Himachal Pradesh Government Dental College, Shimla, has figured at the seventh position in the most-economical colleges category in the country as per the survey conducted by a magazine. Principal Ashu Gupta congratulated the students and teachers for the achievement and informed that the college was ranked 27th overall. The parameters for assessment included quality intake and Governance, academic performance, and Atmosphere, Leadership and Personality and placements.
Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (DBT) of Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, organised several academic events during the pandemic. Apart from the first batch of MSc bio-technology programme, which began last year, a new postgraduate programme, MSc Microbiology, will begin this year. The department, in collaboration with HIMCOSTE, imparted training to two batches of undergraduate science students under the DBT Skill Vigyan Programme.