Yogananda Career Academy and Centre for Defence Studies was inaugurated at Shoolini University campus today.
The academy will have the expert faculty to provide coaching for civil services examinations, both preliminaries, and mains, and for preparing students for defence Forces, UPSC and SSB exams and interviews. The academy will help students at the university pursuing various Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) courses and are keen to join the services at centre and state level.
The inauguration ceremony was held virtually by Lt. Gen KJ Singh (retd), former Western Army Commander. He is currently serving as a Haryana State Information Commissioner. Gen Singh said students have many career choices in Armed forces and civil services and that students should take challenges and achieve their dreams. He said the Academy would prove very useful for the aspirants.
On the occasion, the Chancellor of Shoolini University Prof. P K Khosla welcomed the guest speaker and said that Career Academy will provide the opportunity for the Shoolini students to shine in the civil services as well as various other competitive examinations.
Vice Chancellor Prof Atul Khosla congratulated the organisers and thanked Lt. Gen. KJ Singh for sparing time for the inauguration. He said that Himachal is the seventh largest contributor to the army. He appealed to the students to have big dreams and ambitions and that’s the only way to achieve the highest level in a career.
Mr. Vivek Atray, former IAS officer and visiting faculty at Shoolini University, who is also a well known Motivational speaker, said this will be a very inspiring moment for the students. He also thanked Lt. Gen Singh and the organisers of the Academy.
The Vote of thanks was delivered by the Col. TPS Gill, OSD to VC and organiser of the Inaugural ceremony he also thanked all the dignitaries present in the inauguration.
The session was moderated by Mrs. Poonam Nanda, Dean Students welfare Shoolini University, and said this academy will be a great opportunity for the students to achieve their dreams in Indian services.