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BANDIPORA — Two civil engineers Benit-ul-Islam and her friend Shabnum Masood hailing from north Kashmir have been awarded by Punjab university for propsoing an alternate method to construct roads out of bio-medical waste.

The girls are currently working on a project for National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC). They said the idea will not only make our roads economical, but it will also prove as a safest mechanism of biomedical waste disposal.

According to their research, the use of biomedical wastes in road construction is one of the best and finest steps for road construction in snow-bound areas as every year crores of rupees are being spent on road development and is damaged during winters owing to snow.

It's the responsibility of every individual to find some alternative ways to boost our economy, so "we have found some alternative ways for road construction."

"Since childhood, we had seen the roads of Kashmir. This thing always stuck in our minds whenever we used to travel together on roads of Kashmir and one day as civil engineering graduates, we decided to come up with the solution. After doing a lot of research and analysis, our solution ultimately came up that biomedical waste can be used in road construction of Kashmir to make our roads economical," they said.

The research comprises of 10 paper publications and it was awarded as the best project at various conferences.

Recently, a conference sponsered by AICTE, Web of Science declared this innovative idea as the best idea of innovation.

The two engineering girls were awarded as the Youngest Researchers of India by AICTE. Benit-ul-Islam got an award of Skillful Engineer and Best Project Management award at the conference, with a membership ID from AICTE, because of her excellent experience on the practical field of Civil Engineering.

Apart from the research area, she has experience of working on various projects like NHPC and NBCC.

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SRINAGAR — The online registration for Prime Minister's Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) is open for the academic year 2022-23 for students of Jammu and Kashmir. The eligible students can register themselves on the official website, aicte-jk-scholarship-gov.in.

A special J&K Cell in AICTE deals with the implementation of PMSSS in J&K for students to pursue undergraduate studies outside Jammu and Kashmir. The J&K cell is responsible for the proper implementation of the scheme to fulfil the objectives of PMSSS.

AICTE has issued an official notification in this regard, highlighting details of eligibility criteria, courses, and other related details. According to the official notification, only those students who have passed Class 12th from the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) or Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) board not earlier than 2020-21 or appeared in 2021-22, can apply for the scholarship.

The scholarship will be provided for courses such as general degree, professional (engineering, nursing, pharmacy, hotel management, architecture etc.), and medical, Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) or equivalent.

Under the scholarship scheme, students will get different amounts of scholarships on the academic fee as well as hostel fees. In the case of academic fees, for the general degree courses, students will get financial aid of Rs 30,000 per annum whereas, for the professional courses, they will receive up to Rs 1.25 lakh per annum. For medical programmes, students will be provided up to Rs 3 lakh per annum.

Students studying in any mentioned course will also get financial assistance up to Rs 1 lakh per annum on the hostel fee.

In a significant decision, the Central government extended the PMSSS for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh for five years under which 5000 meritorious students each year are funded to study in private and government educational institutions across the country.

The government decided to continue the scholarship scheme along with a simultaneous focus on opening new educational institutions in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has thanked Prime Minister, Narendra Modi for the extension of PMSSS. “Grateful to PM Narendra Modi and Minister of Education, Dharmendra Pradhan for extending PMSSS for J&K students for another 5 years. With thousands of scholarships available every year, the scheme will provide opportunities to our youth to dream big & means to realize their dreams,” the Office of LG J&K had tweeted.

Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) recently also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister for Education, Dharmendra Pradhan for extending the PMSSS for Jammu and Kashmir students for another 5 years.

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