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Pre-Millennium Deva Vani
Conference ends CHANDIGARH, Sept 6 The three-day pre-millennium National Conference on Sanskrit organised by the Department of Sanskrit, Panjab University, concluded at the ICCR Complex, here this evening. The cooperation of various institutions of higher learning from Shimla and Burdwan to Kanchipuram gave an idea of Panjab Universitys prestige in the field of education and research. The Central Governments and the Union Territorys assistance made the scholars comfortable enough to go through long sessions, revealing the progress made in the field of popularising Deva Vani. The last days proceedings were marked by a legally elucidating lecture by Justice Jitendra Vir Gupta (retd), who was the chief guest. The presidential address by Prof Ramakant Angiras dwelt on the glory of Sanskrit and the hurdles the language was facing. Mr Kamaleshwar Prasad Sinha of Visva-Bharati was acclaimed with the honorific Pandita and a memento was presented to him for his incisive observations on the nationwide development of Sanskrit. He connected the Vedic Age with the computer era in a lively anecdotal style. The other speakers
included Prof Pratap Bandyopadhyaya (Burdwan), Prof
Rajendra Mishra (Shimla) and Prof D.P. Maini
(Chandigarh). The departments Chairman, Dr
Shankarji Jha, a famous yet modest path-finder in
Oriental studies, wound up the conference by stating that
a committee was being formed for solving the problems of
Sanskrit scholars and institutions. |
Role of libraries stressed CHANDIGARH, Sept 6 A library orientation programme was organised at Government Post-Graduate College, Sector 46, here today. Mr M.P. Singh, Home cum-Education Secretary, U.T., inaugurated the exhibition of books Know your library in the college. He said a library played an important role in the life of an individual and provided knowledge regarding different subjects and authors. He suggested that each student must donate one book to the library as remembrance of his association with the college. Dr H.R. Chopra, Reader and former Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science, Panjab University, presided over the second session. He made the students aware regarding the use of library facilities and motivated them to inculcate the habit of reading. Major D.P. Singh, Principal, urged the students to make the best use of the library. Sukhdeep Bhogal, Anubha
Gupta and Neeraj Nischal,the winners of the competition
were given away prizes by the chief guest M.P. Singh. |
NIIT scholarship on Sept 10 CHANDIGARH, Sept 6 IT scholarship information centres set up by the NIIT in SD College, Sector 32 ,GCG, Sector 42, and other educational institutions have aquainted many students with latest trends and courses. NIIT is conducting its tenth Bhavishya Jyoti scholarship on September 10.The aim is to help meritorious students to avail themselves of computer education for different programmes.The scholarships will be given on the basis of performance in the test and after matching different categories (eligibility criteria) and NIITians opting for CATS programs. For the first time, scholarships are also eligible for engineers and other professionals. According to Puneet Khosla, an employee at NIIT, More than 18 lakh IT job opportunities are expected to be there worldwide by the end of 2003.To further equip students with the skills, and knowledge required to excel as software professionals in this fast-moving area, NIIT has introduced Future Curriculum. With this, the pick of e-commerce jobs are available to the students. The Bhavishya Jyoti
scholarships were launched by NIIT in 1989. In the past
nine years, nearly one lakh students have been given
these scholarships. |
S.S. Gill elected to PU
Senate CHANDIGARH, Sept 6 Prof S.S. Gill of the PGI was elected to the Panjab University Senate in the special round for seats in the Readers and Professors category of the professional technical colleges here today. The category had three seats. From among the six contestants in the teachers category, Prof Gill got 152 votes. Dr Sashi Kala of DAV Education College, Abohar and Dr S.S. Sangha from GHG Khalsa College of Education, Gurusar Sudhar, were the other two candidates elected. The day was also to
feature election of three principals in the same
category. Dr (Mrs) Satinder Dhillon, Dev Samaj College of
Education, Sector 36, Dr Jagdish Kaur Bains and Dr
Govinder Kaur had already been elected unanimously. |
Ashok Raj Bhandari takes
charge CHANDIGARH, Sept 6 The Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University has passed orders that Mr Ashok Raj Bhandari, Joint Controller of Examination, shall look after the work relating to re-evaluation and supplementary examination. The confidential work relating to question papers, however, will continue to be with the Registrar. Following the arrest of
the Controller of Examination earlier this year, the
charge was handed over to the registrar. However, it was
felt that the post of the Joint Controller of
Examination, was created specially and
should be used for lessening the volume of
work. |
Orientation course CHANDIGARH, Sept 6
North Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala will organise
an orientation course in collaboration with CCRT, New
Delhi for teachers of government schools at Indira
Holiday Home, Sector 24 here from Sept 7 to 30. More than
150 teachers are expected to attend the course from
various parts of the country. The objective of the
courses to link the subject of teaching with culture so
as to make it more interesting and fruitful. Experts from
different parts of the country will impart training to
participants. |
Lions Club honours teachers PANCHKULA, Sept 6 The Lions Club (Midtown) tonight honoured 16 local teachers for distinguished services in the field of education. The teachers, who were selected on the recommendations of the school principals, were honoured by Mr K.P. Singh, Additional Cabinet Secretary, International Association of Lions Clubs at a function here. The honoured teachers
are Ms Reva Sharma, Ms Harpreet Kaur, Ms Sarita Kaushal,
Ms Rupam Chadha, Ms Krishna Kaushik, Ms Veena Saksena, Ms
Chander Kanta, Ms Tejbir Kaur, Ms Dimple Mehta, Ms Sonia
Davesar, Ms Sharda Sharma, Ms Mukta Nagesh, Ms L Gomez,
Ms Kanchan Chadha, Ms Anita Garg and Ms Supriya Jagga. |
Two sentenced for fraud CHANDIGARH, Sept 6 Two persons were sentenced to two and a half years rigorous imprisonment by the UT Judicial Magistrate (First Class), Mr Baljinder Singh, in a case of using fake certificates during promotion by them. The accused, Nirmal Kumar and Ram Pal, both employees of the PWD, were held by the police in 1994 on a complaint of Sahib Singh of the same department. One Ram Kumar was, however, acquitted due to lack of evidence. Judicial custody |
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