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EDUCATION

Chaos at PTU counselling session
Tribune News Service

SAS Nagar, July 15
Hundreds of candidates seeking admission to different courses in information technology and management courses being run by Punjab Technical University (PTU) had to face harassment at a counselling-cum-admission session organised by a Chandigarh-based computer company at Gyan Jyoti School, Phase II, here. The company, GCS Computer Tech Ltd, authorised by the PTU, has organised the session.

Chaos prevailed at the centre as no merit list was displayed. The last date to apply for the MSc ( IT), PGDCA, PGDST, PGDCT, B.Sc (IT) and BCAM courses, being run by the PTU through distance education programme, was July 10 but was extended to July 13.

A Clarification

On July 13, it was inadvertently published that there are 37 seats vacant in BBA (first year) at SGGS College, Sector 26. The college does not offer this course.

The candidates and their parents, who had come from different parts of the Ropar district, Chandigarh and neighbouring areas of Himachal Pradesh, and Haryana, complained that the representatives of the computer company asked more candidates to deposit the admission fee than the number of seats mentioned in the university prospectus. The confusion prevailed till evening.

The candidates lamented against the 60 per cent eligibility as announced earlier, there was no percentage wise classification.

Application forms of some of the students were reportedly misplaced by the counsellors. All the applicants, irrespective of their pass percentage, were asked to deposit the admission fee.

Parents of some of the wards raised questions about the courses not being approved by the All-India Council for Technical University. They were reportedly told that courses had been approved by the University Grants Commission (UGC).

The director of the computer company, however, could not be contacted for comments.

NIFD designers gear up for D-day
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 15
For the students of the National Institute of Fashion Design (NIFD), July 24 is sure to be a day of reckoning of sorts. As NIFD’s annual creation show is brought before the public on the day, the budding designers, now studying on NIFD campus will compete with each other for the coveted “best design honours”.

The show will be all about the young designers, who have been working on exclusive design themes for the whole year now. Among those whose designs would be exhibited by leading models roped in from Mumbai and Delhi are NIFD one year and two year diploma course students. The models who are expected to be here for the show include Nethra, Aditi Govitrikar and some more famous names in the world of glamour.

As for the preparations, the students are obviously keeping busy, giving final touches to the garments which are almost ready to be shown. The inherent apprehensions regarding the show are well being reflected in the hustle and bustle prevailing on NIFD campus. The students are anxious, confused but hopeful, of winning.

The designing has been done in a specific manner. Faculty members of NIFD informed that the students were first asked to discuss their concepts in an open ambience to avoid any kind of overlapping of themes. The students were divided into 15 groups, with each group working on a different theme, a different line of fashion and a different colour scheme and motif pattern. What emerges is a maze of creative ideas — most of them sensible in conception and implementation.

Some of the themes are extremely novel. There is one round termed “jago.” The round, as the name suggests, glorifies the rural tradition of jago in Punjab. Marked by exquisite patterns and bright colours, the collection casts quite a spell. Another called “cocktail sip” explores the depth of the woman’s psyche in a very interesting fashion.

Most of the other garments have also been admirably created. The important thing in the entire effort is the absolute involvement of students in the exercise. So in most of the cases, the students have conceptualised the theme themselves and have brought it to life all by themselves. Meaning that they have themselves improvised the garments, stitched them, finished them and accessorised them to add that quintessential touch of glamour.