डॉ वाईएस परमार बागवानी एवं वानिकी विश्वविद्यालय, नौणी के कुलपति पद को लेकर ज़ारी संशय समाप्त हो गया है। मंगलवार को डॉ परविंदर कौशल की नियुक्ति की अधिसूचना हिमाचल प्रदेश राज्यपाल सचिवालय द्वारा जारी की गई, जिसके बाद उन्होंने पदभार ग्रहण किया। डॉ॰ परविंदर कौशल, इससे पहले बिरसा कृषि विश्वविद्यालय,रांची,झारखंड के बतौर कुलपति कार्यरत थे। खासबात ये है कि डॉ॰ परविंदर कौशल जिला सोलन के ग्राम कहन्नी में जन्में डॉ कौशल नौणी विवि के पूर्व छात्र भी रह चुके हैं। उन्होंने अपनी एमएससी वानिकी की पढ़ाई विश्वविद्यालय से हासिल की है जिसके बाद फ्रांस के यूनिवर्सिटी ऑफ नैंसी से फॉरेस्ट्री में डॉक्टरेट की उपाधि प्राप्त की। डॉ कौशल पिछले 35 वर्षों से शिक्षण, अनुसंधान और विकास, विस्तार और प्रशासन में सक्रिय रूप से शामिल हैं, जिसके बुते वे उसी विवि के उप कुलपति बने है , जहाँ कभी वे छात्र थे। डॉ परविंदर कौशल ने विभिन्न क्षमताओं में अलग अलग संस्थानों और विश्वविद्यालयों में अपनी सेवाएँ दी। इनमें से प्रमुख हैं, इंडियन काउंसिल फॉर फॉरेस्ट्री रिसर्च एंड एजुकेशन देहरादून (1979-1981), पंजाब एग्रीकल्चर यूनिवर्सिटी, लुधियाना में असिस्टेंट और एसोसिएट प्रोफेसर (1981-1992) और बिरसा कृषि विश्वविद्यालय, रांची में वानिकी संकाय में डीन (2005-2009)। नौणी विश्वविद्यालय में पर्यावरण, जल और जलवायु परिवर्तन मंत्रालय के राष्ट्रीय वनीकरण और पर्यावरण विकास बोर्ड के क्षेत्रीय निदेशक और समन्वयक के रूप डॉ कौशल ने कई वर्षो तक कार्य किया। 100 से अधिक शोध पत्र हो चुके है प्रकाशित डॉ कौशल ने 100 से अधिक शोध पत्र और तकनीकी रिपोर्ट प्रकाशित करने के अलावा 13 से अधिक पुस्तकों के अध्याय और मैनुअल लिखे हैं। उन्होंने 26 विश्व कांग्रेस और अंतर्राष्ट्रीय सम्मेलनों में भाग लिया है और 63 परियोजनाओं को संभाला है। कई पुरस्कारों से सम्मानित डॉ कौशल को 1989 में राष्ट्रीय युवा वैज्ञानिक पुरस्कार और 2014 में हिमाचल श्री पुरस्कार से सम्मानित किया गया। उन्हें फ्रेंच सरकार द्वारा भी वर्ष 1984 में डॉक्टरल अनुसंधान के लिए फेलोशिप प्रदान की गई थी। इसके अलावा, उन्होंने फ्रांस, इटली, यूनाइटेड किंगडम, मैक्सिको, ऑस्ट्रिया, जर्मनी, स्विट्जरलैंड, यूगोस्लाविया, बेल्जियम, हॉलैंड, स्पेन, एस्टोनिया, कनाडा, फिनलैंड, तुर्की, मलेशिया और श्रीलंका सहित कई देशों का दौरा किया है।
With an objective to develop a child into a good human being, having a well balanced and all-round well-developed personality, who can shoulder the responsibilities entrusted to him as a devoted citizen of the country, Pinegrove School is contribution its part amazingly in creating the future of the nation from last 26 years. In 1991 when School was started, there were very few students, but School management never compromised with their Mission & Vision, and as a result today Pinegrove School is renowned and respected for its high standards in moral and value education along with having a very strong reputation of maintaining the best academic standards coupled with good ethics and discipline. The best endeavour of the school is to rely on individual attention, personal care, affection and encouragement, to inculcate the habit of self-discipline and to develop high standards in moral and value education. Pinegrove School is committed to make sincere efforts to shape and mould the children, with the help of modern educational techniques and psychological handling, into responsible citizens and all-round well developed personalities, who have respect for their parents, loyalty for their country and develop a sense of fair-play, honesty and love for all mankind. About the School- Pinegrove School is an English medium, co-educational, residential public school with approx 950 Boarders. It has two wings, one at Dharampur and the other at Subathu. Both branches are situated in the sylvan and pollution free environment of Himachal Pradesh. It is affiliated to the CBSE, is member of the prestigious IPSC (Indian Public School’s Conference), is also member of the British Council sponsored UKIERI (UK-India Educational Research Initiative) and GSP (Global School Programme), Round Square Conference, the NCC (National Cadet Corps), the IAYP (International Awards for Young People) which was the erstwhile Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Program and is ISO 9001:2008 certified. Delivering Quality Education with SMART CLASSES- Pinegrove is fully IT enabled for the future and has all the facilities for imparting high quality education, like IT enabled E-classrooms (SMART CLASSES) networked with the computer labs for Computer-Aided-Teaching. Speed-Typing is taught and assists children in preparing for the demands of modern-day society. The school lays great stress on academics, along with giving full attention to various disciplines of sports and other activities. Proper care for the health and hygiene of children is taken to provide them with well balanced and tasty food so that they do not miss home and adjust well to hostel-life. First-rate Infrastructure- The school possesses a state-of-the-Art Auditorium with seating capacity of 750, Indoor Multi-Gym, Badminton Hall, National-sized Swimming Pool, 10 Mtr Indoor Shooting Range, Lush-green Playfields for outdoor games like Cricket, Soccer, Hockey, 200M Athletic track, hard-courts for Basketball, Squash and Tennis and indoor games like Pool/Billiards, Table Tennis, and Chess are also played. The school also has well-equipped and tastefully architected Art, Craft and Needlework rooms, wonderful facilities for Dance, Drama, Music, Band, Cooking, Carpentry, Sculpture etc and apart from all this children also take part in NCC Camps, Parade, Mass PT and Karate as well. The school lays great stress on public speaking, which plays a big role in the overall personality development of the child and also tries to ensure that children develop their aesthetic senses along with inculcating a love for nature through annual outdoor camps. Children are often sent overseas on Exchange Programmes and visits, which adds another important dimension to their education. Pledged to all-round development of children- Capt AJ Singh In the words of the Executive Director, Capt AJ Singh, “As compared to a day school, in Pinegrove we are lucky to have the time, inclination and infrastructure to do a lot more in the direction of child development. A rigorous routine keeps the students healthy and extremely busy. The well-knit schedule of a wide variety of sports and activities, adds to the all-round development and smartness of the child and undoubtedly brings him much closer to having acquired an exemplary education.”
The Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Chamba of the Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF), Nauni has been awarded at the national level for the successful implementation of the National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) project in Lagga village of the district. NICRA is an ICAR funded project, which was started in 2011 throughout India in 100 KVKs, including four of Himachal. The project was launched to address the climatic vulnerability prevailing in these kendras. Climatic vulnerability like water scarcity, drought, dry spells, delayed monsoon, hailstorm, cold waves and prolonged winter season were addressed under this project. This NICRA model of KVK Chamba was awarded at the Annual Review Workshop of Krishi Vigyan Kendras, which was held recently at the Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad in which representatives of 121 KVKs took part. Dr Kehar Singh Thakur, Scientist cum Nodal officer of NICRA represented KVK Chamba in this workshop and gave an oral and poster presentation in the workshop. He received the Best NICRA Award for Zone-1 from Dr AK Singh, ICAR Deputy Director General (Agricultural Extension). He also bagged the award for the best poster presentation at the workshop. Dr Thakur dedicated the award to everyone associated with the project since its inception in 2011, particularly the farmers of Lagga village. Dr HC Sharma, UHF Vice Chancellor and other faculty and staff also congratulated the team on their achievement. Under the project, KVK Chamba carried out interventions at village Lagga which falls under Mehla block of District Chamba. It comprises of seven small villages like Lagga, Pudhruin, Ghati, Osal, Hathla, Shakla and Prechha. In the first phase (2011-2016), 102 families were selected covering an area of 89 ha. under different interventions. Four modules-Natural Resource Management, Crop Production, Livestock and Fisheries, and Capacity Building were covered. Different interventions/ demonstrations were also carried out in these selected villages. In 2018, five more villages were adopted to upscale the proven technology of existing villages. Successful interventions include the introduction of spur-type apple plantations in 24.9 ha area, 64 polyhouses, crop diversification with cabbage (46.0 ha.), crop diversification cauliflower (59.5 ha.) and protected cultivation in .80 ha area. (Capsicum cucumber and tomato are grown under protected cultivation).
