LIRC@SFIT

Ladakhi engineer and innovator  Sonam Wangchuk  was on Thursday named among the six winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for this year. The 51-year-old was recognised for “his uniquely systematic, collaborative and community-driven reform of learning systems in remote northern India, thus improving the life opportunities of Ladakhi youth, and his constructive engagement of all sectors in local society… setting an example for minority peoples in the world,” the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation said in its citation. Source: The Indian Express dated July 27, 2018 To read more, visit: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sonam-wangchuk-innovator-who-inspired-aamirs-role-in-3-idiots-5278515/

Union Minister for HRD Shri Prakash Javadekar, in a reply to a starred question in Lok Sabha, today said that UGC has addressed the problem of predatory and sub-standard journals claiming to publish scholarly articles. Accordingly, the Standing Committee of UGC on notification of journals has been constituted which, after due verification, has removed 4102 substandard journals. UGC currently recognizes only the following categories of academic journals..... To read more, visit the following link: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=180899 Source Link:  http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=180899  (accessed on 24 July, 2018)

The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has directed that by August 30 all universities should review academic journals that they recommend following reports in the press that many journals were publishing papers for a price. In his response to a starred question in Lok Sabha, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the government is taking these steps to stop publishing of predatory and sub-standard journals. Predatory journals often publish academic papers without peer reviews and charge a heavy price for it. He added that his ministry is also taking steps to weed out plagiarism and has directed all universities to scan the submitted thesis using softwares to check for plagiarised papers. A notification issued by HRD Ministry on the issue said that a Standing Committee of University Grants Commission (UGC) has been constituted on notification of journals, and that the committee has, after due verification, has removed 4102 substandard journals. Javadekar also in...

LEARNING & INFORMATION RESOURCE CENTRE BOOK BANK FACILITY FOR SE TO BE The library is providing the “Book Bank” facility to all the students from SE to BE. Dates & Timings are as mentioned below: DATE CLASS TIMINGS 25 th JULY, 2018 BE (ALL BRANCHES) 12.15 PM TO 1.00 PM 26 th JULY, 2018 TE (ALL BRANCHES) 12.15 PM TO 1.00 PM 27 th JULY, 2018 SE (ALL BRANCHES) 12.15 PM TO 1.00 PM The “Book Bank” system works as under: 1) Students are requested to fill up the “Book Bank Form” available with the library. A maximum of 2(two) books can be issued. 2) They are requested to pay an amount of Rs.20/- for Donated Books and 20% of the Original cost on remaining books. Students are requested to return the book on or before 31/12/2018; failing which a fine of Re.1 per day (inclusive of holidays) will be charged. Students are requested to note the foll...

ACTIVE USERS OF THE LIRC ( June 1 st  to 30th June 2018)   All the below Active Users are eligible for one extra  library  card for the month of  July 2018. Sr. No. Member No's of Transctions 1 GUPTA PRADEEP FULCHAND RENU 20 2 DIVYA SANDEEP AHUJA 20 3 ANTONY ALEX LEENA 17 4 KAPADIA PRIYESHA CHETAN PRITI 14 5 PADIA KARNIKA PARIMAL BHAVIKA 13 6 RODRIGUES DYLAN KEVIN REBECCA 12 7 KOSSAMBE GAURI DATTARAM MINAL 12