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PU prepares two reports on research done by it
Chandigarh, April 26 The reports compiled from the various departments lists the research done by the university’s faculty and students on issues related to the state in the past 10 years. The report from the arts, humanities and social sciences departments complied by a committee headed by Prof BS Ghumman lists over 470 PhD/MPhil/MA dissertations and reports and another 215 books and research papers that the university has produced in this period relating to Punjab. While the largest share of these has come from the Department of Punjabi, substantial work on Punjab has also been done by the Departments of Sociology, History and the University Business School. Some of these departments have thrown up vital researches on various aspects of the State’s history, social and political growth. A research on costumes in the 19th century Punjab was done in the Department of History in 2003. A doctorate research on development schemes for rural women in Punjab was done by the Department of Sociology. The University Business School has researched on Human Resource Management practices in Markfed while another work was produced on schemes for Welfare of Scheduled Castes in Punjab from the Gandhian perspective by the Department of Gandhian Studies. The Department of Correspondence Studies produced a doctoral thesis on minority politics related to Christian community in the state. A Sociology Department study has been done on invisible home-based work being done by the women hosiery workers in Ludhiana. Interestingly, out of the over 20-odd departments which are working in liberal arts, only a handful have done any work on Punjab. Some of the larger departments of the university, including the Department of Laws, Education, Mass Communication, Physical Education, Ancient Indian History, Philosophy seem to have made no contribution to research on the state according to this report. The contribution of the various Chairs established by the university towards studies on Punjab, if any, is also missing from the report other than two seminars organised by the Department of Guru Nanak Sikh Studies in 2004 and 2005. Similarly, the reports on the contribution of the Departments of Science Engineering and Technology complied by Prof RS Sobti lists the various Punjab centric books and thesis published. According to this report, the Centre for Advanced Studies in Geology is actively engaged in carrying out studies on the chemical quality and radio activity in groundwater in parts of south-west Punjab where cases of cancer and flurosis have been reported. The other thrust areas include selenium toxicity in Kandi area, industrial pollution in Ludhiana, assessment of water quality for human and agriculture use and study of soils in the Bist Doab region in relation to neo-tectonics and preparation of a data base on the natural resources in Punjab. The Biochemistry Department is also studying the effect of chronic alcohol ingestion on growth and development. To establish the link of ancient history of Punjab the analysis of old coins and earthen pottery from Ropar has been made by X-ray florescent facility available in the Department of Physics.
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New ACR proforma disappoints teachers
Chandigarh, April 26 However, the much-awaited proforma has failed to impress the teachers who reportedly contend that much of it has remained the same as before with one or two changed clauses, which, too, are not teacher friendly. A committee was reportedly formed by the DPI (Schools) to review the earlier proforma as the teachers in the government schools had repeatedly raised objections against certain loopholes in it. Talking to Chandigarh Tribune, one of the teachers said the new proforma was more damaging than the earlier one and had been framed overlooking the teachers interests. In the new proforma negative marking has been introduced. Earlier, if a teacher produced a result less than the previous year’s, the ACR proforma would report a loss of two marks for the said teacher. However, as per the latest proforma the loss has been raised to four marks due to negative marking. Another teacher said the new proforma also ignored the benefit of having served in a rural school. On the condition of anonymity, another teacher said if a teacher produced 100 per cent result once, he or she could not improve on it further. But the chances of downfall in the result were always there because the calibre of students changed with every new batch. He said in such a situation the teacher’s performance should be evaluated in comparison to the overall pass percentage of the Board examination. This, if not done, left the teacher under constant fear, thereby affecting his/her own performance, he added. Meanwhile, an emergency meeting of the Government Teachers Union (GTU) was also held to discuss the new proforma. The union outrightly termed the proforma anti-teacher, which would adversely affect the promotions and ACP cases. The union would take up the matter with the higher authorities.
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Liaison officers of colleges attend training programme
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, April 26 Dr Budhiraja, Dean College Development Council, Panjab University, explained the role of the College Development Council in promoting such programmes and assured full financial support to such projects. He expressed desire to extend the programme to semi-urban, rural and remote areas as well. The training is being imparted by officers of the Central Institute for Research and Training in Employment Service. The chief of the bureau, Prof Dinesh K. Gupta, welcomed the chief guest and the participants. Dr Upvinder Kaur, Liaison Officer, Government College for Girls, Sector 42 thanked the organisers of the programme. Ex-Senator dead: Prof J.D. Varma, former Head of the Department of Economics, Panjab University, former Syndic and Senator and Director, PU Postgraduate Regional Centre, Rohtak, breathed his last on April 14 in New Delhi.He was also an eminent economist and author of many popular books on economics. He was 88. He is survived by three sons, as per a press note issued by Dr Naveen Sharma, Chairperson, Department of Economics, Panjab University. Workshop inaugurated: Prof K.N. Pathak, Vice-Chancellor, inaugurated an eight-day workshop on electron microscopy, the 26th in the series, here on Wednesday.The Sophisticated Analytical Instrumentation Facility (SAIF), Panjab University, organised the workshop. Prof Pathak also inaugurated the newly commissioned DST funded TEM and went round NMR lab and other areas of the SAIF. Mr M.L. Sharma, convener of the workshop, said the aim of the workshop was to create awareness among the researchers about the possibilities in this field. Prof Subhash Bedi, Director SAIF-UCIM Complex, highlighted the achievements of the SAIF and the UCIM. Prof Pathak said it was not merely the machines but the men behind them that mattered more. He promised that he would gladly sanction funds to the tune of Rs 2 crore for the state-of-the-art STEM if any researcher assured its need and usage. Prof Pathak stressed the need for greater dedication and work culture among the faculty, research and scientific staff and hoped the faculty would work hard to ensure the proper placement of MTech students. Research work: Mr Gaurav Narang, a lecturer with the University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, recently presented his research work on “Novel antihypertensive agents” at a national meeting and exposition organised by the American Chemical Society held in Atlanta, USA.He is pursuing PhD in pharmaceutical sciences under the supervision of Dr Ranju Bansal in the same institute. He has been awarded the travel grant by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. He was the only young scientist in medicinal chemistry division to represent India at the largest congregation of world-renowned chemical scientists from all over the world.
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Ekjot, Japneet win Punjabi poetry contest
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, April 26 The first prize was bagged by Ekjot Singh and Japneet of Class X who were awarded a trophy and a cash prize of Rs 500. The judges for the event included school Principal Jasminder S Singh, Gurpreet Kaur and Gurminder Sidhu, a Punjabi writer who has written books like ‘Na Mammi Na’, ‘Hanju Bhijiya Mansam’ and many others. Poster-making at Bhavan Vidyalaya: A poster making intra-class competition was today organised at Bhavan Vidyalaya here for the students of Classes VI to XII. The topic for the competition was ‘World Book Day’ and ‘Labour Day’. The event was organised to highlight the importance ofbooks and labour force in the country and how it contributes in the shaping up of the economy. During the event each class was expected to put up two posters with relevant slogans and quotations. In the Classes VI to VIII category the first prize was bagged by Class VIII-B while in the Class IX to XII category the first prize was won by Class IX-C.
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150 pharmacy college students get prizes
Chandigarh, April 26 Students of the college presented a cultural programme. Ms Jaswinder Kaur, Principal of the college, read out the annual report of the college. The function was attended by around 300 students. Mr S. Bharpur Singh, secretary, SES, Major Mohinder Singh (retd), joint secretary, SES, were also present.
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Slum kids prove their mettle
Panchkula, April 26 Tinku topped the list with 82 per cent marks, Kailash followed him with 76 per cent while Jaivir remained the third and secured 73 per cent marks in the school. It was a pleasure to see these students, belonging to the slums and having been adopted by the DAV Sector 8, Panchkula, excelling.
TNS
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Paper outside the syllabus
Chandigarh April 26 A question of 15 marks was from the chapter on liner programming. The students claimed that they had only one topic from this chapter namely graphical method while they were asked in the question paper to solve the question using the simplex method which is not part of the syllabus. — TNS
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Students apprised of traffic rules
Mohali, April 26
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Law institute: HC dismisses plea for third-judge opinion
Chandigarh, April 26 A Division Bench of the High Court comprising the then Chief Justice, Mr Justice B.K. Roy, and Mr Justice Surya Kant had delivered two different judgements while disposing of the PIL filed by Mr Neeraj Sharma challenging the allotment of land to Chandigarh Law Institute Private Limited at throwaway prices. While both the Judges had found the allotment to be irregular and illegal, they had differed on the issue of locus standi of the petitioner in filing the PIL. Also, while Chief Justice Roy had ordered open auction of the land, Mr Justice Surya Kant had ordered that the land be re-advertised and allotted afresh by inviting applications. Citing alleged "conflict of opinion" between the two Judges who constituted the Bench, the applications prayed that the case be reviewed by a third Judge. Among the owners of the company to which the land had been allotted are two sons of a sitting Judge of the High Court, Dr V.K. Bansal, former Chairman of the Department of Laws of Panjab University, and advocate Shailendra Jain, who is Central Government standing counsel for the UT. During hearing of the applications, counsel for the petitioner told the court that even though the two Judges had differed on the issue of locus standi, they had, nevertheless, held that the issues raised in the PIL merited a decision. When the senior standing counsel for the UT Administration stated since the two Judges had not signed each other's judgements, there were two judgements and the UT did not know whose orders to implement, the petitioner's counsel had asserted that the fact that the two Judges had agreed on the issue of illegality of the allotment could not be ignored. On February 3, Mr Justice J.S. Khehar had reserved his judgement on the applications. Today, pronouncing his judgement, Mr Justice Khehar ruled since no point of difference had been brought out, there was no merit in the prayer made in the applications. Hence, the applications were liable to be dismissed, he held.
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Govt told to comply with CAT on LTC
Chandigarh, April 26 The reimbursement claim filed by the officer, Mr S.S. Bawa, who was Assistant Director, Intelligence Bureau, had been rejected by the authorities concerned on the ground that he was not entitled to undertake the journey by air, that, too, through a private airlines. The officer and his family had gone on LTC to Port Blair. He had been asked to refund Rs 49,350 that had been paid to him for LTC. However, on his plea, the CAT had directed the government to reconsider his case. However, the government filed an appeal against the CAT order in the High Court. Today, the Division Bench, comprising Mr Justice S.S. Nijjar and Mr Justice Ajai Lamba, directed the respondents to comply with the order of the CAT without any further delay.
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Govt asked to comply with CAT order
Chandigarh, April 26 The reimbursement claim filed by the officer - Mr S.S. Bawa, who was Assistant Director, Intelligence Bureau - had been rejected by the authorities on the ground that he was not entitled to undertake the journey by air, that too through a private airlines. Because of this reason, he had been asked to refund the amount of Rs 49,350 that had been paid to him. However, on his plea, the CAT had directed the government to reconsider his case.
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Power supply to District Courts: notices issued
Chandigarh, April 26 The notices are for tomorrow. Moving the application, Mr Arvind Thakur, a human rights lawyer, said for the past one week, the power supply to the courts was being interrupted. Since the work of the courts had been computerised, the power cuts had badly affected the process of delivery of justice. It was pointed out that there was no dedicated power supply to the courts on the pattern of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
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Workshop on mother, child health begins
Mohali, April 26 Dr Rana said the workshop would help in promoting the maternal health, child health and the family welfare services in the state. She added that five districts were going to be covered for this training and subsequently, the remaining districts would also be covered in a phased manner. Dr
Y.C. Markan, Director- Principal of the State Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Punjab, said the objectives of this workshop was to increase the institutional deliveries and promote the safe deliveries so that the maternal mortality rate and the infant mortality rate could be reduced. Dr Markan further said the participants would be oriented for the “skilled attendance at birth” and they would train the staff of their districts for imparting the on-job training in specialised skill to the staff nurses, ANM (auxiliary nurse and midwives) and LHV’s (lady health visitors) working in the institutions from the district level to the sub-centre level in the phased manner. Dr Harinder Rana later disclosed that a minimum of 2 PHCs per district would be made operational for round-the-clock basic obstetrics care as well as 2 Community Health
Centres(CHCs) would provide emergency obstetric care for 24 hours. These selected CHCs would also be developed as “special paediatrics corners” for effective neo-natal care, she added. The workshop team comprised the course directors, Dr Rana Harinder, Dr
Y.C. Markan, and course coordinators Dr S. L. Mahajan, Dr Mukesh Bhatia, Dr Tamanna and Dr Jaskirandeep Kaur. The managements support was extended by Mr Vipin Sharma, General Manager, PHSC, Mr R.N. Chopra, Deputy Manager, Ms Saroj Nain, Assistant Manager (Accounts) and Mr Shavinder
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Aid to centre helping cancer affected families
Chandigarh, April 26 At this centre, the Red Cross Society would provide computer training to children from cancer-affected families, free of cost, in collaboration with the Global Cancer Concern India. Ms Savita Sodhi, joint director, based at Chandigarh, said the foundation was providing educational sponsorship to children from cancer-affected families besides providing free home care to terminally-ill cancer patients. Free cancer screening camps and awareness camps were also being organised regularly by the organisation for the past five years in Punjab and Chandigarh. Cmdre VK Puri, secretary, Red Cross Society, Punjab, said the project, being run from the premises of Saket hospital Patiala, would also provide vocational training in computers to other needy children at subsidised cost.
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Blood donation camp at GMCH
Chandigarh, April 26 Prof Swami appreciated the efforts of Dr Ravneet Kaur, Officiating Head of the IHBT of the hospital, in regularly organising such camps. Dr J.G. Jolly from the PGI also visited the camp. |
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GMCH doctor honoured in Japan
Chandigarh, April 26 Dr Gupta presented his work on “wrist and elbow injuries” in the medical universities of Osaka, Nagoya and Kyoto. He also presented his new surgical technique for the treatment of wrist instabilities at the 49th annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Surgery of Hand. |
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2 gold medals for little equestrian
Chandigarh, April 26 This is not his only claim to fame. Last month at the Delhi Horse Show, where an astounding 2,500 horses took part, he won the best rider award in the Children-III category. Sitting erect and calm in the saddle and riding at ease without a hint of nervousness, he completed the show jumping event without a single penalty, which is a significant achievement for a rider of his age. Though the dressage event does not feature in the Chandigarh Horse Show, it is considered to be the ultimate test of equestrian skill, where the rider has to perform a prescribed series of activities and the coordination and harmony between the rider and his mount is put to test. Zorawar has been riding since he was barely three-year-old. He won his first competition at the age of four, bagging a gold in gymkhana events. The next year, he won a silver and he has now entered the mainstream. |
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City team enters
cricket final
Mohali, April 26 Resuming at their overnight score of 177 for 6 in 76 overs, Chandigarh, accumulated 437 runs and gave the huge target of 530 runs to Ropar. In reply, Ropar started their second innings on a disappointing note and lost five wickets at just 77 runs in 22.2 overs at the end of the last day’s play. Chandigarh won the match on the basis of first innings lead. Brief score: Chandigarh (1st Innings): 171 all out in 83.4 overs Ropar (1st Innings): 79 all out in 68 overs. Chandigarh (2nd Innings): 437 all out in 143.4 overs (Gurinder 211, Lovish 56, Manan Vohra 53, Vishal Thind 46, Arjun 3 for 120,Vivek 3 for 48 and Sharanjeet 2 for 48 and Shivdeep 2 for 35). Ropar (2nd Innings): 77 for 5 in 22.2 overs (Varinder Kumar 32, Arjun 19, Nawab Cheema 5 for 30). Badminton body: |
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