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Workshop on functional English
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 11
Nearly 78 teachers from CBSE schools of the district attended a workshop on functional English organised at Guru Nanak International Public School, Gujarkhan Campus, Model Town, here today.

Ms Jayashree Kannan, resource person, gave various tips on classroom teaching of functional English. She discussed various common grammatical mistakes made by the students. She also talked on ways to improve the phonetics and fluency of the students in the language.

Ms Kannan stressed on making the subject more interesting by making the students write on novel topics.

She suggested that the teachers should ask the students to pen down news items and spot coverages of school functions, prepare a magazine, write poetry and humorous short anecdotes from their day-to-day experiences so as to improve their vocabulary as well as composition.

Ms Kannan gave the teachers various practical exercises during the workshop. A question-answer session was held to make it more interactive. All participating teachers felt satisfied as they said they had learnt many new things.

Earlier, Ms B.Gulati, Principal of the host school, welcomed Ms Kannan and said she was the author for various CBSE books. She had taken training in functional English from London and had taught in Delhi Public School for more than five years. Presently Ms Kannan was working with the CBSE, she added.

DMC Principal from within faculty
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Ludhiana, October 11
The management of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital has decided to have the new Principal of the DMC from within the faculty. A decision to this effect was taken at the general body meeting of the managing society of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital held under the chairmanship Mr Brijmohan Munjal, president.

Earlier, the management was considering to have successor of Dr S.C. Ahuja, Principal, who retired on September 30, from outside. But the move was resented by the faculty on the plea that in the past principals of the DMC had been selected from within the college faculty.

Mr Brijmohan Munjal while addressing the faculty meeting one day prior to the General Body meeting also announced that the new principal would be selected from within the faculty. Dr Daljit Singh, Head of the Department of Paediatrics, is officiating as the Principal of the college at present.

The General Body could not take a final decision regarding the introduction of the chamber practice at the DMCH and also deferred the construction of the chambers for the same on the hospital premises.

The meeting decided to set up two committees — a leasing committee headed by Mr Gian Chand Dhawan and a building committee which would be headed by Mr Dharamvir Bector.

BBA toppers applauded
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Ludhiana, October 11
Kawalpreet Kaur, Richa Jain and Gautam Garg of the Gujranwala Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology (GGNIMT) have bagged the first, fourth and seventh positions, respectively, in the BBA second semester examination declared by Punjab Technical University this year. They have secured 84.5, 81.83 and 80.67 per cent marks, respectively

The coordinator of the institute, Prof G.S. Dua, and the Director, Mr Kuldip Singh, congratulated the students. They appreciated the teachers’ efforts in motivating the students. The students credited their achievements to the hardwork and devotion of the teachers.

NZCC holds cultural mela
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Artistes from Uttar Pradesh perform a folk dance at the cultural mela organised by the NZCC in Ludhiana on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

Ludhiana, October 11
Roman tribal dancers led by Bain Sidhi with their wild but synchronised movements enthralled the audience at the inauguration of a cultural mela organised by the North Zone Cultural Centre (NZCC) in collaboration with the Punjab Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) at Hotel Amaltas last evening. The mela was inaugurated by the Managing Director of PDTC, Mr Jagjit Puri.

The mela will continue till October 13. It will showcase unique dances from different states. Moreover, hundreds of artistes from 15 different states will display their skills. A bazar on the pattern of famous “Delhi Haat” will be put up.

The programme started with a devotional song and was followed by a peppy Punjab folk dance. In another item, girls carrying lighted clay pitchers on their heads swirled without losing balance. This won a lot of applause from the audience. Several folk singers presented traditional Punjabi songs.

Mr Puri said the fair would also be held in Jalandhar and Amritsar. In Kapurthala it would be dedicated to Jassa Singh Ahluwalia.

Bhajan-singing contest today
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Ludhiana, October 11
The Shri Mandir Committee, Panjab, will hold its 17th inter-college competition in bhajan-singing and chorus-singing tomorrow at Shri Durga Mata Mandir in Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar, according to a press note issued here today.

The competition, which will start at 10 am, will be inaugurated by Mr Krishan Chander Gupta, vice-chairman of the trust.

Mr Malkit Singh Birmi, state minister for Jails, will give away the prizes. A flag-hoisting ceremony will also be performed.