of great Indian personalities. A whole-lot of activities/events is organized to promote universal values, national values, human values, communal and social cohesion, and national integration. Fulfilling its commitment towards the society, the University has launched several Outreach initiatives and programs in order to inculcate awareness in the about important social, digital, financial issues. Awareness Program (s) about cashless transactions and digital financial transactions were organized under the aegis of Centre for Haryana Studies in the current session. Affiliated colleges organized Public Outreach Programs in various villages focusing on social issues. The state of Haryana proudly acknowledges the rectification of skewed sex ratio with more than 900 girls per 1000 boys reflecting the positive outcome of efforts such as 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao'. Keeping up the spirit of gender sensitization, the University endeavors to create a congenial, secure and progressive environment for the girl students. At the same time the awareness regarding gender is disseminated to all and sundry through Women Study Centre, Anti Sexual Harassment Cell in collaboration with the Haryana police. The University has successfully established an Environmental Sustainability Management Cell with a sole purpose to inculcate a proper understanding of waste management issues. The cell organizes various competitive activities as well by promoting awareness and ensuring participation of young people particularly students. In order to generate awareness about waste management , the cell organizes various activities in the form of seminars, conferences, poster presentations, etc. highlighting the issues of environmental pollutants and their remedies, environmental sustainability, climate changes, green renewal energy systems, so on and so forth .

########## Established in January, 2010 with financial support from University Grants Commission, New Delhi, Women's Studies Centre at Maharshi Dayanand University is a leading interdisciplinary centre. From the very beginning, the thrust has been to understand women's issues from gender perspective and thereby develop a comprehensive and critical approach to strengthen gender equality for overall empowerment of women in the society. The Centre is engaged in micro-level field studies and generation of awareness programs. For this, it actively collaborates with academia, government establishments and civil society to have broader perspective on wider issues concerning women in contemporary India in general and Haryana in particular. Women's Studies Centre also strives to disseminate knowledge among different strata of society by promoting dialogue between academia and activists, social work and policy making. By facilitating research, advocacy, documentation and extension work, efforts are initiated to enhance the visibility of women in the community and wider society. As a strategy, it seeks to strengthen individual and institutional efforts to enable women's empowerment in the society.

The University Youth Red Cross provides an opportunity to the students to devote part of their time to the service of humanity. It trains the volunteers by organizing First Aid and Home Nursing training, workshops relating to disaster management, rescue operations and how to save themselves and others in calamities (natural or man-made). Volunteers are trained through health and hygiene workshop, how to keep themselves healthy and also expect them to convey this to the masses. It also motivates them for blood and organ donation. It provides the opportunity to attend seven days YRC training camps organized by University Youth Red Cross, Indian Red Cross Merit Certificate and other awards. University Youth Red Cross works on the Motto of 'Health, Service and Friendship.' Interested students can work in the service of humanity by joining Youth Red Cross Unit in UTD and Colleges/Institutes affiliated to Maharshi Dayanand University. The SC/ST Cell has been established by the University to ensure the effective implementation of the Reservation Policy in admission, recruitment and allotment of Hostels etc. SC/ST Cells are established in the Universities in order to process the grievances of the