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HPBOSE Class 10 Results Declared, Girls Outshine Boys with Pass Percentage of 71.5
Kangara– The result for Class 10 examinations held in 2020 was declared by the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education on June 9, 2020. The overall pass percentage was reported to be 68.11 per cent. A total of 1.04, 323 students had appeared this year, of which 70,571 passed it, and 5,617 got compartment.
The students can check their results on the official website of the Board (hpbose.org). mobile numbers to receive the results.
Girls outshined boys with a pass percentage of 71.5 per cent as compared to 64.94 percent among the boys, informed the Chairman, HPBOSE, Suresh Kumar Soni. Top positions included more girls than boys. Out of a total of 37 students in the merit list of first 10 places, 23 are girl students.
With 98.7 per cent marks, Tanu from Ishan Public Senior Secondary School, Samloti, Kangra, topped the exam.
With 98.57%, Kshitiz Sharma from New Gurukul Public School, Hamirpur secured the second position.
Vansh Gupta from Glory Public School, Bilaspur, Shagun Rana from Ishan Public Senior Secondary School, Nagrota Bagwan and Anisha Sharma from government high school, Pantehra, Bilaspur shared the third position by obtaining, scored 98.43%.
With 98.29% marks, Shreya Sharma from Minerva Senior Secondary School, Bilaspur secured the fourth position.
The fifth position was jointly shared by six students, each scoring 98.14% marks,
These students include Ansh Bharadwaj from New Era School of Sciences, Chhatri, Chamba, Vanshika from Amar Shanti Model Public school in Kangra, Karun Kumar from Government Senior Secondary School, Holi, in Chamba, Shagun Sharma Minerva Senior Secondary School, Bilaspur, Laila from DAV Public School in Manali, and Nisha from Swami Vivekanand Senior Secondary School, Mandi district.
Students can apply for re-evaluation of answer-sheet through the official website of the Board by paying a fee of Rs. 500 per subject and Rs. 400 for rechecking. Such students would have to apply within the next 15 days. The Board has issued telephone number for students for inquiries related to the exam.
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Nauni Varsity Scholar Naincy Bags Scholarship to Pursue PhD in France
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.
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HP University Extends College Admission Date for 2021-22 Session Till Oct 25
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.
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UHF Nauni Extends Admission Dates for UG, PG, PhD Till Oct 18
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.