Education
JNU to conduct certificate courses in animal welfare
New Delhi : Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) here on Wednesday announced six new certificate courses in the field of animal welfare to sensitise and train people in the ethics of treating animals.
The first certificate course — Management and Ethical Use of Laboratory Animals in Research — will commence from November 1 and will comprise of a minimum of 85 contact hours.
The titles of the rest of the five courses will be put on the university website in November.
The courses are the outcome of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) signed in July between JNU and the National Institute of Animal Welfare (NIAW).
According to the MoA, JNU has to conduct six certificate courses (duration four weeks) and one diploma course (duration five weeks) in the said field in the first year.
The collaboration was an exercise initiated by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) and Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC).
“The courses will be conducted at JNU. We responded to the tender put up by NIAW and they recruited us to conduct these,” JNU Professor Prasenjit Sen told IANS.
However, he added: “We would love to have our own courses in the same category. Animals are close to humans and their welfare is the need of the day. These can be part of our social sciences component.”
The last date for application for the first course is October 24. The courses will be offered free of cost in the first year, except for a registration fee of Rs 1,000.
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.
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