Madhya Pradesh Sthapana Diwas was celebrated in Education Department of AKS University on “01/11/2019”, the date, when the state came into existence, 64 years ago. The programme commenced with the “Warm Welcome”   accorded to the guests, which was followed by the melodious “Madhya Pradesh Gaan” sung in “chorus” by the people present at the ceremonial hall of the University. During the programme, an “Oath” was also administered to the people, where they pledged to leave no stone unturned to work for the progress and prosperity of the state. Some cultural activities and sport competitions were also organized on this occasion. The special attention was dragged by the food stalls, which were setup by the students, and their dishes were termed extremely delicious by the visitors. During the function, Pro-Chancellor, Er. Anant Soni; Dr. Harshvardhan, Professor, RN Tripathi; Dr. RS Nigam, Dr. GP Richhariya, and all the faculty members from Department of Education, were present.

144^th Birth Anniversary of Sardar Patel, which is being observed as National Unity Day, was celebrated at Vivekananda auditorium of AKS University, on Thursday.  Throwing lights on the effulgent life stories of Iron Man, Dr. RS Mishra, HoD (Education) narrated as to how a man belonged to a simple family, became the Architect of Modern India. On this occasion, a series of cultural activities were also organized which had the themes related to the sovereignty, integrity and national unity of the country. A Quiz competition was also organized by BD Patel and Anuruddh Kumar (faculty members) in which participants responded excellently on the matters related to the life and achievements of Sardar Patel. Faculty members-Narendra Kumar and Shikha Tripathi shouldered on the responsibilities related to the Debate competition while Poornima Singh organized sports and other activities under her supervision. Dr Kalpana Mishra, Ranu Soni and Neeru Singh also contributed to the various cultural events organized at the auditorium.

 Communicating their messages on National Unity Day, Director, Amit Kumar Soni; Pro-VC, RS Tripathi; Professor RN Tripathi and Dr. RS Nigam, in a same tone said: “India has been a land of sages, and has been built by our ancestors laying down their lives for the protection of its cultural and religious heritage, and now it’s our responsibility to carry forward their legacy with full of sincerity and gravity.” At the end of programme, prizes were given to the participants, who participated in various cultural activities.

Mining students of AKS University were in IIT Kharadpur last week where they participated in Mining Quiz and Case study competition and grabbed second position, shocking to their opponents came from reputed IITs and NITs of the country. Students of AKS University named Vaibhav Dhar, Ritesh and Prashant demonstrated their talent among the gracious presence of the dignitaries like HoD Mining (IIT Kharagpur) Debashish Deb; Dr. Khaneendra Pathak, Dr. SK Das, MP Dixit and BK Prusti, who kept on giving big round of applause to AKS students, during the competition.Pro-Chancellor, Er. Anant Soni, Vice-Chancellor, PK Banik; Pro-VC, Dr. Harshvardhan; Engineering Dean, Dr. GK Pradhan; Dr. RS Tripathi; Engineer RK Shrivastava; Professor S Das Gupta, have congratulated the students with expectation that they would continue to exhibit the thumping performance like this  in future as well.

A “#Guest_Lecture” was organized in @Food_Technology_Department of AKS University, which was delivered by Engineer Umesh Namdeo, who is currently associated with Rivigo group, and has rendered services to the companies like Pepsico, Cadbury and ITC, in past. Addressing to 50 students of Food Technology, Er. Namdeo shared information regarding food industries, its technical needs and the growing employment opportunities in this field. At the end of lecture, a Q/A session was organized where he responded to the queries of students. Alongwith the students, faculty members named Dr. R S Pathak, Rajesh Mishra, Prafull Gautam, Devendra Pandey, Vikas Singh, Shakti Singh, Aswini Gautam, and Shiv Kumar Maurya, were also present. After the lecture session, Umesh Namdeo visited the University campus and appreciated the existing infrastructure of AKS University. At the end, he wished all the best to students and advised them to reap the maximum benefit of the educational facilities being provided by AKS University.

A series of Guest Lectures titled “@PopularGuestLecture Series”, has been started in AKS University, under which, Guest lectures are organized in regular intervals, extending the series, this time, chemistry department organized the  lecture,  which was delivered by Dr. AP Mishra, who is the Professor in Dr. Hari Singh Gaur Central  University, situated in Sagar, MP. While delivering the lecture on Bio-chemistry Interface, Professor Mishra said: “The demand of Bio-chemistry is increasing with passage of time, which is directly proportional to the increasing job opportunities in this field.” During his lecture, Professor Mishra talked extensively on R&D, project management, scope and growing employment opportunities in the field of Bio-chemistry. On this occasion, a large number of students from M.Sc., B.Sc. and Bio Technology, with their faculty members named Dr. Dinesh Mishra (HoD), Dr. Summit Kumar, Nahid Usmani, Sushma Singh, Dinesh Balmik and Sundaram Khare, were present.