EDUCATION

100 students attend workshop on aviation
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 20
The Chitkara Institute of Engineering and Technology (CIET) today organised a one-day workshop on “Aviation and space: option and opportunities” on its campus, here today.

As many as 100 students and faculty members attended the workshop. Eminent experts addressed the students at the workshop and students also made presentations on subjects related to the aviation industry.

Air Commodore Sohanpal talked about “Engineers in aviation industry”. Prof D.P. Sabharwal, Fellow of Aeronautical Society of India (ASI), spoke on “Jobs up there: In the sky and beyond”. Ms Amrita Bains talked on “Tough jobs demand tougher minds” while Col. B M Sablok talked about “Entrepreneurship”.

The experts made the students aware of the career prospects in defence services related to engineering as well as important career-building traits like developing a positive attitude, interpersonal skills, team building, communication skills, decision-making and problem solving.

The second session of the workshop witnessed presentations by students on various aviation aspects. The presentations included role of computers, instrumentation, electronic in aviation, flight safety and testing/measurement systems in aviation.

Dr (Ms) Madhu Chitkara, Chairperson, Chitkara Educational Trust (CET), thanked the experts for enlightening the students and urged the students to evolve as integrated personalities.

CULTURE

City Sangeet Sammelan
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 20
A fragrant and welcome reminder that Chandigarh is not just a city of buildings and roads is round the corner. The much awaited annual Chandigarh Sangeet Sammelan, the 28th to be presented by Indian National Theatre on the 21st, 22nd and the 23rd of October, will feature some of today’s leading musicians of the Hindustani tradition and some bright lights from the younger generation who have made their mark but not received exposure in these parts.

This year’s festival is being organised with the assistance of Chitkara Foundation, Chandigarh.

Among the notables, mention may be made of the celebrated Misra Bandhu, Rajan and Sajan, Kalapini Komkali, the daughter and legatee of none other than the all-time great Pt. Kumar Gandharva, and Alaka Deo Marulkar, whose father the late Pt Rajabhau Deo was a stalwart of the Gwalior gharana in his time.

The venue will be Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan on Madhya Marg, Sector 27, Chandigarh and admission will be free.

New Release
Animated ‘Hanuman’ hits the screen today

India’s first animated film on the mythological superhero ‘Hanuman’ will be released today at Fun Republic, Mani Majra. The film is a masterpiece that involved many hours of artistery and skill. It is one-and-half-hour world class movie which features 40 characters. The epic movie has been produced by Percept Pictures Company in association with Silvertoons. This one is presented by Sahara One Motion Pictures.

Shantonu Aditya, CEO, Sahara One, says: “We are releasing this film with 150 prints all over India. It is an extraordinary entertainment bonanza for children.”

The epic movie has been well created and directed by the famous animator Vasant Gajanan Samant, who pioneered animation in India and has produced animation series for Los Angles based companies.

This film is all set to make waves in the animation industry with its pioneering features. With painstaking efforts across a period of two years, director V.G. Samant alongwith 250 cell artistes have created over 20,000 individual images.

‘Hanuman’, unlike any other animation films, has an exceptional soundtrack, composed by music director Tapas Relia.

He has concocted a perfect blend of electronic sounds and western classical music. Satish Mutatkar has penned the lyrics and leading playback singers Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Kailash Kher, Palash Sen, Sapna Mukherjee, Madhushri and Sneha Pant have sung for the film. Dialogues by Sulekha Bajpai, Milind Ukey , Shantanu Rode, Neerav Ghosh, Rajiv Gopalakrishnan and editing by Huzefa Lokhandwala are other credits of ‘Hanuman’. It is Percept Pictures Company’s second children film after the critically acclaimed ‘Makdee’. — D.P.

Fashion students stage play
S.D. Sharma

Theatre is the greatest medium of human expression in the times of conflict and crisis. This has inspired the students of the Delhi School of Fashion Technology to bare the human soul in their maiden presentation of “Ek Andruni Maut” staged at the Tagore Theatre today.

Presented under the aegis of The Performers Theatre group, New Delhi, in collaboration with the North Zone Cultural Centre, the play was based on Chinese playwright Lu Shuns’ famous classic “A Mad Man’s Diary”. The script in Hindustani was evolved at the National School of Drama and directed by Srijon Bhattacharjee. Following a spate of tragic incidents, the protagonist, Umasahanker, is frustrated. Initially the people around sympathise with him, and gets him treated but later label him as insane. But the impelling circumstances had taught him the hard realities of life and he realises that all men are selfish, pitted against each other for personal gains.

The play sought to secure an imaginative contrast between the ideal and the real. The youngsters had attempted to give the concept a good treatment through narratives.

Munish Sharma, playing the protagonist, leads the cast with Ravi Raj, Saurab Bhagoria, Srijon Bhatacharya. Music by Vaibhav Bandhu augments the production level which need to be improved.

Earlier, the chief guest, and noted theatre icon, Rudraprasad Sengupta, Kamal Tewari and RT Jindal, IAS lighted the traditional lamp.