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BVP comes to aid of poor students
Chandigarh, May 22 As many as 54 schools participated in the sahyog project. Each of the children has secured more than 60 per cent marks. Shilpa studying in Class IX in IS Dev Samaj School wants to be a teacher when she grows up. Sroshini, of Government Model Senior Secondary School got 75 per cent in her examination and wants to be a doctor. Vishal, secured 90 per cent, and is determined to become an engineer. According to Mr Ashok Kumar Goyal, project director, “This is just a way of encouraging students to keep working hard. We want to collect more funds each year so that we can reach out to as many needy students as
possible”. The project, in its third year, has collected Rs 5 lakh. Parishad members called upon 22-year-old Om Prakash who is the son of a washerman and is studying at Punjab Engineering College. He had approached the BVP for financial assistance with regard to admission fees. He wants to be a computer engineer and takes tuitions.
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GCM not open to girls for undergraduate courses
Chandigarh, May 22 Panjab University Syndicate in its meeting in February had approved the creation of the additional 25 seats for girl students in BPEd in the college, which has already opened its doors to girls for postgraduate courses. It was further decided that 25 seats would be reserved for girls and 25 for boys, but in case some seats remain vacant in any category then they could be filled up by the students from either gender. However, the recent letter of the DPI, Colleges, UT, has not granted permission to the college to go ahead with the plan. “The Administration feels that instead of opening the seats for girls the same course can be started in GCG, Sector 11, from 2006-07. While the authorities do not have any problem with the postgraduate students studying together, they are yet to give a go-ahead in this regard,” remarked a member of the Syndicate. While just four of the 12 city colleges are co-educational, colleges have been trying to make space for accommodating both genders in recent years.
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Dental education programme ends
Panchkula, May 22 Addressing mediapersons here today, Dr Sanjay Kalra and Mr Sanjeev Sagar, Directors of the centre, said the programme on ‘Dentistry in 21 st Century’ was conducted by Dr Omer Reed from Phoneix, Arizona, USA, Dr Peter Andrews and Dr Ken Newman. They said they were now working on a linkage with Canadian Dental Council for conducting similar CDE programmes. Dr Kalra said dentists were also given tips on practise management. He said they also proposed to buy a mobile dental van that would provide free dental services to the poor patients. “We would also be collecting data for dental research through this dental van service,” he said. Mr Sagar informed that their centre was offering a professional dental hygeinist and dental technician course.
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Workshop on greeting cards concludes
Chandigarh, May 22 Three trainers from Colony No. 5, Asha, Ruchi and Anuradha are volunteers at Kasturba Gandhi Kendra, Burail. The kendra was started with financial and moral support from Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi, to help the poor women of Colony No. 5 and Burail village which now produces handmade items for sale and are also providing assistance in the marketing of these handmade products. Appreciating the good work done, Mr Sham Lal Sharma, Principal of the School said that now the items produced in this workshop and other work of the students in the vocational course like the embroidered suits and handkerchiefs would be put on sale at the Panchayat Bhavan, Sector 18 on May 27 and 28, 2005. Mr Pramod Sharma, Coordinator, Yuvsatta, motivated the students to be self-reliant in their careers. He also told them about various easy loan schemes for young entrepreneurs available in Chandigarh by the District Industries Centre and the
Department of Chandigarh Schedule Caste and Minorities Finance and Development Corporation.
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A clarification
Chandigarh, May 22
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Using the open hand as leitmotif
There is a meditative atmosphere in Jodh Gallery in Sector 11 in Chandigarh. Calm and composed, its spaces are perfect to host the kind of exhibition that is currently on there. Mounted on the walls are brief philosophical outpourings of Shamsher Jaryal who chooses drawings to tell the tale of Chandigarh - a city that loves to move at its own pace.
A product of the art workshop earlier organised at the gallery, the works are inspired by minimalism. They seem tiny when contrasted with the elaborate visual affair one normally encounters in the name of art, but they are strong in their compactness. “That is the idea - to challenge oneself as an artist and see if one can say many things in small ways. I have used the open hand as a leitmotif of my works which define the city and its evolution in visual terms,” says Jaryal who teaches art at Hansraj Public School. A product of Himachal Pradesh University where he studied MFA Painting, Jaryal uses coloured and transparent sheets to create the impression of decoration. His works are sans frills. He says, “I am experimenting with spaces and with their unique ability to convey deeper meanings. To begin with, I draw images to portray the dynamics of adaptation. The city and its people have devised alternatives for everything. My works project those alternatives. Gradually, I move to deeper concepts like city as an entity and its impact on people and vice versa”. A particular work in which Jaryal draws a bullock cart with the open hand in the audience is striking. It tells of people and of how they have surrendered to their routine. There are other works which are about straight lines and strange beauty. The works mark Jaryal’s departure from the linear style he used to practice in the past. The gallery offers free exhibition
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He has ‘designs’ for top heroines
Mallika Sherawat is extremely straight forward. She is frank about her opinion about what particular look she wants to show off.
Ashley Rebello, a costume designer in movies, who has recently designed her wardrobe for the Cannes Film festival, said this in an interview with Chandigarh Tribune on Sunday. He is in Chandigarh to review the collection of final year students of National Institute of Fashion Design (NIFD). Ashley plans to re-invent the looks of some of the most beautiful heroines. If ever he gets a chance he would make such clothes for Rekha which will not accentuate her glamour. He would rather like to create a subdued Rekha effect. Given a free hand he would love to give a complete traditional look to Priety Zinta, which he says she has never sported He finds Urmila Matondkar very innovative. “she is always focused on her character”, he said. He is designing clothes for her in “Hope and Little Sugar” where she will be seen playing a character of a 30-year-old woman. Apart from Mallika, Aishwarya Rai sets his creative energy going. “Everyone wants to look different with little makeover. Every hero or heroine tries to change his image. In Bollywood I have to give a particular look which matches with the character of the story,” he adds. In Bollywood’s fashion churidar and floral prints are in and it will stay for some more time. For this summer he suggested wearing bright colours like orange, red and pink. A part of his plan to polish the skills of budding designers he is travelling all over the country, conducting exclusive design workshops. Presently, his hands are full with a couple of assignments for forthcoming movies.
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