4th CURIN Day was organized on September 15, 2021 and it was attended by all the faculty members, research scholars as well as administrative staff of team CURIN.
CURIN stands for Chitkara University Research and Innovation Network; and faculty members from different departments of the university who have strong inclination toward research are part of team CURIN.
This year’s CURIN Day was organized with a theme Celebrating the Culture of Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the university and it was attended by more than 100 people.
Dr. Archana Mantri – Vice Chancellor, Chitkara University, Punjab (former Pro VC, CURIN), Dr. S.C. Sharma – Registrar, Chitkara University, Punjab and Dr. K.K. Mishra – Director, IQAC, Chitkara University, Punjab graced the occasion with their presence.
The event began with the cake cutting ceremony, followed by a panel discussion on the topic CURIN Past, Present and Future. The panel discussion session was moderated by Dr. Rajnish Sharma – Dean (Research) and the panelists were Dr. S.N. Panda – Director, Research, Dr. Sachin Ahuja – Director, Research, Dr. Rahul Pandey – Assistant Professor, Dr. Meenakshi Dhiman – Assistant Registrar, PhD Program, Dr. Amanpreet Kaur – Assistant Professor and Mr. Chanpreet Singh – Project Manager.
This was followed by a quiz session wherein audience was asked questions about CURIN’s achievements and milestones. Top 3 winners were awarded in the quiz. The names of the winners are Dr. Neha Tuli – Asst. Prof., Dr. Sheifali Gupta – Professor, and Mr. Nikhil – Research Scholar.
The event also witnessed the release of a quarterly newsletter of CURIN titled Res Novae. Res Novae features all the research and development activities of CURIN.
A gala lunch was organized to mark the celebrations of the CURIN Day which was enjoyed by all the participants.
Dr. Rajnish Sharma (Dean, Research) , Dr. S.N. Panda (Director, Research) , Dr. Sachin Ahuja (Director, Research), Mr.Sagar Juneja (Asst. Dean) coordinated the event and they were ably supported by Mr. Kuldeep Singh and Mr. Lovit Kumar – Office Assistants, CURIN.