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HPU Disabled Student Association seeks 5% reservation in MPhil and PhD as per provision
The new Act has made it mandatory for higher educational institutes to reserve five percent seats and four percent in government jobs. However, the HP varsity has shown no interest in the implementation of the new act.
Shimla: Ahead of entrance examination for the MPhil and PhD at the Himachal Pradesh University for this session, the Disabled Students Association of Himachal Pradesh University has demanded implementation of the provision of five percent reservation in higher educational institutes to disabled students.
Despite legal provision, there is no reservation of seats in M.Phil and P.hD for the disabled students. However, students have now raised their voice for their rights.
A delegation of the Association met the Vice-Chancellor and submitted a memorandum demanding reservation of seats in MPhil and PhD under the Rights of Persons with Disability Act, 2016.
The delegation referred to the directions of the state High Court given on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) submitted by Indu Kumari, a visually impaired student.
The delegation included members of DSA namely, Muskan, Mukesh Kumar, Priyanka Devi, Indu Kumari, Sangita, Ajay Kumar, Vinod Sharma, and Maya Devi.
Indu Kumari, a poverty-stricken girl from the backward region of Chamba district, in her letter on July 21, 2017, had told the Chief Justice that she was one of many disabled students who was denied admission in M.A. saying the varsity has not implemented the guidelines of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2016.
Taking note of it, the court had pulled up both the government and the varsity asking them to show swiftness in implementation and to enroll the students in various courses along with providing them with hostel rooms.
The new Act has made it mandatory for higher educational institutes to reserve five percent seats and four percent in government jobs for disabled candidates.
However, the HP varsity has shown no interest in the implementation of the new act. Disables students were forced to form the Association and fight a legal battle before the government was forced by the court to provide access to education, especially higher education.
It is disheartening that the apathy of the government and varsity keep forcing disabled students to struggle to get admission in higher educational institutes despite legal provisions.
The potential of disabled persons is totally undermined by the burden of government files. For instance, a couple of days ago, Muskan Thakur, a visually impaired student of HPU and a very good singer, was elected as the Youth Icon of Himachal for this assembly election.
However, there is a story behind her struggle to get access to education. It was with the help of the Shimla-based non-profit organization, Umang Foundation, that she was given admission at the senior secondary and college level.
She received an opportunity and made full of it defying the odds created by her blindness.
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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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