ALIGARH:With the land lease given to the Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh having expired last year, the descendants of the Jat king, late Mahendra Pratap Singh (1886-1979), a freedom fighter and social reformer who donated land to various educational institutes, including the AMU, have demanded that the land be returned to them.

MOHALI: The Rayat Bahra University has tied up with Eton College in Canada to start courses where the students would spend two years at the Rayat Bahra University and two years at the university in Canada.

BATHINDA: The Department of Mass Communication and Media Studies  of Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (CUPB) organized a Webinar on “Role of Media in the implementation of National Education Policy (N.E.P.) 2020” under the patronage of honourable Vice-Chancellor Prof. Raghavendra P. Tiwari. On this occasion, Prof. Sanjay Dwivedi, Director-General, Indian Institute of Mass Communication was the keynote speaker.

NEW DELHI:The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Delhi University to issue letters to principals of all its affiliated colleges, apprising them of the need for accelerating the evaluation process and declaring the results of the online Open Book Examination (OBE) conducted by it for the final year students.

JALANDHAR: World-renowned MNC Microsoft would participate in Mega Virtual Job Fair is organized by the Government of Punjab under Punjab Ghar Ghar Rozgar and Karobar Mission ( PGRKAM) from September 24 to September 30, in which they would offer the annual package ranging between Rs. 12 to 43 lakh to the selected candidates. Besides that stipend during Internships would also be given from Rs. 25000 per month to Rs. 80000 per month.

AMRITSAR: The family of  Engineer Jaswant Singh Gill who had  saved the lives of 65 miners, today expressed gratitude to the management of the Indian Institute of Technology/ Indian School of Mining (IIT-ISM), a premier institute in Dhanbad, (Jharkhand) for announcing  a national award on the name of Gill posthumously.

PHAGWARA: Merely 60 seconds’ silent short-film ‘Teasailure’ of Lovely Professional University’s Assistant Professor Dr Paramjeet Singh has been selected in world renowned International Film Festival-‘Lift-Off Global Network’. The film is a symbolic depiction of earth’s evolution from dark ages to the present Corona period through a ‘Chess Game’. The title of the film is self-coined by the creator by combining three domains of creation “teaser, trailer and feature”. The ‘Festival’ aims to send each program out to as wide of an audience as possible.

National Testing Agency (NTA) will release the JEE Main result by September 11. Candidates can download and check their JEE Main scorecard by entering application number and date of birth on the login window. Along with the JEE Main 2020 result, NTA will release JEE Main All India Rank and Percentile scores

The one-hour virtual discussion revolved around ideas to prepare the graduating students of the state for the tumultuous post-COVID world. It involved the participation of industry leaders across sectors and senior Punjab Government functionaries who dwelled on strategies to help the pupils from various institutions adapt to the new normal.

PATIALA:The Patiala city has become the education hub of Punjab which is a home bastion of the Chief
Minister.

PATIALA: Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State Open University to roll out its first course by coming January, said newly appointed Vice Chancellor of University, Dr. Karamjit Singh during his maiden visit to the temporary office of the University at Government Mohindra College, Patiala, today.

MOHALI: Aryans Group of Colleges, Rajpura, Near Chandigarh and Canadian College of Higher Education (CCHS), Canada jointly organized a webinar on “Canadian Diploma Program for successful Career”.  Mr. Donatus Doss, President, CCHS & Ms Lourdes Leather, Business Development Manager, CCHS interacted with the faculty members and Aryans students of Engineering, Law, Management, Nursing, Pharmacy, B.Ed and Agriculture. Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group presided over the webinar.

MOHALI: Joint Association of Colleges (JAC) comprising around 1650 colleges of Punjab has given an ultimatum to the Punjab Government to clarify the status of SC Scholarship within 15 days after the Final investigation.

MOHALI: Aryans Group of Colleges, Rajpura, Near Chandigarh organized a webinar on “Stress Management & Mental Health”.  Dr. Garima Thakur, Career Counselor interacted with the faculty members and Aryans students of Engineering, Polytechnic, Law, Management, Nursing, Pharmacy, B.Ed and Agriculture. Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group presided over the webinar.

CHANDIGARH: Continuing its efforts to promote and develop integration of education, J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad has opened its doors to foreign national students. Taking a unique initative to serve international students, University has invited online applications for the admissions under Foreign National Category to its various undergraduate and postgraduate courses upto September 15, 2020 for the academic year 2020-21.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Higher Education Department is gearing up for the new academic session 2020-21 of under-graduate classes for all colleges. While the online admission process for this session will start from September 7, 2020, the first merit list will be released on September 26, 2020.

CHANDIGARH: Prof. .Karamjeet Singh, Registrar, Panjab University, Chandigarh has been appointed today as the Ist Vice Chancellor of the Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State Open University for a period of 3 years by the Governor of Punjab.

PRAYAGRAJ:The Allahabad University will conduct its final year and final semester examinations this year in digital mode.
While these examinations will begin from the second week of September, the other students will be directly promoted to the next semester.

PHAGWARA:The sad demise of Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee has cast gloom at the campus of Lovely Professional University (LPU). 

MOHALI: Mandeep Rana, a student of B Pharmacy, 8th semester of University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (USPS), Rayat Bahra University, bagged the Best Oral Presentation Award at the national e-conference on “Emerging Trends in Pharmaceutical, Microbiology and Medical Sciences vis-à-vis their Interventions for Sustainability of Human Health (NCET-PMMS-2020)”. The conference was held at Career Point University, Hamirpur.

VARANASI:he Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has formed a 21-member committee to implement the new National Innovation and Startup policy-2019 introduced by the Union Ministry of Education, at the university level.

MOHALI: Students and staff members of Aryans Group of Colleges, Rajpura, Near Chandigarh participated in the "Shiksha Samvaad" organized by Joint Association of Colleges (JAC) and Education Promotion Society for India (EPSI).  Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Hon’ble Minister of Education, Government of India, was the Chief Guest while Dr. Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre, Hon’ble State Education Minister, was guest of honor.  About 10,000 students from schools, colleges and universities participated in this education dialogue.

MOHALI: To make India Global Knowledge Superpower, Joint Association of Colleges (JAC) would be organising Shiksha Samvaad on 27th Aug. In this event New Education Policy, 2020 will be discussed in depth. Hon'ble Minister of Education, Government of India, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' would be chief guest of the event.

AMRITSAR: In a major initiative, Khalsa College Governing Council (KCGC) today announced the opening of Centre for All India Competitive Examination (CAIC) at Khalsa College campus, here. The Centre would offer coaching and training to the students aspiring to compete for the various all India services including Civil Services-IAS, IPS, IFS, PCS, Defences Services, Banking and other sectors.

NEW DELHI: BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to direct the Education Ministry to postpone the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) till Diwali, and warned of suicides by youths otherwise.

CHANDIGARH: Plaksha University will start its inaugural undergraduate course in August 2021 in its Mohali campus near Chandigarh, the university said on Monday.

CHANDIGARH: Dr. Jagwant Singh, General Secretary of the ‘Punjab Federation of University and College Teachers’ Organisations (PFUCTO)’, a body of teachers’ associations of GNDU, Amritsar; PU, Chandigarh; PAU, Ludhiana; Punjabi University, Patiala; GADVASU, Ludhiana; Government Colleges and non-govt. colleges of Punjab and Chandigarh,  has written to  Prime Minister Narendra Modi drawing his attention to the crisis that has gripped the entire education sector of India, from schools and colleges to the universities in the wake of the covid pandemic.

MOHALI: Rayat Bahra University has introduced a large number of new age courses in collaboration with top multinational companies to increase the employment potential of the students. The University, one of the best in this part of the country, offers attractive scholarship schemes, has the highest placement record, and has ultra-modern facilities available for its students.

MOHALI: Students of Aryans College of Pharmacy (ACP), Rajpura, Near Chandigarh brought laurels by giving their excellent performance in the Final Examinations.

PATIALA:Maharaja Bhupindera Singh Punjab Sports University, Patiala has initiated registration for admission in four more courses including PG Diploma and Master Degree Courses.

JALANDHAR:The Chancellor at LPU Ashok Mittal has welcomed the new ‘National Education Policy’ of the country and appreciated it in high terms. Mittal shares:

MOHALI:Today India has witnessed one of the biggest reform being undertaken by Modi Government which will transform & overhaul the Indian Education System forever; providing student centric, flexible and skill oriented quality education to the youth of India” said Satnam Singh Sandhu, Vice-President, Education Promotion Society of India (EPSI) and Chancellor Chandigarh University.