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Work suffering in PU’s admn block Chandigarh, November 5 The rallies and the token dharnas of the non-teaching staff for the past more than one week has cast a shadow in the normal functioning even during the remaining working hours in a day. It may be remembered that the Administrative Block caters mainly to admissions and examination and result-related activity, which is the backbone of the educational system. The reason for the staff outburst this time is suspension of two employees of the examination branch. Mr Govind and Mr Budhi Singh, both clerks, were suspended following opening of a case by the university where the university had declared a boy to have passed in masters in arts examination whereas he had failed to qualify in his bachelor’s degree. The administrative impasse in solving the problem has led to the Panjab University Teachers Association (PUTA) saying that the university action in suspending the dealing hands was uncalled for. The matter could be resolved in a simpler manner. Students were unnecessarily being harassed, Dr Harjinder Singh Laltu, president, said. The matter about fault in the result declaration was raised in the Senate meeting by Mr G.S. Gosal, a fellow. Prof K.N. Pathak, Vice Chancellor, immediately passed the suspension orders of the ‘concerned dealing hands’. The papers lay pending in the Registrar’s office till Dr Sodhi Ram, the Controller of Examination, took over the officiating charge of the Registrar’s office in his absence. On October 31, the suspension orders were formally passed. Interestingly, the dharna of the employees started even before the suspension orders had been formally passed. Professor Pathak said a simple situation was being unnecessarily compounded. It was a case of procedural neglect and the university just wanted to go to the base of the matter. “I only ordered the dealing persons to be suspended. Suspension is not punishment. The enquiry will be conducted by Prof Sashi Sharma and Mr J.R. Sharma, an Assistant Registrar. Let the report be tabled and the matter will be resolved accordingly. The situation now was being unnecessarily blown out of proportion”, he added. The Vice Chancellor said the university ensured fair-play and asked the Non-Teaching Employees Federation to suspend agitation against pending enquiry. Mr Dharam Paul Sharma, president of the Non Teaching Employees Federation, said as the two dealing hands under question had agreed to their mistake, there was no need for an enquiry. Even if the matter needed an enquiry, the employees should not have suspended because there have been numerous cases of worse performance in the university where the employees were not suspended, he said. Mr Sharma said in the past there have been cases where a number of dealing hands have been convicted of tampering with the university results. However, the federation did not interfere. In this case the workers had a clean record which could be verified. |
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Students to go on chain fast Chandigarh, November 5 Karanbir Singh Kaler, president of the Student Council of Government College for Men, Sector 11, and Dalip Singh Virk from DAV College will lead the agitation. Students are urging the authorities to probe into details of fees and funds being charged by different colleges to ensure streamlining the process. Members of the Coordination Committee against the fee hike in local colleges went to the residences of Justice
O.P.Verma, Governor of Punjab and Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, the local MP, and submitted their demand to for the rollback in the hike. The delegation also met Mr Satya Pal Jain, a former MP. Malwinder Singh Kang, president of the Panjab University Campus Student Council in this connection. An indefinite agitation will be launched from Monday in case there was no positive response from the authorities, they said. |
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Guru Gobind Singh College wins
giddha contest
Chandigarh, November 5 The Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, was second while the third place was bagged by the MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36. Amritpal Kaur from the Guru Gobind Singh College for Women won the first prize in the individual category. Navneet Kaur from Dev Samaj and Jagat Vir from the MCM DAV College for Women were second and third, respectively. Government Home Science College won the group dance competition, the Guru Gobind Singh College for Women was second while the third place was bagged by the Government College for Girls, Sector 42. Pooja from the Government College for Girls, Sector 42, Supria from Home Science College and Nivedita from Guru Gobind Singh College were the winners in the individual category of the contest. Ragini from Guru Gobind Singh College for Women and Pooja from the Government College for Girls, Sector 42, were the winners in the classical dance contest. Dr Ramesh Kapoor, Dean of the College Development Council of Panjab University, was the chief guest in the morning session. Raja Harnerinder Singh, a member of the Sikh Educational Society, and principals from the participating colleges were present on the occasion. Mr R.S. Gujral, Home Secretary, was the chief guest in the evening session. |
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DAV College wins group singing contest Chandigarh, November 5 GGDSD College, Sector 32, was second while the third position was won by SGGS Khalsa College, Sector 26, in the group singing contest. The team of GGDSD College won the ‘shabad/bhajan’ contest while the second position was won by DAV College. The third position went to SGGS College. Hardeep Bani from Panjab University Campus won the Indian Classical Music(vocal) contest while the second position went to Gagandeep Singh from Government College for Men, Sector 11. Vijay Kumar and Rakesh Kumar, both from the Government College of Arts, Sector 10, were the first and second in the landscape drawing contest. Anand Sharma from DAV College was third. Varinder Kumar from GGDSD College and Parminder Singh and Satwinder Singh, both from the Government College of Arts, were first, second and third, respectively, in the still life drawing contest. Neha Sahni from GGDSD, Bhavini from DAV College, Sector 10, and Pooja from SGGS College were the top three winners in the rangoli contest. Mandeep Kaur from DAV College, Manju Rana from GGDSD College and Chetan from the Government College of Arts won the collage-making competition. The festival was inaugurated by Prof K.N.Pathak, Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University. As many as 13 colleges are participating in the festival. While addressing the gathering, Professor Pathak emphasised on character-building and the importance of youth festivals in confidence-building. Certain other results include: Drawing from life- Parminder Singh and Vijay Kumar from the GCA and Abir Mukherjee from Government College, Sector 46; poster making - Avinash Kumar (GCA), Vijay Singla (GCA) and Gursimran Singh (GGDSD College); Clay modelling - Charanjit Singh (GCA), Jaspreet Kaur (National Institute of Nursing Education) and Rajiv Subba (GCA). Cartooning - Sukriti (GCA), Surchander (DAV College) and Durgesh (GC, Sector 46); percussion - Deepak Pawar (GCM, Sector 11), Deepak Kumar (Panjab University) and Gurcharan Singh (GGDSD College); non-percussion - Bhagsain (PU) and Paratha Sen (GC, Sector 46). Punjabi folk instruments - Varinder Kumar (PU) and Namdev(DAV College). Orchestra (Indian) - Raman Bhag Singh (PU), Deepak (PU) and Ashu Gautam (PU); ghazal - Ashutosh Saroch (GC, Sector 46), Vijay (DAV College) and Garima Jain (SGGS College); geet - Poonam Rajput (GGDSD College), Jaspreet Kaur (GCM, Sector 11) and Gaganpreet Kaur (NINE). Folk song - Rajan (GGDSD College), Dalveer (DAV College) and Parminder Singh (PU); Vaar - Harsimranjet Singh and Amarjeet (GCM, Sector 11), Amandeep Kaur and Gagandeep Kaur (NINE) and Jatinder Singh and Parminder Singh (PU). |
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Dr Puneet Bedi to be MCM College Principal Chandigarh, November 5 Her candidature was unanimously approved by a
seven-membered committee of the DAV management. The committee with Mr
G.P. Chopra, President of the DAV Management Committee, in the chair also included three representatives of Panjab University, the
DPI(Colleges) and two members of the DAV Management Committee. Dr Bedi is one of the seniormost lecturers of the college from the Hindi Department. She has been working in the college for past more than 15 years. The college will have a regular Principal after a gap of nearly four years. |
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A delightful presentation Chandigarh, November 5 In the lead roles of Prof Henry Higgins and Eliza Dolittle were Rattan Amol Johal and Salonika, respectively. With ease and elegance in style and with a delightful refinement in diction, so reminiscent of the Shakespearean syntax, the players in todays production directed by Aruna Ahluwalia, impressed one and all. In his urge to instruct Eliza Dolittle in vowels, Prof Higgins falls in love with her, putting behind all inhibitions that stem from her being a flower girl. Drawing the storyline from two movies and a musical, the play came across as a strong statement of perfection made by young turks who carried home a phenomenal theme extremely well. Not even once during the play did any of the actors speak in a flippant, slipshod manner, thus reflecting his and her level of preparedness and commitment to the presentation as also to the director and script writer of the play, thespian Aruna Ahluwalia. Emphasising the power of refined language and of an elegant conversation, the play inspires everyone to inculcate the fine art of speaking. Also part of the production were Ranjan Nayyer as Col Pekkering and Amer Singh as Alfred Dolittle. |
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PEC team wins ‘Polemic-the Mega Debate’ Chandigarh, November 5 The topic was “liberal thinking— a path to moral and social degradation”. The team of Vishal Gahluat and Yagneshwar was the close runners-up. Guntas Randhawa was the best speaker in the category of “for the motion” and Swedha Pati was the best speaker ‘against the motion’. The judges included Dr Veena Sachdeva, Dr Sudip Minhas and Dr Meenakshi Malhotra. Mr Kushal Bahl, Education Minister of Punjab, was the chief guest on the occasion and Prof R.D. Anand, a Fellow, was the guest of honour. Others present on the occasion included Prof Jagdish Singh, Chairman of the department, Prof Nirmal Singh, Dean Student Welfare and Malwinder Singh Kang, president of the student council. |
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Two-day CSIO workshop
concludes Chandigarh, November 5 As many as 26 students and 21 teachers participated in a pollution awareness programme. In the two-day workshop, the main emphasis was on pollution monitoring. |
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Petty job seekers asked to report to police Chandigarh, November 5 Any breach of this order will invite action under Section 188 of the IPC . The order that comes into force from November 6 will remain in force till Janaury 4. Meanwhile, the District Magistrate, Mr Arun Kumar, has imposed orders under Section 144 of the CrPc, directing all residents, owner or tenants of commercial and residential property not to employ anyone without furnishing the particulars to the police station concerned . Any breach in the this order will invite action under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code. |
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Mark Tully’s date with readers Chandigarh, November 5 At the store he will interact with readers and will autograph copies of his books. He will be at the store between 4.30 pm and 5.15 pm. Among the books he has authored are, “No Full Stops in India”, “The Heart of India”, “India in Slow Motion”. He will autograph copies of all these books. All his books have been bestsellers and are of immense interest both to the Indians as well as Western readers. To an Indian reader, his books offer a fresh perspective of looking at their own socio-political and economic realities. |
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