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UHF Nauni Lauds Role of Women in Agri-Horti Activities on Women’s Day

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Solan-The important role played by women in the development of every field particularly Agri-Horti activities is laudable, said Dr. Parvinder Kaushal during the International Women’s Day celebrations at Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF), Nauni. The celebrations were organised in both online and offline mode by the University’s Grievance and Redressal Cell (WGRC) and were attended by women representatives from every department. Besides students and staff from the main campus, the faculty of COH&F at Neri and Thunag also took part in the event.

Dr. Sunita Chandel, Presiding Officer of WGRC talked about the theme of this year’s Women’s Day- ‘Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID 19 world’. She said that the COVID period has shown us several examples of women leading from the forefront in every field. In her address, Dr. Anju Dhiman, Dean College of Horticulture, stressed on the need to educate both genders about the rights of women and called for participation from everyone. She said that Women’s Day should not be limited to one day, but its ethos must be followed and celebrated every day.  

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Parvinder Kaushal said that it is heartening to see the percentage of girl students in the university rising with each passing year. Citing several examples at the National and International levels, Dr. Kaushal urged women staff and students of the university to utilize the entrepreneurship opportunities to display their leadership qualities to the world.

Dr. Kaushal said that the students must utilize the tie-ups made by the university to develop successful entrepreneurship models. Dr. Kaushal said that the university will further look to develop other facilities for women, so that campus can not only become more women-friendly but also a role model for other campuses.

Swati Sharma, legal expert and member of the WGRC of the university gave an insight into the legal aspects of the Women Harassment at Workplace Act. She briefed about the important details about the constitution of the committee in any workplace having more than 10 women.

Dr. DD Sharma and Seema Verma, both members of WGRC, the statutory officers, HODs and students also attended the event. Girls students, Neha Mishra, Smriti Pathania and Manisha Thakur, were honoured for their exemplary performance in academics and extracurricular activities.

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Nauni Varsity Scholar Naincy Bags Scholarship to Pursue PhD in France

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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.  

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HP University Extends College Admission Date for 2021-22 Session Till Oct 25

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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

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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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