Live recipe show winner
Jalandhar: Teacher and chef Sorab Sharma of St Soldier Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology has made a mark by winning in the largest live recipe show by Amul India. Chairman Anil Chopra and vice chairperson Sangeeta Chopra honoured Sorab and said that during the lockdown period Amul India organised online recipe show, in which Sorab had prepared paneer peanut satay with mint. More than 2,61,376 people saw his video. They said that in this online show more than 500 chefs from across the country participated and among the most viewed videos was of Sorab for which the Amul India honoured him. Principal Sandeep Lohani said Sorab was voted best chef in Punjab and has been invited for a cooking show to be organised by Amul in Bangalore very soon. Sorab thanked the management. Chairman Chopra said that St Soldier Hotel Management had always been a leader in academics, placements, practical training and other activities.
3 selected for Inspire Awards-Manak
Three students of Sanskriti KMV School added a feather in the glory of their institution and city as they got selected for Inspire Awards-Manak, an encouraging project by the Department of Science and Technology and National Innovation Foundation. Out of 13 students selected from Jalandhar, three students of Sanskriti KMV School had registered and all got selected. Yash Vardhan of Grade X, Vanya Kaur of Grade VIII, and Bhavansh Mahajan of Grade VI got selected and will be representing Jalandhar district for Inspire Award- Manak 2020-21. For this, each student has received a sum of Rs 10,000 towards the preparation of science project/model and participate in the district-level exhibition and project competitions to be organised by the district education authorities. Rachna Monga, Principal, in her online congratulation note to the students and parents, highly appreciated the first step of achievement. She mentioned that even during the online bridging between the school and the students, the school was able to encourage, motivate and make the things prominently winning at their end.
Workshop on baking
The department of home science of HMV College organised a workshop on ‘Baking’ under the initiative of industry-academia interface. This workshop was conducted under community college diploma in cooking and catering management. Sukhdeep Kaur, course co-ordinator, gave a brief introduction about the course. Gaganpreet Kaur was the resource person of the workshop. She highlighted about the basics of bakery and equipment used in baking. She also taught the students how to make choco lava cake. This workshop was arranged for the students of diploma in cooking and catering management. Principal Ajay Sareen also added that this course was need of the hour as for the students who wanted to go abroad it wwould be easy for them to get visa on the basis of this certification. Meenakshi Sayal, co-ordinator, community college, appraised acadamia interface for providing a platform for all students to get experiential learning.
MoU signed
Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Moyas, Chennai. Prof Lalit Kumar Awasthi, Director, NIT, expressed his well wishes for both the institutions while signing this MoU. He focused over the role and applications of technology that had impacted every facet of daily lives over the last few years especially during pandemic– from personal to school, college, university systems and the ways in which we learn something new every day. Dr SK Mishra, Registrar, NIT, represented and signed the MoU with Dr TRA Devakumar, Registrar, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Chennai, with a view to undertake short-term and long-term online courses on various aspects of information technology and other relevant areas of youth. Prof LK Awasthi has added that management of technology education is becoming more important for solving problem in industries in collaboration with institutions and universities like RGNIYD. The MoU has also signed to organise workshops, seminars, conferences (online and offline) on emerging issues related to mental health and well-being of youth based on the mutual discussion. Prof RK Garg (Dean Faculty Affair), Prof Anish Sachdeva (Dean Student Welfare), and Dr Pramod Kumar (Associate Dean, Research and Consultancy) were also present during signing of the MoU.
Expert talks
Phagwara: GNA University is going to organise a two-day conference on ‘Contemporary Issues in Engineering and Technology’ on January 8 and 9. This virtual conference will provide an excellent international forum for academicians, researchers, students and industrialists for sharing knowledge and research in theory, methodology and applications of engineering, sciences, and Information Technology. World-renowned speakers from Romania, Singapore, Japan and Spain are presenting keynote and plenary addresses in this conference. On Day 1, Dr Manoj Gupta, professor, National University of Singapore, and Dr Loan-Cosmin, MIHAI, cyber training officer, European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training, Romania, will address the delegates, which would be followed by technical sessions. On January 9, Dr Hiroyuki Kameda from Tokyo University of Technology, Japan, Dr Carlos J Ochoa Fernández from Spain and Alvin Tan, director, Siemens Digital Industries Software, Singapore, will deliver their talks. Gurdeep Singh Sihra, Pro-Chancellor, GNA University, said that this conference was a long-awaited event. TNS
