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English Dept to hold conference
Chandigarh, March 20 MELUS-India came into existence in 1997. This is an independent, registered, non-profit organisation committed to study American literatures, but also interested in comparative and interdisciplinary scholarship. It has more than a 100 regular members. Several members from the English Department are also its members.
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Seminar on tourism
Chandigarh, March 20 The seminar was a part of the India Travel mart being observed for the fifth consecutive year. It was inaugurated by Harcharn Singh
Ranauta, president, Chandigarh United Nations Association. Nearly 45 tourism companies and delegates from four countries, including Singapore, Dubai, Malaysia are participating in it. Addressing the seminar, Dr Gulshan Sharma, executive director of the
ITFT, said: “we have sent our recommendations for tourism promotion to the Chandigarh Administration. These focused on promoting Sukhna Lake for eco-tourism and training tour escorts. Tourism can be encouraged by tapping tourist inflow from countries like Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia. Mr Bedi from Haryana Tourism said the concept of farm tourism was becoming very popular in the state with focus on ethnic ambience and local cuisine. Mr Ajay Gupta, director, Global management, said the main thrust of the India Travel Mart was the promotion of outbound traffic and highlighting little-known destinations which had the potential to attract tourists. Delegates from Malaysia, Singapore, Dubai, and from state tourism boards, corporations are taking part in this trevel mart, he said.
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Aiming for multi-dimensional education
Spread over an area of six acres ACC DAV Senior Public School, Surajpur, has been spreading the fragrance of knowledge in the region since 1983. Founded in April, 1983, by the DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi, as a project school in collaboration with ACC, the school has been engaged in imparting multi-dimensional education to students. The school has two more branches-junior school at Surajpur and a preparatory school at Pinjore. Another preparatory school will start functioning from the new building near Sadhana Hospital from this session. The salient features of the school include its calm and serene location, lush green lawns, spacious building, airy and ventilated class-rooms, fully equipped science labs, resource rooms, well facilitated computer room, spacious library equipped with latest editions of books as well as audio-visual aids, sports room, conference hall etc. Activities
Sukriti: This character-cum-personality development camp is held in the month of May for 10 days. Eminent personalities, resource persons and experts are invited to impart training to the students in the fields of music, dance, dramatics, public speaking, martial arts, yoga and hawan yajnas. The purpose remains to discover the innate spark in the children and to channelise their energies in the right direction. Social service project: The school has undertaken the noble task of upgrading Rajipur village in the area. Projects such as cleanliness drive, adult education programmes, free medical camps, lectures and information by resource persons to the villagers, informative and cultural stage shows, are part of this social service project. 'Sheeraj', the prize distribution-cum-annual function of the school was held recently. Outstanding students were given prizes and certificates in recognition of their achievements. Ms Kamaya of LKG was given a cash prize of Rs 500 for her impressive performance in "Satyam Shivam Sundram". Orientation programme for nursery and KG students of school was held on January 30, 2005. Primary teachers and parents attended the workshop. Eminent resource persons were invited to impart training to parents and teachers. Achievements
Intra and inter school activities like debate, dramatics, sports, music etc are held at regular intervals to keep the flame of competitive spirit burning in the students. The main achievers in the year 2004-05 include: Aishwarya Thakur of Plus II, who won cash prize of Rs 100 and a certificate in a story writing contest for DAV Students World Magazine. Sakshi Sharma, a student of Class VII, won a bronze medal in inter-school declamation contest held at Eicher School, Parwanoo. Pratibha, a student of KG, has been selected for the HP team for her excellent performance in the tae-kwando. Outstanding students of the school are— Aishwarya Thakur, Abhishekh Malpani and Nitin Goel were honoured by Mr G.P Chopra, President DAV College Managing Committee, for securing more than 90 per cent marks in Class X CBSE board exams. The school has also won winners trophy for education in human values song and skit competition during Eashwaramma week celebrations from May 2 to 8, 2004. In various competitions held at Mahatma Hansraj Public School, the school teams won second and third positions in different activities. In painting competition held on April 16 by the Aeronautical Society of India, Deepak Nanda won the first prize in senior category while Sehar Bano bagged consolation prize. Mrs Sarita Kaushik was honoured for being the Best Principal with Dr Radha Krishanan award for her contribution in the field of art and environment education, social service and administration by Dr Anand Aggarwal, Director of Awantika Contemporary Artists and Intellectual Association. She was also honoured as the best teacher by the Bharat Vikas Parishad on October 3, 2004 on the occasion of Guru Vandan Chatra Abhinandan Samaroh. Ms Harsh Ohri, a teacher in the school, was honoured by SDM, Kalka on January 26, 2004 for her contribution to the field of education. Ms Shashi Gupta was also honoured by the SDM, Kalka, for her contribution to education on August 15, 2004. Himanshu Dharni of Plus II was also honoured by the SDM for being the best student of the school.
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"Think of the days, alive with Sunshine; Not the dismal days of rain; Think of the hopes that lie before you, Not the waste that lies behind’’ ‘‘Education is a continuous and creative process. It is my honest and firm belief that every child is gifted. A child's failure is in fact the failure of system itself. DAV not only produces students who excel in academics but also turns them into confident adults with a positive attitude towards life. Negative attitude and low self esteem act as a hindrance not only in a child's path of success but also in the development of his entire personality. Cultivating wining attitude in our students is what we aim at." The aim of the school is to provide value-based education and to ensure all round development of children so that they grow up to become assets for the nation. The school plays an important role in laying a sound foundation for the growth of a child into a confident and responsible individual. ‘‘We give our students opportunities and facilities which enable them to perform well in any field of life with efficacy and unfailing spirit.’’ The motive being noble and the tools being appropriate, there is nothing that can prevent the products of any institution from bringing laurels and name to the institution.
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Baby show organised
Mohali, March 20 School principal Mrs Supreet Chopra highlighted the importance of proper education to children. Those who won prizes in the baby show include: Yashika, Isha Bansal, Rahatpreet, Arnav, Tuhina, Avtej, Muskaan, Jasleen, Azhar, Mansimran, Pooja, Amanpreet, Sahil, Bhanvi, Chesta, Amaya, Priya, Ravleen. Ekam, Ishan, Prabhpereet, Ananya, Angad, Tripti, Akriti, Simrat, Abhiraj, Shreya, K. Monica, Huiya, Kirat, Jableb, Sukhman, Anmol Gupta. Those who won prizes in the fancy dress competition include: Tuhina, Riya, Manav, Puneet, Sahil, Revant, Ptabhnoor, Jaskaran, Currency, Gumehar, Charuta, Angad, Monica, Sahiba, Shreya.
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A jugalbandi of grace
A three-day 35th All-India Bhaskar Rao Nritya and sangeet sammelan organised by the Pracheen Kala Kendra concluded today at Tagore theatre. Shoba Koser, kathak dancer, Suchitra Mitra, an eminent Bharatnatyam dancer mesmerised the audience with their kathak-bharatnatyam jugalbandi this evening. Their jugalbandi began with an invocatory piece Nartan Ganesh Stuti — “Gajanan thumak nrit karat”. In the abhinya segement, the dancers presented a padam full of vatsalya rasa which drew a lot of appreciation. Shakeel Ahmad Khan on tabla, Vijay Sharma on Sitar and Ramesh Parihar, vocal accompanied the dancers.
Sanjeev Abhyankar, a disciple of Pandit Jasraj also cast a spell with his vocal rendition. He recited some beautiful compositions including ‘Raga Chandra kauns’ and ‘piya bin nahi parat chain’. Dr A.R. Kidwai, governor of Haryana was the chief guest on the occasion. The Kendra also felicitated Dr Debadatta Samantasinahar, secretary, Orissa Sangeet Natak akademi with a cash award of Rs 5,000, citation and a shawl. The award was given for his contribution in the field of art and
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Taking gloss off glamour
Portraying the harsh realities of the world of performing arts, “Identities” will be staged at Tagore Theatre tomorrow. It is being performed by artistes of the Scene Stealers Group.
Vivek Mansukhani, director, while addressing a press conference here this evening introduced his cast. Samara Chopra, Dhruv Jagasia, Daman and Shirin Madan, play aspiring artistes, trying to find a foothold in the world of entertainment. Mansukhani said: “We wanted to be original. There was no script for the play. The story developed with rehearsals and is still improving. It is not a single story. It is an ensemble of different stories in a common backdrop.” Dhruv said: “It is an attempt of fiddling in the real world of urban settings. It is a world of new aspirations, new challenges and new realities.” The play has been brought to the city by the Oorja group.
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French Dept’s Rarry declared
Ms Fresher
the Department of French, Panjab University, organised its annual function at Grand Plaza, Sector 26, on Saturday. The function was presided over by Prof J.K. Gupta, Dean University Instruction. As many as 70 students received prizes for excelling in academics and various other competitions organised throughout the year.
The results are as follows: Rarry Devgan, who was declared Ms Fresher, also got the first prize for singing. Chetan Chopra was declared Mr Fresher. Tawinder secured the best item award.
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