Chandigarh

Programme for girl students ends

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Twenty three days long Programme for downtrodden girl child under National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme was concluded on Wednesday at the ICSSR Complex, Panjab University. Around 83 girls participated in the workshop, which was organized by the Carmel Convent School in collaboration with the ICSSR North-Western Regional Centre, P.U from June 3 to 26. Delivering a speech in the NMMS Workshop, its Coordinator Harpreet Malvai said that girls from weaker section of society and those who have excelled in examination were chosen for the workshop. It is a rare opportunity for grooming the girl child for the future. The areas covered in the workshop ranged from mathematics to social sciences.

llB fee declared

Chandigarh: Panjab University, Chandigarh has declared the detailed admission and fee payment schedule for the fresh admissions for in the morning and evening sessions of three year law degree course. The students qualifying the Common Entrance Test for ll.B. can apply admission forms for 1st Semester of ll.B till July 3. PU Spokesman said that the provisional Merit list of candidates for interview for admission to ll.B. would be put on the Department of laws Notice Board at 6 pm of July 14 and the interview of candidates of all categories on the General merit list would beheld on July 15.

Univ Staff to Contribute to Relief Fund

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh University’s teaching and non-teaching staff will contribute One Day Salary towards Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for rehabilitation in Kinnaur District and neighboring State of Uttrakhand. A meeting in this connection was held on Wednesday in the University which was attended by Office Bearers of all the elected associations and a decision was reached.

No affiliation beyond state’s border

Chandigarh: Haryana Technical Education Department has decided that none of the colleges, institutions, approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) or Council of Architecture (COA) or any other Statutory Council, offering technical courses located in the State would be allowed to seek affiliation from a university situated outside Haryana. A spokesman of the Department said on Wednesday that this decision has been taken keeping in view the decisions mentioned in the judgment of Supreme Court of India, High Court of Delhi and instructions and guidelines issued by University Grants Commission.

NITK Contributes one day salary to PM Relief Fund

Kurukshetra: Anand Mohan,  Director NIT Kurukshetra called a meeting on Wednesday to express grief for the victims of natural calamity in Uttarakhand. He expressed that it was their moral duty to help the victims of natural calamity at Uttarakhand. Briefing the media, Yogesh Aggarwal PR Incharge said that a decision was taken by all present that all teaching and non-teaching employees of National Institute of Technology(NIT) to contribute their one day salary to help the victims of Uttarakhand for relief and rehabilitation. The money will be contributed to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund.