category Regional, mohali:, , tags Regional, mohali:, , DW BUREAU MOHALI: Dr Parvinder Singh, Vice-Chancellor of the Rayat Bahra University, signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) of the Department of Water Resources, River Development, and Ganga Rejuvenation of the Ministry of Jal Shakti. Director General of the National Mission for Clean Ganga G Asok Kumar had sent a communication to the Vice-Chancellor stating that NMCG had started an initiative of by establishing connection with chancellors, vice-chancellors and deans and other academic decision-makers of the higher leading educations drawing participation from various renowned institutions. This initiative witnessed overwhelming and unprecedented response and turned out to be one of the biggest people-river programmes. Dr Parvinder Singh, who signed the MoU on behalf of the RBU, said the MoU signing ceremony with the higher academic leaders under the Igniting Young Minds, Rejuvenating Rivers initiative was presided over by Gajendra Singh, Union Minister of Jal Shakti. Senior officers of the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation of the Ministry of Jal Shakti were also present on the occasion. Dr Parvinder Singh said that now the RBU was connected with a greater cause of reviving river Ganga. (editor dailyworld.in)