Panjab University’s Professor and Chairperson of Sanskrit and Dayanand Chair for Vedic Studies, Prof VK Alankar has been invited to present his paper in Vedic Conference at Vedic Culture Centre, Toronto, Canada. Prof Alankar will present his paper on “Vedic solution to Social Evils.” Prof. Alankar will also deliver a series of lectures on Ved, Indian Philosophy & contribution of India to Vedic Studies in New York and Atlanta, USA. Prof Alankar has presented his paper in World Sanskrit Conference at University of Kyoto, Japan in 2009.
First aid education imparted at PU
Chandigarh: The Department of life long learning and Extension, Panjab University in collaboration with YWCA, Chandigarh organized a Valedictory function of the 15-day orientation and training programme from July 11 to 28 on the theme of First Aid and Home Nursing. Renu Gandhi, said that the objective of the training programme is to devote attention of the women to give importance to first aid they could be able to do at home, like dressing of the wound, reproductive health of the pregnant women, oral-rehydration powder, immunization of the child, prevention of HIV/AIDS, life skill education for adoloscents, prevention of mosquito breed and so on. Around 50 women attended the programme.
KU bags DST project on nano science
Kurukshetra: Dr. Suresh Kumar, Associate Professor Department of Electronic Science, Kurukshetra University has received a grant of Rs 53 lakh from Department of Science and Technology (DST) Govt of India for conducting research in Nanotechnology. He will work on nanowires for their applications in the area of nanoelectronics and nano-photovoltaics. Prof Sunil Dhingra will be Chairman of USIC Department for next term who took over the charge on Monday.
Seminar held on improving conventional education system
Chandigarh: A seminar titled "Beyond Education”, was organized at Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector 26 by Aazaad Foundation in which Amit Sharma, former COO of the second largest digital printing machinery company of the Philippines, stressed on the need to bridge the gap between conventional education and employment.