Hyderabad: The Environment Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI) is going to conduct certificate courses on various topics of environmental protection and management under Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate change, Government of India (MoEF & CC, GoI).

Partha Sarathi, IAS, Director General, EPTRI and Principal Secretary to Government inaugurated two courses on Friday.

List of courses

1. Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Green GDP

2. Effluent Treatment Plants (ETP), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) Common and Combined Effluent Treatment Plants (CETP) and Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Green GDP at EPTRI. 

Course details

Each course has a batch size of twenty-five (25) which aims and objectives of the GSDP training programmes are to enhance the Green skills of the trainees to contribute to India achieving the  Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) while providing the trainees’ employment opportunities.

For further details visit the website: http://www.eptri.com/

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Hyderabad: TS EAMCET 2020 which will be conducted by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University – Hyderabad is scheduled to be held from 4^th to 11^th May 2020.

Schedule, test zones, etc. for the Telangana State Engineering Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test – 2020 (TS EAMCET-2020) was finalized during the meeting of the CET Committee.

The fee for the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and PH is Rs. 400 whereas, for other candidates, it is Rs. 800.

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Aimed at elected representatives of local bodies, ‘GramSwaraj’ offers online certificate courses on Panchayati Raj & Rural Development in Hindi and English, focusing on the areas of Panchayat Governance and Skill Development

Delhi/Hyderabad: Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister for Rural Development, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Panchayati Raj, launched ‘GramSwaraj,’ an online learning platform designed and developed by National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) along with ‘Kaushal Bharat Portal’. The launch took place during the General Council Meeting of NIRDPR held at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on Monday.

Aimed at educating the millions of elected representatives of Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs), ‘GramSwaraj’ offers 43 courses on Panchayati Raj and Rural Development in Hindi and English, with special focus on Panchayat Governance and Skill Development. The objective is to offer training simultaneously to a large number of functionaries and beneficiaries anytime from anywhere.

Traditional classroom methods take considerable time and can also make it difficult to scale or sustain knowledge. ‘GramSwaraj’ is an attempt by NIRDPR to bridge the knowledge gap and provide an opportunity of learning from anywhere, anytime and from any device.

At present this portal hosts certificate courses related to Panchayat Governance and Skill Development, both English and Hindi. It is proposed to offer courses in regional languages also in the near future. GramSwaraj Portal can be accessed from the URL –  http://gramswaraj.nirdpr.in/

The Institute is responsible for carrying out the core activities associated with the implementation of this program as a Central Technical Support Agency (CTSA) of the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD).

Launch of ‘Kaushal Bharat‘ is a nationwide initiative where data from all the States is collated in one system, enabling data security and data analytics for quality analytical reports and the scheme improvement.

Lauding NIRPR for launching this online platform to empower Panchayat Raj Institutions, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister for Rural Development, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Panchayati Raj, said, “NIRDPR is very prestigious Institute which plays a crucial role in bringing rural transformation through innovative techniques. I urge NIRDPR for their timely support to State Institute of Rural Development (SIRDs), and to come up with a roadmap for State upliftment in the rural sector.”

The Special Features of ‘GramSwaraj’ online learning platform, designed and developed by NIRDPR, include:

•  Web-based and compatible with Mobile, Tab, Laptop and Desktops systems,
• Presently hosts 43 courses related to Panchayati Raj and Rural Development in Hindi and English, with special focus on Panchayat Governance and Skill Development (DDU-GKY),
• It sets a stakeholder-based, and role-based learning path for each learner.
• Embeds a gamified system to lead a learner through the learning path and help them close the competency gaps.
• Provision for online assessment, assignment, and certificate, based on set criteria.

Speaking about impact of this initiative on Rural Development, Dr. W.R. Reddy IAS, Director General, NIRDPR, said, “We have formulated an online platform ‘Gram Swaraj’ with special focus on Panchayat Governance and Skill Development for elected representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). It is a very innovative platform that will provide experiential learning and will bring behavioral change among people. A mobile application is also launched leveraging technology.”

Speaking about ‘Kaushal Bharat’ initiative, Dr. Reddy added, “The Ministry of Rural Development has notified the use of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) where models are integrated to facilitate the States to capture the data or information related to the projects under the DDU-GKY by the process prescribed in Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).  Usage of Kaushal Bharat is free and the States have to pay no charges.”

‘GramSwaraj’ has been designed by NIRDPR as an e-Learning Platform to empower Rural India. The need: Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of empowering rural India through local self-governance as a way of development of the nation can only be fulfilled if the knowledge, skill, and attitude of the stakeholders responsible for developing 2,50,000 gram panchayats of the country are developed in a real-time and standardized manner. 

Highlighting the unique aspects of ‘GramSwaraj,’ Dr C. Kathiresan, Associate Professor and Head, Centre for Panchayati Raj, NIRDPR, said, “GramSwaraj is developed such a way that any individual interested in understanding Panchayat Governance can use this platform, as the courses cover a lot of field-level experiences from elected representatives and beacon leaders. It can be accessed from any device, anywhere, anytime”

The capacity building for about 3 million elected representatives and another 3 million official functionaries is to be achieved in a window of 4-5 years for effective functioning and sustainable rural development. Despite the earnest effort of NIRDPR, State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD) and other Government agencies, all stakeholders are not getting the opportunity for getting trained on various areas.

‘GramSwaraj’ is a major initiative to bridge this gap and achieve the Rural development goals of the Government of India.

NIRDPR as an apex training and capacity building organisation of the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) has the mandate to build capacities and train various levels of stakeholders including Elected Representatives and field level functionaries working at the panchayat level, on a continuous basis.

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Lucknow: Over 56 lakh candidates are appearing for the Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Board class 10, and 12 examinations which began on Tuesday.

Almost 30 lakh class 10 students will be taking the elementary Hindi and 26 lakh class 12 students are appearing for general Hindi exam on the first day.

According to deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma who also holds the education portfolio, the examinations are being held at 7,784 centres across the state.

Both high school and intermediate examinations will end on March 6.

In class 10, out of 30 lakh candidates who registered online, 20,789 are appearing as private candidates. Out of 26 lakh candidates who had registered for class 12 exams, 69,983 are private candidates.

The state government, this year, has made extensive arrangements to check the copying and nab the copying mafia who facilitate mass cheating in UP Board exams.

The state government has set up a state-level ‘monitoring and control room’ for CCTV surveillance and to monitor voice recordings.

Nearly 2 lakh CCTV cameras have been installed at 7,784 centres in 75 districts of UP. Around 2 lakh invigilators have been put on duty.

The Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Board (UPSEB) has identified 938 centres as ‘sensitive’ and 395 as ‘hyper-sensitive’ which means these centres are vulnerable for cheating.

The minister said that the sensitive districts will use colour-coded and threaded answer-copies. The class 10 answer-copies will be pink and yellow and that of class 12 will be green and blue. The idea is to ensure that they cannot be replaced or their pages taken out by any unauthorized person.

In a first, the UP government has also launched a Twitter handle, for immediate redressal of any kind of complaints and queries.

In addition, helpline numbers for the control room, e-mail id and toll free numbers can be used to register complaints of anything related to UP Board examinations.

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Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) has notified the rescheduled dates of distance mode annual examinations at Jammu & Srinagar. The exams will be held from 11^th to 30 March 2020.

According to Mr. Mirza Farhatulla Baig, Controller of Examinations, earlier the exams scheduled to be held from 14 September to 4th October 2019 were postponed due to unavoidable circumstances and now being held from March 11 to 30.

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Parents not to go for admissions before the list of affiliated junior colleges is published by TSBIE

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Intermediate Education (TSBIE) on Monday directed the managements of private junior colleges in TS no to start admissions for 2020-21 even before the start of the academic year and announcement of admission schedule.

Admissions made well in advance before the announcement of the admission schedule would not be valid and stringent action would be initiated against the errant management of private colleges, TSBIE said.

Secretary, TSBIE, Syed Omer Jaleel also requested parents not to go for admissions before the list of affiliated junior colleges was published by the TSBIR and to confirm whether the college they opt for had affiliation for the academy year 2020-21.

The TSBIE directive to managements of private colleges in Telangana comes in the wake of several instances wherein the management of private colleges were taking the services of Pros and school representatives, approaching the parents for making advance registration of students in Intermediate first year, which is against the norms of the Board.

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Hyderabad:  Telangana State Higher Education Council (TSCHE) has decided to offer two new in-demand courses B.Sc Data Science and B.Com Data Analytics in all degree colleges across the state from the Academic year 2020-21.

These two new courses have already been introduced in other states with the state government deciding now to implement it.

In a recently concluded a meeting on Monday, the council decided to implement these courses that have better employment opportunities.

Students can now choose data science besides computer science.

Discussion is going on to introduce Honours courses, which will have 20-30 credits compared to the regular courses.

The council also discussed other courses like BSc Machine Learning, Blockchain technology and Artificial Intelligence that can be implemented if the colleges interest.

These courses, the council said, will first be introduced in autonomous colleges, social welfare gurukuls and government colleges.

All the top private colleges have been given permission to introduce these courses and follow quality standards, with training facilities for these proposed courses.

Vice-Chairmen of TSCHE, R Limbadri, Venkataramana, Former OU VC S Ramachandram, Professors Fatima Begum, Jayashree, OU Registrar Gopal Reddy, IIIT Professor Krishna Reddy and others had participated in the meeting.

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Hyderabad: A highly informative Faculty Development Program on “Cyber Security and Forensic”  organized by the Department of Computer Science & Information Technology, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) ended on 18th February. The programme was sponsored by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Govt. of India.

Prof. S. M. Rahmatullah, Registrar, MANUU was the chief guest and Mr. M.G. Gunasekhran, Finance Officer was the Guest of Honour for the inaugural session held on February 17.

While addressing the audience both the guests illustrated the need for cybersecurity and forensics. They highlighted the importance of conducting Faculty Development Workshop related to Cyber Security and Cyber Forensics for better guidance of students.

Mr. M.G. Gunasekhran addressed the valedictory session as the chief guest. The programme was conducted under the supervision of Prof. Abdul Wahid, Dean School of Technology. Dr. Pradeep Kumar, Head Department of CS&IT was the organizing secretary and Dr. Khaleel Ahmad, Assistant Professor was the convenor.

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Hyderabad: The Department of Management and Commerce of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU)today organized a panel discussion on the theme ‘spirituality at workplace’ in collaboration with In dialogue foundation.

Three foreign delegates – Dr. Daniel Skubik, a retired professor of law, ethics and humanities at California Baptist University, USA, Dr. Zaman Stanizai, Professor of Political Science at California State University, USA and Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, writer and spiritual counselor, Skirball Hospice, participated in the program. Dr. M A Sikandar, Associate Professor, Department of management studies moderated the discussion.

Dr. Daniel Skubik explained the process of how spirituality at the workplace enhances employee satisfaction through the feeling of oneness and self-actualization and the trend of spirituality in western workplaces.

Dr. Zaman Stanizai elaborated the spirituality from the Islamic Sufism point of view and described the misconception of extremism and spirituality at workplaces.  Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak enlightened the diverse view of spirituality in various religions in the business and management. Mr. Saidalavi proposed the vote of thanks. The faculty members, research scholars, and students participated in the program.

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Rampur: A few science stream students received ‘Hindi Literature’ question paper instead of ‘General Hindi’ in the Uttar Pradesh Board examination in Rampur on Tuesday.

District Magistrate Ananjay Kumar said that he has received a complaint in this regard from eight students and soon action will be taken.

“I have received a complaint from students. District Inspector of School has been asked to prepare report. We will take action after that,” Kumar said.

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Hyderabad: TS PGECET notification will be released by Osmania University, Hyderabad on the behalf of TSCHE on 4^th March 2020.

The application forms for the examination can be submitted from 12^th March. The last date of submission of applications without late fee is 30^th April.  

With late fee

The applications can be submitted till 6^th May with a late fee of Rs. 500. With a late fee of Rs. 2000, Rs. 5000 and Rs. 10000, the applications can be submitted till 13^th, 20^th and 26^th May 2020.

The hall ticket for the examination can be downloaded between 20^th and 27^th May.

Examination schedule

The examinations are scheduled to be held between 28^th and 31^st May. The results are expected to be released on 15^th June.

It may be mentioned that Osmania University conducts TS PGECET for admission into the first year of ME/M.Tech./M.Arch./M.Pharm PG professional courses.

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Hyderabad: The Centre for Professional Development of Urdu Medium Teachers (CPDUMT) of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) is organizing two days national seminar “Teaching English Language & Literature to Urdu Speakers” on February 20 and 21.

The Chief Guest, Mr. A. K. Khan, Advisor, Minority Welfare, Govt. Of Telangana and Former Police Commissioner, Hyderabad in his inaugural address asserted that the present era signifies the rule of language. The Urdu language has strong roots in India and it is wrong to associate it with Muslims only. Language is a mode of acquiring and transmitting knowledge, but understanding it is the key to teaching. Urdu is a sweet language and can be used to spread all kinds of knowledge, he added.

Prof Syed Mohammed Haseebuddin Quadri, Head, Dept. of English while delivering the keynote address said that the students who know more than one language are found to be relatively more intelligent. Students should not refrain from learning multiple languages, he remarked.

Dr. Muhammed Aslam, Assistant Professor, Dept. Of English conducted the proceedings. Prof. Mohammed Abdul Sami Siddiqui, Director, Centre proposed the vote of thanks.

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Hyderabad: Students of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) from various technical and science backgrounds, exhibited today their exemplary skills and talents while displaying innovative projects and ideas at 7^th Azad Tek Fest 2020.

Prof. Ayub Khan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor inaugurated the Fest at ITI and Polytechnic Buildings of the University.  

Prof. Ayub Khan and Dr. Nakul Parashar, Director, Vigyan Prasar, New Delhi keenly observed all the projects and inquired in detail about their efficacy & uniqueness. They were highly impressed by the talent & skills demonstrated by students.

The chief guest, Dr. Nakul Parashar while referring to Azad’s quotes in the inaugural session said that the development of students through education is very essential. He extended his best wishes for the Polytechnic project which is being presented in Delhi after it was declared the best project in South India. The  Principal Polytechnic should encourage students to prepare innovative technology-driven projects for government sponsorship, he suggested.

The Annual Azad Tek Fest 2020 is being organized on February 24 and 25 in connection with National Urdu Science Congress. 

Students of Polytechnic and ITI courses displayed expertise achieved by them in different branches of engineering and trades. Around 40 projects of Polytechnic and 20 from ITI are part of the exhibition. Apart from project expo, MANUU Smart Hekhaton-2020, Assembling & Dissembling, Poster Presentation is a new attraction this year.

Students from the School of Sciences, Department of English and School students from Golconda High School for Boys and Golconda High School for Girls also participated in the Tech Fest.

Dr. Mohd. Yousuf Khan, Principal Polytechnic was the coordinator of the event. The Fest was attended by a large number of students, teachers, non-teaching staff and delegates of the National Urdu Science Congress.

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Hyderabad: An open discussion entitled “How Can Students & Professionals Help Preserve Democratic Values in the Country”, was held at Ameena Function Hall, Asif Nagar by Jamaat-e-Islami Greater Hyderabad (ladies wing).

Principals, teachers, lecturers, Educationists & professionals were part of this interactive programme.

The programme began with the recitation of Quran by Dr Asma Zarari.. Addressing the participants, Dr. Sameena Faheem Hashmi acquainted them with objectives and goals of the open discussion. Later, the participants shared their views and ideas as to how to preserve the democratic values in India. Educating students about their constitutional rights, making them realise and utilise their strength, imbibing good moral values and social awareness were the few suggestions given by the participants.

Mrs. Azeezunnisa, MANUU, Dr. Asra Mohsina, Ph.D Zoology, Mrs. Amatul Mehtab Yasmeen, Lecturer Botany, Kothi women’s college, Mrs. Naheed Sufia (BSc BEd), Dr. Reshma Mohsin, DMO, Amba Nursing Home, Mrs. Tauqeer Fatima, Enasaa School, Mrs. Afiya Samreen participated in the discussion held on 20th of February. They enriched the discussion with very valuable points.

Mrs. Zaheer Fatima saheba, the Nazima of JIH-Hyderabad, concluded the discussion saying that teachers nurture and build the personalities of students as they have a great impact on them. It was followed by Mr. Mohammed Moinuddin Ahmed, an immunologist, who spoke about education’s impact in creating social awareness. Mr. Mohammed Abdul Sattar Farooqui, Media encouraged people from different professions, especially the doctors and engineers, to take the initiatives in preserving the democracy.

Dr. Asra Mohsina delivered the vote of thanks.

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Hyderabad: The Telangana Minorities Residential Educational Institutions Society (TMREIS) has invited online applications tmreis.telangana.gov.in to form the eligible candidates from minorities (Muslim, Christian, Parsi, Jain, Sikh & Buddhist) and Non-Minorities (SC, ST, BC & OCs) communities for fresh admissions in Class V in 204 TMR schools for 14,640 seats.

Intermediate 1^st year in 83 TMR Junior Colleges including centres of excellence for 6,640 seats and against backlog vacancies in minority category in classes VI, VII and VIII across the state of Telangana for the Academic year 2020-21 through entrance test as per the admission schedule, a press release said.

The admission schedule released here on Saturday includes submission of online application at free of cost between February 22 to March 20 and entrance tests to be held between April 12 and 20. The results will be published on May 2 followed by certificate verification and admissions between May 5 and 15. The classes are scheduled to start on June 12.

A.K. Khan, Advisor to Government of Telangana, Minorities Affairs, and President, TMREIS, launched the online registration for the admissions portal for the academic year 2020-2021. B Shafiullah, Secretary, TMREIS requested the parents and students to utilize this opportunity and submit an online application on or before March 20.

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Hyderabad: A special session on Laser and a session on Optic Activity were organized today on the second day of the National Urdu Science Congress 2020 at Maulana Azad National Urdu University.

The laser session was organized to Commemorate 60 Years of Laser Innovation. The chief guest, Prof. Zahid Hussain Khan, UNESCO’s National Node for India, while addressing the session spoke about the history of LASER and it’s applications and significance. Twenty four Noble prizes in Physics were awarded for LASER and LASER based Technologies, he informed. He also briefed about various activities conducted under UNESCO to celebrate ‘International Day of Light’.

Prof. Syed Rahman, Professor, Dept. of Physics, Osmania University, presided over the session. Dr. Priya Hasan, Assistant Professor Physics spoke about the basic principals of laser and Dr. Abdul Moiz Shams, who is Eye specialist by profession briefed about medical applications of LASER, especially in the field of ophthalmology. Prof. S. N. Hasan, Dept. of Mathematics, Dr. Priya Hasan and Mudassir Raja, Ph. D. Scholar presented laser demonstration. Dr. Rizwan ul Haq Ansari, Assistant Professor, Physics convened the laser session.

Street Play promoting Girls’ Education held at MANUU

Hyderabad: Department of Social Work in collaboration with My Choices Foundation has initiated a forum called Peace Champions where volunteers are trained to aware and sensitize students at universities and colleges and also in slum communities on gender issues.

 As part of this initiative, a Street Play on Gender Sensitization with a theme ‘Samaj ko aage badhana hai to ladki ko bhi padhana hai’ was performed yesterday by students of Social Work.

Through the play, students have demonstrated that how our society justifies female subordination and their confinement to home. Male members of society need to understand that women’s education and empowerment are central to the development of family and society.

‘Efforts like these are much needed to break misconceptions of our society on the one hand and to hone the skill of Social work students on the other’, opined Prof. Mohd Shahid. He expressed that this initiative would have a greater impact on the mind of young students in colleges and universities to appreciate and uphold the values of gender diversity. Prof. Md Shahid Raza, Head Department appreciated the efforts of Peace Champion volunteers.The play was attended by Volunteers of Gender Champion from other colleges, MANUU students and staff.

Md Zubair Ahmad awarded Ph.D. in Library Science

Hyderabad: Mr. Md Zubair Ahmad S/o Mr. Md. Tabark, awarded a PhD in Library and Information Science. He has worked on the topic “Implementation of library automation in Central Universities of Telangana State: A Study” from Bharathiar  University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

He did his M.Lib from Delhi University and M.Phil from Algappa University.  Md. Zubair Ahmad is serving as Semi-Professional Assistant for the past twelve years at the Center for Urdu Culture Studies, Maulana Azad National Urdu University.

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New Delhi:The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday assured all students in northeast Delhi who failed to appear in the Class 10 and 12 board examination owing to riots, to not to worry.

The CBSE postponed the Class 10 and Class 12 exams scheduled for Wednesday and Class 12 English exam scheduled for Thursday, in the wake of the violence in northeast Delhi that claimed at least 33 lives and left 200 injured after four days of violence since February 23.

It said it would announce new dates for re-examination soon.

This decision was taken as the law and order situation in Delhi’s northeast deteriorated. Delhi government’s Education Department requested for the rescheduling.

A circular issued by the CBSE and signed by its chairman Anurag Tripathi said it would help “ease the tension of students” who missed exams.

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Science Congress ends with the identification of dual responsibility of Urdu teachers

Hyderabad: Teachers of MANUU have the dual responsibility of publishing their research work and writing books in Urdu and English in order to teach Urdu medium students as well as reach others. Dr. Mohammad Aslam Parvaiz, Vice-Chancellor expressed the view in his presidential address at the valedictory session of National Urdu Science Congress 2020 yesterday evening.

Centre for Promotion of Knowledge in Urdu (CPKU) and School of Sciences, Maulana Azad National Urdu University jointly organized the Congress.

Dr. Parvaiz said that Urdu Science Congress is encouraging new writers with good quality of the articles. It is the responsibility of all of us to make efforts to ensure the progress of the language. Urdu speaking people lack awareness about health issues and logic. To improve the situation, he started publishing monthly Science magazine twenty-five years ago and now things are improving, he added.

The Chief Guest, Prof. Zafar Ahsan, Visiting Professor of Mathematics said that writing research papers in Urdu is essential because it helps in teaching. But to maximize its reach they also need to be translated into English. He gave the example of a Japanese scholar whose work written in 1930 was translated in 1960 only for reference by another scientist who described it worthy enough to win Nobel Prize.

Dr. Abid Moiz, Consultant, CPKU and Convenor of the Congress presented a detailed report of various sessions and conducted the proceedings. On the occasion, Prof. Zafar Ahsan presented a cash prize of Rs. 5000/- each to Basharat Hussain for the best paper and Sariah Noman for the best presentation of paper respectively.

Prof. Mohd Zafaruddin, Prof. Farooq Bakhshi, Dr. Abdul Moiz Shams, Dr. Irfana Begum, Mr. Anis Azmi, Ms. Zahra Fatima, and others also spoke on the occasion.

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Etsy aims to enable small sellers with the critical skills of product photography

Hyderabad: Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY), the global marketplace for unique, handmade and creative goods, personally interacted with the small sellers and creative community of Hyderabad through ‘TheEtsyCollective’. Etsy has also organised a product photography session for the small business owners and enable them with the critical and useful skills of product photography.

#TheEtsyCollective is an interactive and informative session which brings together people from all walks of life who share a common passion for craft and creativity. 

The event started with an interactive session with Etsy seller, Shubhashree Sangameswaran, a unique Eco-Friendly illustration designer with a quirky little shop on Etsy called ‘TheHungryPalette’. This was followed by an exciting round of Q&A where the participants interacted with Etsy representatives to understand the fundamentals of setting up an Etsy shop and selling globally.

To educate and spread awareness about the importance of photography in online selling, the event had a photography enablement workshop conducted by a professional photographer, Tulsi, who helped the participants in learning the tactics of product photography. 

Commenting on the Etsy Collective, Himanshu Wardhan, Managing Director for India, Etsy, said, “The Etsy seller community in India is made up of some of the most talented and creative people. As an organisation that truly believes in keeping the human connection at the heart of e-commerce, the Etsy Collective helps in interacting with the creative community on an individual level. I am really impressed with the artisans and creative community of Hyderabad and encourage them to explore entrepreneurship and digital opportunities through Etsy”.

The event saw a great turn-out, particularly women, who formed the majority of the audience. Interestingly, 87% of sellers on Etsy are women and 97% of people operate their creative business from their homes. Globally, Etsy has 2.3 million sellers, with 43.7 million buyers from more than 80 countries around the world. 

The Etsy Collective aims to recognise the existing seller base from India and helps them share their experience with the larger creative community in India. It started in December 2018 and in the last one year, 52+ such Collectives have been hosted across India, which includes tier 1 and tier 2 cities.

Some of the cities where the Etsy Collective has travelled to – Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Goa, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Kolkata, Puducherry, Jammu, Chennai, Kochi, Pune, Guwahati, Lucknow, Thiruvananthapuram, to name a few.

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Hyderabad: Instructional Media Centre(IMC) of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) has achieved one more feat as its three short films have been selected for Global Cinema Festival and National Science Film Festival, going to be held at Gangtok & Tirupura respectively.

The selected films were produced under MANUU knowledge series. Mr. Md. Aamir Badr is the director of the film ‘GAUTAMA BUDDHA’, Mr. Omar Azmi directed the film ‘Al Zahravi’ whereas the film ‘RAMAN’ was directed by Mr. M. Mohammad Ghouse.

According to Mr. Rizwan Ahmad, Director, Centre, this is the fourth consecutive time when IMC productions have been recognized and selected for the National level film festivals. Earlier, IMC films were selected and screened in 9^th National Science Film Festival, Chandigarh, Global Cinema fest at Siliguri and International Science Film Festival, Kolkata. These films were widely praised by jury and audience in the festival for their language and the subject, he informed. He described selection of short film ‘Raman’ on National Science Day as a great tribute to C. V. Raman from MANUU.

Global Cinema Festival is being organized by Film federation of India in collaboration with Govt. of Sikkim from 28^th Feb to 1^st March 2020. Tenth National Film Festival is being organized by Vigyan Prasar, Dept. Of Science & Technology, GoI.

Mr. Rizwan while acknowledging the hard work of his team said that this is very proud moment for MANUU as our films have been selected for second consecutive time for this festival.

Dr. Mohammad Aslam Parvaiz, Vice-Chancellor, congratulated the IMC team for the achievement and extended good wishes for future.

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