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Few takers for B Tech seats
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Cultural week begins at St Joseph’s Academy
Saplings planted in Colonel Brown School
Mindspree-2010: Dhruv Joshi adjudged best speaker
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Few takers for B Tech seats
Dehradun, August 11 The
counselling, which was conducted by the Uttarakhand Technical University
(UTU), painted the situation as dismal as the number of BTech aspirants approaching Uttarakhand from other parts of India has touched rock bottom this time. After two phases of online
counselling, the university had organised the third session -a manual one - of the students on the basis of class XII marks and not on the basis of the All-India Engineers Entrance Examination
(AIEEE) ranks. As many as 27 technical institutes, each having 250 to 400 seats and recognised under the
UTU, had participated in the edu fest held at GRD Institute of Technology and Management. Perhaps, the number of students seeking admission seems to have registered a sharp decline due to the mushrooming of technical institutes in Uttarakhand as well as in neighbouring states. “I came here to seek admission in the Dehradun Institute of Technology
(DIT), preferably in the IT stream, but due to less aggregate in PCM
(physics-chemistry-maths), I did not succeed at the DIT. The management there is not following the criteria of marks obtained in the best five subjects. “I am getting admission in other technical institutes, but these are not in my preference list due to which I have to return home,” said Pankhuri from
Meerut. The three-day counselling session turned out to be a mixed bag. Students had a tough time on the second day due to the negligence of university personnel and the problem in
the software that declared the shortlisted candidates. Some candidates had alleged that colleges also resorted to ‘back door’ admissions for a chosen few. Students also levied the charge that despite the availability of seats, the managements of technical colleges had shut down the admission procedure on the second day of
counselling. Prateek Roy, a student who hails from Uttarkashi, said, “During registration for
counselling, a majority of technical colleges talked about the availability of an ample number of seats, but later declared that these had been occupied on the second day of
counselling. The management of university blamed a technical fault in the software for the
discrepancy.” Doon’s three old colleges - Dehradun Institute of Technology
(DIT), Uttranchal Institute of Technology (UIT) and College of Engineering, Roorkee - witnessed a rush of admission seekers like previous years, but it is the new ones who are facing a shortage of admission seekers. These three have stopped their admission process as their seats have been fully occupied. The remaining 24 colleges are yearning to attract more and more students to their fold. CS
Mehta, Registrar, Uttarakhand Technical University, on the slow rate of admissions in the third phase of counselling for the BTech course said, “It is true that the university has witnessed a decline due to the burgeoning technical institutes across India that have lessened the number of outsiders who contributed a big number to the admissions in
Uttarakhand.” “Secondly, new colleges offering BTech courses in Uttarakhand have opened recently. These will surely need time to establish themselves and no student would like to come to a new institute, spending Rs 2-3
lakh, that does not guarantee placement after the course,” said
Mehta.
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Rain lashes Haridwar
Haridwar, August 11 Today’s rain was intermittent and began in new Haridwar and later, covered the main Haridwar region. The situation didn’t go out of control, but still was enough to put brakes on city life as water crept into many colonies and commercial establishments. Rain fury was particularly heavy at Bhagat Singh Chowk, Tibdi area, Khanna Nagar, Kankhal and Jwalapur where water-logged streets and intersections made traffic come to a halt with the adventurous ones, who tried to pass through the waters, getting stuck in the middle. After today’s rain, the need to continue the anti-encroachment drive that was started after the July 18 rain was again felt. The drive had to be abandoned due to the Kanwar Yatra as all administrative officials and police personnel were put on Kanwar mela duty. At that time, District Magistrate R Meenakshi Sundaram had reiterated that the drive would restart on August 10. Pressure would be on the administration to remove encroachments on nullahs, sewer lines and main roads that were major impediments to the flow of water. Meanwhile, the squatters and hawkers, who were displaced due to the anti-encroachment drive at Chandracharya Chowk, Ranipur Mod, Tibdi railway crossing stretch passing through Bhagat Singh Chowk and leading towards Jwalapur, have demanded permission to conduct their trade at their original places as their businesses and family life have been disturbed during the past three weeks. Administrative officials said the anti-encroachment drive would begin on August 17. The marking of the encroached areas is being done. The Public Works Department has already started marking encroachments on the main inner roads. The municipality committee has served notices on encroachers who are fighting cases for the allocation of alternative commercial space in other parts of the city. Sundaram has made it clear that no talks would be held with representatives of political parties, traders or other organisations on stopping the anti-encroachment drive.
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Include Indian philosophy in management courses: Expert
Haridwar, August 11 With human values fast degenerating in today’s time, the need to regenerate these to save society from societal evils, particularly on the professional front, is being desperately felt. A large number of professors, specialists, intellectuals and scholars are participating in the three-day seminar, which is focusing on the integration of modern managerial skills with human values in keeping with Indian culture. Delivering the inauguration lecture of the seminar, Prof SC Handa, Managing Director, Quantum School of Technology, Roorkee, said to bring a change in society, youth needed to think not only about professional gains, but also on ways to make society and the nation a better place to live in. “Value-based management is the only way to show the right direction to youth. This will take society to a constructive future,” said Professor Handa. Pointing that the modern educational management institutions were only producing managers who were just professionally oriented and had nothing to do with society, BML Jain, Chairman of Bangalore-based Indus Business Academy, remarked that modern management students were half-baked products who only knew about profit and loss. “They lack the knowledge of human values and higher ideals. They lack the vision to manage the country in entirety too,” said Jain. Emphasising on the need to include Indian philosophy in the curriculum of managerial courses, Prof Om Gupta from Houston University, Texas, said by doing this, India would be able to churn out world-class managers who wo give the world a new direction. He also remarked that Dev Sanskriti University was best suited to start such a managerial course. Earlier, Vice-Chancellor of host Dev Sanskriti University Dr SP Mishra welcomed the participants. Over 100 national and international management experts are taking part. Some of them are from the Indian Institute of Management at Ahmedabad, Calcutta, Bangalore, Shillong and other private management institutions while others are from countries like the USA, Canada, Brazil and Korea.
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Now, Carman School takes part in Van Mahotsav
Dehradun, August 11 The campaign is an ambitious project undertaken by iCARE, wherein members reach out to various schools, colleges, private institutions and government offices with the objective of not only involving the community of the valley, but also to inculcate the need for preserving the environment. The aim is to reach out to everyone and thereby create a network of enthusiastic citizens who wish to make an effort in making our planet a better place to live. Students and staff of the school, along with members of iCARE and Aagaas Federation, planted trees like chandni, gulmohur, kachnar, tej patta. Over 20 types of tree saplings were donated to students, staff members and workers at the school. Yudhishter Puran Singh, founder member of iCARE, was pleased with the participation of Carmanians. The students took a green pledge to ensure they would give nature their best whenever they would get time. RK Trehan, senior coordinator, Carman School, said, “Youth activism is the need of the hour.” He praised the members of the organisation for their impeccable work in preserving the environment. “It is indeed a privilege to get associated with iCARE and plant trees. It gives me great satisfaction at the end of the day when we think about what we have done for our environment,” asserted Rashmi Sharma, school captain. The Centre for Environment Education (CEE) is facilitating the identification of responsible green citizens to promote low-carbon practices under the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), government of India and Global Environment Facility (GEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the civil society partners of the Small Grants Programme (SGP). The project is being carried out in more than 70 cities in India with the help of NGO partners in these cities. The CEE is tying up with schools, colleges, universities, farmer groups, corporate firms, resident welfare associations and many other institutions in these cities to conduct green activities.
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Tibetan Home, Oak Grove in semis
Dehradun, August 11 Oak Grove, Mussoorie, ensured a semifinal berth beating Hilton School 1-0. Shubham struck the winner in the first half. Doon International School drubbed Sambota Tibetan 4-1 in another quarterfinal. Wynberg Allen School defeated St Georgia Mussoorie 3-1 to take the last place among the final four.
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Col Brown rout SGRR Balawala
Dehradun, August 11
He netted in the 48th, 51st and 54th minutes. Naveen netted back-to-back goals in the 22nd and 23rd minutes and Anand (second) contributed one. In the other match played today, Welham School thrashed Guru Nanak School 5-0. Santhvaya (14th and 24th), Sivesh (21st), Teja Suri (42nd) and Umer (29th) scored in Welham win.
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Cultural week begins at St Joseph’s Academy
Dehradun, August 11 The day started with prayer by Principal AJ George in the presence of special guests. Following it was the quiz competition that went through different rounds of sports, literature, science, geography, history, entertainment and art. Inter-house quiz competition was conducted where participants showed great gusto to raise the winners trophy. Among the four houses, Dooley House bagged the first position in the quiz competition. The cultural event of dance, drama and music will begin from tomorrow.
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Saplings planted in Colonel Brown School
Dehradun, August 11 The Principal of the school initiated the drive by planting a sapling of amla. Students of Classes X, XI and XII participated in the noble cause. The drive aimed at creating awareness among the students and educating them about prevailing environmental issues concerning to our surroundings. Organiser of the drive YS Bisht, chief of the Uttarakhand Aid Society Pankaj Shah and many more were present on the occasion.
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Mindspree-2010: Dhruv Joshi adjudged best speaker
Dehradun, August 11 The participating schools were Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC), St Thomas’s College, Hopetown Girls School, Summer Valley School, Touchwood School, Raja Ram Mohan Roy Academy, Ann Mary School, Kasiga School and St Jude’s School. Principal of Shivalik International School M Sandhu was the judge for the debate. The preliminary round of the debate was held in the extempore format of debating with the participants speaking for and against the motion. The topic of today’s debate was “Utopia - The world and its people living as one”. The participants were outstanding with their thought-provoking points of argument. Both sides highlighted issues of concern and exhilarated the audience as well as the judges with their poise. Nine teams analysed the motion carefully putting forward strong points, though question and witty answer leaving the audience spellbound. Dhruv Joshi of Summer Valley School was declared the best speaker of the debate, while the runner-up trophy went to Simran Tyagi from St Jude’s School. The prize for the best team was bagged by Summer Valley School. St Jude’s was declared the runner’s up team, but they gave the trophy to RIMC as they had hosted the event.
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