EDUCATION

Normalcy back at PAU campus 
K. S. Chawla

Ludhiana, June 20
Normalcy returned to the Punjab Agricultural University campus today as the strike by students was called off on Friday. The university authorities have put up fresh date sheet for the semester examination which starts from tomorrow.

The students of the agricultural university had gone on strike to protest against the payment of hostel charges during the summer break.

The students maintained that they were not required to deposit the hostel charges and the deadlock continued for 10 days.

A settlement was reached between the students and the university authorities on Friday. Under the agreement, the students now would pay hostel charges for four weeks instead of seven weeks as demanded by the university authorities. The charges for dormitory are Rs 190 and for cubicles Rs 290 per student.

According to Dr G. S. Chahal, Dean, college of agriculture it was also agreed that in future those students who would stay in the hostels during the break would be charged proportionately.

The PAU campus had remained free from any major student problem during the past many years. But recently the authorities had to call the police on the campus following information that some outside elements they wanted to exploit the situation arising out of agitation..

The office-bearers of the PAUTA also played their role in bringing about the settlement of the dispute.

According to Dr Chahal everything had been settled without any acrimony.

Meanwhile, the Vice-Chancellor has cancelled the extraordinary leave of the Dean, college of veterinary sciences ,who was scheduled to join as regional coordinator with the FAO in New Delhi.

The order issued by the Registrar says: “M S Oberoi, dean, college of veterinary science was granted extraordinary leave for one year to join as regional coordinator under the project 'TCP?RAS/ 3008(E)- diagnostic laboratory and surveillance network coordination for control and prevention of avian influenza in South Asia, at New Delhi. Following complaints regarding the examinations of the veterinary students, the leave granted to Dr Oberoi is hereby cancelled and it is ordered that he should complete the examination schedule as well as the admission formalities for the new session before he can be considered for relieving to join his new post.”

The entrance test for admission to BVSc. four-year course would be held on June 23 at the campus of the university. 

Teachers’ training camp concludes
Our Correspondent

Samrala, June 20
A ten-day training camp for upper primary teachers following the Central Government Education promotion Scheme “Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan” to provide education to all children between the age group of six to 14 years with quality education which started on June 7 concluded on Saturday at Government Senior Secondary School (Boys) here.

At least 99 teachers from different schools of Samrala block-II participated in the seminar enthusiastically held under the leadership of block co-ordinator Mr Pardeep Kapoor and group leader Jatinder Kumar.

Group leader Jatinder Kumar and block resource persons Mr Vijay Kumar Mr Daljit Singh, Kamaljit Kaur and Mr Himmat Singh gave lectures on various modules provided by the department.

Famous Punjabi writer prof Hamdardveer Nausharvi Ex. by D.E.O. (S) Ropar Mr Ranjit Singh, Principal Swarn Singh Samrala, press reporter Jagdish Singh Neelon, Kulwant Singh Tark, Mr T.K. Sharma (Scout and guide expert) were special invitee speakers and delivered their expert advice to the seminarians.

On the concluding day Harinder Singh, Harjit Singh, Hari Chand, Dalip Singh, Jagjit Singh, Surinder Singh, Surinder Singh, Gurmukh Singh, Sukhwinder Kaur, Kanchan Bala, Davinder Kaur also shared their views about the seminars and block co- ordinator distributed certificates to the participants.

Doctor invited to Philadelphia
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 20
Dr Tejinder Singh, Professor and Vice-Principal at Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, has been invited to attend International Medical Education Day to be held in Philadelphia, USA, in October.

The day will focus on sharing information among medical schools and foundations regarding each sector’s approach to improve community health.

The event is organised by the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research.

The day is celebrated every year in October to highlight important issues facing global medical education.

It is for the first time that an Indian has been chosen for this honour. Dr Tejinder Singh had developed nutrition education material using a very simple office tool power point after his training in Sweden in 2002.

The material developed by him has been extensively used for education and training of doctors and health workers in the country and abroad.

It is also available on the Internet. The University of Stellenboch, South Africa, has also adopted the material for training of students.

The material is unique for its simplicity and adoptability. No sophisticated computer knowledge is required for using this programme.

Medical camps organised
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 20
A large number of people attended the free medical camp organised by Hero DMC Heart Institute at the Dera of Sant Baba Ram Singh Ji at village Daudhar. Nearly 400 people attended the camp and got free medicines.

It was observed that a large number of rural population was suffering from one or another cardiac ailment and many in need of urgent medical care were admitted at the HDHI. It was assured by the dera that free financial assistance will be given to poor villagers who could not afford the quality and costly care at the hospital.

Another free medical camp was organised by Durga Mata Mandir Trust at street number 7, Janakpuri, here yesterday. More than 200 patients were examined during the camp by eminent doctors. Free consultation and medicines were provided to the patients. The camp was inaugurated by Ms Malkiat Kaur, Councillor ward number 56.

SPORTS

Green XI register second win
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, June 20
Coaching Centre Green XI defeated Coaching Centre Blue XI by 79 runs to register second consecutive victory in the first phase of the ninth Chaman Lal Malhotra Cup Cricket Tournament (u-14) being held at the Arya College ground here today.

Batting first, Coaching Centre Green XI were all out for 196 runs in 33 overs. The main scorers were Sunny Pandey (13), Paras Mehndiratta (34), Abhinav Bhatia (11), Gagan (27), Rameez Bodhi (33) and Drone Kanish (32). For Coaching Centre Blue XI, Abhijit took three wickets for 51 runs while Shivam grabbed two wickets 50 runs. Akhil Goel and Manav captured one wicket each conceding 16 and 50 runs, respectively.

Coaching Centre Blue XI’s batsmen failed to cope up with the accurate bowling by their rivals as their innings ended at 119 runs after 24.2 overs. Simran top scored with 23 runs followed by Harry (18), Akhil Goel (15), Abhijit (10), Abhinav Bhatia (40, Mondey Pandey (4) and Vishav (6). Akshit Goel of Green XI took three wickets for 30 runs while Drone Kanish and Paras Mehndiratta scalped two victims each for 21 and 1 run, respectively.

Mr Subahsh Dawar, vice- president of the tournament committee was the chief guest today and he was introduced with the players of the two teams. Meanwhile, Mr Rajesh Gupta, president of the committee informed that they had applied to the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) to patronise this tournament which would be played as inter-district from June 26 in which the teams from all major districts would battle it out. The PCA approval has been received today, he told.

Their handicap did not deter them
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, June 20
It was an emotional moment for the four visually impaired athletes of Punjab who had gone to Manchester, England, to take part in the British Open Athletics Meet when they were accorded a warm reception at the local railway station . The families of these athletes accompanied by a good number of supporters were there to receive them. Mr S.L. Lottery, District Sports Officer, Ludhiana, Mr Amritpal Singh Mavi, a senior coach with the Punjab Sports Department, and other officials were also present.

When the train, Dadar-Jammu Tawi Express, halted at the railway station the athletes alighted and were overwhelmed by the people present there. They were taken out in a procession to the Guru Nanak Stadium where Mr Lottery had arranged refreshments for them.

The visually impaired players — Balwinder Singh, Rajinder, Vivek Monga and Gurpreet Singh, clinched three gold and one bronze at the meet. Rajinder Singh (B-3 category) bagged a gold medal in long jump while Balwinder Singh (B-2 category) notched up the top honours in the same event. Vivek Monga finished ahead of others to clinch a gold in the high jump event while local lad Gurpreet Singh won a bronze medal in shot put.

Talking to the Ludhiana Tribune Gurpreet Singh said they were satisfied with their performance at Manchester since it was their maiden appearance in any international meet. “We will now concentrate on the games for blinds to be held in Germany in August and hoped to perform well there too”, he said.