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PU plans two paper setters for each subject
Chandigarh, April 25 Under the current practice out of the available set, often one paper is given during the annual examination and another paper of the same set is passed on to the students during the September examination. This is despite the fact that the university Syndicate had cleared the matter that there would at least be two paper setters. The decision never came into actual practice. The university takes up the matter in the forthcoming Syndicate meeting, reliable sources said, and it was felt that there was a general agreement of the decision being taken in favour of appointing two paper setters. This is important in the wake of allegations of paper leakage one of which was published by The Tribune. The matter has been reported to the police under a formal complaint. The decision to have two paper setters was ‘supported’ by a committee in 2000 which decided that ‘one set (consisting of two question papers each) will be got prepared from two paper setters for the degree classes out of which one would be given in the annual examination and another in September’. The paper would be picked at random by the Controller of Examination. It was recommended that conveners of Board of Studies in all subjects should be asked to recommend the panels consisting of at least six paper setters and examiners for each paper so that in case papers from one are not received, the university can make alternate arrangements. This was also important in the context that the university was often so hard pressed to obtain a paper setter that people from outside universities had to be asked to do the job. It is felt that the faculty of the university and colleges should take up the responsibility to take up the examination related assignments voluntarily or some other mechanism should be worked out. It is worth taking a note of, the official note that says, that in 1998 Prof Charanjit Chawla had suggested that “ with a view to preventing leakage in the question papers, three sets (two question papers of each setter) from three teachers be prepared for the university examination. Out of these one could be supplied in annual examination and another in September”. However, as financial reason was pointed out as the main reason of appointing only one paper setter, the committee decided to recommend two paper setters. However, giving a little more money for appointing more paper setters was not a wasteful expenditure by any means. |
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L&T takes its pick at PEC Chandigarh, April 25 With a view to encourage team spirit, papers were presented by teams of three members each. “Building Automation”, was chosen as the theme of the technical presentation, which saw participation by 11 teams, of which seven were shortlisted. These shortlisted teams gave their Powerpoint presentations, in which the team of Tarundeep Kaur, Anuj Sharma and Kunal Banerjee was declared winner for their presentation on the topic “Hybrid Automatic Fire-Fighting System”. The presentation on “Automatic Model of Security System for Commercial Buildings” won Richa Bhake, Tushar Barrak and Shachi Wadhawan the second place. Each member of the best team would be awarded a scholarship of Rs 1,000 per month for the seventh and eighth semester. Also, the winning team was selected for placement in L and T and a reward of Rs 12,000 each announced, for them provided they completed six months of training with the company. Each member of the second-best team would get a cash award of Rs 2,500. Interacting with the students, vice-president of L and T, Mr R.K. Gogia, along with his team of Mr P.K. Roy and Mr V.K. Bhardwaj, interacted with the students and faculty and discussed the global challenges in engineering and technology. Mr Gogia said that they had adopted the catchword of “Catch ‘em Young” and L and T had begun interaction with 47 engineering colleges in the country, of which PEC was one. Earlier, in his inaugural address, Dr Baljeet S. Kapoor, urged the team of L and T to sign an MoU with PEC with a view to give momentum to research activities in the college and enhance sponsored training of students. |
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PEC placement drive: adding the ‘zing’ To promote placement of students of Punjab Engineering College, college authorities have focused their attention on industry-institute interaction and drafted a plan which will come into effect from the ensuing semester. The Dean Post-graduate Studies, Dr Gurnam Singh has been assigned the task of giving attention to development of postgraduate courses and start Ph.D programmes from the forthcoming academic session. The convenors of the Board of Studies has also recommended and passed orders for restructuring the ME courses, to be in line with the latest instructions of the All India Council of Technical Education and increase their duration from one-and-a-half years to two years. Dr Gurnam Singh has also submitted a proposal to promote research activities in the college and steps initiated to make the postgraduate laboratories functional. Besides, to promote industry-institute interaction, a firm providing consultancy has been approved by the Chandigarh Administration. Instructions have been issued to all departments to ensure that projects taken up by students are industry-relevant. The Training and Placement Cell in the college has also been equipped to monitor and evaluate the output of students during placement interviews and after their joining the industry. |
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Clash of exam dates
worries students Chandigarh, April 25 Examination of BA III students was earlier slated for April 26 but had to be postponed because of the threat of the PCCTU to boycott the examination. Students of CA Intermediate in a press release said the university should make a change in the date of examination because they were prepared for CA Intermediate as per the original plan. Mr Ashok Raj Bhandari, joint controller of examination, said the university had no intention of postponing the university examination. He said the dates did not clash with any university examination and moreover the number of students appearing in CA was very small. They also could avail another chance there. A student said the university should reconsider its decision because the university could make arrangements for another date to suit the convenience of the students. |
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Mizo students meet Jacob Chandigarh, April 25 Talking to the students, General Jacob recalled his old days in the Lusai Hills of Mizoram when he was Army Commander in the Eastern Command. The General asked the students to sing the famous folk song ‘‘Lendupuli’’. Students overcame their reluctance and started singing when the Governor himself joined them. Most of them were from Aizwal but others were from southern parts of Mizoram. The visitors presented a shawl and the traditional Mizoram bag to the Governor as a memento. |
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Plea against club president dismissed Chandigarh, April 25 The plaintiff had alleged that the election had not been conducted in a fair manner. Refuting the allegation, Mr Chopra had contended that no irregularity had been
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NEW RELEASE VENUS Records and Tapes Ltd have yet another musical love story “Tumse Achcha Kaun Hai”, on their hands which has a sensational new pair — Nakul Kapoor and Aarti Chhabaria. “Mohabbatein” fame Kim Sharma also co-stars with them. It would be a testing time for Delhi boy Nakul, a state-level gymnast, professional diver and a national champion to make his debut as hero. The film also stars Rati Agnihotri, Dalip Tahil, Raghuveer Yadav, Navnee Parihaar, Girja Shankar, Neha Pendse, Anant Mahadevan, Ali Asgar and Neeraj Vora. Everyone in this world has a dream. This is a story of a young boy who has dreams to become a star singer. How people make sacrifices for him, how he sacrifices for them is the story of “Tumse Achcha Kaun Hai”. This film will be released today at Neelam, Chandigarh. It has an interesting baseline: “Love just happens....”. Some fall in love with you and you fall in love with someone. Being produced by Venus music company for director and editor Deepak Anand, the film has story and screenplay by Sujit Sen, Lalit Mahajan, cinematography by Nirmal Jani, art direction by Bijondas Gupta, dialogue by Lalit Mahajan, choreography by Saroj Khan, Raju Khan and Rekha Chinni Prakash and action by Allan Amin. Nadeem-Shravan have given the music. Singer Tauseef Akhtar makes his debut. Lyrics by Sameer and lilting compositions add good taste to this musical love story. DP |
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