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Anthropologists’ plea to Union Govt
Mandi Ahmedgarh, March 22 A meeting convened at local Sanatan Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School resolved to urge the Union Government that anthropology and human biology should be introduced at school and college level. Mr Jaspal Singh an anthropologist, said it was unfortunate that most of his contemporary anthropologists had joined such departments, which were not even remotely connected with the subject they had mastered. “Despite the fact that the Department of Anthropology at PU Chandigarh pioneered in the subject and had established itself as a center of excellence in the study of genesis of mankind, the degree holders of the university were wasting their talent,” argued Mr Singh. He claimed that owing to its proximity to the Shivaliks hills, the richest stratum of the storehouse of evidences of the prehistoric era the department was in the most favourable position to maintain excellence at least in the north India. Dr Samvit S. Kaul, former chairman of the department, disclosed that the authorities concerned had directed to treat anthropology and human biology as equal subjects and postgraduates in these subjects were capable of teaching biology more efficiently than those in other streams. Dr R.K. Pathak, Chairman of the department, said that matter had already been taken up with the authorities concerned. He stated that the subject had been introduced school and college level in many states. Referring to the observations made during recently concluded national workshop on perspectives in palaeoanthropology, Dr Pathak asserted that anthropologists from all states had appreciated the achievements of scholars of the university.
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School celebrates Consumer Week
Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, March 22 The general secretary of the forum, Dr Ajay Shahi, gave a detailed presentation about consumer affairs, consumer act, rights and duties of a consumer and ways and means of consumer protection. He also told the students various differences in original currency notes and fake ones so that the public could not be fooled by anti-social elements. He also emphasised the role of cash memo, date of manufacturing, batch no. etc. He appealed to the government to appoint a controller for the rationalisation of rates of consumer and medical goods/services, which had been made to shoot up following advertisement extravaganza. Awards of honour were presented to guests and speakers on behalf of Mr Prem Singh Sokhi, MD of the school. The workshop was attended by Mr B.S. Sohal, Mr J.N. Bansal, Mr Sarabjit Singh Dugri, Mr A.S. Dhabha, Mr G.S. Panchchi, Mr Rajiv Khurana and presidents and secretaries of different NGOs. Statement flayed:
Prof Gurbir Singh Sarna and Mr S.C. Sanwalka, general secretary and president of the Non-Government Colleges Management Federation of Punjab and Chandigarh, in a joint statement, said that the news item that the Panjab Government was going to stop 95 per cent grant-in-aid to 115 Urban Non-Government aided colleges of the state had come as a shock to them. In a press note issued today, they said it appeared that the Punjab Government was not interested in higher education. The managements of the colleges would not be in a position to bear the burden of pay grades and regular salaries to the teachers. Teaching would not remain an attractive profession for new teachers. The management would have to charge heavy tuition fee to meet the expenses and poor students would not be able to afford it and would be deprived of higher
education. Thus, higher education would become the monopoly of only a few rich. Prof Sarna further added that with decrease in the number of students, the number of teachers would go down. The employment opportunities for teachers would be less. The federation appealed to the Chief Minister and Minister of Higher Education that in the interest of Higher Education and poor students of society, the 95 per cent grant-in-aid should be continued. PCTE wins:
The team of 30 students of the Punjab College of Technical Education (PCTE) won the overall first position at Endeavour-2005, a literary-cum-cultural competition, held at Amity B-School, Noida, on March 18 and 19. The PCTE team bagged the overall first position by winning seven first prizes and four-second prizes. The competition included fashion show and folk dance and eight literary events i.e. parliamentary debate, crossword, JAM, Zipp it, Whaco ads, Ollywood Square, Stratosphere and The Vegas Tycon. On this occasion, Dr K.N.S. Kang congratulated the students. He informed, “Out of the 10 events, the PCTE students bagged the first seven positions. Since the inception of the institute in 1999, the PCTE students have won 14 times overall trophies/first positions in various cultural festivals, including one overall first position in Dhoom-2004 , held in Pakistan.” In the event Zipp it, the PCTE team bagged the first and second prize. The team which got the first prize comprised Aman Dhall, Aman Sethi and Amanjot, the second prize was bagged by Sikandar Chahal, Navtej and Mosses. In Stratosphere, Sikander Chahal and Aman Sethi brought in victory for the PCTE by winning the first position. In The Vegas Tycon, Sikandar Chahal and Aman Sethi won the first prize. In Clarion, the first prize was bagged by Mosses — a South African student studying in the PCTE and the second position was scored by Navtej of the PCTE. In Jam, Navtej got the first prize and in Olywood Squares, Sandar Chahal, Aman Sethi and Navtej Singh bagged the second prize for the PCTE. In Whaco Ads, Sikandar Chahal, Amanjot Singh and Aman Sethi bagged the second position. The PCTE team of students competed in fashion show and folk dance and both teams enthralled the audience at Amity campus in Noida with their excellent performance and won the first position in both competitions. There were four teams from Amity schools competing along with other institutes like Birla Institute of Management and technology (BIMTECH), Ranchi, BITS, Pilani, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi etc.
Annual function:
The annual function of St. Xavier Playway School was held today on the school premises. The outgoing batch of children presented a colourful entertainment programme. All participating children were awarded prizes by Ms Meenakshi Jawanda, a Punjabi pop singer. Earlier Prof V.M. Chopra, director of the school, welcomed the chief guest, Ms S. Chopra, principal, thanked the gathering.
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Eye surgeons interact at workshop
Ludhiana, March 22 Dr Kumar from Mumbai, Dr Harbans Lal from New Delhi and Dr SPS Grewal from Chandigarh, considered to be masters in the field of phacoemulsification, performed live eye surgery for the benefit of the delegates. There were two way live interactions with the guest surgeons and the delegates with additional benefit of practical tips being given to attending doctors. Speaking at the occasion, Dr Deepak Kumar, organising secretary of the LOS, said the body was at the forefront of academic activities and had been working relentlessly with concerted zest and conscientious zeal for the amelioration of the ophthalmologists while always endeavouring to bring further positive interaction amongst fellow professionals. In the past one year, the LOS had organised one state-level phaco workshop including live demonstration of small incision cataract surgery apart from several live phacoemulsification surgeries and one glaucoma workshop with hands-on experience of the automated perimeter. Other programmes included live interaction with the participating ophthalmologists, several academic CME meetings and one family meeting. During the past 12 months, 13 guest surgeons and guest speakers had visited the city and delivered lectures on 12 ophthalmology topics and sub-topics, holding 22 hours of academic discussion out of which at least 16 credit hours could easily be claimed and given or awarded to the participating ophthalmologists.
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Programmes to mark World TB Day
Ludhiana, March 22 According to Dr J. Whig, Vice-Principal, DMCH, the institution is already providing free treatment to TB patients by efficiently running DOTS clinic (directly observed treatment short course) in its outpatient department with a full-time medical officer. The hospital will henceforth provide the X-Ray at the subsidised rates for TB patients under DOT therapy and more and more TB screening camps will also be organised. A plan to keep two free beds in chest ward at DMCH and free ‘Monteaux Test’ for pediatric age group is also under consideration. Dr Whig, who also heads the department of chest diseases at DMCH, remarked that TB was one of the most prevalent diseases in India and with the DOTS programme, its eradication had become a possibility. All over the world, 8 million cases of TB were reported every year while in India, 30 to 40 per cent adults were infected with the disease and one to five million cases were put on treatment every year. “Under the DOT programme of DMCH, to be pursued in collaboration with the government, free sputum examination is done at this centre and full course of drugs are given to the patients under direct medical observation. All categories of TB patients — pulmonary and extra pulmonary are treated at the DOTS clinic.” Dr Rajoo Singh Chhina, Medical Superintendent and convener, Health Education Cell, DMCH, informed that a core committee had also been formed by DMCH to look into the smooth functioning of DOTS centre. Giving details of the comprehensive plan chalked out by Ludhiana TB Eradication Society on World TB Day, Dr Satish Nauhria, president of the society said the campaign would get under way at Nauhria Hospital here on March 24. In the course of a comprehensive camp, to be organised on the opening day, suspected cases of TB would be provided the facility of free clinical tests, followed by full course of treatment to the patients suffering from the diseases. Dr Gursharan Singh, president of the local branch of Indian Medical Association has also assured full cooperation of the medical fraternity in the drive for eradication of TB.
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AIDS workshop begins
in DMCH
Ludhiana, March 22 Dr Daljit Singh said the workshops were aimed at capacity building of all medical and paramedical personnel to handle the HIV/AIDS threat. Dr GPI Singh, head of the department of community medicine, said that with no reported case of HIV infection in India till 1986, the country now had 5.1 million cases and a staggering number of nearly 4 to 5 lakh fresh cases being added every year. It took eight to 10 years after HIV infection for a person to develop full-blown AIDS, which is till now not curable and a slow, painful death is certain. “At present, the country has approximately 1,02,000 full-blown AIDS cases with nearly 300 of these in Punjab. Even if Punjab, presently, has comparatively less cases of full blown AIDS compared to states like Tamil Nadu (with almost 50,000 cases), it is under grave threat due to the rapid influx of migrant population from states with high AIDS prevalence.” Dr GPI Singh remarked that as there was no definitive affordable treatment or vaccine yet available, prevention was the only key. Prevention was not all that difficult provided there was appropriate and adequate knowledge, as well as correct attitude among the general public, coupled with appropriate skills among the medical and paramedical workers. He further said that the present series of workshops were targeted at strengthening the knowledge and skills of all categories of healthcare workers of the
DMCH. The task had been undertaken by the Department of Community Medicine as a national duty in collaboration with the Punjab State AIDS Control Society which was an organ of the National AIDS Control Organisation. It was an effort to strengthen the national health system to face the challenge of HIV/AIDS in this part of the country, added Dr Singh.
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530 examined at eye camp
Mandi Gobindgarh, March 22 The camp was inaugurated by Mr Kanhaiya Lal. As many as 530 patients were examined during the camp by a team of doctors from Guru Harkishan Sahib Eye Hispital, Sohana. As many as 130 operations were performed at the hospital.
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GNIMT win overall trophy
Ludhiana, March 22 Players of GNIMT have been adjudged best among women participants of all sports disciplines. They emerged victorious in volleyball, cycling and swimming while secured second position in handball, lawn tennis and athletics whereas third in basketball, cross-country race and hockey. GNIMT’s Abhipsha Thakur, Rachna Dhingra were declared best swimmer and the best cyclist, respectively in the inter-college meets. The college students also competed in yoga, cricket, table tennis and badminton during the current academic year tournaments. The overall trophy was awarded during the concluding ceremony of the annual athletics meet of the PTU.
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