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The Hindu
3 days ago
- General
- The Hindu
RGUKT students to offer yoga training to 10 lakh people under Yogandhra programme
Students of Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT) will offer yoga training to nearly 10 lakh people in the State as part of the ongoing 'Yogandhra' programme and International Yoga Day, which falls on June 21. The university has launched a student-led yoga training programme in all the RGUKT campuses in Andhra Pradesh as part of community service. Directors of R.K. Valley, Nuzvid, Srikakulam and Ongole campuses, administrative officers, deans of student welfare, chief wardens, NSS programme officers, yoga instructors and physical directors have created social media groups for better coordination between the management and students. 'RGUKT has prepared a yoga protocol and shared it to the students who were at their homes for summer vacations. Close to 20,000 students of the university will train nearly 10 lakh people across the State,' said RGUKT registrar Amarendra Kumar Sandra. The university has been offering students yoga training in all the campuses by appointing yoga instructors, as part of the curriculum,. 'RGUKT students have won many prizes in yoga competitions at the State and national levels,' the registrar told The Hindu on Monday. The students are advised to coordinate with the headmasters of the schools in which they studied earlier for conducting the training programmes. Each student should train 50 persons, he added. After returning to their campuses, the students must submit five photographs, with date and the location where the training sessions were held as proof, and a photograph taken during the International Yoga Day programme, along with the authentication letter issued by the headmaster or village sarpanch, said Mr. Amarendra Kumar, who is also the in-charge director of Nuzvid campus. RGUKT management will award a certificate of participation, which will be considered under the mandatory community service component of the curriculum, the registrar said.
The Hindu
5 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Five evaluators suspended for gross errors in evaluation of SSC Public Examination answer scripts in Andhra Pradesh
The Directorate of Government Examinations in Andhra Pradesh has suspended five evaluators for gross errors in evaluation of SSC Public Examination-2025 answer scripts. The Department has received a record number of 66,363 applications (scripts) from 34,709 students, out of the total 6,14,459 students who appeared for the examination. Of them, 64,251 are for reverification and 2,112 for recounting. In the wake of the serious errors, the government also proposes to modify the OMR design, starting from SSC 2026 to minimise counting errors. A statement issued by the Department said all the applications will be disposed of by the first week of June. Many students who aspire for admissions in the IIITs run by the Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT), Andhra Pradesh, have missed the deadline, as the RGUKT admission notice was issued on April 24, 2025, with the application window closing on May 20, 2025. Since the re-evaluation results will be finalised by June 1, many students with revised higher marks are likely to miss the deadline. To ensure justice to them, the Department proposes to formally request RGUKT to open a special reapplication window from June 5 to June 10, 2025 to allow eligible student to reapply with corrected marks sheets. The issues detected in the revaluation round include instances where one or more columns may have been overlooked during calculation of total marks, occasional errors in transferring awarded marks accurately to the OMR sheets and some scripts containing responses that were either left unmarked or inadvertently awarded zero. The existing three-tier supervision mechanism did not fully detect or prevent these inconsistencies, thus contributing to the errors. A total number of 45,96,527 SSC answer scripts were evaluated this year by 16,482 Assistant Examiners, 5,494 Special Assistants and 2,747 Chief Examiners, 40 scripts per day per Assistant Examiner. Under recounting process, for which a fee of ₹500 is collected, the examiner verifies whether the marks awarded for each question in the answer script are accurately transcribed onto the corresponding OMR sheet and all marks recorded on the OMR sheet are totalled and cross-verified against the marks awarded in the script. If any awarded mark is missing on the OMR sheet, the examiner enters the missing mark appropriately and in case of discrepancies in the total, the examiner is authorised to correct the total marks on the OMR sheet and record the accurate marks. Under reverification (Fee: ₹1,000), the examiner verifies the answer script and may award or modify marks if no marks are awarded to a correct answer, if zero marks are awarded to a correct answer or if any error is observed in counting or tallying the total marks. No photocopy is provided to the candidate under recounting, while under reverification, a photocopy of the evaluated script is uploaded to the candidate's portal.
The Hindu
05-05-2025
- Science
- The Hindu
Over 10,000 students of RGUKT IIIT appear for NPTEL exam
More than 10,000 students of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT) IIIT appeared for the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) examination. The examination was conducted at RGUKT Nuzvid, R.K. Valley, Srikakulam, and Ongole campuses on Monday, said university Chancellor Prof. K. Madhu Murthy, in a release. NPTEL is a prestigious national initiative of the Ministry of Education, Government of India, in collaboration with leading institutes like IITs and IISc. ''The programme aims to make world-class technical education accessible to everyone through online courses,'' said RGUKT Vice-Chancellor Prof. Vijaya Kumar. Registrar Prof. Sandra Amarendra Kumar appreciated the NPTEL coordinators, faculty, technical teams and administrative staff at the four campuses for successfully conducting the examination. Designed by IIT Madras, the NPTEL courses would help engineering students to enhance their technical skills. Irrespective of their syllabus or stream, students could gain additional knowledge and skills aligned with modern technological requirements, Prof. Kumar said.
The Hindu
26-04-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Pahalgam terror attack: people taking part in peace rallies in Srikakulam district
SRIKAKULAM People are coming forward to pay tributes to 26 tourists, who were killed by terrorists at Pahalgam in Kashmir, which caused widespread uproar among people across the globe. Students, teachers, professors, business persons, politicians, advocates and others are taking part in candle rallies and protests on the ghastly incident. Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge and Technologies Director K.V.G. Dhana Balaji and Administrative Officer Muni Ramakrishna on Saturday said that killing of 26 innocent persons in a terrorist attack was one of the most inhuman activities in the country. RGUKT National Social Service wing members and students took out a rally in RGUKT Etcherla campus of Srikakulam and deplored the terrorist attack. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Dhana Balaji said that every Indian mourned the ghastly incident while hoping that the government would retaliate and take action on terrorist groups. Dean (Welfare) Gedela Ravi, NSS Programme Officer Peddinti Mukunda Rao and others took part in the protests. Lions Club members Natukula Mohan, D. Vishnumurthy, Badana Devabhusanam and Ponnada Ravikumar organised a peace rally near Swami Vivekananda statue of Srikakulam. Jana Sena Party –Etcherla in-charge S. Vishwaksen said that people belonging to all religions strongly condemned the attack on common people. He said that JSP would continue to hold peace rallies in all mandals of Etcherla constituency on Sunday also. Srikakulam Youth Congress president Pudi Kirankumar and others consoled family members of Chandramouli who was killed in the ghastly incident. They went to Visakhapatnam and offered floral tributes on the occasion. Mr. Kirankumar asked the government to take action on terrorists immediately.
New Indian Express
24-04-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
Top IAS ranker, an alumna of RGUKT Ongole, Andhra
VIJAYAWADA: Sai Sivani, who secured All India Rank 11 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2024, is a proud alumna of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT)-Ongole campus. A native of Warangal in Telangana, Sivani joined RGUKT in 2016 as part of the first batch of the Ongole campus. She completed the six-year integrated program (PUC + in Electronics and Communication Engineering) in 2022. Her exceptional achievement in India's most competitive examination is a shining example of her dedication, discipline, and determination, especially as she hails from a rural background. Her journey is a source of inspiration not only for students across RGUKT campuses but also for countless aspirants across the country. It reflects the university's mission to empower rural youth through quality education and to help them achieve national and global recognition. The RGUKT community, including Chancellor Prof K Madhu Murthy, Vice-Chancellor Prof. M. Vijaya Kumar, Registrar Dr Amarendra Kumar, RGUKT-Ongole Campus Director Dr Bhaskar Patel, and all faculty and staff members, extended their heartfelt congratulations to Sai Sivani on her remarkable success.
