The curtains came down on 29th All India Inter-University National Youth Festival — Saraswati Mahotsav 2014 organised by Kurukshetra University from February 18-22. Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar won the overall champion trophy and Mumbai University was declared the runner up team.
Padma Bhushan Uma Sharma, the famous classical Indian dancer gave away the trophy to the winning team. In her address, Uma Sharma said, “I owe everything to my gurus who taught me with great care and sincerity. We need to revive the guru-shishya parampara, which is one of the assets of Indian tradition.” lt Gen Dr DDS Sandhu, V-C KU said that it is a great day for Kurukshetra University to successfully hold the five-day long national cultural event.
‘Need to improve infrastructure and human resources’ Kurukshetra: “There is always a need to improve infrastructure and human resource in higher education institutions to ensure quality and employability of students produced by various institutions,” said Prof RN Reddy, chairman Educational and Research Institute, Union Ministry of Defense and chairman Grievance Committee, National Board of Accreditation while inaugurating a three-day workshop organised by University Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra University here on Sunday. He said that the target of a particular educational programme and its continuous and objective evaluation is the need of the hour today. lt Gen Dr DDS Sandhu, Vice-Chancellor KU, in his presidential remarks said that Accreditation Bodies need to be less stringent in framing norms for new institutions and those located in less advantaged areas of the states. “The norms can be made more stringent as the Institution grows and admits a large number of students,” said Sandhu.
KU Chemistry DEpt organises One-day workshop
Kurukshetra:Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, NITK organised a one-day workshop on Molecular Engineering and Advanced Chemical Analysis here on Sunday. The workshop was organised to introduce a new M.Tech programme in this specialised area in the institute. Prof Minati Baral, HoD, presented the welcome address and explained the significance and interdisciplinary nature of the new M.Tech program. Prof Anand Mohan, Director NITK said that the M.Tech programme will have a positive influence on our students and faculty and will open up new vistas for future work. Eminent scientists, including Prof HC Trivedi (former Vice-Chancellor, Bhavnagar University), Prof Ashok K Mishra (IIT Madras), Prof Tarasankar Pal (IIT Kharagpur) and Prof MR Maurya (IIT Roorkee) also participated in the workshop.