Law varsity student wins competition

Amiya Krishna, a student of Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla, has won the countrywide ‘Field Marshal Manekshaw Essay Competition’. Organised by the Indian Army-backed think-tank – Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) – this was the third edition of the essay competition. Krishna was declared the winner, his paper was ‘Institutionalising open source intelligence (OSINT) in India: An Analysis’. The CLAWS had two categories for the competition – Manekshaw Papers (8,000-10,000 words) and Issue Brief (3,500-5,000 words). Krishna won in the first category.

Shoolini varsity chalks out NEP plan

The Solan-based Shoolini University will implement the recommendations of the National Education Policy-2020 from the upcoming academic session. A detailed plan, which includes the introduction of four-year undergraduate programmes in various disciplines, has been drawn. Students would have the option to exit and re-enter at different stages, as provided in the policy. BTech in Defence Technology and Advanced Manufacturing, four-year BTech (Research), four-year BA (Hons.) in Liberal Arts, Enhanced Master and Doctoral Programmes in Liberal Arts, four-year BSc (Hons.) through Research, Research-based MSc. programmes and enhanced PhD programmes are the new programmes. Vice Chancellor Prof Atul Khosla said they were in line with the policy document released last year and mandated by Governor Bandaru Dattatreya. He said Shoolini University had modified some existing programmes and added several new skill-based ones.

Release results, Demands ABVP

The ABVP submitted a memorandum to the Controller of Examination, urging him to declare the pending results of BPEd. The ABVP said the university was taking a lot of time in declaring the results and, as a result, the students who had given exams in 2019 were worried. The ABVP said it was strange that the university could not release results of just 60 students in two years doing the course.

Webinar on acting and theatre

APG Shimla University organised a webinar on ‘Career in Acting and Theatre’ on behalf of Dr Kusha Pandit Chawala, the chairperson of school of humanities here on Monday for the students of APG Shimla university. The idea was to encourage the students to opt for acting and theatre as optional career along with their studies. A renowned theatre artiste, Anil Sharma, attended the webinar as the chief speaker. Sharma said students should opt for acting and theatre courses side by side with their general study as a career alternative. However, they should learn the basic pedagogy of all forms – presentation of acting, theatre on stage, direction, script-writing, character-building, costume-setting, etc.