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COA-TRC Selects AnantU to Host Heritage Documentation Training Programme
/ -- The Council of Architecture Training & Research Centre (COA-TRC) in Bhubaneshwar, in association with ICOMOS India, has selected Anant National University to host a faculty training programme on 'Documentation of Heritage Architecture'. The training will be conducted at the AnantU campus from 27th - 31st October and will be attended by architecture faculty and architects from across the country. (Logo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/625509/Anant_National_University_Logo.jpg ) Key objectives of the faculty development programme are to enhance the knowledge and understanding of historic structures for conservation, adaptive reuse and design development, to develop the participants' skills of observing traditional buildings, and to collectively understand architectural transitions throughout the ages. The programme intends to equip all participants with adequate knowledge of teaching tools and methodologies required for documenting the built environment. Panel of teaching ...
Silent march in Kashmir University in solidarity with AMU students
Students of the Kashmir University staged a silent march on Monday to show solidarity with Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students facing sedition charges for trying to offer funeral prayers in absentia for a slain Ph.D scholar-turned-militant commander.
Ensure Kashmiri students' safety outside the state: Tarigami to Centre
Senior CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami Monday alleged that a hate campaign has been unleashed against Kashmiri students in the country and asked the Centre to take steps to ensure their safety outside the state. He urged the Centre to initiate criminal proceedings against people found guilty of harassing Kashmiri students in different parts of the country and also sought intervention of the state governor Satya Pal Malik to ensure safe and secure environment to Kashmiris outside the state. "The harassment of Kashmiri students at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and in different colleges and educational institutions in Punjab at the behest of communal forces is unacceptable and must be condemned in strongest words as such incidents have serious implications, the CPI(M) leader said in a statement here. Three Kashmiri students of AMU were booked on sedition charges for allegedly raising "anti-India" slogans and trying to hold a prayer meeting for Hizbul Mujahideen commander Manan Bashir Wani ..
TalentSprint Hosts Confluence 2018, a Platform for Industry Academia Collaboration
/ -- - Focuses on 'Extreme Automation: Get Ready for the New Normal' - Launches its third deep tech program for college students The third edition of Confluence, an initiative by TalentSprint bringing Academia and Industry to collaborate and get ready for the future was held in Hyderabad. Themed 'Extreme Automation: Get Ready for the New Normal', the event was attended by senior management representatives of colleges from across the country and covered various aspects of deep technologies driving automation and steps colleges can take to stay ahead of the curve and align themselves with future requirements of the Industry. (Logo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/642911/TalentSprint_Logo.jpg ) (Photo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/769006/TalentSprint_Confluence_2018.jpg ) Industry experts from Automation Anywhere, BigBasket, HCL, Pegasystems, TCS, Virtusa and representatives of colleges shared their thoughts and discussed on the way forward for colleges to get students ready for the
Afghanistan to adopt Delhi's Happiness Curriculum for school kids
Afghanistan, which is working to reform its education system, will adopt the Happiness Curriculum devised by the Delhi government with a focus on holistic education -- to bring peace to the mind of children.
Manipur University professors handcuffed
Jail officials on Sunday brought six Manipur University professors for medical check-up from the Imphal Central Jail in handcuffs, triggering condemnation.
School principal hacked to death in front of his students
A school principal was hacked to death Sunday by a six member gang in front of 20 students, for whom he was holding a special class, police said. Ranganath (60), principal of the Havanur Public School in suburban Agrahara Dasarahalli, was holding classes for 10th standard students when the gang barged into the classroom and hacked him to death, they said. They later fled in the car in which they came to the school, police said. One of the gang members was nabbed later from Mahalaxmi Layout area here, based on a tip off. The man suffered a leg injury when police fired at him after he attacked them. He was later taken to a hospital and treated. Police suspect a land dispute relating to the school building to be the reason behind the killing.
Univ bodies condemn handcuffing of jailed Manipur professor
Three university bodies in Manipur on Sunday condemned the alleged handcuffing of a jailed university professor while being taken to a hospital, a press release said. The Joint Action Committee of the MUSU, MUSA and MUTA at an emergency meeting considered the action as an "insulting treatment of members of the university community," the press release issued by Manipur University Students Union, Manipur University Teachers Association and Manipur University Staffs Association said. They also demanded immediate release of the 15 jailed students and teachers of the varsity. Police confirmed that the professor had been handcuffed and rules were observed in this case. "Irrespective of charges, an accused is handcuffed while being taken to a hospital," a police official said on condition of anonymity. A MUSU office bearer said that Prof. Dorendrajit was handcuffed while being taken to Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIIMS) on October 11 and the academician's wife had .
3 held for objecting to appointment of Dalit cook in TN school
Three people were arrested for allegedly objecting to the appointment of a dalit woman as cook in a government school in Salem district, months after another woman faced a similar opposition in nearby Tirupur, police said Sunday. Jothi, appointed cook of Kuppankottai government primary school last week, faced protest from parents of a section of students, who informed the school management that their wards would not consume the meals prepared by her, they said. They also sought a replacement and reportedly threatened to withdraw their wards from the school. Subsequently, the headmaster of the school alerted the block development officer, who convinced them and the cook continued to work there. However, cases were filed against six people, including the headmaster under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act and three of them arrested Sunday. Police said they were on the look out for other three. A similar controversy had erupted in a government school in Tirupur district,
'AMU's Kashmiri students threaten to leave for home'
Kashmiri students studying at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) have threatened to leave for their homes on October 17, if the sedition charges against three of them are not dropped. In a letter to AMU vice-chancellor, AMU students union former vice-president Sajjad Rathar said, "If this vilification does not stop, more than 1,200 Kashmiri students will leave for their homes in the Kashmir Valley on October 17 as a last option." Terming the slapping of sedition charges as "vendetta", Rathar said, "The option of holding Namaaz-e-Janaza (prayer meeting) in absentia was dropped after the AMU authorities did not give the permission." "If no prayer meeting was held as confirmed by all official agencies, the slapping a case of sedition against three Kashmiri students is simply a vendetta, harassment and denial of justice," he said. The letter was handed over to AMU Proctor Mohsin Khan in presence of large number of Kashmiri students at his office on Saturday night. AMU spokesman Shafay ...
More efforts needed to link education with employment: JK Governor's advisor
Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, advisor to Jammu and Kashmir governor, has urged policymakers to put more efforts to linking education with employment and entrepreneurship to ensure more job opportunities to skilled youth in the country. "There is a need to improve policies which can give fillip to skill development programmes at colleges, schools, skill centres to produce skilled population for our nation. "The policymakers should put more efforts into linking education with employment and entrepreneurship through skill development to ensure that our skilled youth can get jobs," Ganai said, addressing students at the valedictory function of a two-day skill development art and craft mela in Jammu. He said in the age of globalisation, skill building is important to boost efficiency and quality of services for economic growth. Skills and knowledge are the driving forces of economic growth and social development for any country, he said. He urged the youth to take advantage of the resources and ...
Kashmiri students at AMU being harassed: J&K MLA
Langate MLA Sheikh Abdul Rasheed was detained Sunday for taking out a protest march here in "solidarity" with Kashmiri students of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)who were booked on sedition charges. Three Kashmiri students of the university were booked Friday for sedition for allegedly raising "anti-India" slogans and trying to hold a prayer meeting for Hizbul Mujahideen commander Manan Bashir Wani, who was killed in an encounter in north Kashmir Thursday. Rasheed, the MLA from north Kashmir's Langate constituency, along with supporters of his Awami Ittehad Party (AIP)took out a protest march from his official residence at Jawahar Nagar area towards Lal Chowk city centre, a party spokesman said. He said the protestors were shouting slogans in favour of the students of the AMU "who are being harassed constantly for offering in absentia funeral prayers of Hizb commander Manan Wani". The spokesman said as the march reached near the Zero Bridge in the Rajbagh area, policemen stopped ..
No shortage of funds for tribal welfare: Maharashtra Governor
Maharashtra Governor Vidyasagar Rao Saturday emphasised on speeding up work on projects meant for the welfare of tribals in the state. He said there was no dearth of funds for the various programmes launched by the state government for tribals. The governor was speaking at a function at Sahapur here in Maharashtra's Thane district organisedby the South Indian Education Society (SIES). Rao, who hails from Telangana and was appointed governor in August 2014, spoke in Marathi at the event where the audience largely comprised people were south India. In his speech, Rao admitted he was not fluent in Marathi, but was learning the language. "But I will gradually make efforts to speak in Marathi," he told the audience. Earlier, he inaugurated newly built hostels and 'bhojanshala' (kitchen) for state-run schools for tribals at Sahapur. The facilities were built by the SIES under its Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) initiative. In his speech, Rao called for fast-tracking ...
Symbiosis Skills and Open University, DWSSC ink pact for skills training
Symbiosis Skills and Open University (SSOU) and Domestic Workers Sector Skill Council (DWSSC) have signed an agreement to imparting training to students. As part of the partnership, a pilot course comprising 100 candidates in the job role of elderly caretaker (non-clinical) will commence on October 22 at the SSOU campus, a statement said. The pilot course that will be run by SSOU has been funded by FICCI FLO (FICCI Ladies Organisation), it added. The course aims to equip the students with skills that are needed to assist the elderly in terms of personal care and hygiene needs as well as provide social and emotional support to help them maintain independence in their daily lives. "It is a matter of great pride for DWSSC that a university has stepped into our skilling ecosystem to conduct training for the domestic workers and sets the pace for more such universities to become our training partner. This certainly will give a major boost to our sector when the candidates will move out to .
Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen urges Kashmiri youths to stay away from 'armed struggle'
Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen (TuM) a constituent of United Jehad Council (UJC), an amalgam of militant organisations active in Kashmir on Saturday urged students from Kashmir Valley to stay away from "armed struggle" and concentrate on their studies. "TuM appeals to students to concentrate more on their studies and stay away from armed struggle till the completion of their studies as youth are our valuable asset," TuM chief Sheikh Jameel-ur-Rehman, who is also the general secretary of UJC, said in a statement in Srinagar. "Militant commanders should desist from giving arms training to the students," he said. "I request the students to concentrate on their technical and professional studies first as they are the ones who have to run this ongoing freedom movement," Rehman said.
Maha stops distribution of controversial book among students
The Maharashtra State Council of Educational Research and Training (MSCERT) Saturday ordered that a book titled "Shree Samarth Ramdas Swami", which allegedly portrays Maratha king Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj in a poor light, will not be distributed among students. The book, written by Dr Subha Sathe, has been prescribed under the supplementary reading scheme of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan programme aimed at universalisation of elementary education. A circular issued by Vikas Garad, deputy director (coordination) MSCERT, stated that "objection has been raised that there is a derogatory remark about Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj in the book and a committee of history experts has been set up to probe into the objections." The circular further stated that the book should not be made available for reading to students "until further directions" and all the copies of the book will be kept in the custody of the respective schools' principals. The circular is addressed to education
Students protest police action on Kurukshetra Univ campus
Students took out a protest march and raised slogans against Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Saturday on the campus of Kurukshetra University against the police action that injured at least 12 of them. On Friday, police resorted to batoncharge to disperse more than 200 students sitting on a 'dharna' on the university campus demanding direct polls to elect their union leaders during which 12 students were wounded. During the protest Saturday, students burnt an effigy of Khattar outside the university vice-chancellor's office and demanded that police cases registered against students be withdrawn. A large number of police personnel were deployed on the campus in wake of the protest. The students want direct elections to student unions. Several students bodies, including the National Students' Union of India, have opposed the Haryana government's move to hold indirect polls to elect student union leaders in colleges and universities on October 17. Through indirect polls, class
Sushil Modi appeals to IIT students for innovations
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi Saturday appealed to students of IIT, Patna for "innovations" in the fields of education, health and agriculture to enable solutions in these fields. "I appeal to students to come forward to carry out innovations in the fields of education, health and agriculture so that solutions can be found for the problems of these fields under Solve For Bihar and Solve For India programme," he said at a programme organised at IIT, Patna. Modi, who is also the state's finance and IT minister, said India is poised for the fourth industrial revolution and startups of IIT, Patna must have greater role in it. He said that under the Bihar's Startup Policy, 2016, which was started with a corpus fund of Rs 500 crore, every startup would get an interest free maximum loan of Rs 10 lakh for 10 years. Ten per cent of space would be reserved for startups at SME Cluster and Hub, he said adding under the Startup policy a total of Rs 1.88 crore has been
Teachers take out rally in Patiala against govt decision
A large number of teachers Saturday took out a march in Patiala district in protest against the decision of the Punjab cabinet to fix their monthly salary at Rs 15,000 during their probation period for regularisation of their jobs. On October 3, the Punjab cabinet approved regularisation of 8,886 teachers recruited under central education programmes. However, those whose services are to be regularised in the school education department would be paid Rs 15,000 per month for three years. Teachers from across Punjab participated in the march in Patiala, the assembly constituency of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, and raised slogans against the Congress-led government in the state. The march was taken out under the banner of Sanjha Adhyapak Morcha. "The decision to give teachers Rs 15,000 per month is completely unjustified. We have been working at a salary of Rs 42,700 per month for several years. How can we run our families with a salary cut," asked Sukhwinder Singh Chahal, state ...
Australia to ban religious schools' gay expulsions
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Saturday said that religious schools will be prevented from expelling students on the basis of their sexuality under new laws to be introduced by his government.