Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 12: A book entitled `Health and Wellness’, authored by Dr Vinod Bakshi, Director Physical Education GGM Science College Jammu and Sports coordinator ClUJ and Co authored by Ramandeep Kralia, Physical Director, College of Education Jammu, was released today by Prof Rajesh Kumar Gupta, Principal GGM Science College Jammu.
The Book is intended to be an all-inclusive guide with easy to read text and focuses on the syllabi and curriculum of most of the Central and State Universities. It has been published by Vishal International Publishing House, Jammu.
Commending the efforts of the author, the Principal said that the discipline of Physical Education recently introduced as a value added course under NEP 2020 is ever evolving one and requires constant updating and thorough awareness.
Dr Chander Shekhar Gupta, Dean School of Engineering and Technology ClUJ, also graced the occasion. Dr Vandana Khajuria, HoD English; Dr Anil K Verma Head Department of Zoology; Dr Geetanjali Rajput, Staff Secretary; Dr Chanchal Angral, Prof Raj Kumar Gupta, Dr Narinder Sharma (HOD Mathematics) and Dr Shakha Sharma were also present on the occasion.
While speaking about the book, Dr Bakshi emphasized that the book offers a thorough, easy to understand introduction to the basics of Physical Education and health awareness. This book is an endeavor to present a reasonable coverage on the upto date knowledge of health and wellness, he added.
Dr Verma opined that this book compendium hopefully shall be appropriate for various competitive examinations like NET/SLET. An effort has been made by the authors to provide appropriate illustrations /Diagrams/Photographs throughout the text for easy understanding of the subject, he added.