ACADEMY: Those planning to enroll in a management coaching academy must look for the quality of course material, hours of teaching put in by the faculty, the quality of faculty and exposure at the national-level, said Mr Manek.N.Daruvala, National Director of the TIME, a coaching centre preparing candidates for Common Entrance Test (CAT) and other professional courses. Talking to mediapersons here, Mr Daruvala said the academy had a national-level presence in 57 cities and had enrolled around 30,000 students in on year.
BOOKS DONATED: About 185 books on Jain religion, literature and philosophy were presented to the Panjab University Library by Jain Muni Shree Vinay Kumar Ji. The books were received by the Vice - Chancellor, Prof K.N. Pathak, on behalf of the university. The Jain Muni described the collection of books as a rich source of knowledge. The university Librarian, Mr A.R. Sethi, while thanking Jain Muni lamented the paucity of space for
accommodating valuable collections and briefed the audience about the digitalisation of manuscripts and
invaluable collection in the library for their space preservation and posterity.
INTERACTIVE SESSION: As a summer workshop being conducted at Rajasthan Bhavan, Chandigarh, in association with the Rajasthan Parishad organised an interactive session with Mr Vijay Tandon, a renowned T.V. and film Artiste. The workshop is for the children between the age group of 4-15 years. The president of the parishad, Mr Gopal Das Bagri, said 50 children were taking training in different fields of art like dancing, music, painting, personality development etc in the ongoing workshop.
An episode of T.V. serial of 20-minute duration “Aulad” was also screened for the media, children and parents.
MOHALI
ELECTED: Dr S.S. Bhatia has been elected as the president of the Indian Medical Association, Mohali. Dr J.S. Cheema will be the vice-president while Dr Ashwani Kansal will be the honorary secretary.
Office-bearers: Officers serving in the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) have formed the PUDA Officers Welfare Association. While Mr J.S. Sekhon, Additional Chief Administrator, has been chosen as the association’s chief patron, Mr Tilak Raj Vyas as President, Mr Sohan Singh as vice-president, Mr Tarsem Kansal as finance secretary, Mr Surinder Dhundia a press secretary, Mr Subhash Rana as organisation secretary, Ms Namrita Kalsi as joint secretary and Mr Bhupinder Singh will be the legal advisor.
Meeting: The first meeting of the disciplinary committee of the Punjab Medical Council was held here on Monday under the chairmanship of Dr Gursharan Singh. Dr Yash Kumar Sharma and Dr Rajinder Pal Singh Virk attended the meeting. Various pending complaints were discussed and the necessary summons issued. In a press note issued by Dr A.S Thind, Registrar, Punjab Medical Council, said the public should be made aware that any act of negligence and misconduct should be brought to the notice of the Punjab Medical Council at the earliest.
