CAMPUS JOTTINGS
Human Rights wing to be transferred to law college
G. NARASIMHA RAO
Prof. K.V. Ramana Murthy
The human rights wing of Department of Sociology of Andhra University College of Arts and Commerce is likely be shifted to the AU Dr. Ambedkar College of Law from the next academic year. The transfer should have happened during this academic year, but is likely to take shape during the next academic year.
The Law College will not have any problem to run the course as five faculty members from the former AU PG Centre at Etcherla (Srikakulam) have come back to the AU main campus after the PG Centre has been upgraded into an university and they can be engaged to teach human rights subjects.
Department of Sociology too is reportedly not keen to run the human rights course as it lacked sufficient faculty.
But what will be the fate of Teacher Associates in the Law College and Sociology Department due to shifting of the human rights wing? Will they be continued or dispensed with is the question bothering the Teacher Associates.
AU professor Teacher of the Year
A senior faculty of AU College of Pharmaceutical Sciences K.V. Ramana Murthy has been awarded with the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India’s Teacher of the Year Award 2009, during the association’s 14th annual national convention held in Jodhpur recently.
Prof. Ramana Murthy has earlier received awards like the Best Researcher Award 2005 from AU, the AP Scientist Award 2007 from the AP State Council of Science and Technology and attended many scientific conferences. He has undergone training in reputed pharma companies in the US and participated in conferences during a visit on the AAPS travel grant from the US.
Vice-Chancellor B. Satyanarayana, Principal of pharmacy college T. Satyanarayana and others congratulated Prof. Ramana Murthy.
Book released
A book, “Soil and Soil Analysis” written by former HoD of Department of Environmental Sciences M. V. Subba Rao, was released during the valedictory function of a national conference on biodiversity and management of bio-resources, organised by the Department of Zoology and AZRA.
Chief Conservator of Forests P.A.V. Udaybhaskar released the book. Principal of AU College of Science and Technology P. Rajendra Prasad presided.
Prof. Subba Rao and a retired senior professor of zoology K. Hanumantha Rao were felicitated by the organising committee of the conference.
Three ‘I’s
Information, Innovation and inspiration, the three Is are important, MP of Vijayawada and chief promoter of Lanco group of industries Lagadapati Rajagopal said while speaking on “growth of Indian industry and role of future managers” at the Commerce Department last week. Time management and people management are important he said and explained about TIME-together everyone achieves more. Opportunities are invisible and one should grab them, Mr. Rajagopal advised the students.
Prof. Satyanarayana declared that 2009-10 is the platinum jubilee year of the Department of Commerce and Management Studies. Rector U. Viplava Prasad, Registrar P.V.G.D. Prasada Reddy, HoD B. Appa Rao, Placement Officer B. Mohan Venkatram, and a senior professor D. Lalita Rani spoke. Sirisha proposed a vote of thanks.
National award for AU professor
A professor of DCMS N. Rajyalakshmi has won the best management academic award 2009 for her paper on “acceptance of incentivized mobile marketing among university students”, at the 6nd all-India commerce conference of the Indian Commerce Association conducted by the Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University in Ajmer recently. She received the award from UGC Chairman S.K. Thorat.
She won the second best paper award in the sixth AIMS international conference on management held at Noda during December last year. Prof. Satyanarayana and others congratulated Prof. Rajyalakshmi for winning the award.
PH Welfare society mourns Balagopal
The PH Welfare Society of AU held a meeting to condole the death of human rights activist K. Balagopal. Senior Civil Judge D. Dharma Rao, senior professor of AU K.P. Subba Rao, T. Subba Rayudu and A. Rajendra Prasad, president of the society M. Suresh Menon and others spoke about the late Balagopal.
Workshop on research methodology
GITAM University Vice-Chancellor G. Subramanyam inaugurated a two-day workshop on research methodologies at the GITAM Institute of Management. The workshop was conducted by a professor of IIM, Bangalore L.S. Murthy. Principal of GIM K. Sivaramakrishna presided.
Blood donation camp
A blood donation camp was organised by the Presidency Degree College’s NSS unit. Rotary Club Blood Bank collected blood from the donors.
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