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PEC students get
degrees Chandigarh, May 12 While more than 200 graduates of the last session received their Bachelor in Engineering degrees in the eight different disciplines of engineering, the Administrator’s Gold Medal for overall outstanding performance during 1996-2000 was bagged by Ms Roopali of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering while Ms Pooja Prakash of Computer Science and Engineering won the Miglani Memorial Gold Medal. Prof
Pathak, in a remarkably well formulated convocation address, quoted former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, “In a country of India’s size and endowments, self reliance is inescapable and must be at the very heart of technological development.” And quoting Sri
Aurobindo, he said, “If India has to rise, the youth of India must awake to their destiny. How long will they continue to slumber, these sun-eyed children of a marvellous nation?”. He concluded with an observation of Somerset
Maugham, who said, “The funny thing about life is that if you refuse to accept anything but the best, often enough, you get it.” Eight students, Sachin Saurabh
Saxena, Harsimran Singh, Pooja Prakash, Aradhna Prasad, Roopali, Parag
Jain, Raj Kumar and Sumit Khanna received gold medals for standing first in honours in the Panjab University in the BE degree examination held in May 2000. Eight students, which included Sachin Saurabh
Saxena, Harsimran Singh, Gurvinder Pal Singh, Mridu, Parul, Parag Jain, Kushagra Pathak and Sudhir Kumar Aggarwal were awarded silver medals for standing first in the major product. Earlier, the Principal, Prof
R.S. Gupta, had introduced Prof Pathak to the audience and read out the college annual report, highlighting the various achievements of the students and faculty members of the college. He announced that of the 273 students who had cleared the BE examination, 247 had secured first divisions. He also informed that almost 250 students currently studying in the final year had already been offered jobs during campus placements. Prof H.R.
Seedher, Dean Academic Affairs of the college proposed a vote of thanks. |
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PEC alumni win laurels Chandigarh, May 12 The fact was confirmed by a formal e-mail from Wayne State University here today, where all the three were pursuing their Master’s degree in the subject. The first place in the paper reading contest was bagged by Ashnapreet Singh, for his paper on ‘What type of sound does centrifugal blower radiate?’ The paper entitled ‘Visualisation of sound transmission into a vehicle passenger compartment’ by Manmohan Singh won the second place. The third place went to Manjit Singh for his paper entitled, ‘Reconstruction of transient sound radiation using HELS method’. |
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NIFD students
awarded Chandigarh, May 12 After awarding certificates of appreciation to the students, Nek Chand went about viewing the exhibition of the products which they had created over a span of five weeks. The ensemble of creations, followed the most contemporary line of fashion. Sandy Setia, Rachna Trehan and Hitesh Mehra, had entitled their line of creations “Sahira...your identity”. The exhibits included T-shirts adorned with print motifs and the unique concept of fabric sketch pen. Other articles included paintings, ethnic jewellery, and accessories. The short-term course familiarised the students with the latest in the fields of fashion designing, textile designing and interior designing. The course comprised study of yarns, fabric, prints, texture, elements of design and colour study, textile design techniques, embroideries, study of accessories, illustrations, garment construction, and a brief introduction to fashion shows and exhibitions. |
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‘Srijana’ workshop concludes Chandigarh, May 12 The chief guest at the valedictory function was Ms Madhavi
Kataria, Director Public Instructions (Colleges)-cum-Director Social Welfare. Dr Satinder
Dhillon, Principal of the college, speaking at the function said teachers of the college had played a vital role in bringing these children into the mainstream of society. She thanked Ms Kataria for donating a sum of Rs 10000 from the Child Welfare Department for these children. Ms Dhillon informed that these children will be invited once every three months to the college for interactive activities. |
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Surf
the Net for info on GC-46 Chandigarh, May 12 The Director, Public Instruction (Colleges), Ms Madhvi Kataria, chief guest at the occasion, inaugurated the site of the college, which has been prepared by students of the college with help from college staff members. The site will provide detailed information about the college, various courses being run, admission schedule, process of admission and the admission form, which can be downloaded from the site to apply for admission to the college. Ms Kataria, while speaking on the occasion, said since the watch words of life today were, “user friendly” and “people friendly”, the site would be a more effective and efficient way to gain information about the institution. Ms Kataria also gave away certificates to the team of staff members and students who had worked for the site. These included, Mr Rajnish Narang and Ms Jaspreet Kaur and among the students to get the certificates were Munish Kumar, Chaya Agarwal, Amanbir, Gursewak Singh, Manoj and Nidhi Sharma. The Principal, Mr D.P. Singh, earlier welcomed the chief guest and highlighted the utility and the necessity of the website in present day life. Mr Satya Pal Jain, former MP, was one of the distinguished guests present at the occasion. |
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Poor working kids
excel in studies SAS Nagar, May 12 In was a memorable day today for the six working children — Hardeep Singh, Jasvir Singh, Balwinder Singh, Sanjay Singh, Pinki and Zora Singh — who were honoured for having passed the Class V examination conducted by the Punjab Education Department, securing the first and second divisions. For such poor children it required herculean efforts to achieve the distinction, attending the school from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. after their daily work. Perhaps, well-off children have a lot to learn from them. The school was started in 1998 and at present its strength is 35. Books and stationery are given free to the students besides a scholarship of Rs 100 each. They were honoured by the local Municipal Council President, Mr Kulwant Singh. |
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Dismissed jawan’s petition
admitted Chandigarh, May 12 Naik Shinder Singh of 10 Sikh, had been held guilty of murdering Naib Subedar Manjit Singh and Havildar Hardayal Singh of the same unit. The alleged offence had taken place while the unit was deployed for an exercise at Bari Brahmana near Jammu in 1998. He had been tried under Section 69 of the Army Act read with Section 302 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RBC). The RBC substitutes the Indian Penal Code in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. His petition challenging the SGCM sentence was admitted by the High Court on May 10. While pleading not guilty, Shinder Singh has maintained that there had been no witnesses who had seen him commit the alleged act nor did any one in the vicinity hear gunshots. He has contended that he had been convicted on hearsay and circumstantial evidence. In his petition, he has also contended that murder is a civil offence and a SGCM had no jurisdiction to try him. Besides maintaining that his conviction was based on confessions extracted while he had been in custody, which are inadmissable in court, Shinder Singh has also alleged that the judge advocate in the SGCM was biased and summed up the case in a manner which had favoured the prosecution. He has also contended that the murder trail, which lasted a month, was completed in “indecent haste”. |
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104 cases settled Panchkula, May 12 Mr Justice V.K. Bali of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and Executive chairman of the Haryana State Legal Services Authority, inaugurated the Lok Adalat in which cases related to theft of electricity, billing, unauthorised extension of load, loss of cattle due to electrification, unauthorised conversion from agriculture to commercial meters and disputes of defective meters was taken up. |
Kumari Riyazvi comes of age Chandigarh, May 12 Riyazvi, while talking to The Tribune, said her aim was to revive the golden era of light classical music, when melody used to
rule. Trained in the Gwalior gharana of classical music under Krishanrao Shankar Pandit, Riyazvi believes that feelings, which are an important component of music, come only with keen observation and sensitivity of an artist and make the notes reach out to the audience. Starting her journey into the world of music at a tender age, Riyazvi has already carved a niche for herself as an upcoming ghazal singer. However, she is equally at ease with geet, bhajans and folk songs. Expressing her feelings towards ghazals, which are her first love, Riyazvi says, “Ghazals give you the freedom to express pain and other emotions that no other fields provide.” Riyazvi, who has been doing stage shows all over India, came into limelight after she won the first prize at the “Sa-Re-Ga-Ma” competition, organised by Mrignayani Junior Chamber at Gwalior. After winning a couple of prizes that included “Nai Duniya Pratibha Khoj”, she was featured in a music episode of “Sargam” on Doordarshan, in which she stood first in the quarterfinals and second in the semifinals. Opening the monthly baithak programme with a soul-searching bhajan based on raag kalavati, Riyazvi mesmerised the audience with ghazals like Parveen Shakeer’s “Chehra mera tha, nighahen uski” and Vijay Kalim’s “Apne seene mein kuch dard jagaye rakhna”, which spoke volumes on the uncertainity of human relationships. Riyazvi, a serious youngster by nature, however, did not disappoint the fun-loving Punjabi audience whom she entertained with a popular Punjabi song “Charkha mera rangla”. Her rendition of Firak Gorakhpuri’s “Dilon ka soz tere ruhe benakaab ki aanch” was appreciated. She was accompanied by her guru, Keshav Kumar Pandey, on the harmonium and master Avirbhav Verma on the tabla. |
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