The Nilamber Pitamber University (NPU) observed its 6th Establishment Day on Saturday and did a rare thing on the occasion. It identified its physically-challenged students and honoured them in the function.
Three physically challenged students— two of them girls, were given shawl and memento each by the chief guest of the function VD Ram, the MP Palamu and former DGP of the State. One of the physically challenged students came on the tri cycle. It was a moving sight for the gathering there to see these three pursuing degree courses.
The Vice-Chancellor of the NPU AN Ojha personally asked the officials to get these three shawls. In other proactive move retiral benefits like payment of gratuity was done to a dozen people of the university on this occasion. The retired personnel were given cheques.
The chief guest VD Ram was all praise for this as he said ‘Retired persons are to make rounds of the same offices where they had worked for their retiral benefits but here, the NPU takes care of them so much’. Ram wanted their pensions to be started soon also.
The NPU did one thing more. It’s menu of refreshment was the same for the chief guest down to the last man in the gathering. The VC said,”I have directed the officials to give the same packet of refreshment to one and all attending this function.”
On the occasion, the chief guest VD Ram stressed for holding teachers-parents meet in the colleges for a better interaction while as the VC Ojha asked the students especially to make a fresh start with a sense of trust and faith in the university urging the students to leave behind the murky incidents.
To the demand of MP Palamu Ram that the university must hold Senate meeting the VC said,”I will see that it is held.” The chief guest lamentd that this university is in its 6th year of existence has no building of its own. The BJP MP of Palamu said,”I am sure things will now look up.” He assured all co operation to the university. The DSW Bijay Singh and the registrar Amar Singh compered the show.
Commandant 134 battalion RPF SK linda and his second in command Sudhanshu Shekhar were the guests of honour who had to rush out mid function for some anti naxal operations.