President of India Pranab Mukherjee and President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai will attend the third convocation of lovely Professional University on May 20.
lPU Chancellor Ashok Mittal said lPU is geared up for the big event. The day is to be remembered as historic moment when two Presidents of great nations, India and Afghanistan, will address thousands of lPU’s graduating students from the same dais. lPU architects have designed the addressing podium as per the design of UN Assembly, where US President addresses all the nations. In addition to this, huge arrangements are also made for landing of seven choppers inside the campus itself.
Mittal also informed that an advance team from Afghanistan has already reached lPU campus to take all important information in relation to the visit of President Karzai. Illustrative, Honoris Causa Degree has been specially designed and published which would be signed personally by the authorities of the University including Chancellor Ashok Mittal. This is first ever Honorary Doctorate Degree to be given by the University, and it is a great honour that it is being conferred on the President of Afghanistan.
PM to lay foundation stone of INDU
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay foundation stone of country’s first Defence University at village Binola in Gurgaon on May 23. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will be guest of honour in the foundation laying ceremony. The Indian National Defence University (INDU) in the country will provide holistic study of defence and strategic security challenges.
The University would be established at an estimated cost of Rs 300 crore, in a 200 acre land in Gurgaon. It is expected that a large number of students from India and foreign security forces and civilian officials would undergo various training programmes and courses at INDU every year. One third students in this University would be civilians.
The Education Consultants of India ltd (EdCIl), which is a Public Sector Enterprise set up by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, has been appointed by the Ministry of Defence as consultant for formulation of the Detailed Project Report, layout Plan and INDU Act & Statutes.
The University would facilitate courses in Post Graduate (MSc/MTech), Master in Philosophy (MPhil) and Doctorate (PhD) in the disciplines of Defence Studies, Defence Management and Defence Science & Technology.
Aryans to start Degree College
Aryans Group of Colleges will start Degree College from current academic session ie 2013-14. The Aryans Group would start courses like BA, BCom, BCom (Professional), BSc (Agriculture), BSc (Non-Med) in its new Degree College.
Addressing the media, Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group of Colleges said that required infrastructure to start above courses is ready and Punjabi University, Patiala has already issued letter of Intent (lOI) for the same. Kataria said that traditional courses are back again. Some of the students/parents do not want to spend much money on the courses like BTech, MBA etc. He added that these new courses have low fee structure which one can easily afford.
The students, who are interested to take admission, can log on www.aryans.edu.in and can contact at 098762-99888, 098765-99888.