Yogesh Avasthi

Children’s University has gone beyond researching curriculum and activities; it has set up six ‘tapovans’ to take pre-natal care of children and mothers for their healthy growth Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Wednesday, October 27, 2010 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20City&sectid=3&contentid=201010272010102703312993f4a6d8b2 ) Children’s University has set up six centres for holistic care of expecting mothers to help them give birth to babies who are healthy, both physically and mentally. Called “Tapovan”, these centres expose mothers-to-be to an environment as natural and simple as possible. Greenery has been created around the tapovans and interiors made such that they fill the women with “positive energy,” said a senior university official. Each tapovan has full-time physicians — practising allopathy and ayurveda — nurses and maids to take care of the women. They will be given necessary medical care and medicine free. While he...

Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University (BAOU) rids three state universities of the task of hiring teachers for elective courses; it offers 149 electives and conducts exams for the same to help students earn credits for postgraduate courses Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Tuesday, October 26, 2010 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20City&sectid=3&contentid=2010102620101026030124566c99cd434 ) A Memorandum of Understanding with Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University (BAOU) is working wonders for several state universities implementing the choice-based credit system (CBCS) for postgraduate courses. Some of these varsities do not have a proper curriculum in place for electives nor teachers who can teach that subject. But BAOU offers 149 electives to the students to choose from, making universities heave a sigh of relief. Nearly 700 students from three state universities have enrolled at BAOU to study the electives. While the student studies...

Invites agencies to bid for projects including transforming the pattern of board exams to help students shift to learning with understanding rather than mugging up Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Thursday, October 21, 2010 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20City&sectid=3&contentid=2010102120101021025813404dea9cf99 ) With an objective of placing Gujarat in the list of top three states that can boast of excellent student learning outcomes in the next five years, the state government is working towards the revamp of school education system. It has conceptualised several projects to improve the quality of education and building the capacity of teachers and educational personnel. Registered agencies can bid for the projects targeted at 8,000 schools, 82,000 teachers and 18 lakh students. Some of these projects are: ♦ Research and action plan to transform the pattern of Board Exam questions ♦ Supporting Gunotsav in primary classes and de...

An auto driver returns Rs 1 lakh cash a builder left behind in his vehicle; builder promises to make it possible for driver to own a flat in his new housing scheme Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Tuesday, October 19, 2010 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20Latest&sectid=2&contentid=2010101920101019024521945f73fe4a9 ) An auto-rickshaw driver who did not let lure of the lucre get the better of him was duly rewarded for his honesty. Auto driver Jitendra Tiwari who found cash amounting to Rs 1 lakh, three expensive mobile phones and other important documents in his auto returned it to its owner. The man turned out to be property developer Dhirubhai Mehta of Teraiya Group, who promised to make it possible for Tiwari to own a flat in his new apartment scheme in Naroda. Tiwari, who lives in a rented house in Isanpur with his wife and two daughters studying in nursery and senior KG, left his low-paying job at Arvind Mills two years ago and s...

Serving officers of Indian Army will study languages, management and IT-related courses at Gujarat University from the new academic year Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Monday, October 18, 2010 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20Latest&sectid=2&contentid=20101018201010180224338086b60939b ) From the new academic year, serving officers in the Indian Army will be seen at the Gujarat University campus to study languages, information technology, management, psychology and other subjects. In a letter to Gujarat University, Brigadier Arun Bali, Directorate General of Military Training in New Delhi, has sought vacancies for serving officers who will be provided study leave for a year or two to enhance their professional standing. Based on the needs of the organisation, the officers are being encouraged to carry out specialisation in these subjects, the letter states. The letter addressed to Gujarat University Vice Chancellor Parimal Trivedi...

JNPT asks Mumbai cops to probe forgery; orders GU to find guilty if it wants to continue with training prog Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Saturday, October 16, 2010 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20City&sectid=3&contentid=20101016201010160306117107f6455b7 ) The Gujarat University was pulled up by the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust after two students submitted a forged letter for summer training at the Mumbai port. JNPT has also filed an application with the Nhava Sheva police in Mumbai, seeking an inquiry into the forgery. The letter was submitted by NSUI state spokesperson Hardik Dodia and Ajay Thaker, first year students of Port Management at B K Institute of Management. Vice-Chancellor Parimal Trivedi said, “Our students have to undergo summer training for 33 days compulsorily. Usually we line up companies for the students. But if someone wants to be trained at a particular firm, we allow it. For this, the student has to submit a...

To save itself from running into cash deficit, the Indian Railways has put on hold projects like beautification of Ahmedabad railway station Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Friday, October 15, 2010 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20Latest&sectid=2&contentid=2010101520101015031458241fbe2fbfb ) The Indian Railways may be basking in the glory of 13 gold medals its players have clinched at the Commonwealth Games, but it is a long winding tunnel ahead for the largest rail network in Asia. It has derailed around 130 small and big projects of the Western Railway, particularly Gujarat, as part of cost-cutting measures to counter the lacklustre earnings. This means some of the key projects, including beautification of Ahmedabad railway station, are likely to be delayed by at least five years, sources said. It is worth mentioning here that the railways has pumped in Rs 100 crore into the Commonwealth Games as its official sponsor. According t...