EDUCATION

Seminar on cyber crime
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, May 14
The Khalsa Institute of Management and Technology (KIMT) for Women, Civil Lines, organised a seminar on ‘Cyber crime and Internet technologies’ here today.

Delivering the lecture, Dr K.S Sekhon, former Head of the Department of Computer Science and Dean College of Agricultural Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, said that the Indian Government should develop better means of technology to tackle IT-related crime. He said that maintaining security and secrecy over the Internet were very important for adopting digital signatures and other advanced technologies.

Dr A. P. Gupta, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, PAU, spoke on ‘Distributed information retrieval systems’. He discussed the use of technology for retrieving information in a faster and effective manner for use in communication, e-banking and other intranet applications. He said that various corporate sectors were already making use of this technology.

Mr Gaganpreet Singh, Head of the Department of Computer Science, KIMT, said that various advanced software technologies and other related technologies were being made available to the students in computer laboratories, audio-visual room and library. 

678 students get scholarships
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, May 14
Commemorating the 38th death anniversary of Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru, the Nehru Sidhant Kendra Trust organised a scholarship and prize distribution function here today.

As many as 678 students received scholarships worth Rs 11.73 lakh. These included 474 needy school and college students, 71 girls from eight local women colleges, 128 meritorious students from 12 local colleges, two students from Dayanand Medical College and Hospital and one student each from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College and Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology.

Besides, winners of inter-school declamation contest held on May 3 also received prizes.

The Nehru Memorial Trophy was awarded to the team from Kundan Vidya Mandir, Civil Lines branch, for their outstanding performance.

Mr Anurag Aggarwal, Deputy Commissioner, who was chief guest on the occasion, appreciated the efforts of the trust in distributing scholarships to the school and college students. Mr R.L. Kalsia, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, called upon the students to follow the footsteps of Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru and serve the country with complete dedication and loyalty.

Mr Prem Nath Gupta, president, and Mr Rakesh Bharti Mittal, said that the trust had acquired a 3-acre piece of land in Dugri where a school would be opened from the next year.

BCM students say no to polythene bags
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, May 14
Students members from Eco Club of BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School, Shastri Nagar, have launched a ‘No to polythene bags’ campaign by educating residents about the negative effects of using the same.

Stating this in a press note, Ms M.Arora, teacher in charge of the Eco Club, said that the students were distributing pamphlets asking residents to substitute polythene bags with paper bags, jute bags or cloth bags.

Ms Arora said students of the club were moving to various colonies and going to each section of the school to spread the message to other students, teachers and non-teaching staff. She said they had also organised an exhibition of paper bags and envelopes made from eco-friendly materials prepared by members of the eco-club and earnings from the exhibition were now being used for printing pamphlets.

Ms Paramjit Kaur, principal, said that the students were in high spirits and that impact of the drive was so pronounced that all students and staff members of the school had now stopped the use of polythene bags.