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MIS course for six
colleges Chandigarh, May 8 Reliable sources said 10 colleges had been selected for the new Bachelor in Computer Application (Honours) course. The final selection had been done by a special committee and the matter has got the approval of the Vice-Chancellor. The institutions selected for the MIS course are GGDSD College, SGGS College, Government College for Men, all in Chandigarh, Ramgarhia College, Ludhiana, RSD College, Ferozepore, and GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sudhar, one of the best rural colleges in the region. Among the Chandigarh institutions on the list applicants for the MIS course are Government College, Sector 46, GGS College (Women) and DAV College, Sector 10. Twelve colleges had applied for the BCA (Honours) course. The MIS course is of five years’ duration while the BCA (Honours) is a four-year course. The committee included Principal Tarsem Bahia, Prof C.M. Bahl, Prof R.K. Singla, Dr Deepak Manmohan and representatives of the DPIs of Punjab and Chandigarh. The changed course structures follow a sustained agitation by students, supported by their parents, for the upgradation of the BCA course. Students were demanding that the three-year BCA course should be upgraded to a four-year BIT course. The committee finally decided on BCA (Honours). A committee constituted by the present VC had visited the colleges. The principals were asked to give detailed information on the infrastructure, the staff strength, laboratories and the condition and quality of the library books. “A minimum merit was looked for before clearing the course”, sources said. Colleges are naturally expected to have the best available technological gadgets as well as trained teachers. However, only a fraction of the total teaching strength in the computers’ section is regular. Most of them are working on an ad hoc, temporary or contractual basis. A senior teacher said “only a handful are being paid the actual wages”. Payment to teachers was indeed poor as compared to the high tuition fees for these courses, sources added. |
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IT schools of excellence for city soon Chandigarh, May 8 This was decided by the Advisory Committee on IT during a meeting held here today, under the chairpersonship of Ms Neeru Nanda, Adviser to the UT Administrator. The meeting was attended by senior officers of the Administration, the Union Ministry of IT and also by representatives of the IT Industry. It was also decided to set up a sub-committee for selecting those companies located in Chandigarh which had given a fine performance in the field of software exports during the year 2000-2001. Software exports from Chandigarh had risen from Rs 14 crore (during 1999-2000) to Rs. 30 crore (during 2000-2001). A similar selection would be made from departments, which had done excellent work in ‘‘ e-governance.’’ Annual awards would be given under both these categories as already announced under the IT Policy of Chandigarh Administration. Meanwhile, in a presentation before the committee, Mr Rakesh Singh, Secretary, IT, outlined the progress regarding e-governance which had been achieved by the IT Department with the support of the National Informatics Centre (NIC), till now. He explained that a wide area network (WAN) had been installed between the UT Secretariat and the Estate Office and would be extended to the Municipal Corporation building shortly. A Local Area Network (LAN) of 104 computers was operational in the UT Secretariat and a LAN of 19 computers was operational in the MC building. Over 1,000 pages had been added to the website of Chandigarh Administration (http://chandigarh.nic.in) which contained useful information for public, like application forms, tender documents, Acts and notifications. Computerisation of data of various public-dealing departments, like the Excise and Taxation, Treasury, Education, Municipal Corporation, Estate Office, Driving Licence and Registration Authority, Police, GMCH, Architecture, Engineering, Finance and Births and Deaths, was being carried out and would soon be available to the public on the Website. The Committee was informed that Jones Lang Lasalle had been appointed as the consultant for the IT Park project. The Committee was also informed that the Microsoft Centre of Excellence was likely to be functional at the PEC by the end of June. The Committee was also informed that Chandigarh was now a ‘Wired City’, with enough OFC ducts in place to meet the demand of residents and industry in the city. |
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School running in a sarai Chandigarh, May 8 According to sources in the UT Education Department, shifting the school from the barracks hasn’t helped. “Things have improved to some extent,” says a student. “In the barracks there were no toilets. Even the roof, made of asbestos, was low. Now we have proper classrooms but due to their small size it is very suffocating. We are waiting for the new building to come up”, he added. The PGI authorities, when contacted, said the arrangement was stop-gap. “We have earmarked the site and are waiting for the Chandigarh Administration to raise the building,” a senior PGI officer asserted. He added that the school was shifted from the barracks as an advanced cardiac centre was being constructed there. Going into the background, he revealed that the Education Department, on their request, had agreed to open a middle standard school in the PGI premises way back in 1992. The PGI provided barracks to be used as school building. Four barracks were provided with 16 rooms for the school purpose. Thereafter, during the directorship of Dr B.N.S. Walia in 1995 it was decided that the PGI will earmark a plot for a proper school building. |
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Students, staff end strike Chandigarh, May 8 Their main demand for the expulsion of Dr Ravinder Shukla, officiating Deputy Medical Superintendent, and the removal of Dr Naresh Mittal from the membership of the Dhanwantary Educational Society has also been accepted. A three-member committee, including representatives of Class IV employees, students and management, has been constituted to discuss the other demands. Ripudaman Singh, chief of the Students Welfare Council, said students will start attending classes from tomorrow. The union has also welcomed the appointment of Dr Nirmal Bhatia and Dr K.K. Anand as the President and Secretary, respectively, of the new management body of the college. |
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Quiz on Sikh
history Chandigarh, May 8 |
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Officials summoned on water-meters issue Chandigarh, May 8 In their petition before Mr Justice R.S. Mongia and Mr Justice K.C. Gupta the Consumer Forum, Chandigarh, had earlier stated that the corporation, by issuing the notification, had passed on its liability of replacing defective water meters on to the consumers. They had added that out of 96,000 water meters, over 50,000 were defective. Counsel for the petitioner had claimed that the action of the respondents in not replacing the meters was illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional. He had further claimed that the respondents were duty bound to provide essential services to the consumers. Seeking directions to the respondents to replace the meters with funds collected by the way of water meter rent, counsel had further stated that as much as Rs 1,79,32,000 had been gathered by the MC. Going into the background, he had stated that the corporation, vide the notification issued on June 5 last year, had asked the consumers to purchase ISI marked meters and get them tested. He had added that as per the notification double the average bill was to be charged from consumers failing to get the meters replaced by the cut-off date. |
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