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Annual fest at gniot

GNIOT Group of Institutions organised a two-day annual fest Fusion 2015 at its campus. Chief guest Dr RK Khandal, VC Uttar Pradesh Technical University was welcomed by chairman Kl Gupta and VC Bl Gupta.

More than 3,000 students participated in this fest from IIT Delhi, IP University, SRM University, Galgotias University, Sharda University, Accurate Institute, Skyline Institute, GNIOT and different teams from Guwahati, lucknow and Kanpur. The events were divided into cultural and technical competitions.

International conference

ITM University, Gurgaon conducted an international conference on protection of civilians during armed conflicts and other violent situations recently. The focus of the conference was to address various legal issues that are related to international refugee law and statelessness, and international humanitarian law and protection of civilians. Issues related to civilian rights that are rudimentary in the context of war and international humanitarian law were also discussed during the conference.

The event was organised by the law School of the university.Prof (Dr) Manoj Kumar Sinha, director, Indian law Institute, Sandeep Jindal, advocate on record, SC and Sunod Jacob, legal advisor of ICRC were also present.

Education summit 2015

Worldwide Achievers, market research companies organised Asia Education Summit 2015 Ceremony to felicitate India’s leading private/ Government educational institutions and to promote the concept of excellence in education amongst the country. Guest of honour were  Maniderjeet Singh Bitta (chairman, All India Anti Terrorist front) and Abhinav Bindra (Indian shooter).

The awards were based on a comprehensive market research study and opinion surveys conducted by worldwide Achiever. There was also a discussion about education system, higher education and carrier trends. It was also discussed that there are many well educated people who are unemployed. Discussion was headed by Bitta and Bindra who later on gave away the award certificates to the winners of education awards.

Rhythm-15 at SGGSCC

Apex India Vidyapeeth organised its annual fest —Rhythm-15 at Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce (SGGSCC), Pitampura. The chief guest for the event was Bandana Kumari, deputy speaker, Delhi legislative Assembly and guest of honour was Sanjay Kumar, Inspector, with Delhi Police.

Other guests who graced the occasion were Satish Jakhmola, senior editor, design, The Pioneer and Rajesh Mann, director Bristol Hotel. Director Dheeraj Gupta, centre head Rama Sharma along with Bandna Kumari inaugurated the event by lighitng the ceremonial lamp. Kumari sent out a special message congratulating the entire team for hosting the festival. Kumari also gave away the degrees to the students who had successfully completed their programme.

The theme for the annual fest was — The Colours Of life. The students with the help of play, presented and depicted the theme of the festival beautifully. The other major attractions for the evening were: A competition where the all-rounder of the year was chosen, live band and award ceremony.

Placement drive at niu

Noida International University (NIU) witnessed a successful placement drive at its campus. The placements were for students of B Tech and MBA. Sixty students were selected and the highest package offered is Rs4 lakh per annum and average package went to Rs2.68 lakh per annum.

Companies visited NIU for placement purposes were: Genpact, HDFC BANK, AMR. The whole week was engaged with placement procedures. Students were also explained about opportunities and benefits of working in multinational companies. Students showed great enthusiasm and excitement for the placement as they had been working very hard for it and it was the time for them to show their capabilities.

On the occasion, Vikram Singh, VC NIU said: “We organise such recruitment programmes with the motive of providing a head start in students’ careers in the areas of management and engineering. Excellent placement for the current batch students once again proves that NIU is the most favoured talent hunting ground for the corporate world. This is because of rigorous training of students, which helps develop strong foundation.”