Mandya (Karnataka) [India], May 16 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday urged young doctors to dedicate their service to the people of the country.

Itanagar Nov 18 PTI Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu said the state government has been revamping the entire education scenario and closing down schools with zero enrolments He said that the number of government schools in the state has increased from only three since Independence to more than 3000 but the quality in education has not witnessed the desired rise We have so far closed down about 400 zero enrolment schools across the state and decided to select one school in each of the 60 assembly constituencies to be developed as a model school with all facilities Khandu said on Tuesday while inaugurating the permanent campus of the Government College at Bomdila in West Kameng district The chief minister called upon community based organizations to visit their areas and recommend which schools may be shut down and which schools in a periphery can be clubbed into one an official communique said Let us club schools situated not at far from each other into one and focus on its development with proper infrastructure and sufficient teachers he added The new permanent campus of the college is situated in the outskirts of Bomdila town the district headquarters in a plot of 70 acres Established in 1988 the college was being run in a building of the Higher Secondary school Khandu thanked the villagers for donating the land for the permanent campus and said that the newly created infrastructure in a perfect ambience at a distance from the town would encourage the students to focus more on education He informed that the government is aware of the shortfalls both in manpower and infrastructure of the 19 government colleges in the state which are all affiliated to the Rajiv Gandhi University the lone central university in the state Besides the 19 government colleges which cater to more than 15000 students we have nine private colleges and two technical institutions Northeast East Regional Institute of Science and Technology NERIST and NIT he informed Khandu said that at present 478 assistant professors are teaching in the 19 government colleges whereas about 400 more are needed besides there was a shortage of about 110 staff in these colleges He directed the education commissioner to personally process for recruitment of the said manpower by bringing it up on file in the cabinet meeting due to be held in December We will take up the matter in the next cabinet meeting and approve recruitment of the required manpower through Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission APPSC and Arunachal Pradesh Staff Selection Board APSSB Khandu assured To the demands for proper internal roads in the campus enhancement of intake capacity of the boys and girls hostels and introduction of science stream he called upon the authorities concerned to process for the same and submit as soon as possible to the government for further action and approval Khandu acknowledged the request for college buses as the new campus is about 6-7 km away from the main town and caters to more than 700 students As my wife is an alumnus of this college she has offered to provide any kind of support or help for it As a payback to her alma mater she has decided to donate a bus for the college he announced while also adding that another bus would be provided by the state government Reiterating the state governments commitment to improve the education scenario of the state Khandu said the year 2021 has been declared as the Year of Education Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju and state Education Minister Taba Tedir were also present on the occasion the communiqu added PTI UPL RG RG RG

ADVERTISEMENTITANAGAR- A Ten-Days International Online Workshop on 21st century skills for Personal and Professional Life was organized jointly by the Department of Psychology and Department of Social Work Rajiv Gandhi University Arunachal Pradesh in collaboration with Department of Psychology Banaras Hindu University Varanasi and Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology SOIOP IndiaThe program was commenced with a welcome address from Dr Dharmeshwari Lourembam Head Department of Psychology RGUGracing the inaugural session the Guest of Honor Prof Saroj Verma Head Department of Psychology Banaras Hindu University Varanasi spoke on the importance of life skills in satisfaction with family and professional lifePresident of the Inaugural function Prof Saket Kushwaha Honourable Vice Chancellor Rajiv Gandhi University stressed on the importance of soft skills and other life skills in acquiring professional successHe also emphasized on the importance of balance between personal and professional life in navigating through the challenges of life

ADVERTISEMENTITANAGAR- The faculty members of Rajiv Gandhi University have made spectacular achievement in the field of research and publicationsIn a small yet glittering ceremony on 21st August 2021 in the office chamber of Vice Chancellor the faculty members were felicitated by Vice Chancellor Prof Saket KushwahaWhile felicitating the achievers the Vice-Chancellor appealed all faculty members and research scholars to go for publications in high impact factor journals and announced to provide research incentives and other logistic support for their publications and patentsA portal is being developed to upload the research achievements of the faculty members and scholarsProf Amitav Mitra Pro- Vice Chancellor Prof RC