NID Kurukshetra to be expanded, additional academic block in campus soon
- January 17, 2023
- Updated: 12:45 am
DW BUREAU / Chandigarh
The National Institute of Design (NID), Kurukshetra, will soon have an additional academic block to provide education to more youth in innovative design techniques in industry, commerce and development sectors. Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal chaired a meeting regarding this with the officers of the concerned departments and instructed them to complete the necessary procedures soon.
At present, the campus of the National Institute of Design has a main academic block, staff housing, hostel, auditorium and other academic blocks. The institute needs panchayat land for the construction of another academic block. The Chief Secretary has directed the Additional Chief Secretary of Development and Panchayat Department and Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department to visit the institute and hold a meeting with the Director, NID, for quick disposal of the problems.
During the meeting, discussion was also held about the disposal of waste coming out of the institute. The Chief Secretary directed the Deputy Commissioner, Kurukshetra, to ensure proper disposal of NID's waste by the contractor under the cluster scheme of the state government for waste disposal. Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal instructed the Deputy Commissioner to take appropriate action regarding the installation of street lights on the road adjacent to the institute.
He said that the National Institute of Design is a prestigious institute for Haryana and thus it is the responsibility of the state government and the district administration to provide all the facilities there. The Chief Secretary directed the concerned officers to coordinate with the Director, NID and get the problems faced by them resolved immediately.
Additional Chief Secretary, Development and Panchayat Department, Sh. Anil Malik, Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, Sh. Vijayendra Kumar and other officers were present in the meeting. Deputy Commissioner, Kurukshetra, Sh. Shantanu Sharma, joined the meeting virtually.
Online workshop in all districts from January 18 to January 23
Sanjeev Kaushal said that along with the policemen, the field staff of various departments would be trained to check the wrong information registered in the Aadhar card or its authenticity. For this, the state government has chalked out a programme of workshops. He said that online workshops will be organized in all the districts from January 18 to January 23 and after this, workshops will be organized in the districts in offline mode in February.
The Chief Secretary held a meeting with the senior officers here today and gave instructions to prepare the contours of these workshops.
He said that in these workshops, proper information will also be given on the process of re-verifying the address of citizens having 10 years old Aadhaar and making new cards for persons of age 18 years
or more.
(editor@dailyworld.in)