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Sidhu: There’s no stopping Team India
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Foresters, rafting bodies at loggerheads
Poor availability of seeds hampers veggie yield
River Mahotsava seeks support from Haridwar
SIDCUL: Farmers demand strict workers’ manual
Gwal Sena to raise issues of hilly areas
MCI team inspects Doon Hospital
Passing-out Parade
Squash court roof collapses at varsity
Rudraprayag dominate Day 1 of athletics meet
District Cricket League
Haridwar beat Champawat by 7 wickets
Physiotherapy workshop ends
College aims at making students computer savvy
Kumaon varsity to introduce semester pattern
Secy for 100 pc literacy in state
High fee irks BEd aspirants
Varsity staff call on CM
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Sidhu: There’s no stopping Team India
Dehradun, December 10 Sidhu said the team had been playing as a true champion for the past two years. “The Indian team has been consistently performing well for the past two years, be it here or abroad. Its victory over New Zealand when they had a home advantage is a clear indicator that the Indian team has started to adapt themselves well to the different conditions of foreign countries,” emphasised Sidhu. Adding that Test matches are the purest form of cricket, these test one’s endurance, skill and adaptability”. Evaluating the Indian team’s performance, he said the team was improving with the each passing day and the present generation players were showing the zeal to play well and the hunger to win matches. “I am confident that the Indian team will continue to perform well and deliver results in any situation. It is a universal truth that cricket will continue to be played even when big names like Don Bradman, Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar have gone or are past their prime. They have all left their mark, but cricket would still be played, attracting newer and younger players every day,” stressed Sidhu. While speaking about the growing popularity of the T20 cricket against the Test cricket, he said: “Cricketing format has undergone a change in the present scenario, seeing the need and interest of cricket lovers. But, we cannot have too much of T20 cricket”. Speaking about the explosive batting of Virender Sehwag, Sidhu said: “He reminds me of Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who used to slaughter the bowlers like any thing. He was destructive and could turn the fate of matches. Virender recently missed out on his triple hundred, but I am sure he will get it next time. I find his exploits and temperament similar to Srikkanth. As long as both stayed on the crease they posed a real threat to the bowlers”. Sidhu consider his knock of 110 runs off 60 balls against the West Indies team at Vishakhapatnam his best performance. Sidhu was in the city to attend the annual function of the Asian School.
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Human Rights Day
Dehradun, December 10 Cases pertaining to the illegal detention of social activists, who are committed to a different ideology, and activists leading a struggle for water, forest and land rights, continue to be at the receiving end of police highhandedness. The matter has been made worse by the state governments’ reluctance to constitute a State Human Rights Commission. “Human rights violations are taking place. The quantum may be less, but in the absence of a commission, these don’t get reported. “Several persons from Haldwani, Bageshwar and Almora (all in Kumaon region) have been locked up in jails for being allegedly involved in anti-national activities (Maoist). Others have been illegally detained as they are believed to be supporters of the movement. “This is all because the state government believes that there is a possible threat from Nepal,” said Rajender Dhasmana, President of the Peoples Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL), Uttarakhand. In a recent report tilted ‘Police Repression in Uttarakhand’ presented by the Peoples Union for Civil Liberties, Uttarakhand, and the Peoples Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi, instances of human rights violations that have come to light since 2004 have been done on the pretext of Maoism. The state authorities maintain that there were nominal cases of human rights violations and the state does not fulfil the norms laid down by the Supreme Court. But non-governmental sources provide a complete different picture altogether. One of the major reasons for low human rights violation records is mainly due to the lack of awareness of human rights issues among the people of the state. “A human rights cell in the state will not only help in taking appropriate action against the perpetrators, but also create awareness about human rights issues. Therefore, it is important for the state to establish the commission at the earliest and protect the rights of the vulnerable and deplorable sections of society,” said Jhanvi Tiwari, a social activist. There has been a spurt in police action against activists of several organisations in Uttarakhand since 2004. Scores of persons have been booked since 2004, in particular in 2005 and 2007, under various charges ranging from treason and sedition to membership of banned organisations. “The PUCL is fighting for the release of Prashant Rahi, a journalist from Dehradun. He has been in jail from 2007 and bail was denied to him,” Dhasmana pointed out. He said that over 12 persons were allegedly on the radar of the state police for creating panic among the youth of border areas. “During our visit to these areas, we met several family members who said they were apprehensive that some more persons will be arrested,” added Dhasmana. The rights of people over land, water and other assets continue to remain a major problem in the state. “Agricultural land, which comprises 60-70 per cent of the land area in the state, is being used for developmental activities creating unrest among the people. Those who have protested against the move have been put behind bars,” emphasised Radha Behan, a Gandhian. The PUCL had launched a campaign for Tehri Dam oustees so that they could get their due and had undertaken a detailed study on the lapses in 2002. Further, the state continues to grapple with pending court cases. The number of pending cases in the Uttarakhand High Court in June 2008 were 18,959 and in the district courts were 1,57,270 cases. “The state has not undertaken any steps to build new jails, say for the Suddhowala jail. Most jails continue to house prisoners far more than their designated capacity,” said Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharjee, former DGP of Uttarakhand.
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Foresters, rafting bodies at loggerheads
Dehradun, December 10 Leading the agitation, Rajendra Nautiyal said the forest officials in Bhagirathi forest circle were feeling insecure as rafting operators were resorting to hooliganism. The employees would not rest till those behind manhandling of forest officials were booked. Meanwhile, to intensify their agitation, rafting companies convened a meeting of adventure tourism-promoting bodies in Uttarakhand on December 11 to formulate a joint strategy against the Uttarakhand forest authorities, whom they consider as major irritant towards the conduct of adventure tourism activities in the state. Rafting companies’ ongoing agitation against the Forest Department over beach and permit policies reached a flashpoint on Saturday with the registration of a case against Divisional Forest Officer Narendra Nagar at the behest of agitating rafting operators. The forest authorities have earlier lodged a complaint against the president of the Rafting Association, which subsequently infuriated the association members. Now, both the rafting operators and the forest authorities are locked in a tussle. The rafting companies operating in the Ganga are seeking the arrest of the DFO and have also sought help from other adventure tourism-promoting bodies in their ongoing stir. “While rafting operators in Pitthoragarh and Uttarakashi regions have been approached, the feelers have also been sent to other adventure tourism associations engaged in activities like trekking, roller skating and other aero sports for their participation in the ongoing agitation,” said Manjul Rawat, an office-bearer of the Adventure Tourism Joint Action Committee. While adventure tourism holds a big potential for Uttarakhand, it has been for the first time that adventure-tourism bodies are joining hands to take the Forest Department head on. These bodies alleged that the department’s autocratic style of functioning was affecting their business. “The Uttarakhand Forest Department is resorting to barrier culture and creates hindrance in the conduct of any form of adventure-tourism activity for no rhyme or reason,” argues Manjul. The forest authorities had directed for limiting human presence in the Gaumauk region. Adventure tourism companies alleged while adventure tourists were prevented from trekking to the Gaumukh region, no such restrictions had been imposed on pilgrims.
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Poor availability of seeds hampers veggie yield
Dehradun, December 10 The farmers have failed to fully exploit the demand for off-season vegetables, as the seeds that are available do not give good yields and are not conducive to the climatic conditions of the state. The climate of the hilly districts is quiet conducive. In Uttarakhand, vegetables are grown in area comprising 56,854 hectares and the total production is 5,52,625 metric tonnes. Pea is grown on an area of 11,070 hectares, French beans on 4,600 hectares, capsicum on 2,210 hectares. Cauliflower The largest area is under potato cultivation that is grown in 23,730 hectare and the production is 4,83,620 metric tonne for the period 2008-09. “Old sprouted seeds are not available to farmers, whatever is supplied comes from the plain areas, where it is harvested in February. Keeping in view the climatic conditions, the potato crop should be planted in March. Potato has dormancy period and germinates late when grown in the hills and therefore the yield is low,” said Dr SP Uniyal, Professor (Head), Department of Vegetable Science Hill Campus, Rani Chauri. In the state, major vegetable growing centres are Udham Singh Nagar, Dehradun, Haridwar and some parts of Uttarkashi and Tehri. But if farmers have to earn profit from vegetables, they need to focus on off-season vegetables and grow peas, cabbage, cauliflower, radish, turnip and European vegetables that have a high demand in the Delhi market. “The farmers need to embrace modern farming, going in for seed production and vegetable production in such a manner that they fulfil the demand for off-season vegetables. The chilling temperature that prevails in the hills is excellent for growing vegetables,” said Dr BP Nautiyal, Director of Horticulture and Food Processing. The agriculture scientists suggest that new potato varieties of Kufri-Girdhari, Kufri Himalayan can be grown in at a height of 6,000 feet successfully, provided the seeds are produced in the similar climatic conditions. In Dehradun district, off-season vegetables are grown on 2,000 hectare of land and a farmer earns a profit of Rs 60,000-70,000 per hectare. “Farmers use Internet for accessing information on the prices of vegetables and sending them directly to the market and the vegetable mandis exist in Sahiya, Kalsi, Vikas Nagar and Dehradun,” said Dr Amar Singh, Director, District Horticulture.
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River Mahotsava seeks support from Haridwar
Haridwar, December 10 This is the second year of the Mahotsava and it tries to generate awareness, bring focus on the condition of rivers and save these from pollution and other factors. To generate awareness about the Mahotsava, a delegation is in the city to garner support, suggestions and involve people and non-government organisations (NGOs) in the Mahotsava. Chief of the delegation Lalit Sharma of the Jan Abhiyan Parishad, associated with the mission, told The Tribune that they were focusing on universities and NGOs as long-term objective could only be obtained through the young generation. In this river saving drive, volunteers were needed who came by their will and were not forced to join. This Mahotsava is being organised by the Narmada Samagra Organisation for second year consecutively with its theme being “River and Pollution”. “Our objective is to gather public and private partners involved in water resources management and protection in India and the world. Primarily we had focus on the Narmada river, but now we are trying to make it apply to all rivers in the country,” informed a spokesperson of the Narmada Samagra. Also multi-lateral cooperation with organisations, local communities, universities, engineering schools, research centres, NGOs, ministries, water agencies, land development companies, professionals and industrialists is on the anvil. “This is to set up a real partners’ network so as to protect and restore rivers,” elaborated Sushil Namdeo another delegate who is holding talks with Gurukul Kangri University and Shantikunj in this regard. From the cleaning of ghats, awareness campaigns on the river bank-situated villages to development of the green cover, the Narmada Samagra is fully dedicated to the cause of the Narmada river and now wants to spread this to other rivers too, specially the holy Ganga. And so they are specifically focusing in Uttarakhand and have started from Haridwar. The delegation informs that till date they are getting good and positive response for their river drive.
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SIDCUL: Farmers demand strict workers’ manual
Haridwar, December 10 Terming corporates and the state government as anti-farmer and anti-labour, the protesters said if the exploitation and corruption was not controlled in those factories, then both corporates and the government should be ready to face their agitation. Led by the Kisan Sangharsh Samiti (KSS) from Dev Pura Chowk, the protesters rallied up to the office of the City Magistrate and held an assembly there. Lamenting the apathy of the state government and the Labour Department to the happenings and conduct of the SIDCUL factory management, chief of the samiti Balwant Singh Chauhan accused the factory owners of adopting a tyrant attitude. “We labours work hard but get minimum wages and also feel insecure whether it is our job security, freedom or life. From factory owners to contractors everyone in the set up is neck deep in corruption and exploitation practices,” remarked Chauhan. With most of the factory owners relying on the contractors for hiring and managing the labourers, workers alleged contractors exploited them and paid much less than they were promised to be paid. They are fired any time, citing that there is no work or other labourers are agreeing to work on much less than they are being paid. “Though the company in which I work is one of the top-most units in automobile sector and has profits in crores, we, the basic workers at the grass-roots level, are paid too less and suffer from exploitation at almost every level,” narrated a SIDCUL worker. Terming the sacrifice made by farmers in giving their land for the industrial township as going waste, general secretary Sanjay Sharma termed the contractual system as a major hindrance in the development of the country and a big shelter to corruption. He demanded an immediate abolition of the current system of hiring and recruiting employees being followed by SIDCUL-based industries. The samiti members later handed over a memorandum to the City Magistrate and also decided to meet union minister Harish Rawat in this regard. The others who addressed the rally were Shaukat Quereshi, Furkan Pradhan, Mehar Singh, Arvind Chauhan, Gullu Dhausi, Santosh Chauhan, Bugli Devi, Raj Kali, Sandeep Kumar, Sanjay Chaudhari, Laxman Prasad, Dhanpal, Malik Krishan Gopal.
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Gwal Sena to raise issues of hilly areas
Nainital, December 10 Claiming to be a non-political body for the time being, the Gwal Sena completed its first meeting here by dispatching two memorandums to the President of India and the Governor on issues ranging from inflation to migration of youth from the state. Talking to The Tribune, Puran Mehra who is also a BJP activist, said, “The Gwal Sena is a common front for people coming from all walks of life and various political backgrounds. “Right now, we do not even have any office-bearers. It is just an effort to bring together people from the hills so that their issues can be raised properly and their grievances addressed which successive governments have failed to do till now”. In their memorandum to Governor Margaret Alva, members of the new outfit have called for strengthening the Public Distribution System (PDS). “The PDS system in the state has collapsed and even those living Below Poverty Line (BPL) are not getting its benefit,” it says. It also points out that while areas in the plains have enjoyed the benefits of rapid industrialisation, hill regions have continued to be ignored. Hence, these areas should get 90 per cent subsidy on food grains, it says. The activists of the newly-formed outfit have suggested that district cadres be made in Class 3 and 4 of state government jobs and residents be given jobs on the basis of the district to which they belong. They have also demanded that efforts be made to resolve the emerging differences between people of Garhwal and Kumaon regions. They have stated that these differences are being created by elements that have their vested interests. The memorandum also says: “An alliance of certain bureaucrats, influential personalities and land mafia has emerged after the creation of the state and land is being sold through fraudulent means. “This is resulting in a change in the local demography. A probe should be held by a committee comprising people devoted to the cause of Uttarakhand and the guilty should be exposed and punished”. The memorandum sent to President Pratibha Devisingh Patil seeks that the cut in the quota of foodgrains for the state should be done away with and appropriate supply be maintained for the state. It also calls for an early division of wealth and resources between Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh that has been hanging mid way over the past nine years. The activists have pointed that in the absence of this division, the resources of the state are being over exploited. The memorandum also calls for making appropriate amendments in the Forest Conservation Act to allow the youth of the state to take up entrepreneurial ventures in tourism, horticulture and cultivation of medicinal plants. This can be done if land is made available to them, it says. The activists of the new front marched through the streets of Nainital chanting slogans after their meeting.
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MCI team inspects Doon Hospital
Dehradun, December 10 The team, lead by Dr Ram Prakash and two women doctors, went around the hospital making notes about the likely changes that have to be undertaken. “We are still in the preliminary stage. All deficiencies were pointed out and we have to build lecture theaters, hostel and several other departments. The report will be presented to the state government,” said Dr Sudhanshu Bahuguna, Additional Director, Health, who also holds additional charge of hospitals. He said the team members were also shown the area around the Doon Hospital, District Jail, PWD building and the Red Cross building areas that would be utilised for the expansion of the college. “They also visited the Coronation Hospital, Gandhi Netralaya and District Women’s Hospital and will pay a visit to the state again for holding further discussions,” added Dr Bahuguna.
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Passing-out Parade
Dehradun, December 10 The SSP also met the authorities at the IMA to discuss the security plans ahead of the parade. The police said Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) jawans had already been deployed there and the police security tightened. The traffic coming to the IMA road was being diverted in the morning.
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Squash court roof collapses at varsity
Haridwar, December 10 Though the construction work has been resumed at the site, the university management and the construction agency tried to hush up the matter. Initially, the university authorities declined to acknowledge that something like that had happened on the campus. They even termed it a minor incident and said the working agency was given the contract and so they could not speak on this matter. Nirman Nigam officials, the working agency which is carrying out the construction work at the squash court, termed the mishap as a normal one. Workers at the site said they were putting cement and gravel on the surface of the squash court when suddenly the whole roof fell down. “Before I could understand anything one of the steel pillar hit me and there was all chaos at the site. Most of the workers suffered injuries,” said an injured worker. The Registrar of the Gurukul Kangri University, Prof AK Chopra, said the accident happened due to the collapse of supporting wooden pillars while RS Dagar, head of the Sports Department, said much should not be read into this. As the work has resumed at the site, it proves that all doubts on quality of work are baseless, he added. Meanwhile, Gurukul Kangri Students Union’s president has condemned at the university administration for not taking union members into confidence in all construction works carried out in the university. Ravi Kant Malik, the union president, said the incident had once again exposed the working of the university administration, which is least concerned towards the lives of workers.
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Rudraprayag dominate Day 1 of athletics meet
Dehradun, December 10 Results: 800m: 1. Meenu (Haridwar) 2. Anil (Rudraprayag) 3. Rekha Joshi (Nainital) 400m: 1. Jaya (Rudraprayag) 2. Shakuntala Negi (Nainital) 3. V Kaur (Udham Singh Nagar) 3000m: 1. Mamta Kanwal (Rudraprayag) 2. Saroj Joshi (Nainital) 3. Bhawana Joshi Javelin throw: 1. Janki (Rudraprayag) 2. Sunita (Almora) 3. Asha Rawat (Almora) Discus throw: 1. Radha Singh (Dehradun) 2. Bhagwati (Almora) 3. Subham (Tihari) High jump: 1. Sonika (Almora) 2. Risha Singh (Dehradun) 3. Pooja Kumari (Rudraprayag) Meanwhile, at the state-level badminton competition, Ayushi (Dehradun) beat Monica (Udham Singh Nagar) 21-13, 21-15 in the first semifinal. In the second semifinal, Smriti (Almora) beat G Bisht 12-21, 21-14 and 22-20. In other matches, Ruchi (Pauri) beat Rachna (Uttarkashi) 21-5 and 21-3. Smriti (Almora) beat Surekha (Tehri) 21-14, 21-8. Ayushi (Dehradun) beat Jyoti (Nainital) 21-8, 21-17 and G Bisht (Pitthoragarh) beat Ankit (Pauri) 21-11, 21-8.
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District Cricket League
Dehradun, December 10 The opening pair of Abhishek and Ajay Kumar started scoring at a run a ball. Abhishek made 13 runs off 13 balls before the umpire gave him lbw off the bowling of Rahul. Ajay Kumar scored 14 runs off 16 balls. First-down batsman Adesh played a handy knock of 45 runs off 48 balls that gave some stability to the team. After Adesh, no other batsman showed any resistance and the team was all out for 122 runs. For Dinesh Rawat Cricket Club, Anil and Sonu ripped through the Sai Club batting line-up. Sonu picked up four wickets in his six-over spell while Anil Kumar took three wickets. In reply, Dinesh Rawat Cricket Club reached the target with six wickets in hand. Openers Akhil and Raju dispatched the ball to all corners of the ground. Akhil made 45 runs off 43 balls, hitting six fours and a six in his innings and Raju scored 25 runs off 12 balls, hitting two sixes and one four. Deepak played a knock of 22 runs. Sonu supported himself well on the other end to score 15 runs.
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Ajabpur Youngsters triumph
Dehradun, December 10 Doiwala XI was bundled out for 115 runs. Junaid scored 48 runs and Mukesh 36 runs while Arvind took three wickets.
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Haridwar beat Champawat by 7 wickets
Dehradun, December 10 Batting first, the Champawat team scored 168 runs in 41 overs. Deepak Panday played a fine knock of 56 runs off 93 balls. Anshul Panday supported him well to score 22 runs off 54 balls. Lower-order batsman Prakash Mehra scored 13 runs off 22 balls and Ashutosh scored 10 runs. For Haridwar, Babu Ram, Sachin, Mussarat and Kanhiyan took two wickets each. Chasing 169 runs for victory, Haridwar batsmen wasted no time in achieving the target. After performing with ball, Babu Ram performed with the bat as well. He scored 57 runs off just 46 balls to give his team a flying start. The other opener Nikhil scored 27 runs off 45 balls. Vernik played the knock of 21 runs and Vineet scored 19 runs. For Champawat team, Anshul Panday, T Kumar and Deepak Panday took one wicket each.
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Physiotherapy workshop ends
Dehradun, December 10 This workshop was organised with practical approach towards physiotherapy and superior treatment techniques. Dr Harpreet Singh, MPT neurology, AIIMS, was the guest mentor who addressed the gathering of 160 students from different medical colleges and their teachers. He told the students the techniques of rehabilitating patients suffering from paralysis, fractures and other neurological disorders. While addressing physiotherapy students, Dr Singh said, “Physiotherapy has nothing to do with medicines and other medical aids, but it is about giving relaxation to the mind and body through the right way of exercising and massages. It is quite effective particularly among patients of strokes, fractures and arthritis.” Dr Harpreet Singh attended the closing ceremony of the workshop. The institute gave prizes to the participating students. Guest faculty members were also invited from other medical institutes to attend the workshop.
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College aims at making students computer savvy
Haridwar, December 10 In Haridwar, an initiative by the staff of a government college to impart computer education to students from weaker sections has kindled a ray of hope among them, many of whom confused computer with some sort of television set. Dr Ramesh Chand Sharma, Principal of Dr Hari Ram Arya Inter College, Mayapur, is making all efforts to make these students not only aware of computer education but also identifying bright students so as they can be given further assistance. Dr Sharma was quite perturbed when he assumed charge of the college and saw students unaware of the Internet and some had not even touched computer. And school’s a few computers were gathering dust as none paid heed to this modern technology of learning. He got the computers repaired and organised a computer workshop in the college so that students got to know the basics. But, there was a big question: Who will impart computer training to students? School teachers themselves were less acquainted to computers. He suggested of taking help from experts in this field. Dr Sharma sought help from IIT teachers and Gurukul Kangri University’s computer professors. “We wanted to generate interest among the students about computer and also wanted to give the students best of knowledge as they were first-time learners, thus expert guidance was imperative,” he added. The workshop, which concluded today, saw an overwhelming response from students. Prof Amit Aggarwal of the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, who voluntarily agreed to take computer classes, feels the lower strata of society, too, needs to be acquainted with computer technology. Dean of Computer Department, Gurukul Kangri University, Karamjit Bhatia feels that without computer knowledge, younger generation will be termed illiterate and so the government should seriously look into this aspect. Professor Bhatia, along with his university colleagues, was quite excited teaching the basics of computer to the students. “What I feel the best is the enthusiasm and spirit of learning which sets apart these students. And I feel that in coming times they will be proficient in computer subject and will match their public school compatriots,” opined Dr Bhatia. Sonam Kumar, a Class IX student, was quite upbeat about the computer classes. “Earlier, I haven’t even touched the mouse and thought computer is quite hard to learn. I wanted to operate computer but couldn’t. But, now I feel I will make my career in computer only,” said Sonam. So were the views of Neetu, Amit, Sumit and Neha who attended a three-hour computer class and were seen basking in the sun and sharing the class lectures with each other in the school playground. “We are buying computer books and other related software on our own and will try to provide every bit of help we can to these students and also try to arrange more computer classes by computer experts,” said Dr Sharma, talking about his future plan.
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Kumaon varsity to introduce semester pattern
Nainital, December 10 The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Dr VPS Arora, said: “A committee has also been constituted to determine the feasibility of introducing the semester system of examination in a large number of other courses as well”. He said the semester system would be introduced in courses like visual arts, bachelor in pharmacy from the next session. “We have also initiated steps to increase the number of instruction days and it will be the responsibility of the teachers to ensure that the academic output of the students does not suffer.” It was pointed out that since a large number of students enrol for postgraduate courses as private candidates, the blanket imposition of semester system cannot be done in one go. The Vice-Chancellor also underlined that steps have been initiated to fill the vacant posts of teacher in the university. At present there is a shortage of 650 teachers at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in various affiliated colleges and the postgraduate campuses of the university. The university has 31 government colleges, five government-aided colleges and 30 private colleges affiliated to it. It has three campuses at Bhimtal, Almora and Nainital. “I am also trying to ensure that no examination gets delayed beyond March. This will ensure that results are declared by June-end and the next session starts immediately. The exams for re-appearance and improvement will be conducted in August itself,” Dr Arora added. A major achievement on the part of the new Vice-Chancellor is that he has managed to get a regular Registrar appointed for the university. For almost a decade, the university had been functioning without a regular Registrar. It was the Assistant Registrar who had been doubling up
as Registrar.
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Book exhibition opens
Roorkee, December 10 Talking to The Tribune, head of the library, Dr Yogendra Singh, said that students can avail around 30 per cent discount on the books. “The exhibition’s other objective is to select books for our main library and other departmental libraries,” said Dr Yogendra. Mainly the books on display are newly published books related to technical courses like engineering, bio-medical and management. The head librarian also said that they would organise such exhibitions two or three times a year. “Next year, we are planning to hold an exhibition in which only top Hindi books will be on display,” said he said. The main library of the institute boasts of having over 3.5 lakh documents. As many as 2.75 lakh of these are books and 25,000 are e-books. Due to the ongoing mid-term holidays, the campus, of late, has been wearing a deserted look. NCC camp While many renowned national and foreign companies have been visiting the campus to select the best among students for their organisations, the institute’s NCC centre is busy in personality development of its cadets in their annual camp. In the camp by 3UKCTR, over 500 cadets are not only learning various aspects of the course, but also getting tips on personality development from Colonel KS Rawat. The other place that is abuzz with student activities is the placement cell of institute, where the IITians can be seen queueing up for interviews by officials of various companies. Three-day seminar To bring together students from the IITs and the University of Erlengen-Nuremberg (FAU), Germany, to discuss challenges in science and engineering, a three-day seminar will be organised. The seminar has been named 8th Indo-German Winter Academy. Lectures by Prof Franz Durst, Prof Ulrich Rude and Prof Heiner Ryssel from FAU will be conducted on fluid mechanics and heat transfer, high performance computing for engineering problems and semi-conductor processes, devices and systems, respectively. The seminar will be held from December 13 to 19.
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Secy for 100 pc literacy in state
Dehradun, December 10 Speaking at a two-day seminar on “Peoples cooperation for creating climate for spreading literacy” at State Resource Centre (Adult Literacy), Jha said teachers could play a big role in spreading the light of knowledge among underprivileged. Dr Santosh Kumar Sheel, State Project Manager, State Literacy Mission Authority, said: “We need to work in districts which are lagging,” said Sheel”. Padama Shree recipient Avdhash Kaushal, Chairman of Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra, said the importance was rarely given to adult education and funds were being misappropriated in several districts meant for literacy programmes. “We are nominating two sakshar doots in each districts who would spread awareness about the importance of education,” said Kaushal. Manvi Tripathi, Executive Director, State Resource Centre, also spoke.
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High fee irks BEd aspirants
Dehradun,
December 10 The aspirants
seem to be dissatisfied with five-time higher fees compared to Garhwal
University, Kumoan University, and Indira Gandhi National Open
University. “I believe that such an expensive draft amount is not a
very practical thought as along with the burden of studies, aspirants
now have to pay such a heavy amount for draft as well college fees,”
said Jyoti, an aspirant. However, giving a ray of hope to the
aspirants, now, along with Garhwal University, they can take up
entrance examination at UTU also, which in 2005 got the status of
technical university by an Act passed by the Uttarakhand government
and has been conducting examinations in varied courses. “Though the
entrance exam fee of the technical university is high, the
negotiations are going on for reducing the amount,” said Sunil
Agarwal, Secretary, Private BEd College Association. Another clause,
which has led to confusion and started favouring the prospects of UTU
as compared to Garhwal University is that under Garhwal University the
self-financed BEd seats of private colleges and the government have
still not been included, which can lead to many students opting to sit
for different university exam entrances. Adding lightly on this
issue, Agarwal added, “Yes, there’s some confusion, but the fact
is that in private colleges the results are either being awated or
studies are going on. However, once Garhwal University-affiliated
colleges gets the seats, then all other self-financed colleges will
get their due seats.
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Varsity staff call on CM
Dehradun, December 10 The delegation also thanked the Chief Minister for the establishment of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) at Srinagar in the Garhwal region. Members of the delegation said such decisions showed the commitment of the state government towards the betterment of higher education in
Uttarakhand.
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Elated at the performance of Team India, former opener of the Indian cricket team and present MP from Amritsar in Punjab, Navjot Singh Sidhu said today that the team led by captain MS Dhoni was going from strength to strength and had emerged on top by consistently performing well, even on foreign shores.
Dehradun, December 10
Dehradun, December 10
Haridwar, December 10
Dehradun, December 10
Haridwar, December 10
