Students felicitated at annual function
Our Correspondent

Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 24
Outstanding performers and brilliant students of Government Senior Secondary School, Nathumajra village, near here, were felicitated at the annual prize distribution function organised on the school premises yesterday.

The function was presided over by Mr Mukesh Sharma, Executive Magistrate, while Mr Mukand Singh Pandher and Mr Harnam Singh Pandher, NRI, sponsors of the event, gave away prizes to the winners.

The function was marked by a cultural programme presented by students of the school. Patriotic songs and skits were appreciated by the gathering.

Mr Jagmit Singh, Principal of the school, said the NRIs had created an endowment fund to support the education of poor students of the village. More than 100 students were felicitated for their achievements in academic and other fields.

The organisers honoured Mr Sharma for his outstanding contribution and Yaseen Mohamad, a student for attending the Republic Day parade.

Mr Mukand Singh and Mr Harnam Singh Pandher presented a cheque for Rs 70,000 for the construction of a gate and stage on the school premises.

Mr Harjinder Singh, Sarpanch, Mr Nirbhai Singh, member, Planning Board, and Mr Sanjiv Joshi and Mr Davinder Sharma spoke on the occasion. 

Workshop on tractor engines concludes
Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, April 24
A two-day hands-on "Diagnostic training workshop on tractor diesel engines" concluded at Punjab Agricultural University's College of Agricultural Engineering here on yesterday.

The workshop was a joint venture of the Department of Farm Power and Machinery and New Holland Tractors, Noida, for second-year students of agricultural engineering.

About 30 students attended the workshop, which gave them practical experience of understanding the functioning and faults in diesel engines and to equip them with knowledge and skills as to how to deal with such problems.

The workshop was conducted by the New Holland Tractors training engineer, Mr Anukool Trivedi, and the college faculty, Mr Vishal Bector and Mr Ajay Sharda.

The concluding function was presided over by the Dean, Dr S.K.Sondhi, and the Registrar, Dr V.K.Sharma, was the chief guest.

They both spoke on industry-institution interaction to enable the university students find placement while still in college and also to develop entrepreneurship in them.

The Coordinator Research (Engineering), Dr V. K. Sehgal, and senior research engineer, Dr Surendra Singh, told the students about technical and professional aspects of the training.

"The college is proud of the fact that its alumni are in key national and international companies. Already 19 graduating students of the final year have found jobs in industry", said Dr Sondhi. 

HC verdict on veterinary university hailed
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, April 24
The Punjab State Veterinary Officers Association (PSVOA) has welcomed the decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on setting up Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science University at Ludhiana. The PAU Teachers Association (PAUTA) had made an appeal before the court demanded a stay on the decision which has been dismissed.

A meeting of the executive committee of the district branch of the PSVOA held here today under the presidentship of Dr Harbans Singh Dhalla. He lauded the initiative taken by the state government in setting up the veterinary university with due approval of the Union Government.

According to Dr Dhalla, the veterinary professionals also hailed the appointment of Mr D.S. Bains, a senior bureaucrat, as the first Vice-Chancellor of the university. Mr Dhalla expressed confidence that the new university would go a long way in achieving the desired objective of better animal care and training high quality professionals. 

From Schools
Earth Day celebrated 
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, April 24
Earth Day was celebrated at Government Senior Secondary School, Halwara, on Saturday. The Principal of the school, Mr Gurmukh Singh 'Pohil ', enlightened the students about the increasing danger to living conditions on the Earth and warned them that if people did not mend their ways, the Earth would be no more suitable for any kind of life, fauna or flora.

Mr Sukhdev Singh, Punjabi Lecturer, Mr Kulwant Singh, science teacher, and Ms Satish Saini, science teacher, also addressed the students. Saplings were also planted in the school.

Shabad gayan: An inter-school shabad gayan competition was held at Baba Isher Singh Memorial School here on Sunday. Twentyfour teams from the city and its periphery took part in the competition. Results of the competition are as follows: Guru Nanak Public School, Sarabha Nagar,—first; Sargodha High School Boys, Field Ganj, and Guru Nanak International Public School—second; and Harkrishan Public School, Dugri, and GGN Public School, Ludhiana—third.

Consolation prizes: Guru Harkrishan Public School Amritsar, —first ; Ramgarhia Girls Senior Secondary School—second and Ramgarhia Senior Secondary School—third.

Declamation contest: An inter-house declamation contest of the primary section was held at MGM Public School, Dugri, here on Monday. Each team comprised three participants from Classes III, IV and V. The favourite topics among the students were 'Honesty is the best policy', 'Role of science in every day life,' and 'The world of computers'. The results are as follows: Prabhleen Kaur of Hemkunt House—first, Amrit Pal Kaur of Jagannath House—second; and Varun Kumar of Ajmer House—third.

The Director of the school, Mr Gajjan Singh Thind, congratulated the students.

The Principal of the school, Ms Harmeet Kaur, said such competitions enhanced confidence of the students. 

From Colleges
Guru Nanak college students bring laurels
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, April 24
Students of MCom of Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women here have won laurels with 100 per cent results in MCom third semester. All students were placed in first division, four secured above 80 per cent marks and 19 above 75 per cent. Jasjit Kaur bagged tenth position in Panjab University and sixth in Ludhiana district. Dr Manju Chawla, Principal of the college, congratulated the students.

GNG College students shine: Students of Guru Nanak Girls College here have given good results in MCom semester (III) exams, the results of which were declared recently. Renu Bala stood first in the college with 86.49 per cent marks. Diljot Kaur and Kirandeep Kaur shared the second position by scoring 85.33 per cent marks each. The Principal, Ms Charanjit Kaur Mahal, congratulated the students and the faculty members.

BBA semester (V) results: Students of Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology (GNIMT), Gujarkhan Campus, have performed well in academics. As per the results declared by Punjab Technical University (PTU) recently, GNIMT students had given good results.

In BBA semester (V), Chanpreet Kaur bagged first position by securing 84.16 per cent marks. Jatinder Pal Singh got second position with 81.33 per cent marks. The third position was bagged by Rachna Dhingra with 80.83 per cent marks. Swati Mehta bagged fourth position with 80.66 per cent and Arvinder Singh fifth with 80.16 per cent.

Dr (Col) H.S. Singha, director, GNIMT, appreciated the performance of the students.

Extension lecture: An extension lecture was organised at the Doraha Institute of Management and Technology (DIMT) here on Monday on “Programming Concepts and Project Formulation”. Dr R.S. Gupta, director, in a press note said Dr R.K. Jindal, Associate Professor and in charge computer centre, College for Agriculture Engineering, PAU, delivered the extension lecture.

During his lecture, he elaborated various aspects regarding programming concepts and project formulation. He spoke about the importance of programming. He explained various steps in project formulation like system requirement specifications.

He also emphasised on characteristics of programming language. 

CULTURE

Crowned beauties share dreams
Shivani Bhakoo

Ludhiana, April 24
Wardrobe malfunction should be considered normal. It is the media which has created a hype of it otherwise people attached to the profession feel that it is just an accident.

These views were expressed by Miss India World Natasha Suri, who, along with Miss India Universe Neha Kapur and Ms India Earth Amruta Patki, launched the new-look Kalamandir here today.

The beauty from Mumbai said winning the crown was like a dream come true. A commerce graduate, Natasha admitted, “Though India could not win crowns at international pageants for the past six years, we are hopeful to get one this time. I think, one has to have command over one’s language (English) and the body needs to be properly shaped and toned. I believe in God which is my mantra of success.”

Talking to Ludhiana Tribune, Ms India Universe Neha Kapur from Delhi said a pageant was like the game of cricket. “Some win while others lose. What is important is to give your best. The representative of every country performs her best at the international event,” she said.

Appreciating the stuff at Kalamandir, Neha said she loved wearing such gorgeous sarees. “Being a Punjabi, I know that Punjabis are fashion savvy and love to wear elegant dresses,” she said.

Ms India Earth Amruta Patki from Mumbai said she saw a bleak future in Bollywood since she was very tall. She said right now, she was using all her energy on the preparations of Miss Earth Pageant, which was scheduled for November at Santiago. “Winning the crown has totally changed my life. A simple Amruta is different, she goes to the market to get household things but once she is ready with make-up, she becomes a celebrity. People ask for her autographs, which gives a very nice feeling,” said Amruta.

Sanjay Arora and Aman Arora of Kalamandir said the new-look showroom had an exquisite collection of designer sarees, suits and bridal lehangas.

HEALTH

Health Department employees stage dharna
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, April 24
In response to a call given by the state coordination committee, the employees of the Health Department staged a dharna at the Civil Surgeon office here today. They were protesting against the policy of privatisation of the Health Department, being pursued by the state government.

Mr Amarjit Singh Pandher, state convener of the coordination committee, who led the protesters, lambasted the government for handing over nearly 1,200 rural dispensaries to Zila Parishads, which was tantamount to privatisation of health services in the rural areas.

He said the ill-conceived move of the government was not only leading to exploitation of the employees, but would also deprive more than 80 per cent of the people of the basic medical facilities.

Other speakers at the rally, Mr Balbir Singh Kalia, chairman of the committee, and Mr Dev Singh Bilaspur, served an ultimatum to the government to scrap the decision and restore the rural dispensaries to the Health Department, failing which the employees would intensify the agitation.

They were of the view that rather than going for the privatisation of dispensaries, the government ought to have filled up vacant posts of doctor and paramedical staff in these dispensaries through regular recruitment.

They wanted that the government should have taken necessary steps to provide equipment and medicines to the dispensaries.

Mr Surinder Singh Jhaj, Mr Gurdeep Singh, Mr Buta Singh, Mr Surjit Singh, Mr Malkhan Singh Hathoor, Mr Major Singh, Mr Kulwinder Singh, Mr Dalip Singh Sahnewal, Mr Mehar Singh, Mr Rishi Pal, Ms Jarnail Kaur, Mr Ravinder Singh Sudhar, Mr Labh Singh, Mr Bhag Singh Malaud, Ms Sarbjit Kaur, Mr Nirmal Singh Payal, Mr Mastan Singh Sidhwan Bet and Mr Surinder Lal also spoke.