Lecture on harassment at workplace

 A lecture on the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act-2013 was organised at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS). Presiding over the lecture, IIAS director Professor CL Gupta underlined the need to create awareness about the Act and ensure that the women did not face any discomfort at workplaces. The chairperson and the secretary of the State Commission for Women were main speakers, who threw light on the provisions.

Students’ wings slam ERP testing

The Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) campus units of the ABVP and the NSUI said the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) testing had declared wrong results for the second time. Students were under stress, said campus president, ABVP, Vishal Saklani. The NSUI has demanded CBI probe into the alleged ERP testing scam. It claimed that the university outsourced the handling of ERP testing and provided a budget of Rs 8 crore for removing the snags, but the system was not functioning properly.

Declare UG results, demands ABVP

The Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) Campus unit of the ABVP demanded that the results of the first and the third semesters of BEd should be declared immediately. In a memorandum submitted to Comptroller of Examination, the ABVP also demanded that results of the final year undergraduate courses should be annouced, as admissions to postgraduate courses have already commenced. Students seeking admissions to postgraduatecourses were under stress due to non-declaration of undergraduate results, said the ABVP.