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Calligraphy, painting contests Ludhiana, September 24 While some major events like bhangra and gidha got a poor response, much better participation was observed for contests like calligraphy, painting and declamation contests where the number of participants was above 10. No team reached for bhangra competition at Hindi Putri Pathshala, Khanna. For gidha, there were three participating teams, making the judgement very easy. The team from Ramgarhia Girls’ Senior Secondary School stood first, followed by Government Senior Secondary School, Bharat Nagar, and Lal Bahadur Shastri School. The calligraphy competition was held at Guru Nanak Khalsa Boys’ High School, Model Town, where there were 15 participants. The students were given a choice to copy a stanza either in Punjabi or English. The judgement, however, was not pronounced today as some of the top students had come without registering themselves for the competition. Mr Balram Sharma, one of the judges, said that the judgement would be declared tomorrow after the board takes its decision on whether such students have to be included or not. The contests for shabad singing and folk song competition drew nine participants each at Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School, Dugri. Ankush Sharma of R.S. Model Senior Secondary School stood first, followed by Kanwaljit Kaur of Ramgarhia Girls’ Senior Secondary School and Sangeeta of Government Girls’ Senior Secondary School, Khanna. For shabad singing competition the team from Government Senior Secondary School, Bhaini Sahib, was declared first. The team from Ramgarhia Girls Senior Secondary School won the second prize while that from Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School, Doraha, was declared third. In the poetry competition held at Hindi Putri Pathshala, Khanna, there were nine contestants. Esha Narang from Saraswati Modern School won the first prize. Sheetal from Ramgarhia Girls’ Senior Secondary School clinched the second prize and Harinder Singh from Guru Nanak Public School, Bassian, stood third. In the painting contest held at Government Senior Secondary School, Bharat Nagar, there were 12 participants who were told to paint any festival or any scene. Ekta Garg of Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School, Doraha, stood first, followed by Suman Devi from Government Senior Secondary School, Bhaini Rayian and Pardeep Singh from Dashmesh Public Senior Secondary School. Judgement was made by Mr Jaspreet Mohan Singh, Ms Manjit Kaur and Ms Jagjeevanpreet Kaur. In the declamation contest held in the same school, Raviya from DAV Model School, Khanna, won the first prize, Harpreet from Dashmesh Public Senior Secondary School stood second and Poonam Sharma from Ramgarhia Girls’ Senior Secondary School was declared third. Mr Mewa Singh, lecturer,
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NSS Day celebrated Ludhiana, September 24 It was on September 24 that vice-chancellors of 32 universities, on a suggestion of the first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, decided to set up the NSS for college students to help extend social service to weaker sections of society. Mr Kant said two types of camps had been organised for 1,100 units of NSS. He said units of the NSS adopted a village for 10 days. They increase the awareness of villagers regarding cleanliness, vaccination, nutrition, health and education. Mr Kant said each volunteer was given Rs 30 per day. As there were 50 students and the camp lasted for 10 days, a sum of Rs 15,000 was spent on one unit. In a year, 550 units organised camps, he said. Every college or school student who has opted for NSS has to put in 120 hours of voluntary social service. During these hours, students donate blood, organise cleaning of college and neighboring premises, sapling plantation, and making people aware about conservation of water. This year, the motto of NSS is “Youth for Swachhta” (cleanliness). He said the NSS was the largest voluntary social organisation in the world and it was of much utility to students. Mr Kant said the NSS provided a common platform to students to help society. “It also helps in the development of a positive attitude,” he said. Today’s function started with the rendering of a shabad, “De Shiva var mohe”. Amandeep Kaur of MA part I and Harpreet of MA part II year traced the history of the NSS. Ms Madanjit Sahota, Principal of Master Tara Singh College, said NSS volunteers from the college had brought about a lot of transformation in Ladowal, the village adopted by them. Camp held The NSS unit of Kamla Lohtia SD College is organising a 10-day NSS camp beginning tomorrow. Hundred volunteers are participating in the camp. They will take part in a cleanliness drive on the college campus and its surroundings. The programme officers, Prof Mohammad Saleem and Dr Yograj Angrish, will guide the volunteers. |
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Freshers welcomed at Arya College Ludhiana, September 24 Students honoured on the occasion, included Monica Kalia (83.8 per cent), Tarvinder Kaur (83.4 per cent), Manpreet Kaur (83.1 per cent), Veera Bhatia (82.8 per cent), Nishi Khanna (82.7 per cent), Anju Bala (82.3 per cent), Jyoti Sharma (82 per cent), Dimple Sharma (81.8 per cent), Anupama Sethi (81.7 per cent), Avneet Kaur (81.6 per cent), Supriya Kaul (81.6 per cent), Amandeep Kaur (81.5 per cent), Anupama Verma (81.5 per cent), Purnima Batra (81.3 per cent), Maneet Kaur (81.3 per cent), Arshpreet Kaur, (81.1 per cent), Aarti Wadhwa (81.1 per cent), Aarti Wadhwa (81.1per cent), Prinka Sharma (81per cent), and Simmi Dhir (81 per cent). The programme started with “Saraswati Vandana”. Saloni presented a dance on the song ‘Maiya Yashoda’ while other students presented a colourful dandiya dance and Haryanavi dance. |
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Literary programme
at GHG college Ludhiana, September 24 Dr Rajinder Singh, Head of the Department, welcomed the chief guests and other dignitaries. Dr Taneja discussed the changing trends in Hindi literature. He also released “Shabd-Gat”, a collection of research papers written by Dr Rajinder Singh, published by Roopkanwal Prakashan, Tarn Taran. Prof Bawa Singh, former Vice-Chairman, Minorities Commission, Government of India, a prominent writer, Prof Balwinder Pal Singh, the secretay of Aagmit Sahitya Sabha, Prof Ranjit Jiwan Kaur, other members of faculty and students of the Hindi Department were present on the occasion. The Principal of the college, Dr J.S. Cheema, presented the vote of thanks. |
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40 papers presented at seminar Ludhiana, September 24 Forty papers were presented by undergraduate, postgraduate and diploma students during the seminar. Dr R.P. Singh, Chairman, ISTE (Punjab, Himachal, Chandigarh and J&K section), inaugurated it and released a CD containing the papers presented. Dr H.S. Sekhon, Dean, College of Agricultural Engineering, distributed prizes among students. An exhibition on energy conserving devices was also organised. Paramvir Singh, Deepak and Gurjant of Kabir Polytechnic, Fazilka, won the first prize in the polytechnic category. The second and third prizes were won by Pradeep Chug and Sarbjeet Singh of Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, and Ramandeep Singh, GNDU, Amritsar, and Navriti Gill, College of Agricultural Engineering, PAU, respectively. Biswajit Paul and Ritesh Kuamr Jhao of SLIET, Longowal, Sangrur, won the first prize in the undergraduate category. The second and third prizes were won by Nidhi Aggarwal of ACET, Amritsar and Sharanjit Kaur of the College of Agricultural Engineering,
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Green Land school paddlers win laurels Ludhiana, September 24 In the under-19 years category, Green Land Senior Secondary School demolished D AV School, Amritsar 3-0. Atul of Ludhiana registered a two-nil victory over Abhi 11-8, 12-10; Sahil faced no resistance in an easy win over his opponent Hemant 11-3 and 11-3 while Abhey defeated Rahul 11-3 and 11-7. In the match for third spot, Atul of Green Land School defeated his schoolmate Sahil. In the under-14 years category, Green Land Senior Secondary School paddlers survived some anxious moments before romping home victorious 3-2 against D A V School, Amritsar team. The winners of the local school were Abhijit who got the better Kunal 11-9 and 11-9; Dharmendra who beat Ishpreet 11-5 and 11-3 and Manpreet outplayed Kunal 11-9 and 11-5. In the girls’ section (under-14 years), Green Land School blanked Innocent Heart School, Jalandhar 3-0 to bag the third position. Eeeti beat Garmia 11-5 and 11-7; Avneet breezed past Suganda 11-9 and 11-8 while Amanpreet beat Elisha 11-8 and 11-7. In the individual events, Abhijit of Green Land School outclassed Rohan of D A V School, Amritsar to clinch the under-14 title while Manpreet of the local school beat Arpit of Apeejay School of Jalandhar to finish third. |
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Career awareness workshop for students Ludhiana, September 24 Addressing the students, Mr Vijay Malhotra from Small Industries Services Institute (SISI), spoke on developing entrepreneurial skills. He said with scarcity of jobs in government sector and problem of underpayment in private sector, the time was the ideal to start one’s own business. He said with small investment in the beginning into some novel, modernised project, one could make tremendous strides. Mr Harpal Singh, Banking Services, District Education Department, talked about various loan schemes available for students. He said at a minimum interest rate of 10 per cent, many banks were ready to offer education loans to the students who take admission to medical or engineering colleges after getting good ranks in entrance tests. He said the student could start returning the money after completing the course and getting a job within next six to 18 months. Mr Surinder Pal Singh, Guidance Officer, District Education Department, highlighted the various jobs opportunities available to students opting for medical, non-medical, home science, arts, vocational and commerce streams. He also talked about various polytechnic and ITI courses that the students could join after completing Class X. He said similar workshops had earlier been held at Raikot and Gurusar Sudhar and other subdivisions would soon be covered. Mr P.P. Singh, Defence Services, District Education Department, talked about the various job profiles for defence services. Others who spoke on the occasion included Ms Sarabjit Kaur, District Employment Officer, Mr Rohtash Singh from a computer centre and Dr C.S. Aneja, Department of Extension Education, Punjab Agricultural University. Mr V.P. Singh, Principal of the school and Mr H.K. Mayer, Career Master, were also present on the occasion. |
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Ramandeep wins
paper-reading contest Ludhiana, September 24 Students of classes VII, VIII and IX took part in the contest and spoke on various topics. The topics included ‘I am proud to be an Indian’, ‘Importance of education’, ‘My aim in life’ and ‘Importance of social services in life’. The chief guest of the function was Mr Sunil Maria, President School Managing Committee. The function started with the lighting of the lamp and singing of “Vande Matram” by students. The participants were allowed to speak in any language. Ramandeep Kaur of Tagore House got first position and Harman Bawa of Subash Chander Bose House, Gurpreet Kaur, also of Subash Chander Bose House, Lalima Sethi of Laxmi Bai House and Roop Kamal of the same house were also among winners. The prize winners were given trophies and other participants were given certificates of participation. The Deputy Director and Principal, Mr H.C. Gupta, presented the vote of thanks. Inter-house quiz An inter-house quiz competition was held at Everest Public Senior Secondary School, Moti Nagar, here yesterday. Five teams of three students each participated in the contest. The team from Tagore House got the first position, followed by Mother Teresa and Newton Houses. Mr Rajinder Sharma, Principal, congratulated the winners and gave them prizes. |
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Fine arts, literary contests at PCTE Ludhiana, September 24 Students
participated in various contests, including press conference, collage making, story telling, mehndi, quiz, dumb charade and painting. In dumb charade, Nikhil and Nitin of BCA (final year) won the first prize. Aman Dhall and Aman Sethi of MBA (first year) shared the second prize and Shivani and Shweta of MCA (second year) bagged the third prize. The event comprised three rounds in which 14 teams with two members each participated. In pictionary contest held yesterday, Rohit and Gaurav of MBA (final year) won the first prize, Gurvinder and Parvinder of BBA (second year) second prize and Preet and Madhavi of BBA (first year) third prize. Dr K.N.S. Kang, Director of the college, said such activities were being organised for the overall development of students. |
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Seminar on Reliance Ludhiana, September 24 Student wins prize Navriti Gill, a first-year student of the Department of Business Management, has bagged the third prize in the technical paper presentation organised by the College of Agricultural Engineering, PAU, in collaboration with the Indian Society for Technical Education on Monday. The topic was “Energy, environment and sustainable development.” |
In search of Aryans Ludhiana, September 24 A 15-member team to shoot the documentary on pure Aryan race will be staying at villages Dattanu, Dhartsig and Gorkon falling in Ladakh. Dr Shah would be the producer of the film while Mr Sukhwant Dhadda of Sky TV Pvt Limited, Mumbai, would be the director. Mr Shah.N. Kurw, a cinematographer from Mumbai, and Mr R. Rathour and Pardeep, two journalists from Delhi, are among the 15-member team. Talking to The Tribune, Dr B.S. Shah, the producer, said the advent of Aryans in India was traced back to 2,500 years ago when the first Central Asian tribe set its foot across the Indus river. Tall, fair, extremely good-looking, the Aryans were thought to have fought and defeated the Indian
aboriginals, who were said to be short, dark and stout with snubbed noses. The supremacy of the Aryan race has since remained uncontested, said Dr Shah. “The Drogpas are believed to have migrated via Gilgit about a 1000 years ago from Central Asia. There are no documents in the village to suggest their exact origin or history but the general belief is that they fled from there when it was embroiled in the turmoil of warring chieftains”, said Dr Shah. The one-hour documentary will be shot at Ladakh in the coming 20 days during the “festival of fertility”, celebrated in these villages.”The weeklong festival of fertility is an occasion to drink, eat the best food, and since there are no taboos against anything, it is time when men and women will indulge in intimate physical relationships in the backdrop of folk songs, sung by members of all tribes in these villages during the get-together”, Dr Shah said. The Drogpas are nature worshippers with some elements of a proto Buddhist form of religion. Dr Shah said: “Fertility and its symbols mean a lot to them. They revere a goat, drink its milk and eat it but cows are not revered. In fact, it is not allowed to wander in their villages. Similarly, they bury the dead in ways known to the ways of ancient Egyptians. They bury their dead in earthen pots filling them with household items, including food”. In-breeding among these tribals over generations has created health problems, including infertility among women. During the forthcoming festival, women will look forward to “finding partners for producing offsprings to carry on the pure Aryian race”. About a decade ago a few German women had especially come here and reportedly stayed here for sometime with the local men.
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