Bid to create awareness on oil conservation
Dehradun: In order to create awareness among the masses about benefits of oil and gas conservation, various functions were held to create awareness among the masses. It is noteworthy that ONGC fortnight-2014 (OGCF) was inaugurated by Dr Ranjeet Sinha, Director UREDA, Uttarakhand in a function held at Nehru auditorium, ONGC on Wednesday. During OGCF, couple of informative and educative programmes which include visit to rural areas around Dehradun, van publicity for drivers, highlighting saving tips through various competitions for ONGC employees, school children and spreading the message of oil and gas conservation even in the rural areas of the district would be held.
THDC beats SJvnl in table tennis tournament
Dehradun: The table tennis team of THDC India limited bagged third place by defeating SJVNl by 3/2 in 16th Inter Central Power Sector Undertaking (ICPSUs) table tennis tournament under the aegis of Power Sports Control Board (PSEB), Ministry of Power, Government of India from 14 to 17th January at Rishikesh. Earlier in the day PGCIl won its match against THDCIl by 3/0 and entered in the final whereas BBMB defeated SJVNl in second semi final by 3/0. Now PGCIl & BBMB will take on each other in final match scheduled on 17.01.2014 (morning) for winning the tournament.This tournament is being conducted in accordance with the rule of the game approved by Table Tennis Federation of India. Prince Vipon, Chief Referee, VK Gulati, SC Bhatt & their team is conducting this sporting event. A total nine participating teams in the tournament were divided in (Pool A & B). In Pool ‘A’ consisted-Ministry of Power, (MOP), Power Grid Corporation of India limited (PGCIl), NHPC limited, Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam limited (SJVNl) & Rural Electrification Corporation (REC). In Pool ‘B’- Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO), Power Finance Corporation (PFC) & THDC India limited.
dit varsity students get `9 lakh job package
Dehradun: Six BTech students of DIT University secured jobs in Trident Group, a business conglomerate, diversified across businesses such as home textiles, yarn, paper, chemicals and energy at an attractive package of `9 lakh per annum in the campus interviews held on Thursday. The selected students are Utkarsh Agarwal (Computer Science and Engineering), Vivek Tariyal (Applied Electronics and Instrumentation), Nipun Garg (Applied Electronics and Instrumentation), Nikhil Tamta (Applied Electronics and Instrumentation), Nidhi Sajwan (Applied Electronics and Instrumentation) and Astha (Industrial Production), said DIT University vice chancellor Krishna Kumar. last year, University had achieved 80 percent placements with the highest annual package of `nine lakh. More than 30
companies are expected to visit the campus before March this year, he added.