Students interested in pursuing the certificate, diploma and advanced diploma from Panjab University can submit their applications forms till July 17. PU runs the Certificate courses in Chinese, French, Punjabi, Russian, Urdu, Persian, German and Tibetan languages. It has PG Diploma in Buddhist Studies also.
New schedule for Dr Harvansh Singh Judge Dental Hospital
Chandigarh: The working hours of the dental hospital of Dr Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, PU with effect from July 16 shall be from 9 am to 5 pm.
During the summer vacation, this timing was from 8 am to 2 pm. The registration of the patients will be done from 9 am to 12 noon and from 2 pm to 3 in the evening. Dr Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital was established in April, 2006. The Institute has been providing excellent oral health care facilities to the general public in addition to undergraduate training to students.
Management school gets new director
Patiala: Dr Padmakumar Nair, an eminent researcher and management consultant of international repute, has been appointed as Director of the lM Thapar School of Management run by Thapar University. Dr Nair, who has to his credit more than 50 research papers in international journals and over 1,500 citations in academic journals, has worked both in academia and industry.
He has an illustrious experience of over 25 years in diverse industries from oil and gas and education. He holds an US world patent in the area of converting natural gas into useful petrochemicals.
KU Research Scholar Wins Fulbright Award
Chandigarh: Isha Prashar, Research Scholar in the Department of English, Kurukshetra University has won the prestigious Fulbright Foreign language Teaching Assistantship for the year 2013-14. Isha will leave for Yale University, USA to teach Hindi to American Students for a period of nine months beginning mid-August.
“The FlTA is awarded on the basis of a national competition organised by United States India Educational Foundation in India (USIEF) New Delhi and Council of International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) Washington DC, the United States of America. This year only nine applicants from all over India could qualify out of hundreds who applied for FlTA,” informed Professor Brajesh Sawhney, Fulbright Campus Representative at KU and a Fulbright Alumnus.