Ashok Raina

Himachal Pradesh, Central University, will start a one-year diploma on Swami Vivekananda teachings. Fifty students will be enrolled for the course. Vice-Chancellor Prof KC Agnihotri said the course would be started on the Dehra campus from this session.

Yoga session

A yoga session was organised by Dr Vivek Sharma, assistant professor, Sanskrit department, and Narendra and Sweta from Amrita University, Tamil Nadu, for 100 participants. Prof BC Chauhan spoke on “Yog Dhara”.

Lecture on research projects

Prof MK Saxena, Dean, School of Education, CUHP, delivered a lecture on “Major and Minor Research Projects, Proposal Writing and Hands-on Experience” at Banasthali Vidyapith University in Rajasthan last month. The CUHP has decided to issue certificates of BA (honours in Sanskrit) as BA (honours in Sanskrit/Shastri).

7,822 apply for PG courses

The university has received 7,822 applications for postgraduate programmes. Dr Sanjiv Sharma, Controller, said the entrance examination for PG courses was held on May 21 at 12 centres across India. The centres were at Bilaspur (HP), Chandigarh, Dehra (HP), Delhi, Dharamsala, Guwahati, Hamirpur, Jammu, Mandi, Palampur, Shahpur and Shimla.

Grant sanctioned

Dr Polamarasetty Aparoy, assistant professor, Centre for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics of the School of Life Sciences, CUHP, has been sanctioned a research grant of Rs 80 lakh by the Indian Council of Medical Research for the development of anti-cancer agents targeting 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX) protein, which plays an important role in the treatment of cancer and asthma. The project will be completed in collaboration with the University of Hyderabad.

PhD scholar’s work appreciated

Ashish Gupta, a PhD scholar at the CUHP, was recently selected as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Oklahoma. Ashish’s PhD work focused on the identification of new generation painkillers with an improved safety profile as compared with the currently available painkillers in the market.

Workshop on language

The CUHP organised a workshop on “Official language of the union: requirements and its implementation”. Suniti Sharma, Director, MHRD, highlighted the provisions of the Constitution. Prof KC Agnihotri laid emphasis on the importance of the language.

Talk on Aryan invasion

Prof KC Agnihotri delivered a talk on “Western theory of Aryan invasion and Dr BR Ambedkar” at the university. It was organised by the student council of the CUHP. Students from different departments and schools attended the lecture. Professor Agnihotri dwelt on some of the rarest dimensions of Ambedkar’s thoughts.