Workshop under PM-USHA MERU scheme in Belagavi today
Resource persons will address students and answer their queries in the workshop to be held at the Sangolli Rayanna First Grade Constituent College.
The workshop aims to guide and motivate final-year B.Sc students to pursue careers and higher education in STEM disciplines.
Students from Sangolli Rayanna First Grade College, R.L. Science Institute, B.K. College and Bharatesh College, Belagavi, will participate.
Vice-Chancellor C.M. Thyagaraja will inaugurate it.
Resource persons from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnatak University Dharwad, BITS Pilani and Shivaji University will speak at subject-specific sessions.
Rani Channamma University officials Registrar (Administration) Santosh Kamagouda, Registrar (Evaluation) Ravindranath Kadam and Finance Officer M.A. Sapna will be present, said a release from Coordinator, PM-USHA MERU, Vijayalaxmi S. Shigehalli.
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