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Cell degeneration
The mobile mania has gripped the entire student
community, and not for any utilitarian purpose. Mobile companies have
very swiftly lured this community, which is most vulnerable to
fashion. Students are carrying their personal worries and enjoyment in
the form of cell phones in their pockets. In the Gurukul system, the
teacher was considered the supreme and given the highest regard.
Students do the same even today, but now they have a new guru,
fashion, and they swear by its "teachings". As a result,
they have started ignoring the primary purpose of their lives, which
is to get educated to become part of the civilised world. Now their
main aim is to show off, themselves and their belongings, to get
admiration from their peers. They may forget to bring books but not
their cell phones. They compete with each other in bunking classes for
having long phone chats. At home they are at least under the watchful
eyes of their parents, but in the college no such check exists. Class
differences based on the economic status have also deepened with this
gadget. Though earlier there was competition among them for things
like bikes or clothes, now these phones have worsened the situation.
There are now haves and have-nots — those having cell phones and
those without them. This has started becoming the basis of the
formation of their friendships. The class differences about which they
were to become conscious at a much later stage have now shadowed even
their college life. There is cutthroat competition among them to have
expensive sets. Surprisingly, parents tend to boast of their wealth
through their children by fulfilling their demands for expensive
mobiles. Everything has a positive as well as negative effect,
depending upon how it is being used. Cell phones are undoubtedly very
useful, but only for those who really need it. However, on the student
community, they leave a bad effect. They break the decorum of the
classroom. In colleges, students are virtually free to enter or leave
the class at their will. But they misuse this freedom to attend to
their phone calls by leaving the classes abruptly. The teacher who is
doing his duty wholeheartedly, expecting nothing from his students but
their complete attention, feels slighted when he sees them leaving the
lecture midway, glued to their phones. This negation of the teacher’s
existence in the classroom leaves him agonised. Complete attention and
concentration are the two chief requirements for every student to have
in the classroom, study hall or library. However, they are not allowed
to imbibe these qualities in themselves by the mobile phones. If they
are not making or receiving calls, they are busy sending or receiving
and reading messages. Some of the students keep themselves busy by
playing games on it. Those having hi-tech sets even connect to the
Internet and surf on their phones. This all is done when they are
supposed to learn something from their teachers, lectures and books.
Thus, by getting disoriented they are not only wasting their parents’
money, but also much more valuable thing—time. The authorities
concerned should ban the use of cell phones in certain places like
educational institutions, where the nuisance created by these gadgets
disturbs the sanctity of the place. Above all, these are ruining
students by making them less disciplined and thus depriving them of
having certain basic behavioral qualities, which are expected from
educated human beings. Parents along with teachers should also act
together to teach students that certain decorum has to be maintained
at the temples of learning, otherwise this advanced technological
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CAMPUS SCENE
The patent cell of Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, has applied for five patents to be given to its north zone office, out of which, four have already been recommended. A specific process that uses asparagus extract for eliminating viruses has been patented. Dr S.V. Bhardwaj, who heads the patent cell, told this reporter that another by-product of asparagus that has virus elimination properties has been submitted for patenting. Two other patents — for headspace technology involving chloroform and herbal treatment of viruses — have also been filed. The latter is a project that falls under the preview of the Defence Research Development Organisation. New team, new books On December 1, the new team of the students central association was sworn in. The members of the body are: president — Sandeep Dharam; vice-president — Yogender Sharma; general secretary — Tarun Panta; and Joint Secretary — Rajiv Khagta. On this day, which was also its 19th founder's day, the university released four books. These are: (i) a book on commercial production of chrysanthemum by Dr Sitaram Dhiman, Dr Y.D. Sharma, Dr Y.C. Gupta and Dr Narender Pathak; (ii) another book on the commercial production of litchi; (iii) a book on insects and pests of vegetable crops by Dr Usha Chauhan, Dr K.C. Sharma and Dr A.K Verma; and (iv) a book on insects and pests of ornamental crops by Dr Usha Chauhan and K.C. Sharma. New projects The university has bagged 15 prestigious projects under the Mini Mission Mode-I from the ICAR, out of the 22 projects sanctioned for the state. The main thrust of these projects would be on developing quality planting material. Standardisation of products, development of plant protection technology and refinement of the product technology are the other areas of focus. The nodal officer for phase I of the project, Dr Sarvjit Singh, said: "Besides revenue generation, achieving targets is an important part of the plan for successful completion of these projects." These projects have been sanctioned for three years. Workshop on seed quality The Centre for Advanced Studies, Department of Vegetable Crops, is organising a national-level three-week workshop from November 23 to December 13. This workshop funded by the ICAR aims not only to lay stress on the significance of seed quality and product development but also to spread knowledge about these aspects. Experts say while India's vegetable production has grown by 41 per cent, fruit production has remained much lower. Besides quality control, pest-resistant varieties are also needed, as these will keep us ahead in the competitive global market.
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