Skills

2-day workshop on women empowerment begins at KU

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6 years ago

December 1, 2020

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Experts call for grassroots engagement to address challenges, problems

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Srinagar, Dec 1: A two-day workshop on the empowerment of women through community participation began at the University of Kashmir on Tuesday.

Registrar Dr Nisar A Mir inaugurated the workshop, organised jointly by the State Resource Centre for Women (SRCW) and KU’s Department of Social Works to impart counselling skills to the staff of Mahila Shakti Kendras (MSKs), a centrally-sponsored scheme for empowerment of rural women through community participation.

Asserting that women counsellors could be enablers of great social transformation, Mir said it was important to continuously evaluate whether the benefits envisaged in various women empowerment schemes reach the intended beneficiaries at grassroots.

“Women counsellors can play a lead role in this regard and work in a mission-mode to let benefits of various schemes percolate amongst the real beneficiaries,” he said, asserting that women counsellors can also help remove misconceptions, if any, surrounding various schemes to enable people to avail them in a hassle-free manner.

“Unless people are not made aware of the benefits of various schemes, it would become difficult to achieve the desired results,” Dr Mir said, assuring the university’s all-out support to endeavours concerning women’s empowerment and capacity-building.

Keynote speaker Prof Fozia S Qazi from Islamic University of Science and Technology said there was a pressing need to facilitate the restoration of social spaces that once existed for women to engage with each other and discuss their problems freely.

“Women counsellors could be a means of enabling that engagement,” she said.

Ms Shabnam Kamili, Mission Director SRCW, highlighted capacity-building programmes undertaken by the SRCW at the community level. She also highlighted the objectives of MSKs.

“The MSK counsellors/volunteers intend to create a secure environment for women to ensure their active participation in developmental processes,” Kamili said.

Prof Mohammad Ayoub, Dean and Head, Faculty of Law at KU, said: “The community-level engagement with women should eventually empower them and lead to an amicable settlement of their problems in times of disputes. Such engagement could be a viable alternate dispute redressal mechanism.”

Dr Adil Bashir, Coordinator, Department of Social Works, KU, underlined objectives of the workshop, which shall broadly cover issues including stressors among women, psychological issues among women, legal frameworks and remedies, and sociological dimensions associated with women issues.

Dr Sarfaraz Ahmad delivered a vote of thanks, while Dr Javaid Bashir conducted proceedings of the inaugural session.

A detailed report prepared by SRCW was also released on the occasion.

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Digital marketing skill training for agri-startups commences at SKUAST-K

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4 years ago

December 5, 2022

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Srinagar, Dec 5: A weeklong advanced management development programme (AMDP) on ‘Digital Marketing Skills for Agri-Sjin88bet.onetartups’ commenced on Monday at Sher-eak168app.baby-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir Shalimar campus.

The seven-day digital marketing training is organised by SKUAST-K’s School of Agricultural Economics and Horti-Businak168app.clubess Management, Faculty of Horticulture under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sponsorship.

Vice Chancellor, SKUAST-K, Prof Nazir Ahmad Ganai, who was the chief guest at the inaugural function, emphasised upon outcome-based delivery of the programks168app.siteme and suggested that each participant should be evaluated in each session to ensure better assimilation of the content. Pointing out the existence of a 95% unskilled labour force, he stric88essed the need for required digital skills. He informed that SKUAST-K will be shortly starting the three-month programme on Digital Marketing in collaic88boration with DMI, Australia. He asked the participants to take full advantage of the resource persons, who have come from the reputed institutions of the country like IITs.

Director, Planning and Monitoring, Prof Haroon Raic88shid Naik emphasized imparting precision to the conduct of Advanced-MDP and desired industrial repic88resentation and participation in these programmes.

Dean, Faculty of Horticulture, Prof Shabir Ahmad Wani highlighted the need for encouragement of glr88ender-based digital spaces. He also stressed the need for the utilisation of digital spaces for farm-based products.

Head, School of Agricultural Economics and Horti-Business Management, Prof SH Baba, in his welcome address, gave an overview oflr88 the programme. He brought out the need for acquiring high-end digital and IT skills for switching to new market jobs by 2030-31 in view of apprehension of job losseslr88 due to automation.

Assistant Director, MSME Development and Facilitation Office Srinagar Branch, Ministry of MSME, Saheel Yaqoob Allaqband, who addressed the gathering via online mode, gave a brief account on the importance of Advanced-MDP suggested that the participants should be trailr88ned in innovative DPR formulation and attract funding options for their business units.

SKUAST-K’s Direcop88tor Extension Prof Dil Mohammad Makhdoomi, Director Education Prof MN Khan, Director Research Prof Sarfaraz Ahmad Wani and many other HOD and officers of the university were present at the occasion. The organising secretary of the programme, Dr Omar Fayaz Khan, presented the vote of thanks.

About 30 participants from FPOs, food processing units, Agri-supply chainsi88s, aspiring agripreneurs and88v students are participating in the training.

Under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), SKUAST-K is conducting 66 advanc SEXXXXX-VNed skill development courses for entrepreneurship in various agricultural and allied vocations.

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Arooj’s 3D art captivates memories

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4 years ago

October 15, 2022

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Academically-inclined dentist, Dr Syed Juwahira Arooj, who previously taught at the Imam Hussain Paramedical College in Bemina, creates 3D art to preserve memories.
In the month of September 2021, Moulding Memories was created.
Arooj says, “I started creating art during the Covid shutdown. I had casting material at home and the artist in me wanted to make something out of it. I realised it has potential to be in the market, so I launched this business.”

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A 28-year-old from Humhama has learnt this technique online for 4 weeks and has also benefited from some YouTube instructions.

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Arooj explains, “I used cast material back when I practised dentistry, and the thought occurred to me: why not save the memories by using this technique?”

Process:
Moulding combines techniques, procedures, and as well as skills. Moulding is a manufacturing procedure which involves certain steps.

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First, an impression is taken, followed by pouring it with impression plaster, and then casting is done. After creating a cast, it is left for cooling and solidification before the colouring takes place and finally framing finishes the process.

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For an impression, customers are required to visit Arooj and make an online payment beforehand. Customers contact using the Instagram handle ‘@mouldingmemorieswithArooj – you create memories we craft them‘ and customers are from across Kashmir. The price range begins at Rs 1999. The clientele is quite strong in this line of work.

It takes at most 3 days to complete the casting. Most materials are imported from places other than Kashmir, like Telangana and Gujrat.

“I get the maximum amount of the materials from outside the state, being a budding 3D artist, I’ve kept charges very basic for now,” says Arooj.

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“I want people to know about this 3D artwork, it is not that popular here in Kashmir,” says Arooj.

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Moulding allows for the creation of a wide variety of designs, it is connected to sculpting in certain ways and is helpful in producing 3D art of anything that someone wants to keep as a solid memory for loved ones.

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“People want to preserve what is dear to them in 3D form, and I help them in doing so,” says Arooj.

According to Arooj, designs can be customised to include anything the customer wants to preserve as a memory, such as a hand casting or foot casting of babies, adults or pets.

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“Outside J&K people preserve many memories like a blessing hand (Ashirwaad), but since this concept is new here, people usually prefer newborn handprints to be moulded into a memory,” says Arooj.

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The moulding process for 3D art is pretty challenging.

“When creating the entire impression needs to be rebuilt if a cast somehow loses a minor part or is distorted,” adds Arooj.

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This 3D artwork has attracted a lot of admirers.
One feedback reads, “Beautifully created hand cast, adored it.”
Don’t stop doing this, keep your hopes high, reads another.

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Everyone in the family and friends supports Arooj in taking this unusual move in her career.

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According to Arooj, “Moulding Memories” is the first of its kind in the valley.

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Arooj urged people to be fearless and take chances.

“In order to know how far one can go, without taking chances one can never know their limits,” says Arooj.

“Taking a risk and being optimistic is what one should have in mind while starting something new,” concludes Arooj.

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4-week machine learning training begins at SKUAST-K

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5 years ago

January 27, 2022

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Srinagar, Jan 27: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir commenced a four-week najin88bet.onetional online training on ‘Computer Vision in Agriculture using Machine Learning’.ak168app.baby

More than 50 agriculture students, scholars and teachers from various parts of the country are participating in the online training organised by the team IDP under the World Bank-ICAR funded Natioak168app.clubnal Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) for the institutional development of SKUAST-K. The training is being conducted in collaboration with Noida-based Emerging India Analytics, one of India’s fastest growing Analytics/ IT consulting and traks168app.siteining companies offering services in both consulting and training domains including NASSCOM certified professional programs.

ic88The training programme aims to bridge the gap between academics and Industry and produce human resources with qualities for creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship skills. In order to compete and be at par with the Fourth Industrial Revolution, SKUAST-K under ambit of IDP-NAHEP is in the continuous process of imic88parting education and training about disruptive technologies and their application and impact on the agri-economy and how to improve the quality of life.

The training will provide insighic88ts into the use and application of Computer Vision, and how Machine Learning and computer is helping in solving real-world problems in general and agriculture in particular. ic88

Vice Chancellor, SKUAST-K, Prof Nazir Ahmad Ganai, who was the chief guest at the occasion, said such programs will pave way for the imlr88plementation of the 4th industrial revolution in the university, which is presently unfolding and is largely drivelr88n by disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics and drones. He also said that SKUAST-Kashmir is the torchbearer by being bold and disruptive in venturing first in AI&ML in the state to permeate higher-order skills of AI & ML ilr88n students, researchers and faculty members. While addressing the audience, he stressed the output-based training and workshops that are being conducted in the university. He further added that such lr88programs will create awareness and interest among students and help them to develop critical thinking to innovate and be self-reliant.

Team IDP-NAHop88EP, organizers of this training program, in the inaugural session, deliberated about the need and importance of Computer Vision and Machine Learning in Agriculture and allied sectors. Prof Rohitashw Kumar, Associate Dean, CoAE&T, SKUAST-K, provided a detailed overviewsi88 of the training programs and encouraged participants to take full benefit of this training program. Prof Azmat Alam Khan, Co-PI NAHEP said that such training programs are the need of the hour and also said that such programs will help students to equip themselves with the latest technologies and help them in future88v to fetch a better job.

Dr Showkat Rosool, Assistant Professor, CoAE&T, SKUAST-K presented the vote of thankSEXXXXX-VNs to all the dignitaries that were present at the inaugural function.