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SPECIAL FOCUS
ON ROHTAK Rohtak, March 6 Take the case of Maharshi Dayanand
University where the three CAS promoted Readers, Dr P. K. Jaiswal, Dr
S. K. Gakhar and Dr R. P. Singh of the Department of Bio-Sciences have
nearly 40 per cent share of the total research grants sanctioned to
the university since 1997-98. Out of a total amount of Rs 1.91 crore,
more than Rs 76 lakh has been sanctioned for the research projects of
these three scholars. With their significant contribution, the
Department of Bio-Sciences excels in attracting research grants. Out
of the total grant to the university, this department got 57.6 per
cent amount sanctioned for the 19 research projects of its
faculty. Almost all national research funding agencies have been
sponsoring research projects to scholars of Maharshi Dayanand
University. Since 1997-98, the UGC alone has sanctioned 16 major
research projects amounting to a total of Rs 55.66 lakh. Out of these
projects, six scholars from the Department of Bio-Sciences got seven
projects amounting to a total of Rs 35.80 lakh. Dr S. K. Gakhar, a distinguished
scientist and Director of the Directorate of Distance
Education alone was sanctioned two major projects amounting to more
than Rs 12 lakh. Dr P. K. Jaiswal managed to get Rs 6.78 lakh. Dr C.
S. Pundir got Rs 5.21 lakh and Dr R. P. Singh got Rs 4.66 lakh
sanctioned. Dr S. N. Mishra could get Rs 4.55 lakh and Dr Ravi
Parkash, Dean of Faculty of Bio-Sciences, could get only Rs 2.56
lakh. Three teachers of the Department of Hindi could get three
research projects. Dr R. N. Mishra, Dean, Faculty of Humanities and
Head of the Hindi Department, got Rs 3.3 lakh, Dr H. R. Nirmum could
get Rs 2.2 lakh and Dr S. B. Singhal got Rs 1.33 lakh. Dr Nirmum and
Dr Singhal have already been superannuated and stand retired. The
Department of Chemistry had two projects to its credit. These were
sanctioned to Dr R. S. Chaudhary and Dr K. C. Singh. The two projects
were worth Rs 2.8 lakh and Rs 2.01 lakh, respectively. The Departments
of Economics, Psychology, Political Science and the Institute of
Management Studies and Research could each get one major research
project sanctioned. Prof Bhagwan Dahiya of the Department of
Economics could get a grant of Rs 3.3 lakh, Dr Rajbir Singh of the
Department of Psychology got Rs 1.45 lakh, Dr S. C. Arora of the
Department of Political Science got Rs 1.2 lakh and Dr O. P. Goyal of
IMSAR could get Rs 2.5 lakh sanctioned for his project. Dr Goyal is
at present working as Registrar of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprasth
University, Delhi.
The Department of Physics
could attract only three projects. One was jointly sanctioned to Dr
Nawal Kishore and Dr K. L. Bhatia amounting to Rs 12 lakh. Another was
granted to Dr V. P. Seth amounting to Rs 8.73 lakh and yet another to
Dr Jahan Singh amounting to Rs 1 lakh. Dr K. L. Bhatia and Dr Jahan
Singh stand retired on reaching the age of superannuation. Dr Nawal
Kishore has gone to Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar, as
Professor. The remaining six projects went to the Departments of
Sociology, Political science, Mathematics, Pharmaceutical Sciences and
Geography. The distinguished mathematician and Fellow of National
Academy, Prof Sarvajit Singh, was awarded a Rs 6 lakh project. |
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Jaswant
Singh to address MDU
Rohtak, March 6 Three candidates are reportedly in the fray for the election of one teacher from amongst members of the university court. The contestants include Ms Neelam Sheoran, lecturer, Government College for Women, Rohtak, Mr Roshan Lal, lecturer, Government College, Gurgaon, and Dr Sanjay Atri, lecturer, Gaur Brahman Ayurvedic College, Brahmanwas (Rohtak). The court meeting is also likely to consider the annual report of the university. Governor Babu Parmanand would preside over the court meeting. OC
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ARTSCAPE The former Union Cabinet Minister and eminent academician, Dr Karan Singh, inaugurated ‘Song of The Mystic’, a solo exhibition of paintings by Jammu-based artist Suman Gupta at Gallery Art Indus, Santushti Shopping Arcade.
Suman Gupta is exhibiting 11 paintings in oil, all big canvases, ranging from Rs 30,000–Rs 1.10 lakh. Suman Gupta is a self-taught artist based in Jammu, who has several solo and group shows to his credit in both India and abroad. He specializes in paintings that portray breathtaking landscapes and moving human images. Mountains, magnificent and rich in resources, not only hold great fascination for the human mind but also serve as key centres of culture and recreation. While for some, mountains are the epitome of the real beauty and unsurpassed grandeur, to others they represent the ultimate challenge. As the expanse of the landscape widens, the artist’s experience deepens and expresses itself in vivid images. These images provide some real landmarks for a journey from actual to visual and then transcend into an area of separate reality. Couched in his cultural roots relating to the mountains, the works of Suman Gupta are imbued with multi-layered meanings rich in anthropological details. Using his memory and imagination as a tool, Suman goes beyond the scientific objectivity and transforms real life situations to become visual documents of social-philosophical significance, what he calls “romanticizing the visual”. Suman depicts people in everyday actions, a tree here, a landscape there, from his wanderings in the countryside, the hills and highlands of the place of his origin. Suman portrays the marginalised communities of the Dogras of the Shivaliks, toiling and caught in the flux of change, along with traditional artefacts symbolic of native cultural practices, ethic subtleties set into man made and natural surroundings. Rendered to minute details, the paintings while allowing the onlooker to feel the local flavours also raise existential issues. Realism is Suman’s forte, he glides effortlessly from the physical-psychological to philosophical planes. The works of Suman Gupta reassures one about the future of realism in the world of art.
Glass Sculptures Anjolie Ela Menon in collaboration with Professor Antonio Da Ros has created a collection of original art glass sculptures at the ancient glassworks, Gino Cenedese of Venice. Both Antonio Da Ros and Anjolie Ela Menon are exceptionally talented artists in their own sphere. This is another exhibition in the series of interdisciplinary crossover exhibition being presented by Apparao Galleries. Retaining the authentic traditions of Murano glass, art glass is interpreted in an emphatically modern vein by many renowned international artists who have been inspired by the endless possibilities of the medium. Throughout the twentieth century, Venetian glass experienced a great revival. Artists and designers, not necessarily of Venetian or Muranese extraction, have adapted the old glass-blowing techniques to create works of art which were contemporary to their times. Pablo Picasso, Henry Moore, Jean Cocteau and Chagall Oscar Koschka were all invited to make designs for glass, to be executed by the craftsmen of Murano. The unique quality of Murano crystals and the exceptional manual skills of the Murano master, combine in this collection with the creative vision of Anjolie Ela Menon. The maestro at Cenedese gladly took up the challenge of working with her on a series of unfamiliar images based on Indian iconography. Murano is a premier glass centre in Italy. The Italian Cultural Centre is happy to project the fine arts of Italy for the art connoisseurs of India. This project has been
conceptualised by Gayathri Ruia and coordinated by Apparao Galleries for Gino Cenedese, Venice. This exhibition will be held at the Italian Cultural Centre in Delhi from March 7- 18, 2003. |
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