Govt school heads meet at seminar
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 15
"Heads of government schools can put in more efforts to improve the school environment as well as to bring about qualitative changes in the school functioning," Mr Yash Paul-Mehra DEO (S) Ludhiana, said, while presiding over the concluding day function of a seminar, conducted for the heads of schools at Government Inservice Training Centre (GITC) here today.

Seminar coordinator Sudesh Bajaj disclosed to the Tribune here today that 45 heads of the government high schools participated in this training programme in which they prepared ' special project reports of on various topics'. Ms Sudesh Bajaj, Mr Pardeep Kumar, lecturer, Dr Shashi, a teacher, Principal Bachittar Singh also delivered lectures on various topics related to school administration ,school functioning, school discipline, school environment and improvement of education system in the schools.

Officiating Principal of GITC Ms Sarabjeet Kaur also spoke about the importance of teachers training programmes. Mr Pradeep Kumar delivered an exclusive lecture on I.E.D. about school administration.

Teachers training programmes are also being conducted in various blocks of the district, Mr Davinder Singh Chhina, lecturer at GITC informed.

Students celebrate Kalam’s birthday
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 15
Students of the local Green Land Senior Secondary Public School celebrated the 74th birthday of Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam, President of India, great enthusiasm. The students decorated the stage with ribbons, flowers and balloons to have a feel of the birthday celebrations.

The jubilant students cut the cake and wished the President good luck by clapping and singing birthday rhymes. The enthusiastic students of the school made greeting cards and placards to express love, good luck and best wishes to the President. It is the love and concern of the President for children which has made him so popular amongst them

Nutrition quiz: The department of Food and Nutrition, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, in collaboration with Nutrition Society of India and Indian Dietetic Association, Ludhiana chapter organised a “Nutrition Quiz” here yesterday. The quiz was conducted for primary classes children to mark the World Food Day falling on 16th of October every year. Five schools of Ludhiana city —R.S.Model Senior Secondary School , BCM Arya School, Baba Isher Singh Public School, Government Model Senior Secondary School, PAU, and Bhartiya Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Udam Singh Nagar, participated in the quiz.

The first prize was bagged by the Bhartiya Vidya Mandir School and the second prize was secured by the R.S. Model Senior Secondary School.

Government College for Women: Two extension lectures were organised by the students of the Punjabi Department of Government College for Women, Ludhiana, here today. Dr. Sarbjot Kaur extended warm welcome to the chief guest, Dr. Nahar Singh, Chairman, School of punjabi Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Dr Singh, with his comprehensive knowledge on Punjabi culture, enlightened the audience extensively the importance of Punjabi and its technical aspects.

“Comparatively Punjab culture is very old and suitable for the development of human beings.” He discussed in detail the Punjabi culture. Dr. Jagjit Singh of Panjab University, Chandigarh, also emphasised on linguistics and its various technical aspects. Ms Prabhjot Kaur, Principal of the college, said “ Punjabi culture is a very rich culture and to adopt Punjabi culture is the need of the hour ,” Mr Krishan Singh, Lecturer of the Punjabi proposed vote of thanks.

Seminar at GNIMT: Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology (GNIMT), Gujarkhan campus, Model Town, Ludhiana, was the venue of a seminar on “Moving towards Amassing Ambitions”, organised today. Mr Manish, center manager of Top Careers and You (TCY), Mr Ashish, project manager (TCY), and Ms Mukta Gogia, relationship manager at TCY, delivered lectures at the seminar.

The team discussed the admission and career prospects of MBA and MCA courses, Mr Manish told the students about various phases that the candidates have to undergo for getting selected in MBA courses and also furnished the details of the various B-schools in India and their respective selection procedures.

Dr (Col) H S Singha, Director, GNIMT, said that such interactive programmes will enable the students to develop right skills and acquire relevant knowledge to pursue their career goals. He also thanked the visiting professionals for their comprehensive approach in appraising the student about the relevant information.

Blood donation camp: Students of Malwa Central College of Education for Women, Ludhiana organised a Blood Donation Camp in collaboration with the Lions Club, Ludhiana District 321-F. Fifty students from B.Ed. and M.Ed. classes voluntarily donated blood. The camp was inaugurated by Mr Daljinder Singh, Assistant Secretary, managing committee, Malwa Central College of Education for Women, Ludhiana. A slogan writing and poster making competition was also organised. The winners of competition were: poster making-Shivani 1, Gurpreet Kaur 2, Kulveer Kaur 3; slogan writing- Parminder Kaur 1, Savita 2, Gurpreet Kaur 3

Twenty students from Khalsa College for Women also donated blood voluntarily.

Exhibition: Kundan Vidya Mandir celebrated Innovation Day to commemorate the birthday of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India and a two-day exhibition was inaugurated by Dr Maneek Kumar, Prof. Department of Civil Engineering at Thapar Institute, Patiala.

Mr S C Saxena, Principal of the school, introduced and welcomed the chief guest, who is a KVM alumni. Mr Saxena highlighted the importance of the day through the ideals of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, multimedia presentations on ‘Indian Culture and Tradition’, RDT-Recombinant DNA. A visual tribute was paid to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, highlighting his life and achievements. Dr Maneek Kumar paid a tribute to his alma mater, saying that he was standing here because of the school. He linked science, engineering and technology to the art of building bridges and domes and skyscrapers. He exhorted the students to keep these big structures in mind and think big.

Quiz at GMT College: An inter house quiz competition was held at G.M.T. College of Education today under the guidance of Ms Arti Aggarwal in which five teams participated . Mata Gur Kaur House comprising of Bhuvneshwari, Harpreet, Yashpal bagged first position. Rani Jansi House coonsisting of Reema, Geetanjli and Lovika bagged secured position. Prinicpal, Dr. H.S. Sidhu presided over the function.

SDP College for Women: The Department of Economics of S.D.P. College for Women. Ludhiana organised an extension lectures today. The lecutres were on positive thinking, delivered by Ms Krishma Shibad, exceutive director and field manager of advertisement market agencies Hindustan Lever Ltd. and Indian Market Research, Mumbai and Ms Tulsi Shetty, retd. Scientist of Bhabha Atomic. 

HEALTH

Expert throws light on anaesthesia 
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 14
Dr Tej K. Kaul, Professor and Head, Department of Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation, at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital here has observed that surgical operations were uncommon before 1846 because the means of relief of surgical pain were rudimentary.

“Drugs like alcohol, hashish, opium derivatives, physical method like tying the patient and , inducing unconsciousness by a blow to the head, were used. In brief, surgery was the ultimate trauma to the patient and hence, was looked upon as a last resort. On October 16, 1846, Dr Morton used ether for the relief of pain during surgery in Boston. Only five months later, pain relief technique, using ether, was practised at Calcutta in India.”

He said from that rudimentary world to the present day had been a long journey of 159 years. John Snow, for example, was England's leading specialist in anaesthesia and probably history's first anaesthesiologist. He used chloroform on Queen Victoria for the painless birth of Prince Leopold.

Later, two German researchers- August Bier and his assistant August Hildebrandt, demonstrated the technique of spinal anaesthesia in 1883 by injecting cocaine. According to Dr Kaul, the foundation of the specialty of anaesthesiology was laid down in the 19th century and the systematisation of the scientific art was accomplished in the 20th century, giving birth to superspecialties like cardiothoracic, , paediatric, neonatal, obstetric and geriatric anaesthesia . As of today, the techniques had become sophisticated, the instruments for administering anaesthetic and monitoring patients responses, had been infinitely refined and the substances used to achieve anaesthesia were multiplying.

When awake, an individual has the capacity to protect himself by the various protective mechanisms, which do not function when he is asleep or put to sleep by anaesthetic agents. At this time, it is the anaesthetist who keeps him alive. It will not be an understatement to say that the anaesthetist holds the lifeline while the surgeon holds the knife.”

Anaesthetists, Dr Kaul added, not only put the patient to sleep, either by means of inhalation or injections as was the impression carried by many people , but these days , many anaesthesiologists had chosen to actively demonstrate their professional expertise in emergency rooms, ambulance squads and critical care units.

Aptly summing up the role of anaesthesiologists in the modern day surgical procedures and critical medical emergencies, he remarked that they played a crucial role for the care of a patient not only in the operation theatres but in several other vital areas as well.