Surya Namaskar will be held on jan 13
Bhopal: Simultaneous mass Surya Namaskar will be held on Swami Vivekananda Jayanti Yuva Diwas throughout the State on January 13. Chairing a meeting at Mantralaya here on Tuesday, School Education Minister Paras Chandra Jain directed to give the event a wider shape with all sections’ cooperation. Minister of State for School Education Deepak Joshi, Commissioner Public Instructions, Commissioner Rajya Shiksha Kendra and officers of various departments were present on the occasion. It was decided at the meeting that Surya Namaskar should be held in all government and private educational institutions and colleges. The Education Minister said that public representatives, government and non-government organizations and common people should also be associated with this voluntary programme. It is noteworthy that over 50 lakh people had participated simultaneously in Surya Namaskar last year. The Education Minister said that related literature etc. should be made available in all educational institutions within one-two days. large-scale publicity for the event should be undertaken. Commissioner Public Relations apprised about action plan for Surya Namaskar. He informed that students above class V will participate in it. According to him, soon an appeal will be issued to all sections of society to participate in Surya Namaskar and large-scale publicity campaign will be launched.
State-level working units constituted
Bhopal: The State Government has constituted a State-level working unit for undertaking and cooperating in works pertaining to All-India Survey on Higher Education and coordinate in them. The working unit has been constituted consequent to a review meeting convened by Higher Education Department of the Union Human Resources Ministry. It will be headed by Principal Secretary Higher Education while Commissioner Higher Education will be its Member-Secretary. State Nodal Officer and OSD Rakesh Shrivastava, Additional Secretaries/Deputy Secretaries of Medical Education, Public Relations, Farmers’ Welfare and Agriculture Development and School Education departments will be its members. Similarly, Prof Dinesh Varshney of Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, a representative nominated by UGC and Finance Officer of Barkatullah University, Bhopal will also be members of the state level working unit. Apart from giving technical guidance, the working unit will also suggest ways to make All-India Survey on Higher Education more useful for common people. It will also prescribe honorarium as per norms of the Union Government.
Uma lays stone for asphaltation of road
Bhopal: Higher and Technical Education Minister Uma Shankar Gupta laid foundation stone for asphaltation of road in Patrakar Colony costing Rs 25 lakh here on Tuesday. Funds to the tune of Rs 25 have been sanctioned for this from Chief Minister’s Infrastructure Assistance. Gupta said that there no lack of funds for development works. He said that road construction and other development works will be undertaken as per requirement. In Patrakar Colony, roads measuring 5000 square meter will be asphalted. Gupta directed to pay special attention to quality of road.
gupta unveiles hearse and its parking shade
Bhopal: Higher and Technical Education Minister Uma Shankar Gupta unveiled a hearse and its parking shade at Bhadbhada crematorium on Tuesday. The hearse has been donated by Dainik Bhaskar group. The parking shade has been constructed by Aakriti Group. The Higher Education Minister said that all possible cooperation will be extended for development of the crematorium. He said that banners should be installed at all hospitals regarding availability of hearse. Remains of unclaimed cremated bodies are kept at Bhadbhada crematorium. All such remains are released in Ganga River at Allahabad once a year. Gupta said that he will make efforts to accompany these remains to release them in Prayagraj once a year. He also appreciated social service works being done by Saraswat, Bhatt and Namdev. Other social workers were also present on the occasion.
pratibha Parv in schools to be held on Jan 21
Bhopal: Pratibha Parv in Government primary and middle schools will be held on January 21 now. Earlier, it was scheduled for January 10. The date has been extended by School Education Department in view of cold wave sweeping across various parts of the state. Departmental Secretary and Commissioner Rajya Shiksha Kendra Rashmi Arun Shami has directed all district collectors to ensure that Pratibha Parv is held in primary and middle schools on January 21.
Gwalior Vyapar Mela to be held on grand scale
Bhopal: Gwalior Vyapar Mela will be held on more grand and wider scale this year. The fair to be held this month will have better arrangements and more stalls than last year. Commerce & Industries Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia reviewed preparations for the fair on Monday. Scindia said that Gwalior Vyapar Mela should be upgraded properly to make it one of the best trade fairs in the country. For this, assistance of top consultants should be sought. He said that the state government will extend all possible cooperation and facilities to ensure fair’s success.
300 youth attended national Integration camp
Bhopal: Jagran lake City University, Bhopal and Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan with the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs organised five-day National Integration Camp 2014 from January 3 to January 7, 2014 at JlU campus. Governor Ram Naresh Yadav inaugurated the programme. Around 300 youth from Assam, J&K, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Punjab, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh attended the Integration camp. In the Youth Festival, various cultural programs, sports, yoga and personality development workshop, shramdaan activities, educational tour of Vidhan Sabha and excursions of Bhopal were oragansied to create awareness among the youth participants. Various senior personalities like Padmasri Vijaydutt Sridhar, N Radhakrishnan, SN Subbarao and others addressed educational seminars during the camp.