28th Extension Education Council at BAU
Ranchi:The 28th Extension Education Council was organised at Birsa Agricultural University on Monday. In his presidential speech, BAU VC Dr. George John said that policy formulation by top down approach is still not being beneficial to the farmers, so now the farmers’ problems should be identified at the local level and suitable policies should be formulated after proper research in the matter.
Digital India Week at IIM-R
Ranchi: IIM Ranchi observed the Digital India Week, from June 30 to July 5. The Technology Committee of the cradle took the responsibility of organizing some events, related to the ‘Digital India’ theme, which included an article writing competition as well as a debate competition. While the writing competition was conducted prior to the debate, the debate which saw a clash of varying thoughts and perspectives related to the ‘Challenges and Prospects of E-Governance in India’, on Sunday.
JSMC holds meeting of NGOs
Ranchi: A meeting of NGOs working for minorities was held in the commission office on Monday. This program was headed by the president of Jharkhand State Minority Commission Dr Sahid Akhtar. The aim of the meeting was to aware the NGOs about the government schemes so that the government schemes for poor are properly implemented. 30 representatives from 15 NGOs participated in the meeting.
Inter-School Quiz on IT
Ranchi: As a part of the celebrations of Digital India Week Delhi, Public School, Ranchi hosted an inter school quiz on information technology on Monday. Schools like Delhi Public School, Surendra Nath Centenary, Guru Nanak Higher Secondary School, Bridgeford, DAV Nandraj and DAV Kapil Dev took part in the quiz. DEO Raj Kumar Prasad Singh and DSE Jayant Kumar Mishra were the special guests.
Meeting on Railway Security held
Ranchi:A meeting on providing security in all the railway divisions of Jharkhand, Chief Secretary Rajib Gauba held a meeting with DGP DK Pandey, Chief Security Commissioners of East Central, South Eastern and Eastern Railway along with DRMs of Ranchi, Dhanbad and Chakradharpur. Deepak Kashyap, DRM Ranchi said it was felt to sensitize the GRP in terms of emergency. "The meeting was called to avoid Maoist incidents like that took place in Barwadih few days back and frequent bandhs of the naxals. The main purpose was to ensure safety of passengers as they become the soft target in such incidents. Also, we discussed about deployment of more RPF personnel,' added Kashyap.