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400 students from city write for glory
Chandigarh, January 8 The contest will be held in three stages, culminating in a national final in Mumbai. The contest will offer the winners an opportunity to meet leading authors in the country and hone his/her writing skills. This will be through author workshops, which will deal with writing as a form of art and profession. The children who participated in the city round are the winners of the intra-school competition held at various schools to shortlist the best eight entries. The event began with a writing workshop by Ms Sunita Patnayak, in charge, Creative Writing, Department of English, DAV College, Chandigarh. The competition, open to students from classes IX to XII, saw students writing stories in the genres of science fiction, thriller and fantasy. The top two stories from among all stories from the Chandigarh finals will be shortlisted by a national jury panel for the next stage — the national finals. The works of the participants will be judged for communication skills, articulation, clarity of thought, observation skills, acuity of observation, commitment to writing, hobbies, ambitions, awareness of the self and the external environment, compassion, empathy and degree of introspection and the ability to develop insight and humour. The contest was initiated by ITC Ltd in 2003 to provide a platform for budding writers among students to showcase their talent and an opportunity to develop it through interaction with some of the country’s leading literary icons. Well-known author Ruskin Bond will head the national jury panel. The Classmate Young Author 2005 will be awarded a seven-day trip to London for a literary tour covering London, Oxford, Stratford-upon-Avon and Edinburgh. All 15 finalists will win exiting prizes like home PCs, camcorders and digi cams. The best writings from CYAC 2005 will be published by Rupa and Co.
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Colleges in grip of placement fever
Mohali, January 8 Having achieved 100 per cent placement of the first two batches of MCA and BCA, the training and placement cell of the college, under the guidance of Mr
A.C. Sharma, head, HRD, has put in all efforts to ensure 100 placements for the MBA and B.Tech students also. Mr Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chairman, and Mr R.S. Dhaliwal, general secretary, said a number of companies had already held campus interviews in the college. Although all students of the seventh semester of B. Tech were undergoing six-month industrial training yet a number of them had been selected and issued appointment letters by these companies, they added. Dr
G.D. Bansal, principal, revealed Second Foundation, a global software services company having its headquarters in Manglow Park, California, USA, was going to hold campus interviews in the college on January 11, 2006. He revealed that ICICI Prudential, Laurent and Benon, Reliant Media, Virsa System and V-customers had already visited the campus and selected a number of the students. Gian Jyoti Institute of Management and Technology would also be celebrating “Placement Fortnight” from tomorrow. According to a press note issued by the institute, companies like HDFC Standard Life,
HSBC, ICICI Direct.Com, Max New York Life, Vision Unlimited, WWICS and FCF Software (P) Ltd would be visiting the institute for campus recruitment during this period. The severe cold in the region had neither dampened the spirit of the employers nor the enthusiasm of the MBA students of the 2003-2005 batch. According to the institute spokesperson, more than 40 per cent of MBA students, while in 3rd semester, have already received appointment letters from well reputed companies like Nestle, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, Reliant Media (P) Ltd, Laurent and Benon (P) Ltd., Foot Prints (P) Ltd. and India Bulls with a salary package ranging from Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 2.6 lakh per annum.
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Parental love theme of coaching centre function
Chandigarh, January 8 The largely-attended programme included emotional and heart-touching songs rendered by students Rimpy, Meenakshi, Chandni, Deepanshu, Neeraj and Pankaj. Rev Samuel Bernard and Mrs Shaella Bernard, who teamed up with their daughter-student Akansha Bernard for a duet song on parent-child relationships, came in for special applause. The parent-child love theme and saga of sacrifice was immaculately illustrated through a one-act play “A Daughter to Remember”, depicting the life-long struggle of a Russian girl who risked her life to win back the honour and prestige of her exiled parents. Adapted from Russian title ‘Prescovia’ by Dr Vineet Khera, the play was directed by Prof Ashwani Ohri. Both Alisha and Isha were outstanding. Earlier, philanthropist Baldev Singh emphasised the need for instilling moral ethics in students. Dr Daljit Singh, Chairman, Chemical Engineering Department, Panjab University, honoured students and artistes, while toppers in national competitive examinations honoured their parents. Dr Vinod Khera thanked chief guest Baldev Singh, parents, students and guests.
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Audition held for artiste bank
Chandigarh, January 8 Production manager of films, including “Veer Zaara” and “Shaheed-e-Mohabat”, Darshan Aulakh conducted the audition which was attended by hundreds of artistes from Chandigarh and neighbouring areas. Those selected, will be given a break in forthcoming Punjabi films, “Ik Kudi Jida na Mohabat” and “Dil Apna Punjabi” and a Rajkumar Santoshi Hindi film starring Ajay Devgan and Salman Khan. The shooting is slated for February in Chandigarh. |
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Sanam is No 5 in junior tennis
Chandigarh, January 8 Not only that, Sanam will also feature in the main draw of the forthcoming Australian Open Junior Tournament to be held in Australia from January 16. Sanam wants to perform in this grand slam and has quit other in-between tournaments to prepare sincerely for this coveted meet. Elated over his stupendous achievement, Mr Rajan Kashyap, Chairman of the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA), said Sanam was another local trainee who had proved his prowess. Earlier, also CLTA trainees Sunil Kumar and Kinshuk Sharma had brought laurels. He said the Asian Tennis Federation had chosen the CLTA as one of its centres. Now being coached by Gajendra Singh, Sanam had recently astonished all by winning the ITF Futures Tennis title held last month in Delhi.
Sanam who began tennis when he was just eight years old had a gradual progress as far as his achievements are concerned. He has played in a number of
AITA-sponsored tournaments, both talent and super series. The ITF meets also helped Sanam in attaining confidence level. He now enjoys 620 points as per the ITF rankings. The other four players who were ahead of Sanam in the world rankings are Marin Cilic (Croatia), Donald Young (USA), Thiemo De Bakker (Netherlands) and Robin Roshardt (Switzerland). Another Indian player Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan is also closely following Sanam and is now ranked ninth in the world in junior section. |
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City charms Russian tennis players
Chandigarh, January 8 Roman Petrunin (16), who is from Russia, said: “The tennis meets like this one offer a lifetime chance to hone one’s skills. These are so interactive, so positive that you just can’t afford to miss it. It is an opportunity to learn about the people of different countries, their culture and habits etc.” He has come along with his mother
Elina. A product of Adler Tennis Academy, Sochi, South Russia, Roman is thrilled to see the efficiency of Indian players and of course the ball boys whom he considers to be very fast. Charmed by the City Beautiful, one thing which attracted his attention most is the neatly decorated roundabouts which are things of the past in Russia. Equally excited is Liza
Titova. She is delighted to see the Indian girls wearing Punjabi suits. She said she would buy one for her before leaving this country. Sitting beside, Rozhnov Igor shows a receipt of a store in Sector 17, from where he bought two Punjabi suits. The Level 1 coach at Time Break Tennis Club, Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan, Rozhnov is amused by the infrastructure at the CLTA. He expresses satisfaction over the arrangements made by the association.
Bishkek said: “Tennis is no more a club game now. There are many tennis coaching centres at our place and parents encourage their children to play the sport seriously. Because, even if one fails to make a mark in the game, there is no dearth of coaching jobs in the country. The government bears all expenses when a player travels abroad to participate in ITF tournaments.” Roman asserts “There are private companies that sponsor equipment of players. I got my racquet sponsored by Bodolat and would soon graduate to be in the big league of players”, asserts Roman. |
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Draughts association
Chandigarh, January 8 The elected body decided to conduct the 5th Chandigarh Open Draughts Championship on January 14 and 15. Other elected office-bearers included: vice-presidents — Dr Jagjit Singh and Dr Sanjeev Goyal; joint secretaries — Mr S.S. Chandel, Mr Sudershan Kumar and Mr Yogesh
Khandella; treasurer — Ms Jatinder Kaur; executive members — Mr Sushil Kumar, Mr Arunesh Chaudhary, Mr Sushil Malhotra, Ms Rupinder Kaur, Ms Maninder Kaur, Mr Ajit Chaudhary and Mr Yoginder; PRO — Mr Ravinder Singh Bawa. |
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Table soccer championship from Jan 13
Chandigarh, January 8 Giving this information, Mr Ravinder Talwar, Chairman of the Table Soccer Federation of India, said this sport was now getting immensely popular across the country. |
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