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NIPER bags Rs 1.8 cr project SAS Nagar, February 15 The centre will be providing the much wanted trail and testing facility in hospital like conditions for new drugs being produced by various pharmaceutical centres in the country. Stating this, Mr Prof V. S. Ramamurthy, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology informed the Chandigarh Tribune that drug producing centres were making use of such facilities available from outside India. More than 300 persons attended the foundation day celebrations at the Convention Centre of the institute here today. In his welcome address, Dr. C.L. Kaul, explained the growth of the institute during the last eight years. Dr Kaul expressed satisfaction over the fact that new faculty has joined NIPER in the past one year. In his presidential remarks, Prof V.S. Ramamurthy, outlined the steps the government had taken in the area of drug discovery. He stressed that multidisciplinary teams were required to carry out pharmaceutical research and the government was taking steps to build national facilities for research within the country and in some instances even outside India. He also highlighted the need for awareness regarding IPR, patents, bio-informatics and regulatory measures in force while researching in pharmaceutical sector. Dr Anji Reddy, Chairman, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories delivered the foundation day lecture on ‘The agony and ecstacy of drug discovery’. Urging that genomic be used extensively to find new targets for drug discovery, Dr Reddy stated that Reddy Labs had several firsts to its credit. ‘‘In a very short period, the research group has earned $ 15 million,’’ he said. Talking to mediapersons, Dr Reddy stated that his laboratory in the USA had been successful in targeting the gene which was supposed to cause diabetes. ‘‘And in the next 10 years, we will be at the threshold of achieving remarkable success in the field,’’ he said. The prizes were distributed for various sports and co-curricular activities during the year involving students, staff and faculty of NIPER. Those who won prizes on the occasion included K Srinivasan, Shanta Ram, Dr Rama Rao, Capt. Sanjay Bannerjee, Dr S.S. Sharma, Rakesh Vats, Inderjit Singh, A.S. Sandhu, Sanjiv Sharma, Nisha Sharma, Dr Savita Singh, Sandip Singh, Gunjan Kohli, Dr Ramesh, Dr Inderpal Singh, Ranvir Singh, Radhika Bhutani, Dr Deepak Sharma, Puneet Sharma, Sandip Sachdeva, Jitender Parmar, Neeraj, Rahul Berari, Dhawal Shah, Satish, Anil Panidhar, Neeraj, Deepti Gola, Chitra, Tripta, Dunge, Rushali Pagnis, M.V.S. Verma, Anirban Bannerjee, Atul and Shelley Shastri. Deepti Gola and Anirban Bannerjee were chosen as the best players of the years. The function ended with a vote of thanks by Dr K.K. Bhutani, Dean of NIPER. |
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Seminar focuses on women issues Chandigarh, February 15 In her keynote address, Ms Urvashi Butalia, co-founder of Kali, India’s first publishing house focussing on women-related issues, talked of problems being faced by women at various levels. A former head of the English Department, Panjab University, Dr
M.L. Raina, was the guest of honour. In his address, he stressed the need for a change in the fundamental consciousness to bring about a meaningful change in attitude towards women. The seminar was presided over by Ms Neelam Man Singh, an acclaimed theatre personality. The panel included speakers from various fields, including psychiatry, mathematics, history, law, sociology, literature and philosophy. During working sessions, Prof Vagish
Shukla, a Professor of mathematics at IIT, New Delhi, delivered a speech on “Imagining Women: Kamasutra and the New Millennium”, while Prof Pankaj K. Singh from HP University, Shimla, presented a paper on “Less than a Commodity : From Tradition to Modernity”. Perception of feminine worth was explained by Prof Vidhu Mohan from the Indian Council of Child Welfare, where she gave an insight into the reality behind prejudiced minds. Love and sexuality in Urdu fiction was discussed by Prof Kamlesh Mohan from the Department of History, Panjab University, while Dr Savita Malhotra from the Department of Psychiatry, PGI, spoke about women’s life and mental health. A talk on “Language of Desire: Female Sexuality in a patriarchal Order” was delivered by Prof Manju Jaidka from the English Department, Panjab University. Dr Rajesh Gill from the sociology department, PU, presented a paper on the evolution of new gender roles, where he pointed out the necessity of a new vision in this direction. Dr Sherry Sabharwal from the same department emphasised the need for a feminist perspective towards “women and peace”, while Dr Rumina Sethi from the Department of English, PU, speculated on the politicisation of motherhood. The SDM (South), Chandigarh, Ms Madhvi Kataria, presented a paper on “Rethinking Women : Sifting some Strands of Reality”. Dr Deepa Singh, a practising lawyer, discussed the dimensions and legal aspects of domestic violence. The working sessions were presided over by Ms Urvashi Butalia and Prof Pankaj K. Singh. An interactive session followed the presentations. |
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GCA goes cyan, red and white Chandigarh, February 15 The beginning of the two-day fest was well made with Padma Shri Nek Chand playing with colours right at the entrance to the College. Asian paints has provided 100 litres of paint to GCA. The idea is to paint the campus red and blue and white. Talking about the concept of the festival (Oh-Cyan) Prof Brahm Prakash, principal, GCA, said that last year the college begun the tradition of painting on the road. Rangili sadak, as this tradition is called, was repeated today with the students painting the campus in marine hues. Said Prof Prakash, "Since the theme evolves round the ocean we decided to let the students use colours of the ocean. But where last year anyone could paint anything this year the theme has been limited." Over 100 students from about 10 colleges of the city participated in the various contests held on the campus all day long. The students from different streams like art, craft, fashion design, food craft, engineering and architecture came together to celebrate the fest with colous.
Almost every visitor to the college painted the campus road with the colours made available to them. Results of the contests (in order of merit) are as follows: Rangoli and floor painting: Vidushi (GCA), Vrinda (GCM, sector 11), Rajinder Kaur and Sahni (Food Craft Institute). Dance contest: Sumit Behl (PEC), Rajni Ajmera (GCA), Sabhi Singh (GCA). Paint your vehicle: Ina Kaur (GCA), Sonika and Neeti (GCA) Folk songs: Harsimranjeet Singh (GCM-11), Dalbir Singh (DAV-10), Smati Kaushal (GCA) Poster making: Apurwa (GCA, third year Applied Art), Ashvinder (GCA, second year Applied Art), Neha Sehgal (GCA, second year Applied Art) Float making: Octopus (made by Vijay, Narinder, Meenu, Vishal and Surbhi from GCA) Dolphin (made by Injella, Priyanka, Deepika, Madhuri, Jaspreet and Rohit from GCA), Boat (made by Stuti, Mamta, Divya, Amrit, Lakhwinder and Kamal from GCA) |
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FROM SCHOOLS SAS Nagar, February 15 Students of different classes had put up a number of stalls. Most of the stalls dealt with various types of fun games like paint your face, feed the clown, pin a tail, ring a gift etc. Students had also put up stalls exhibiting items which they had been making in their hobby classes. Apart from making arrangement for joy rides, the authorities had also organised tambola for those who wanted to try their luck. However, the event failed to attract a large number of visitors on the first day. A stall exhibiting impressive items made from recycled paper was put up. The students had prepared and painted envelopes, letter pads, photo frames, small dust bins for your car, carry bags, from used paper. Students in charge of the stall said these items had been prepared from paper which had been used earlier in school work and later recycled by the students during hobby classes. Among the item put up by students prepared during their hobby classes were candles, paintings and pieces of pottery. Dr Harish Dhillon, Principal of the school, said the fete would be an annual feature as the aim was to generate funds for needy students. The school was already providing free education to two students who had lost their fathers during the Kargil war. But a permanent corpus was needed, he said, before the facility was extended to more needy students. Last year the school had earned about Rs 2 lakh by holding the fete and this year it expected to earn more. Former school students who had settled abroad were also being requested to make donations for the cause.
Golden Bells function An annual prize distribution was organised at Golden Bells Public school, Sohana, today. The function started with a welcome song. Thereafter, students presented a colourful cultural programme. Navjot Singh, a class X student, was honoured for holding first position in one of the events at the CBSE athletic meet and also for being selected for games at the national level. Students who excelled in sports and academics were given prizes and those who scored more than 90 per cent marks were given scholarships. Mr Ujjar Singh Mahi, DEO, Ropar, was the chief guest.
Chandigarh Science day celebrated As part of the National Science Day celebrations, science related events, including paper reading contest, poster making competition and a science exhibition were organsied at Mount Carmel School, Sector 47 here today.
At least 250 students participated in the events. In the paper reading contest, junior students spoke on “global warming” and “noise pollution”, while seniors spoke on “the uses and abuses of nuclear energy” and “cloning”. “Green Earth”, “no smoking” and “sources of energy” were the topics for the poster making contest in different categories. Numerous working as well as non-working models on pollution, solar energy, body systems, sound waves, security alarms and jib cranes etc were displayed by students at the exhibition. The Project Director, Science and Technology, UT Administration, Mr G S Bains gave away prizes to winners of the contests. |
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Home Secy asks youth to
read more Chandigarh, February 15 Speaking at the prize-distribution function of the 11th Competition Master Library- Related Competitions organised by the Chandigarh Librarians’ Association (CLA) at the Government Women’s Polytechnic here today, he observed that reading good books was an ideal way to utilise time. Earlier, the polytechnic Principal, Mrs Usha Mahajan welcomed the chief guest, As many as 200 prizes were given to the winners of various competitions held last month. Besides, six running shields were bagged by Dev Samaj College for women, Sector 45, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35 and St John’s High School for maximum participation and bagging the highest number of prizes. A cultural programme was also presented on the occasion by students from Government Polytechnic for Women, St Stephens’ High School and GMSSS, Sector 19. |
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FILM REVIEW Juhi Babbar, daughter of Raj Babbar, launched with much fanfare in Kash... Aap Hamare Hote (Jagat) under the family production banner, would surely have dreamt of a much decent opening. Although displaying sparks of screen beauty, this one sure shows that she has many hurdles to cross before reaching the start-line of a steady career in
Bollywood.
The film which has family settings as the background without unnecessary twists and turns, however, lacks the grip in sustaining constant interest. Juhi loses her parents when she is a child. Om Puri raises her as his own child. She is married off in Canada where she faces a world of hostilities. Sonu Nigam is staying there illegally working on a saw mill. Both meet and Sonu emerges as her saviour. Sonu is definitely a better singer than an actor. At least his presence in this movie shows that he needs to sharpen his acting skills. His earlier release Jani Dushman had bit the dust at the box-office. Raj Babbar has dedicated the film to the memory of Smita Patil. He has also designed the production while his wife Nadira Babbar is the producer. Atul Tiwari is the dialogue writer. Sameer has written the lyrics for music composed by Adesh Srivastava. Akiv Ali is the editor, Muneesh Sappel the art director and Saroj Khan and Vaibhavi Merchant the choreographers. Ravinder Peepat is the director. One highlight of the film is photography by Manmohan Singh. Bas Yunhi (Nirman) is a love story trying to capture the love adventures of the youth. Purab Kohli has been paired with Nandita Das. During times of poor openings even for big productions, this one can only dream of a miracle for even mild success. The film also features Rajeev
Gopalakrishnan, Sameer Malhotra, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Sandhya Shetty and Parmeeta
Katkar. Raja Menon is the director for this Pratap Raju production. Rajeev Merlin has lent the music for lyrics written by
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