From Schools & Colleges
KVM celebrates Founder’s Day
Anil Datt

Ludhiana, October 18
Kundan Vidya Mandir, Civil Lines, celebrated the Founder’s Day today. Mr M.P. Gupta, president of the Shri Kundan Lal Trust, was the chief guest. The function started with a guard of honour, presented by the Iron Eagle Club of the school. The ceremonial lamp was lighted by Mr Gupta. The Goddess of Knowledge, Saraswati, was evoked with a musical Saraswati Vandana presented by the students. Gayatri, a student of class 1 captivated the audience with her solo dance.

Mr S.C. Saxena, Principal of the school, welcomed the chief guest. He started his speech with a quotation of Confucius epitomising the concept of education. Mr Saxena also read out the annual report, which explained the glory achieved by the school in the previous academic year.

The school song ‘Hey Kundan Vidya Mandir ‘was presented as an adherence to great philosophy of school. Kids, the little blooming flowers of Kundan Vidya Mandir, presented a musical fairy tale ‘Princess Under the Magical Spell.’ Students presented a beautiful choreography “Kahaan the, kahaan hai, kahaan ja rehein ham” which was appreciated by all.

Vidushi presented a wonderful solo dance. Students from the city branch presented a thought-provoking choreography, ‘Jaisi karni vaisi bharni’, and preached the moral of ‘As you sow, so shall you reap’. Ritika Gosain presented an enchanting song.

A drama in English — ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ — was another attraction of the evening. The play led the audience to the world of supernatural. Ayushi Jain of the city branch beautified the function with her solo dance performance. Sunaina cast forth her melody in the form of her song ‘Ras garba’, the folk dance of Gujarat, was a great success, exhibiting the talent of Kundanites.

Arya College: Arya College, Ludhiana, bagged the following positions in the four-day Panjab University Zonal Youth Festival which concluded on Sunday at A S College for Women, Khanna:

Mehndi competition-Ist; poster making-Ist, phulkari -2nd, naqalan (bhand )- 2nd, naqalan (individual)-3rd, one-act play -3rd, creative writing -3rd, bhangra -3rd.

Lecture today

Ludhiana, October 18
The Department of Business Management, PAU, Ludhiana, will organise the 13th Shri Ram Memorial Lecture tomorrow at 10 am in the Wheat Auditorium of the university. Dr S.K. Singla, Professor and Head, Department of Business Management, said Prof Anil Kumar Gupta from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, would deliver the lecture. — TNS

PAU nominates PIO
Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 18
The Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Agricultural University, Dr K.S. Aulakh, has nominated Additional Director of Communication as the Public Information Officer (PIO) of the university. The new development is the consequence of the new law, “Right to Information,” that has come into force. The Public Information Officer will be responsible for the dissemination/making available all information on the behalf of the university.

HEALTH

Vasectomy camp evokes huge response
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 18
A special non-scalpel (stitchless) vasectomy camp, organised by the Health Department at the Civil Hospital here today, turned out to be a big draw as almost 500 eligible males opted for the operation. Besides providing the facility of free surgery and follow up treatment, those undergoing the operation were also paid a cash incentive of Rs 1,000 under a Government of India-sponsored National Family Welfare Programme.

Inaugurating the camp, Dr Rajinder Kaur, Civil Surgeon, said that for quite some time now, the focus had shifted to vasecotomy (sterilisation operation of males), which was comparatively simple, required no hospitalisation and had a better success rate than tubectomy of females. The introduction of non-scalpel procedure for vasectomy, the persons undergoing operation could simply walk back from the hospital and resume his routine work almost immediately.

She, however, observed that a large number of males still had some inhibitions about getting themselves operated so as to follow a planned family norm but the any apprehensions in this regard were completely misplaced and based on wrong notions.

The Civil Surgeon said in view of the response that the vasecotomy camp had evoked, the Health Department had decided to extend it for another day. The persons getting themselves registered till October 19 will be eligible for the incentive even if the surgery was performed thereafter. Similar vasectomy camps were proposed to be held on October 19 at Gurusar Sudhar and October 20 at Koom Kalan, she added.

Dr Manorama Awashti, District Family Welfare Officer, Dr Manjit Kaur, SMO, Civil Hospital, and Dr Amandeep Sandhu, in charge, PP unit, along with other medical and para-medical staff, had put in special efforts to make the camp a success. Mr Shiv Ram Saroy, member, Rogi Kalyan Samiti, was also present at the occasion.

Stress laid on trauma care to save mishap victims
Kuldip Bhatia

Ludhiana, October 18
In the wake of an increasing number of road accidents, a programme organised by the Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) to mark International Trauma Day here last evening laid emphasis on the involvement of the people in pre-hospital trauma care and setting up of better equipped trauma care centres.

Mr Geri Carpinini, a paramedic instructor from the UK, observed that road traffic accidents, including pedestrian-caused and bicycle-caused accidents, were the most common causes of trauma deaths in India. The country had the highest traffic accident rate in the world which stood at an alarming 142 for every 10,000 vehicles whereas it was just two in the Western countries.

Mr Carpinini said there was need to train more volunteers from among the members of public and para-medics on different aspects of pre-hospital emergency care, like life support, defibrillation, airway management, intubation, chest decompression, fluid replacement and fracture care.

Calling for an integrated approach for comprehensive trauma care, he stressed that the public in general, and representatives of industrial houses ought to be trained in the basics of trauma care procedures. “Unlike Europe and other Western countries, where set guidelines of the paramedic retrieving the victim and public supporting the activity, in India the right approach to trauma care is missing and there is very little medical care available on the spot. The result is that the delay in the treatment causes more damage.”

Mr Carpinini pointed out that more medical institutions in the region should strive to develop facilities like ‘Ambulance and Mobike Accidents Retrieval Service (AMARS), as had been done by the CMCH. In the last year since its inception, AMARS had helped retrieve many victims of traffic accidents and helped save precious lives.

The local administration and the police could also play a vital role in improving the level of trauma care, he added.

SPORTS

300 take part in fast-walking contest
Our Correspondent

Mandi Gobindgarh, October 18
The 2nd annual fast-walking contest concluded here on Sunday which was organised at Government Senior Secondary School for Boys, Mandi Gobindgarh. The meet was organised by the Gobindgarh Walker’s Club. More than 300 men, women and children from Ludhiana, Patiala, Chandigarh and Fatehgarh Sahib districts participated in the contest.

Talking to the mediapersons, Mr Sohan Dhaliwal said the number of participants have doubled this year as compared to last year. Adequate arrangements for food and drinks were made for the participants.

Results: Women (up to 10 years) — Aanchal Talwali (1), Hardeep Kaur (2); 10-14 years — Twinkle Sharma (1) Palaq (2); 14-17 years — Avneet Kaur (1) Baljinder Kaur (2); 17-20 years — Payal (1) Renu Chopra (2); 20-30 years — Pradeep Kaur (1) Nancy Ghai (2): 30-35 years — Daljeet Kaur (1); 35-40 years — Avneet Kaur (1) Daljeet Kaur (2); 40-45 years — Saran Pal Kaur (1) Hardeep Sharma (2) 45-50 years — Anoop Goyal (1) Bimla (2); 50-55 years — Darshana Devi (1) Manjeet Kaur (2); 55-60 years — Gurdev Kaur (1) Sukhwinder Kaur (2); and 60-65 years — Raj Rani (1) Swaranjit Kaur (2).

Men (up to 10 years) — Kuldeep Singh (1) Harkirat (2); 10-14 years — Jaswinder Singh (1) Akash Jyoti (2); 14-17 years — Manjinder Singh (1) Anoop Singh (2); 17-20 years — Jaspreet (1) Mandeep (2); 20-30 years — Malkit Singh (1) Vikky (2); 30-35 years — Gobindram (1) Rajneesh Gupta (2); 35-40 years — Dr Rajan Sood (1) Balwinder Singh (2); 40-45 years — Harminder Singh (1) Krishan Goyal (2); 45-50 years — Dr Baljit Singh (1) Raj Pal (2); 50-55 years — Paramjeet Singh Bhatti (1) Manjeet Singh (2); 55-60 years — Sukhdev Singh (1) Baldev Singh (2); 60-65 years — Amrik Singh (1) Mehar Chand (2) 65-70 years — Atma Singh (1) Balwant Singh (2); 70-75 years — Jora Singh (1); and above 75 Hardyal Singh (1) Ram Saran (2).

A.S. College win trophy
Our Correspondent

Khanna, October 18
Rajneesh Kumar Nanda and Simmi Batta of A.S. College, Khanna, won the Champ of the Champs Trophy in karate, in men and women’s categories, respectively. The Champ of the Champs Trophy – 2005 competition and the Karv Mega International Karate camp-cum-workshop were organised by the school of martial arts, Khanna.

Dr R.S. Jhanji, Principal, and Mr Sanjiv Dhamija, general secretary of the college, congratulated the winners and staff members Ms Neeru Bhambri Malik, Prof Parminder Singh and coach Rajesh Joshi for this achievement.