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Recruitment scam on PEC campus: report Chandigarh, June 15 In the report submitted a few days back, it has been pointed out that the selection procedure was followed in a hurried manner with a view to interviewing the least number of candidates. The Vigilance Department is probing the allegations against the college authorities. Aspects relating to procedure adopted in selecting the candidates, the process of publicising vacancies, the selection criteria and the fairness of the procedure are being probed by the Vigilance Department. Sources in the Vigilance Department said it had been pointed out that the procedure followed benefited those related to or known to employees. It could not be ascertained whether the inquiry report had been forwarded to the Chief Vigilance Officer, Chandigarh Administration. The Principal of the college, Dr Baljeet Kapoor, denied that any inquiry was going on into the appointment of non-teaching staff. He said it was wrong to allege that the appointments had been done to favour certain people. He claimed that he was simply asked to give his comments when certain allegations against him were published in a vernacular newspaper. The sources said due to lack of publicity, most of the candidates known to employees of the college and the administration could apply. Persons with higher merit would have been selected if the number of candidates were large, said faculty members. However, Dr Baljeet Kapoor said it was not possible that the college staff knew all the candidates selected. They said the college authorities did not err in following the proper procedure. The Vigilance Department was looking into the appointments of around 18 persons. Investigations by Chandigarh Tribune revealed that the vacancies were publicised by notifying to the employment exchange and displaying on the notice boards of the college and the exchange. The posts were not advertised in the press. The selection committee of the college consists of a member belonging to the SC category. |
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B.Ed. entrance test
result declared Chandigarh, June 15 Admission bureau The Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) started its admission-cum-guidance bureau in front of the administrative block of the Panjab University here today. Mr Baldev Singh, General Secretary of the Chandigarh Beopar Mandal, inaugurated the guidance camp. The camp was helpful in guiding the fresher coming from the remote areas. Mukesh Kumar, the convener at the camp said gazettes of the results would be available at the camp.
Result declared The result of MA I (Geography) examination, conducted by Panjab University, has been declared. The result gazette would be available at the new enquiry office in the university between 10 am and 4 pm. The result was also available at www.puchd.ac.in on June 16 ( 10 am onwards).
Migration certificates Migration certificates for Class XII students, who appeared in AISSCE, have been dispatched for the outstation schools located in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh on June 14. The Regional Officer of the board, Mr P.I.Sabu, said the local schools in Panchkula, Mohali and Chandigarh could collect their migration certificates from the board’s office here. |
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Dr Chhina to present paper on globalisation of education Chandigarh, June 15 The conference will address a range of critically important themes in the study of diversity today. The main speakers will include some of the world’s leading thinkers in the field. Besides, there will be numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by teachers, researchers and practitioners. The topic of Dr Chhina’s paper is, “Effect of Internationalisation of Higher Education on Culture — An Indian Case Study”. She took up the CIIS, as a case study to demonstrate the positive effects of globalisation on higher education. This case study discusses implications of globalisation of education on the Indian academia. The foreign influence on the Indian education system traces its history back to the late 19th century when it became a British colony. After Independence, most of these educational institutions were taken over by the natives; thus the cross-cultural touch was lost with time. After the liberalisation of the Indian economy in 1991, internationalism began to touch all spheres of the nation — telecommunications, health insurance, banking, FMCG industry, technology and, of course, education. One of the recent phenomenons stemming from this phase is the creation of ‘joint ventures’ between one Indian and one/more western university/college. This results in the transfer of courses from the western university/college to the Indian counterpart. It is expected that the programmes coming from a western country are high on knowledge and technology and advanced in instructional skills. All this gets imparted to Indian students, making them more competitive as global citizens and the western university/college gains in terms of reach and currency. The objective of this paper is to analyse the effects of this new system of imparting higher education in terms of five parameters — knowledge and technology, the behavioural aspect and economic, social and political ethos. |
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Miss India Earth coming
today Chandigarh, June 15 NIFD students have worked on creative designs for their final passing out collection and Jyoti is one of the models who will be sashaying down the ramp to display the creations of students. Meanwhile, Jyoti has also consented to don the creations of NIFD designers for the Miss Earth pageant to be held in Manila in October this year. Students have prepared excellent designs for the beauty queen, who will select from the available fare. Femina Miss India Earth 2004 will also flag off the NIFD 100 % placement drive. The placement cell at NIFD has been working to ensure that all students passing out of the Institute get absorbed in a vocation of his/her choice. |
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Students get self-defence tips Panchkula, June 15 Techniques of self-defence, including locks, chokes, throws and kicks, were taught at the camp. Students were also trained in various techniques of rolling, jumping, sparing, kicking, fighting, and stretching. The chief guest, SP, Panchkula, Mr A. S. Chawla, awarded certificates to the students.
Punjab rowing team The Punjab rowing team participated in seventh sub-junior and the ninth Challenger Men Sprint National Rowing championships held from June 7 at Kodaikanal. It was conducted by the Tamil Nadu Amateur Rowing Association. The team participated in challenger men event and secured two silver medals in single scull and double scull event. In single scull, Sukhjeet Singh won the silver medal and in double skull Harpinder Singh and Kewal Singh won silver medals. The coach-cummanager of the team was Mr J.S. Grewal. |
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5,000 class XI admission forms sold Chandigarh, June 15 The prospectus are available at four designated centres, GMSSS, Sector 23, GMSSS, Sector 33, GMSSS, Sector 40 and GMSSS, Modern Housing Complex, Mani Majra. The forms would have to be submitted at GMSSS, Sector 23, by June 26. |
A walk through rich
Indian heritage
Chandigarh, June 15 Being presented in the city by Alliance Francaise and the French Embassy, Marie’s black and white ensemble is uniquely sourced. Knows as one among the few French who believe in taking the best of India backhome, Marie has captured in her lens all magic and beauty she possibly could. So there is a still of ‘kalaripayattu’, an ancient martial art of Kerala. Caught in the frames are practitioners of the art, absorbed in action. One of the pictures succeeds in unraveling the very soul of Kalaripayattu, a form considered mother of all martial arts of the world. There are other frames that virtually lead the viewer through the unexplored realms of India - silent moments by the side of Banaras ghats, soothing breeze caressing the face of coconut trees and carefree children taking a divine dip in the ocean. Enhancing the beauty of the frames is the superb picture composition by the French artiste, who approached India
with great respect, love and care. Backhome, Marie has produced a coherent body of work, which she exhibits regularly in Paris, where she lives. It is to find continuity in her work that she takes off time to return to India, covering it all from Rajasthan to Sikkim, Gujarat to Tamil Nadu, Orissa to Kerala and Uttar Pradesh to Goa. The show can be viewed at Alliance Francaise, Sector 36, between 9 am and 6 pm. |
Fitness Trail Childhood is associated with growing. During infancy, the rate of growth is high. Till five years of age this rate is fast. Between six to 12 years, the growth rate is slower than in infancy or adolescence when it again shoots up. For good mental and physical growth, a balanced diet is a must. And to achieve that, a growing body needs lots of nutrients but not necessarily a large number of calories. Hence variety and not quantity is important, asserts Dr Neelu Malhotra, a Mohali-based nutritionist. But for parents it is always the quantity that matters. Almost all parents, most of the time, feel that their child is either not eating well or eating enough. Hence they are constantly trying to feed or overfeed the child since they equate growing with more calories. So they heap the child’s plate with large helpings of ‘nutritious’ food. But seeing these large servings, the small tummies as well as the minds of children rebel and they just push the plate away. Now starts the battle of wills with a frustrated parent trying to push the child to eat and the child getting more and more stubborn and refusing food. This vicious circle ends with the parent taking recourse to various kinds of supplements, protein powders, multi-vitamin pills or tonics, health drinks, fortified cereals or juices and worst of all hunger-inducing drugs, which are easily available off the shelf at any chemist shop. Ok! So the child is not willing to eat, so just adding two spoons of health or protein powder to a glass of milk makes the parent feel better that even if the child is not eating his meals’ at least something healthy is going inside his body. But these powders, pills or drinks are no substitute for a healthy and balanced diet or natural foods, warns Dr Malhotra. Intestines stop functioning normally as the body is getting everything in a ready form. The body must break down all nutrients so that all cells absorb these properly. However, if the body gets everything in the pre-digested form, the intestinal activity slows down, she adds. Multi-vitamin tonics, protein powders or any such pills, drinks or drugs, if not taken under medical guidance, can create an imbalance in the body, asserts Dr R.S. Bedi, a city-based child specialist. The child may be having an iron deficiency, but the parent may be heaping the child with B-complex syrup or a protein supplement. This can create an imbalance in the body, he adds. Protein supplements or powders, if taken in excess, can put an extra load on kidneys or liver and can create problems later in life, says Dr Bedi. Hunger-inducing drugs stimulate the metabolic system artificially and can be addictive and habit-forming. In some cases, these drugs may even lead to obesity in children, adds Dr Bedi. Moreover, these are just add-ons and cannot be a substitute for a balanced diet or natural foods. Dr Neeraj Kumar, a city-based paediatrician, says if a child is eating a variety of foods and having a normal diet, there is no need for any health tonic or supplements. But since most children are averse to eating green leafy vegetables, a rich source of iron, they could be prone to anaemia. But iron supplements should be given only under medical guidance, he asserts.
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Shiamak’s students stir the audience Shiamak Davar keeps getting better by the day. Every bit a performer, the man surely has a knack of passing on his tradition to everyone who comes in contact with him. Through a host of summer and winter funk shows, which he organises under the aegis of his Institute for the Performing Arts (SDIPA), Shiamak virtually makes dance a part of every life. He has repeated his slogan at every platform. So he did today, as he took over the stage of Tagore Theatre before passing it over to the young and not so young performers. “Have feet, will dance, have spirit, will triumph…”, goes the inspiration behind the fact that Shiamak’s dance shows are packed with people as young as four-year-old and as old as 67-year-old. Today at the venue, the range was four to 44 years. Repeating his annual ritual, the dancer-singer-choreographer touched the basics of dance yet again. The first part of the show was dedicated to an elaborate video film, showcasing Shiamak in the best of performances like the IIFA shows, besides reflecting his star-appeal that dripped from the lavish praises of Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Urmila and Rani. It also presented the tremendous creative range of Shiamak, who uses as props the most unpredictable objects like stairs. Once the mood for the evening was set, the show rolled on, putting together the best of sequences. Such was the rush for today’s show that it was held twice today. The first few presentation came from a batch of beginners, who danced to the tunes of numbers like “Chak de”, “Jhoom jhoom jhoom baba”, “Holiday” and many more strikingly fresh ones. The best part of the evening was its interactive element, with the performers often coming down from the stage to get the audience into dancing shoes, much to the surprise of security personnel accompanying the Punjab Governor and UT Administrator, Justice O.P. Verma. Even tiny tots took the audience by surprise as they followed their instructors’ movements on the stage. It was wondrous to see how kids who need support to even write and walk straight could dance and that gracefully. While all dance sequences of the evening were mind blowing with their appeal and professional presentation in the form of best lighting and sound equipment, the best ones were by the elementary and the advanced batches which spilled magic on stage. Dressed in vibrant hues of fire, the young ones almost gave Farah Khan a run for her money as they gyrated on the tunes of the hit qawwali number “Tumse milke dil ka hai..” from “Mai hoon na”. The earlier presentation on Pamela Singh’s remix version of the famous “hay ve mere daadeya rabba…” was equally pleasurable, so was the vigorous “Punjabi kudi nachhe taan asaan nachna…”. In all, there were 14 sequences. The show was organised by the Durga Das Foundation.
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Wear jeans for rough-and-tough look Good clothes, they say, open all doors. So when youngsters are knocking at the doors of opportunities, trendy wear is a must. And when you talk of trendy clothes, can jeans be far behind. The jeans are the first choice of many college-going girls and boys. Their popularity has increased, especially in cities. They have posed a considerable challenge to the traditional salwar kameez. These days on the popularity chart is low-waist jeans. Stylish, these are must if you are desiring for an alluring look. Stone washed jeans are meant for gals of all age, it seems to go never out of fashion. Loose gritting trousers with pockets and zippers give the girls a tomboyish look. So do give it a try to sport a rough-and-tough look. Go with the flow and choose waves, stripes, sand washed jeans, especially frayed black colour. These are specially made for the young souls. Mehak Malhotra, a college student, says jeans are the most comfortable outfit for her. She is brand conscious and goes for branded jeans only. She has got a collection all shades and designs of the Lee brand. But everyone is not so brand hungry, says Sapna, “I don’t go for brands. I don’t mind choosing jeans from a street market as long as it suits my looks and taste.” But the best compliment to jeans came from 24- year-old Aarti Kapur, a marketing executive. She had not worn any other dress except jeans for the past 11 years. All her mother’s attempt to let her wear salwar kameez and other dresses have failed. She finds jeans so much comfortable that she can wear these even while sleeping. Embroidered jeans and those having patch work fulfil the craving of those who avoid wearing salwar kameez but longed to sport the needle work. Flaunt a painted yellow sunflower on the legs and don’t feel shy to wear it. A sales executive of Pepe Jeans, Mr Gurmeet Lihal, says “We have a total of 73 designs of jeans. Most of the boys are going for loose fits and tight flare jeans. The low waist jeans are also popular among them. There is also latest designs in broken fawl and fiesta style. The range starts from Rs 1,399. White jeans have done well in the market”. |
From beige to bold, corporate wear has come a long way. Gone are the days when men entered their work stations wearing those beige trousers and sober coloured shirts. The office goer has undergone a complete makeover, believe fashion gurus. They assert that the importance of being well dressed has increased over the past few years. Nowadays, the need to dress well in a fiercely competitive environment has gained prominence because most men believe first impression is critical to a successful career. They also believe that just hard work and determination are no longer enough — looking good has also gained prominence as people fight to move up the corporate ladder. Rather, that is the reason why men now have a wider variety of choices, and not just in terms of colours. They can now choose from a number of fabrics as well. Business Head of garment giant “Arrow” Janak Dave says: “Thankfully, men’s wear has changed for the better. Apparel for semi-formal and casual occasions in a multitude of fabrics and cuts have entered the market. Today, men’s shirts are available in different textures, sleeker shapes and in a collage of vibrant colours, patterns and prints.” He adds, “Also the trouser market, not very hot of late, has started gathering momentum. There is a wide range of options in trousers these days starting from formal to rugged wear depending upon the need”. Mr Dave claims that his organisation recently commissioned a study to understand consumer choices in corporate wear. The study reveals that there are apparently two needs predominant in corporate environment — the need to stand out and the need to blend in. “Those who dress to stand out feel the need to appear confident and self-assured. They project the image of being an ‘achiever’. These men prefer soft, rich fabrics that have premium branding. Another necessity is that the garment must drape well and must exude a sense of power,” he reveals. In contrast, a man who dresses up to ‘blend in’ does not want to call attention to himself. But wants to be part of the crowd. He is cheerful and at ease with his colleagues. These men prefer clothes that are of subtle shades. In such situations certain consumers like to show their individuality by buying garments with subtle detail. This allows them to blend in and at the same time demonstrate a bit of their personality. These needs appear to govern corporate dressing. However, even though the needs of consumers change with environment they are exposed to, a lot depends on the corporate culture as well. OC |
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Make your house bloom with floral themes You do not have to be a professional interior designer — or really rich to hire the services of one — for decking up your home. In fact, you can perk up the existing living space by simply “thinking floral”. Instead of investing in complete home makeovers, just go in for articles with floral patterns. In fact, you can find almost everything — right from soap dishes, toothbrush holders and candles to salt and pepper sets with bold flowers painted on them. The prices vary between Rs 100 and Rs 450. “They are the latest in vogue among enthusiastic city residents seeking inexpensive and simple solutions in the summer of 2004”, says interior designer Ratul Singh. “Like so many other city residents, you too can create a festive atmosphere in your home — for parties and for personal pleasure. In fact, the designs can actually relieve stress by providing a calm moment in otherwise hectic life”. That is the reason why, Ratul says, articles with floral designs are fast emerging as essential accessories for creating cool and inviting homes. Giving details, Ratul asserts, “You may be living in a flat or a palatial house with several bedrooms, if really does not make a difference. You can make your house bloom with happiness by simply choosing the floral theme”. The theme, he says, enhances your personal surroundings. It adds beauty and warmth to your home anytime of the year. The theme can also help you in bringing the outdoors inside and brighten even dark corners of your rooms”. You can make a big impact by teaming different articles with floral designs. “First of all, you should go in for bright and cheerful bedsheets with bold floral designs. Needless to say, the pillows should have matching designs,” says Ratul. He adds, “Just above the bed, you can hang a nice painting of flowers for adding to the effect. Photo frames with dry flowers glued to the borders can also be picked up. Also, you can keep a flower vase on the table next to the bed. For completing the effect, you should display the flowers in frosted glass vases. Then there are bright ash trays in shape of flowers. You can also allow flowers to float in a glass bowl full of water. Keep it on the dining table”. One can also go in for jars and dining plates with floral prints. In any case, you should preferably go in for designs with blue colour in it. The hue has a cooling effect.
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