Rewards for excellence

6th pay commission benefits extended to Sanskrit Varsity:

Uttarakhand cabinet has decided to extend benefits of Sixth pay commission to the employees of Sanskrit University. Briefing newspersons after the state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank, Chief Secretary N S Napalchyal said benefits of sixth pay commission would be extended to the teaching as well as non-teaching staff of Haridwar-based Sanskrit University with retrospective effect from Jan one, 2006. The cabinet also decided to lower VAT on plywood and fibrewood made from trees like Eucalyptus and Poplar as well as timber wood to 4 percent from the existing 12.5 per cent, Napalchyal said. He said the state cabinet also gave its nod to hike the fee of government-run Engineering Colleges and Polytechnic institutes. While fee for course of B.Tech has been increased to Rs 25,000 per annum from Rs 15,000, students pursuing M.Tech would now have to pay Rs 30,000 per annum in place of Rs 20,000, Napalchyal said. The fee in Polytechnic institutes have now increased to Rs 12,900 per annum from Rs 3500.

UOU join hands with Tata Motors

UOU (Uttarakhand Open University) entered into an agreement with Tata Motors to train youths in automobile sector. Under the agreement, the youth opting for 'Certificate course for technical excellence' at the university will get job training at Tata Motors plant at Pantnagar, a release issued by the university said. The agreement was signed by Registrar of University Dr B R Pant and Tata Motors Pantnagar plant head P K Chaube at a function at the University's Haldwani campus. The six-month certificate course has been prepared in a way that 30 per cent of the training would be of theoretical nature while the remaining 70 per cent practical, it said. Initially, Tata Motors would impart training to 600 youth and the trained youths would be able to work in any company of automobile sector, besides Tata Motors.