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Students oppose restrictions on taking
test Kharar, June 17 According to its prospectus, the university has reserved 85 per cent of the seats for candidates who have passed the Class XI and Class XII examinations as regular students of a recognised institution in Punjab. Simrandeep Kaur, daughter of a gazetted officer of the Punjab Government posted in Punjab who lives in Kharar, is worried because she is one such person who has been debarred from applying for the entrance test which is to be conducted on July 7. The last date for applying is June 28. Her only fault is that she has passed her Class XI and Class XII examinations (Medical) from the capital of Punjab. She had to study in Chandigarh because there was no school or college at Kharar that offered these courses. A large number of such aspiring doctors and their parents have resented this order of the Punjab Government. Had Simrandeep’s father been posted in Chandigarh, she would have been eligible for taking the test. Her younger sister who is a Class XI student in Chandigarh, will also be ineligible for taking the test next year, if the Punjab Government does not change its decision. |
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‘Right attitude important to become achiever’ Chandigarh, June 17 “One should choose the career in which he is interested and not which others ask him to choose,” said Mr Sandeep Mann while answering questions from the audience. Mr Sandeep Mann along with Mr Hirdesh Madan, from and Mr Robert Chelliah of spoke about the availability of various career opportunities for students. In his presentation Mr Madan focussed on the fact that the right attitude is important for being an achiever in any profession. “Man is not the creature of the circumstances but circumstances are the creatures of men,’’he said. A choice between the various fields available has to be made. These fields include, engineering, heath services, management professionals, information technology, finance and accountancy, travel and tourism, IAS and allied services, law, armed forces and entrepreneurs. ‘‘Considering the fact that you are going to work for 10,000 hours in your life, you owe it to yourself to look for what interests you and what you will enjoy doing the most.’’ ‘‘Try and match your career choice with your personality. But for most professions a combination of both technical skills and a personality-based skills are required. If a company recruits two persons who are hardcore analytical policy makers then they employ 20 others who have personality-based skills. There are also jobs available which require soft technical skills,’’ advised Mr Mann. Mr Chelliah spoke about TAFE, an Australian organisation, which will be opening a centre in the city and offering over 200 courses in various fields. The second afternoon session was on fashion design as a career. ‘‘Fashion design is the hottest career today. The jobs are lucrative and in case you can make it big, it has glamour, fame and loads of mone,’’said Ms Aditi Srivastava from the NIFD. ‘‘Fashion industry in India is manned by people who are not trained professionally in the jobs they are doing, considering the fact that India is the third biggest market in the world for garments and clothes, the fashion design as a profession has immense scope,’’stated Mr E. Sivasakthi from the NIFT. Answering the various questions from the audience, Ms Aditi also clarified that there is need for training to be combined with talent to create. ‘‘A person who wants to get into fashion design as a career should be creative, innovative, motivated, should have an eye for detail, an eye for colours an aesthetic sense and most important they should be well trained, ’’she added. Answer yourself three question before selecting a career path: Would you like to spend your life working in this kind of job and environment? What kind of scope this career provides me in the future five years hence, ten years hence... Are you truly convinced that this is the right career option for you?
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‘Graphic animation has plenty of scope’ Chandigarh, June 17 In the session on careers in Film and TV Production on the concluding day of Alternatives 2001 at the CII here today, Mr Turakhia told the students about graphic animation and production, its scope and various avenues in this field. Right from a trailer producer, effects person to programmers, one has a variety of fields to opt for, said Mr Biju D, Head of the Computer Graphics Division of the MEL. While the avenues are many, when it comes to specialised training, the opportunities are still restricted, said Mr Turakhia. Most of the training institutes are based in and around Mumbai. Once we have specialised training, there is no limit to the opportunities, he added. On the query raised by students, if one has to move out to make it big, he said it depends upon the level you are working at. After gaining some experience, one can move out and there may also arrive a stage when you move out of the country as well. The beginning is very easy. Using a PC costing anything between Rs 50,000 and Rs 1 lakh, one-man operation can be started. Softwares also have become very easy. “Training and creativity combined with hardwork is what one requires to make his mark. During later stages, you can move out as well but don’t wait for opportunities to come, start as soon as you think you can,” said Mr Turakhia. Another session on careers in Online Education was addressed by Mr Rohit Srivastava, vice-president, Marketing Planning and Product Development, Globsyn Technologies, and Mr A.S. Gujral, vice-president (North), Zee Interactive Learning Systems (ZILS). Highlighting the importance that e-learning is gaining today, Mr Srivastava told the students about different courses one can opt for. E-learning can be computer-based training (which is based on CDs), or it can be web-based training as well. The new method which is internet-based is also becoming popular and the number of courses being offered by companies is increasing, he said. “E-learning combined with training from physical instructors is the best way of learning,” said Mr A.S. Gujral. Most of the good companies which are offering e-courses have tie-ups with the best of the universities across the globe which a student would not be able to even access if he opts for the conventional learning system, he said.
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Resolution on result declaration Chandigarh, June 17 Apart from the undergraduate results, the university proposes to declare the results of major postgraduate courses, history, English, political science and Hindi, to name a few, by June 30. A high-powered committee met under the chairmanship of Prof K.N. Pathak, Vice-Chancellor. The others present on the occasion included the registrar, the DUI, the Joint Controller of Examination and the Deputy Registrar (Secrecy). Informed sources said that there were minor hitches in the timely arrival of honours school and LLB copies. Efforts are being made to expedite the process. Result declaration had spread till September for from the past few years. Timely declaration of results is naturally going to add up to the total number of actual teaching days. Against the UGC standard of 180 days in a year, the routine total usually did not cross 120. It was more difficult in the case of the university departments which have only five teaching days in a week against six in a college. |
Young dancers exhibit
talent Chandigarh, June 17 The first category had participants in the age group 5 to 10 years. The nine participants in this section danced to various numbers like Dholi taro, Ho jayegi balle balle, Ik pal ka jeena, Kala sha kala, kambakht ishq. The second category had participants in the age group 11 to 15 years. The five children in this category also selected the Hrithik Roshan dance number Ik pal ka jina. The others danced on Kambakht ishq and Mehboob mere. In the third category of 16 to 20 years, there were seven participants, who danced with confidence, although not always with grace. The favourite numbers were repeated here also. The fourth section had group dances from about eight dance groups operating from the city. Among them were Nataraj group, Satbir Singh group, Ghazala Richard group, Vinay Kumar and Sonu group, Harkiran Singh group, Nataraj Kala Kendra and Kiran Arts group. |
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