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EDUCATION

Amity hosts cultural and technical fest
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, April 19
The Amity School of Engineering organised its first two-day cultural and technical festival, ‘ACT’04 - Walking towards a new horizon’ on its campus.

The chief guest of the occasion, Dr. Y.V. Verma, Vice-President, LG Electronics, said: “There is a need for stressing on the quality education for all students and how Amity institutions fulfill its need.” The founder president of Amity, Mr Ashok K. Chauhan said: “Today, all my students must think globally. Technology has no boundaries or limit and it is through technology that I want to attract the young and bright talent of this country to Amity. Referring to Chauhan, he said, “With the courage of conviction and his missionary ways, he has brought Amity forward and in future he will continue to do so.”

Mr D. P. Tiwari, Director, Amity School of Engineering said, “All-round personalities development is required in today’s time, which is the purpose of the festival, to provide a common platform to all the students to exhibit their creativity and innovation and Amity means business when it states that. We have a working students’ council, board of students’ welfare, a forum for value education and several such platforms for bringing out all aspects of a students persona.”

Act’04, an endeavour of the Amity School of Engineering in fostering the spirit of eager camaraderie through several technological and cultural programmes, such as catch 22, a fast paced and pumping quiz sponsored by Wipro, involving technical and non-technical questions.

DUTA on hunger strike against VC
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, April 19
The representatives of Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) today started their weeklong relay hunger strike at the office of the Vice-Chancellor office. The teachers alleged that they were on hunger strike to oppose the arbitrary functioning of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Deepak Nayyar. They further said that the VC, who has the mandatory duty to ensure observance of the provisions, statutes, ordinances and regulations, has been flouting those with impunity.

According to DUTA president Aditya Narayan Misra, “DUTA has prepared a white paper on violations of the rules by the VC.” He said that the latest audit report by the Director-General of Audit for Central Revenues show that the university was in financial mess.

Therefore, the DUTA was demanding institution of enquiry by the Visitor of University (President of India) into the functioning of the university as per the provisions in the DU Act, enacted by Parliament.

DUTA is also enraged at mistreatment to ad hoc teachers by the VC who has gone back on the report of his own committee, said Mr Misra.