Category: EDUCATION

SRINAGAR, MAY 10: The NSS Units of Sri Pratap College today launched a signature campaign against drug trafficking and drug abuse as part of the institution’s constant efforts to create awareness regarding drug abuse.
The campaign was launched by the Director Colleges Higher Education Department, Prof (Dr) Yasmeen Ashai and the Principal of the College, Prof. (Dr) Gh Jeelani Qurashi.
Director Planning HED, Ashu Gupta, Principals of Degree Colleges, police personnel also marked their signature in support of the campaign.
Prof Yasmeen Ashai urged the students to take the campaign seriously so that the awareness regarding drug abuse reaches every section of the community.
Speaking on the occasion, the Principal of the College directed the NSS volunteers to take the campaign beyond the boundaries of the college and involve people from other institutions to strengthen the campaign.
NSS programme officers Dr. Nadia Shah and Dr. Syeed Rashid Maqsood coordinated the campaign and directed the NSS volunteers in groups to different sections of the society to reach the target of 1K signatures.

NASIR YOUSUFI

Srinagar, May 18: Professor (Dr) Syed Wilayat Rizvi assumes charge as Registrar Cluster University Srinagar today on 18th of May 2023. Born and brought up in Zadibal area of Shaher-e-Khaas Srinagar, Prof. Rizvi received his early education from Government Boys High School Zadibal (from 1974 to 1984) and S.P. Higher Secondary School (1985 & 86). He completed graduation as a medical student from S.P. College (1987) and Islamia College Srinagar (1988-1990) and then joined Department of Botany University of Kashmir in 1991. After completing M.Sc. Botany in 1994, he joined CORD (Centre of Research for Development) University of Kashmir for MPhil and PhD in Plant Tissue Culture. Prof. Rizvi has published 8 books and many research papers. He is the recipient of Innovative Science Teacher Award, Best Teacher Award and Best Oral Presentation Award.

Prof. Wilayat Rizvi started his service in Higher Education Department J&K Government on 12.10.1994 and has served as Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and as Principal for about 28 years. He has served in Government Women’s college M.A. Road Srinagar (from October 1994-June 1997), GDC Boys Anantnag (from September 2000 to June 2003), Amar Singh College Srinagar (June 2003-July 2017), SP College Srinagar (from July 2017 to August 2022) and HKM GDC Bandipora (from 27th August 2022 to 17th April 2023).

During his service in different colleges, Prof. Rizvi has taught to UG and PG students and shouldered many administrative responsibilities like Coordinator, IQAC, UGC affairs, Website Monitoring Committee, Discipline Committee, College Development Committee, Advisory Committee, Career Counselling and Placement Cell. He has also remained Dean Academic Affairs, and Coordinator Edu-Sat and E-content management. He has coordinated e-content generation and has delivered more than 150 lectures as a resource person in different National and International seminars and contributed in NAAC accreditation. Before assuming charge as Registrar Cluster University Srinagar, he was posted as Principal, Degree College Bandipora.

SRINAGAR, MAY 17 (2023): The day 2 of the workshop started with Technical Session III in which Bilquess Dar, Consultant DMRRR deliberated upon Emergency Response Support System, India Disaster Resource Network, Decision Support System, Common Alerting Protocol and State Emergency Operation Centre.

The Consultant DMRRR highlighted implementation of various disaster management initiatives in the UT of J&K in which she thoroughly discussed about Emergency Operation Centers. She made audience aware about One India One Emergency Number-112. She impressed upon the volunteers to download Mobile Application namely SACHET https://sachet.ndma.gov.in wherein each individual can get early warnings, alerts and do’s & don’ts of disaster.

She highlighted IDRN (Indian Disaster Resource Network) which is a web based platform for managing inventory of equipment’s, skilled human resources and critical supplies for emergency response.

The Technical Session IV was conducted in the College lawn wherein the SDRF Battalion 1st Kashmir Division provided handholding to the participants regarding different disasters like building collapse, firefighting etc. The volunteers were keenly observing the demonstrations by the team and many volunteers also participated in the same.

The Technical Session V was conducted by the SDRF Battalion 1st Kashmir Division in the auditorium where they gave practical demonstration to the volunteers regarding search and rescue.

The technical session was followed by a question answer session and many queries regarding the disasters and its associated themes were answered by the consultants from DMRRR.

At the end, some of the NSS Officers, NSS volunteers from both colleges and schools shared their views regarding the Two Day Workshop and impressed upon DMRRR and Higher Education Department to conduct such programmes in future also as these programme will give firsthand information to the people regarding disaster preparedness.

The workshop concluded with a valedictory function in which Prof. (Dr) Seema Naz, Principal College of Education Srinagar distributed certificates among the NSS Officers and volunteers from different colleges and schools.

SRINAGAR, MAY 16: Government College of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, organized a two day workshop on “Disaster Preparedness of Jammu and Kashmir” under India’s Presidency G-20.

Principal Secretary Education, Alok Kumar, was the chief guest on the occasion.

The workshop was attended by NSS volunteers of Colleges, Higher Secondary Schools and NSS Nodal Officers working in different colleges of Srinagar district.

The inaugural session saw a galaxy of experts and consultants from the Department of DMRRR, trainers from SDRF 1st Battalion, Principals of Degree Colleges of Srinagar district and Head of Institutions of Higher Secondary Schools.

Principal Secretary, in his presidential address, spoke about sensitive geographical locations of Jammu and Kashmir. He highlighted that we need to learn lessons from the destruction caused by Kashmir Flood of September 2014 and should take effective preparedness measures in advance.

He concluded his address by mentioning Benjamin Franklin quote “By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail”.

Secretary, Department of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, Nazim Zai Khan, while speaking on the occasion, said that the department with the help of its SRDF Battalion 1st and 2nd is striving hard to mitigate the impact of disasters on people of Jammu and Kashmir. He also emphasized the need to integrate Disaster Management in school curriculum.

Senior Consultant, DMRRR, Waseem Shafi Dar, presented the structure of Disaster Management in J&K.

Director Colleges, Higher Education Department, Professor Yasmeen Ashai, spoke on disaster vulnerability of J&K, sustainable development and climate change impact on disaster scenario of the UT. She emphasized that such workshops will provide a common platform for all stakeholders to raise their concern regarding the theme.

Later, Principal Secretary released college publications including annual newsletters CASCADE and BAHAR besides Lesson Plan booklet by Interns of GMS Chattabal.

GANDERBAL, MAY 16: A day-long workshop on Innovation and Success Talks programme was held today at Government Degree College, Ganderbal.

The programme was conducted by the District Skill Committee, Ganderbal and was part of the Entrepreneurship Festival week that commenced from 15th of May.

The weeklong festival is committed to ensure quality, consistency and convergence in the skill ecosystem of the district, besides generating awareness of various initiatives launched by the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.

The aim of today’s event was to reach out to the youth to encourage them to take entrepreneurship as a career option.

Prominent speakers like Shabir Handoo (Chairman Kashmir Angel Network), Abdul Hamid Bhat (Owner of Rahim Greens) and other speakers deliberated on the said topic.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Mehraj-ud-Din Shah also encouraged the youth to take entrepreneurship as a career and assured every possible help from the District Administration.

Principal GDC, Ganderbal thanked the District Administration for organising such events in the college and expressed that such events to be conducted on routine basis, so that the youth can be prevented from drugs and other social threats.

The programme ended with felicitation of mementos to the speakers and special vote of thanks to Deputy Commissioner, Ganderbal for working tirelessly to organize events like this.

RINAGAR, MAY 13: The Mentor-Mentee Committee of Sri Pratap College organised a one day workshop on the theme “Nurturing Beautiful Minds”: An initiative for Adolescent Mental Wellbeing,. The workshop aimed at promoting a strong mental and physical development of the student community by providing a supportive environment that encourages holistic individual growth.

The Principal SP College, Prof (Dr) Ghulam Jeelani Qureshi in his keynote address emphasized on the importance of healthy mind-healthy body balance and the need of youth to be focussed as nation builders. Dr Syed Misbah Zahoor, Convenor of the committee in her address highlighted the importance of personality development for individuals to identify their strengths and weaknesses.

Expert on the occasion, Dr Muzaffar Ahmad Khan, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Director Youth Development Centre, in a very articulate manner talked about the imperativeness of a positive state of mind and taking care of one’s emotional, psychological and social well being. In the technical session, Dr Suhail Ahmad Bhat, gave psychometric tests to the students to evaluate the academic as well as other types of stress levels among them.

The session was quite enriching for the participants and pertinent questions were raised related to mental health issues. The proceedings of the event were managed by Dr. Javaid Hassan, Dept of Zoology and vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Khursheed Ahmad Parray, Dept of Geology.

SRINAGAR, MAY 13: The Dean Students Welfare and Debates and Seminar Committee of Sri Pratap College today jointly organized an intra-college seminar on the theme, “One Earth, One Family, One Future: G-20 Summit Vis-a-Vis Kashmir”.

Speaking at the event, the Principal SP College, Prof (Dr) Gh. Jeelani Qurashi stressed upon increasing and adopting sustainable life skills so that skill and knowledge sharing reach all.

The Jury for the event consisted of Prof Manzoor Ahmad Wani, (Head, Department of Botany), Dr. Nikhat Nabi (Head, Department of Zoology) and Dr. Jan Shabir (Head, Department of Physics).

Dean Student Welfare (Girls) Dr. Khalida Hassan and Dr Misbah Andrabi (Convener Debate and Seminar Committee) were also present at the occasion

Prof Manzoor Ahmed Wani spoke about sustainable climate goals and urged upon students to take care of their surroundings. The Programme was moderated by Assistant Dean, Dr. Shazia Mushtaq, Department of Botany.

The participants touched upon diverse aspects of the G-20 summit. Farman Nisar, Tafazul Samoon and Danish Nabi Kumar secured first, second and third positions, respectively. The event concluded with vote of thanks by Prof. Javeria Khurshid.

SRINAGAR, MAY 10: Higher Education Department and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) organized two day training cum awareness and counselling workshop for the Principals of Degree Colleges, nodal officers and other stakeholders under the Special Scholarship Scheme for J&K and Ladakh (PM-USPY) for the academic session 2023-24 at Sri Pratap College.

The inaugural event was chaired by Director Colleges, Higher Education Department, Professor Yasmeen Ashai.

Nodal Principal Kashmir Division Colleges, Professor Sheikh Ajaz Bashir, Principal SP College Srinagar, Professor Ghulam Jeelani Qureshi, Principal Islamia College of Science and Commerce, Professor Khurshid Ahmad Khan, Kunal Jeet Singh, Director PMSSS, AICTE, New Delhi, Rakesh Kumar Ganju, Assistant Director PMSSS AICTE, New Delhi, Professor Ajeet Angral, Consultant PMSSS AICTE New Delhi, Principals of Kashmir Division Colleges, Higher Secondary Schools and Nodal Officers of Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) participated in the workshop.

The first issue of monthly students bulletin of SP College “The Pratap Bulletin” was also released during the event.

Speaking on the occasion, Professor Yasmeen Ashai exhorted upon all the Principals to upload and notify the deliberations of the workshop on their respective college websites so that the benefits of the PMSSS reach the maximum students. She lauded the efforts of AICTE and the associated nodal officers for smooth conduct of the whole process of award of PMSSS on a yearly basis.

Professor Sheikh Ajaz Bashir also spoke on the occasion and deliberated upon the benefits of PMSSS and stressed upon the participant Principals to put forward dedicated faculty as incharge PMSSS in their respective colleges.

Professor Ghulam Jeelani Qureshi, while addressing the stakeholders, stressed upon the need to attract more and more students towards the scholarship scheme for which all the stakeholders need to put serious efforts.

Professor Ajeet Angral conducted the workshop and talked at length about the beneficiaries of PMSSS in various fields over the last few years. He impressed upon the nodal officers that they must take every necessary care so that the benefits of the policy reach the meritorious and deserving students.

Kunal Jeet Singh, Director PMSSS and Rakesh Kumar Ganju Assistant Director PMSSS AICTE also delivered detailed presentations on both the days on the whole process of registration and the subsequent award of the PMSSS. They also dwelled on the possible issues and errors that a candidate might face during the registration and the resolutions thereof.

The event concluded with a rigorous question answer session in which participants expressed their doubts with respect to the scheme and also suggested ways to make things better for the potential beneficiaries.

SRINAGAR, MAY 09: S.P College today released its first monthly students bulletin, “The Pratap Bulletin” at the college auditorium, here.

The Bulletin was released by Nodal Principal Kashmir Division Colleges, Prof. Sheikh Ajaz Bashir in presence of Principal SP College, Prof Ghulam Jeelani Qureshi, Principal Islamia College, Professor Khurshid Ahmad Khan, Deans Students Welfare, Dr. Khalida Hassan, Dr. Jan Shabir and Chief Editor of the Bulletin, Dr. Nadia Shah.

Speaking on the occasion, Prof Sheikh Ajaz Bashir lauded the efforts of the college and termed the bulletin as a very healthy practice which must be adopted by all the colleges of the UT.

Prof Ghulam Jeelani Qureshi stated that the bulletin shall be exclusively devoted to achievements of students which shall encourage them to strive more and go beyond the academics and participate in extra-curricular activities rigorously.

The event was also attended by Principals of Kashmir Division colleges.

SRINAGAR, MAY 06: The Vice Chancellor (VC) Cluster University Srinagar Prof. Qayyum Hussain today visited SP College Campus Srinagar to have an update on the ongoing development projects in the college.

The VC was briefed about various projects by the Principal SP College, Srinagar Prof. (Dr) Gh Jeelani Qurashi which includes construction of Multi-Purpose Indoor Hall for Women, Constriction of proposed Warden Hostel / Guest House, construction of prefab Multipurpose Store and upgradation and renovation of Safi-ud-Din Memorial Conference Hall.

The Convernor College Development Committee Prof. Shahid A. Wani updated the visiting team about the progress of ongoing works executed by various construction agencies in the campus.

The VC stressed for the timely completion of the development projects so that the facilities can be utilized by the students in near future.

The VC was accompanied by the Dean School of Sciences Prof. (Dr.) Naseer Ahmad Shah.