Chandigarh, June 7
Although the number of colleges offering engineering degrees in India runs in thousands, there are not enough well-qualified professors in the country. In the US, the problem is just the reverse. This was one of many issues discussed today by a US delegation of educators from the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). The delegation met with members of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and faculty members of Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Sector 12, at the college, here today.

The five-members of the delegation - Ashok Saxena, dean, university of Arkansas; Kalpana Jain, vice-president, academic affairs, Vaughn College; Barbara Olds, associate vice-president and professor, Colorado School of Mines; Krishna Vedula, professor of chemical engineering, University of Massachusetts; Satish Kulkarni, counsellor, US embassy and Anne Lee, assistant cultural affairs officer, US embassy - were here as part of the ASEE’s initiative to strengthen US-India collaborative efforts at accreditation, curriculum and technology enhanced learning, research and development and innovation and entrepreneurship in both the countries.

On the occasion, professor Uma Batra of the PEC was officially nominated as the first woman engineer representative to the US Society of Women Engineers (SWE).

Impressed by the number of women faculty members at the PEC, professor Krishna Vedula remarked, “In the US, the percentage of women engineers is very small as most of the women are not inclined towards taking up mathematics and science at the college level.” The Americans should take a cue from their Indian counterparts on how to attract more women to the profession, he added.

To bridge engineering education in India and the US, the delegation also participated in a two-day workshop at the Infosys campus in Mysore to develop an action plan on future collaboration in engineering education.

In order to pay homage to Indo-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla, Barbara presented a badge and a document of the project that Kalpana was working on with the Colorado School of Mines. The project, ‘Mist’, was launched to study the effects of droplet size and water concentration on the speed of a propagating propane air flame.

Chandigarh, June 7
The department of psychology of GGDSD College, Sector 32, will hold a career guidance and counselling session for students of Class XII on June 9 and 10 at the college premises.

The programme will offer insight, guidance and support to help the students understand and manage varied career and lifestyle issues.

The session would be open to all students who are seeking professional guidance regarding desirable and feasible career options available for them at the undergraduate level. The counselling procedure will involve psychological testing of the students to gauge their aptitude, intelligence, areas of interest and personality.

“The main aim of career counselling is to provide accurate, current and relevant information pertaining to the personality and qualifications of the students and career counselling process will help students to develop the confidence, courage, knowledge and strategies to effectively manage their own education, career and life,” said Dr A. C Vaid, principal of the college. 

Chandigarh, June 7
Panjab University has declared the results of the following examinations held in April/May this year: B.Sc (hons school) I, II and III in anthropology, chemistry, computer science and applications, bio-physics, botany, geology, microbiology, zoology; B.Sc (hons school) II in physics, bio-chemistry; B.Sc (hons school) III in bio-technology and bio-chemistry; M.Sc (hons school) I and II in geology, mathematics, computer science and applications, anthropology; M.Sc (hons school) I in microbiology, bio-physics; M.Sc (hons school) II in bio-technology; BA (hons school) in economics I semester and II semester; M.Sc (hons school) II and IV semesters in zoology and botany.

According to the joint controller of examinations, Panjab University, the students are advised to see their results in their respective departments.