AMRITSAR: An art and craft fete titled 'Srishti – a panorama of ventures and vistas' was held at DAV International School. Chief guest Dr Satish K Sharma, director, DAV college managing committee, New Delhi, and guest of honour Dr KN Kaul inaugurated the event. Science, mathematics and social studies models, besides ...

AMRITSAR: Set up a few months ago, the University Grants Commission (UGC)­ sponsored coaching centre for competitive examinations at the local Khalsa College is helping border area students for IAS, PCS and probationary officers (POs) exams, besides the UGC's National Eligibility Test (NET). College principal Dr Daljit Singh said 100 ...

AMRITSAR: Juhi Pandey of BBK DAV College for women has received a commendation card from the directorate general of the National Cadet Corps (NCC). She attended the NCC girls' expedition held from August 23 to October 2 and has scaled Mt Thelu, situated at a height of 20,000 ft. She ...

AMRITSAR: Guru Nanak Dev University would confer the doctor of science (DSc) honoris causa degree on NR Narayana Murthy, chairman-emeritus, Infosys Technologies Limited, at its 38th annual convocation to be held on Wednesday at the Dashmesh auditorium. Stating this, registrar Dr Inderjit Singh said the honorary degree to Dr Murthy was ...

GURDASPUR: Punjab school education secretary Hussan Lal has terminated the services of four 2006 cadre lecturers in physical education with effect from January 12 for the Departmental Selection Committee had not recommended their names. The orders came on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana high court. The candidates, with higher ...

AMRITSAR: A group of artists from Poland, who are in the city to perform a traditional folk dance, inter­ acted with the students of Khalsa College of Education (KCE) on Monday and shared tips in the field of education and how their country imparted education. They said the major focus of ...

CHANDIGARH: A controversy has erupted over the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) granting a fellowship to Panjab University vice-chancellor RC Sobti. A few PU faculty members and fellow scientists have alleged that Sobti got the fellowship in December last year in return for awarding the PU visiting professor status to INSA ...

AMRITSAR: To register their protest against assigning of election duty to teaching staff, executive committee of Guru Nanak Dev University Teachers Association (GNDUTA) and teachers from different departments held a protest and locked the registrar's office on Monday. The protesters claimed that never before in the history of the university, teachers ...

AMRITSAR: Avinash Nagpal, a professor at the department of botanical and environmental sciences at Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) has been conferred with the 'Senior Scientist Award' during the 4th International Conference on Life Science Research for Rural and Agricultural Development at Patna. The International Consortium of Contemporary Biologists and the ...

AMBALA: Mourners at Sabga village slammed the government education system on Wednesday. Ironically, the house of brothers Parmod and Vinod, who lost three children to the mishap, is adjacent to a government high school. Residents pointed out that most families sent their children outside the village because the standard of education ...

AMRITSAR: Vice-chancellor of the Guru Nanak Dev University, AS Brar has appointed Prof Balwinder Singh as the head of chemistry department Ratan Singh ,has been appointed the law department head; Shashi Bala as the head of the Guru Nanak Studies department and Prabhjit Singn as the head of the biotechnology ...

By Rashmi Talwar: Rajdeep Singh bagged the ‘High Achiever Award , Shubham Bhargav won the ‘All-rounder Trophy’ while  Neelambar Mehra raised the Lt. Amarjit Singh Virk Trophy, at the Delhi Public School special awards occasion of ‘The Scholar Badge ceremony’ held in the school premises. As many as 71 students of ...

CHANDIGARH: In view of the cold wave in the state, the Haryana education department has decided to change the timing of all government and aided schools in the state. State education minister Geeta Bhukkal said on Wednesday that now classes in all schools would be held from 9 am to 3.30 ...