Authorised training centre of Ni-MSME
Ni-MSME (National Institute of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises), an organisation of the Ministry of MSME, Government of India recognised Ramgarhia College of Education, Phagwara as its Authorised Training Centre (ATC) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship programmes. These programmes by the Government of India aim to enhance the professional skills of youth and cop up with the issue of unemployed unskilled youth in India. As an ATC, the college will train the students in 10 skill-based courses: Diploma in Fire & Safety Management (Duration 1year), Advance Diploma in Fire & Safety Management (6months), Certificate in Fireman (6 months), Diploma in Digital Marketing & E-Commerce (6 months), Certificate in Digital Marketing (3months), Diploma in Nursery Teacher’s Training (2 years), Nursery Teacher’s Training (1st year), Early Childhood Care & Education (1year), Certificate in Nanny (6months) and Yoga Teacher’s Training (1st year). The students who have completed 10th or 10+2 are eligible to get enrolled in most of these courses. It is worth mentioning here that these courses have a wide array of scope both in India and abroad. Students can also secure government jobs after completing theses courses.
Safety net for weaker sections
ADC Rahul Chaba said a prompt presentation of cases pertaining to challans in the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, be ensured. During a meeting with SP Headquarter S Jasbir Singh and officials of District Attorney office and District Welfare Office, Chaba said administrative and legal action in such cases be taken promptly to ensure justice for the weaker and marginalised sections of the society. He also discussed the need for peace and law and order in view of the upcoming MC elections at Sultanpur Lodhi on February 14. SP headquarter S Jasbir Singh said the police were holding regular flag marches in areas due for the elections. Registration of travel agents was also discussed on the occasion. Officials said 338 complaints had been received in the year on which action was being taken. Smooth transportation, parole cases, mining were among other issues discussed during the meeting.
Breaking into male bastion
“Artificial Intelligence has had some big technical breakthroughs in the last decade, including deep learning gaining popularity because of the availability of big data, compute power, and algorithms. It has now moved from science fiction to real world applications. Solutions we had imagined previously are now within reach. Intel’s AI technologies are being used for numerous applications including faster drug discovery to fight diseases such as cancer, optimising crop yields, smart cars and drones, finding missing children, use in forensic science, etc. India is well known as a tech hub, and I see it taking full advantage of advancements in AI as it relates to health, farming, ransportation logistics, fraud detection, autonomous driving, etc,” said Ms Huma Abidi (in pic), Senior Director of AI Software products and Engineering, INTEL, California, USA, while addressing participants during a webinar organized by Pushpa Gujral Science City (PGSC) at the occasion of International Day for Women and Girls in Science. Abidi pointed out while women have come a long way, substantial gaps remain when it comes to gender parity. What has been encouraging in the last few years, however, is the coming together of the governments, academia and industry to accelerate inclusive participation of women at the workplace. She also talked about role models such as Fei Fei Li (leading human centered AI at Stanford) and Meredith Whittaker (works on social implications through the AI Now institute at NYU) among other women leaders emerging in AI.
