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Godhooli Sharma

Godhooli Sharma is working as Senior Content Creator and is based in Lucknow. She majorly covers Education and Science beats alongside cultural and human-interest stories. Being a creative person inside out, she believes in pulling out some soft stories which can help in bringing positivity to society. Besides writing she enjoys photography, painting and travelling.

Articles by Godhooli Sharma

From coins to canvas, Lucknow elderly find new beginnings

Sociologist Neetu Batra says the concept of active ageing or positive ageing is being embraced by more elderly people.

Ashok Kumar, 73, at his ‘little museum’ where he exhibits coins, stamps and other collectibles (Sourced)

Lucknow

Updated on Oct 01, 2024 07:28 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma, Lucknow

Sign Language Day: Meerut youth’s innovation set to become voice of voiceless

Now, an engineering student, he has invented a device – Signify - which can help bridge the gap between the mute and normal people. Through this device, sign language can be converted into text and voice using artificial intelligence.

Lucknow

Published on Sep 22, 2024 07:52 PM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma, Lucknow

Fennel oil-infused polymeric beads to combat mosquito larvae

CSIR-CIMAP has developed biodegradable polymeric beads with fennel oil to effectively eliminate mosquito larvae, set for release by October.

Fennel oil has been found effective against mosquitoes and as an alternative for mosquito larvicidal activity. (HT)

Lucknow

Updated on Sep 20, 2024 10:52 PM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma, Lucknow

Registration fee a money spinner? Student leaders raise red flag over LURN system

Before filling in the enrolment form for LU or any college, a student must obtain a Lucknow University Registration Number by paying ₹100. Even if the student fails to get admission, the amount is not refunded

Two sessions of applications have been completed, and student bodies allege that the university continues to extract money from applicants. (File Photo)

Lucknow

Updated on Sep 20, 2024 09:18 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma

LU convocation: PARAM inventor predicts women will propel India to superpower status

198 medals conferred – 138 to women students, 60 to men; D.Litt degree awarded to Nilesh Desai, director of Space Applications Centre

Governor Anandiben Patel, PARAM supercomputer inventor Vijay Pandurang Bhatkar and others at the LU convocation ceremony on Monday (Deepak Gupta/HT)

Lucknow

Updated on Sep 17, 2024 08:46 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma, Lucknow

Gain knowledge abroad but return to India: Bhatkar message to youths

“There is a lot of potential in our country and if instead of ‘brain drain’ in which youth go out in search of opportunities we focus on ‘brain gain’ in which they return after learning from the other countries, we can contribute to the development of the nation,” said Bhatkar, while addressing the media at the Raj Bhawan here.

He also said that New Education Policy had helped in focusing on research-oriented programmes and now there was a need for setting National Innovation Programme which would also support the youths. (Sourced)

Lucknow

Updated on Sep 16, 2024 08:40 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma

Oil, natural gas reserves in Godavari river basin land: BSIP

The researchers have studied the sediments, including coal and shale, which were deposited in the area to understand the palaeoenvironment (environment in the past)

Lucknow

Published on Sep 14, 2024 08:38 PM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma, Lucknow

DSMNRU convocation: Governor for separate merit list, medals for differently-abled students

“The university provides a composite atmosphere for both normal and differently-abled students. It is difficult to raise differently -abled students and when government jobs have a special list for them, the university should also have a separate merit list for them. They should be provided separate medals to acknowledge their efforts and journey,” said governor Anandiben Patel.

Uttar Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel at the 11th convocation ceremony of Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University (DSMNRU) in Lucknow on Friday. (HT)

Lucknow

Updated on Sep 14, 2024 09:32 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma

Carrying the torch for hearing impaired

A 50-year-old hearing impaired student awarded PhD degree at DSMNRU convocation. His PhD research is about usage of Indian sign language to develop literacy and improve life skills through a blended learning mode.

Lucknow

Updated on Sep 14, 2024 07:56 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma

Education, information can bring down crimes against women: UP women commission president

Babita Chauhan has officially taken charge as president of the UP State Women Commission, focusing on women's empowerment, education, and combating violence.

Babita Chauhan on Friday officially took charge as the president of UP State Women Commission (HT)

Lucknow

Updated on Sep 07, 2024 08:10 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma, Lucknow

Better late than never: Youths tutor elderly in digital literacy

“From making digital payments, ordering medicines and using social media, we have learnt several things in a workshop organized by Aastha Old Age Hospital (AOAH). The youth volunteers motivated us for optimum utilization of our mobile device. They also made us aware of fraudulent calls and messages which can cost us our life’s earnings,” said Kavita Srivastava, 56.

The students try sharing their knowledge about the use of mobile phones and elderly people also learn it with similar enthusiasm. (Sourced)

Lucknow

Updated on Sep 05, 2024 08:46 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma

Beyond notes and books: Teachers for whom ‘class’ is a place of new learning

In Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University (DSMNRU, teachers play two roles at a time. While they continue to impart knowledge about their subject to the students, they also learn to derive different ways of bringing more inclusivity to the class.

The classroom consists of students from diverse groups - visually impaired, hearing impaired, orthopedically handicapped, intellectually disabled and normal students. (Sourced)

Lucknow

Updated on Sep 05, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma

Fossils of interest: Rarest of rare collections on display at BSIP museum soon

The museum will be spread over 5000 sq ft of which 2100 sq feet will be dedicated to a herbarium. This will be the first time in BSIP that a herbarium will be set up in the institute. This herbarium will include 30,000 herbarium sheets, 4,000 fruits and seeds, 4313 wood slides, 12,000 Palynological slides, 3,000 palm anatomy slides and 4,000 wood blocks.

For people interested in learning about the origin of the Earth and evolution of human life, the new museum and herbarium to come up at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP) will be a one-stop destination soon. (Pic for representation)

Lucknow

Updated on Sep 02, 2024 06:08 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma

Ganesh Utsav: From a small migrant tradition to citywide celebration in Lucknow

The Maharashtrian Samaj, which has organised the Aminabad celebrations since 1921, was founded by migrants from Maharashtra.

A 103-year-old photograph of the inaugural Ganesh Utsav celebrations in the city. (HT)

Lucknow

Updated on Sep 02, 2024 05:52 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma, Lucknow

Finding a usable Pink Toilet an uphill task for Lko women

The state capital boasts of 74 Pink Toilets. But a reality check by HT found most of them locked. As women feel unsafe using public facilities which are not even hygienically maintained, lack of washrooms is a major constraint for those commuting to office or out shopping in the market.

Lucknow

Updated on Sep 01, 2024 05:36 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma

CIMAP research finds new way to enhance nutritional quality of plants

Through the new research, the scientists have found that the nutritional quality of plants can be enhanced using ‘complementary peptides’ (complementary form of a short protein found in plants). Complementary peptides, when sprayed on the plant, can enhance its nutritional value and properties, the research has found.

When complementary peptides were sprayed on plants, their nutritional quality was found increased. (Sourced)

Lucknow

Updated on Aug 30, 2024 05:56 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma

BSIP research can help protect Indian wild ass

Director, BSIP, Mahesh Thakkar said wild ass of Gujarat, also known as Asiatic Wild Ass (Equus hemionus khur), played a vital role in the local ecology of the Rann of Kutch and surrounding areas

Today, these species, among the fastest animals in the country, are found majorly in the wildlife sanctuary in the Little Rann of Kutch and in some patches of Greater Rann. (Sourced)

Lucknow

Published on Aug 25, 2024 01:34 PM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma, Lucknow

‘Music helps in achieving goals’

A golden moment for music maestros in the making as they joyfully receive medals during the 14th convocation ceremony of Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya on Wednesday.

Medal winners with governor Anandiben Patel and other guests. (HT)

Lucknow

Updated on Aug 22, 2024 08:28 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma

AKTU honours student start-ups set to make a difference

While some are trying to cater for a human cause, others are working towards environment conservation.

Lucknow

Updated on Aug 14, 2024 08:02 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma, Lucknow

With heads held high and butterflies in stomachs, toppers bask in medal glory

Jhalak Jain, 22, a BTech Computer Science and Engineering (Data Science) student from Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, was overjoyed to receive the coveted Chancellor’s Medal along with a prize of ₹31,000.

Lucknow

Updated on Aug 14, 2024 07:34 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma

Solah shringar, full-on masti: Colourful world of women’s ‘kushti’

A day after Nag Panchmi, decked in ‘solah shringar’ (full makeup befitting a married woman), the village women compete against each other in ‘kushti’. The annual event is said to be over 200-year-old. None of the women is professionally trained and they learnt the sport as spectators.

Neither men nor boys above 5 years of age are allowed during the contest. If any man is found outside his home he is told to go inside till the wrestling contest ends, according to Vinay Kumari (70), a former pradhan who has been organising the event for the past few years. (HT FILE PHOTO)

Lucknow

Updated on Aug 09, 2024 08:08 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma

Eyewitness accounts turn into folktales for people in Kakori

At a time when elaborate celebrations are planned to commemorate the Kakori Train Action of 1925, the faces of the villagers in Kakori light up as they narrate the presence of their parents and grandparents at the time of the incident, finds HT

Rahmat Ali (70) shared with a smile on his face that his father had seen the revolutionaries during the event. (Pic for representation)

Lucknow

Updated on Aug 09, 2024 07:14 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma

Ignorant scholars: Most college, varsity students clueless about Kakori case

Students in higher educational institutions are ignoramuses when it comes to the Kakori Train Action Plan. Some have their facts lopsided and others are all at sea, finds an HT reality check

Held on August 9, 1925, Kakori Train Action Plan is also known as Kakori Kand or Kakori Train Robbery. It occurred about 16 kms away from the city centre. (HT FILE)

Lucknow

Updated on Aug 06, 2024 07:54 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma

Ornamental fish farming empowers SC women in Barabanki village

Indian Council for Agriculture Research – National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (ICAR – NBFGR) organised a workshop on rearing of ornamental fish in February this year as part of mission Navshakti of the institution, where five pairs of Molly and Guppy fish along with an aquarium were provided to 50 Scheduled Caste women of Dhankutti village.They were also informed about how to maintain and breed the fish.

Women of Dhankutti village with the fish that they breed. (Sourced)

Lucknow

Updated on Aug 03, 2024 09:18 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma

Central varsity status for LU back in focus: Teachers, alumni cite positive changes to back demand

Lucknow University was set up in 1921 and is among the first 10 universities of the country, which is one of the prominent reasons behind the demand. If it gets the central status, it will be entitled to more funds, leading to infrastructure development, increasing the number of faculty members and improving the quality of education.

Teachers, alumni and those in the know of things feel that this more than a century-old institution fully deserves central varsity status. (HT FILE)

Lucknow

Updated on Jul 27, 2024 08:44 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma

It’s time for Lucknow to know the “real” Wajid Ali Shah

Probably for the first time, a long-dedicated study by the city-based Himanshu Bajpai and Pragya Sharma will enable this city of Nawabs to get to know the “real Wajid Ali Shah.”

Lucknow

Updated on Jul 27, 2024 08:40 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma, Lucknow

Thai students take Hindi heartland route to learn English at LU

As part of the course, they will be taught professional and general communication, grammar, business communication and academic writing

Lucknow

Updated on Jul 25, 2024 06:34 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma, Lucknow

From 19 to 500 now: A house where poor kids chase joy

Rita and Vijay Sharma’s initiative ‘Hasta Bachpan’ provides infotainment to underprivileged kids, who watch video clips and cartoons and the same time learn about moral values like kindness and contemporary issues such as shunning plastic and saving water.

Underprivileged kids at a Saturday infotainment session at the Sharmas’ house. (HT)

Lucknow

Updated on Jul 22, 2024 06:42 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma

A music university where guru is still ‘God’

As per the Guru Shishya Parampara, a guru transcends subject knowledge and serves as a mentor to the pupil for life. In olden times, a music guru used to tie the ‘ganda’ (ceremonial thread) to mark his acceptance of a disciple. The disciple would then stay with the guru till he or she learnt all the important aspects and nuances of the art form. Some famous music ‘gharanas’ still follow this. The most important part of this tradition was the devotion and respect of a disciple for his/her guru which continues in BSV till date

A student seeking blessings of his teacher in BSV. (HT)

Lucknow

Updated on Jul 21, 2024 06:44 AM IST

ByGodhooli Sharma

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Sociologist Neetu Batra says the concept of active ageing or positive ageing is being embraced by more elderly people.

Now, an engineering student, he has invented a device – Signify - which can help bridge the gap between the mute and normal people. Through this device, sign language can be converted into text and voice using artificial intelligence.

CSIR-CIMAP has developed biodegradable polymeric beads with fennel oil to effectively eliminate mosquito larvae, set for release by October.

Before filling in the enrolment form for LU or any college, a student must obtain a Lucknow University Registration Number by paying ₹100. Even if the student fails to get admission, the amount is not refunded

198 medals conferred – 138 to women students, 60 to men; D.Litt degree awarded to Nilesh Desai, director of Space Applications Centre

The researchers have studied the sediments, including coal and shale, which were deposited in the area to understand the palaeoenvironment (environment in the past)

A 50-year-old hearing impaired student awarded PhD degree at DSMNRU convocation. His PhD research is about usage of Indian sign language to develop literacy and improve life skills through a blended learning mode.

Babita Chauhan has officially taken charge as president of the UP State Women Commission, focusing on women's empowerment, education, and combating violence.

In Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University (DSMNRU, teachers play two roles at a time. While they continue to impart knowledge about their subject to the students, they also learn to derive different ways of bringing more inclusivity to the class.

The Maharashtrian Samaj, which has organised the Aminabad celebrations since 1921, was founded by migrants from Maharashtra.

The state capital boasts of 74 Pink Toilets. But a reality check by HT found most of them locked. As women feel unsafe using public facilities which are not even hygienically maintained, lack of washrooms is a major constraint for those commuting to office or out shopping in the market.

Director, BSIP, Mahesh Thakkar said wild ass of Gujarat, also known as Asiatic Wild Ass (Equus hemionus khur), played a vital role in the local ecology of the Rann of Kutch and surrounding areas

A golden moment for music maestros in the making as they joyfully receive medals during the 14th convocation ceremony of Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya on Wednesday.

While some are trying to cater for a human cause, others are working towards environment conservation.

Jhalak Jain, 22, a BTech Computer Science and Engineering (Data Science) student from Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, was overjoyed to receive the coveted Chancellor’s Medal along with a prize of ₹31,000.

A day after Nag Panchmi, decked in ‘solah shringar’ (full makeup befitting a married woman), the village women compete against each other in ‘kushti’. The annual event is said to be over 200-year-old. None of the women is professionally trained and they learnt the sport as spectators.

At a time when elaborate celebrations are planned to commemorate the Kakori Train Action of 1925, the faces of the villagers in Kakori light up as they narrate the presence of their parents and grandparents at the time of the incident, finds HT

Students in higher educational institutions are ignoramuses when it comes to the Kakori Train Action Plan. Some have their facts lopsided and others are all at sea, finds an HT reality check

Probably for the first time, a long-dedicated study by the city-based Himanshu Bajpai and Pragya Sharma will enable this city of Nawabs to get to know the “real Wajid Ali Shah.”

As part of the course, they will be taught professional and general communication, grammar, business communication and academic writing

Rita and Vijay Sharma’s initiative ‘Hasta Bachpan’ provides infotainment to underprivileged kids, who watch video clips and cartoons and the same time learn about moral values like kindness and contemporary issues such as shunning plastic and saving water.

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