Vbu E-Newsletter

OCTOBER 2018

Foundation Day Festivities

The 26th Foundation Day of the University was observed on September 17 in great

spirits. A new dimension was added to the celebrations when an interaction

meeting with the civil society of Hazaribag was organized at the initiative of

Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, followed by high tea, on the preceding evening, against

the backdrop of a decoratively lit campus. Presiding over the function, Prof

Ramesh Sharan exhorted the teachers, support staff and the students to make

united efforts to take the University to a recognizable goal of quality with

inclusiveness. The ceremony was also addressed by Prof Kunul Knadir, Pro Vice

Chancellor, who underlined the contribution of the great sage, Acharya Vinoba

Bhave, after whom the University has been named. Dr Bipin Kumar, President, PG

Teachers’ Association, Dr B P Rukhaiyar, Registrar and several others spoke at the

event. Students from different departments of the University put up a colourful

cultural show. Mementos were distributed to all the faculty members and non-

teaching staff who had retired in the interregnum following the 25th Foundation

Day celebrations in 2017, to recognize their invaluable contribution in the

evolution of the University and its institutions.

हहदी ददवस व्याख्यान

हहदी ववभाग की अध्यक्ष डॉ संध्या पे्रम की अगवुाई में ववभागीय पररषद ्द्वारा

१४ वसतम्बर को हहदी ददवस के अवसर पर एक संगोष्ठी आयोवजत की गयी

वजसका उद्घाटन माननीय कुलपवत प्रो रमेश शरण ने दकया. मुख्य वक्ता के रूप

में जमशेदपुर के प्रख्यात कथाकार श्री जयनंदन ने हहदी की महत्ता को रेखांदकत

करते हुए इसे उत्तरी भारत में जन-मन की भाषा बताया. सभा की अध्यक्षता

माननीय प्रवतकुलपवत प्रो कुनुल कावददर ने की.

ददनांक ९ वसतम्बर को हहदी ववभाग में ‘वततमान समय में गााँधी की

प्रासंवगकता’ ववषय पर एक वनबंध प्रवतयोवगता आयोवजत की गयी वजसमें सभी

ववभागों के प्रवतभावगयों ने उत्साहपूवतक भाग वलया. इस आयोजन को सफल

बनाने में ववभागाध्यक्ष डॉ संध्या पे्रम, डॉ पे्रम रंजन भारती, डॉ केदार हसह, डॉ

सामदेव हसह, डॉ भारत यायावर, डॉ सुकल्याण मोइत्रा, डॉ कौशलेदर, डॉ

इदरजीत की मुख्य भूवमका रही.

Estd 1992 Volume 1, Issue V

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प्रबधंन ववभाग में व्यावहाररक-कौशल व्याख्यान

ददनांक २९ वसतम्बर को प्रो एम के हसह, वनदेशक,

प्रबंधन ववभाग, की अध्यक्षता में अलीगढ़ मुवललम

ववश्वववद्यालय के प्रबंधन ववभाग के प्रो मोहम्मद

खावलद आज़म, पूवत संकायाध्यक्ष, ने छात्रों को

समसामवयक पे्ररण साधनों से अवगत कराया तथा

उदहें आत्मववश्वास बढ़ाने के तरीकों की जानकारी दी.

उदहोंने कहा दक आत्मववश्वास बढ़ाने के वलए हमें अपने

व्यवक्तत्व, व्यवहार एवं सकारात्मक सोच पर जोर देना

चावहए. दसूरे सत्र में डॉ ए पैरिक, सहायक प्राध्यापक,

उलमावनया ववश्वववद्यालय, ने छात्रों के साथ बातचीत

करते हुए व्यावहाररक-कौशल के महत्व पर प्रकाश

डाला तथा इस क्रम में उदहोंने ववद्यार्थथयों को कई गुर

बताये. इस अवसर पर प्रबंधन ववभाग के डॉ सरोज

रंजन, डॉ संजीव कुमार शमात, डॉ कनुवप्रया गुप्ता, श्री

अशेष आनंद, श्री इदरमवण कुजूर, श्रीमती मीता रानी

हसह तथा दोनों सत्रों के ववद्याथी उपवलथत थे.

सत्र २०१८-२० के ववद्यार्थथयों द्वारा प्रबंधन ववभाग

में ५ वसतम्बर को वशक्षक ददवस का आयोजन दकया

गया. कायतक्रम का आरम्भ प्रो एम के हसह, वनदेशक, ने

केक काट कर दकया वजसके उपरांत छात्र-छात्राओं ने

सभी वशक्षकों को अपनी ओर से लमृवत वचदह प्रदान

दकये. उनके द्वारा प्रलतुत प्रवतभाशाली सांलकृवतक

कायतक्रम ने सभी को मदत्र-मुग्ध कर वलया. वशक्षकों ने

भी उनके उज्ज्वल भववष्य की कामना की.

English Department Marks History

In the first ever initiative of its kind in Jharkhand State,

Department of English of the University organized a one day

Jharkhand English Authors’ Conclave of the creative authors of

English belonging to or concerned with Jharkhand, on September

19, 2018. The Chief Guest in the Inaugural Session was Mrs

Nilima Sinha, a renowned writer of children’s literature in English

and President of the Indian chapter of the International Society of

Books for Young Men. The Guest of Honour was Mr R K

Mallick, ADG, Operations, Jharkhand. The dais was shared by Pro

Vice Chancellor, Prof Kunul Kandir and Registrar, Dr B P

Rukhaiyar.

There were Authorspeak sessions and a panel discussion as well

while the last session was devoted to the dynamics of translation

as eminent writers from both Hindi and English languages were

present in the Conclave. The Best Bard Award went to Ms Shweta

Suman of Jamshedpur Women’s College for her feminist poem

‘The Warrior’ in a state wide English poetry contest. The authors

attending the Conclave were Abhimanyu Kumar Singh, Bulu

Imam, Basudhara Roy, R N Sihna, B P Sinha, Janardan Prasad,

Mihir Vatsa, Fatima Zohra, Syed Afroz Ashrafi, R K Singh,

Varsha Singh, Ritesh Kumar Singh, Santosh Kiro, Sanjeev

Shekhar, Vinod Kumar Jha and Rajesh Kumar, Head, Department

of English, VBU, also the Chairman of the Conclave. The Hindi

authors taking part in the proceedings were Ranendra, Pankaj

Mitra, Ratan Verma and Mahua Maji. As President, Hon’ble Vice

Chancellor, Prof Ramesh Sharan, welcomed the authors and the

guests with the hope that such assemblies would be organized for

other languages also in the state. A directory of the authors,

curated by Dr Ganga Nand Singh of the Department, was released

in the Conclave along with books written by Dr S M Rizwan

Ahmad and Dr Rajesh Kumar. The programme was conducted by

Dr Niraj Dang. Teachers of English, research scholars and

students of English Honours from local colleges attended the

Conclave with enthusiasm.

Geography Students’ Noble Enterprise

The students of Semester IV (2016-18) donated

text books of Geography for the enrichment of

their departmental library and to reduce financial

burden on the incoming juniors. The motivators

behind the deed were Dr Saroj Kumar Singh,

Head, and the faculty members of the

Department. More than fifty students have

donated books in the Department so far.

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Teachers’ Day Observance

Teachers’ Day was celebrated across the colleges

and university departments enthusiastically by

students on September 5. St Columba’s College,

Annada College, K B Women’s College and

Markham College of Commerce saw a

rejuvenation of the bonds that sustain the

education system of this great country. The

university departments too revived the great

tradition of respect and empathy between the

teachers and the pupils on the occasion. Hon’ble

Vice Chancellor, Prof Ramesh Sharan and

Hon’ble Pro Vice Chancellor, Prof Kunul Kandir

extended their best wishes to the faculty members

by urging them to follow the path shown by Dr

Sarvpalli Radhakrishnan.

Physio Cultural Ambassadors

A cultural programme was organized

by the students of the Department on

Vinoba Bhave University Foundation

Day, September 17. A song was sung

by Anshu Priya and a group dance and

one act play were performed by the

students of 2nd and 4th Semester.

UCET Inducts Engineers to Be

First year students of University College of Engineering and Technology

were taken through a holistic induction programme from September 1 to 12.

There were outdoor sports activities, gardening, campus cleaning and GD

sessions comprising several batches along with sand painting, glass painting,

computer literacy sessions and essay writing. They were also introduced to

rubrics of empowered living through a YES!+ (Youth Empowerment and

Skills) workshop conducted by Art of living. Added features were bridge

courses in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Another interesting aspect

was imparting of financial literacy by the experts of Learning Link

Foundation in accordance with the guidelines of the AICTE – ‘Jadu Ginni

Ka’. This session included awareness concerning financial inclusion and

different schemes of the Central Government. They were also taught how to

recognize financial frauds. On 12 September, Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, Prof

Ramesh Sharan, delivered an enlightening talk on values and ethics in the

first session. In the second session, Dr B P Rukhaiyar, Registrar, VBU,

shared his views on the importance of the knowledge of Indian History and

culture for engineering students.

On September 22, the Start-Up Cell, UCET, hosted a full-day workshop on

Entrepreneurship sponsored by TEQIP-III with Mr Anubhav Tiwari, IIT,

Hyderabad, as resource person. Dr V K Sinha, Director, UCET, apprised the

audience with the activities of the Start-Up Cell and spoke about its future

programmes. The gathering began with introduction by Coordinator,

TEQUIP, Dr Arun Kumar Mishra. In a fruitful follow up, the Start-Up Cell

organised and hosted a three-day workshop on ‘Nurturing Start–

Up/Entrepreneurial Skills in Budding Engineers’ from 28 September to 30

September.

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A health camp was organized by

Department of Physiotherapy along

with Kshitiz Hospital, Hazaribagh, in

which Dr Rahul Kumar and Dr Sanjeev

Kumar participated with the students

of 4th and 5th Semester.

On the World Physiotherapy Day the

‘Physio for fit INDIA and Exercise is

the Best Medicine’ seminar was

organized by IAP in Ranchi. Students

of 1st, 4th and 5th Semester

participated in the event. Dr Meraj N

Siddique was awarded ‘Jharkhand

Young Physio Achiever Award’.

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Social Science Economics Nilima Rose Kullu Evaluation of Impact of Credit

Institutions on Agricultural

Indebtedness in Jharkhand: A Case

Study of South Chotanagpur

Social Science Economics Renu Gupta Universalization of Elementary

Education in India: An Evaluation of

the Impact of Government Programmes

in Jharkhand

Humanities Urdu Md Munawar Alam Muslim Azimabadi – Life and

Contribution (An Investigation and

Critical Study)

Humanities Urdu Rehana Perveen Lkrh’k c=k ds vQlkuksa dk rTth;krh eksrkyk

Science Geology Rupam Mallik Some aspects of Limnobiotic Profile of

River Ganga in Context of River

Continuum Hypothesis

Ph Ds Awarded – September 2018

Name Designation P G Dept/College

Dr Usha Singh Associate Prof Univ Dept of Political Science

Sri Pramod Kumar Grade III St Columba’s College, Hazaribag

Superannuated Faculty & Non-teaching Staff Members: September 2018

Concept: Dr Vijay Kr Sinha

VC Office

Design: Jay Prakash Singh

Technical Assistant, VC Office

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Editor: Dr Rajesh Kumar

Head, Univ Dept of English