent) in semester I exams.

Art of script-writing discussed

Rohtak: “Script-writing is an art. Mastering the intricacies of script-writing, learning the craft, practising script-writing, and pitching the scripts to the production house in an effective manner are the steps to be a script writer,” stated Dr Ujjaval Chandra Das, assistant professor of Amity University, Noida, and former script writer associated with Balaji Telefilms at a webinar ‘Swayam Siddh’ organised by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication of Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU). Dr Ujjval Chandra Das delivered a special lecture on “How to be a script writer”. Dr Das in his comprehensive lecture covered essential aspects of scripting for TV serials, web series and films. He gave illustrative examples from various TV and web serials and films to throw light on the art of script-writing. He urged upon the students to work on creative visualisation of the story. HoD Prof Harish Kumar in his presidential address said over-the-top (OTT) platforms were providing fresh career opportunities in the present scenario.

Webinar on Mechanical Engineering

Hisar: The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Training and Placement Cell of Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, organised a webinar on “Mechanical Engineering and Multi physics simulation softwares” in collaboration with Techlabs, New Delhi. Dr Pankaj Khatak, Chairperson, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Partap Singh Malik, Director Placement, Pushkaraj Bhandari, associate technical manager and Col Venkat Rao, regional head of Techlabs, a New Delhi based company, were present in the event. Bhandari said as per the need of the industries, it was important to get skilled. “As the demand of expertise is increasing, softwares like SimulationX can cope up with this scenario,” he said. He explained that with the use of such softwares, motion and balance of the part can be analysed leading to time saving and economical production.

4-day webinar series by YMCA

Faridabad: In order to provide counselling facility to students to make their career choice easy after doing twelfth and graduation, the JC Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, here has decided to organise a webinar series on ‘Career counselling’ from June 23 to 26. It will be conducted by the faculty of Liberal Arts and Media Studies in collaboration with the Career and Counselling Cell of the university. Dr Atul Mishra, chairperson of Department of Liberal Arts and Media Studies, said this would be an interactive career counselling webinar series of four days with each day dedicated to skills that would be useful in all domains. “During the webinar, students will be provided with career guidance so as to help them in identification of their skills and interest areas. Also, students will be encouraged towards skill development. The career experts will address students’ queries related to career avenues available to them and help them in choosing production-oriented courses,” he said.