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Training to foster positive values towards HIV/AIDS

The Department of Psychology at Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi launched a 12-day training programme in HIV counselling for the para-medical staff of the Central Para-military Forces Medical Services earlier this week.

The training sessions are being held at Nehru Guest House on the Jamia campus up to October 24.

“The aim of the training is to enhance knowledge about HIV/AIDS and to foster positive values and attitudes towards people living with HIV/AIDS. The National AIDS Control Organisation has identified the Psychology Department as a training centre and Waheeda Khan of the Department is the director of the training programme,” said an official release.

“The programme is quite exhaustive and will prepare the trainees in improving their knowledge and skills in voluntary counselling and testing of HIV/AIDS and thus help in prevention of the syndrome in their respective organisations,” said a Jamia spokesperson.

“The training programme will cover a number of issues like basics of counselling, values and attitudes of a counsellor, pre and post-test counselling, crisis intervention and management of psychological distress in patients with HIV/AIDS,” the spokesperson added.

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in the Capital has introduced a Master of Education programme to be offered under the newly established University School of Education on its campus.

The one-year course is recognised by the National Council for Teacher Education and will have an intake of 25 students.

“The University has been offering the B.Ed. programme at several of its affiliated institutions. Since there was no opportunity for the trained teachers for further professional growth, the time was ripe to start the M.Ed. regular programme. The course has been designed keeping in view the latest changes in the educational systems and policies,” said Vice-Chancellor K.K. Aggarwal.

For more information, students can contact the admission helpline at 23900166-168 or visit www.ipu.ac.in .

The last date for obtaining and submitting applications is October 17.

Fuqua School of Business at the U.S.-based Duke University has announced that it will establish “a presence” in the Indian capital as part of its global expansion programme.

The other details of the “presence” which could either be a specialised centre or an off-shore campus are yet to be chalked out.

At an event held earlier this week, Duke University president Richard H. Brodhead named a board to advise the University on strategies for expanding its presence in India.

The Board will be chaired by Malvinder Singh, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited. The B-school will launch a “Global Executive MBA programme” at the New Delhi centre.

The three-day annual technical and managerial festival of Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology -- “Innovision” – opens this Thursday. Over 8,000 students from different colleges across the country and abroad are expected to take part in the exposition this year.

The year also marks the 25th anniversary of NSIT. Highlights of the event include a defence exhibition, an air show and an auto expo.

Prof. Bharat Bhasker, who teaches Information Technology and Systems at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, was conferred the “Best Professor of Information Technology Award” during the recent Asian Brand Summit and Dewang Mehta Business School Awards.

A senior member of the Lucknow faculty, Prof. Bhasker is responsible for setting up an Internet Commerce Research Centre on the IIM campus to conduct research and development.

Parul Sharma