ABVP calls for ‘autonomy’ for HPU

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad unit of Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) launched a signature campaign on Monday calling for restoration of autonomy for the university. The ABVP alleged that amendment to Sections 21 and 28, University Act, 1970, was causing a lot of hindrances in the autonomous functioning of the university. The ABVP claimed that the amendments were done to curtail the powers of university’s executive council and Vice-Chancellor. As a result, the university administration fails to take decisions as warranted by arising situations, and it is proving to be a hindrance in several development projects of the university, it said.

Shoolini varsity patent tally 25

With two patents recently granted by the Indian Patent Office (IPO), the total number of patents granted to the Shoolini University has gone up to 25. Vice-Chancellor PK Khosla said it was a great achievement for a university that was just a decade old. He said faculty members and students of the Shoolini University had filed for a total of 415 patents since its inception. These have been filed in different categories like design, drugs, and products. Filing of about 20-25 more patents is also in the pipeline in the near future. The entire procedure, comprising three stages, takes about three years since the date of filing for the patent. He said the two patents granted recently were in the design patent category for a solar water heater and solar-nanomaterial energy storage.