Awareness campaign on AIDS, TB

An awareness campaign on AIDS/HIV and tuberculosis was held at Government College in Kotshera, Shimla, on Wednesday. Dr Rakesh Bhardwaj, District AIDS Programme Officer, was the chief guest on the occasion. He made the students aware of these diseases.

Law varsity, HPU sign pact

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Dr BR Ambedkar National Law University, Sonepat, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh University (HPU), Shimla. The MoU was signed by Prof Sikander Kumar, HPU Vice-Chancellor, and Prof Viney Kapoor Mehra, Vice-Chancellor of the law university. The main objective of the MoU is to explore possibilities offered by cooperation, recognise the need to develop and nurture new partnership with the aim to promote academics and research through collaborated efforts of both the institutions.

Workshop for maths teachers

To train mathematics teachers, the Himachal Pradesh Council of Science, Technology and Environment (HIMCOSTE), in association with Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (PSCST), is organising a three-day national-level training workshop on visual explanation of geometrical theorems at Health and Family Welfare Training Centre, Parimahal, Shimla, which started today. About 30 school teachers participating from different districts of the state would be trained through the patented kit. The workshop has been sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

SFI protests against PhD admissions

The SFI took out a protest rally against the admissions granted in PhD without entrance test. The student body alleged that the HPU VC was admitting individuals of one particular ideology under instructions from the state government and the RSS by throwing rules and regulations out of the window. The SFI further alleged that migration of students from private universities to HPU was also a scam.