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Auckland House School (boys) Junior Section Sports Day celebration in pictures
SHIMLA- Students of Auckland house school for boy celebrated their fitness in a form of Junior Section Sports Day held in the school premises last week.
Ashish Kohli, Additional Director Elementary Education, Shimla Himachal Pradesh, graced the occasion as the chief guest and while expressing his views on the day he said that it was indeed a great pleasure to be part of such an energetic day. He emphasized on the importance of sports in an individual’s life and congratulated the school for organizing such a great event.
Michael John, principal of school welcomed Ashish with a flower bouquet and also appreciated him for taking out time for the school event. John also highlighted the importance of parent’s presence in the child’s life. Such events mean a lot for children and especially when parents are present, they feel more encouraged. He thanked everyone for coming together and making the event a grand success.
During the event more than 300 students participated in various races including Toy Car race, Nursery A group I – Vyon Thakur stood first, Jahan Jaswal second and Samar Sing stood third. Toy Car race group Nursery A group II –Manthan Verma first, Rejal Chauhan second, Kul Uday Vansh third.
Toy Car race group Nursery B group I – Ananjay Singh stood first, Arya Veer second and Yugveer Chauhan stood third. Toy Car race group Nursery B group II – Advit Chauhan stood first, Adrit Bhardwaj second and Sonil Sharma stood third.
Bracelet race (class LKG A) Group I – Vibhor Aditya first, Samarth Raj second, Harnimit Singh third. Group II – Maulik Patiyal, Ayan Dhanta and Himanshu Thakur came first, second and third respectively.
Watering the plant race (Class LKG B) Group I – Shashiv Thakur, Utkarsh Bhragta and Ryansh Sharma third. Group II – Aryaveer Kalta first, Yajveer Singh Kanwar second and Bisman Singh came third.
Ball race (class UKG A) group I – Hardik Sharma first, Pawandeep Singh and Shimon came second. Group II – Nilgam and Chinmay first, Abhir Mehta and Pragya Sood second.
Basket race (class UKG B) group I – Pranav Sharma first, Aidan Gowhar second and Sidharth Grover. Group II – Aayaush Malhotra first, Savir Janaik second and Shashwat third.
Radish Race (I -A) group I – Sanat Verma first, Arsh Dogra second and Yajat Chauhan third. Group II – Aaron Sood first, Shaurya Thakur second and Anisudh Punta third.
Glove race (class I-B) Group I – Pradyuman Bhardwaj first, Tanay Sharma second and Ahgad Deep Singh Third. . Group II – Shaurya Thakur first, Atharv Kalta second and Kulraj Singh third.
Two in one race (II-B) Group I – Pratyush Verma and Parth Chandel first, Dhairya Dutta and Aviral Awasthi second. . Group II – Abhav Sekri and Ekansh Bhimta first, Naitik Tanta and Suhubham Ranjan second.
Treasure Hunt (Class II- B) Group I – Vansh Wardhan first, Sai Yashasav second and Ydhav third. Group II – Dhairya Veer first, Naitik Mandhotra second and Akshay Sood third.
Skating Group I– Nivedit Dogra first, Aarav Negi second and Abhinav Shirwan third. Group II – Mohit Sood first, Moksh Chana second and Sanskar Panaik third.
Musical chairs– Yuvraj Singh first, Rishi Negi second and Arhan Shah third.
The day ended on a happy note as parents as well as children were excited about their performances.
Solan: Naincy Sagar, an alumna of Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni has bagged a fellowship for pursuing PhD from France. Nancy has reached France and will be pursuing PhD in Forest Genetics from the University of Orléans under INRAE fellowship. INRAE is France’s National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment.
Naincy has completed her BSc Forestry from College of Horticulture and Forestry (COH&F), Neri in 2018 and MSc Forest Biology and Tree Improvement and Genetic Resources from UAS, Dharwad, under ICAR’s National Talent Scheme. Before leaving for France last week, Naincy was working as a Junior Research Fellow in a research project at COH&F, Neri.
She had applied for a PhD with a scholarship in Forest Genetics which was advertised by INRAE. Naincy was successful in the interview and was awarded a fellowship for three years for pursuing PhD at the University of Orléans. During the course of the PhD, she will receive a total scholarship of around Rs 70 lakh along with medical reimbursement. Naincy will be working on forest tree larch species in the Project titled ‘Vigour at what cost? ‘Trade-off’ of hybrid vigour in Larch-Phenological, morphological and physiological determinants of hybrid superiority in Larix X eurolepis’ with a team of 20 scientists of Joint Integrated Biology Research Unit having expertise in genetics, genomics and physiology for the enhancement of tree and forest diversity
Dr. Parvinder Kaushal, Vice-Chancellor of the university spoke to Naincy via web conferencing and congratulated her. Dr. Kaushal, who has also done his doctorate from France, shared some tips and suggestions. He asked Naincy to explore this opportunity to learn about new cultures along with doing research that could help to enhance and conserve forest wealth in the future.
Naincy expressed gratitude towards her father Satya Prakash Sagar (Retd. SDO BSNL) and mother Monika Sagar, who is working as SDO in BSNL for their continuous support for higher studies. She also thanked Vice-Chancellor Dr. Parvinder Kaushal, Dean Dr. Kamal Sharma and Dr. Dushyant Sharma, Project Investigator and all the university staff for their support and guidance. The university administration, Dean of COH&F Neri congratulated Naincy and wished her success.
Shimla-Dates for admissions to undergraduate courses for the session 2021-22 in colleges affiliated to Himachal Pradesh University has been extended, which has come as a relief to not only those students who were seeking fresh enrollments in the first year but also to the students of the second and third year.
The varsity informed that the decision was taken after considering requests received from various students regarding the same.
Now, willing students can apply for enrollment in both government and private colleges till 5 PM, October 25, 2021.
This extension of date would benefit students who recently passed supplementary exams or those students of the second and third-year who had missed admission due to delay in declaration of their previous results.
Solan– Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF), Nauni, has extended the last date for applying to various Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral programmes in Horticulture, Forestry, Biotechnology, Agribusiness and Business Management. Applicants can submit their complete online application on the university’s admission portal till 18th October.
The normal seats of BSc (Hons) Horticulture, BSc (Hons) Forestry and B Tech Biotechnology will be filled on the basis of scorecard of ICAR-AIEEA (UG) 2021.
Admissions to MSc, MBA (Agribusiness) and PhD (for normal and self-financing seats) will also be conducted on the scorecard of ICAR AIEEA (PG) and AICE-JRF/SRF respectively. Students who have appeared in the ICAR-AIEEA 2021 for UG and PG, or AICE-JRF/SRF examination and are interested in seeking admission, such students must fill the university online application form before 18th October. Undergraduate aspirants who have not appeared in the ICAR test can however apply for the self-financing seats for B Sc and B Tech Biotechnology programmes run by the university by filling the online application on the university website.
The university has also advised the registered candidates to submit complete online application forms along with online payment acknowledgement slip before the due date. The schedule for online counselling will be announced by the University on the website after the declaration of the ICAR examination result. Application forms other than online mode will not be accepted.
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