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JAMMU: A day long workshop on Prime Minister Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) 2022-2023 was organized by Padma Shri Padma Sachdev, Govt. P.G College for Women, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu in collaboration with All Indian Council for Technical Education (AICTE) New Delhi. Dr Ravi Shankar Sharma, Director School Education Jammu was the chief guest during the programme, Sudershan Kumar, Director Skill Development, Jammu was the Guest of Honour whereas Prof. Ajit Angral, consultant (PMSSS) and R.K Ganjoo, Assistant Director, AICTE were the resource persons. The function started with formal welcome of the dignateries and participants by Principal of the College Dr Sangita Nagari. Approximately 900 participants from Govt. Degree Colleges, Govt Polytechnic Colleges, Govt. Higher Secondary School and Govt. High Schools participated in the event.
Appreciating the efforts of AICTE for continuing the process of PMSSS, Dr Ravi Shankar impressed upon the Principals and Nodal officers to make their facilitation cum document verification centre students friendly by equipping them with the required facilities. He impressed upon the heads of the schools to spread PMSSS awareness at massive level so that no student may left over from the scheme. Prof Ajit Angral said that PMSSS has ensured equal opportunity for students of J&K to study at the prestigious colleges of country. Dr R.K Ganjoo delivered a power point presentation regarding registration, application submission, admission, error handling and course selection. At the end of the workshop there was question answer session, wherein lot of queries were answered by Prof Ajit Angral and R.K Ganjoo.