Kishwar Zubin Nasreen, the head of the department of Sanskrit at Allahabad University, on Tuesday became the first Muslim woman to receive the Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan award for her immense contribution in the field of Sanskrit. The award, instituted in the memory of socialist leader Janeshwar Mishra, will be given annually to a Muslim woman scholar of the language.
Though Nasreen has been a professor of Sanskrit for 36 years, she has been closely associated with the language since 1963.
“Besides being a beautiful language, Sanskrit teaches you to become a good human being and also helps you learn a lot about Indian culture and moral values,” she said.
“My religion never came in my way. In fact, after I learnt Arabic, considered one of the most difficult languages, Sanskrit was a cake walk,” she said.
“The first thing I tell my students is that they should learn Sanskrit as a therapy. That gradually moulds the character of a student, making the person a good human being enriched with the right balance of moral values and patriotism,” she added.
Nasreen said besides parental support, her inspiration to learn the language were compilations of Kalidas, which strike a balance between ancient and contemporary messages.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Lucknow / TNN / August 06th, 2014
Small town students excelled in the combined pre medical test results declared late on Monday night. While Shams Mohammad Khan of Tumurki village in Hardoi topped the exam, Abu Asim of Azamgarh bagged the second place.
Shubham Malhotra and Alia Zehra bagged the thrid and fourth positions. Priyanshi Swarup from Lucknow bagged the fifth position. Shobhit Garg, Mohd Arshad, Saurabh Kumar Patel, Kushagra Srivastava and Neelansha Varshney filled the remaining five slots in the top 10.
Controller of examination, prof AK Singh said that candidates would be able to see the result on the KGMU website www.kgmu.org/www.upcpmtee2014.com after 12 noon on Tuesday.
He said that the counseling schedule would be uploaded on the website www.dgme.eu in a day or two.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Lucknow / TNN / July 29th, 2014
The Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR) on Wednesday celebrated the 86th foundation day of Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) at its institute premises. Former director of IIPR, Dr Shanker Lal was the chief guest on the occasion. The programme was headed by IIPR director, Narendra Pratap Singh.
Addressing the gathering, IIPR director spoke about the history of ICAR and its achievements. Talking about the achievements of the scientists of IIPR, NP Singh said that the production of pulses has reached a milestone of 195 lakh tonnes from 140 lakh tonnes which is a record produce. He said that IIPR has remained successful in developing more than 30 varieties of pulses. On this occasion, chief guest said that there was a huge scope of jobs in agriculture sector.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Kanpur / TNN / July 18th, 2014
Two dentists of the city, Dr Sandeep Singh and Dr Vaibhav Shukla has been invited to Seoul in South Korea for ‘Advance training programme in implant dentistry’.
The training is organized by a South Korean company in implant dentistry and education. The two will join five other dental surgeons from Singapore.
Foundation Day: Indian Institute of Vegetable Research (IIVR), organized a programme at Dahakudandi village of Sonabhadra district to celebrate the 85th foundation day of ICAR.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Allahabad / TNN / July 18th, 2014
Head of the department of neurology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Dr VN Mishra was awarded with the ‘Certificate of Achievement’ by the European Congress on Epileptology for impact of feature film ‘Ek Naya Din’ -fight against epilepsy in North Indian states.
‘Ek Naya Din’, an educative film for epilepsy awareness conceptualized by Mishra was screened during the 11th European Congress on Epileptology held in Stockholm, Sweden from June 28 to July 3. The film based on a real life story of a patient suffering with epilepsy has been also screened at schools and colleges of the north India.
According to Mishra, the film so far had been screened in 20 states of the country and many other countries of the world. The International journal of medical science and clinical Invention in its latest issue highlighted the impact of the film on epilepsy patients. He said that myth and misconceptions regarding management of epilepsy have been prevalent throughout the world. Epilepsy is still thought to be related with evil spirit possession by some, and spiritual rituals and religious healing are commonly believed to be effective treatments.
The 63-minute educative film highlights the most basic issues relating to epilepsy management like importance of drug intake, issues regarding the management during the time of attack, importance of family care. The film is about a young girl who is born in a typical north India joint family and is suffering from epileptic seizures from the age of six. Her parents take her to a doctor but her grand parents think that some evil spirit that is causing the seizures, so they call a witchcraft practitioner that aggravates the problem of the girl. The girl’s classmates also mock at her, but at the instance of her mother teachers and fellow students gradually realise her medical condition and begin to support the brave girl.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Varanasi / TNN / July 16th, 2014
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The work on the project had begun around three years ago and the first phase was completed in March 2013.
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With nearly 500 workstations and 455 compuetrs, the library will provide access to over 14,000 journals and other materials to the students.
With the completion of its second phase, the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is now home to perhaps Asia’s largest cyber library within a university.
With nearly 500 workstations and 455 compuetrs, the library will provide access to over 14,000 journals and other materials to the students.
A brainchild of BHU Vice-Chancellor Dr Lalji Singh, the library will be accessible 24X7 with no charges.
A BHU spokesperson said the second phase of the cyber library, which marked the completion of the project, was inaugurated by the V-C on Wednesday.
“There are a total of 455 computers that will be equipped with high-speed internet connectivity. Since the premises are wi-fi enabled, those coming to the centre with their laptops can also access the cyber library,” said the spokesperson.
University librarian Dr A K Srivastava, who will also supervise the cyber library, said: “As far as we have found out, this is easily Asia’s biggest cyber library provided by a university free of cost. We would not be surprised if it turns out to be the biggest such facility in the world. It is definitely among the biggest.”
The library has been funded primarily by the Maharaja of Baroda Shivaji Rao Gaekwad and is named after him. “The building is ours while the equipment has been provided by the Maharaja. The total cost of the project is Rs 10 crore,” said Dr Srivastava. He added the BHU planned to make the cyber library a research hub across disciplines.
“The students can access around 14,500 journals and e-books. A large number of these e-books and e-journals have been already subscribed by the BHU,” he said.
The BHU V-C, who hails from Jaunpur district, had envisaged the project as a platform that could be used by the poor students, most of whom hail from backward areas of the Puravanchal region, without having to buy a laptop.
The work on the project had begun around three years ago and the first phase was completed in March 2013.
According to official statistics prepared in November 2013, there were on an average 793 users at the cyber library when only around 255 computers were installed. “Obviously the numbers will increase. But each workstation has been provided with a cubicle. So, there will be no confusion or chaos. The students can concentrate on the work without any hindrance,” said Dr Srivastava.
“There is a separate area earmarked for those using the library with their laptops. But for the rest, all they have to do is login with IDs provided to them,” said Deputy Librarian (Cyber Library), D K Singh.
While the cyber library section alone is spread over 1.5 acres, the work platform is double-storeyed. The outsiders intending to use the facility will have to come through a proper procedure of screening from the computer section, he added.
source: http://www.indianexpress.com / The Indian Express / Home> Cities> Lucknow / by Prashant Pandey / Allahabad – July 04th, 2014
Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCSU) is all set to help the visually impaired prepare for the National Eligibility Test (NET).Under recent UGC approval, Braille booklets of 44 subjects will also be distributed.
“The exam, which will take place on June 29 will have facilities not only for the visually impaired as per the UGC approval, but also for physically handicapped students who might need a helper while taking the test,” said Dr. N.C. Lohani, nodal officer and observer of counseling in the university.
He further claimed that though according to rules, students who need a helper had to apply a week before the exam, CCSU has relaxed the rules and will accept such requests till June 28.
The university will also allow the visually impaired to use assistive devices like talking calculator, tailor frame, Braille slate, abacus and geometry kit. “If students are in doubt about the acceptance of their application forms, they can check the university’s website, where a list of students whose forms got rejected is displayed,” said Lohani.
He further claimed that students can bring their application forms with them if they have not received their admit cards.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Meerut / by Ishita Bhatia, TNN / June 26th, 2014
Allahabad University alumnus Prashant Kumar Rai has bagged the prestigious Young Scientist Award from the Council of Science and Technology (CST). He was selected for the honour by an expert committee constituted for science awards – 2011-12.
The award, conferred by the UP government, includes an amount of Rs 25,000, a citation, a shawl and a memento. Rai has done his PhD from Allahabad University’s Medicinal Research Lab (MRL), department of chemistry, under the supervision of senior faculty member Geeta Watal.
The award function was organised at Sir CV Raman auditorium of CST in the state capital recently.
For his post-doctoral, Rai went to University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is currently working in the department of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and magnetic resonance imaging at AIIMS, New Delhi.
“My work in MRL was on screening of some medicinally important plants like Tricosanthes dioica (pointed gourd or parwal), cynodon dactylon (Bermuda grass), psidium guajava (guava), emblica officinal (Indian gooseberry), ficus bengelansis (Indian banyan tree), etc, for diabetes mellitus and its associated complications. I also purified few compounds from Tricosanthes Dioica and the fraction pointed gourd was found to be active mycobacterium,” shared Rai about his work done at AU while expressing happiness over receiving the award.
With 47 research papers published in referred journals of high repute, five book chapters and two Indian patents including on oral delivery of insulin, which is in order to be granted to his credit, Rai said currently he was working at AIIMS on metabolomics or identifying the metabolites from natural products using high resolution NMR (700 MHz).
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Allahabad / TNN / June 26th, 2014
Dr Surya Prakash Singh, a scientist at the Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Division of the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, has been given the prestigiouYoung Scientist Award by the government of Uttar-Pradesh. The Council of Science and Technology UP Government selects bright and young scientists below 35 years age for this award every year for the recognition of their significant contributions in their respective area of research. The award has been bestowed to Dr. SP Singh on his contributions in the area of chemical sciences particularly on solar energy research.
Dr. Singh is working as a Scientist at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad. He studied chemistry at the University of Allahabad, India, and obtained his Ph. D in 2005. After working at Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan, as a postdoctoral fellow (2006-2008), he joined, as an Assistant Professor at Osaka University, in 2008. He worked as a researcher at Photovoltaic Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan (2010-2011).
He has been involved on novel C-C bond forming reactions and synthesis of New and Highly Efficient Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Organic-Thin Film Solar Cells and published over 85 papers in peer-reviewed journals and 5 patents, editor of two books and author of two book chapters. He is guest editor in chief for several international journals like Advances in Optoelectronics, Journal of Nano Energy, Current Organic Chemistry, and Power Research etc.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Hyderabad / by Ch. Sushil Rao, TNN / June 28th, 2014
It was time for celebrations for the students of CLAT Possible, from the house of Team Satyam located at Sikanderabagh Chauraha, Lucknow, who recently cleared their CLAT 2014 exam. Aditya Wakhlu
The spotlight was on Aditya Wakhlu, who was the Lucknow topper in CLAT 2014 with an all India ranking of 27, along with other 15 students, who made it to the most sought-after national law universities in India.
The do started with the felicitation of the students by Satyam Shanker Sahai and Surabhi Modi Sahai, chief mentors at the coaching in stitute. Surabhi then gave tips for college life to the students: “The new style mantra for col lege is, un style,” she said.
However, Satyam was quite excited about the successful results of his insti tute. “You are a CLAT Possible success sto ry and make sure you carry this legacy to your law schools and make us the number one brand in Law,” he said.
Tokens of appreci ation and mementos were later distributed to successful aspi rants by Himanshu Kumar, Principal Secretary , Finance, Government of UP .
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Lucknow / TNN / June 29th, 2014
