Friday, June 23, 2017

Trek to Barot Valley - Himachal Beautiful Valley

The club ‘Trekkers of NCU’ organized a trekking expedition at 7700 feet (2300 Metres) inside the magical valley of Barot, on the outskirts of Nargu Wildlife Sanctuary, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Barot valley is located at the foot hills of Dhauladhar, a hidden paradise referred to as ‘Chotha Bhangal’ with the gushing Uhl river flowing down from the Thamsar Glacier, which forms a gateway to the legendary ‘Bara Bhangal’.


A team of 14 enthusiastic students, alumni and faculty were part of this trek from 25-28 May 2017. The team saw the reservoir at the Joginder Nagar Hydel Power Project with water rushing down nearly a thousand metres through penstock pipes to the Uhl river. They interacted with the villagers and saw their terrace farms with organic vegetables, fruits, pulses and saw them weaving woollen clothes like shawls and local pattu’s, as a housecraft. 


The trek started from the base camp at Barot to Rajgundha (15-18 km). At the height of 3700 metres the team enjoyed the mesmerizing view of the Himalayan range, Bir-Billing - with para-gliders sailing down from Billing to Bir, Kangra and Barot Valley. The trip was full of excitement and adventure. The trip was coordinated by Ms Jyotsna Singh, Dept of CSE&IT.




NCU celebrates World Environment Day

The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) organized the World Environment day on 5 June 2017 with full enthusiasm and vigour. On this auspicious occasion a pledge was taken by the faculty and staff of the University to reduce, reuse, recycle waste, protect all life forms and conserve the environment. 



To celebrate the occasion a poster making competition was organized in which the faculty from the CEE and the Centre for Languages Learning (CLL) participated and came up with innovative ideas. The event was judged by the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Brig SK Sharma (Retd) and the Best Poster Award was won by the CLL Team.

The session also included the screening of a short film on the environment which highlighted our role in its protection, as engineers.



My Pledge & Promise for the Environment


I will do my part to protect the Earth
I will take care of and clean up the environment I will be kind to and
respect all life forms 
I will never litter 
I will always recycle 
I will reduce the waste I create 
I will reuse what I can I will conserve energy & water
I will encourage others to conserve our natural resources 
By doing this I will be “Making a Visible Difference” in my
community and the world