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June 5, 2003, Chandigarh, India
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PU to have working women hostel Chandigarh, June 4 The broad outer framework of the hostel can be seen fast getting into shape in the sprawling space near the Botanical Gardens of the university. A major portion of the ground floor is complete and work is on at the completion of certain other structure for the day care centre, including kitchen and other support facilities at the hostel. Giving details about the hostel Prof K.N. Pathak, Vice-Chancellor, said the hostel had come up under a special programme of the Central Government. The Centre was bearing 75 per cent of the expenses while the rest would be borne by the university. The hostel facility is primarily being worked out for the university non-teaching staff. Incase there is a vacancy, the university might consider extending the facility to outsiders. Mr G.P. Bansal, engineer, said that the hostel was basically designed to cater to approximately 100 inmates. The design has a provision for about 25 rooms. The women staff mainly from the Class III and Class IV is the main target. He said work was held up in the recent past because of lack of expenses. “ I went to government offices in Delhi on several occasions and have been given the green signal for the additional grant recently. We have also been given the time limit till 2005 to complete the premises”, Mr Bansal added. The university had submitted the original proposal to the Women and Child Development Ministry under the Human Resource Development Ministry in 1995-96 at an estimated cost of Rs 52.8 lakh. Since, services like sewerage, water line and roads were to provided the revised estimate has been put at Rs 72.37 lakh which has received a nod from the centre. The university syndicate in its meeting recently has sanctioned Rs 8.87 lakhs as a part of its share out of the Fund for Higher Education and Research. The university earlier as a part of its share had contributed Rs 9.20 lakh. It was informed that there was a considerable strength of unmarried staff on the non-teaching side that had no special provision for hostel facilities unlike teachers who could avail the facilities of the teachers’ flats. In addition, the day-care facility for children was also seen as a welfare measure for married staff members while they were on duty.  |
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ABVP protest against proposed fee hike Chandigarh, June 4 Agitated students sit in a ‘dharna’ and raised slogans against the Punjab Government and the university authorities. The procession started from the Vice-Chancellor’s office and marched towards his residence. Saurabh Joshi, secretary of the parishad, said, “Administration is playing a dubious role by putting at stake the future of students. Having decided to increase the fee first and later deferring it, the university authorities are just trying to suppress the resentment among students and parents.” He said, “We reiterate our suggestion to curb the menace of selling education. The practice is ethically immoral, academically indefensible and socially undesirable.” It was said that the stance of the Punjab Government was against rural students. “They needed hostel facility the most, but it has been made more expensive. The negative attitude of the government will affect the generations to come,” Joshi said. |
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Summer workshops conclude Chandigarh, June 4 At Ajit Karam Singh International Public School, Sector 41, a multitude of activities kept the children busy over the past two weeks and brought out their creative best. Computer education, English speaking and personality development, calligraphy, cookery, art and craft, including sketching, pottery, glass etching and painting, tie and die, flower arrangement, interior decoration and table setting were among the activities the students could choose from. A total of 120 students attended the workshop, which was also open to students from other schools. “The programme has helped in bringing out the creative and imaginative skills of the children. Parents also want children to utilise this time and we can lay more emphasis on certain things at workshops than in classes,” said Ms J. Sekhon, the school Principal. At DAV Public School, Sector 8, the activities included dramatics, dance and art and craft. About 70 students attended the 15-day workshop, which was conducted by Neev, an organisation floated by young engineers and executives having stage experience. Mr Aditya Khurana from Neev said they were trying to focus on new art forms. An interesting feature of the workshop was presenting humour and social messages through altered scenes from popular films. Besides spreading a message, such activities also brought out talent and creativity. “We carry out such activities during the school session, but we can devote greater time during vacations. Besides putting spare time to good use, such workshops help in identifying talent,” said Ms Sarita Manjula, the school Principal. These workshops also met the requirements of families where both parents are working. |
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Young Achiever When an English daily started “Quest Milestone”, a science contest, little did it realise that something so valuable would come out of it. Divyanshoo Rai Kohli, a plus two student of DAV School, Sector 8, turned this opportunity into a milestone in his life, not only by standing first among 33,000 contestants but also by making his scrap book so outstanding that the Department of Science and Technology, UT, Chandigarh, agreed to publish it. The book is likely to hit the market soon. The book is a mine of information. Divyanshoo painstakingly worked on the book, compiling the life history of 200 scientists, listing their achievements, excerpts from their life, clippings of funny anecdotes in their lives, including a long list of technical terms, which are explained for the benefit of a layman. It was the orderliness and systematic order of the book which made it stand out among others. “I spent hours in the second-hand book market to collect information, besides surfing the Net and going through newspapares and newsmagazines for any piece of information I could gather about the scientists,” says Divyanshoo. However, this is just one of the achievements Divyanshoo has achieved in his young life. After representing the city twice as one of the top 51 biologists of India at the biology Olympiad organised by the Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Divyanshoo is currently taking part in the third phase of the Olympiad being held at the same venue from June 3 to 11. “The Olympiad consists of a series of lectures which is followed by tests to evaluate one’s understanding of the subject matter,” says Divyanshoo. Top young biologists will have a chance to represent the country at the International Biology Olympiad to be held in Belarus this year. A recipient of the Jagriti independent scholarship of the Government of India when in Class VIII, Divyanshoo takes equal interest in sports and co-curricular activities. A good orator, he has taken part in all major debate and quiz contests in the city. Divyanshoo, did his Class X from St John’s school, feels that the school played a major role in his success. When asked how he keeps himself abreast with the latest happenings, he immediately says, “Not through the television”. I do not watch TV at all, in fact my family does not even own a TV set till date. But I read all leading national dailies, magazines, books, encyclopaedia, besides surfing the Net”. Divyanshoo also takes keen interest in preserving the flora and fauna of this region. he was elected captain of the Eco Club in his school. Besides taking active part in environment campaigns conducted by the school, he has also delivered lectures and given slide presentations outside the city. Divyanshoo, who wants to be a medicine practitioner, has already cleared a number of examinations conducted by various bodies. He has got 36th rank in CET and the 1110th rank in PMT conducted by the CBSE. Divyanshoo has also qualified for Armed Forces Medical College in Pune. |
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Warrant
issued against Bhardwaj again Chandigarh, June 4 The CBI today moved an application in the CJM’s court, stating that a team of CBI officials had raided a number of places in search of Mr Bhardwaj but had not been able to arrest him. Therefore, the CBI said it needed more time to arrest him. To arrest him, a special investigation team headed by a Deputy Superintendent of Police had been constituted by the UT Administration on June 2. |
Most models want to join films SAS Nagar, June 4 Ms Bhasin, who came back from Dubai about four days ago after doing a charity show with Shilpa Shetty and Lara Dutta, said she would not like to do a film in which she would have to run around trees but the one which had some significant theme. She said many offers from the film world came her way at the time when Akshay Kumar was launched but at that time she was not interested in movies. She had a very busy schedule and was modelling for Revlon, Sea Grams, Air Tel, Hero Honda etc. In January she was in New York in connection with a show. Ms Mehar Bhasin, who was in the town in connection with a design collection show by passing out students of fashion design and knitwear design technology of the Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology (NIIFT) being held tomorrow, said there was lot of scope in modelling. As many as 21 models had come to NIIFT to take part in the show. Ms Simran Sachdev, who represented India in the Miss Tourism International contest held in Malaysia during December and January in which representatives from 26 countries took part, said one should not consider one’s work as a hobby but pursue it as a career for achieving success. Ms Sachdev, too, is looking forward to joining films. She has worked in two Punjabi song videos launched by Tips. Now she wants to work in a Hindi remix video. Talking about exploitation of women in the modelling world, she said it all depended upon the individual. There was either exploitation or success and the latter was achieved only if one was professional. Gaurav, who is from Delhi and had entered into modelling through Gladrags contest, said models were not just “carriers of clothes” but had a message to send across. He said fashion had to be in line with the cultural heritage and there was no need to copy the west. Mr Kaushik Ghosh, choreographer for the show, told mediapersons that 80-ft-long ramp was being provided and the presentation would be international in style. He said he tried to promote Indian classical music in his shows. |
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Bharatanatyam
workshop by Suchitra Mitra Chandigarh, June 4 Participants of the workshop will have the opportunity to learn the Kalakshetra style of Bharatanatyam, which is renowned for its perfection in the technical aspect. Suchitra, who holds command over the abhinaya part of Bharatanatyam, will teach her disciples about expressing different emotions through gestures and expressions. “Here we will teaching the tradition of ‘Praman’ and then introduce students to Sanskrit shlokas and a few Tamil words to give them the feel of the true Bharatanatyam culture,” says Suchitra, who was introduced to the Kalakshetra style of Bharatanatyam by Indira Barua from Assam and later by Thankamani Kutti from Kolkata. Suchitra, who holds a masters degree in Kathakali under the guidance of Guru Govindan Kutti, runs a school called “Padam” in the city. She is also a visiting teacher at Sangeet Bharati in Delhi. According to Suchitra, the popularity of Bharatanatyam is rising in the region. “Bharatanatyam always took a back seat to kathak here in this region but only recently there is much awareness among both the young and old generations about this dance form,” says
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