Course on water management begins

Ludhiana, March 7
A five-day training programme on “Efficient water management for sustainable agriculture” was inaugurated by the Dean, Post-Graduate Studies, Dr Darshan Singh, at Punjab Agricultural University today.

Around 20 participants from state directorates of horticulture, agriculture and Department of Soil and Water Conservation are participating in the programme under the niche area of excellence-soil and water management in high-intensity cropping regions.

The participants will be exposed to farm management techniques, use of water saving and irrigation devices, watershed management, improving irrigation potential in poor quality soils and artificial recharge of ground water.

Dr Darshan Singh impressed upon the need for educating farmers about water management techniques since water was a scarce resource and the water table was declining in the central districts of the state.

He said switching over from rice-wheat cropping system to crops like maize, soybean, groundnut and vegetables, will improve the efficient use of water, given the fact that these crops required less water.

Resource persons from the Department of Soils and Department of Soil and Water Engineering were at hand to talk about different water management technologies. TNS

194 GCW students get prizes
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, March 7
The prize distribution function of the Government College for Women was held here today. Dr Kanwaljit Singh, DPI (Colleges), Punjab, was the chief guest on the occasion.

Ms Prabhjot Kaur, Principal of the college, welcomed the chief guest. She lauded the students for doing the college proud in various fields. As many as 194 students were awarded prizes for excellence in academics, sports and cultural activities.

The chief guest congratulated the prize winners and exhorted them to put in more hard work to achieve excellence and get prepared to take on the challenges being posed by globalisation and privatisation.

Dr Kanwaljit urged them to imbibe qualities like self-esteem, sense of humour, team spirit, good thought process, character building, good lifestyle. These would take them towards the path of progress and success, he added.

Those who were given prizes included: BSc I (non-medical) — Hena, Deepinder Kaur and Gurpinder Kaur; BSc II — Anika Arora, Rumani Ahuja and Ribha Goyal; BSc III — Supriya Goyal, Isha Goyal and Akshu Hans; BSc I (medical) — Pooja Manchanda, Sanjit Kaur and Archna Bedi; BSc II — Vinita, Sumedha and Gaganpreet; BSc III — Tripat Jeet Kaur, Harpreet Kaur and Radhika Dhir.

The prize winners in BA I were Monika Arora, Vanita and Richa Dhand; in BA II — Arti, Rashmi Miglani, Shikha Bansal and Romilpreet Kaur; and BA III — Manasvinee, Brinderjit Kaur and Amanpreet.

Prize winners in BCom I were Naina, Mamta and Kanu Sethi; BCom II — Monika, Mandeep and Priyanka; and in BCom III — Aarti, Rachna and Sonal.

Partap college honours Danish troupe 
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, March 7
International performers of the National Danish Performance Team (NDPT) from Denmark had a great time with Punjabi students when they participated in the annual athletics meet of Partap College of Education here today.

Danish team members participated in the fun race, potato race and 100-metre race and Danish team's manager Morten Louring danced with international folk artistes of the Punjab Cultural Promotion Council and Partap College students.

Danish team students were also honoured by Dr R.I.K.Bal, Dr J.P.Singh, Principal Balwant Singh and Davinder Singh Chhina. Mr Louring was presented with special momento based on Sikh heritage for his contribution for world peace. Clad in colourful turban, Mr Morten, while addressing the audience, started his speech with ''Sat Sri Akal'' and expressed gratitude for the hospitality extended by Punjabis.

The coach of the troupe, Mr Christan, said the Danish troupe got good response in Punjab during their world tour. Ms Carina, Ms Rikke, Ms Trina, Ms Anne, etc from Denmark were honoured with Punjab's traditional ''phulkaris'' by Dr Bal and Ms Gurmeet Kaur Chhina.

Olympian Ramandeep Singh, Ajmer Singh Dhillon, Director, Milk Plant, Ludhiana, and Harmohan Singh were honoured by the college authorities for their role in community services.

During the tug-of-war international match, Danish boys team defeated the boys of the Partap College of Education. Mr Morten honoured the students for international educational sports and cultural exchange programme. He also thanked the promotional council and the college authorities for making their maiden visit to Punjab a memorable one. 

Kamanjit adjudged Miss Farewell
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, March 7
It was a special moment for the final year students of B.Sc III of Guru Nanak Girls College as they were given farewell by B.Sc II students here today. Principal Charanjit Mahal and president Gurbir Singh presided over the function. Mr Yash Mehra, District Education Officer, was the special guest.

Ms Manjit Kaur, Deputy DEO attended the function. To add colour on the occasion, the students presented an entertaining cultural programme. The B.Sc II students presented dance numbers, poetry and skits. The main attraction of the programme was the modelling of B.Sc III students. Dressed in trendy clothes, they walked down the ramp with rhythmic music in the background. Ms Kamanjit Brar of B.Sc III was adjudged Miss Farewell. Ms Amanpreet and Ms Rajdeep were declared first and second runners-up respectively.

Ms Ramandeep bagged the title of Ms Well Dressed while Ms Kamaljit was given the title of Miss Beautiful Smile.

Seniors presented gifts to the Principal and teachers as a token of love.The prize-winners were crowned by the Principal.

Lecture on pol science
Our Correspondent

Doraha, March 7
The Political Science Association of Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, organised an extension lecture on "Fact value dichotomy,’' on Monday. Prof Sarbjit Kaur from department of political science, Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana, was the resource person.

She enlightened students of postgraduate class with facts and values, especially from the research point of view if they were re to pursue their further studies as M. Phil and Ph.D. The students were greatly convinced by the effective mode in which she elaborated upon the topic.

Dr Narinder Singh, Principal of the college, Mr Jaswant Singh Gill, Director, Prof Gursharan Kaur, head of the department of political science, Prof Sandeep Kaur and Prof Kamaljit Kaur were among those who were present.

Extension lectures at college
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, March 7
The Department of Commerce, Ramgarhia Girls College ,here, organized an extension lecture on computerized auditing and accounting. The resource person was Ms Deepkiran, an expert on auditing and taxes from Vantis Numerica, a top accountancy firm of the U K .

She said the manual accounting had a number of limitations like greater consumption of time and energy, lack of speed, greater expenditure and greater chances of error. In order to overcome these limitations and survive in the competitive world, business organizations around the globe were depending on computers for accounting and auditing.

Another extension lecture was organized by the Department of Music on 'History of Indian Music'. The resource person was Dr Pankaj Mala Sharma , Reader, Department of Music, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Dr Mala, in her lecture spoke about the text on music in the Vedas, Puranas and the two Mahakavyas. 

Fellowship for PAU scientist
Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, March 7
The Head, Department of Vegetable Crops, Dr A.S. Sidhu, has been awarded the prestigious fellowship of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi, for 2006. This is only national fellowship in horticultural crops. Also, he is the first horticultural scientist from the PAU who got this fellowship.

Dr Sidhu has, to his credit, outstanding research contributions in the field of improvement of vegetable crops from the last three decades. His research has resulted in the evolution of 20 improved vegetable varieties/hybrids.