Hamara School
Innovative and tech-based teaching is their forte

The Police DAV Public School is an English medium co-educational Institution affiliated with the CBSE, New Delhi. The school is one of the brilliant beads in the chain of more than 700 Educational Institutions managed by DAV Organisation. The School was started in 1996 as a result of an agreement between DAV Organisation and Haryana Police. It is situated at the Police Grounds, Ambala City, in a beautiful campus with an impressive building, lush green lawns and vast play fields. The aim of the school is quality education and all-round development of the child. Academics, sports co-curricular activities are well balanced as to make the system lively throughout year. Out of the toal seats, 50% seats are reserved for the wards of police employees and 50% are open to public.

Psycho-pedagogical principle are kept in mind and interest level is kept high while teaching. To maintain an ideal standard, the ratio between the teacher and the students is kept within reasonable limits. Special coaching classes for gifted as well as slow learners are arranged to ensure personal attention.

The teaching staff consists of highly qualified and trained teachers with ample experience. They are innovative and well versed in the use of audio-visual aids to enhance the teaching — learning process. Staff members regularly participate in workshops and refresher courses in order to keep in touch with latest developments in education technology.

The school believes in imparting education that aims at the all-round development of an individual and hence great stress is laid on co-curricular activities. Opportunities are provided to foster leisure-hour habits through activities of various kinds to develop intellectual, manual, artistic and technical skills. Efforts are made to develop the skill of public speaking in the students by holding frequent contests.

The Nursery wing is provided with attractive apple shaped furniture, keeping in view interest, safety and comforts of tiny tots. All the Nursery class rooms are air cooled and well equipped with latest flat screen TV’s and DVD’s to enhance the concept of technology based teaching to the learners.

With information technology ruling the world, the school is known for providing the best to its students. Keeping the school abreast with the upcoming technology, it has a very well-developed Computer Lab.

The School has well equipped Science laboratory. Ample opportunity are provided to the students for practical work for preparing science models.

Also sponsorship is offered to students who show extraordinary excellence in any academic or sports field. Stress is laid on activities like debates, declamations, dramatics, crafts, quizzes and creative writings etc. Outdoor activities like traks, educational tours, excursions and field trips are also organised to create awareness of the country’s rich and varied cultural heritage among the children.

At the sports front, the School is providing excellent and skilled coaching in cricket, basketball, handball, athletics and badminton through professional coaches in collaboration with Haryana Police.

Experts from outside are invited from time to time to train the students for becoming a better citizen. Summer workshops are also organised in the fields of pot painting, stuffed toys, nib painting, glass painting, candle making, sticker making, m-seal craft, greeting cards making, wealth from waste and embroidery techniques etc.

Principalspeak

What sculptures is to a block of marble, education is to human soul. The whole object of education is to develop human mind. The mind should be a thing that works. It should be able to pass judgement on events as they arise.

Education is definitely the widest and the biggest project and its successful completion depends on many factors. Joint efforts, if made in the right direction, can prove fruitful and effective. In this process, the educational philosopher, the administrator, the educator, the teacher and the last but not least the parents have to play some definite roles in order to make educational enterprise a grand success. It is never a one man’s show. It is an admitted analogy that number of aims is insignificant but number of efforts made towards the fulfillment of a single aim are of paramount importance.

Lesson the number of aims in theory and increase the quota of work in practice for achieving that aim’, should be the slogan, otherwise every efforts will prove a big wastage and also prove deterrent to the basic cause of education. Education is a living subject and only persons with Vedic background can deal with it better and more successfully.

A very special aspect of our educational technology is that the task of schools not limited to imparting skills to its pupils but is also extends to helping them to become happy, satisfied and responsible citizens. We expect them to learn to care for others as much as they care for themselves. We consider it our basic responsibility to help them grow into compassionate beings committed to improve the quality of life around them.

We also believe that we can create such an environment only if we recognise clearly the fact that each child has a unique personality the identical copy of which does not exist.

It is our special responsibility to bring out the unique personality trait of each child and nourish it to grow till her/his full potential is realised.

This is what we are doing here at Police D.A.V. Public School under the joint guidance of Haryana Police and D.A.V. College Managing Committee, New Delhi.

‘More Indians going to Australia for higher studies’
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 13
During the year 2003-04 around 12, 000 Indians migrated to Australia for higher education. Demand for courses in hospitality, marketing, management, horticulture and accountancy was high, said Mr Nirmal Chawla, head of Connect Overseas Immigration.

Mr Chawla was in the town to announce courses offered by Sterling College, Australia. He was accompanied by Mr Anthony Currie, Director of Studies, Sterling College, Australia, and Mr Navneet Anand, Director, Gemco, Sydney.

Addressing a press conference, Mr Chawla and Mr Currie, said the demand for job opportunities in Australia depended upon the demand statistics released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Mr Chawla said 40 certified consultants acknowledged by the Australian Government had to follow a set of guidelines. The maximum fee they could charge was Rs 10,000, if required. 

Jat Sabha honours meritorious students
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 13
Students who have excelled in academic and sports were honoured by the Jat Sabha at a function organised to observe the 124th birth anniversary of Sir Chhotu Ram here today.

Winners of the Bhai Surinder Singh Malik Memorial All-India Essay-writing competition from different educational institutes were also honoured. Navin Gulia, whose name was entered in the Limca Book of Records for participating in a car rally across the Mesmrick La in Ladakh despite being invalid, was also felicitated.

Four-day programme on technical skills
Tribune News Service

Mohali, February 13
The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Mohali, will be conducting a four-day skill and technology programme on “Secure your business through information security” from February 15.

Mr Deepak Rana, coordinator, said the objective of these programmes was to develop the technical and managerial skills of small business entrepreneurs as per the entrepreneurial environment.

PU convocation, a dampener
Neelam Sharma

The clash of the much-awaited Valentine's Day, falling on February 14, with the annual academic ritual of convocation in Panjab University may prove to be a dampener to the loving spirit this year. The restricted entry on the university campus and the huge presence of policemen are bound to make the youngsters look for other options this V-Day.

“I have been thronging the Student Centre in PU for the past three years. But as it happens on every convocation, this time too the university will not allow any one to enter the centre and block the way, at least till the convocation ceremony is over. The morning will be dull on the campus for sure,'' said Ramandeep Singh, a student of the Government College, Sector 11.

As the convocation ceremony is scheduled to take place in the university auditorium, just opposite the Student Centre, the entry of vehicles on that road will be restricted in the morning hours. This invariably means that the colourful cavalcade of the decked up cars and jeeps will not be the usual sight. The additional presence of the policemen will also be a put off.

The reminisces of the last years celebrations are also not very pleasant for the youngsters, who detested the huge police presence on their favourite gheri routes to deter them from having a blast. No doubt then the youngsters are devising their own strategies to have the best of the day this Valentine's.

“Many of us do plan to have a good time uphill and go to Kasauli or the nearby areas to have an enjoyable time. Sometimes the city does get very constricted as the police keeps bothering those who are more in the limelight on that day,'' said an MCM DAV College student.

While the nerds make do with the prized degrees and award certificates given away at the convocation, the fun-loving will make a way for themselves on the coming V-Day. Memorable, it should for everyone. TNS

Basant Sangeet Utsav celebrated 

The Saraswati Kala Sangam, a cultural association devoted to the promotion of classical and traditional arts, celebrated Basant Sangeet Utsav on Sunday. The association organised a musical soiree, including poetic renditions, by local artistes at the Satluj Public School hall in Pandhkula.

After the traditional invocative Saraswati Vandana by Dr Betty Nangia, Achla brought out the pathos wrapped in the ghazal “Zurme ulfat mein hamenin log saza dete hain..”. Young Parbhkirat Kaur maintained the melodic level with “Tune kahin ka hamen an chhora” with sleek presentation while duly supported by Debashish Dhar on tabla .

Dr Betty Nangia took the centre stage and doled out favourite ghazal numbers which won her the Sarv Shrest Sarswati prize. The society honoured Major K.C.Verma for the promotion of art in the city, while Reema Lahiri bagged the prize in dancing.

Earlier, the chief guest Vikram Sood, a former bureaucrat, released a book of ghazals “Parvaaz -E- Aziz” written by poet Baldev Singh, popularly known as “Aziz Jallandhari”. The noted poet

Dr Sultan Anjum recited his ghazals and commenting on poetry he said “Shayri hai udasiyon ki ghta, aur iss se nahin jyada kuchh.”

The society president Col Inderjit Ahluwalia ( retd) welcomed the guests while Col B.M. Talwar ( retd) compered the largely attended programme. OC 

Treasure trove in dingy store!
Jangveer Singh

A treasure trove of paintings and painted photographs have been unearthed from a dingy store in the Sheesh Mahal complex in Patiala after the intervention of the National Gallery of Modern Art.

These were lying dumped in a store in the complex, which is being resurrected on the advise of National Gallery of Modern Art curator Rajeev Lochan. A team of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) started restoration work on the paintings at the Sheesh Mahalon Saturday.

Professor Lochan, who is in Delhi, said the paintings had been dumped in a store in an unprofessional manner, damaging these in the process. He said one painting, which is otherwise in a good condition, got torn while another got flaked.

“They are exquisite pieces of art,” the curator said. He said the six paintings had been commissioned by the former rulers of Patiala from European artists. These would form part of a painting exhibition to be put up at the Banaras Ghar from February 18 as part of the Heritage Festival. Other exhibits will include paintings from the National Gallery of Modern Art.

Meanwhile, the INTACH team is upbeat about their work. “We hope to complete our work within three days,” says the four-member team. Priyanka Vaid said initially the team members were cleaning the grime off the gold-plated frames of the paintings.

Conservationist Pankaj Sharma says the group will also be retouching two painted photographs. He said while one photograph was of the Conference of Ruling princes and chiefs of 1917, the other was of the Chamber of Princes of 1923.

Deputy Commissioner Tejveer Singh, when questioned on the issue, said the paintings were retreived from the stores of the Cultural Affairs Department after Professor Lochan sift through these as he wanted some paintings for the exhibition. He said the paintings were apparently restored earlier also but they needed a facelift. TNS

Singh Bandhus Punjabis of the year

Noted classical singer duo Tejpal Singh and Surinder Singh, known as Singh Bandhus, have been chosen for The Punjabis of the Year Award 2004 to be given by Punjab Today, a Punjabi magazine published from Patiala.

A panel comprising intellectuals and public figures from Punjab and Delhi selected Singh Bandhus for the award. The singing duo won the nomination for their contribution to the promotion of classical singing and recitation of Gurbani based on ragas.

This was announced by Kanwar Manjit Singh, Editor, Punjab Today. According to Mr Brahm Mohindra, Chairman, Punjab Agro Industries Corporation, Mr Sunil Dutt, winner of 2003, will be presented the award along with the Singh Bandhus.

HEALTH

‘Women at greater risk of osteoarthritis’
Tribune News Service

Mohali, February 13
“Osteoarthritis is more common in women than in men. It is a myth that one should restrict movement in osteoarthritis. Rather movement reduces the stiffness in joints and provides necessary lubrication, Dr Jaswant Rai, Director, Orthopaedics, Fortis Hospital, said today.

He was addressing more than 200 doctors of the region who attended the continued medical education (CME) seminar held in Chandigarh last evening.

Dr Jagmohan S. Varma spoke about the advances in cardiology and the better options available to tackle cases of heart failure.

Dr T.S. Mahant spoke about advanced surgical techniques, cardiac anaesthesia and ICU management.

SPORTS

Saurav puts up good show in cricket tourney
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, February 13
Excellent performance of Saurav Arora, a law student of Panjab University, Chandigarh, who is representing Chandigarh Cricket Association XI in the Amartex Cricket Cup, enabled his side to beat Minerva Cricket Academy by five wickets in their last league tie of the tournament which is being played at the JR Institute of Cricket Technology, Barwala.

In another tie, High Court Employees XI downed Anoop Cricket Club by virtue of losing less number of wickets as both teams had tied the score.

In the CCA versus Minerva Academy tie, Saurabh Arora clinched six wickets by giving 30 runs

Brief scores: Minerva Cricket Academy:103 all out in 23.4 overs (Rocky Ratta 34, Bhageshwar Bisht 18, Harish Garg 12, Sudhir Kashyap 13, Saurav Arora 6 for 30, Labby Singh 2 for 19).

CCA XI: 107 for five in 27.5 overs (Yuvraj Anand 31, B. Bisht 18, Waqar Ahmed 3 for 32).

Second tie — Anoop Cricket Club: 94 for seven in 20 overs (Surinder 21, Dharambir 28, Raj Kumar 2 for 27).

High Court Employees XI: 94 for six in 20 overs (Sandeep Gulati 27, Vikas Soni 15, Gurdeep Rana 14 n.o., Rajesh Kumar 2 for 17).

Motor sports

The Chandigarh Motor Sports Association (CMSA) will hold the Indian Oil Xtra Care Flat Track and Auto Cross on February 20 at the circus grounds in Sector 17 here.

According to Mr S.P.S. Garcha, president of the CMSA, the event will witness the participation of best equipped top riders and drivers of the country. A special track will also be laid out. Team Yamaha, team JMC Jaipur, Reyhan Khan and local riders will participate in the event.

The event will have the following classes: four-wheelers: cars up to 900 cc, cars from 900 cc up to 1,250 cc, open-class cars up to 1,600 cc, four-wheel drive vehicles up to 2,500 cc; two-wheelers: Indian Experts GP ‘A’-250 cc two stroke/400 cc four stroke, Indian Experts GP ‘B’-250 cc 2/4 stroke, Indian Novice GP ‘D’-2/4 stroke up to 180 cc and local class: GP ‘B’-2/4 stroke up to 180 cc.

Cricket tournament

Superb batting by Navneet Thapar, who scored 87 runs, helped by Avinash Jairath , who made 38 runs, enabled Punjab Warehousing Corporation in beating Haryana Warehousing Corporation by five wickets in the Spalding Cup Triangular League Cricket Tournament at the St Soldier’s School, Sector 16, Panchkula.

Brief scores — HWC: 167 for eight in 25 overs (Vaneet Chawla 95 n.o., S.D. Manchanda 21, R.K. Nayyar 14, Avinash Jairath 2 for 6, Parveen Garg 2 for 21, Subhash Thakur 2 for 27).

PWC:171 for five in 24.2 overs (Navneet Thapar 87, Avinash Jairath 38, Jai Kapil 31, R.K. Nayyar 2 for 19).

Telecom operators cup semifinals on Feb 20
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, February 13
BSNL XI and Spice XI (Pool A) and Tata Indicom XI and HFCL XI (Pool B) entered the semifinals of the Punjab Telecom Operators Friendship Cup Cricket Tournament being held at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Sector 3 here today. The semifinal line-up for February 20 is: BSNL XI vs HFCL XI and Spice XI vs Tata Indicom XI.

BSNL XI (two wins and one loss) and Spice XI (two wins and one loss) were tied with four points each.

However, BSNL topped the pool as they had beaten Spice XI in the league match. In Pool B HFCL XI with five points (two wins and one tie) emerged group leaders. Tata XI with four points from two victories finished runners-up.

In the last league matches BSNL XI routed Ericsson XI by 189 runs while HFCL XI recorded a seven-wicket win over Tata Indicom XI, which batted first and scored 126 in 24.5 overs. Akash (33, 5x4s), Haraminder Bawa (22) and Aneesh (22) were the main scorers. Rahul Joshi claimed two wickets for 17 runs.

In reply, HFCL XI achieved their target in 16.3 overs by scoring 130 for three. Deepak Gill slammed a breezy knock of 72 in 45 balls.

He reached the fence nine times and hit two sixes. He was adjudged man of the match. Arun Madan contributed 26 runs with the help of five fours.

Strokeful knocks of 68 apiece by Punjab Ranji Trophy player Ankur Kakkar and Neeraj Kumar helped BSNL XI rout Ericsson XI by 189 runs in a pool A match.

BSNL XI batted first and they were given a rousing start by Neeraj Kumar and Ankur Kakkar who put on 112 runs for the opening wicket. Neeraj hit eight fours in his 68. Kakkar also slammed eight boundaries and a six.

All-rounder Harpinder Singh, who was declared man of the match for the second time in the tournament, contributed 48, which he compiled with the help of six fours. Mohan Singh scored 31, which included two sixes. BSNL XI posted 236 for nine in the stipulated 25 overs.

Chasing the target Ericsson XI were bundled out for 47 runs, the lowest in the tournament so far. Only Harshdeep played a defiant innings of 21. The Ericsson batsmen failed to face left arm-medium pacers Harpinder Singh (3 for 12) and Mohan Singh (3 for 14).

Brief scores: Tata Indicom XI: 126 all out in 24.5 overs (Akash 33, Harminder Bawa 22, Aneesh 22, Rahul Joshi 2 for 17). HFCL XI: 130 for 3 in 16.3 overs (Deepak Gill 72, Arun Madan 26).

BSNL XI: 236 for 9 in 25 overs (Neeraj Kumar 68, Ankur Kakkar 68, Harpinder Singh 48, Mohan Singh 31, Geet Kumar 2 for 34, Jaideep 2 for 39, Varinder Thind 2 for 29).

Ericsson XI: 47 all out in 12 overs (Harshdeep 21, Harpindeer Singh 3 for 12, Mohan Singh 3 for 14). 

City throwball team excels
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, February 13
City men brought laurels when they bagged the fourth place in the 28th Senior National Throwball Championship which concluded in Hyderabad on February 7. This is for the first time that Chandigarh throwball players gave such a good performance in the nationals.

The team topped its pool and defeated Mumbai, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur and Tamil Nadu.