SEMINAR: A two-day national seminar on “Present Scenario of Post Graduate Punjabi Teaching and Research” began at Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26, here, today. Dr S.P. Singh, Vice Chancellor of the Guru Nanak Dev University, inaugurated the seminar.
AWARD: Dr Munny Raj, Assistant Professor of Department of Paediatrics, PGI Chandigarh has won the James Flett Endowment Award at the 42nd National Conference of Indian Academy of Paediatrics at Kolkata for her paper on Adolescent violence, exposure, gender issues and impact.
SEMINAR: A seminar on ‘Emergence of English as a Global Language’ was organised at DAV College, Sector 10, on Friday. Alison Sriparam, First Secretary, English Language Study, British Council, New Delhi, while interacting with the students said approximately two hundreds million persons all over the world were using English as their second language and two million converse in it daily. She said now English had become a global language of the world. It was used as the link language across the world. Anil Sarwal, Rohatas Singh, Dr Balinder Aulakh, Dr Deepti Gupta, Dr J.S. Sethi, Dr Pushipinder Sanyal were also in the panel.
MOU SIGNED: A memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Department of Information Technology and the Universal Cyber Infoway to provide employment to the youth of Chandigarh and the region in the BPO industry. Mr Vivek Atray, Director, IT, and Mr Anuj Mahajan signed the MoU. As a result of this, MoUs are also to be signed with other BPO companies.
BANK’S INSURANCE SCHEME: Andhra Bank has launched “AB Jeevan Prakash Plus” and “AB Jeewan Prakash” for senior citizens (60-65 years) and 55-60 years respectively. The schemes have been launched by the bank in collaboration with LIC. The insurance is available free of premium on the Plus scheme. Mr Rajesh Sethi, Deputy General Manager and Zonal head of the bank’s Delhi zone said all savings and current account holders were eligible for the policy.
ANNIVERSARY: Poultry farmers of the National Egg Coordination Committee paid tributes to Dr BV Rao, founder of the NECC, on his ninth death anniversary. The members also distributed eggs among children of Colony No. 5, inmates of the deaf and dumb home, the leprosy ashram and Mother Teresa’s home.
CELEBRATED: Government Model High School, Sector 29-A, celebrated Republic Day. Mr Gurdip Singh, PTA member, unfurled the National Flag. A colourful cultural programme was presented by schoolchildren. Sweets were also distributed among the children.Mrs Shobha Kapur, Headmistress, thanked the Parent-Teacher Association for its kind cooperation.
Panchkula
CAMP: An AIDS awareness camp was organised by the district health authorities in association with Dhanwantry Education Society at Majri Chowk Truck Union on Friday. Truck drivers and other participants were educated about the causes and prevention of AIDS. The Deputy Commissioner, Ms Neelam P Kasni, also spoke about prevention from the deadly HIV virus.
Poor students
donate: Students of Government Primary School, village Jaspur near Raipur Rani, have donated Rs 600 for the tsunami victims. The students are from low income group families. The money collected by the students has been sent to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund.
Visit
: Mr Enrico Cargnelutti, a technical consultant on improving quality and productivity in industry, visited Panchkula on Thursday evening. The Italian consultant was invited by the Haryana Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He emphasised on the need to adopt international business practices for improving quality, according to world class standards. He also gave tips to the industrialists on increasing profit margins in business and competence.
celebrated: Students of Holy Child School, Sector 2, celebrated Republic Day by organising a cultural programme.
Honoured: Lieut Vishal Sharma, Associate NCC Officer, Government College, Naraingarh, was honoured by the Haryana Governor, Dr A.R. Kidwai, during the state-level function organised at Ambala. He was honoured for getting the rare distinction of Alpha grade in PRCN course at Kamptee, Maharashtra, and for the upliftment of NCC in rural areas.
