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Shoolini University to start course on climate change

UNI, Solan | Published : 5th November, 2017

Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences will shortly start a diploma course on Disaster Management and Climate Change. The university tied up with National Institute of Disaster Management for course formulation and further implementation of the same.

Vice-Chancellor of Shoolini University Prof P K Khosla, who attended a conference on "Mountain Resources and Livelihoods in the Hindu Kush Himalayas: Higher Education Research and Regional Collaboration for Sustainable Mountain Development" in conjunction with the HUC Annual Meeting, 2017 in Sichuan University, Chengdu (China) recently said that proposed diploma course would certainly help students who intend to make the career in disaster managements courses.

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) organised the conference. During this visit, the Vice-Chancellor has signed three more MoUs with Kabul University, Afghanistan, Agriculture and Forestry University, Chitwan, Nepal and University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

He said that main theme of the conference was water management in Hindu Kush Himalayan Region and environment conservation strategies for sustainable development. Shoolini University is also actively engaged in research on improving the livelihood of Himalayan population through one of the centres namely "Centre of Research on Himalayan Sustainability and Development" established in this University.

Shoolini University is committed to providing technical and academic expertise to the partner universities of HUC and as a part of that the university has extended four Scholarships to the partner universities in 2017 and students from Afghanistan and Nepal and currently undergoing degree programme in Shoolini University. This year, the University has announced 16 scholarships in M Tech, M Phil and Ph.D programme in different disciplines to the HUC partner universities.

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