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120 research papers presented at MELOW-18 Conference in Dharamshala
Dharamshala: The 17th Conference of the Society of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the World (MELOW) on Space, Place and Landscape in Literatures of the world was held at the Department of English and European Languages, the Central University of Himachal Pradesh (CUHP) in Dharamshala from March
At the three-day MELOW-2018 Conference, literators and scholars from various parts of the country deliberated on the issues pertaining to space, place and landscape in present scenario and how it is reflected in the literature of the world and what they convey about the world we live in.
Scholars focused on the diverse concepts and approaches related to the core theme touching the theoretical issues, nature and literature, cityscapes, nostalgia and the politics of place. Total 120 research papers were presented at the conference and about 200 delegates across the world participated in the conference.
Secretary, MELOW, Manju Jaidka, speaking on the occasion thanked the CUHP for providing support to organize the conference.
With a diverse range of ideas, approaches and participants, the horizons are broadened and that is the real purpose of the conference and successfully we managed to do that in these three days,
she added.
She further asked the participants and the young scholars to pursue their work in the academic and professional manner by taking their work to the outer world.
The Dean, Department of English, and European Languages, CHU, Dr Roshan Lal Sharma, sharing his experiences as a host on the occasion thanked MELOW for providing the opportunity to host MELOW-2018.
Giving a brief about the outcome of the three days conference, Dr Sharma said,
Lots and lots of possibilities of viewing, perceiving and evaluating the text through diverse lenses of interpretation has been learnt and the message will be carried forward.
The conference provided a wonderful opportunity to the students to learn new perspectives, which they can carry forward through their scholarly work, he further added.
In the valedictory session, Neepa Sarkar received Issac Memorial Award for Best Paper Presentation with a cash prize of Rs. 5000 for her work titled “Mnemonic Maps of an Imagined Home: Exploring Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities”.
Dr. Hemraj Bansal was awarded the ‘Certificate of Merit’ for his work titled “Salvaging Troubled Space and Place: Longing for Belonging of the Black-White Man in David Malouf’s Remembering Babylon”.
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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