Professor Atul Khosla took over as the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Shoolini University, following the acceptance of the recommendations of a search-cum-selection committee by the governing body. Khosla was appointed acting VC last year. Khosla (51) is a career researcher, academician, management consultant and a global expert in the areas of strategy, policy, innovation, organisation design and outsourcing. With more than 25 years of professional experience, Khosla has led research, academic and consulting assignments with leading organisations, including top academic and research institutions, national regulators and global corporates.
SFI protests 'arbitrary' prices
The Students' Federation of India (SFI) gheraoed the dean, studies, HPU, to register their protest against the 'arbitrary' prices charged by eateries on the premises of the university. The SFI reminded the DSW that they had submitted the memorandum a month back to display the rate list at these eateries, so that owners did not charge arbitrary prices. The SFI also demanded that the university cafeacute; should be opened soon, so that students got the eatables at reasonable prices. The SFI said if their demands were not met within a week, they would intensify the protest.
event for faculty at St Bede's College
The placement cell, under the aegis of IQAC, St Bede's College, Shimla, organised a faculty awareness programme on 'Benefits of financial labs-cum-incubation on campus' and 'Sustainability and Ethics: How academic curriculum has been aligned to meet skills of the 21st century' on October 7. The resource persons were Padamakumar Nair, dean, Thapar School of Management, and Himesh Sharma, CEO, Skill Labs. Sharma emphasised the role of experiential learning in enhancing employability and self-employment among young graduates, women entrepreneurship and shared value creation model. He talked about the need to set up a centre to nurture practical knowledge and skills, start-ups and self- employment. Nair emphasised on 'Success 3M model: Money, Match and Meaning', 'Industry 4.0', changing nature of jobs, shaping career, sustainable words and human behaviour.
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