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Amity Institute of Wildlife Sciencestarted Young Ecologists Talk andInteract (YETI) Conference at Uni-versityCampus, Sector-125, NoidaCampus.The threeday Conferenceis being attended by over 400 stu-dents and researchers of Ecology,Evolution, Behavior and Conserva-tion who are presenting and dis-cussingtheirresearchwork, exchangingideas andhave beentrying toexplorecollaborationswithcontemporaries.Dr SuhelQuader-SeniorScientist,NatureConservation Foundationand

DrN P.S Chauhan-Director, AmityInstituteof WildlifeScienceinauguratedthe Conference.The inauguration was followed by Technical Session on Prerna Singh Bindra- Wild-life En-thusiast on Saving Wild India: A Historical Perspective and the Challenge ahead whereinshe highlighted the issues related to Conservation v/s Development and stressed that oneshould notbe perusedat thecostof other.Dwellingon thesurginginfrastructurewhichis affect-ingwildlifeandforests,BindrasaidthatIndiasroadnetworkis secondbiggestin theworld.

CONFERENCE (AMITY)

IIFTThe placement for the largest ever batch of 254 stu-dentswas completedin arecordtime.IIFTproveditsmet-tle as one of the leading B-Schoolsin India. The majorhigh-lights ofthe placementprocess is thehighestremunerationof more than Rs. 1 cr (USD1,50,000) for internationalplacementbeingoffered toIIFT studentsand Rs.29 lacsasthe highest domestic salary. There has been a remarkableriseof 21%in thehighestdomesticcompensationoffered.15 international roles were offered as compared to 13 last

year. Regretswere expressedto manycompaniesas 100%placement has been achieved well in advance. The place-ments atIIFT wasmarkedby thepresence oftop leadingre-cruiters across major sectors of Indian Economy who ex-pressed their utmost keenness in offering maximumnumber of roles to IIFT students. Average compensationoffered was Rs18.01 lakh indicating a rise of 23.8% fromprevious year. Onefourth ofthe batchreceived PPOs(36%rise visa vislastyear).

Twoday CONFLUENCE-2016:Global Technology,Innovation&EntrepreneurshipsummitthemedCloudSystemandBig DataEngineeringis held atAmityCampus. Eminent speakersM ASmith, VisualComputingArchitectand AcademicProgramDi-rector, Intel Corporation, USA; D Gries, Professor Emeritus,Cornell University, USA; G Kendall, Vice-Provost (Researchand Knowledge Transfer) University of Nottingham, UK andMalaysia; P Gries, Acting Vice Dean, Toronto University; IngSianLunLau, AssociateDean/Head (Academic),SunwayUni-versity;BK Murthy,ED, CDAC; BShukla-VC,AmityUniversity;AbhayBansal-Head,DepartmentofComputerScience&Engi-neering, AmitySchoolEngineering & Technology & KM Soni,DeputyDean,AmityUniversityUP inauguratedthe summit.

CONFLUENCE (AMITYUNIVERSITY)

CSMamtaBinanihasbeenelectedasPresidentof theInstituteof CompanySecretariesofIndia fortheyear

2016. Binani has been the Chairperson of the Eastern India Regional Council of The Institute of Company

Secretariesof Indiain 2010.She isthefirstladyto haveheldtheposition,amongstall the3 Institutes,namely

TheInstituteof CharteredAccountantsof India,The InstituteofCostAccountantsof IndiaandTheInstituteof

CompanySecretariesof India,in theEasternRegion.She lovesto interactwiththestudentsfraternityandisan energeticcontributorin

activitiespertainingto developmentof thesociety.She holdsvariouspositionsin prestigiouschambersof commerce,studycircles,NGOs

andassociations.Shehas beenconferredwiththe"BharatNirmanAwards"in theyear2010for"ExcellenceinProfessionalServices"

andisthe firstCompanySecretaryto havereceivedthisprestigiousaward.She alsoreceivedthe"TejaswiniAward"in theyear2010.

CS(Dr.)ShyamAgrawal hasbeenelectedas Vice-Presidentof theInstituteofCompanySecretariesof In-diaforthe year2016w.e.f.19th January,2016.A FellowMemberofThe InstituteofCompanySecretariesofIndia,he obtainedhis MastersofLawand Ph.D(Law)onthe topicMicro,SmallandMediumEnterprises-Ananalyticalstudyof Law,Practice&Procedure.He wasChairman, NorthernIndia RegionalCounciloftheICSI(2014).S Agrawalis theProprietor,AgrawalShyam& Associates,CompanySecretaries,Jaipur;Member, Rajasthan Tax Consultants' Association; Founder President, Lions Club Jaipur ProfessionalsandMember,Instituteof Directors,NewDelhi,also associatedwithFederationofRajasthanTrade& Industry (FRTI).

APPOINTMENTS (ICSI)

School of Hospitality Management,

AUROUniversitySuratis allsetto orga-

nizeits SecondNational competitionfor

budding chefs after a tremendous re-

sponseand appreciationreceived from

last year. This year once again AURO

Universityshallshowcaseculinaryvirtu-

ositybyhospitalityamateursall across

the nation in their campus. This three-

dayeventfrom 20thJanuaryto 22ndJanuary2016 baptizedasNationalBuddingChef Competition

aimstostimulatelearningand topromotea platformfor thestudentsto mastertheirinheritculinaryskills

whichtheycan professionallydisplay.Studentsacrossthenationgetan opportunitytopresenttheirdistinctandcreativeteam talent,whichwill opena windowfor themto absorb,assimilateandnurture

ina competitiveenvironmentand gainamagnificentexperience.Thethree-dayeventcountsinboth

individual as well as team events with seven eliminating events. The heartwarming response re-

ceivedlastyearledus introducemoreexcitingandenjoyablecompetitionssuchas QuickSmart Ke-

babchefcompetition;NationalGourmandscompetitionandCarveto addlifecompetition.

Competition(AUROUNIV.)

U.P.renownedKIETGroupof Institutions,Ghaziabadorganiseda Short Term Course in association with NITTTR, Chandigarhthrough ICT on the topic "Research Methodology" . This en-deavour was taken by IT Department of KIET in order to en-hancetheresearchqualityandbringout solutionsvariousprob-lemsexistingin thetechnicalarea. Brainstormingwas doneby27 participants propelled by pedagogy of faculty members,NITTTR. TheHOD,IT Prof.A Pandeyand itscoordinatorsS Ku-mar& SAhmadreflected onFDPthat it'sdefinitelywillbring outthetransitionin thoughtof thefaculties.In theclosingceremonyourDirectorJ.GirishappreciatedSTC,ManojGoel,CAO &ChiefGuestDr.AnilAhlawat,HODMCA gavetheirbest wishestothefacultiesfor bettermentin researchand academicworld.

SHORT-TERMCOURSE (KIET)

NOTICEBOARD

SushmaPaulBerliaconferredwithOutstandingGlobalLeaderin

Higher Education and Industry SP Berlia, Co-Founder & Presi-

dent,Apeejay Stya& SvranGroup andChancellor & Co-Founder,

Apeejay Stya University, was recently honoured by the Confed-

erationof IndianIndustriesasOutstandingGlobalLeaderin theField

of HigherEducationand Industry.The prestigiousawardwas be-

stowedon herby CIIat the5th Global UniversityIndustryCon-

gress.Theeventwasheldin associationwiththeAll IndiaCouncil

forTechnicalEducationandtheMinistryofHRD.This isthelatest

additionthatBerlia hasreceivedfor herdynamiccontributionto in-

dustryand education.DescribingBerlia asa leadingentrepreneur,

industrialist& educationistdevoted to nation-buildingwith global

footprints,CIIhighlightedherroleas Presidentof AES.

AWARD (APEEJAY STYAUNIVERSITY)

EDUCATION C E L E B R A T I O N S , E V E N T S

PRAGYAKAUSHIKA

NEWDELHI,JANUARY20

FORTHOSEseekinga quickthrillora brushwiththe macabre,theDelhitourismdepartmenthas aspecialtreatthisyear:a sectionofitsannualdiaryhasbeended-icated tohauntedsites,angrydjinns andterrifyingscreams.

The pages highlightingthespookysideof thecity,printedintintsof blueandblack,talkaboutmonumentsandsiteswhichmayoffervisitorsa paranormalexpe-rience. That is,if youdont mindrunningintoghoulishbeingsandbeingslappedbyinvisiblehands,accordingtothe diary.

The diary describes someparanormalexperiences visi-torshavehadinthesehauntedplaces.One of twomonuments

featured prominently is theJamaaliKamaaliMasjid,

In 1535, renowned sufisaintsJamaaliandKamaaliwereburied here. Itis saidthatthistranquil masjid ishaunted bydjinns. Somevisitors have saidtheyhavebeenslappedbyinvis-iblehandsandothershaveheardscreamsthat seemed tocomefromnowhere,says thediary.

Italso advisesvisitors nottoventurethereafter sunset.

Theother monumentmen-tionedin thediary isthe Feroz

Shah Kotla fort, which, if ru-mours are to be believed, ishometosomedjinns,whowan-deramongitsruins.Thisfortwasbuilt in 1354 by Feroz ShahTuglaq.

EveryThursday, locals canbeseen lighting candlesand in-cense sticks,offering bowlsofmilkand grain toappease thedjinns, statesthe tourismde-partments diary.

Apartfromthesefactoids,the

historyof thecapital,itsbeauti-ful monuments and the citysskylinehavealso beenfeaturedprominentlyin thediary. Italsotalksabouttheseven cities,builtanddestroyedover thousandsofyears,that eventuallyled totheriseofthe capital.

AmaponthesevencitiesofDelhiisattachedtothisdiary...togiveit a historicalflavour.Thesecities are Indraprastha, circa1000BC, Qila RaiPithorain 1170AD, Siri in1302 AD,Ferozabadin1351AD, Jahanpanah in 1334AD,Tuglaqabad in1320ADandShahjahanabadin 1648AD,saidTourism MinisterKapilMishra.

Headded,Thefrontpageofthediaryhastriedto captureallthesignificantmonumentsinthecapital. Thepage onDelhisskyline features HumayunsTomb,Jantar Mantar,India Gate,

LotusTempleandQutabMinar.

Delhi festivalpostponed

TheDelhiFestival,expectedtobeheldin theend of February, hasbeen postponed, said TourismMinisterKapilMishra."Therewere flawsin thetenderssub-mittedto us,wehadto cancelthewholeprocess,"hesaid.Thefestival is likely to be held inNovember.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE

NEWDELHI,JANUARY20

THE DELHI government

Wednesdaysaid itsclaimthatthe CBI raided Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwals office onDecember 15hasbeenprovedrightin thecourtoflaw.

Earlierin theday,a specialcourthaddirectedthe agencytoreturnsome documents seizedbyitduringtheraid.

Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal said that the PrimeMinisters Office (PMO)owedanexplanationto thenation.AftertodaysCBIcourtorderdi-recting release of docs seizedfromCMO,PMO owesan expla-nationtothenationsinceCBI re-ports toPM,he tweeted.

The courts directive hadprovedthatthe CBIintended toraid the chief ministers office(CMO)and the raidwasnotre-latedto corruptionallegations

againstKejriwalsprincipalsec-retary Rajendra Kumar, saidDeputyChief MinisterManishSisodia.He alsodemanded anapology from Prime MinisterNarendra Modiover the politi-callymotivatedraid.

In Parliament, it was saidthattheraidwasnotontheCMsoffice.We want toask whetherthe Prime Minister will nowapologise in frontof the coun-try? It was an attempt to dis-credit the government... heshould apologisefor thepoliti-callymotivated raid.His officershad misinformed him... theytookrandomfileson thepretext

ofa raid,saidSisodia.TheDelhigovernmentislook-

inginto whether actioncanbetakenagainstofficials who con-ductedtheraid,saidSisodia.We

hopethatactionwillbe soughtagainstofficialswhowerepartoftheraid...thoseofficialsshouldbeheldaccountable,hesaid.

Onthe courtsorder, Sisodiasaid,The courthas...observedthattheCBIwasin a hurryforunknownreasons.We have al-waysmaintainedthatthe CBIraidwas a political oneand theagency had used the office ofRajendraKumartoraidtheCMsoffice. Today, this has beenproved and accepted by thecourtas theCBI could notprovetothe court whytheagencyre-quireddocumentsfrom2015foramatterthattookplacebetween

2007and 2013,said Sisodia.Thecourthas categorically

observedthiswasan illegalandimproperexercise, Sisodiasaid.

The fileswere ontransfer

postings,on thevisitorsto CMsoffice...there weresomefilesofthe transport department.Today,theCBIalsoacceptedthatthedocuments theagency hadprocuredhadnothingtodowiththedocumentsitwas lookingfor.TheCBI is investigating anal-leged scamthattookplacedur-ingthe previous governmentstenure... yet, youare takingfilesontherecruitmentofvolunteersduring the odd-even schemeandonthefoodandsuppliesde-partment.Thismeans theCBIhadcomethere with aninten-tiontodiscreditthe CMsoffice,saidSisodia.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE

NEWDELHI,JANUARY20

PATIENTSWITH HepatitisC whoalso carry a particular type ofgene may bemorepronetode-velopingdiabetes, a two-yearstudybySirGangaRamHospitalhasfound.

Thestudyon more than 100HepatitisC patients hasfoundthatin thosecarryingnon-CCgenotype of interleukin-28bgene,the possibilityof develop-ingdiabetesis31percent,com-paredto13percentinthosecar-ryingCC genotypeof thesamegene.

Thestudy hasbeen acceptedforpublicationin thecomingis-sueof theJournalof ClinicalandTranslational Hepatology. DrAnilArora,the principalinvesti-

gatorof thestudy, saidthenon-CC genotypes were associatedwithinsulinresistance.Thereisan associationbetween inter-

leukin-28bgeneand insulinre-sistance,whichin turnleadstodiabetes,addedDr Arora,headofgastroenterologyatSirGangaRamHospital.

Doctorsstudied115patientswithHepatitisC-relatedchronicliverdiseasesbetween2012and2014.

Whenweput boththecate-gories of the interleukin-28bgenetogether,diabetespreva-lencewas 22percent, whichisanywayhigherthan thegeneralpopulation. So patients withhepatitis, irrespective of thegenotypeof thegene dohaveahigherchanceof contractingdi-abetes. But those withthe par-ticulargenotypeweanalysed,orpatients froma particularsub-group of hepatitis C, have anevenhigherchance of gettingthedisease,saidDr Arora.

Doctors have said in thestudythat testing for thisgenemay be useful in patients ofHepatitis C, in order to deter-

minetheir likelihoodof devel-opingdiabetes mellitus.

Recently,manyepidemiolog-icalstudieshadshowna signifi-canttwo-way associationbe-tween diabetes mellitus andHepatitisC virusinfection.Whilemany of these have shown thatpeoplewith diabetes are moreprone to acquire Hepatitis C,studies are now showing thecorrelationistruetheotherwayroundtoo.

According todoctors,whenHepatitis C and diabetes affectpatients atthesame time,thereis rapid progressionof liver cir-rhosisand ahighchanceof livercancer.Becauseofthistwo-wayassociation of diabetesmellitusandHCV infection,itis advisablethat all diabetics should gettestedfor HCV.Thisis especiallytrue for those diabetics who

have liver functiontestsabnor-malities whichcan bean earlyindicatorof developinginsulinresistance,said Dr Arora.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE

NEWDELHI,JANUARY20

SEVERALPARTSofthecapital,in-cludingLutyensDelhiand cen-tralDelhi,arelikelyto facewatershortageas theDelhi JalBoard(DJB)has temporarily shuttwoof its water treatment plants(WTPs).

The DJBdecidedto shut theWTPs in Chandrawal andWazirabadafterthelevelofam-moniain therawwatersupplyfromYamunariverrose tonearly2.6 milligrams per litre, saidBoardofficials.

This level isway beyondtheacceptable limit of 0.2 mil-ligramsper litre(mgl).As thesetwoplants jointlysupply nearly220 million gallons of waterdaily,variousparts of central,north,north-west,westandcen-

tralDelhiarelikelyto facewatershortage.

Therewillbe nowatersup-plyon Wednesdayevening and

Thursdaymorning...tillthe timeammonialevelsreachanaccept-ablelimit.The qualityof therawwateris being monitored,at in-tervalsof half-an-hour,at theDJBs laboratoriesto check am-monialevels.As soonasthelev-els reach the treatable limit,theseplantswillbe madeoper-ational, said DJB chief KapilMishra.

AstwoWTPswillbe com-pletelyshut,areas suchas thewalled city, centralnorthDelhiand the area under the NewDelhi Municipal Council whichincludes the RashtrapatiBhavan, the Parliament, thePrimeMinistersOfficeandotherparts of Lutyens Delhi arelikely to be deprived of pipedwatersupplyforover20hours,saida seniorDJBofficial.

In 2014, operations at thesetwoplantshad beensuspended

temporarily after the ammonialevelsincreaseddueto industrialpollutants being released inSonepatand Panipatregions.

Hepatitis C patients with certain genetype more prone to diabetes: Study

Water shortage in the offingas DJB shuts two plants

AAPgovt:RightaboutraidonCMsoffice,wantapologyfromPMPMOowes anexplanationto thenation, says Kejriwal

Haunted and historical: Tourismministry highlights citys spooky side

ThediarypagesonDelhishauntedsites.

COLOURFULCONTINGENTTheBorderSecurityForce'scamelcontingent,whichhasbeentakingpartin theRepublicDayparadeforoversixdecades,willcontinuethe traditionthisyear, accordingtoa defenceministryofficial.Earlier,theabsenceof thecontingentfromrehearsalsat Rajpathhadtriggeredspeculationthatit wouldnotbepartof theparade.TashiTobgyal

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