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PAU staff to launch agitation over vet varsity
Ludhiana, April 26 The functioning of PAU seems to have started affecting adversely as a major section of employees (teaching and non-teaching) have started organising meetings regularly to work out the strategies to launch agitation against the setting of the new university, another section of employees, members of the Veterinary Faculty Association, College of Veterinary Science, Ludhiana, have been holding regular meetings to generate an opinion among the masses that the state government has taken a right decision in connection with the creation of the new university. By holding separate general body meetings, both unions, namely the Punjab Agricultural University Employees Union and the Veterinary Faculty Association, took different decisions today. While the employees union decided to launch an agitation from May 3 to protest against the manner in which the new university has been created by, the Veterinary Faculty Association urged the people concerned that they should act in harmony and should work for the development of the farming community. The Veterinary Faculty Association went to the extent of saying that some persons with vested interests have been opposing the setting of the new university in connivance with higher officials, who have been trying to sabotage the project. The association, which held its meeting under the presidentship of Dr S. K. Jand, claimed that unnecessary controversy regarding the setting of the university was uncalled for and the mudslinging should be stopped. Dr Jand said the association had also decided to boycott the general body meeting to be held by the Punjab Agricultural University Teachers Association (PAUTA) to be held tomorrow. He added all members of the association had condemned the PAUTA and other non-teaching employees union for creating unnecessary controversy. On the other hand, Mr Amrit Pal, general secretary, Punjab Agricultural University Employees Union, said in a meeting of the general body, presided over by the union president, Mr D. P. Maur, it was decided to stage a dharna on May 3 and the to hold a rally on May 10. He added that the legal aspects of bifurcation of the PAU were also being explored. He said the union made it clear that it was not against the setting of the new university as it was against the bifurcation of the PAU.
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Residents help in building school
Ludhiana, April 26 An unsafe building only a few days ago Government Senior Secondary School, Gobind Nagar, is today a new building, thanks to the contributions of the residents of the area, who left no stone unturned to provide the school a new look. The new school building, which was inaugurated formally today, speaks volumes about the efforts of area councillor, Ms Sukhchain Gogi, who with the help of her husband motivated residents of her ward to donate generously to construct new rooms. One would not imagine that it took an-year-long campaign by her and her husband, Mr Gurpreet Bassi, through which they collect a whopping Rs 3.5 lakh. The funds were utilised for constructing five new rooms, landscaping and providing other infrastructure of the building. “It was almost one year ago, when I found that the school in my area was running from an unsafe building, posing a threat to childrens’ lives. Then I decided that it would get a new look. I went from door-to-door asking the residents to donate. They also came forward though there were some who were not willing. Then I persuaded them that an educational institute was no less than a religious place and they agreed readily,’’ said Mr Bassi. He asked the residents to pay in kind rather than cash so as to avoid any allegations. ‘‘There were some who bought bricks and other who brought sand and cement for the building. Now when the construction is almost complete, we would be concentrating on the landscaping, ’’ added Mr Bassi. He was also instrumental in getting Rs 1.5 lakh from various political leaders fund which was being used for various projects. ‘‘We have provided furniture and rugs for the students also.’’
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Seminar for BCA, MCA students
Ludhiana, April 26 Defining embedded systems, Mr Gurinder Pal said these were electronic devices that incorporated the microprocessor within their implementations. The main purpose of the microprocessor was to simplify the system design and provide flexibility. Having a microprocessor in a device meant that removing bugs, making modifications or adding new features was only a matter of rewriting the software that controlled the device. Mr Gurinder Pal further explained that originally embedded systems were used only for expensive industrial control applications, but as technology brought down the cost of dedicated processors, they began to appear in moderately expensive applications such as automobiles, communications and office equipment. Today’s embedded systems were so inexpensive that they were used in almost every electronic product in our life. The second part of the seminar focused on parallel systems. “The parallel processors offer a solution to the quest for ever faster computers,” said Mr Gurinder Pal. The parallel architecture meant that the parallel computation capabilities of the architecture could actually be used to speed up the execution of a sufficiently large set of real computation. They were actually a technique of reducing execution time by doing several things at once. The students participated enthusiastically in the seminar and cleared all their doubts.
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DMCH adds new facilities for
patients, visitors
Ludhiana, April 26 Giving this information here today, the DMCH medical superintendent, Dr Sandeep Puri, said earlier, the standard mode of payment at the hospital was through cash only but now payments were being accepted through credit cards as well at the billing counter for the convenience of the patients. Similarly, in the OPDs, new television sets and newspaper stands had been installed for the waiting patients and their family members. In the paediatric OPD, it would no longer be a difficult task for parents to handle their children while waiting for their turn to see the doctor, as children would be able to watch cartoons on TV and also have fun with slides and toys. The complete renovation of family wards on similar lines was also on the cards. Dr Puri said in the next phase, the focus would be on the complete computerisation of the hospital services, which included accessing reports from laboratories and medical records in minimum time through local area networking. The OPD reception counters had already been computerised and employees had already been trained in computer technology in a number of special workshops, organised last year. The web site of the DMCH (www.dmch.edu) was also being updated regularly. A SIFY cyber café had been started in the library situated in the basement of the block of the heart institute within the DMCH premises. This was not only of immense help to the faculty and medical students, who wanted to use the Internet for academic research, but also to other hospital personnel. Facilities of photocopying and ISD call were also being made available in the cyber cafe. All these facilities were aimed at providing convenient services to all persons visiting the hospital, Dr Puri added.
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