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Shimla AHS students tickle taste buds at cooking competition, get tips on healthy dietary habits
SHIMLA- In a sequence to the celebration of 150th Anniversary of the Auckland House School management had recently organized a workshop on Nutrition by Nandini Pathania which was followed by a dry food cooking competition.
During the workshop Nandini, emphasized on the importance of healthy food. Students were informed that 150 mg calcium is important for a human body and hence it’s important to maintain balance to live a healthy life. She laid stress on nourishment and encouraged students to change their food habits.
Pathania informed that dieting doesn’t have positive results in the long run as often by end of day one ends up having extra food. She encouraged students to be sensible and careful about food habits and keep five groups, namely sugar, fats, vegetables, pulses and rice, as essential part of their diet.
She concluded her workshop by her message
Love yourself and before losing everything it’s better to take care of self while time is still in hand,
In the workshop various school including Loreto Convent Tara Hall, Convent Of Jesus & Mary, St. Edwards, Chapslee, Auckland House School Boys, St. Thomas’, Monal and DAV participated.
During the dry food cooking competition, students showcased their cooking talent by preparing various dishes that were judged by Bali and Nandini – two well known names that have been training and guiding students to pursue healthy diet, thus, healthy life.
Students used various food items that are rich in nutrient values, like fresh fruits, vegetables and sprouts to prepared dishes like strawberry blast, pasta, Raj Kachori and Chatpati Tokri to name.
Card making competition based on ‘Thoughtful Reflections’ was also organized where students gave wings to their creativity in form of themes like female feticide, birthday wishes, celebration of motherhood in form of mother’s day celebration.
As per the results in card competition category A (junior section till class 8) Auckland House School for Girls was judged first, Loreto Convent Tara Hall second, and St. Edwards third. In category B, Auckland House School grabbed first place, Monal Public School stood second, and St. Edwards was on third position.
In cooking competition, Loreto Convent Tara Hall was first, Auckland House School for Girls second, and St. Edwards stood third.
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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