Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar alongwith Inspector General of Police Jammu Zone, Anand Jain on Saturday visited Border villages affected by Pak shelling and assessed losses caused to property.
Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Sachin Kumar Vaishya; SSP Jammu, Vinod Kumar, S.P HQ, Ramnish Gupta, SDM R.S. Pura and other concerned officers accompanied the Div Com and IGP.
DDC Member Suchetgarh, Taranjeet Singh Tony, PRI members and locals were also present on the occasion.
The Div Com and IGP interacted with affected families at village Bhulla Chak and assessed the losses caused by the shelling. The Div Com instructed Deputy Commissioner Jammu to provide relief to the victims after thorough assessment of the losses.
The Div Com and IGP interacted with PRI members and border residents at Bhulla Chak and Treva. They enquired about the developmental requirements and other issues faced by the border people.
The people highlighted several issues including requirement of additional bunkers, early completion of ongoing development works, construction of bridges and check on encroachment of water bodies and other related issues.
After a patient hearing, the Div Com and IGP instructed Deputy Commissioner Jammu to personally follow the issues raised by the border people and resolve the same in a time bound manner.
The Div Com assured locals that the government is committed to provide every possible support to border people.
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JKEDI organises awareness program on ‘Innovation to Startups’ for GDC Doda students
DODA, OCTOBER 28: Jammu & Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) today organized an awareness programme on “Innovation to Startups” aimed at nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit among the students of Government Degree College Doda. The orientation program was held under the overall supervision of Director, JKEDI, Ajaz Ahmed Bhat.
The programme was part of the campaign launched by the Institute to cultivate a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship among the youth of J&K as it is important to empower the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs, equipping them with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in life.
Vishal Ray, In Charge, Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Business Modelling, JKEDI explained the need for exploring the ideas related to innovation and technology. He urged the participating students to express their innovative ideas so that the institute is able to help them to turn those ideas into profitable business ventures. More than 150 students attended the programme held at Government Degree College, Doda.
Imtiyaz Ahmad Mantoo, District Nodal Officer, Doda, JKEDI explained the importance of becoming an entrepreneur for social and economic development of the nation. He also gave information to the students regarding various self employment schemes of UT administration for the persons who want to become entrepreneur.
Besides Principal GDC Doda, Attar Singh Kotwal, faculty members of the college also participated in the programme. The programme was coordinated by Dr. Sumit Kotwal, In Charge, Institute Innovation Council of GDC Doda.
In his address, Attar Singh Kotwal said that the main objective of the programme is to bring mass awareness about the Startup Policy and self employment schemes of UT to inculcate spirit of innovation among the youth to give flip to the conversion of innovative ideas into profitable business ventures.
