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From Schools
Divali celebrations at school
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 29
An art and craft exhibition was put up in GMT Senior Secondary Public School here today. Attractive candles, diyas, decorative bangle boxes, models, pen holders and paintings were exhibited by the students of classes IV to XII.

Flower arrangement and rangolis made by the students of classes XI and XII were eye-catching. Divali puja was conducted in various classes. Parents were welcomed with handmade greeting cards made by students. Director and Principal of the school visited the classes and appreciated the efforts put in by the teachers and students.

Results of various competitions held on the occasion: Candle making — Khushboo and Nidhi; rangoli making — Robin, Supriya, Chinki, Richi, Hastaqshi; flower arrangement — Richi; embossed painting — Shubham, Deepika; tile painting — Harpreet, Jassica, Nividha; best decorated classes — XI Commerce, VII-B.

Painting contest

All India Camel Colour contest was organised at MGM Public School in which all students from KG to Class IX participated. The students were divided into five groups. Each group was given a different topic. The Principal, Ms Harmeet Kaur, and the Director, Mr Gajjan Singh Thind, congratulated the students for their efforts.

The results are as follows: Group-I (LKG) — Mihir, Priyank Pandey and Jaskaran; Group-II (Classes 1 and 2) — Jasmeet Singh, Jaspreet Singh and Hardir Arora; Group-III (Classes 3 to 5) — Taranpreet Kaur, Jasmeet Kaur and Amritpal Kaur; Group-IV (Classes 5 to 7) — Kirandeep Kaur, Gurmandeep Kaur and Gurpreet Kaur; Group-V (Classes 8 and 9) — Sapanpreet Kaur, Khushi Singla and Rupin Jandu.

Function

Dharohar — a function to grandparents was organised by students of Delhi Public School here on Saturday. The Pro-Vice-Chairman, Mr Sanjiv Kumar, parents and grandparents of the students attended the function.

The function started with grandparent of a student watering the plant. This was followed by a welcome address by the Principal, Ms Seema Malik.

The audience was spell-bound by the performance of students.

Science fair

An annual science fair in memory of Beant Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab, was held in Everest Public Senior Secondary School here on Friday. Former Transport Minister Tej Prakash Singh was the chief guest. He was accompanied by Mr Prem Mittal, Senior Deputy Mayor, Mr Varinder Sharma, District Science Supervisor, Mr Sushil Malhotra, Member Sales Tax Advisory Committee and many others.

The exhibition was divided into different sections — art & craft, home science, environmental management, industry for rural development, mathematical models, energy and its conservation. The projects that were crowd pullers were bio-diesel, DNA technique to catch a thief.

Both Mr Varinder Sharma and Mr Tej Pratap Singh spoke on the occasion. The students who had made outstanding models were given prizes.

The results are as follows: Elementary section —(Group A) first prize — Ghansham & Shivam Chopra; Shubham Singla and Abhishek; Priya and Sabita; Karan and Deepak; and Shivam and Gagandeep

Elementary section (Group B) First Prize — Jatin and Mandeep; Ankush and Amandeep; Kanwaldeep and Isha; and Meena and Simple, Secondary section first prize — Sukhbir and Vinay for project purification of water; Pankaj and Ravi for project water level controller; Inder and Samsum for Project Biogas Plant; Sandeep and Ashok for project t-ratio; Chetan and Amandeep for project hover craft; Senior Secondary Section first prize — Sonia Sundhan project chemical and biological fertilizer; Sukhjeet and Nirmaljeet project DNA repair; Neeraj project stereo-cassette player; Monica Jyoti project one of three dimensional.

Fine arts and home science — first prize Priya, Maninder, Isha and Seerat; Second prize Sapna and Prabhjot; Third prize Shilpa and Rajni;

2 consolation prizes Monika, Amandeep Suman and Sonam; Rangoli — First prize Vandana and Manisha; second prize Hardyal Tej Kaur; and third prize Balwinder and Aman.

From Colleges
Discussion on teaching modules
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 29
Discussing multi-media approach of teaching and teaching modules, eminent educationist and subject expert Dr Shashi Trehan advised education students to teach at the reflective level. She was interacting with B.Ed class students of the Partap College of Education Humbran here yesterday.

On this occasion, college Principal Dr Balwant Singh, honoured Dr Shashi Trehan for latter’s commendable services in the field of education and inservice training for the past 29 years. Dr Trehan also threw light on different steps on the development of modules in different subjects. She narrated at length, about how much, the modules were self-instructing and how they reinforced the behaviour of a child.

Dr Trehan explained the students that modules were beneficial for inculcating healthy discussion, social- development, sense of togetherness and made the students more stimulant to studies. She talked about different learning structures like signals, chains, multiple discussions, concepts and various principles, giving authenticated examples.

Techno Hunt-2005

Students of the GGN Institute of Management and Technology bagged prizes in two out of three events amongst 15 teams in Techno-Hunt 2005, organised by Chandigarh Engineering College. While Charanjeet Singh of MCA 5th semester was placed on the 2nd position in the paper presentation contest. The GGNIMT quiz team comprising of Charanjeet MCA 5th and Sandeep BBA Ist got the 3rd position.

Extension lecture

The placement cell of Guru Nanak College for Women organised an extension lecture on topic ‘tips for recruitment’ by Net Cradle (UK). The motive of the extension lecture was to make the students aware of the recruitment requirements keeping in view the present scenario.

Principal Ms Manju Chawla welcomed the guest Mr Gaurav Luthra and Prof T S Arneja proposed a vote of thanks to the chief guest. Ms Maninder, Ms Jasmeen, Ms Simran, Ms Gurpreet, Ms Gagandeep and Ms Hardeep were present on the occasion. The seminar was a great success.

Seminar

Mr Manoj Kumar Verma, Business Development Officers, along with members of the Frankfinn Institute of Airhostess Training, and Ms Savita Chadha, centre head of the institute, conducted a ‘career counselling seminar’ in DAV Public School here yesterday. They made the students aware of different courses, eligibility criteria, duration of courses, age limit, physical requirement s to enter into hospitality and aviation industry.

It was an interactive session, in which the students of Classes XII & XII took part and got information about the opportunities in aviation , hospitality and travel industry. The students could opt for jobs in these industries after completing Class XII. Ms Savita acquainted the students about the salary packages in aviation industry as a cabin crew ranging from Rs 25,000 per month and reaching up to Rs 1 lakh.

She also told the students that there were different career options like air hostess, guest relation officer, customer care executive, commercial staff, etc. She said students could get more information from the aviation magazine given free of cost.

Talent hunt competition

Talaash ’05, a talent hunt competition was organised jointly by RIMT-Institute of Management and Computer Technology and Gobindgarh Institute of Management and Technology on the campus of RIMT-IMCT.

The competition was inaugurated by Ms Neena Bansal, co-chairman of RIMT-group of educational institutes.

Ms Divya Jindal (RIMT-IMCT) and Ms Rajinder (GIMT) were the co-conveners of the competition while Prof. Harpreet, Prof Tarandeep, Prof. were the teacher In charge of various events.

The judges were Dr Rajwant Kaur Principal, RIMT-College of Education, Ms B.S. Bhatia, Prof Harmail Singh, Prof Gurvinder Bakshi, Prof. Gaurav Salwan, Prof Dheeraj Sharma, Prof Reetinder Kaur, Prof Jagdeep Singh and Prof N.K. Maheshwari.

The results of various events were as follow:

Mehndi — Surbhi, MBA 1st (first); Sonika, MSc. 1st (second); poster making Vinay Kashyap, MBA 1st (First); Amandeep Singh, (second); Creative Writing Ishani Gupta, MBA 3rd (first); Nidhi Aggarwal, MBA 3rd (Second); On the spot painting Anu Kaushal, MBA 1st (first); Tarundeep, BCA 1st (Second); Rangoli Reetika and Aarti, MCA 3rd (first); Preeti Bansal, BCA 1st (second); poetry recitation — Stuti Garg, BCA 1st (first); Ajitpal Singh, MCA 1st (second); debates Sharat Dogra, MCA 1st (First); Parasdeep Singh, BBA 1st (second); traditional dress competition (boys) Dilraj , MSc 1st (first); Harpreet, MBA 1st (second); traditional dress competition (girls) Disha, MSc I (First); Parminder, MSc 1st (second); handy crafts (special prize): Nidhi Nanda, BBA 1st(first)

Dhanvantri pooja at college
Our Correspondent

Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 29
The staff and students of Guru Nanak Ayurvedic Medical College and Research Institute at Gopalpur village, near here, vowed to dedicate their lives to the service of humanity.

While addressing the constituents of the institute on the occasion of Dhanvantri poojan celebrations, Dr Balwinder Singh Walia, chairman, claimed that ayurveda was the most reliable and economical pathy suitable for masses including the poor. He called upon the students to make optimum use of their knowledge of the ancient discipline of treatment.

Dr. Iqbal Singh Walia, Secretary, Dr J.P.S Oberoi, Principal and Dr R.P. Kaushal Vice - Principal elaborated various aspects of life and contributions of Dhanvantri.

Forum notice to MD of LG Electronics
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 29
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has issued notice to the managing director of L G Electronics India Limited, New Delhi and Mr Sanjay Dhamija, partner M/s New Mehtab Radios, Model Town Market, Ludhiana to show cause why action be not taken against them for not complying with the orders of the forum.

The president of the forum, Mr A.S. Narula, has directed them to put appearnace before the forum on November 23, 2005. Notice has been issued taking congnisance of an execution application filed by Deepak Kohli of Bhagat Singh Nagar.

Earlier the complainant — Deepak had filed an complaint against the LG company and its dealer with the claim that he had purchased an Air Conditioner (AC) but the same started giving trouble within a week. It was alleged that the AC was not giving proper cooling, consuming more electricity and creating a lot of noise. The dealer was requested to replace the AC but he refused to do so.

Deciding the complaint the consumer forum had directed the dealer to repair the AC to the satisfaction of the consumer. But now the consumer alleged that the orders of forum were not implemented.