The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

EDUCATION

CAMPUS
Law students told to follow path of truth and honesty
Smriti Kak

In association with the Bar Council of India, the School of Law and Legal Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, organised the Pt K. L. Mishra Memorial National Moot Court Competition on intellectual property rights from October 29 to 31.

Fifteen teams from across the country participated in the competition established in the memory of Pt K. L. Mishra, a distinguished civil and criminal lawyer, who is remembered for his prolific advocacy skills by jurists, teachers and students.

The chief guest on the occasion was Justice Santosh Hegde. Addressing the students, Mr Hegde said that the legal profession was not his first choice and he had to struggle in the early years. He voiced concern over certain sensitive issues bothering the judiciary and expressed his displeasure at having a separate ‘Young Lawyers’ Bar’ and a ‘Lady Lawyers’ Bar’, this he said was similar to having a division in the family.

Justice Hegde urged the students to follow the path of truth and honesty while pursuing a case. He said lawyers should be united as a family and work hard to make law as a respectable profession in the eyes of society.

Justice E. P. Misra, former Judge of Supreme Court, defined the essence of professionalism and said monetary profit should not be the priority for a lawyer, rather his objective should be to lead his clients to justice. More importantly, he stressed upon the balance between spiritualism and materialism.

The Vice-Chancellor of GGSIP University, Prof K. K. Aggarwal, highlighted the growing importance of law in society. He said that the horizons of law are ever widening and IPR is a new dimension to it.

Appreciating the scope of five-year integrated law course, Mr Adish Aggarwal, Vice-Chairman of the Bar Council, said that the syllabus of the law course is so designed that it not only educates students on various laws but also trainees and prepares them to meet challenges as advocate’s of tomorrow.

ICA centre at Khanpur

Union Labour Minister Sahib Singh Verma inaugurated the 10th centre of the Institute of Computer Accountants in Khanpur in the Capital. Speaking at the inauguration, the Minister said that there is an urgent need of bringing in flexible changes in the technical education system to meet the strict WTO norms, which will become effective by the end of 2004.

Mr Verma said that the strict WTO norms would not only restrict computer graduates, engineers and technical graduates’ mobility because of India’s education accreditation in the international arena, but also affect the national income and country’s business overseas.

He also urged the corporate and business houses to adopt global transparent computerised accounting system to meet the future economic needs.

The ICA has set up the centres to provide computerised training to accountants based on the lines of the American and European standards. The admission is open to those having passed the 10+2 exams and the duration of the course is between four months to a year.

IMT Finance Meet

The Institute of Management Technology (IMT) organised a meet to discuss the, ‘Role of Finance in Global Competition’. The event commenced with an introductory address by Dr T. P. Ghosh, Dean of IMT, who gave a brief overview of the current status of India in global competition.

The students from IMT also gave an insight through presentations into Treasury Management. This was followed by lectures from corporates and heads of companies. A rapid question answer session was also part of the event.

Narayanan at AAFT

Speaking on the powers on the power of films, former President, Mr K. R. Narayanan, said that films should be used as a vehicle form propagating the Indian culture and values across the globe.

He was speaking to the Director of the Asian Academy of Film and Television (AAFT), Mr Sandeep Marwah, during a film show in the Film Division Auditorium.

The former President, who was also a teacher, journalist and diplomat, is a connoisseur of fine arts and music. Mr Narayanan is also the patron of numerous social, cultural and sports organisations and has given his consent to become the patron of the AAFT as well.

Sri University

Sri University, established under the Chhattisgarh Private University Act 2002, is coming up with campuses in the national Capital as well. Four campuses have been planned for Central, West, South and Outer Delhi, the university authorities claim.

The university, which is headed by Vice -Chancellor Ananat Sri Vibhushit Sri Ravishankar, believes that learning is a life long process and aims to keeps its doors open for people to come and seek knowledge whenever they wish to.

For Primary Teachers

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has announced admission notice for Diploma Certificate in Primary Teacher (CPT) offered in north-eastern states, Sikkim and Jammu and Kashmir commencing from the January 2004 session for in-service primary school teachers.

The first of its kind in the country for primary teachers training programme, the Diploma in Primary Education (DPE) is innovative with a comprehensive practical component of 40 per cent.

The DPE programme can be completed in two years and a maximum of six years, whereas the minimum duration for the CPT programme is six months and a maximum of 18 months.

Training programmes

Trump and Gates, an IIM alumni institute, providing specialised coaching for various entrance exams, including CAT, GRE and TOEFL, has developed scientifically designed training programmes that employ mutlimedia aids for teaching. The institute offers speed-reading, vocabulary building and speed maths as part of the programme.

Health Psychology

The Amity Institute of Behavioural Health and Allied Sciences (AIBHAS) organised a one-day conference on ‘Critical approaches to Health Psychology and Rehabilitation’ in association with the Amity Medical Science and Research.

Speaking on the occasion, the chief guest, Dr A. K. Mukherjee, DG, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre stressed that the health delivery and rehabilitation services available today touch only the periphery of the population. He added a large part of the population, particularly in the rural areas, have to do without a comprehensive health delivery system.

In his keynote address, Dr K. S. Bhatnagar, MS, Lions Hospital, pointed out the need for an interdisciplinary approach to treatment and rehabilitation of the physically and mentally ill people.

He said: “There is a need for comprehensive and holistic approach to treatment and rehabilitation of patients”. Dr C. K. Dhawan, AIIMS, presented a paper on physiotherapeutic interventions for various neurological conditions.

Dr Veeraraghavan, Director, AIBHAS, said that there is a need for a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to health and illness and how the fields of health psychology and rehabilitation could work together for not only curing a sick person, but also rehabilitating a person completely in society.