EDUCATION

PAU conducts MBA entrance test
Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 23
The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) conducted the entrance test for admission to the Postgraduate course in Business Management on the campus here today. As many as 187 candidates seeking admission in the course appeared for the test, out of the 214 students who had applied for it.

Results of the written test were declared late in the evening today and candidates securing at least 40 per cent marks were shortlisted and invited for the group discussions and interviews, which would be conducted tomorrow. According to Dr M.A. Zaheer, Dean, College of Basic Sciences, the results of all the three tests, including written, group discussions and interviews, would be sent to the Dean, Postgraduate Studies, Dr K.S. Sekhon, on Monday and would be declared thereafter.

Dr Zaheer said that there were 20 seats in the programme and 10 more seats had been reserved for the NRI or industry-sponsored candidates. He said that for the first time, the university was starting specialisation in Information Technology for MBA students, besides other specialisations. Dr Zaheer said that the university authorities were holding discussions with the big names in this industry for providing training to students as well as teachers of the department.

Physiotherapists dismayed at GNDU decision
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 23
Members of the Punjab branch of the Indian Association of Physiotherapists expressed concern over the fact that Guru Nanak Dev University had plans to give Physical Education students, direct admission to the Masters in Sports Physiotherapy course which was the highest degree in the profession. Physiotherapy, they stress was an independent profession, which deals exclusively with the treatment of diseases. It required a thorough understanding of the human body and the disease, in addition to perfection in various techniques of physiotherapy.

The members were dismayed as to why the University wished to increase the number of ‘incompetent’ physiotherapy experts by awarding the highest degree of this profession at throwaway prices in this case, when for a masters degree in every subject, the eligibility was a bachelor degree of same subject.

This decision of the university would adversely affect the care of patients afflicted with locomotor disabilities. Keeping in view the larger interests of the patient population of Punjab, the members requested the chief minister and chancellor of Punjab to interfere in the matter and restrain the university from making this irrational move. Further, they also expressed support to the agitation of Bachelors in Physiotherapy students of Guru Nanak Dev University for this cause.

173 teachers transferred
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 23
Nearly 173 government school teachers of the district have been transferred to adjoining districts. These include six lecturers, 14 classical and vernacular teachers and 153 teachers from the master cadre.

Of the total transferred staff, 106 female teachers have been shifted to schools close to the district. Three teachers have been shifted to schools of Bet area, which were short of staff, said the DEO (Secondary).

Colleges get affiliation
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 23
Panjab University has granted affiliation for MA in economics to Kamla Lohtia Sanatan Dharam College. Disclosing this, Mr B.D. Budhiraja, Principal, said this would be the second college in the city to introduce the subject.

Similarly, affiliation has been granted by PU to A.S. College, Khanna, for M.Com and PGDCA course. Stating this, Mr Tarsem Bahia, Principal, said the admissions to the new courses had already begun.

Rs 1 lakh for school building
Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 23
A senior Akali leader, Mr Sharanjit Singh Dhillon today handed over a cheque for Rs 1 lakh to the panchayat of Gadapur for the construction of the school building. Mr Dhillon presented the cheque on behalf of the Chief Minister.

Addressing a function organised on the occasion, Mr Dhillon exhorted upon the villagers to ensure that their children got good education. He reiterated the commitment of the Chief Minister for the upliftment of the rural poor and said the government was keen to provide education to all sections of society free of cost.

In another development, Mr Sukhdev Singh Kakka, sarpanch of Kakka village, resigned from the Congress andjoined the SAD. Welcoming him in the party, Mr Dhillon appreciated the decision of Mr Kakka, who said he had been influenced by the performance of the Chief Minister.

CULTURE

Sobha Singh’s paintings inspired me: Kakul
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 23
“My parents took me to Palampur (HP) during summer vacation when I was a young girl. We went to meet Mr Sobha Singh, the world renowned artist, at his home-cum-studio at Andretta, a few kilometres from Palampur. It was a life-time experience and that visit gave a definite aim and direction to my life. I was impressed by his paintings. From that moment I decided that I would become an artist and I thank God for helping me to succeed in my aim to a certain extent,” said Kakul Gill an up-and-coming young artist.

Flushed with the success of her first art exhibition of oil paintings, painted suits on different kinds of cotton, silk and synthetic fabrics, Kakul wants to put-up an exhibition of her ‘winter collection’ at Patiala. She wants to take her rural figures in all their beauty and simplicity to Edmonton and Toronto (Canada) after holding a couple of exhibitions in Delhi and other cities.

She got her postgraduate degree in fine arts and history of art from Panjab University. Incidentally Kakul was from the first batch of postgraduates in fine arts from the local Khalsa College for Women. She topped the examination and won accolades for her works of art. She has cleared the National Entrance Test and is waiting to be appointed a lecturer.

Bubbling with enthusiasm, Kakul said that she was happy with the response to her first painting exhibition. She said, “Ludhiana is full of talented artists, but all of us face a common problem. There are no art galleries in the city where the artists can exhibit their works of art. This is a big set-back. It is very difficult to find suitable place to exhibit your works of art because rents are exorbitant and the struggling artists cannot afford to spend that much amount.”

“I am greatly influenced by the renaissance artists and my oil painting reflect their influence. I want to take up portrait making and knife painting seriously and I am lucky that my in-laws have rallied behind me and given me full support, “ Kakul said.

Kakul is equally at with water, oil and fabric, colours. She is equally proficient in glass painting, metal painting and Tanjore painting (a traditional kind of painting that originated from Tanjore in Tamil Nadu).

Kakul thinks that nature is the best teacher. She feels the whole world is a canvas and an artist has a wide scope to display his talent.