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PEC policy matching international standards: Gupta
Chandigarh, February 17 “Autonomy is the key word. I joined here leaving a more lucrative post elsewhere just because this institute is independent. We (Board of Directors) take all the decisions after feedback from the various standing committees of the institute. Every point of view is heard, discussed and then implemented,” he said. “Starting with the students, we drew up a student charter which lists both the rights and responsibilities of the students. This gave students a vision and also clarity on what is to be expected from us and what is expected of them,” he said. A personal tutorial scheme has been introduced where each faculty member would have a small group of students attached to him. “The group would interact informally and we hope this would strengthen the bond between the teachers and the students,” he said. Similarly, a student counselling service was started to help students in distress. “There are students in each course who have been asked to inform the counselling cell in case he or she feels that a particular student is going through some problems,” he said, adding that student employment scheme was started and now a peer coaching scheme has also been introduced. “The senior students are paid by PEC to teach some of the students who are not able to catch up well in the regular classes alone,” he said. The problem of acute shortage of faculty has also begun to be solved. “All benefits which were recommended by the pay commissions and AICTE have been granted to the faculty. We are encouraging them to take up Ph.Ds at IITs as part of the professional development programme,” he said. An almost complete overhaul of the academic administration and structure has been yet another major achievement of the Director. “We introduced the coursewise pass and broad based grading system. A totally transparent system of grading was introduced where students can examine their graded answer-sheets at all stages,” he said. Even the academic policy of the institute was made to match international standards. “The new curriculum stresses on technology, design and IT orientation. And its flexible. We recognise that students have different abilities and those with higher abilities should be given an opportunity to over reach, hence the honours programme. Academically weaker students be allowed to take lesser load per semester and a summer term has been started to take care of the spill over.” And this is not all. A lap- top has been made compulsory for the students and web based learning has been introduced in all courses with a web page for each course.
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Positive approach must for success
Mohali, February 17 Terming it as creativity and innovativeness, he stressed the need for positive attitude and high self-esteem. According to him, the formula of success was to have a clear goal with a determination to accomplish it and also having a power to
take a risk. Mr S.C. Garg, General Manager, Small Industries Development Bank of India, Lucknow, was the chief guest while Prof Dinesh Gupta from the UBS presided over the final session. Seven paper on different subjects were presented by various subject experts. The valedictory address was read out by Mr Dinesh Gupta, Deputy Director, from the office of the DPI (Colleges), Punjab. Ms Mandeep Kaur, Principal, read out the welcome address and stressed on the need and relevance of well-planned entrepreneurship and balanced economic growth in the modern age.
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Seminar on Human Resource Management
Chandigarh, February 17 Prof Meenakshi Malhotra emphasized on the importance of 'emotional intelligence' and how it motivates business leaders to transform things. Prof S. K. Chadha highlighted the contemporary challenges faced by global managers. He identified the major challenges as staffing, recruitment, organisational development, compensation and outsourcing. Dr Manoj Kumar Sharma viewed value-based management as the only solution to optimise corporate value. This is possible through integrity, spirituality at workplace, personality development and cultural integration, he said. Prof Dinesh Kumar Gupta emphasised the "people factor' and minimisation of cultural dissonance as the most critical for the success of any organization in the 21st Century. All the academic resource persons were from the University Business School, Panjab University. The guest of Honour, Prof Sunil Gupta from HP University also shared his views on challenges faced by the managers in today's competitive world. The second technical session was devoted to practical experiences from highly placed HR executives from industries. Mr P.K. Verma, Regional Director, Chambers of Commerce and Industry quoted various examples of difficulties being faced by human resource managers and the solutions to these problems. Lt Col M. S. Dhaliwal (retd), GM (HR and Admn), Groz Beckert Asia Pvt Ltd made a comparison of HR functions in the past, present and future. PRM (People Relationship Management), according to him is the new name for the HR department in the new-age knowledge industry. Prof S. C. Vaidya in his valedictory remarks pointed out that HR professionals should understand the unique cultural and institutional differences among countries and identify ways and means of effective management. Shashi K Gupta, Head, Department of Commerce, presented a formal vote of thanks to the resource persons as well as the participants for making the seminar meaningful.
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Seminar at NIPER
Mohali, February 17 This was stated by Prof M.K. Bhan, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, while addressing mediapersons after the inauguration of a two-day conference (NIPER-NANO-2006) on nanotechnology in advanced drug delivery at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) here today. He said it was important for our country to participate in nano-science and nanotechnology as it affected life beyond the immediate. There were plans to develop institutional capacity, resource and development. He emphasised the need for adopting innovative pathways in science. He indicated that there was a huge untapped scientific potential in the country which needed to be harnessed for this purpose. Prof Bhan said funding for science and technology in the country was rapidly expanding. He said for the first time the government had come up with research grants for small and medium industries to support innovative ideas. He suggested three measures for research and academic institutions towards becoming innovators. He said while there were plenty of opportunities in nano-biology and bio-engineering, there were an equally good number of challenges, too. Underlying partnerships with national and international agencies, Dr Bhan said, “Possessiveness is an enemy of innovation”. To achieve such partnership, the institutions should work on public-private partnership to produce high value outputs. This was not possible without having solid scientific education. His third and most important suggestion revolved around balancing the short-term and long-term goals in science. Earlier, in his welcome address, Prof P. Ramarao, Director, NIPER, informed that research in nanotechnology for drug delivery started in September 2003 and had attracted funds from several national and international funding agencies.
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Industry’s expectations from engineers
Mohali, February 17 Commenting on the avenues for engineering graduates in India, Mr Sofi remarked said: “Our products should help our customers do better and suggested to customize education in accordance with the requirements of the customers”. In the near future, half a million software and IT personnel would be needed whereas the number of available persons in this field would be much less. Programme management, quality engineering and product management were the key areas connected to software development where the students could get a chance for career development, Mr Kabir explained. Mr Sofi and Mr Kabir informed students that the employers look for recruits with the understanding of fundamentals, potential and zeal to learn.
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Students honoured at St. Soldiers function
Mohali, February 17 Ms Satwant Kaur, M.L.A, Chamkaur Sahib, was the guest of honour. Teachers were also presented trophies for their achievement in the field of education. ‘Teacher of the Year’ award was bagged by Ms Sangeeta Nanda -pre primary Wing, Ms Mandeep Kaur - primary wing, Ms Vandana Sharma, secondary wing. Award of Honour were given to Mr Baljeet Singh and Ms Kuldeep Kaur. The award for the most innovative teacher was bagged by Ms Rekha Tangri. Ms Namita Chauhan and Ms Satnam Kaur won the trophies for the best house wardens. Sahibzada Zorawar Singh House received the much coveted running trophy for the best house. The best athletes of the year in all three categories were Reshemjeet Kaur, Karanveer Singh, Yeshbir Singh, Harleen Kaur, Sahil and Hema Jain.
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‘Health for All’ campaign launched
Chandigarh, February 17 Prof R.C. Sobti, Chairman, Department of Biotechnology and Honorary Director, Academic Staff College, Panjab University, while launching the campaign said good eating habits were most important for keeping diseases away. He emphasised the need for planting more trees. Dr
Sween, Director, Centre for Adult, listed the objectives of the campaign and explained that health did not mean absence of disease in the body, but it was the total well-being of an individual. Dr Avinish Jolly from the Servants of Peoples Society, Chandigarh, interacted with the participants and advised the students to develop good habits for healthy living and suggested that habits like washing hands before taking meals, daily bath, wearing clean clothes, wearing shoes, brushing teeth after meals etc. should developed as a routine in life. Mr Ashok Raj Bhandari, Finance and Development Officer, PU, gave away prizes to the students who topped in the competitions. Ms Devinder Kaur Kang, Head-mistress of the school, welcomed the chief guest and disclosed that the school was imparting vocational training for students. Dr Parmjit Singh Kang from the centre proposed a vote of thanks. TNS
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From Colleges
Chandigarh, February 17 Lecture An extension lecture on learning disability was organised at Government College of Education, Sector 20. Dr Bharti Kapoor discussed the concept, characteristics, signs and symptoms of learning disabilities. Earlier Principal, Dr Beantjit Kaur, welcomed the guest. Workshop The Department of Physical Education at Government College, Sector 11, organised a two-week first aid cum home nursing training workshop. On the concluding day SDM East cum Secretary Red Cross UT Chandigarh Branch, Miss Swati Sharma, spoke about the Red Cross Society’s contribution in public health.
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Documentary screened
Chandigarh, February 17 Dr Indu Bala Singh, lecturer in English, GCG Sector 11, Chandigarh, showed a documentary 'Preet Nagar' filmed by her. The documentary is based on the life of Shri Gurbaksh Singh Preet Lari, an eminent intellectual, visionary, philanthropist and social activist whose dedication to the soil gave birth to Preet Nagar, a novel venture to establishing an ideal, modern planned city which was a perfect blend of tradition and modernity. The screening was followed by a presentation by the director herself, who enlightened the students about the purpose of such an endeavour. While sharing her experiences during filming the documentary, she also educated the students about the technicalities and facets of documentary designing like budgeting, exhaustive research, script writing, editing, etc.
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Homoeopathic college organises seminar
Chandigarh, February 17 Prof S.K. Singh of the Department of Urology at the PGI, was the chief guest. Prof C.L. Dhamija, Secretary, HMCA, welcomed him. Dr Ravinder Kochhar, Principal, Lord Mahavira Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, presided over the academic session. The four speakers at the seminar were Dr Manjit Kaur, Dr Purushottam C. Atter, Dr Kishore Gupta and Ms Bhavneet Kaur. In his inaugural address, Prof S.K. Singh stressed upon the need for interaction between allopathic and alternative systems of medicine. He said the medical system must be based on scientific studies and stressed that there was need for more research in homoeopathy. Dr Ashok Mittal, Assistant Professor, proposed the vote of thanks.
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Training programme
Chandigarh, February 17 The programme was inaugurated by PU Vice-Chancellor, Prof K.N. Pathak. He emphasised the importance of modern-day technologies in teaching. Prof B.S. Sohi, Director, UIET, also spoke on the occasion. He gave details of the course and pointed out that use of technology could revolutionise the teaching-learning process.
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Farewell party
Dera Bassi, February 17 The trophies for the best-dressed boy and the best-dressed girl were awarded to Amit and Rajbir Kaur respectively. Sachin and Shagufta of Class XII were adjudged Mr and Miss Sukhmani. Overall best student award was given to Ankush Garg.
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Farewell function at KV
Zirakpur, February 17 Students of the Class XII, attired in their best,were accorded a traditional welcome with flowers and tilak. Songs and dances were the highlights of the function. The Principal,Ms S.K. Bhatia, while wishing them luck exhorted the students to face the challenges of life for which they had been groomed in the school.
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Series of contests
Chandigarh, February 17 A blood donation camp was organised on February 14, in which 30 units of blood were collected. A magical games contest was organised on February 15 and a poster-making competition was organised
yesterday. TNS
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