Webinar on use of CeRA resources

Hisar: A one-day webinar on “Awareness and use of CeRA resources through J-Gate Discovery Platform” was organised at Nehru Library, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor KP Singh, was the chief guest while Dr Satendra Kumar Singh, Project Director, Directorate of Knowledge Management In Agriculture (DKMA), ICAR, Delhi, was the guest of honour. The webinar was attended by more than 700 agricultural library professionals, agricultural scientists and research scholars from all agricultural universities, central agricultural universities, deemed agricultural universities and all institutions of the ICAR. The webinar was organised in collaboration with the DKMA, ICAR and Informatics Publishing Private Limited. The national-level event was organised to explain the effective utilisation and search on CeRA resources along with new features and functionalities of J-Gate platform during the ongoing Covid-19 period.

Govt schoolkids clear JNV entrance

Ambala: As many as 38 students of government schools of Ambala have cleared the entrance exam of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalay, Kanwla, (Ambala), for Class VI this year. Deputy District Education Officer Sudhir Kalra said, “The entrance test was held for 80 seats this year for Class VI and 2,359 children had appeared for the test in January this year. For the first time, the selection from the government schools are in double digits and 38 children of the government schools have made it to the list.”

Webinar on effective advertising

Rohtak: “Effective advertisements make immediate connect with consumers and masses. A media student aspiring to join the advertising sector must learn the art and craft of being compassionate and should communicate emotionally with people”, advertising professional Surajit Guha stated this at the Swayam Siddha webinar organised by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication of Maharshi Dayanand University. Guha spoke on “Advertising career post the Covid-19 ” and said to be an effective advertising professional, one needed to be a good observer of society and people. Guha said advertisements must be utilised to convey meaningful social messages. Head of the Department (JMC) Prof Harish Kumar said if the advertisement was captivating, it would be embedded forever in the minds of consumers.