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EDUCATION

Cultural programme marks Teej celebrations
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, September 13
The Teej was celebrated on the premises of GHG Khalsa College, Gursar Sadhar, here today. Ms Surjit Kaur Dhillon was the chief guest .She was accompanied by some European students.

Principal Ms Harbans Kaur Khattra presented-bouquet to guests. Principal enlightened the students on the socio-economic importance of Teej.

A colourful cultural programme was presented by students and the staff. The main attractions of the festival were gidda, Rajasthani dance, ghori, tappe and various folk songs. A quiz was organised by the lecturers of computers department regarding the Punjabi culture and winners were given prizes.

Vanamahotsav: The NSS unit and the Youth Club of Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women celebrated Vanamahotsav here today protection to create awareness among students on clean environment.

Principal Manju Chawla planted saplings and explained them the importance of tree plantation. The in charge of the Youth Club and N.S.S. programme officers also addressed the students on this occasion.

Educational trip: An educational trip was organised by the Public Administration Society of Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Gujjar Khan Campus here recently. The students of B.A. final year were taken to Zandiali village to see the working of panchayati raj institution. The Sarpanch, Ms Charndeep Kaur, and members of Gram Panchayat interacted with the students.

Lecture on adolescence psychology
Our Correspondent

Khanna, September 13
A lecture on adolescence psychology was organised at A.S. College for Boys by the Department of English under the banner of the English Literary Society. Dr D.R. Vij, an educationist and retired Principal of the Government College of Education, Jalandhar, was the resource person.

Dr R.S. Jhanji, Principal of the college, emphasised the need to organise such lectures.

Dr Vij stressed on the need to create right understanding of the minds of adolescents. He urged the students to concentrate on their targets.

Talent hunt at college
Our Correspondent

Khanna, September 13
A talent hunt competition was held at Gobindgarh Public College, Alaur, to find budding singers and actors. College Chairman Pawan Sharda was the chief guest. He said it was an effort to spot the talent of students. Songs, western dance, folk songs, skit and rangoli and rakhi-making contests were held.

CULTURE

Jewellery designer from LA
Shivani Bhakoo

Dolly Oberoi

Ludhiana, September 13
Designing jewellery is her passion. And this passion has brought Dolly Oberoi from Los Angeles to India. Her clientele includes people from Bollywood, Hollywood producer Paula Fauce and the President of Bahrain.

Dolly was in the city to participate in a three-day “Swarn Sambandh” exhibition which concluded here yesterday. Talking to Ludhiana Tribune, she said in her designs, she had tried to re-invent the jewellery worn by the maharajas of India. “Gold, diamonds, precious stones, polkis are all there, but in a different look. My collection is an Indo-western fusion, specially for trousseau purposes. The designs are not only heavy and elegant, but also are easily wearable”.

After training in gemology and jewellery designing in Los Angeles, Dolly got married to a businessman in Delhi. “But sitting home idle was not my world. I decided to go ahead with my profession and was lucky to get the support from my family. Today, the business has expanded and I have a team of artisans and professionals to support me”, she said.

Dolly intends to open an exclusive studio in Ludhiana. “People have taste and buying capacity here. They are crazy for designer stuff and I believe if you do not compromise with quality, you will gain reputation and trust, which is needed in this profession”, she said.

She gets diamonds, gold and stones from Middle East and South Africa. “I do a lot of travelling and it takes three-four months for designing a good set. The work requires a lot of labour and transparency. It is not easy to establish ones’ name in this industry and once you are famous, you need to maintain the position”, she added.

HEALTH

CMCH to have centre for faculty development
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, September 13
Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) here will set up in the hospital a regional centre of the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER), Philadelphia (the USA). The centre, second in the country after the one in Mumbai, will become functional by January, 2006.

This was stated by Dr William P. Burdick, Director of Education, FAIMER, who was on a visit to CMCH to facilitate the setting up of the regional centre which would promote the programme of faculty development for the top quality medical education and research in this part of the country. He said such regional centres were developed through close coordination between the local faculty and FAIMER.

Dr Burdick said the foundation was established in 2000 as a non-profit organisation under the aegis of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates. The body was dedicated to support programmes and research that could improve medical education and health-care all over the world.

“FAIMER is committed to improve world health through education. We work in developing countries for focusing on faculty development, accreditation of medical schools, migration of physicians and collection of data on quantity and quality of medical institutes. At present, we are working in three regions of South-East Asia, Sub-Sahara Africa and South America”, he said.

Grossly impressed with the facilities and medical infrastructure available at the CMCH, Dr Burdick remarked that the institution had world-class health care facilities. The trauma centre and emergency care, specially the ambulance and mobile accident retrieval services, being provided by the institution were commendable, he added.

IMA meet delegates to get 10 credit hours of CME
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, September 13
The Punjab Medical Council (PMC) has decided to grant 10 credit hours of continuing medical education (CME) to the National Academic Conference of Indian Medical Association - (ACADIMA 2005), scheduled to held here from October 21 to 23.

Stating this here today, the IMA state unit secretary and a member of the PMC, Dr Gursharan Singh, stated that earlier this year the PMC had made it mandatory for all doctors, registered with it to attend CME programmes throughout the year so as to achieve a minimum of 10 credit hours for retaining their registration. This practice is prevalent in advance countries and Punjab had attained lead in starting this practice in the state, which would enable medical practitioners to remain in touch with the latest researches in their respective fields.

Giving details of the national conference, Dr Gursharan Singh said the three-day academic extravaganza, would witness CME in over 20 specialities. The subjects covered in these CMEs would include medicine and allied subjects, surgical and allied procedures and diagnostic and non-medical topics.

The expected delegates, he added, attending the conference would touch the figure of 5,000. The Pakistan Medical Association had assured to extend support to the IMA in this venture as the PMA chief, Dr Yasmin Rashid, based in Lahore, had promised to get prominent experts and a large number of delegates from Pakistan.

Scientists in medical and allied fields from the USA, UK, Canada, Australia and Spain are also expected to attend the conference. Among eminent speakers will be Dr Russel, a surgeon from UK, who will deliver oration on

Other experts invited to address the conference include Dr Anand from Minnesota, Dr Brian Symon of Australia, Dr Marta Cremades of Spain, Dr Mark, Director of Elfred Hospital, Melbourne, (Australia) and Dr Masaru Miyazaki from Japan. For certain issues overlapping in nursing and medical profession, Ms Robyn Bullock of Indiana University, USA, will deliver her talk on “Role of Nurses in Medical Profession-an International Model.”

SPORTS

BVM players honoured
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, September 13
Players of the local Bhartiya Vidya Mandir (BVM) Schools who had secured positions in various tournaments were honoured at a function organised on September 11 at Malerkotla. According to Mr Baljit Singh, Director, Sports, BVM Educational Institutions, these sportspersons were felicitated by Mr Vijay Kumar Kansal, Commissioner, Income Tax, at a function organised by the Sarvhitkari Educational Society.

The players who were honoured include: Amit Kumar who represented Ludhiana which won first position in the Punjab State Junior Football Championship; Rajdeep Abbi who was member of the Punjab volleyball team which finished third in the National Championship (u-14) in Gwalior, Sumit Aggarwal who was the captain of the Punjab Table tennis team which took part in the National Schools TT Meet in Kanpur, and Jagdeep Singh who captained the Punjab schools table tennis team in the National Championship (u-14).

Nirdosh Sood and Kirti Aggarwal represented Punjab in the National Sub-Junior Table Tennis Championship in Chennai while Dilpreet Singh secured the first position in the Punjab State Horse Riding Meet in Ludhiana and finished third in the national meet in Chandigarh.

Judokas Nidhi Arora and Meenu won the first position in the 44 kg and 48 kg categories, respectively, in the National Judo Championship at Satna organised by the Schools Games Federation of India and Vidya Bharti, respectively, Smile represented Punjab in the National Swimming Championship in Kerala.

Athlete Maneet was honoured for creating a national record in the 800m in the National Athletics Championship at Satna and Priya Bawa who won gold medals in 800m, 1500m and 3000m races was adjudged the best athlete, while Kirti Sharma won a gold in the 4x100m relay in the meet. Amandeep Singh, Manisha Verma, Amandeep Kaur and Tarun Sood, all athletes were also honoured for participating in the National Athletics Meet (u-16) in Hardwar.