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Hyderabad: BRAOU to soon roll out 11 new courses

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In a first by any state university, Dr. BR Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU) is planning to roll out a new PG diploma in Telangana History and Culture from the next academic year

Published Date – 06:45 PM, Sun – 31 December 23

Hyderabad: BRAOU to soon roll out 11 new courses

Hyderabad: Students and unemployed youth preparing for various competitive recruitment examinations can now pursue the State’s history and culture in the distance mode.

In a first by any state university, Dr. BR Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU) is planning to roll out a new PG diploma in Telangana History and Culture from the next academic year.

While Telangana history and culture is a must in any competitive exam, there has been a dearth of books providing authentic information on the subject. With BRAOU generating content by roping in history experts, the new PG diploma will come in handy for candidates preparing for various state-level competitive recruitment examinations.

The university is also planning to introduce seven other PG diploma programmes including in disaster management, general legal awareness, pre-primary teacher education, digital library and information management. Apart from an MA in International Relations, another new MA programme in Urban Planning and Development is also in the pipeline. A certificate programme in anchoring, dubbing and voice-over will be soon launched for those aspiring a career in the media, small screen or films.

“The university is planning to introduce 11 new courses from the next academic year,” said Prof. K Seetharama Rao, Vice Chancellor Dr. BRAOU.

In another major move, the university will shift from existing annual to semester mode for all PG programmes offered in the English and Telugu mediums from the next academic year. Accordingly, curriculum and textbooks are being redesigned.

Currently, 40 different programmes including UG, PG, PG diploma and certificate programmes are on offer. Apart from regular courses, candidates can pursue professional programmes – BLiSC, MLiSC, BEd, BEd Special Education and MSc Psychology.

During the academic year 2022-23, the university had 91,327 UG admissions and over 28,000 enrollments in PG, PG diploma and certificate programmes.

New courses in the pipeline

– M.A (International Relations)

– M.A (Urban Planning & Development)

– P.G. Diploma in Disaster Management

– P.G. Diploma in Rural Livelihood and Sustainable Development

– P.G. Diploma in General Legal Awareness

– P.G. Diploma in Telangana History and Culture

– P.G. Diploma in English Language Teaching (Primary & Secondary School Teachers / Early Childhood & Education

– P.G. Diploma in Pre-Primary Teacher Education

– P.G. Diploma in Digital Library and information Management

– P.G. Diploma in e-Governance

– Certificate Programme in Anchoring, Dubbing and Voice over

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Prices of vegetables, lentils, commodities soar in Mancherial

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The prices went up at a time when devotees are celebrating Bonalu festival to thank Lord Shiva or Mallanna for their well-being and for registering bumper harvest by cooking various types of dishes and congregating at local temples on Sundays

Published Date – 07:00 PM, Sun – 31 December 23

Prices of vegetables, lentils, commodities soar in Mancherial — A woman vends vegetables in a market in Mancherial.

Mancherial: Prices of vegetables, lentils and commodities soared since the last few days, causing financial burden on the public.

Prices of vegetables, beans, brinjal, etc, carrot, cauliflower, drumsticks, lady’s finger, etc., have gone up drastically. For instance, brinjal is priced at Rs 80 per kilogram, while indigenous beans (Chikkudu) are sold for Rs 100 a kg. Rates of lady’s finger, drumsticks, cauliflower and carrot have increased by at least 20 percent.

Prices of essential ingredients of curries such as green chilli, tomato, coriander leaves, fenugreek, onions, ginger and garlic too have shot up. Green chilli is sold at Rs 80 per kg, while coriander leaves are priced at Rs 100 a kg. Garlic can be bought for Rs 400 per kg when compared to Rs 200 sold a fortnight back.

The devotees regretted that celebrating the festival had become a costly affair. Vegetable vendors said that the prices were shot up due to increase in demand and dip in supply. They, however, hope that the rates would come down by the Sankranti festival.

Meanwhile, the price of fine rice grains such as Jai Sriram and HMT Sona varieties have increased by Rs 10 per kilogram. The rice is sold for Rs 7,000 per quintal in the market of Mancherial town. The price of toor dal (kandipappu) has gone up from Rs 140 to Rs 180 per kg. The rates of groundnut, sesame, cooking oil, Bengal gram and other lentils have swelled ahead of the Sankranti festival.

People of Telangana, known for preparing various snacks such as chakinalu, garelu, murukulu and laddus during Sankranti are worried a lot over the spike in prices of ingredients. “I am forced to reduce the quantity of snacks considering the soaring prices of key ingredients in the recent past,” Rajakka, a woman from Gowthaminagar said.