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40 physically challenged students visit
CDAC
Mohali, February 28 For these differently abled children of the city, the National Science Day celebrations organised at the centre was the day to remember and cherish the scientific potential. Faculty members of CDAC showed the children and their instructors computers and explained its various applications before opening for the first time a whole new world of microchips and supercomputing. Mr A.J. Philip, Senior Associate Editor of The Tribune, was the chief guest. He told the story of his friend who helped in assembling his computer despite being totally blind. Stressing that there are no physically challenged persons, only differently abled ones, Mr Philip said there was no age limits to attain knowledge. Talking about the importance of science, Mr Philip pointed out that science would take the nation forward. “We had a glorious past of laudable scientific achievements but over the centuries we have lost the advantage. Now we have the potential to become giants in information technology. We should dedicate ourselves to science,” he said adding that children should be encouraged to study science. Stating that Indians had a long way to go in science Mr Philip rued the fact that number of students taking up science was decreasing. “A student of the Indian Institute of Management is considered better than a student from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,” he pointed out. Earlier, Mr G.S. Bedi and Dr R. K. Sehgal of CDAC talked about the achievements in the field of science and the impact on nations. They also enlightened the children about the various activities of CDAC. Encouraging the students to take up science, Dr J.S. Bhatia, Director of the centre, extended an open invitation to them to visit the centre whenever they wanted to learn something. Dr Deepak Rana, in charge of the skill-cum technology upgradation programmes being run by CDAC, informed the audience that CDAC had completed 25 such programmes. A souvenir “Intraprenuer” was released by Mr Phiilp to mark the silver jubilee of these programmes on the occasion.
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Johar for publishing Punjabi literature in
Persian
Chandigarh, February 28 A 22-member delegation of Punjabi writers from Pakistan, led by a prominent writer and chairman of the World Punjabi Congress, Mr Fakhar Zaman, participated in the seminar along with delegates from India and abroad.
Presiding over the inaugural session, Mr Fakhar Zaman said writing was possible only with real passion, commitment, integrity and spirit of sacrifice. He highlighted the existence of a dual culture in Pakistani and Indian Punjab. He said commercialisation was playing havoc with the culture. It was the job of responsible cultural institutions to keep culture close to the people. In all developing countries culture was becoming a handmaiden of politicians and bureaucrats, he added. The Punjab Education Minister, Mr Harnamdass Johar, called for publishing Punjabi literature in both Gurmukhi and Persian scripts. Earlier, the Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University, Prof K. N. Pathak, welcoming the delegates and scholars, called for close cooperation between India and Pakistan, not only in the field of literature and culture but also social and pure sciences. He stressed the importance of creative uses of language giving direction to philosophers and scientists. In his keynote address, Dr Surjit Lee of Punjabi University, Patiala, said Asian societies were passing through a cultural turmoil due to globalisation. Transformation of cultural traditions was natural and inevitable, he said. But what was significant was to understand the meaning and significance of the emerging forms of culture in a consumer society, he added. The seminar was conducted by Prof Jaspal Kang. A vote of thanks was proposed by Prof. Devinder Singh, Chairperson, Department of Correspondence Studies, PU.
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Scientific institutions to pool resources for managing coastal
hazards
Chandigarh, February 28 The Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) is working out a Science Plan on instrumentation of the coastal hazards, which would include management of tsunami, cyclones, landslides along with biological hazards like the effects of oil leaks in oceans. The National Institute of Oceonography, Goa, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, along with some national laboratories would work along with the CSIO under the new plan. “Coastal areas need attention as India has a coast line of more than 7000 km and around 25 per cent of the population resides in these areas. We are trying to network all institutes for academic purposes and development of scientific instruments for disaster management. The decision was arrived at after the science policy meet took place in Goa recently,’’ said Dr Pawan Kapur, Director, CSIO, Chandigarh, at the National Science Day celebrations here today. The collaborative work would include developing deep ocean bottom seismographs, tidal gauges, pressure transducers, anemometers and magnometers. Designing for ultra-low power micro devices, large storage, in-built self diagnostics for health monitoring, maintenance free high capacity batteries, precision engineering based components would also be taken up. “Besides, theoretical investigations for modelling and simulation, and advanced computing would also be made under the new plan,” said the director. Later in the day, the Chairman of the Division of Mechanical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Prof M.L. Munjal, delivered a lecture on “Designing for quietness.’’ Delving on the noise control strategies for various applications, he stressed on the prevention of noise at the source itself, which is a more cost effective technique. “It is always better to design the machinery in such a way so that the noise is minimised. The option of altering the original design of a machine part to curtail noise is not cost-effective,” he explained. All laboratories of the CSIO were open for general public today and the scientists working here answered queries of the students from schools, colleges and university visiting the organisation.
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Workshop at NIPER to mark National Science Day
Mohali, February 28 Dr Anil Gulati, President, Chicago Labs, USA, and faculty member, University of Illinois, Chicago, was the chief guest and inaugurated the workshop. While delivering a lecture on the topic “Drug Discovery and Development in Pharmaceutical Industry” he said since drug discovery was a complex, costly, risky and a long-term process, it required substantial human and financial resources to bring a new drug to the patients. Prof P. Rama Rao, Director, NIPER, in his welcome address said drug discovery and development was undergoing a paradigm shift. The new paradigm, based on target identification and validation, chemical and biological informatics had provided powerful momentum to drug discovery and development. The inaugural function was presided over by Dr Girish Sahni, Director, IMTECH, Chandigarh. The workshop is being attended by 70 participants from all over the country. The main attraction of the workshop is the hands-on sessions in the afternoon at well-equipped laboratories and the computing facilities at NIPER. An exhibition of Semiconductor Complex Limited (SCL) products and services was organised at the unit here today as part of the National Science Day celebrations. More than 200 engineering students and faculty members from various engineering colleges as well as technical personnel of the company attended a lecture by Emeritus Professor Dr A.B. Bhattacharya on the topic ‘Microelectronics Revolution: Retrospect and Prospect’. Dr M.J. Zarabi, CMD, SCL, welcomed the chief guest and participants. Dr D.N. Singh of SCL gave the first-hand information about the facility at SCL and initiatives taken by it. After the lecture, an interactive question-answer session with the chief guest was organised. Mr M.M. Sobti, Director (Technical), SCL proposed the vote of thanks. Chandigarh: As a part of the ongoing ‘Year of Scientific Awareness’, the National Science Day was celebrated on the premises of Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45-B, today in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology, Chandigarh Administration. Dr Rajat Sandhir, Reader, Department of Biochemistry, Panjab University, delivered the inaugural address. On this occasion inter-class competitions were organised on themes like healthy diet, clean water, sanitation and preserving biodiversity. The results: Skit: BCA II (first), BCA I (second); Maninder BAII (first), Mohanjeet BA II (second), Kusum Lata BA III (third). Poster Making: Neera Sagar B.Com I (first), Surinder Kaur BCA I (second), Harpreet BA III (first), Urvashi BA III (second), Neha Gard B.Com II (third). Slogan Writing: Mohanjit BA I (first), Kavita BCA I (second), Rohini Sharma BCA I (third). Mr G.S. Bains, Project Director, Department of Science and Technology, Chandigarh Administration gave away the prizes. |
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Science and Technology
fortnight concludes
Chandigarh, February 28 The Principal, Sister Rose, said such programmes should regularly be organised as they not only keep students well informed but make them aware of the latest achievement and developments in the field of science and technology.
School celebrates Science Day
Chandigarh, February 28 On this occasion various competition like slogan writing, poster making, quiz, essay writing, slide making and a musical parody were organised. The chief guest encouraged the students and distributed the prizes. |
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CBSE Class XII exams from today
Chandigarh, February 28 Over one lakh students from the region are appearing in examinations from the two classes under the CBSE. A total of 32 centres to conduct the examination have been set up locally.
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PU to continue with Tibetan language course
Chandigarh, February 28 The Syndicate also approved the academic calendar for the session 2005-06 for the in which 236 teaching days and 51 holidays have been listed. However, the syndics found the calendar impractical for the colleges due to a large number of teaching days. The Syndicate has decided to redraft the academic calendar, by especially focusing on relaxing the dates for admission. It would be placed at the next meeting scheduled for March 12. The members also gave their go ahead for destroying the degree certificate, which are lying with the university for the past more than 10 years. So far the university has kept all certificates issued by it over the years in its custody. However, the records of all degrees would be maintained. In case a candidate requests for the degree, he can apply for a duplicate one under the normal procedure. Heated discussions ensued on the wrong admission of two students done by the Ryat Law College. The Syndicate has decided to serve another show-cause notice to the college for not admitting the students following the rules of the university. Some members, including Dr A. C. Vaid was also in favour of penalising the college by charging Rs 25,000 per student for making wrong admissions and even debarring the college. However, the syndics agreed on serving additional notice and taking up the matter again at the next meeting. The members also passed the minutes of the Board of Finance (BoF) meeting. However, the syndics stressed that the pension scheme, which was part of the BoF, should be implemented on the campus for the serving and retired employees from April 1 this year. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof K. N. Pathak agreed to take up the matter with the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The Vidya Sagar inquiry case has been referred to the Senate for a final decision. |
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Aiming at holistic development of students
DAV Sr Sec School, Sec 8, Panchkula, was established in 1981 under the aegis of the DAV Managing Committee and is affiliated to the CBSE New Delhi. The motto of the school is “Education is not the filling of vessel but the kindling of flame”. The emphasis is on the holistic development of students—mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Landscape gardens, air-conditioned multimedia, well-ventilated classrooms, well-equipped science, psychology, home science labs and the newly developed mathematics laboratory make the learning process attractive for students. A traffic park helps small children to learn the road safety rules at a very young age. Computerised library provides about 50,000 books that cater to all ages and taste. Activities related to library are held on a regular basis. House-wise duties help develop positive qualities like discipline, punctuality, cleanliness and regularity. Day-boarding facilities are provided for students where special care is taken to fulfil needs of child—physical as well as academic. Academics, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities are an important part of the school curriculum and balance is maintained between these. DAV boasts as a school with one of the best overall results in the city. In 2003-04, around five students scored over 90 per cent in the class X board exams. Sakshi and Pallavi scored 99 per cent in maths; Piyush Anand scored 97 per cent in science, Deepak scored 95 per cent in S.St and Sanskrit. In class XII, all three streams showed excellent results and students had high scores in all subjects. The school lays a lot of emphasis on the physical fitness of students and tries to provide facilities for sports and recreational activities. Extra coaching is provided for the students in volleyball, basketball, table tennis, carrom, etc. Students from the school have brought laurels not only at the district level but also at the state and national level in the session 2004-05 when our school team secured first position at the district level in table tennis, carrom (Sr boys) and hockey skating. Amanpreet, Manish, Deepak and Vaneet Gill played for the Haryana-state-level tournament and Priyanka won the silver medal in the state-level roller skating tournament. Calendar-related co-curricular activities are planned at the beginning of the session. Talent search programmes and inter-house competitions are an integral part of the school curriculum. The spirit of nationalism is kindled at an early age through the celebrations of national festivals. Students regularly take part in the Republic Day and Independence Day parade with all sincerity. This can be seen from the fact that the school won second prize in the cultural item performed at the Republic Day celebrations held this year and was presented a trophy by the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala. Students are regularly taking part in the inter-school competitions held in Chandigarh, Surajpur, etc and bringing trophies in all fields, be it debates, declamation, painting or music. Continuous in-service training in provided to teachers to update them with the latest development in their subjects and in dealing with the students. This is an important area to which attention is paid. Values like respect, sincerity, honesty, hardwork, love, concern for all, charity and equality are some of the qualities developed in students. Jagriti: A noble mission to impart education to children of the underprivileged section was initiated in 2002 with 25 students on roll. The school not only adopts child but also offers counselling to their families in health, hygiene, and birth control. All facilities that are provided to the regular school are provided to “Jagriti” also. This year on the occasion of Republic Day, another batch of 25 students was added taking the strength to 100 students. DAV, Sec-8, aims at developing the skills of social interaction in each student and also helps students to adjust to this rapidly advancing and changing technological world. For this the school provides an environment that is enjoyable, attractive, exciting and at the same time challenging.
Students are endowed with seeds of greatness and when they use what they have got they can do great things. They have to recognise, develop and use all that is within them and become the best. To be and get the best they have to start with a hope that they will succeed. Combining this positive attitude with the specific skills they have learnt to do the task in hand. There is yet another factor essential to succeed and that its character. When you have positive attitude and skills then you build on it a solid character and utilise your ability. This ability is put to use when one makes a commitment to oneself and cracks the whip of discipline on one’s own back. Commitment and discipline are essential because there will be times when students will become discourage and lose heart. There are always numerous occasions when all of us do not feel like doing what we need to do, but because we have made a commitment to ourselves to succeed, we drag ourselves and sit to do it. Interestingly, after we become engrossed in what we are doing, we forget that we forget that we are not feeling well and perform admirably. Remember, when one disciplines oneself to do the things we need and when you need to do them, the day will come when you can do things you want to do and when you want to do them. On a journey to teach that day of success, we are with students at every step to give the best of our help and support. This is our commitment to our students. May God bless them with great success in their entire endeavour in life. |
Four remanded in judicial
custody
Panchkula, February 28 They have been accused of shooting at the Himachal INTUC leader, Mr Amarjit Singh Bawa, and his gun man, Mr Jagpal Singh Rana, at a petrol station in Kalka yesterday. Two other persons who were buying fuel at the petrol station were also injured in the firing. Mr Bawa has also named four other persons — Mr M.K. Shishodiya, his two sons and one Ramesh Gupta — as being involved in the firing incident. They are still absconding. Register Case: The Chief Judicial Magistrate has asked the Pinjore police to register a case of fraud against four persons. Acting on a complaint filed by Ms Kamlesh Rani, a resident of the Power House Colony, Pinjore, he asked the police to register an FIR under relevant sections and investigate the matter. Ms Rani has accused Jagjit Singh, his wife Paramjit Kaur, son Gokal and brother Kulwant Singh, of defrauding her. She has alleged that all four were running a committee for past 10 years. She deposited Rs 2.40 lakh with them and receipts for the same were issued by Gokal. Now, they were not returning her money. She demanded that a case under Sections 201, 406, 420 and 506 of the IPC be registered.
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Kavi sammelan marks
Nostalgia-2005
Dera Bassi, February 28 A poem “saadhi tuhaadi mulakat hoi; jiwen sarde jungle te barsaat and jaga de mombatian; utth jaga de mombatian” recited by Surjit Paatar were well appreciated. Punjabi singer Surjit Khan also enthralled the audience with a remix song on the occasion. Mr Pawan Bansal, managing director of Motiaz Constructions Limited, a Zirakpur-based Construction Company, was the chief guest and inaugurated the function. He donated Rs 51,000 to the association. Earlier, Mr Avtar Singh managing director of a Dera Bassi based pharmaceutical company, inaugurated an open air stage, constructed by the OSA, to the college authorities. The association also honoured an eminent Punjabi novelist and former correspondent of Punjabi Tribune Sohan Singh Hans for his two novels — Kare Hathi and Banto — with a cash award of Rs 1,100, a shawl and a memento. Mr Narinder Sangha, Subdivisional Magistrate, Dera Bassi, Mr Amritpal Singh, president, Dera Bassi Municipal Council, Ms Shankutla, college Principal, Mr Bhupinder Singh Saini, Assistant Governor of Rotary Club 3090, and other prominent persons of the area were also present on the occasion. |
Soulful performance by Hans Raj Hans
IT was indeed a divine experience for the elite city audience at the Tagore Theatre today as many of them saw the star singer Hans Raj Hans in a different ‘avtaar’ as with the strains of soulful Sufiana music sung in deep spiritual rapture in his mellifluous voice transcended to new horizons in a special musical soiree ‘Shaan-e-Sufi’. The event organised by the Spice Telecom in collaboration with the Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademi to bring alive the mysticism of Sufi saints in letter and in spirit. The stage lit up with iridescent candles virtually recreated the ambience of a ‘mazaar’ while the sufi maestro Hans delved deep to extract the divine glow from the potent sufiana qalaams to induce illumination in many a intrusive souls.
Amidst a serene environment, attired as a darvesh in calm contemplative mood, Hans opened up the programme with holy utterances of Mian Mohammad Baksh ‘Avval hand sada khuda di.’ in slow pace with out rhythm which melted into the fast tempo with ‘Leere nu pai gya dab ve.’. Accompanied by 10 musicians Hans created a spell modulating his voice freely. He bared the melody of raag Darbari with a short alaap preceding the next item ‘Mere sahiba mein teri ho mukki haan.’. His voice traversed in all octaves with consummate ease, even when he delved deep into the ‘kharz’ and maintained the same melodic touch while baring the retrograding combination of notes in the medium and tenor octaves. He appeared to be lost in oblivion as he doled out the classic qalaam of Shah Hussain. The philosophical content of the compositions never lost its didactic messages embalmed there in as was apparent in the next, sung in qawaali form ‘Allah hu da awaza aave kulli ni faqir di vichon.’. The audience clapped in unison reciprocating their rejoice through put the concert but these were more apparent in Hazrat Sultan Bahu’s ‘Haq Bahu dam dam bahu...’. The dolorous strains of ‘Heer Waris Shah’ had the magical brilliance of Hans in full form. As a reverent tribute to his close associate and idol, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Sahib, Hans presented ‘Nitt khair manga sohnean mei teri.’ immortalised by the master musician. Hans interspersed the renditions with his innovative experiences and sometimes resorting to satire musically on the compositions manufactured by the remix, fusion and film composers with the least respect to the thematic ingredients of any lyric. The audience really relished the memorable concert and all wished him to revert to the sufiana music and revel in the glory of God. He also shared the musical travelogue of the rural boy Hans from shafipur to stardom of Hans Raj Hans. Earlier the Academi Chairman GS Channi introduced the star singer who was later honoured along with his accomplished set of musicians.
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Four girl students awarded scholarships
Government College for Girls, Sector 11, organised its 49th annual prize-distribution function today. Mr Dilip Kumar, IAS, DPI (C), Chandigarh Administration, was the chief guest.
Around 248 prizes were distributed among students. Eighteen students were presented with roll of honour. Forty students were awarded college colours for their achievements in sports. Twelve volunteers of NSS were given prizes for their contributions to the social cause. Nirman Vasudeva Scholarships worth Rs 1,500 each were given to Pratima Rai and Vibha Sharma of Bsc II and Pearl Jaspal and Rashi Seth of BA II. Karamjit Kaur of BA I was declared the best athlete of the college while Simpy of BA III was adjudged the all-round best player of the year. Shaweta Sharma was declared the all-round Best student of the year. Presenting the annual report of the college, Dr Manjit Kalra, Principal, highlighted various academic, extra curricular and sports achievements of the college. Six projects of the Chandigarh Administration are being run in the college, including vermin-compost project and groundwater harvesting. A cultural item ‘playing of ghara’ was presented by Deepi of MA II (music, instrumental). The introductory newsletter was released by Dilip Kumar. He congratulated the winners and stressed upon the inculcation of moral values to become a better citizen.
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Impressive show by Suchitra Mitra
A colourful Bharatnatyam classical recital by danseuse Suchitra Mitra graced the opening of the Classical Dance School at the strawberry Fields World School in Sector 26 yesterday evening.
Accompanied by her disciples, Dr Reema Rambani, Ishika, Nisha Bhaskaran and Asha Madhu, the city-based dance exponent opened up with Pushpanjali Todyam, offering flowers to the deity to invoke His blessings. She presented Padam, depicting a series of mythological sequences like Flow of the Ganges from the hair of Lord Shiva, the Neel Kantha episode and “The supreme power” wherein she enacted Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Both Nisha and Asha partnered her in ‘Jai Jan Ni’, an invocatory to laud Lord Vishnu and His incarnations. The divine romanticism of Krishna and consort Radha was brought alive in Jawali by Suchitra, who later presented two bhajans, Mein Hari Charnaan ki Dasi and Pag Ghungru ..before concluding the recital with a dazzling “taraana”.
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