Chhattisgarh

• 09 May 2023

The Higher Education Department of Chhattisgarh received the prestigious National Level Skoch Silver Award

Why in News?

On 8 May 2023, the 'Project Assessment and Accreditation' of the Higher Education Department of Chhattisgarh was awarded the country's prestigious Skoch Silver Award.

Key Points:

• This award has been given to the Higher Education Department due to the presentation, voting & achievements of several stages while competing with many big and important projects of the country.
• In order to increase the quality of higher education, a campaign has been started to get affiliation from NAAC on a mission mode to ensure the arrangement of educational infrastructure and academic level according to the various criteria set by NAAC.
• It is worth mentioning that out of total 211 qualified government colleges, Chhattisgarh is at the top position in the country by getting 197 government colleges evaluated by NAAC.
• Due to the continuous efforts of the government, the number of students taking admission in the college is increasing continuously. Where about 2,26,373 students took admission to the college in 2018-19, this number has increased by 48 percent to 3,35,139 in the year 2022-23, which is 1,08,766 more than in 2018-19.
• Because of the increasing number of students studying in the college, a total of 33 new government and 76 non-government colleges have been established in Chhattisgarh in the last 4 years.
• To encourage girls in higher education, 26 girls' colleges are being run in the state. Co-study facilities are available in other colleges. In the year 2018-19, where 1,34,391 girl students took admission to the college as compared to 91,982 boys, in 2022-23 the number of girl students increased to 2,06,829 as compared to 1,28,310 boys. Thus, the number of girl students is 61 percent more than that of boys.

Award given to Young Scientists on 19 identified topics

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The two-day 18th Young Scientist Conference held in Chhattisgarh concluded on 5 May 2023, in which Young Scientists Award-2023 was awarded to young scientists in 19 identified subjects.

Key Points:

• At this conference, young scientists were honoured with prize money of Rs 21,000, medals and certificates.
• The young scientist awarded the Scientist Award will be allowed to do research work in any national laboratory, national research centre and university.
• Young scientists honoured with Young Scientist Award-2023 include Richa Saav & Sonal Upadhyay in Agricultural Science, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur; Chhaya Bhate in Agricultural Engineering & Technology, Study centre of Chemistry, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University; Rasleen Kaur in Biology, Study centre of Biotechnology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University; Anita Bhoi in Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics & Biomedical Sciences, Study centre of Biotechnology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University; Lavkesh Kumar Singh Tanwar in Chemical Sciences, Study center of Chemistry, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University etc.
• Similarly Tanveer Haider in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, N.I.T; Anushree Saha in Chemical Engineering, Study Center of Chemistry, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University; Mayank Lowanshi in Computer Science, Electronics, I.T. & Instrumentation, I.I.I.T; Shyamantika Sarkar in Civil & Architectural Engineering, Department of Architecture, N.I.T; Ayushi Sharma in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, N.I.T; Rajeev Nayan in Mechanical Mechatronics & Production Engineering, Study centre of Chemistry, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University; Aishwarya Shri Tamrakar in Environmental Sciences, Engineering & Forestry, Study centre of Chemistry, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University; Bhanu Pratap Nayak in Home Sciences & Behavioral Sciences, Sh. D.B. Girls College etc. were honoured.
• Nisha Gupta from Life Sciences, School of Biotechnology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University; Shikha Tiwari in Mathematical & Statistical Sciences, School of Mathematics, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University; Sharda Gupta in Medical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Biomedical Engineering, N.I.T.; Kanchan Tiwari in Physics, Department of Physics, Sha. Nagarjuna, P.G. College of Science; Ankita Thakre in Veterinary Science, Animal Husbandry & Dairy Technology, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Sonali Swagatika in Anjora & Mining Metallurgy and Applied Geology, Regional Research Center, Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Bilaspur were honoured.
• It is worth mentioning that under the joint aegis of the Council of Science & Technology and Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, this young scientist conference was organized at Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Auditorium.