Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) will implement the policy for conducting examinations for persons with disabilities prepared by Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment from the next academic session.
ADN Bajpai, Vice-Chancellor, HP University has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of professor Suresh Kumar to make recommendations for the implementation of the Policy. Mohan Jharta, Dean of Students Welfare and Narender Awasthi, Controller of Examination will be members of the committee. Associate professor of Journalism Ajai Srivastava will be the secretary member of the committee. The committee has been asked to submit its report at the earliest so that the Policy could be implemented from the next academic session.
40th Convocation held at SGGS College, Sec-26, Chandigarh
Chandigarh: The 40th Annual Convocation of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector-26, Chandigarh was held on Tuesday. Around 750 degrees were awarded to graduates and Post-graduates. HS Sohi, principal released and read out the annual report of the college. On the occasion, Colonel Mehboob Singh Trophy was also awarded to the best all-round student Maninder Pal Singh of MA II (Economics). In keeping with the college tradition, this trophy along with a cash prize of Rs25,000 is awarded every year to a meritorious student. Naval Kishore, Dean College Development Council, Panjab University, Chandigarh congratulated all the students and motivated them to work with persistence in the future also. Member of the SES Management S Gurdev Singh Brar, president, Colonel JS Bala, secretary were also present on the occasion.
USOl celebrates Annual Prize Distribution
Chandigarh: USOl (University School of Open learning) celebrated the Annual Prize Distribution Function with 146 achievers- the Star Brigade of 2013.These meritorious students, amongst whom were 12 university toppers, received their prizes from ecologist and scientist professor RK Kohli, Dean University Instruction, PU, Chandigarh. lalit K Bansal, Chairman, USOl welcoming the guest presented the annual report (2012-13) of USOl.
Two Special lectures organised at Guru Nanak Sikh Studies Department
Chandigarh: Department of Guru Nanak Sikh Studies organized two special lectures here on Tuesday at Guru Teg Bahadur Bhawan, PU. Madhumita Mahajan, professor of Sociology, USOl, delivered a lecture on Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methodology. She gave examples of empirical research to understand the uses of both types of methodologies. The second lecture was on “Musicological Perespective of Guru Granth Sahib”. Gurnam Singh, Professor, Gurmat Sangeet Department at Punjabi University, Patiala, spoke on the topic.